Chapter 222: Scars, Soldiers' Medals
"Oh, it's General Ding?"
When Wang Lun heard this, he looked at a big man who was tied up with five flowers, and saw that his face was connected to his neck, full of old scars. Wang Lun was a little surprised in his heart, thinking that in addition to the continuous use of troops in the west at this time, the forbidden army in the mainland had very little actual combat experience, and he couldn't help but look at Ding Desun and said, "Have you been on the battlefield before?" ”
Ding Desun raised his head, as if he was disdainful of answering this question, but the general who was brought by the same person on the side was full of anger, and replied loudly: "My general was born in the Western Army, and he fought more than 30 battles with Xia thieves, and he was seriously injured and dying twice, and there were countless minor injuries!" I was transferred to Xiangzhou half a year ago, and it has only been more than a month! ”
Wang Lun was in awe when he heard this, and remembered a poem written especially for him, and couldn't help but read it out loud: "Deputy General Yunzhou, his face is full of disasters and famines, and even his whole body is bruised. Looking around, conscription and killing, Huang Shayang. The flying fork is right away, piercing the wind and fighting in all directions. ”
When Qin Ming heard this, he thought that his brother was going to recruit this person nine times out of ten. Huang Xin went to see Ding Desun's reaction, only to see that his head suddenly turned around, looked at Wang Lun and said, "You mean me?" ”
"Zhang Dujian's deputy general, who else can there be? Although Gong Wang's tattoo is good, it is not as glorious as the general's real scar! Wang Lun nodded back, and then motioned to Huang Xin: "Loosen the tie for General Ding!" ”
Huang Xin nodded, took out a short blade and cut the rope, and Ding Desun was free, first looked at Wang Lun for a while, then looked at Qin Ming and Huang Xin, and said: "The two of you are not like the green forest method, please also inform the honorable name, so that I know whose hands the Dao is defeated!" ”
"Ben General Huang Xin, this is my benevolent official Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming!" Huang Xin saw that this person's army was defeated but not defeated, but he was also brave, and he didn't hide it from him at the moment.
Ding Desun sighed and said, "It turned out to be the Qin Governor and Huang Dujian of Qingzhou, so I won't be wronged!" No wonder I know that Enzhou Ma is invincible, and the official document is so true! ”
Qin Ming and Huang Xin glanced at each other, and laughed. Qin Ming persuaded him: "Good man, now that you have broken a battalion of soldiers and horses, you will be blamed when you go back, why don't you go to Liangshan with us and do the right thing for heaven together, but you are not happy?" ”
Ding Desun fell into deep thought when he heard this, and said secretly: "If it is muddy today, and the army only talks about relationships, if I die on the battlefield that day, none of the officers will shed half a tear for me." There is really nothing worth remembering in this army. But when I first came to Yunzhou, time was short, and I unexpectedly met two good brothers who were like-minded, and Zhang treated me like a confidant brother, if I voted for Liangshan at this time, I would definitely be an enemy of him, such a pig and dog thing, how to do it? ”
Thinking of this, I saw that he had made up his mind. opened his mouth and said: "It's not that I don't know how to lift, it's just that if I vote for Liangshan, I will definitely be enemies of my two brothers." 'He will be a brother one day, and this time he will be the right one', and the younger brother really can't do this kind of thing. Please don't be strong. If you want to kill a few people, kill them! ”
"In that case, then you can go!" Wang Lun said unexpectedly.
Ding Desun looked at Wang Lun in surprise, as if he couldn't believe it. I'm afraid that I will have auditory hallucinations. When Qin Ming and Huang Xin heard this, they remembered their experiences that day, and they looked at each other with admiration, and they both nodded secretly. Huang Xin saw the hesitation in Ding Desun's heart. opened his mouth and said: "My brother said a word, it is a sentence, General Ding, please go back!" ”
When Ding Desun heard this, he no longer hesitated, bowed to Wang Lun, and then to Qin Ming and Huang Xin, and said: "My general, who was transferred back from the Western Army with me not long ago, was born and died with me, and saved my life on the battlefield, can you return me together?" ”
Wang Lun looked at the person who had just said that Ding Desun was from, and nodded to Huang Xin, who saw this and stepped forward to cut the rope as well, and said, "Follow your general!" ”
The general only felt incredible, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity, so he hurriedly bowed and thanked him, and Wang Lun ordered: "Return the clothes, weapons, and horses of these two, and you can't let the tiger fall back to Pingchuan!" After Wang Lun finished speaking, he hugged his fist towards Ding Desun, said goodbye to leave, and went to visit the wounded soldiers.
