The red sun hung high, and the entire Shouyang Valley was filled with a strong bloody breath, and the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, and one or two goshawks made a terrible chirp, hovering high above the valley for a long time.

The bloody battle is over.

The rebel general Yin Ziqi was killed by Nan Yong and Mu Changfeng together, tens of thousands of rebel soldiers were fluctuating, and fought and retreated, and were driven out by the red-eyed officers and soldiers, the tragic battlefield continued from the valley to the foothills on both sides, close to three hours of fierce fighting, ending with a tragic victory for the official army, most of the rebels died inside and outside the valley, and a few fled to Jiyin County under the leadership of the rebel general.

Kong Sheng stood in the middle of the hillside, with Fang Tian's halberd inserted horizontally, and Chasing Wind standing silently beside him, as if he knew that his master was in an extremely bad mood, and Chasing Wind didn't even make a sound.

As far as the eye could see, there was a large area of corpses pressed by black. Looking at the past from Kong Sheng's perspective, there are many corpses of officers and soldiers. Although the results of the battle and casualties are still in the final statistics, Kong Sheng also estimated an overview, and there is no expression of the solemnity in his heart.

A cry of sorrow was heard.

Several Suiyang soldiers carried a wooden plank, on which lay Lei Wanchun's unbearable corpse. Lei Wanchun was hit by at least ten arrows on his body, and there were countless wounds of various kinds, many of which had obviously penetrated deep into the flesh and blood, revealing the white bones inside. His body was bent on his knees, his hands were still clenched, and the anger on his face was cut off by a feathered arrow that pierced his cheek, and now showed the surviving officers and soldiers with a strange and hideous tragedy.

Behind him, the mourning of hundreds of Suiyang soldiers who had survived the war suddenly rose, and several military flags that had been half burned by the war swayed weakly in the air.

Nan Jiyun was seriously wounded, both of his legs were pierced by the rebels with spears, and his upper body was also hit by two arrows.

Nan Jiyun lay on the wooden plank, her eyes closed. Tears welled up, and my shoulders trembled violently.

He has been fighting side by side with Lei Wanchun for a long time, and the relationship between his comrades-in-arms and best friends is so deep. I couldn't understand the pain of Nan Jiyun losing his closest comrade-in-arms at this moment, and the heart-rending pain made Nan Jiyun almost suffocate it.

Nan Yong galloped to the horse, turned over and dismounted, and looked sad and solemn. He clenched his fists and said in a low voice: "Lord Overseer, in this battle, our army won a complete victory, annihilating more than ten people under the rebel general Yin Ziqi, 18,000 rebels, and 4,500 soldiers. ”

Kong Sheng slowly looked up at Nan Yong and listened quietly to Nan Yong's words. Judging from the results alone, this battle fully met the expectations before the war, achieved the expected strategic objectives, and can be said to have achieved brilliant results. After this battle, it is believed that the rebels will not have the strength to organize an attack on the Suiyang line within half a year.

But Kong Sheng attaches more importance to his own losses.

"We...... The Suiyang army suffered 3,700 casualties and more than 800 wounded. ”

"Our army lost 1,100 killed and wounded more than 400."

Nan Yong's words made the corners of Kong Sheng's mouth twitch when he heard it, and his face became strangely ugly.

The casualties were even greater than Kong Sheng imagined. The Suiyang army dispatched a total of 6,000 people, and more than half of them suffered casualties, almost annihilating the entire army. And Kong Sheng led an army of 3,000 people. The loss was more than one-third, which was the heaviest casualty of Kong Sheng since he joined the war.

Such a heavy price. It made Kong Sheng suddenly think, what is the meaning and value of such a war? It is so crazy and fragile to go forward and die heroically in blood and fire.

In front of him, the corpses lying in the valley were being cleaned up by the officers and soldiers, Kong Sheng slowly closed his eyes, and the scenes of ruthless bloody battles swept in his eyes. sighed lightly: "Relying on your words to seal the marquis, you will succeed in ten thousand bones." ”

At the end, Kong Sheng slowly pushed away Li Biao, Li Hu and the others who were protecting him in front of him, and slowly ran down the hill.

