That night, Zhang Chun's camp was calm, and the three hundred elite cavalry of the Langya cavalry scout battalion were scattered outside the camp in the east, south, and west directions to closely monitor.

On the fifth watch of the next day, Zhang Chun led all the elites to retreat to the north by night, and the 5,000 cavalry led by Tai Shici and Xu Sheng entered the camp in two ways, and began to transport more than 12,000 wounded left by Zhang Chun to the Pingyuan City in the south, and then buried more than 4,000 seriously wounded corpses.

After all the wounded were evacuated from the camp, Tai Shici bid farewell to Xu Sheng, who was in charge of the aftermath, and led 500 cavalry to escort more than 100 fully loaded carriages, and quickly went east along the north bank of the Dahe River.

By noon, the entire camp had become an open field, and more than 100,000 people had fought fiercely for forty days in Pingyuan County, and since then they have finally settled down, but there are no people in a radius of 100 miles.

In the afternoon, Liu Cun and Xu Sheng, who had returned from completing the mission, led the 90 students of the first phase of the martial arts academy to walk around the dilapidated plain city, explaining the relationship between the terrain and the attack and defense of the city, and introducing the connection between the outer city to be built and the existing inner city, the key defense areas, and the construction and principles of the future camp to the students one by one.

On 27 August, Liu Cun, who had inspected the various units of the Langya Army on the north bank of the Yellow River, finally returned to Linzi, the state capital, under the bitter hope of officials at all levels in Qingzhou.

Compared with the emperor's appointment of Liu Cun as the illustrious assassin of Qingzhou, the people of Qingzhou are more respectful of Liu Cun's outstanding achievements in the defense of Qingzhou and his convincing overall coordination ability - it is precisely because Liu Cun integrated the various forces in Qingzhou in a gentle and ingenious way, temporarily put aside their differences, and fought side by side, that he kept the plain county that was fiercely attacked by Zhang Chun's 80,000 rebels, and kept the Jinan and Beihai countries where the Qingyan Yellow Turbans were heavily suppressed.

The Qingzhou armies on the Qingyan border were still fighting with the Yellow Turban Army on both roads, but after Zhang Chun's 80,000 rebels in the north were defeated by Liu Cunqin's Langya Army and more than 40,000 recruits, the Yellow Turban Army, which had gathered more and more in the south and had reached 100,000 horses, lost its strategic advantage and dependence, and the initiative on the battlefield gradually returned to the hands of the Qingzhou Army.

Liu Cun's prestige has been with the defeat of Zhang Chun's 80,000 army, the gun provoked Zhang Chun's fierce general Zhang Xian's good news spread all over the world, so that the Qingzhou military and people talk about it, Liu Cun not only has extraordinary military talent, but also brave, full of courage, he appeared again and again in the most dangerous battlefield north of the Yellow River, and the soldiers under his command hated the enemy, fought side by side, and again and again rode into the rebel array, wielding spears and horizontal knives to cut off the heads of the rebels.

Every time Liu Cun appeared on the battlefield, the soldiers under his command immediately cheered like thunder, and their morale was greatly boosted, and even the farmer, who had never held a knife before, was fearless to kill the enemy in front of him; Whenever Liu Cun appears in the gathering places of displaced people, he will see a moving scene of prostrate gratitude to Dade.

Liu Cun quickly established his prestige with his real military exploits and benevolent and broad mind, and won the respect and support of the military and people of Qingzhou with his outstanding commanding ability and fighting spirit of sacrificing his life and forgetting his death.

In addition, rumors that Liu Cun was originally a member of the royal family have spread all over the world, and many nobles and nobles have to change their hostile attitude towards Liu Cun and begin to reconsider their positions.

But not many people know that Liu Cun made great sacrifices for this battle:

Boatloads of new weapons and equipment continued to arrive at the battlefield, tens of millions of materials and building materials became cities and wharves, hundreds of thousands of stone grain and horse materials were consumed by the soldiers of various departments and 380,000 displaced victims, the rear of Chengyang County two million soldiers and civilians day and night for this war to devote their efforts to this war, 45,000 new soldiers and soldiers casualties of nearly half, only the invincible Langya army was recited by the people, the loss of more than 5,600 people, including Liu Cun's six martial arts disciples, six military candidates, nine martial arts academy first phase students, One hundred and five valuable professional craftsmen, and two hundred and forty-two personal guards who followed Liu Cun for three years.

It is precisely for this reason that Liu Cun, who returned to the Assassin's Mansion, was not in the mood to attend any celebration banquet and reception banquet, he first convened Gongsun Pei and other confidants and strategists who had been stationed in Linzi and played an important role in the war, and then took turns to meet with the civil and military chiefs of each county and each country, patiently explaining the various new policies and measures that were about to be promoted throughout Qingzhou, and tried his best to appease the powerful in various places, and finally left only the Qi County Taishou Jiaohe, who was responsible for commanding the southern battlefield.

Liu Cun personally made a cup of tea for Jiao He and sent it to him: "Brother Jingchun (Jiao Hezi) don't have to be restrained, sit down and drink a cup of tea." ”

Jiao He thanked with a smile, withdrew his gaze from the wall full of various forms, and suggested to Liu Cun through the novel and wide desk:

"This place is too small, not in line with the identity of the adult, change the place, if the adult doesn't mind, the subordinates asked someone to clean up the two small courtyards at the crossroads on the left side of the yamen of the Qunfu, the place is quite spacious, there are front and back gardens and more than 100 houses, barely able to live in the adult's subordinate and personal guard camp."