Qin Ming smiled and followed Wang Lun over. Huang Xin stayed as the host, asked someone to send horses and weapons, and handed them over to the two, Na Ding Desun looked at Wang Lun's back, sighed, and said, "I really don't want to meet you in battle!" ”
"I don't want to! It's just that people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves, brother, it's good to go! Huang Xin said goodbye.
Ding Desun thanked him immediately, and went to the southeast with his henchmen. Huang Xin turned around to catch up with Wang Lun and Qin Ming, and said with a smile: "I think my brother is a man in the world, and he has some legacy of ancient famous generals!" ”
Wang Lunwan smiled, only to feel that Huang Xin should not be the kind of person who likes to pat on the back, there must be a later text in his words, and asked at the moment: "Then who do you say I look like?" ”
"But make the dragon city fly, don't teach Hu Ma to Yin Mountain!" Huang Xinha smiled, "It's General Li Guang!" ”
Seeing that Qin Ming was also looking at him puzzled at this time, Huang Xin explained with a smile: "General Nafei is known as invincible in archery, but if he encounters an uncertain target, he will never shoot an arrow, so he can shoot an arrow without missing a shot, and he can hit every shot." The younger brother sees that his brother invites someone to go up the mountain, if he is not sure, he will never open his mouth, once he speaks, the invited people will all go up the mountain. In this way, it is not very similar! ”
Qin Ming saw that it resonated, and said with a smile: "A man like Wu Song walked with us all the way when he was in Qingzhou, and I never saw my brother open his mouth to invite him up the mountain!" And this Ding Desun, how did my brother know that he refused to go up the mountain? ”
Wang Lun couldn't help but laugh and said with a smile: "I was just about to invite this mid-arrow tiger to go up the mountain, but I didn't want General Qin to block it for me, so I invited him first, otherwise it would really break my undefeated legend!" ”
This joke, which was very common in later generations, made Qin Ming and Huang Xin laugh so much that they couldn't straighten their waists for a long time.
In fact, Wang Lun really thought that he could invite Ding Desun to the mountain this time, but this person's actions were quite unexpected.
In the original trajectory, the main general Zhang Qing descended first, and then the two deputy generals, Ding Desun and Gong Wang, also descended, and neither of them had a second word. It's just that judging from Ding Desun's performance just now, they shouldn't have much obsession with the court, but they would rather die than live up to their brother's righteousness.
In this way, if he wants these three to go up the mountain, he must invite them together at the same time. It's just that in this way, a big war is inevitable. Wang Lun sighed secretly and asked, "What are the casualties of our army in this battle?" ”
Seeing that Wang Lun didn't ask about the casualties of the seizure, Huang Xin was in awe, restrained his smile, and said: "When our army charged, it was just right, so that the other party had no time to release arrows, and in the end they were all close combat." Our army has the advantage of numbers, weapons and initiative. Twenty-one brothers were killed in the last battle, but there were not a few who were wounded, no less than 100 people needed to be suspended from training and recuperation, and there were more than 200 people who were injured by minor bumps and injuries that did not affect the marching training! ”
Whether a cavalryman is experienced or not is the same as the flight time accumulated by later generations of pilots, Qin Ming's battalion of men and horses, most of the people selected were brothers in the 2,000 horse army who went to Jinghu together that day.
During these months. In addition to sleeping on their horses, they basically didn't even eat and drink much, and even so, there were so many wounded people at this time, which only shows one problem, that is, how difficult it is to train a cavalry with skilled archers and horses!
"There are so many wounded, almost half of the whole battalion, which shows that everyone is not skilled enough in riding! After going back. It's still better to train more! In these three months, as long as others don't come to find trouble, my cottage won't have any big action, and the two of them will train their military horses more often after they go back. Strive to train as soon as possible! Don't lose the 'Thunderbolt' battalion! Wang Lun commanded.
