Chapter Fifty-Nine: Death in the Night
Before nightfall, the purge was basically completed, and a string of Houjin soldiers and Baoyi were escorted out of various mountain passes, among which there were seventy or eighty soldiers and Yu Ding, and there were thousands of Baoyi, and some heads were hung on the waists of the soldiers guarding them.
These clothes were all fleeing on foot from the Niangnianggong ferry, and later the Dengzhou detachment chased fast, they could only go west into the hills, the mountains over there needed to be detoured, and the road was also difficult to walk, so until Dengzhou Town began to clear up, they had just fled to the vicinity of the battlefield, and they happened to meet the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion who were cleared, and they were almost wiped out.
The armor and weapons of the battlefield were collected and moved back to the open space in the camp, and only a thousand headless corpses of Jiannu were left on the battlefield. The first group of punts were pulled to the ferry by a group of sailors with ropes, unloaded the tents and javelins needed for camping, and transported some of the spoils back to Niangniang Palace on the return journey.
The Dengzhou army camped near the Fuzhou River, and the camps in Dengzhou were very simple, although it was in the enemy territory today, the enemy also fought for a day, and the morale was low after the defeat, and the possibility of the whole army coming out to raid was very small.
Each thousand headquarters set up a camp, laid javelins and thistles, and some mines were also planted on the road, Chen Xin's guard battalion thousand headquarters this time had few battles, arranged on the periphery, and the dragoon thousand headquarters that lost the final were camped by the Fuzhou River.
Siye lit bonfires everywhere, and the night sky full of stars reflected each other, one to prevent the remnants of the rout from fleeing, and the other was to be able to detect the opponent's night attack in time, Dengzhou's Fulu army was hidden outside the surrounding firelight. Chen Xin sent twice as many troops as the Fulu Army, which spread out five miles along the barracks on three sides, mainly the sentinels and special service teams of each department, and there was a mandarin duck formation battle group every other mile to respond.
Liu Pojun took his staff officers to spot check the latent posts in the west and north, and found no slackness, so he rushed back to the camp to participate in today's summary and tomorrow's combat meeting.
When he arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, he had just started to play suona. There was only Zhu Guobin in it, and Zhu Guobin was very angry with Liu Pojun in Dengzhou last time, because Zhu Guobin, like Zhong Laosi, thought that Liu Pojun had formulated a complicated and unclear battle plan, and he was not resolute when directing the operation, and finally led Li Jiucheng and others to escape, triggering Zhu Guobin and Wang Changfu to jointly sue Liu Pojun. However, the battle of Fuzhou went very smoothly this time, and Zhu Guobin and others changed their perception of Liu Pojun.
Chen Xin also turned out from behind, and he was in a very good mood today. On the second day of the battle, the white flag of Fuzhou was defeated, and the Jiannu force in the entire South Siwei area was instantly reduced, and Dengzhou Town had a great initiative.
The deputy chief military judge, the deputy chief quartermaster, the deputy chief instructor officer, and the chief officers of each department arrived one by one, and after the guards served them tea, Chen Xin signaled to start. First of all, he greatly praised the excellent performance of the various departments, especially the Thousand Headquarters of the Mounted Infantry, who not only completed the maneuver from the Pingyang River to the Fuzhou River in half a day, defeated the white flag in one fell swoop, and then defeated the Wuzhen Chaoha and Tianyou army. This new branch of Dengzhou reflects a high degree of mobility and combat ability, although the infantry is fierce in battle. But mobility did not guarantee their appearance in the right place, and the three infantry thousand headquarters only played a role in luring and deterring the enemy.
Liu Pojun presided over the meeting, talked about the process of the meeting, and reported today's results and losses first. Then to arrange tomorrow's battle, he first called the name of the military judge.
This time, he was accompanied by the deputy chief military judge, who usually spoke first at the operational meeting in Dengzhou, and the military judge was responsible for verifying the results of the battle. Every time after a battle, everyone wants to hear him first.
