Chapter 38: Requiem

When Medical Officer Xiao Liu heard his junior brother calling out to him, he quickly ran over and followed his junior brother to the Wuding River. After seeing the things floating in the river, www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion, Dr. Xiao Liu stared at the surface of the river with wide eyes, and his teeth creaked. After a long time, Doctor Xiao Liu spoke: "You go and call the two generals immediately." The anger in his tone was clearly at its extreme.

As soon as the two generals came, they followed the instructions of Doctor Xiao Liu, and saw countless corpses floating in the river. Medical Officer Xiao Liu said directly: "We won't cross the river tonight, and we will immediately arrange for the soldiers to fish up the corpses." Since we have encountered it, we must take care of this matter, and we can't let the corpses of the people just float in the river and let the fish and shrimp eat them. They must be buried in the ground! The two generals looked at each other for a moment, and Han Jiang said, "The brothers are exhausted at this time, not to mention that our rations will not last for a few days. Medical Officer Xiao Liu said in an unquestioning tone: "It's okay, I already have a plan, order the soldiers to kill the captured Tuliao horses, eat a meal of horse meat tonight, eat enough to work, and give each soldier a share of the horse meat that can't be eaten, and bring it." After crossing the Wuding River, it is not far from home, if you rush day and night, you can rush back to Dingbei County after ten days of walking west. ”

Mr. Han had to argue for a few sentences, but Mr. Qian was dragged away by Mr. Qian. The two committees conveyed the general order, and although the soldiers of the Weibei battalion were reluctant to carry out the war horses under their crotch, they still carried out the military order. The soldiers were divided into several groups, one dedicated to the removal of corpses from the river, and the other group to dig a large pit to bury the recovered corpses. There are also two waves of soldiers to rest first, accumulating physical strength and preparing to replace the first two groups of soldiers. Dozens of people were separately assigned to slaughter the horses, set up pots to boil water, and prepare to cook horse meat. Han picked and picked, and it was easy to leave some of the best Tuliao war horses, all of which were uncastrated stallions and young horses, ready to be kept to go back to give birth to foals. After Han finished picking these good horses, he covered his face and turned his head away, and the soldiers began to slaughter the horses, clean the internal organs, and collect firewood.

Medical Officer Xiao Liu and Li Deyi were both helping to fish out the floating corpses in the river, and Li Deyi also specially arranged for a few soldiers to get a lot of long branches back, temporarily acting as hooks to help salvage the floating corpses floating in the center of the river. After being busy for most of the night, Dr. Rao is Xiao Liu cultivated to the body of the Juwu Tong Realm, and he also felt exhausted, and the ordinary soldiers had already rotated three shifts. Li De panted, sweated and approached the senior brother and said, "Senior brother, I think it's almost okay, or do it today, some of the soldiers are tired and out of strength." Medical Officer Xiao Liu raised his head and looked around, and found that many soldiers were so tired that they fell asleep directly, patted his junior brother, and said tiredly: "You let them rest first." I'm going to get some stones and build an altar, so that I can give peace to the souls of these people who have died, and they are unwilling to die, they are all dying. By the way, bring a few of the heads of the Tuliao people that we brought with us, and I will borrow these heads to worship these dead people. ”

After a while, Li De's head was prepared and placed on the stone altar temporarily erected by Doctor Liu. Medical Officer Xiao Liu took out the last remaining white bandage, tied it to his head, and with a wave of his hand, lit the firewood pile piled up next to him. "The soul returns, the ......" Doctor Liu chanted the words of the soul on the altar alone, and Li Deyi began to fill in several earthen pits with the soldiers below.

The newly dug pit was densely packed with the corpses of the Ping Zhou Dynasty, and there were more than 1,000 corpses in this pit. Li De muttered while filling in the soil: "We don't have enough manpower, and the guys in our hands don't make up their hands." Don't dislike this wilderness, just make do with it. This time, I will take a few heads of the Tuliao people to dissipate your grievances, and I will kill more Tuliao people to avenge you later. Blood debt and blood repayment, I must let the blood debt of the Tuliao people be repaid by blood. How many people in the Ping Zhou Dynasty have been killed, how many Tuliao dogs I will kill in the future! Rest in peace......"

