Chapter 152: No Man's Land (5)
"Is this a retreat?" Qin Mo looked at the battlefield in surprise.
The Mongol cavalry galloped from their horses on either side of the advancing Red Turban Armor Soldiers, while shooting arrows vigorously. Even if these arrows had no effect on the armorers, they could slightly hinder their pursuit of the Mongol infantry.
As for the Mongol infantry, they saw a crowd of armor men in armor and cloaks marching towards them. Retreat was soon chosen. At this time, with the cover of the Mongolian cavalry, he ran away. At this time, the Mongol infantry army had already arrived in front of the city, and quickly entered the city of Dezhou through the wide open gate.
However, there were not many soldiers of the Red Turban Army who were as surprised as Qin Mohuan, and when they saw the Mongolian army fleeing back to the city at a very fast speed, the soldiers of the Red Turban Army couldn't help but cheer.
As if shaken by this earth-shattering cheer, the Mongol cavalry divided into two groups and galloped towards the east and west, and it was not long before they bypassed the south of the city and disappeared behind the city walls. At this time, the gate in the south of the city of Texas was closed, and only the Red Turban Army was left on the battlefield.
The armor soldiers led by Liu Pet did not chase any more, and they went straight back to the trebuchet. The excited Red Turban soldiers immediately came up and surrounded these warriors who were facing the Mongol army. The call resounded even more throughout the world. Liu Pet, who squeezed out of the crowd, took off his helmet, grabbed Qin Mohuan, who was coming over, and shouted loudly: "How are the wounded? ”
In such cheers, he shouted out the question, and Qin Mohuan could only barely hear it clearly. Of course, this may also be because Liu Chong's northern dialect is not authentic enough. After understanding Liu Chong's words, Qin Mohuan remembered that many soldiers of the Red Turban Army were injured in this battle. However, Qin Mohuan didn't expect it before, and he had no concept at this time. He scratched his head and looked into the middle of the formation.
"Follow me!" Liu Pet dropped a sentence and walked towards the formation.
Sure enough, the wounded were put here. The soldiers of the Red Turban Army, who had been lightly wounded, learned that they had won the battle, and although they grinned their teeth, their faces were still full of smiles. Liu Pet's gaze swept over them, and then fell on the more seriously injured soldiers. Looking at their painful expressions, the place where the arrow had been pulled out had been wrapped in gauze, but the large blood stains oozing from the gauze testified to the heaviness of the injury.
There were also some wounded people who were hit by arrows in miserable positions, and the medical staff in the Red Turban Army did not even dare to dig out the arrows. Just looking at the fatal positions where the arrows were inserted, Liu Pet felt uncomfortable, and couldn't help but look away.
Liu Pet, who turned his head, said to Qin Mohuan: "Hurry up and send them to the river and send them across the river for treatment." ”
"Oh." Qin Mohuan responded, and then went to summon his subordinates.
The entire army array had been divided into more than a dozen groups of people at this time, and Qin Mohuan found his subordinates, which was a team of one hundred and ten people. Qin Mohuan told these subordinates to follow him to carry the wounded. After hearing this, the faces of the subordinates all turned ugly, and one of them spoke: "Leader Qin, there are so many people, why do you have to go?" ”
The Red Turban Army attacking Texas this time was composed of more than a dozen Red Turban Army, although they were all nominally fighting under the command of 'General Liu Pet Liu', but Liu Pet could only directly order more than 70 people directly under him. Qin Mohuan wanted to take the initiative to help Liu Pet, but Qin Mohuan's subordinates had no such plans.
Seeing Qin Mohuan's unhappy expression, the person who spoke just now was a little cowardly. Everyone knows that the leader of Qin Mohuan is very favored by General Liu Chong, and his body of carabiner armor was given by General Liu Chong. Still, they didn't want to go.
Seeing the expressions of the leader and everyone, Sun Hong, the second leader, stepped forward and said, "Big brother, it's not our people who were injured this time, why should we meddle in this matter?" And it's a bloody disaster. ”
As soon as they heard such a statement, those who didn't want to go immediately chimed in: "Yes, Commander Qin, seeing that the blood of his own people is a bloody disaster, which is unlucky. Let's eat with a knife, this color mouth can't be broken. ”
"Uh-huh. After all, this is the blood of his own people, and the person is so badly injured, in case he can't be saved, he will die on the road. Yin Qi is so heavy, it is unlucky. ”
As he spoke, everyone's eyes were on one of the people in the team. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he could only come out. His name is Gongsun Fu, and he used to be a Taoist priest. Because the great monk forces led by Tantra were competing with Taoism, Kublai Khan asked each Taoist sect to choose one person of their own choice to 'wear a talisman into the fire to prove their ability'. The leaders of the Taoist gang all said that the Taoist talisman was pretending to be a god and a ghost, and if they wore the talisman into the fire, it would inevitably turn into ashes. So the great monks immediately recaptured 'more than 300 temples that had been taken away by the Taoists before'. So the Taoist temple where Gongsun Fu was located was taken away.