He parted from the sad and lonely Suiyang soldiers and rushed into the crowd. Suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Lei Wanchun's body, tears rained down, and shouted sadly: "General Lei, the heroic spirit is not far away, Kong Sheng has come to see you!" ”

Kong Sheng wept in front of Lei Wanchun's body. Around, the Suiyang soldiers all mourned all over the field, and the sound shook the valley.

No one can understand Kong Sheng's sadness and helplessness at the moment. He originally thought that the fate of Suiyang heroes such as Lei Wanchun and Nan Jiyun would avoid the fate of martyrdom because of his crossing change, but the result was just like fate. This made him feel the humility of life, the destruction of life so lightly, and the wheel of history moving forward so heavy that it could not be shaken.

Kong Sheng hid his face and cried, and fainted on the spot. All the surviving Suiyang soldiers and Xiayi soldiers were moved to tears and empathized.

The sunset is like blood.

The Suiyang Army and the Xiayi Army joined forces, held high the military flag, and after burying the bodies of all the fallen soldiers on the spot, the mourning shook the sky, and from Kong Sheng below, all the soldiers mourned Dai Xiao, and silently returned to the class.

However, in this battle, most of the main forces of Yin Ziqi's rebels were annihilated, and the rebels retreated to Jiyin County in fear, and the prestige of the official army rose to the apex of an An Lushan rebellion, shaking the entire Henan, Hedong, Shandong and Guanluo lines.

Kong Sheng led his army and the surviving more than 2,000 Suiyang troops to part ways in the north of Ningling. At the time of parting, Kong Sheng bowed three times to Lei Wanchun's hearse that was transported back to Suiyang, turned over on his horse with a solemn face, and led his men and horses to gallop towards Xiayi. As for the surrender of soldiers, according to the agreement between Kong Sheng and Nan Jiyun, it was handed over to the Suiyang Army to go back to reorganize and replenish the lost troops.

Xu Yuan, Nangong Wang and others led the army out of the city for thirty miles to greet them, and thousands of people from Xiayi came to greet Kong Sheng's victory with the army. On both sides of the official road, there were soldiers and civilians who could not see the edge at a glance, but no one cheered excitedly.

Kong Sheng galloped by silently.

Xu Yuan smiled on the horse: "The overseer led the army to attack the rebels, the decisive battle in the Shouyang Valley, killed the rebel general Yin Ziqi, annihilated nearly 20,000 rebels, raised the prestige of our official army, and the heroic name of the overseer shook Henan again, and the official congratulated the overseer again!" ”

Nangong Wang also smiled and said: "This battle is a complete victory, although there are casualties, it is inevitable. After this battle, who would dare to underestimate my Xiayi military horses? The Overseer's prestige has since moved the world! We should go to the court as soon as possible, and ask for merit and rewards for the overseers and all the soldiers! ”

Kong Sheng sighed lightly, looked back at the soldiers who walked by in silence with solemn faces, the rough faces that were tired to the extreme, and said in a deep voice: "The success of this battle is the result of the bloody battle of all the soldiers, and it is the Suiyang army and horses who sacrificed their lives to fight with thousands of lives. Xu Taishou, Mr. Nangong, don't say that, Kong is ashamed! ”

"If you don't say anything, you will succeed and your bones will wither."

"The casualties are so heavy, although this battle has achieved its goal, although it is still defeated, Kong is still heartbroken, what merit and reward are you invited? Don't mention it again, even if you want to play and ask for merit, it's for all the soldiers who participated in the war, don't mention half a word of Kong. ”

Kong Sheng waved his hand, silently urged the horse to gallop, and headed in the direction of the Xiayi City Gate.

Nangong Wang and Xu Yuan glanced at each other, the two had not personally experienced the tragedy of this battle, and thought that Kong Sheng was just pretending to be a gesture, although Kong Sheng said so, but it was necessary to ask for credit to the court, otherwise, wouldn't those fallen soldiers die in vain? (To be continued.) )