Chapter 126: Transformation
The rain was still pouring down, and the ground was already filled with water, and the yellow 'colored' turbidity stream continued to flow along the terrain, washing away the floating soil on the surface.
Huang You looked at the ground, and suddenly fell like a side of hell.
But he saw that his hand was just propped up on the 'chest' of a corpse.
The corpse looked like it had been buried on the ground for many days, and it had been soaked in the rain, turning white and blue, and looking a little swollen. The man was in his early twenties, with healthy, white teeth in his wide open mouth. His eyes were full of fear, and he was obviously shocked before he died.
Look at the hole in his heart that is the size of a finger. As a staff member who has been in the army for many years, Huang You can naturally see that this is the 'shooting' hole of the musket. A small piece of lead easily took the young life, and then it was buried in the ground.
It was about the laziness of the person who buried the corpse, and the soil layer covering it was very thin, and it rained for two days, and because the earth had been dug up, the water from all sides flowed over, and the floating soil on it was washed away, and the dead people inside were 'exposed'.
In the past two years, Huang You has not seen dead people on the battlefield, and a single corpse is not enough to make his cold 'hair' stand on end.
As the water accumulated, the surface of the floating soil was washed away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just a moment, one after another pale and swollen corpses gradually 'revealed', more and more, and the white 'flowers' and 'flowers' extended into the distance.
This is a mass grave.
Almost all of the dead had the same wide open mouth, and their eyes were terrifying and fearful.
In the washing of the current, there are several black 'colored' hairs floating in the stagnant water.
Huang You had never seen so many dead people, and he had seen so many people's facial expressions.
As if he had been caught in a nightmare, he sat in a puddle of yellow mud, unable to move a finger.
His body became softer and softer, as if a shaped hand grabbed him and pulled him down, and in the blink of an eye, the dirt sank into half of his waist.
At this time, a guard jumped off his horse and grabbed his hand: "Mr. Huang, be careful, get up." ”
In an instant, all the feelings returned.
Huang You didn't know where in his body a force had risen, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, he jumped up from the pit dripping with water.
Down-to-earth, as far as the eye can see, this pit where the corpses are buried is surprisingly large, about 100 meters long. Counting corpses were piled up in it, curled up, kinked, layer upon layer, densely packed, and the number could not be counted.
"This ...... It's the capture of the Ningxiang Army......" Huang You's voice was choked: "What Sun Yuan said is true, really, beheading five thousand, five thousand, ......"
"Yes, according to the villain, there should be five thousand corpses." An experienced and battle-hardened guard nodded, and also said in a trembling voice: "And they are all the main soldiers." ”
"How?" Next to him, Lu Xiangsheng asked in a deep voice.
"I don't know if you have noticed it, Inspector, most of these dead people are young and strong, not old and weak 'women' and children. And, overseer, look. The man squatted down, dragged an arm that was completely stiff from the mud puddle, and broke the man's clenched fists one by one: "This man should be a sword and shield hand, and he is using a goose feather knife." Generally speaking, the handle of the knife is wrapped with a piece of linen cloth and it is easy to focus. Therefore, unlike ordinary farmers, whose hands are full of calluses, the cocoons on this person's hands are only born in the tiger's mouth. Obviously, it is the main soldier of the thieves who 'operate' the knife all year round. ”
Lu Xiangsheng's face was happy: "You are careful, it seems that the victory of Qingliuguan is real." If it weren't for the Governor's hard work to 'tide' to Qingliu Pass today, he would have really wronged Sun Yuan, a tiger general. ”
"However, the villain is strange, such a great achievement, if it were us, we would have taken off the thief's head a long time ago and asked for merit, after all, the head is a real merit, and no one can erase it."
Lu Xiangsheng suddenly sighed: "This governor seems to understand Sun Yuan's thoughts. ”
Huang You: "Late birth is unknown. ”
Lu Xiangsheng's face was covered with rain, and his face was sad: "These people were 'bewitched' by drums, or coerced, and this is why they became the thief chieftain." But before that, they were all my people! Taking their heads for credit is not something to boast about. ”
He muttered: "Enough, really enough, when this battle is over and the thieves are annihilated, the governor should report to the imperial court, please go to the nine sides to kill the enemy for the country." Civil war, I've fought enough. ”
As he was talking, he suddenly heard a crisp sound.
Everyone looked at it at the same time, but it turned out that the soldier just now accidentally broke one of the fingers of the corpse because of too much force.
After many days of soaking, the corpse was long gone. The muscles, bones, and tendons of the broken fingers are so pale that there is not a trace of red 'color'.
Huang You only felt a surge of blood in his heart, and lowered his head and spit out the yellow bile water with a "wow".
This vomit was full of tears.
Lu Xiangsheng stepped forward and patted his vest with his hand: "Huang You, it doesn't matter to you!" ”
Huang You raised his teary eyes, and his expression suddenly became firm: "What the Inspector said just now is not right. ”
Lu Xiangsheng: "Come on. ”
"What the Inspector just said is tired of fighting the civil war, and the students dare not agree, but the Inspector must know that the Bodhisattva's heart needs thunderbolts." Chaos 'ministers and thieves, what's the harm in killing them? If you don't shed the blood of a thief, how can you exchange it for a peaceful and prosperous world? Kill, in order not to kill in the future. Huang You bowed on the ground: "The student is ashamed and misunderstands Sun Yuan." This person is a rare general, with a thousand guards, he can defeat the forward of 30,000 thieves, although Sun Wu is alive. Talent is rare, how can you let it go. 1,000 enemies and 30,000 enemies, we need to have the determination to dare to die and fight, this is the courage of our Tianxiong army. After the Chuzhou War, the students asked the capital division to incorporate the Ningxiang Army into our Tianxiong Army. ”
Lu Xiangsheng nodded with joy on his face: "This is exactly what I mean, but this superintendent has the intention to recruit the Ningxiang army to supplement our department, not because Sun Yuanbu dares to die and fight." ”
Huang You looked at Lu Xiangsheng suspiciously.
Lu Xiangsheng stood in the rain and talked eloquently: "Huang You doesn't know if you have found it, when my Tianxiong Army is fighting, although they are all fighting bravely, but when the war is not going well, they can easily collapse, have you thought about the truth in this?" ”
"There is indeed such a problem, the students are not clear, and I ask the governor to solve the 'confusion'."
Lu Xiangsheng: "The reason why our army can fight and dare to fight is because the generals in the army are all from Hebei, and they are all related to each other. One person died, everyone fought desperately. Nepotism can greatly maintain unity in the military, but another problem arises. Once the battle does not go well, some people retreat, but others are not easy to stop, and they will also be defeated, and the military law in our Tianxiong army is actually useless. In the final analysis, the lack of discipline in the army is like a reckless child. ”
"When the Ningxiang army crossed Chushui just now, it was orderly, and more than 2,000 people and horses were not 'chaotic' at all, and you also saw it. If such a unit joins our department, it will certainly be able to bring something different. ”
"Every army, like a person, has its own 'nature'. Military training is actually to train the army to its own temperament. In this way, it can be considered a success. Everything else, it's all a lie. But the country is easy to change, and the endowment 'sex' is difficult to change, and my Tianxiong Army attaches too much importance to human relationships, and it is time to join people and completely change. ”
The rain is still falling, even if he wears a raincoat, Lu Xiangsheng's body is still soaked by the rain.
But his eyes sparkled in the rain.