Qin Ming and Huang Xin were stunned for a moment, and only after a while did they realize that their brother didn't give the camp a name, and the two big men were immediately overjoyed. Said together: "Thank you brother for giving the name of the camp, the younger brother will never live up to my brother's high expectations!" ”
"One battle can eat the commander of a horse army with a horse matching rate of more than ninety percent, but he is worthy of this 'Thunderbolt' battalion!" Wang Lun first affirmed the achievements of Qin Ming and Huang Xin. Then he said: "Fortunately, the soldiers and horses in this battalion were not transferred from the Western Army with Ding Desun, otherwise we will hit hard bones in the first battle." I hope that the 'Thunderbolt' battalion will practice a good pair of teeth as soon as possible, and let him be hard and soft in the future, and he will be crushed if he hits it! ”
Qin Ming and Huang Xin glanced at each other, and both said firmly: "Dare not do your best!" ”
Wang Lun nodded and asked, "How are their casualties?" ”
"Among the battalion of horses under the command of Ding Desun, one hundred and seventy-four people died, two hundred and seventy-nine people were captured, more than 380 pairs of bows and arrows were captured, 331 war horses that could still be used, more than 120 pairs of good leather armor, more than 330 pairs of residual armor, and about 3,500 taels of military pay carried by the opponent!" Huang Xin picked up the key points and reported that the items that are not lacking in cottages such as spears and swords have not been counted for the time being.
Wang Lun nodded, and said in his heart that if the wounded were excluded, the battle loss ratio in this battle was more than one to eight, which should be a very satisfactory result. Wang Lun lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "These captives will be kept first, even if there are people among them who want to join my cottage, don't be incorporated into the camps for the time being, all of them will be in one place, and I will be useful in the future!" ”
Qin Ming and Huang Xin both nodded, and then Huang Xin spoke: "Brother, the other party is so unbeaten, mainly because I and others took the initiative and forced them to fight with us in close combat. It's just that it is impossible to approach the enemy so smoothly in the future, according to the younger brother, all the bows and arrows captured this time will be allocated to my battalion! After all, lame legs don't go long! Qin Ming saw that he was also looking at Wang Lun with expectation.
How could Wang Lun not know what they were thinking, as the master of a village, he naturally knew in his heart, now the most lacking weapons in the cottage are bows and crossbows, Tang Long has so many people under his hands, and they have to build armor and weapons, and then force them to make bows and crossbows in large quantities, but it is difficult for strong men.
In the dozen or so battalions that had just been formed, there was an extreme shortage of archers and crossbowmen. At this time, there were 30,000 soldiers in the cottage, and the archers and crossbowmen added up to less than one percent, compared with the situation that more than seventy percent of the forbidden army in the Great Song Dynasty were bows and crossbowmen, forming two extremes.
"The captured horses, first follow the replenishment of your battalion's losses, and the excess will be sent to Brother Deng Fei! As for the three hundred and eighty pairs of bows and arrows, leave two hundred pairs in the 'Thunderbolt' camp, and equip the two capitals first, but it is still said that the archers must not only learn bowery, but also learn long weapons like everyone else, otherwise as soon as the battle is approached, they will be like the opponent tonight, and they can only sit and wait for death! Wang Lun commanded.
"Brother, don't worry, our cottage has enough wine and food every day, which is much better than the food in the forbidden army. In addition, although the soldiers have no monthly salary, but the rewards are flawless, and the distribution is fair, everyone is full of energy, as long as the younger brother is given enough time, this 'Thunderbolt' camp will definitely be formed! Huang Xin promised.
Wang Lun nodded and said, "Count the list of brothers who died in battle, and ask Brother Du Qian to send someone to send a pension, and you will also send your brothers with you, so that it is a common practice to send pensions in the future, and the two families will send personnel together." In addition, the brothers were told to clean up the battlefield, and all the dead horses should be brought back, pickled, and made into rations, which could be carried and eaten by the brothers who came down the mountain in the future! ”
Qin Ming and Huang Xin were quite impressed when they heard this, and they both said: "This is to ask someone to clean up!" Nowadays, our cottage family has a big business and a lot of expenses, and the place in the province should not be wasted! (To be continued......)