In the early morning, the morning sun rises from the east and shines on the dilapidated city of Tongzhou. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The city was silent, and the soldiers of the Shence Army were lying on the walls of the city and sleeping soundly. A day and a night of great battle, a triumphant revelry at dawn, all this is followed by extreme weariness. So they did not go back to the barracks, but lay down and fell into a deep sleep. The dreams after the fierce battle must have been extremely sweet, and many people were smiling in their sleep, and some laughed out loud in their dreams.

Outside the city, the battlefield was in shambles. It was only after dawn that we knew how fierce yesterday's battle was. The flat domain, which was originally full of green grass and green trees, was now full of potholes, as if it had been attacked by a meteor outside the sky. After the bombardment by Shenwei artillery, it left a lot of holes, and the grass was trampled by soldiers and horses, leaving only grass roots. Blood and corpses were everywhere on the ground, arrows, blades, armor, and logs all over the ground. The bonfires lit on the battlefield last night were still rising into the sky with black plumes of smoke, and the smell of blood and burnt was in the air. The whole battlefield is like a hell of Shura.

The bottom of the city walls was the most unsightly, with a thick layer of corpses stacked on top of each other. This is the place where the battle was fiercest during the siege, so there are a lot of corpses. And the deaths of these corpses are horrifying. The missing arms and legs were corpses that flew from a distance after being bombarded by the Shenwei cannons; The brains burst out and the flesh was blurred, which was caused by falling down the ladder during the siege and falling on the stone slope below the city; It sticks to the ground like minced meat, which is caused by the trampling of elephant cavalry. The most are the hedgehog-like corpses shot by bows and arrows, and the Shence soldiers wear bows, and their long-range shooting ability is good, and their power has been fully exerted in the defense of the city.

It was Du Fu who was responsible for leading people to clean up the battlefield, this should not have been his errand, and Wang Yuan didn't want him to do such a thing, but Du Fu insisted on doing it. Du Fu told Wang Yuan that he was like a bystander in this battle, whether it was planning or killing the enemy, so he had to do something to feel at ease. What he can do is to let the generals and soldiers who participated in the battle sleep well, and he will clean up the battlefield with 3,000 logistics soldiers.

Wang Yuan couldn't resist him, and he was also speechless. Literati are sometimes like this, their self-esteem is too strong, they are too self-loving. This Du Fu is, at the beginning, he was unwilling to follow himself to serve Yang Guozhong for the sake of face, but now he is still this virtuous, as if he was afraid of eating rice.

Since he couldn't resist him, Wang Yuan simply didn't persuade him, and let him do something Maybe he would feel better. But when he thought of Du Fu, who was respected as a poet saint in later generations, cleaning the battlefield and carrying corpses under his tent, Wang Yuan felt that he was really committing a crime.

Du Fu himself was quite happy, and led 3,000 soldiers to dig a huge sinkhole on the slope north of the city, and it was not dug until the afternoon. Ordered people to drag the corpses on the battlefield to the pit one by one, and then bury them. He also personally erected a wordless monument for them. This left the soldiers of the Divine Command Army speechless. When cleaning up the battlefield before, the practice of the Shence Army was to pile up corpses and burn them to ashes, how could it be so physically exhausting and effort-consuming. But Du Fu didn't allow it, he said that although these soldiers were traitors in this life, they couldn't be crushed and burned to ashes, and if they burned their bodies, they wouldn't even have the chance to be reincarnated, and they should still be given the opportunity to be reincarnated. In the face of Du Fu's words, the soldiers of the Shence Army all rolled their eyes. But the marshal greeted him and said that he would absolutely obey Du Senjun's orders, and the soldiers had no choice but to do as he said. Just scolded a few nerds behind his back to relieve his anger.

In the early afternoon, the battlefield was cleaned up. When Wang Yuan, who had slept for a few hours and was full of energy, came to Dongcheng, the soldiers had already cleaned up the mess above and below the city. Many of the people of the city came out to help fill the pits outside the city. Help bring piles of weapons and armor back to the city.

In the square to the east of the city, armor and blades were piled up, and countless materials were captured. The rebels withdrew in a hurry, and most of the food and grass supplies were captured. The carriages and horses continued to pull into the city, and Wang Yuan smiled from ear to ear when he looked at this scene.

Du Fu came in a hurry, but his face was full of energy. He had rushed to report to Wang Yuan the seized materials and the list of casualties on both sides.

"Big win, big win." Du Fu said with a smile.

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said, "Brother Du, it's hard work." I heard that you worked tirelessly to bury the corpse. ”

Du Fu smiled: "Yes, it is better to bury it than to burn it, if it is burned, there are no bones left, and there is always something wrong." Although they are enemies, they don't have to be so cruel to them when they die. ”

Wang Yuan wanted to say, "Is it cruel here?" This is the most environmentally friendly, right? However, he still nodded and smiled: "What I said is that Brother Du is still a benevolent person with a compassionate heart." ”

Du Fu smiled, raised the list in his hand and said, "These are the list of materials after cleaning the battlefield, I will read it to Marshal Wang." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "There is labor." ”

Du Fu followed Wang Yuan's side, and read as he walked: "Thirty thousand seven hundred and twenty-three blades, twenty-five thousand eight hundred and fifteen sets of armor, and nine thousand two hundred bows and arrows were seized. There were four thousand and ninety-four horses, six thousand two hundred cattle, and five hundred and fifty-two carts. In addition, 15,400 tents and about 123,000 stone of grain and grass were seized......"

