The death of Da Wu completely brought the Battle of Pingcheng to an end, and also made Zhang Yi's whole person fall into great grief in his body and heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the battle of Pingcheng, Zhang Yi suffered little loss, and only 500 people in his headquarters died in the battle, including more than 100 people who led Li Lang to lead the battle, as well as more than a dozen people who stinged in bees, and later Zhang Yi arranged his subordinates outside the city in advance, so the appearance of the monster did not cause much loss to Zhang Yi's elite.

Zhang Yi didn't have much loss, but the people under Turhan and Mortu suffered heavy losses, 1,300 people under Murtu, less than 500 people left, more than 600 people under Turhan, less than 200 survivors, and later after the monster appeared, Budugen's men and horses and Tian Chong's men and horses also lost a lot, plus the people killed by Lu Bu before, the total number was about 5,000 people.

Although Zhang Yi's loss in Pingcheng was not big, it was enough for him to be sad, because the people who lost were all the elites under his command, especially the loss of bee stings, which made Zhang Yi feel like the flesh on his body had been cut, coupled with the death of Li Lang and Tian Chong, especially the tragic situation when Tian Chong died in the end, Zhang Yi was distressed for a whole day without eating or drinking.

Lying on the couch, holding Li Lang's saber before his death, his mind recalled Tian Chong's eyes and smile when he died, and Zhang Yi's face was full of self-blame.

"Lord, the general course of the matter is like this," After talking about the process of Li Lang's sacrifice, Han Tao paused and said: "Lord, before Li Dutong died, ask me to tell you, he said please forgive him, he can't be loyal, he will go to that carefree fairyland and wait for you first." ”

At the end of the words, Han Tao, a man more than seven feet tall, this iron-blooded soldier who still fought to the death with three swords in his body, actually choked up in his voice.

"Han Tao, go down, when the cremation comes, come and call me again, I will send them on their last journey," After retreating from Han Tao, holding Li Lang's saber in his hand, Zhang Yi muttered: "Qiuyi, I killed you, I won't let you replace the saber, and your knife won't break, in fact, speaking of which, the details of a knife, maybe Xianbei people won't see it at the time, it's me who is too cautious, in addition, I also lied to you, there is nothing carefree at all, that's all made up, I hope you can understand me." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yi, who had not closed his eyes for two days and one night, finally fell asleep deeply, and in his dream, he dreamed of Tian Chong's eyes when he died.

This night, Zhang Yi slept directly from one o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the morning, if it wasn't for the uncomfortable pressure on his chest all the time, Zhang Yi probably wouldn't be able to get up.

Rubbing his eyes, Zhang Yi habitually shouted: "Li Lang, bring me a basin of water to wash your face." ”

As soon as Zhang Yi's voice fell, Dian Wei personally walked into the big tent with a basin of water, and Zhang Yi remembered that Li Lang had already gone.

"Hey~"

Sighing, Zhang Yi gritted his teeth and finished washing with the support of Dian Wei, and then he still ate breakfast on the couch.

"Evil," wiping his mouth, Zhang Yi asked Dian Wei: "When is the cremation of the soldiers arranged?" ”

"The fire frame has been set up," Dian Wei replied as he cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, "I've been waiting for the lord to wake up." ”

After listening to Dian Wei's words, Zhang Yi nodded, asked Dian Wei to call a few people in, and ordered them to carry him out of the city.

On the open field outside the southern city, the soldiers of the Dingping Army were busy for a morning, and set up a high wooden frame, at this time, on the wooden frame, there were more than 2,000 remains of the soldiers of the Dingping Army lying quietly, which also included the Turhan who made great achievements in the capture of Pingcheng, the subordinates of Mortu, and all the people who died tragically after the monster appeared, but did not include the subordinates who died when Budugen guarded Pingcheng, because those people were not soldiers of the Dingping Army.

At this time, Pingcheng, in addition to the 3,000 people who must be on duty, entered 20,000 soldiers gathered in the empty field, although nearly 20,000 soldiers gathered together, but the entire empty field was silent, almost a needle drop could be heard, and the death-like silence made the atmosphere on the empty field more and more solemn.

Carried to the closest place to the fire frame by several personal soldiers, Zhang Yi, who was dressed in black, stood on the small wooden platform at the front with the support of Dian Wei and Lu Bu.

Facing the remains on the fire frame, Zhang Yi said in a loud voice: "Kneel! ”

With Zhang Yi's order, nearly 20,000 soldiers of the Dingping Army fell to their knees.

"The soul is back!"

When Zhang Yi shouted the words "the soul returns", a group of people who had been preparing for a long time next to him threw the torches in their hands into the fire rack.

Kneeling in the closest place to the fire frame, Dian Wei and Lu Bu were red from the fire, they tried to persuade Zhang Yi to stay away several times, but Zhang Yi just forced the other soldiers to go back to rest, but he insisted on kneeling here, sending the soldiers on their last journey, and this kneeling, Zhang Yi knelt for an hour, and when Dian Wei and Lu Bu got him up, Zhang Yi's legs could no longer be straightened.