"It has been confirmed that one thousand one hundred and eighty-two people have been killed by Jiannu Zhenyi. Among them, it is preliminarily estimated that there are more than 50 people in Bayala, 290 vests, more than 500 infantry soldiers, one person in the white flag armor, one person in Baya Lajia, three people in Niu Lu, one person in the blue flag Niu Lu Ezhen, and the others are Yu Ding, who killed 370 people in Wuzhen Chaoha and Tianyou Army, most of them were Wuzhen Chaoha, and most of them were killed by Jiannu who supervised the war or trampled to death by themselves. ”
There was a low burst of laughter in the hall, Wuzhen Chaoha's collapse speed was faster than that of the Ming army, it can be said that they didn't know how the muskets were arrayed, and after suffering a few shells, it was a mess, and the gunshots were fired back and forth together, making the whole array full of smoke, and the blurred vision was even more chaotic, and it quickly collapsed under the blows of the detachment and artillery, the Tianyou army was experienced, but it was much better, but the two traitor soldiers did not show strong strength, let alone the goal of Huang Taiji.
In fact, Dengzhou Town's mobile advantage of the sea through guò, from Dengzhou Town's sudden increase in troops, so that the strength of the army this time occupies an absolute advantage, Huang Taiji also looked too high at the combat power of the clothed soldiers, it seems that he thinks that there is no difference between the musketeers and the musketeers, but the gap between Wuzhen Chaoha and the professional soldiers of Dengzhou is too far.
Although Kangxi Ping Wu Sangui had a very powerful Baoyi soldier, but at that time, the Qing army entered the customs and occupied a lot of wealth, and the Baoyi of the Wanghou family of the Jingshi also shared a lot of benefits, and the status of the Jingshi was far higher than that of ordinary Han people.
At this time, Wuzhen Chaoha is just a group of slaves who have just been pulled out of the field, and it is also a group of people who have the most no spirit of resistance in Liaodong, they are used to being oppressed by the oppression, not only are they not rich, but they can't even wear all their clothes, except for the surrendered gunners who have their own coats and farms, the other Wuzhen Chaoha have to farm by themselves, and even have to farm for their masters, and their combat skills are just barely able to put guns, and they have no experience in battle formations, Shi Tingzhu is also a soft bone that surrendered during the battle of Guangning, and the habits of the Ming army are still very heavy. Even when he had the advantage, he was very timid, and during the Songjin War in history, he and Ma Guangyuan were punished for being passive in battle.
In the face of Dengzhou Town, he was even more unbearable, he himself lost his courage on Shenmi Island, this time the front battle had just collapsed, and Bayala, who supervised the formation, rushed up to cut and kill the deserters, and he didn't care about guarding Shi Tingzhu for a while, so he fled with the elite soldiers. Such a soldier asked them to fight against the professional soldiers trained every day in Dengzhou Town, and the result can be imagined.
"Ninety-three Zhenyi prisoners, twelve fishskin tartars, and 1,330 coats, the report is complete." The military judge sat back in his seat.
Liu Pojun, who presided over the meeting, called the quartermaster's name again, and he stood up and said: "Today, a total of 57 pairs of Bayala armor, 3 pairs of Jingliangshan armor, 420 pairs of iron armor, 290 pairs of chain mail, 400 pairs of cotton armor, and 558 bird guns have been captured. There is one big banner of Jiala, five Niulu flags, and the rest of the knives and guns are not counted, roughly thousands; Nine hundred and thirty-two horses were captured, all with saddles......"
The officers in the tent were all excited, Jiannu inlaid with white flags came this time two thousand, three or four hundred, this time the loss of nearly half, it was the first time that Dengzhou Town hit a single flag, and Shenmi Island was selected from each flag. The losses were very even, and the deterrence to the Jiannu banner owner was far less than this time.
And the captured equipment also excited them, especially the Dragoons Qian Zong and Tan Shen, who lacked the most chain mail, with this capture. It can be supplied to all musketeers, and this armor is suitable for light cavalry and melee men, and even if it is damaged, it only needs to be replaced and handed over to the accompanying blacksmith to repair it.
Liu Pojun said lightly: "Let's report the losses of the thousand headquarters, and the dragoon thousand headquarters and cavalry battalions will start first." ”
Tan Shen stood up first, "The cavalry battalion has lost two hundred and seventy-three people. Seventy-six people were seriously wounded, most of whom could not be resuscitated and could not return to the battalion, and one hundred and thirty-eight were slightly injured. Most of them were unharmed. ”
Qian Zongdao, the cavalry infantryman: "The thousand headquarters of the dragoons, two hundred and sixty-two people were killed, seventy-one were seriously wounded, and one hundred and twenty-one were lightly wounded. Most of the serious injuries were spear stab wounds, and I am afraid it will be difficult to save them. Minor injuries are mostly arrow wounds, and it depends on whether they can resist external evil ...... in the later stage"......
