Chapter 125: Practicing Courage

After arriving at the battlefield, Zhao Yu immediately dismounted, picked up gauze, and personally bandaged the wounded soldiers to calm their emotions. He also promised that tomorrow he would reward each of them with 200 wen! After the military merits are counted, another reward will be given!

Originally, there were many resentful soldiers in the death battalion who were moved to tears one by one, and I have to say that the people of this era are still very simple. Morale, which had been depressed due to heavy casualties, immediately recovered a lot.

Zhao Yu appeased the soldiers here, and Qian Yanyuan, the prince who followed Zhao Yu to Jingdong East Road, had already counted the casualties. Zhao Yu entered the makeshift tent to watch.

Speaking of which, although Qian Yanyuan is Zhao Yu's subordinate official and holds the position of Wang Fu Yishan, he was originally a nail planted by Liu E next to Zhao Yu. Qian Yanyuan's family background is not bad, he is the grandson of Qian Zong, the king of Wuyue, the son of the late Hanlin bachelor Qian Yi, and Qian Weiyan, an important figure in the Queen Mother's Party, is his fourteenth uncle.

Qian Yanyuan is also quite talented, and Zhao Yu also admires him a few times. But Liu E is now dead, but Liu Congde's family, who are qualified to inherit Liu E's power, do not have the courage and ability, and they all live honestly for seven days, not daring to make waves again.

The Queen Mother's Party can be said to have no foundation, and Zhao Yu doesn't need to worry too much about Qian Yanyuan, bringing Qian Yanyuan out this time also has the meaning of reuse. Qian Yanyuan is also knowledgeable, although he did not show any loyalty along the way, but he cooperated with Zhao Yu very much, did his best to do things for Zhao Yu, and used actions instead of verbal effects.

Getting back to business, when he arrived in the tent, Zhao Yu sat on the main seat and stretched out his hand to take the battle report. After looking at it carefully twice with a solemn face, he gently put the battle report on several cases, slowly closed his eyes, closed his eyes and recuperated for a while, and then asked with some emotion: "In today's battle, there were heavy casualties!" Forty-eight people were killed in battle, and another one hundred and seventeen were wounded, and in a few days, I am afraid that some more will die from their wounds! Zigao (Qian Yanyuan) Ah! It's not a way to go on like this, and the morale casualties are too great! Do you have any ideas? ”

Qian Yanyuan replied respectfully: "In this regard, the subordinate has already asked many questions about the soldiers, and found that in the battle, the biggest problem is blood!" ”

Zhao Yu was stunned, raised his hands to massage his temples, and said thoughtfully: "You mean that when soldiers see blood for the first time, they are all afraid in their hearts and can't exert their combat effectiveness, right?" ”

Qian Yanyuan gestured to Li Lizhong, who was guarding the door, Li Lizhong nodded in agreement, and Qian Yanyuan replied: "What the prince thinks is exactly what the lower officials have in their hearts. A lot of thieves have been captured today, so why not use them to train your courage? In this way, the casualties can be greatly reduced, and then the prince said that spirits can kill evil spirits, and more veterans can be cultivated. ”

When Zhao Yu heard this, he instinctively remembered that when Xiao Yueben invaded China, he used a living person to practice bayonets. I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, and Zhao Yu didn't want to be as mad as Xiao Yueben.

It's just that Zhao Yu quickly thought of the cruel sir, this is war! Either you die or I die. Rather than let the soldiers under your command die, let the thieves die!

It's just that this is a little cruel, thinking for a while, Zhao Yu gritted his teeth and decided, and said: "You let him ask about the situation of these thieves, and select the most vicious ones, so that the soldiers can see the blood, and the others will be temporarily imprisoned first!" ”

Qian Yanyuan was a little regretful that Zhao Yu did not adopt all of his strategies, but Qian Yanyuan still agreed. At this time, a person came in from outside.

Zhao Yu didn't open his eyes, he was still very relieved about his guard, and asked, "Li Zhong?" Who's coming in? ”

Li Lizhong replied: "It's a servant girl, just now Mr. Qian felt that you were working too hard, so let the last general find a servant girl to massage you for the prince!" ”

Zhao Yu bowed his head slightly, and said, "It's okay, I haven't had much rest today." ”

After half a sound, a pair of slightly cold hands landed on Zhao Yu's temples. Although it was slightly cold, there was no uncomfortable feeling, but it made Zhao Yu's heart relax.

The gesture of massage is a little jerky, but you can feel that the maid behind her is very serious and hard.

After about a quarter of an hour, the soldiers and horses outside also came, Zhao Yu stood up and glanced at the maidservant behind him. I was a little surprised, it was actually the wheat-colored long-legged girl I met on the way to the barracks who was about to be sold.

When the girl saw Zhao Yu looking at him, she was taken aback, and hurriedly lowered her head and shouted shyly: "Lord Wang! ”

"It's you!" Zhao Yu looked at the other party carefully, as a maidservant, in order to prepare for work, the girl wore a somewhat short floral skirt, the skirt only came to the calf and stomach, and the girl was also wearing a pair of tight trousers, outlining the girl's slender legs.

As if sensing Zhao Yu's gaze, the girl shrank her foot a little shyly, and put her right foot behind her left heel.

Zhao Yu couldn't help but be a little surprised, saying that it was ancient, even if it was modern, Zhao Yu's action was a little inappropriate. Retracting his gaze, Zhao Yu just wanted to say something, but a person had already entered outside.

"Lord Wang!"

If you look closely, it turns out to be a kind of Shiheng.

Zhao Yu knew that the things he was talking about below must be more important, and gestured to the long-legged girl. The girl was slightly blessed and slowly withdrew from the tent.

"Zhongping is here, what is it for?" Zhao Yu sat back and asked calmly.

"Bullback thieves too!" Chong Shiheng said. "The bullback thieves are now guarding the town of Dongkou, presumably to facilitate the plundering of more property! Does the prince want to do this? ”

Zhao Yu said very naturally: "Naturally, he pretended to retreat, lured the snake out of the hole, and wiped out all the thieves on the plain!" ”

Chong Shiheng shook his head and said, "Since ancient times, siege warfare has been the most tragic and bloody. If the prince wants to refine a strong army before entering Jingdong East Road, this is the place to train soldiers! ”

Zhao Yu couldn't help but be stunned, and muttered, "Siege the city?" ”

"Exactly! This is where the courage of the training army lies! Chong Shiheng said seriously.

Zhao Yu didn't speak, and after a long while, he said: "Zhongping, you are now going to the official road to recruit strong homeless people as soldiers, and the grain is taken from the grain cart!" ”

Although there were boats to help transport grain, in fact, there was only a lot of grain in Zhao Yu's army, which was 50,000 stones. With so much food and grass in there, it is not a problem to recruit enough soldiers on the east-west road full of displaced people!

PS: Chapter 2 is here!