Three days passed, and during the three days, the only thing Zhang Yi was busy with was to subdue and reorganize the soldiers, he first submitted a batch to subdue those soldiers who could serve himself as the lord, and then reorganized them into the seventh and eighth battalions.

After reorganizing the team in Pingcheng, Zhang Yi gave in to Dugen, and summoned Dingxiang County and the generals who stayed in Yunzhong County to defend the Northern Army to Pingcheng in batches, and then those who could be subdued were subdued, and those who could not be subdued were locked up and slowly sharpened, anyway, the total number of troops under Zhang Yi's command expanded from less than 80,000 to nearly 200,000, and the newly expanded team, Zhang Yi did not have to be responsible for their food, grass and military salaries immediately, because those Xianbei troops were still supported by Budugen for the time being. However, Zhang Yi will not give up to Dugen for a long time, and when he recovers, he will naturally take back these rights.

The Dingping army expanded to nearly 200,000, but Zhang Yi's report to He Jin wrote that he had subdued the two counties of Dingxiang and Yanmen, and he suffered heavy losses, and the original nearly 80,000 horses and horses were less than 30,000.

Luoyang City, He Mansion.

After reading the report handed over by Zhang Yi, Huangfu Song nodded: "The battle loss is one to three, well, this Zhang Yi really has some skills, he can actually defeat Liangcheng and Heping City under the condition that the Xianbei people occupy the city defense, and his own losses can reach three to one with the Xianbei people, which is a record that only the Northern Army can achieve." ”

Zhang Yi wrote in the battle report and the actual situation is very different, the actual situation he did not lose much, but also subdued a lot of Xianbei people, but the war report he wrote that his soldiers were divided into two routes, one way more than 20,000 Chen soldiers set the border of Xiang County, the other main force, north to Yanmen County, but in Yanmen County, Zhang Yi suffered heavy losses, although he laid down several important cities, but the main force was almost lost, his own annihilation of more than 12,000 Xianbei troops, his own loss of more than 43,000 people, really unable to continue the attack, had to reorganize in situ, expand new soldiers.

In ancient times, there were fewer war deaths and more reports, and this situation was rare, because the survival rate of soldiers, that is the yardstick to measure a general's military exploits, a victory, and few people died on their own side, which naturally seemed to lead the army and the generals were resourceful, and the credit was naturally great, on the contrary, a siege battle was fought, and the local 80,000 troops were wiped out, and their own side died 200,000, and the win also became a loss. Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is to die more and report less, in order to invite merit, and those who have a conscience will send the military salary back to the homes of the fallen soldiers, and those who have no conscience will directly carry it in their pockets, which is called drinking the blood of soldiers, which is very common in ancient times.

Zhang Yi's death is underreported, this is rare, so there is no benefit at all, but this has no effect on Zhang Yi, the soldiers are all raised by himself, and the court has not sent him a penny, so there is no such thing as drinking the blood of soldiers and risking the army's salary, and he has no extravagant hopes for the court's commendation, what promotion, etc., he knows that if he doesn't send money, even if he expands the territory for the Han Dynasty, there will be no change in his official position, and He Jin will not allow his official position to rise, and the most important thing is to write a report like this, will give He Jin the illusion that he no longer attaches importance to himself, which is what Sima Wei taught him.

Sima Wei's strategy is good, after reading the report, He Jin immediately believed it.

"Haha......" stroked his beard and laughed, He Jin smiled: "Now this Zhang Yi's threat is much smaller, Ding Yuan alone can target him to death, we can continue to shift our attention to Zhao Zhong's group of geldings." ”

He Jin himself is a butcher, he himself does not have any extraordinary ability, he can hold a certain amount of power in the court, and compete with the ten permanent servants, one is by virtue of his sister's appearance, and the other is because there are many talented people like Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song around him, and people like Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song, the reason why they choose to be attached to He Jin's wings is not that He Jin himself has great prestige, but that after the party, people with lofty ideals hate the eunuch dictatorship. Only then did they choose He Jin, who was opposed to the eunuchs.

Zhang Yi is now looking forward to He Jin no longer staring at him, so that he can make the next plan, but he and Sima Wei still underestimate He Jin, perhaps they are underestimating the people around He Jin.

"Da Si Yin," Chong He Jin arched his hand, Zhu Jun said in a low voice: "We must not judge Zhang Yi's current strength just by looking at the report, I think it is better to shoot a capable subordinate and go to the field to investigate, if it is true, we are just ......"

At the end of the words, Zhu Jun used his hand as a knife and slashed downward, and the meaning was naturally self-evident.

"Lord Zhu is right," nodded approvingly, Huangfu Song put the report on the table, and continued: "Even if Zhang Yi's strength is greatly damaged now, we can't keep him, it is best to order the Bingzhou Assassin Shi Ding Yuan and General Lu to join forces, and take advantage of the great loss of his strength to destroy him on the spot, so as not to have many dreams at night." ”

Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song are also good officials with a good reputation in history, but why would they target Zhang Yi, a meritorious minister who subdued Yanmen County, so much?