Brother Guan was lying on a stretcher in the camp tent, with a wooden board and his quilt underneath, and the waist card was placed next to his head, and there was a row of the same hospital beds on the left and right, several soldiers who had been stabbed through the stomach screamed loudly, and some other seriously injured soldiers also kept moaning, and some ambulance soldiers whispered to comfort the wounded.
The smell of roast horse meat wafted outside, saliva came out of the mouth one by one, the corners of the mouth were a little itchy, he quickly stretched out his tongue, licked a small drop of honey on his face along the corner of his mouth, the sweetness made him feel very delicious, the wounds on his right foot, chest and face have stopped bleeding, the wounds are coated with honey, the wounds on the face are debrided, bandaged by sterilized cotton cloth, greasy and very uncomfortable, a little honey flows down for a long time, he will never waste it.
There was no field hospital in Dengzhou Town, and the wound could only be slightly debrided and then smeared with honey for disinfection, and fresh honey had a disinfecting effect, and it was used by the army until World War I. Therefore, in addition to preparing for the expedition, the ambulance soldiers of each department are looking for honeycombs everywhere after they arrive at the camp, and people in the army often see people with blue noses and swollen faces without fighting, and they don't need to look at the armbands to know that they are ambulances.
But honey is not an antibiotic after all, but whether it will be infected in the end depends on whether it is hard or not, Brother Guan's most painful calf, the wound is very long, the arrow on the chest is not deep into the flesh, and the face makes him a little painful, because the ambulance soldier told him that he can only drink porridge these days, and he can't chew with his teeth, so the meat can't be eaten, and at most he can boil some ham or horse meat porridge.
What makes Brother Guan sad is that Lao Zhou was not rescued, he just inquired with the ambulance soldiers, there is no waist card surnamed Zhou among the wounded soldiers in this company, Lao Zhou is older than him, is his neighbor, an honest and strong farmer, he has never even seen a horse before, he has fallen countless times in the past few months, and finally learned to ride a horse, and he has an amazing amount of food in the army, and he also takes care of Brother Guan. Now he is gone, leaving behind a wife and two ten-year-old children.
"When I go back in the future, I'll help them with farm work." Brother Guan said in his heart, but he didn't know if his injuries were enough to return to his hometown.
"Kill the Tartars! I'm going to kill the Tartars! A seriously wounded soldier next to him suddenly shouted loudly, he was added from the Lushun auxiliaries last time, and his family members died all the way to escape. Because of his dexterity and the use of bird guns, he was added to the penny team.
"Brother Yuan, take good care of your injuries, and I will take you to kill the Tartars in the future." Zhao Xuan's voice sounded softly, and Brother Guan tilted his head with difficulty, only to see Zhao Xuan, the instructor of the Thousand Headquarters, holding the hand of the wounded soldier, and wiping the dense beads of sweat on the forehead of the wounded soldier with a handkerchief with the other hand. What Brother Guan admires most about Zhao Xuan is that he can remember the names of all the people he has talked to.
Brother Guan knew that he couldn't live, and he was pulled out of his stomach by the big knife of the Jiannu cavalry, and his intestines flowed out at that time, and the ambulance soldiers filled him back in his stomach, wrapped a thick cotton cloth outside, and was in a semi-comatose state when he was carried in.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
His head tilted a few times, Zhao Xuan stood up and rubbed it carefully, "Brother Yuan, you killed two Tartars, you are very heroic, I will fight for a medal for you." In the future, when you walk down the street, everyone will give you a thumbs up and praise you for being a good man. ”
At this time, an ambulance soldier rushed over, and Zhao Xuan hurriedly said anxiously: "Come and see, can you think of some more methods." ”
The ambulance soldier shook his head and whispered a few words in Zhao Xuan's ear, and Zhao Xuan nodded sadly.
The ambulance soldier came over to look at Brother Guan's wounds, and saw that there was not a lot of blood on the cotton cloth, so he patted Brother Guan on the shoulder and said, "It's okay." Your wound is not serious, but you are strong, and you will definitely be able to survive it, and I will feed you horse porridge later. When the rest of the tents are ready, I'll transfer you to the minor injury. ”
Brother Guan was about to open his mouth. The ambulance soldier waved his hand and said, "Don't speak, or your face will collapse." ”
After he finished speaking, he left, and Zhao Xuan stood silently for a while, and then looked around at the other seriously injured people in the tent, and whispered comfort to everyone, in fact, they had no hope of being saved.