Liu Cun was quite surprised: "That's a good place, sitting in the north and facing the south, facing the street on both sides, remember that there are two shops selling the four treasures of the study room on the side of the north street, which is the property of the Jingchun brothers, right?" ”

Jiao He laughed: "It was bought by the old family members of the clan after the official took office the year before last, and several old family members had nothing to do and were in a panic, so they let them get a shop by themselves to pass the time, and it didn't cost a few dollars, so adults don't have to care." ”

Liu Cun said with a smile: "Then I'll take it, please ask Brother Jingchun's old family members to find another shop, and I'll ask the Langya Chamber of Commerce Qingzhou General Number to hand over the paper, books, ceramics and other businesses of Qi County to Brother Jingchun's old family members to toss, which is a little heart." ”

Jiao He hurriedly refused: "Please take back your life, the lower officials can't afford this generous gift!" Just the paper and book sales in Linzi City, I'm afraid I can buy ten of those yards in a year, no! The adults should not mention this matter again, and they are ashamed of the officials! ”

"It's okay, the Langya Chamber of Commerce is too busy, and I'm looking for someone to cooperate, this matter is so decided, come on! Let's talk about the battle ahead. ”

Liu Cun was reluctant to spend his energy on trivial matters, and directly asked about the casualty figures ahead: "Since the beginning of this month, what have been the casualties of the soldiers under Brother Jingchun and the Beihai Kingdom?" ”

Jiao He sighed helplessly: "In the two major battles this month, the casualties of the soldiers under the lower officials totaled more than 8,200 people, and the Beihai Lieutenant Liu Chun was even more miserable, in the fierce battle of Zhu'a (now southwest of Licheng, Shandong) four days ago, almost all the troops were wiped out, Lord Liu Chun was shot by a stray arrow in the neck, right chest and thigh, and it took a lot of effort to save it, if it weren't for the strong armor given by the Lord before, I am afraid that Lord Liu Chun would not be able to save his life, fortunately, the Xia Guan withstood the onslaught of 28,000 people of Zhang Rao, the fierce general of the thief Kou Middle Road, Zhao Duwei and Wang Duwei, who served as reserves, were able to withdraw and rush to help, so that the 3,000 thieves who had attacked the head of Zhu'a City were laid down on the city wall, and tens of thousands of enemies under the city were driven away, and Zhu'a City was saved, even so, only more than 4,000 people of the 15,000 soldiers of Beihai Kingdom were able to stand. ”

"Zhang Rao?!"

Liu Cun touched the tenacious stubble on his chin: "This person is a fierce opponent!" Unexpectedly, in just two months, his strength has expanded so quickly, and he is already the commander of more than 40,000 troops in the Yellow Turban Army! It seems that when we are constantly integrating, the Yellow Turban Army is also constantly merging, the Yellow Turban Army originally attacked our Jinan and Beihai seven roads, and now there are only two roads left, and its combat power has not only not decreased, but because of the concentration of battlefield command, it is more combative! ”

Jiao He thought about it, isn't that exactly the case? Before, he was confused and experienced, but he didn't have Liu Cun's keen eyes and inductive ability, and after listening to Liu Cun's analysis, he suddenly felt that he benefited a lot: "My lord is incisive!" It is precisely because of this that it seems that the war will be difficult to go on. ”

Liu Cun nodded and told Jiao He frankly:

"I have requisitioned 5,000 infantry from Chengyang, and I will arrive at Xipingling within three days, and I will hand it over to you at that time. In addition, the 30,000 soldiers stationed in the counties of the plains are resting and reorganizing, and since most of the weapons and equipment have been damaged in battle, they are being urgently transported from Langya by sea to replenish them, and in another month or so, they will be able to organize into 20 spear battalions, 20 sword and shield battalions, and 15 bow and crossbow battalions. ”

Jiao He was overjoyed: "It's okay now, with the strong and well-equipped Langya Brigade joining the battlefield, the lower officials will no longer have to worry about it!" ”

Liu Cun waved his hand politely: "When this battle is over, I am afraid that the corporal under Brother Jingchun will also have to be reorganized, eliminate the wounded, sick, old and weak, leave the elite, integrate the troops, and carry out special training." In the past, the establishment of our local army in Dahan was chaotic, taking a song of officers and men as an example, some of them had 200 officers and men, and some of them had 500 officers and men, and there was a huge disparity in the number of troops, which was not conducive to the deployment of troops in wartime. ”

Jiao He nodded frequently, and said his heart to Liu Cun: "My lord, the lower official plans to devote himself to government affairs after this battle and no longer lead troops. ”

Liu Cun's long eyebrows shook slightly: "Why did Brother Jingchun say this?" Could it be that there is another problem? ”

"No, no! Xia Guan had no other ideas, but after this battle, he found that he was really not suitable for leading troops, and Xia Guan would rather be a peace officer who is immersed in affairs and copywriting every day, rather than be a general who fights endlessly! Jiao He hurriedly explained.

Liu Cun said with a smile: "Don't you lead troops to fight every day, what are you worried about?" Aren't there still county commanders and captains under the Taishou? Brother Jingchun is in charge of the overall situation, haha! By the way, Lord Zhao Rong under my brother's command is very good, he can be literate and martial, he is a person who knows soldiers and is good at fighting, and when this battle is over, you can just let him do it? ”

Jiao He truthfully informed Liu Cun: "Such a great talent, the lower official can't keep it, Zhao Rong has received the call of the benefactor Yuan family, after this battle, he will rush to Luoyang and defect to Yuan Benchu, the lieutenant of the middle military academy in the Xiyuan Army, so the lower official asks for the permission of the adult, after the end of this battle, my Qi County will no longer set up the post of county captain, or the adult will assign a county commander to command the army of my Qi County and protect the territory and the people." ”

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