Chapter 788: After the Great War
Seeing that the tens of thousands of horses that entered the city finally escaped in embarrassment, and all of them were wounded, with a frightened look on their faces, all the remaining military horses in the rebel camp outside the city were stunned. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
When they learned that they couldn't go into the city with the toasts, they were quite unhappy, after all, this is not only a matter of merit, but also related to being able to plunder the wealth and women in Guilin City for the first time. But now, seeing such a result, in addition to being frightened by the strength of the officials and soldiers in the city, there is only one thing left to be lucky, fortunately he didn't go, otherwise he would have died.
As soon as such thoughts arose in the army, then the army had no fighting spirit, and as the hundreds of people fled into the camp, the whole camp was even more chaotic, and many native soldiers were already retreating at this time, and quietly called their acquaintances and partners, intending to leave the camp while the chaos was in order.
In the battle in the city, too many Tusi leaders were buried in the sea of fire and the swords and arrows of the official army, even if there were those who escaped, they were all terrified, and there was no longer the previous pride, not to mention that they couldn't notice the changes in the minds of the people in the camp at this time, even if they knew, they were afraid that they would not be able to change. Because even they themselves, after this fiasco, were a little more afraid of the defenders in the city, and they no longer had the courage to fight them.
It's a pity that the defenders in the city don't know this at this time, and because the city gate was blocked by them before, they can't really open the door to fight back, so they can only watch the chaos outside the city The camp was a mess at first, and after dawn, the number of people was sharply reduced, only one day's work, the native soldiers who had surrounded Guilin City for a month finally retreated, and they didn't know which surrounding prefecture and county to throw.
The officers and soldiers who saw all this were very excited, and many cheered loudly. For them, this offensive and defensive battle was too torturous, and they didn't know that if they continued like this, they would be able to hold out for a few more days, and maybe it wouldn't be long before the defenders of the city would completely collapse.
But now, a hearty victory made them completely exhale and raise their eyebrows, not only did they have great reverence for Xiao Duo, Yang Zhen and others who commanded this battle, but they also had no fear of those native soldiers. This time, if there are any more native soldiers, they will not retreat, and even if they fight head-on, it will be enough to fight.
Xiao Duo saw this in their eyes, and they were naturally very pleased, the positive impact that a victory could have was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.
But Yang Zhen's gaze was obviously more far-reaching than theirs, and when everyone was celebrating because of the retreat of the native soldiers, he quickly made a suggestion: "Send someone to remove all the things in the city gate and open the city gate." ”
"Huh? Are you going to continue to send troops to pursue the fleeing rebels? Xiao Duo asked a little confused: "But for now, our people should not be able to catch up with them, after all, they have all retreated for almost two hours." ”
"No, as the so-called poor don't chase, I still understand this truth." Yang Zhen smiled: "And now that Guangxi is full of beacons, we will only add strong enemies to ourselves if we send people to pursue them." ”
"And what do you mean?" Even Tang Guangchen asked with some puzzlement. To be honest, this stubborn situation gave him a greater sense of security, and he even hated that Guilin City had maintained such a posture before the arrival of imperial reinforcements.
Yang Zhen smiled slightly, and then said: "There are so many corpses piled up in this city, and our Guilin is too humid and hot, so we have to dispose of the corpses, right?" Therefore, it was imperative that Kaesong send them out and bury them. ”
"Oh...... Look at my brain, this joy, and forget about such an important thing. But don't cause any disease because of this. Tang Guangchen suddenly patted his head and said, he really ignored this. You must know that in such a climate, people's corpses are easy to decay, and if you can't deal with them as soon as possible, the city of Guilin will suffer.
The others who understood it also hurriedly gave orders, and suddenly many soldiers, and even the common people who had heard the news and came to check the battle situation, moved and rushed to the city gate to remove stones and trees and other sundries, so as to facilitate the opening of the city gate.
Looking at the appearance of everyone doing things together, the corners of Yang Zhen's mouth showed a happy smile: "In addition to prevention, there are two other uses for our Guilin City to reopen the four gates. One is to tell the rebels in Guangxi that we are not afraid of them, this is still under the control of the government, and Guangxi is still the Guangxi of the imperial court! ”
When he said these words, he had his internal strength, and his voice was extremely loud, so that everyone around him could hear it clearly. After everyone was stunned for a moment, their faces showed agitation again, and the encouraging effect of these words on the sergeants was quite large. In fact, not only ordinary soldiers and civilians, but also those officials also looked solemn and a little excited.