"Lord Chen, I want to see Lord Chen!"
Brother Guan hurriedly turned around to look. I saw that Brother Yuan of the detachment next to him suddenly stood up, Zhao Xuan and an ambulance soldier hurriedly ran over to let him lie down, Brother Yuan was very awake at this time, and he said loudly: "I killed two Tartar soldiers." I want to report to Lord Chen, I didn't receive his salary in vain, I avenged my wife and children, I want to see Lord Chen and Mr. Zhong. And Mr. Liu, I've never met Mr. Liu. I've only heard his brother in Dengzhou talk about him. ”
The ambulance leaned into Zhao Xuan's ear and said, "Suddenly sobered up, I'm afraid it's back to light." ”
Zhao Xuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately ran outside, shouting, "I'll call you Lord Chen......"
That Brother Yuan had a smile on his face, he kept his body up, no matter how the ambulance soldiers persuaded him, he just refused to lie down, Brother Guan tilted his head and looked at him blankly, in fact, Brother Guan and Jiannu had no other hatred, but the younger brother died in Luanzhou, and he killed two or three Tartars today, which seemed to be revenge, and the hatred in his heart had faded a lot.
After waiting for a while, the Yuan brother gradually couldn't support it, but he kept talking to the ambulance, "I have two boys and a daughter, there are cousins and uncles and a few brothers in the village, Jiannu came, the house was occupied by Jiannu, let me live in the cowshed, Jiannu wanted to kill people, my daughter was robbed by them for three days and died, my wife and I ran out with two boys, the wife died before she arrived at Phi Island, the eldest son died in Kuandian, the youngest son starved to death the year before last, and was eaten by the people on the island, I couldn't stop it, I can't live with them, But I killed two Tartars today and avenged them......"
He kept telling his story with a kind smile on his face, and two more ambulances rushed to hear the sound, and they found a backpack to cushion his back so that he would not have to work too hard, but his voice kept getting lower and lower.
Brother Guan looked at his smiling face, although he had never known Brother Yuan of this detachment, he suddenly hoped that Lord Chen would come as soon as possible, so that this person who had been sad all his life could go on the road with peace of mind.
Zhao Xuan's shouting came from a distance outside, and it seemed that he had really found Lord Chen, and then there was a rush of footsteps, Zhao Xuan opened the door curtain first, and it turned out that it was really Chen Xin who followed him quickly, as well as a few Qian Zong and Zhong Laosi.
Brother Guan breathed a sigh of relief, only to see Zhao Xuan rush to the bedside and say to Brother Yuan: "Brother Yuan, Lord Chen is inspecting the wounded soldiers, and he has come to see you." ”
Brother Yuan's eyes were already a little distracted, he stopped talking and turned his eyes, raised his hand slightly, Chen Xin came over to hold it, looked at his waist card again, and said in a low voice: "Yuan Gusheng, I heard that you killed two Jiannu, your appearance is very good, and you have also avenged your wife and children, they will be proud of you." ”
Yuan Guchang breathed a sigh of relief, and said intermittently: "They are all dead, I am going to see them." I'm from Niuzhuang, Lord Chen, you will definitely recover Liaodong, I know. ”
Zhao Xuan said: "Brother Yuan, don't think about it, if you can survive, we will recover Liaodong together." ”
Yuan Gusheng shook his head and kept staring at Chen Xin's face in front of him, "I didn't embarrass Dengzhou Town, Lord Chen, you are a martial artist, no one has ever treated me so well, I have food and clothing, and I also let me kill the Tartar." Avenge them, if only a son were alive...... That's it. ”
Chen Xin was silent for a moment and said softly: "Brother Yuan, if you really can't survive, there will be a pension, this silver will help you adopt an adopted son, he will give you incense every year with your surname, the propaganda department will tell him about your heroic deeds, and your medal will also be left to him, how many years later, there will be people who know that there is a hero named Yuan Gusheng." ”
"Really." Yuan Gusheng's eyes were full of light, his mouth was wide open, and his head shook slightly, "I still have a son...... I'm a hero......"
With a kind smile on his face, he finally stopped shaking, and the tent was quiet for a while, and Chen Xin sighed and closed his eyes. Ban Xiang said to Zhao Xuan: "Record their deeds and let everyone know that without these heroic sacrifices, there would be no peaceful and happy life." ”
Brother Guan straightened his head and looked at the ceiling blankly, two tears sliding down his cheeks.
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