Wang Yuan wanted to laugh when he heard it. This Du Fu is too fine, and the statistics of these materials are accurate to you, and it seems that they have been counted one by one. It is estimated that if it is not for the food that cannot be counted, I am afraid that it will be accurate to all of you. It's a serious and responsible person, but it's too delicate.

"Twenty-eight thousand and seventy-one corpses of the enemy were buried, and eleven thousand five hundred and three enemy soldiers were wounded and captured. In this battle, a total of 39,514 enemy troops were annihilated. With the addition of the first two annihilated enemies, the total exceeded 60,000. Our army suffered 6,327 killed and 13,500 wounded. To be able to exchange such a small number of casualties for such a large casualty of the other party, and to capture so many materials, horses, weapons, and armor, it was really an earth-shattering victory. Du Fuwu followed behind him to report these figures, and did not forget to praise them.

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "It's a big victory, I'm very satisfied." ”

Du Fu said: "Do you want to write a good report to the court, so that Your Majesty and the court officials are also happy, I haven't been so happy for a long time." ”

Wang Yuan thought for a while and said, "Don't be in a hurry first, let's talk about it in the evening." ”

Du Fu was stunned and said: "Why wait until the evening, a little earlier to make the people of Jiannan in the court happy." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Because this number is not the final number, it has to be increased." This battle is not over yet. ”

Du Fu was stunned and said, "What? Are you going to send troops in pursuit? I'm afraid it's too late to chase after it. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Brother Du, you are not just my clever plan. You go and rest first, I don't expect the news to come tomorrow morning, and then you'll know what's going on. I'll go to the city for a turn, and the follow-up warehousing will be handed over to the logistics officials, you don't want to be tired and fall, otherwise you won't be able to go out of Shu with me to attack Chang'an. ”

Du Fu was full of questions, but he knew that Wang Yuan would not say the reason now, so he was not busy asking, so he took his leave and went to rest after the handover.

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In the mountains of the east, the retreating rebel soldiers and horses had already walked from dawn to mid-afternoon, exhausted and colorless. After attacking the city for a day, so many people died, and they were so frightened, and then they had to travel for several hours, even those who were beaten with iron could not stand it.

But they didn't dare to relax a little, they didn't dare to stop. The farther away from that terrible place, the more reassured you become. Therefore, even if they were tired to death, they still dragged their lead-filled legs and moved forward mechanically. No one spoke, except for the sound of heavy wheezing and the gray chirping of the horses, the sound of heavy footsteps on the rocks. The 110,000 soldiers and horses were like a horde of walking dead.

The plank road is narrow and difficult to navigate, and there are several dangerous places ahead. Suddenly, there were terrible screams and the sound of rocks sliding in front of the team, and the team suddenly became in turmoil.

Shi Siming, who was dozing off because he couldn't hold his eyelids, woke up suddenly, stared at blood-red eyes and shouted, "What's the matter, what happened?" ”

Shi Chaoyi hurriedly rode his horse to check, and soon after, he galloped back and reported: "Father, it was a few soldiers who slid down the mountain road and fell into the ravine, the road ahead is too difficult to walk, and it is a canyon between the two mountains. ”

Shi Siming breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be just an accident.

I don't know when, Gao Xiuyan, who was full of gloom, came to Shi Siming's side, and he also heard Shi Chaoyi's reply. So Shen Yin said: "Marshal, the brothers are too tired, and there is no way to go like this. In my opinion, after this steep mountain road, the brothers should rest and rest in the valley ahead. This mountain road is so steep that it can be used as a barrier for our back road, and it will not matter if the imperial court soldiers and horses chase after it. ”

Shi Siming frowned, thought for a while, and said, "That's it, it's really time to let the brothers rest, it's unpleasant and dangerous to go on like this." I was going to hold out until the sun went down, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hold out now, and the soldiers would wilt. ”

Gao Xiuyan nodded and said, "Yes, it's all wilted." In front of us is the Valley of the Apes, where we passed when we came, and it was spacious and there was a mountain stream flowing through it, which was a good place to rest and rest. Let's rest until tomorrow morning. ”

Shi Siming frowned and looked ahead, the clouds and mist were shrouded between the mountains, the mist was steaming in the valley, and the green trees were luxuriant. It was indeed the Valley of the Ape Cry. He did pass by there when he came, and camped for the night. The terrain there is good, but there is one point, the apes are screaming in the trees, making people uncomfortable, and that is the origin of the name of the Valley of the Apes. But now I don't care about the little things like monkey noise.

"Okay, order the whole army, you must enter the Valley of the Crying Ape before dark, rest for the night, and then go on the road tomorrow." Shi Siming ordered.