Medical Officer Xiao Liu watched his junior brother and soldiers slowly fill in the big hole, and he didn't say a word for a long time. Heavy dark clouds in the sky obscured the night sky, and the first month was completely blocked, and even the starlight could not be seen at all. The night was completely dark. Li Deyi looked up at the senior brother standing on the altar, but found that he couldn't see clearly what the senior brother looked like at the moment under the cover of this dark night. Li Deyi felt at this moment that there was a beast shrouded in Senior Brother now, a beast that wanted to drink the blood of the enemy. Medical Officer Xiao Liu grew up with his master, Medical Officer Sun, who revered Commander Di and especially admired the ideal of Commander Di to protect the people all his life. Medical Officer Xiao Liu grew up with his master since he was a child, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he naturally also agreed with the ideal of protecting the people on the border in his heart, and at this moment, seeing the countless corpses of ordinary people floating in this uncertain river, the grief and indignation in his heart can be imagined.

Li Deyi quietly waited for his senior brother to come down from the altar, and said in a low voice: "Senior brother, the corpses in the river can't be fished out at all, we only fished up a small part, and more of them floated away along the Wuding River." Doctor Xiao Liu said in a cold voice: "We can catch as much as we can, let's just do our best." I have decided, let's not rush back first, and tomorrow we will continue to fish for corpses on the surface of the river, there are so many corpses, we can't let the soldiers wade through the corpses across the river. ”

"Well, that's right, I think so too."

"Okay, it's late at night, you can go and rest, and you will continue to work tomorrow."

Medical Officer Xiao Liu took the soldiers to fish for the corpses by the Wuding River for seven days and seven nights, and it was not until the middle of the night on the seventh day that the corpses floating down the river gradually decreased, not by the soldiers of the Weibei battalion, but most of the corpses were washed away by the turbulent river, and the Weibei battalion fished ashore, but only a small part. That night, the first snow of winter finally arrived late. The two generals found Dr. Xiao Liu and discussed: "It's time to cross the river, if you drag it down, there will be a thin layer of ice floes on the river, and then it will be extremely dangerous to cross the river again, and I am afraid that many brothers will be killed in vain." Doctor Xiao Liu nodded and agreed, "We should go back too, Master is afraid that he is already waiting at home in a hurry." I've found a shoal that is barely up to my calf, just right to cross the river. The order was given to go down, and after half an hour the river was crossed, so that the brethren could all be put in order. ”

On the way back, there was no danger, and Dr. Liu led people to rush day and night, and only rested for two hours a day. On the way, they encountered several waves of scouts from the Tuliao people, and the Weibei battalion just hid in the mountains and continued to advance, and did not send anyone to drive them away. It was originally a ten-day journey, but after walking for seven days, I saw the city wall of Dingbei County. Fortunately, there were horse meat prepared in advance along the way, and although the soldiers hurried day and night, there was no sudden death on the ground due to physical exhaustion. In the last two days of the journey, Li Deyi proposed to temporarily put the iron pot, tent, and some other baggage in a secret place in the mountains, and hurried lightly with only knives and war horses. As soon as this idea was proposed, it was unanimously approved by everyone, and they all said that it would be good if it was mentioned a few days earlier, and even Mr. Han, who has always been diligent and thrifty, did not raise any objections this time.

The moment he saw the city wall of Dingbei County, Li De's tears flowed out, and it felt so good to go home. Many soldiers had already exhausted their physical strength at this time, but they just relied on one breath to hold on, and when they saw the door of the house, they were relieved and fell to the ground one after another. Some of the soldiers knelt directly on the ground and began to cry, and these iron-beaten men did not tremble in the face of the ferocious Tuliao people, but now they were stimulated by the joy of returning home and wept bitterly. Fortunately, the city had already prepared, and dozens of carts came out of Hulala, lifted all the soldiers who fell to the ground into the car, and pulled them directly back to the city.