Religious places have to support themselves, and Gongsun Fu, who has no Taoist temple to rely on, can only go home. With the Red Turbans, he immediately threw himself into the ranks of the rebellion against the Mongol tyranny. At this time, he knew what everyone was planning, and he stepped forward and said: "Chief, this bloody thing shows that luck is insufficient, everything has luck, and those who are lucky are unharmed when they charge into battle. Those who are not lucky enough are more likely to be shot by stray arrows. Those who were injured were unlucky, and we still avoided them. ”
Even though he knew that his subordinates just didn't want to move the wounded, Qin Mohuan also felt that Gongsun Fu's words could not be ignored. In this dangerous battlefield, in addition to ability, luck is also very important.
As a former religious practitioner, Gongsun Fu knew Qin Mohuan's thoughts as soon as he saw Qin Mohuan's expression. He continued: "I don't think it's better to do this, we can send someone to help. However, please General Liu reward some helmets and armor and other objects, I will burn talismans and cast spells on these objects, and the blood light will be removed, and everyone will not be damaged after wearing them. I wonder what the leader thinks? ”
Hearing this, Qin Mohuan's eyes lit up. The people around him also nodded. Expel the blood light of the helmet armor, and everyone can use it boldly with confidence. So that the people dared to carry the wounded.
However, everyone had discussed before sending troops that after the capture of Texas this time, the captured weapons and equipment were divided among the Red Turban Army. Now if you ask for something early, then General Liu Chong will have to dig out his own pocket. Qin Mohuan felt that this request was a bit excessive, if he was General Liu Chong, he would not agree.
So Qin Mohuan pretended to be annoyed and said, "If you talk about the bloody disaster, if General Liu Chong sees that the others don't help, what if he takes people to carry these people himself?" Aren't they afraid? ”
"General Liu Chong is a person from the south side of the Yellow River, and their luck is different from ours in Hebei." Gongsun Fu explained calmly. For the reasons for these explanations, Gongsun Fu himself did not believe a word. At that time, Kublai Khan put forward the condition that if such a simple thing as a fire-avoiding talisman could not be made, it would destroy all the Taoist classics except for the Tao Te Ching. If the talisman really worked, the leaders of the Daomen would not try, so they directly confessed and agreed to destroy the Taoist classics.
When Gongsun Fu was a little Taoist priest, he also followed the teacher to learn to draw talismans. When he was a child, he really believed in this thing, but Gongsun Fu's teacher told Gongsun Fu bluntly, "The talisman has no purpose at all." What is really useful is to see where the other party who draws the talisman comes from. ”
"If it doesn't work, why do so many people believe it?" When he was a child, Gongsun Fu was puzzled.
"Because everybody asks for peace of mind." The teacher gave the apprentice an answer.
Hearing the statement that the north and south of the Yellow River had different luck, Qin Mohuan fell into deep thought. If you explain it in terms of luck, this makes sense. In the past, the south was unlucky, so every battle was lost. However, now the south is in good fortune, so the north will lose every battle. Thinking of this, Qin Mohuan became even more embarrassed, and he said, "However, General Liu Chong needs manpower now. ”
Gongsun Fu came to Qin Mohuan and said in a low voice, "Then you might as well do it." The chief took some of his brothers with him. Let the brothers say this. If General Liu looked unhappy, the leader would casually reprimand his brother for a few words, and then say that General Liu felt that if there was anything that was not useful, everyone would just reward one. If General Liu really wants to use us, then he has to give something anyway. Isn't it easy to explain now the brothers? ”
Qin Mohuan also knew that of course he had to stand on his brother's side, how could it be no good for the brothers to do something. If the spoils are divided after the war, Qin Mohuan has the confidence to rely on his merits to share more. However, when it comes to such details, there is nothing he can do. Gongsun Fu's words undoubtedly made Qin Mohuan find a way, and he immediately replied to Gongsun Fu: "You pick a few people to go with me." ”
Not long after, Qin Mohuan led seven or eight people back to Liu Chong's side. Seeing from a distance, a group of armor soldiers were busy working on Liu Chong's side, and Qin Mohuan and Qin Mohuan's subordinates naturally became solemn. Although everyone regarded Liu Pet as the leader of this battle, the Red Turban Army gathered this time was similar to the situation of the princes of the Eighteenth Route to fight Dong Zhuo, and everyone took General Liu Pet as the leader, but did not unconditionally obey General Liu Pet. What General Liu Chong can really command is the more than 70 armor soldiers under him.