Before Yang Zhen's words were finished, he looked at several important officials around him and raised two fingers: "Second, this can make our strength increase rapidly. ”
"Huh?" Many people were stunned, their faces full of doubts. But there are also some people who understand after a little pause and smile knowingly.
Soon, these people explained the meaning of Yang Zhen's words: "Although our Guangxi is located in a remote area, and there are many Miao Zhuang and other ethnic groups, we Han people still have many loyal people who are loyal to the imperial court. Before, those thieves just suddenly attacked, and they caught us off guard, so that everyone couldn't deal with it. But the righteous cannot be killed by them all, they must have been exiled and hidden. As long as our Guilin City stands the banner of the imperial court here, these people will naturally rush to defect, and our strength will be greatly enhanced. ”
After such an explanation, everyone understood, and under the condition of nodding their heads to show understanding, Yang Zhen's eyes increased a little respect. Even Tang Guangchen and the others also had the idea of admiration for Yang Zhen, this young leader of the Jinyi Guard is not only admirable in martial arts and strategy, but now he is better than the vast majority of people in terms of overall vision, how can this not make the officials sincerely admire?
"Yang Yanshi's idea is indeed extremely correct, and the lower officials also have an idea, which may be more able to bring us assistance." Tang Guangchen said suddenly.
"Governor Tang, please speak." Unconsciously, Yang Zhen became a well-deserved leader in this city, and even Tang Guangchen, the governor, would consciously ask him for instructions when he thought of something, which made Yang Zhen quite complacent.
"It's obviously not enough to open the door and accept people like this, we should issue a document in the name of the government to the outside world to crusade against those rebellious ministers and thieves, all of my Ming people, everyone has the responsibility to sweep these rebellious thieves from Guangxi." Tang Guangchen was quick to give his own suggestions.
Yang Zhen nodded immediately: "What Governor Tang said is very true, but this kind of article needs to rely on the wonderful pen of the adults, and it is only a martial artist in the next place, but there is no such ability." ”
Hearing Yang Zhen's words, all the officials laughed: "How dare you work Lord Yang to make a move, such a trivial matter is naturally done by the lower officials." Otherwise, there will be no place for officials in this Guilin city, so what face do we have to be officials here? ”
These humble words quickly provoked good-natured laughter from the people around him. In this way, in a relaxed atmosphere, one strategy after another against the rebels was formulated, and everyone was full of confidence in the next battle, even though almost all the rest of Guangxi except Guilin had fallen into the hands of the rebels, and they did not seem to have any worries or worries. This is the confidence and encouragement that a big victory has brought to the whole city, which is bound to change the situation in Guangxi.
In the days that followed, half of the soldiers and civilians of Guilin were involved in carrying the bodies out of the city and burying them. After all, this is the home of all of them, and no one wants a corpse to rot in their own home, or even bring a terrible epidemic to their own family.
The cleaning and burial of more than 10,000 corpses is not an easy task, in addition to the local soldiers who were burned to death in the city and killed by the subsequent human and horse assault, there are also many corpses of local soldiers at the city gate. Before, those tribes were still paying attention to collecting the corpses of their own warriors and preparing to bring them back to their hometowns later, but the rout made them completely lose these burdens and only care about fleeing for their lives.
So it was only the soldiers and civilians of the city who toiled, and every day they had to pull cartloads of corpses out of the city, and throw the corpses, which even had a stench, into deep and large earth pits, and so on and so forth, until it was dark.
In fact, in the process of transporting the body, some accidents have happened. Several native soldiers who had not been killed before suddenly moved in the process of being moved, which really frightened the people. Fortunately, there were soldiers guarding them, and when they saw this, they stabbed them with guns without saying a word, and sent these hard-nosed fellows on their last journey.
But because of this change, everyone was more careful when carrying the corpse, as long as there was some suspicion, they would first stab the corpse's heart to ensure that it would not be injured by the native soldiers.
It wasn't until the last day, when they felt that three days had passed, and it was no longer possible for the thieves who died in the urn city to defraud the corpses, that they did not continue to do similar things.
But no one noticed that one of the corpses, which looked a little black and dirty on its body, had a slight rise and fall in the lower abdomen of the corpse, which could not see obvious injuries. When it was dark and the people threw him to the edge of the pit to do something else, the "corpse" suddenly rolled up, then soared into the air, and quickly hid behind a large rock in a surprising position.
When they came behind the stones, it was empty, and neither the people nor the soldiers knew that a man who should have died had disappeared into the night......