Old Doctor Sun was waiting at the gate of the city to greet everyone, and when he saw his two precious apprentices returning safely from a distance, the heart that the old man had been carrying was finally put back in his stomach. Old Doctor Sun smiled and said, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." The hot meal has already been prepared for you, and the teacher knows that you are extremely tired, so you must not rest immediately at this time, otherwise it will damage your body. Eat a little bit of food first, and then go to rest. Saying that, he didn't wait to return to the camp, so he started eating on the street, not much, a small nest head per person, an egg, and a bowl of millet porridge. Many soldiers simply ate a few bites, and they could no longer suppress the tiredness that swept over their bodies, tilted their heads, and fell into a deep sleep.

Old Medical Officer Sun arranged for someone to send all the soldiers who came back from the expedition back to rest, and those who had fallen asleep were sent to bed on their backs. Turning his head and letting the two baby apprentices go back to rest first, everything will be talked about when they wake up.

Li Deyi returned to his room with a strong support, and he didn't take off his clothes, so he fell straight and fell on the bed, and he actually snored. After the "Hummer" entered the door, he also took care of himself and rested.

Li Deyi slept straight for a day and two nights, and when he woke up again, it was already the morning of the third day, and as soon as Li De woke up, he went straight to Wang Zhuangbiao's fire camp. The big fat man Wang was actually startled by Li Deyi, who was covered in dirt and rushed in, and said: "Go out, go out, don't dirty the food here, there is a whole camp of food here." You go to the door and wait, and the Sprinkler will get you something to eat. He drove Li Deyi out, and after a while, he brought out "some" food for Li Deyi. A huge wooden basin filled with all kinds of meat, eggs, a few large nests, half a hard dough cake, and a lot of pickles. Rao is Li Deyi, who has entered the strong realm, can hardly hold this big pot to eat. Hungry in his stomach and weak in his body, Li De put a rice bowl directly on the ground, and began to pull it into his mouth to eat with both hands. After a while, Wang Zhuangbiao took out a large bowl of porridge for him, "If you choke, take a sip, Shunshun." ”

Seeing that most of the food in such a large pot was eaten in a short time, Li Deyi felt that his stomach was not full now, and no matter how much food he could, he could fit it in. Wang Zhuangbiao looked at Li Deyi from the side and said, "Old Master Sun is waiting for you, hurry over after eating." By the way, wash your face before you go, and you can't recognize the dirty. Li De didn't care about answering, and continued to deliver food to the mouth that had been stuffed to the bulge, and nodded to indicate that he understood.

After eating, Li Deyi got some water from the fat man Wang, wiped his face indiscriminately, picked it up briefly, and rushed to the master. As soon as I entered the house, I found that the master and brother were there, Mr. Li was also there, and the other two were unwell and still recuperating.

Old Medical Officer Sun said directly: "This expedition is reckless for the teacher, and you almost hurt you and you have no return." Doctor Xiao Liu said: "We have burned the half of the grassland in the south that the Tuliao people rely on for the winter, and the Tuliao people will not have a good time this winter, people have food, and cattle, sheep and horses are not enough." The trip wasn't all fruitless. Li Jiang said in a deep voice: "According to the original itinerary, you will definitely encounter the people and horses intercepted by the Tuliao people on the way back, how did you bypass it?" Could it be that you came back a few days late just to bypass this Turkic interception cavalry? Where did you get such accurate reconnaissance information when you went out? Li Deyi glanced at Doctor Xiao Liu, and Doctor Liu glanced at his junior brother and said, "Did the Tuliao people really send a large team of people to intercept us?" ”

Old Medical Officer Sun took out a small paper roll and handed it to the apprentice, "See for yourself." Medical Officer Xiao Liu picked up the military intelligence report and looked at it carefully, "Master, you sent the reconnaissance post more than 200 miles to the east!" Old Medic Sun nodded and said, "After your departure, the master had a warning at night, and deduced that there was a Jedi danger when you returned from this trip, but there was no better way to do it, so you could only spread the reconnaissance post far to the east. Li Deyi approached Dr. Xiao Liu and asked, "What did the military newspaper say?" Senior brother. "It says that our sentry detectives have detected that the Tuliao people have sent 30,000 elite Tuliao cavalry alone to set up an ambush in Qingyang Valley, which we must pass through on our return journey!" The Tuliao people have been in ambush for ten days and have not seen us appear, so they have to leave! ”

