After the battle, the soldiers had not completely withdrawn from the joy of victory, and they were busy collecting the corpses of the fallen soldiers of the Ming army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

I saw that they took off all the armor on the dead soldiers of the Ming army, and then wrapped the corpses in straw mats and broken felt cloths, and the soldiers carried them to the big pit dug in advance.

Every time Peng Yue saw this scene, he was a little touched in his heart, thinking that they would fight bloodily, but in the end, it was a hasty burial, and even the military uniform was taken off for later use because of the high cost.

In this campaign, I don't know how many bones of the Ming Dynasty will be buried here forever, until they are gradually forgotten, and the traces are ruthlessly erased by wind, frost, rain and snow...

Seeing that the space in the pit was filled little by little, the soldiers all sighed, and some of them actually burst into tears and cried bitterly. Yes, they are all brothers who have fought together, carrying knives and guns together, and experiencing life and death together. Maybe someone in this pit was drinking and laughing with him yesterday, frolicking and scolding, but now it is no longer possible. Maybe someone in this pit is his relative, a person who is closely connected by blood and cannot be lost, but now everything can only be buried in memories.

Li Dequan stood aside, his brows furrowed, and poured a full glass of wine next to the big pit, "Brothers, let's go, this is a cup... Real wine..."

"General Li, how many men and horses have been lost in this battle?" , Zeng Mian asked with a sigh on the side.

"Three or four thousand...", Li Dequan replied in a low voice.

"Three thousand or four thousand?" , Zeng Mill frowned, "To be more precise, can this be the same?" ”

"About... Four thousand...". Li Dequan's dull tone made Zeng Miao's heart cold.

"Wounded a thousand, wounded eight hundred. In this way, we should have won a big victory...". Li Dequan saw that Zeng Mill was full of sadness, so he comforted him, and the words came out of his mouth, but there was a sour taste in his heart.

"Yes, a big victory, indeed a big victory...", Zeng Mo said with a wry smile, "Actually, I should be happy, in fact, I was really happy just now." But... Whenever I see this scene. I couldn't be happier..."

"Behind this soldier, there is a group of people involved...", Zeng Mo raised his head and looked up at the already dark sky, and slowly closed his eyes.

Li Dequan knew the reason for Zeng Miao's emotion, and remembered that it was also a snowy night, an old woman was walking back and forth in Datong City with a baby in her arms, saying that she was looking for her son, and she happened to be met by Zeng Miao.

Later, after difficult questioning, she learned that her son had died in battle half a month earlier. And her family is a hereditary military household. Her husband also died in the early years, and now her son has followed in the footsteps, and now only she and a grandson under the age of one are left in the family. But the news of his son's death had already reached her home, and she saw that the old woman was delirious. When she spoke upside down, she knew that she was crazy.

Zeng Mo saw that she was pitiful, so he ordered the sergeant to take care of her. She was then sent home, but a few days later she and the child were found dead in a ruined temple in the city.

Of course. This incident not only touched Zeng Miao, but also touched himself. It also touched everyone who knew about it.

"My lord...", Li Dequan wanted to appease Zeng Miao's emotions, but found that his mood was also difficult to calm down, "War, there will always be deaths..."

Yes, war, there will always be deaths. It's just that this sentence is a word of comfort for some people, and it is also a word for some people to comfort themselves.

"Well, you're right...", Zeng Mo patted Li Dequan on the shoulder, his mood was much better, "Tell all the soldiers to march at night and set up camp twenty miles away from the camp of Maliang Mountain..."

"My lord, why don't you make a surprise attack on the enemy camp at night?" , Li Dequan asked hesitantly, although he felt that he would be criticized by Zeng Mill again, saying that he was not thoughtful, but he couldn't help but say it.

"Do you think the camp of Maliangshan knows nothing about things here?" , Zeng Mill sneered.

"Sure enough, there is a reason, it seems that I still asked a little redundant." , Li Dequan sighed in his heart.

"This movement is so big, even if there are no Tartar soldiers to report it, they should know about it...", Li Dequan said in a low voice.

"Isn't that it...", Zeng Mill turned around, "Since they know what is happening here, why don't they strengthen their defenses in the camp and set up an ambush?" ”

"So we must not attack the camp tonight, for if we act rashly, we will surely suffer a crushing defeat." , Zeng Mill looked back at Li Dequan, "But if they take advantage of the night, they will definitely not be guarded." Otherwise, after tonight, I am afraid that when we set up the village, we will all be attacked and harassed by them, after all, the distance between the camp and the camp is not far..."

"My lord, I don't know anything, and I ask you to give me advice." , Li Dequan arched his hand and said.

"What do you mean?"

"Since the Tartars in Maliang Mountain know that this place is under attack, why don't they rush to the rescue?"

"First of all, it's because it's too late for them to know about it...", Zeng Mo smiled and stroked his beard, "Remember when I ordered someone to burn down the camp?" This move is to make it easier to deal with the Tartars, and secondly, to confuse the camp of Maliang Mountain, so that they think that we have been attacked and destroyed..."

When Li Dequan heard this, he couldn't help but secretly admire Zeng Miao's wisdom, because he hadn't thought about it at all. Indeed, this camp of the Tartars is indeed far away from the camp of Maliang Mountain, and if there is a fire here, they may not be able to find it.

But the camp of his army was half as close to Maliang Mountain, and if such a fire was ignited, the Tartars would not fail to find out.

"And it has been a long time since the fire in our camp started, and if the Tartars succeeded, would they not send someone there to report it? Even if no one reports the news, will Ma Liangshan send someone to check it? ”

"Yes, I've always wondered, why didn't anyone come over there in Maliang Mountain?" , Li Dequan listened to Zeng Miao's words, and was even more puzzled by this.

"Actually, they started to wonder for a long time, and they also sent someone to check...", Zeng Mo smiled slyly, "but they were all stopped in the middle of the road by our people." ”

"I arranged a large group of men and horses in advance to ambush near the camp of Maliangshan, keeping an eye on their movements, preventing them from coming to the rescue, and at the same time blocking the Tartar soldiers who rushed over from the camp here to ask for help."

"I see...", Zeng Mo suddenly realized after hearing this, "I said why did I think our army was a lot less when I fought just now..."

"Otherwise, there will be so much trouble in solving these tartars, how can we sacrifice so many soldiers...", Zeng Mo sighed lightly, "Originally, we had an advantage in numbers." ”

"My lord, there's nothing wrong with this...", Li Dequan comforted on the side, "If you don't send a large group of people and horses to keep an eye on them there, there will definitely be Tartars rushing over for help, and there will definitely be people from the Maliangshan camp coming to check." ”

"yes, the people who came back also said that they stopped quite a few people there." Zeng Mo said that he was no longer melancholy, "They are not only there to intercept, but also to deter." As long as our men and horses stay there, they will not dare to act rashly, because they are afraid that we will attack the camp after leaving the camp. And they didn't get any definite news that it was under siege, so they wouldn't have sent a large army lightly. And the two camps are not on an equal footing, mainly because the camps here are guarding Maliang Mountain, not the camps of Maliang Mountain, so they will not easily take risks for this camp. ”

"Then they should have gotten the news that the camp here has been captured, right?" Li Dequan asked on the side.

"Of course, they'll know anyway," Zeng said with a smile, "so they'll be on guard tonight, and we won't be able to attack the camp." ”

"Okay, I see." , Li Dequan said with a smile. (To be continued.) )