And in the battle, the more than 70 armor soldiers of General Liu Chong made all the people who participated in the battle awe-inspired. They don't talk much, but they don't be domineering either. In battle, these people dared to stand on the front line and fight the Mongols. For that alone, you have to give a thumbs up and call you a 'good man'.
In front of Liu Pet, Qin Mohuan's subordinates acted out such a play according to the predetermined script. As the planner, Gongsun Fu certainly has to take on a lot of scenes. When Gongsun Fuda talked about luck, he had to pay attention to General Liu Chong's reaction. If General Liu Chong himself believed this, Gongsun Fu, who touched his moldy head, was afraid that he would be cut down by Liu Chong in public. Gongsun Fu didn't want to end up like this.
However, General Liu Chong was always very calm, so calm that Gongsun Fu couldn't help but think of his teacher. That's a guy who has no interest in gods and ghosts.
After watching them finish, Liu Pet smiled indifferently: "Since you have these concerns, then please go back." We figure out how to transport people ourselves. ”
Gongsun Fu even recalled his teacher, every time Gongsun Fu tried to ask whether the talisman was really useless or false, the middle-aged Taoist smiled indifferently and replied: "Whether it works or not, you will know if you try it." ”
Qin Mohuan was already a little weak in his heart, and when he heard Liu Pet say this, he said with some anxiety: "General Liu, are you angry?" ”
Liu Pet smiled bitterly, "Everyone is fighting together, why should I be angry with you." Luck, who can really not believe in it. If you are not at ease, go back. ”
After Gongsun Fu heard this, he couldn't help but say, "General Liu, it's better to be like this, I and the leader of Qin will stay and help." ”
"It's fine." Liu Pet replied. At this time, Liu Pet was thinking about how to send someone to be treated quickly. If these seriously injured people go on like this, they are afraid that they will not survive for two days. The more people who don't add to the chaos, the better.
At this time, the camp had already learned that Liu Pet was going to escort the wounded to the Yellow River, and some relatives and friends of the wounded also came over and asked to join the escort. After the team was formed, these people found out that Liu Pet was going to join the escort queue with fifty armor soldiers, and soon many leaders came over.
Everyone's strength is basically the same, and the soldiers and horses led are between fifty and one hundred and twenty. Leader Yuan, who ranked first in the number of people, stepped forward to salute Liu Chong, and then said: "General Liu, people say that they use a knife to kill chickens. It's just an escort, where is the use of your dispatch. ”
Liu Pet shook his head, "The Mongolian cavalry is powerful, but they use the cavalry to the extreme." All kinds of harassment, interceptions, and killings are almost pervasive. We put so much effort into interacting with the wounded in order to save them as much as possible. If we are intercepted by the Mongol cavalry, and the wounded and those who escort the wounded are lost, then why should we bother with so much effort. ”
"Really?" Chief Yuan was frightened by this description.
Liu Pet replied with a cold face: "You may not meet the Mongolian cavalry every time you go out, but you will encounter four or five times out of ten, do you dare to bet on this luck?" ”
When asked like this, all the leaders did not dare to speak. Today, more than half of these wounded soldiers were shot and wounded by about 200 Mongol cavalry. In the process of firing with 1,000 Mongolian infantry, he did not hurt a few. If you have a shield and are mentally prepared, you will be injured, and they will basically be slightly injured.
Soon, the escort departed. The wounded were placed relatively tightly on the cart, and the seriously wounded were only two people in a cart, and there were medical guards on the side.
There were still more than 30 miles from Dezhou City to the Yellow River, and it was already afternoon at this time, and everyone set off immediately. Qin Mohuan wore his scarlet armor and followed Liu Chong's side. The road was not wide, and the two walked beside the group on horseback. After walking out for a while, Qin Mohuan couldn't help but ask, "Commander Liu, I want an armor like you." ”
"I'll talk about this later, be careful along the way!" Liu Pet replied calmly.
"Isn't it like you haven't seen Mongolia?" Qin Mohuan felt that Liu Pet had some deliberate prevarication.
Liu Pet didn't bother to talk nonsense, he ordered: "Commander Qin is next to the team, let's investigate." With that, he urged his mount and led a few armorers to gallop towards the dirt slope in front of him.