Old Medical Officer Sun said with doubts on his face: "At that time, the master learned about the ambush of the Tuliao people, and he was very worried. But our Weibei camp is full of only 1,000 people at home, and we have to guard the county seat, if you are ambushed, even if we all pull up, I am afraid we will not be able to break the formation of the Tuliao people, and we will not be able to save you. Strangely, however, you did not show up at the scheduled time, but ten days late. The Tuliao people can't guard you, and in the end they can only leave in a hurry, looking at their hurried appearance when they leave, as a teacher, you must have stabbed the Tuliao people on the grassland. ”

Medical Officer Xiao Liu nodded and said, "We shot a lot of rockets into the Tongwan City of the Tuliao people, and the first snow this winter came a few days late, which is probably caused by a fire." Unfortunately, we withdrew as soon as we finished releasing the arrows, and we didn't dare to take a good look at the fire. Mr. Li patted his thigh and said, "Wow, you are the first in the world to dare to attack Tongwan City!" No wonder the Tuliao people were in a hurry to divide their troops and rush to the grassland like a fire burning their buttocks, it turned out that Tongwan City was set on fire by you! Good job! ”

Old Medical Officer Sun nodded, touched his gray beard and said, "I can't complain that the Tuliao people are willing to take out 30,000 elite horsemen to intercept you." You've really touched the tiger's ass this time. Haha, well done! Medical Officer Xiao Liu said worriedly: "How will the Tuliao people know about our return route?" It can also accurately send elite soldiers to intercept and ambush us. Old Medical Officer Sun hesitated for a while, and said: "I'm afraid that the Tuliao Fan National Teacher, like the teacher, can also roughly calculate the future, and it is very likely that he is more powerful than the teacher, after all, he has been famous for a long time, and now he is more advanced than the teacher." Then again, how did you evade the interception of the Tuliao? It was able to hide and drag on until the Tuliao people withdrew. ”

Doctor Xiao Liu lowered his voice and told Master and Li about the events of the seven days and seven nights. "How could such a thing happen!?" Li Jiang didn't wait to finish listening, and shouted out of his voice. After listening to the apprentice's speech, the old doctor Sun burst into tears, and cried sadly: "I heard people often say that nine deaths are one life, nine deaths are one life, but I didn't expect that this vitality is hidden in 'saving others is saving oneself'." Although you have never saved a living person, it makes sense that you can bury so many dead people regardless of your own safety. Mr. Li also sighed.

Li De stopped talking as soon as everyone was silent, and opened his mouth to ask, "Master, why are there so many floating corpses in the Wuding River?" When the old doctor Sun heard this, he shook his hand and pinched off a few strands of his white beard, touched the tears in his eyes, and said, "I'm afraid they are all the corpses of the people who were captured in Beijing." The Tuliao people attacked Zhongshen City, slaughtered the city, and captured all the remaining people. There is a Wuding River in the upper reaches of the Wuding River, it is the necessary place to go to the grassland in the north, there is a Wangxiang cliff on the mountain, and the Wuding River is under the cliff. Those people, I'm afraid, are ......" Old Medical Officer Sun said this, his voice choked, and he couldn't say any more. Xiao Liu said: "I'm afraid they are all unwilling to be the 'two-legged sheep' of the Tuliao people, and the people of our court who jumped off the cliff and died." Floating in the uncertain river are the corpses of these people. Millions of ordinary people just jumped off the Wangxiang cliff like this...... "Doctor Liu clenched his fists tightly, his nails were stuck in the flesh, and the blood had already flowed down the table, and he didn't realize it.

When Li De heard this, his eyes turned red and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything about the words behind him. General Li said: "Don't talk about this, we just have a thousand people, and we can't control them now." If our Weibei Camp still has the same appearance as it did back then, how can it make the Tuliao people so arrogant, alas...... How many of our brothers who went out this time didn't come back? ”

"Nearly 100 brothers never returned, 73 were killed in the battle, and more than a dozen brothers were so badly wounded on the way back that they could not bear the rush along the way, and their wounds burst and they never returned." Dr. Xiao Liu's eyes were red, and he rubbed his eyes desperately with his hands, trying not to let the tears fall. Li Deyi added: "We burned them all, and we couldn't bring the corpses, so we brought back their ashes." My brother and I promised them that we would come back and build an ancestral hall to worship them, and never let them die in a foreign place in vain. ”

"Okay, that's a good idea. I immediately asked someone to come out on a piece of land and start building the ancestral hall today, and we should have a 'martyr's shrine' in Weibei Camp." Old Doctor Sun clapped his hands and immediately agreed. Mr. Li followed and said, "Let's go and bury the ashes of these brothers later, so that we can give them a rest." Each brother was given a new uniform and built a mound of clothes. Li Deyi and Dr. Liu were responsible for burying the dead brothers together with Mr. Li.

Requiem, this time it was Medical Officer Sun who was personally in charge, followed by the three generals, Medical Officer Xiao Liu, Li Deyi, and all the brothers who were still in Weibei Camp.

In this season when the cold wind was raging, when the Tuliao people wantonly burned and plundered in the Zhongshen City, a small man and horse once broke into the city of Tongwan and set a big fire. This fire forced the Tuliao people to divide two elite soldiers, one to intercept this bold and reckless force, and let the Tuliao sweat a lot of jumping feet. The other directly rushed back to Tongwan City, stabilized the hearts of the people behind the grassland, and controlled the turbulent capital of the grassland empire. No one in the world will know about the brave actions of the Weibei Battalion, and they will even soon be drowned in the tide of history, but these 500 people have leveraged the situation in the world, so that half of the country that was originally going to fall into the hands of the Tuliao people has a chance to breathe, and the general trend of the world has also changed.

Due to the forced detachment of elite troops to rush back to the grassland to stabilize the rear, the Tuliao people could only control part of the plain area north of Zhongshen City that directly led to the grassland for the time being, and were unable to divide their troops to the west, east and south. At the same time, the major tribes who had robbed a lot of money in this invasion also began to rush to dare to return to the grassland to digest this harvest before the snow covered the grassland. So the tribes began to unite and kept shouting that their tribe had been attacked, and that they wanted to rush back to the steppe to see how their tribes were doing. At this time, the elite cavalry of the Tuliao people had already divided their troops into three routes and rushed back to part of Tongwancheng, and the remaining soldiers and horses were not enough to suppress the united major tribes, so they were forced to agree to let them return to the grassland. Without the cavalry of the major tribes, the control of the Tuliao people over the Central Plains and the north that had just been defeated was greatly weakened. This situation has won valuable respite for the powerful valves who have played the banner of the king of diligence from all walks of life, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life. In the coming year, when the Tuliao people want to sweep away the soldiers and horses who refuse to obey in all directions, it will not be so easy. In the end, the depressed Tuliao people had to give up the land of the Pingzhou Dynasty that they controlled, and first retreat the whole army to the grassland to stabilize the situation on the grassland. Returning to the steppe this time, the Tuliao Khan was ruthless to completely conquer the major tribes and create a stable steppe khanate, so that he could go south again in the future and firmly occupy the flowery world of the Ping Zhou Dynasty.

Although the Tuliao people have no time to take care of anything else for the time being, the Weibei battalion still has its own troubles that need to be solved first. Although the Tuliao Golden Horde was unable to send its own elite soldiers to retaliate, it instructed a large tribe under his command 'Mengwu' to lead 20,000 "Mengwu" tribal cavalry to attack the small county town of Dingbei, intending to completely destroy this small "horsefly" that had been harassing the grassland constantly.

For a while, heavy war clouds were dense over this small Dingbei County.