Chapter 22: Spring City
After the war, the army was counting the number of casualties.
"How many casualties are there?" Huang Xiaoyuan asked.
"Returning to the general, 28,000 were killed in battle, 7,000 were seriously wounded, 24,000 were beheaded, and 52,000 were taken prisoner."
"Hey! Although it was a victory, our Youzhou army suffered heavy losses! Huang Xiaoyuan sighed.
"Luo Qu, you go and recruit that Xiandeng." Huang Xiaoyuan said with a slight smile.
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Although Zuo Houde didn't know what Huang Xiaoyuan was looking for him, it was mostly a reward.
Zuo Houde clasped his fists and saluted: "Meet the general!" ”
Huang Xiaoyuan hurriedly helped Zuo Houde up, with a smile on his face: "I know you, you are the Sima who offered advice to Luo Lie, Zuo Houde." Anyway, I approved your appointment. ”
"My subordinates have thanked the general!" Zuo Houde showed gratitude.
"Haha! I didn't see the wrong person, he was really brave and strategic, and he deserved to be my Youzhou man! Huang Xiaoyuan looked smug and couldn't help laughing.
"Your surname is Zuo, but you are from the Zuo clan in the south of the city?" Huang Xiaoyuan said tentatively.
"General Hui, the last general is from the Zuo clan in the south of the city." Zuo Houde's face was excited, as if he was saying something extremely proud, as if he was proud of his origin.
"Haha! Sure enough, the Manchu martyrs of the Zuo clan in the south of the city! In the past few decades, your Zuo clan has hundreds of soldiers, which can be described as magnificent! Huang Xiaoyuan exclaimed!
Of course, in fact, Huang Xiaoyuan is right. In the past few decades, the Zuo clan has hundreds of soldiers. But there are only dozens of people who can survive, and the highest military rank that survives is only Sima, Zuo Houde is now the highest military rank of the Zuo clan, and every next step represents a new height in the clan!
With many deaths and few meritorious contributions, joining the army was simply a nightmare for Zuo, so Zuo Houde's father was particularly afraid of conscription at that time.
At the same time, there are very few left surnames in Youzhou, and there is one of the two surnames left in the army, and Huang Xiaoyuan guesses casually, and the accuracy rate is half.
Huang Xiaoyuan chatted with Zuo Houde for a while, and Zuo Houde left.
Zuo Houde sat in his military tent and began to estimate his military exploits, which is so vulgar!
This time Zuo Houde's military exploits are the most in the battalion, except for some middle and high-level in the army, this middle and lower level, that is, Zuo Houde's military merits are the highest, plus the previous merits, should be able to be directly promoted to the four-grade miscellaneous general, directly surpassing Luo Lie, the captain, of course, Luo Lie has accumulated his merits, and most of them can also be promoted to miscellaneous generals, but Zuo Houde did not expect to be able to be tied with Luo Lie so soon.
Of course, in addition to meritorious service this time, the greater gain is to enter the eyes of the middle and high-level of the army, and when they return to Youzhou, King Yan and others will know Zuo Houde's name.
said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Zuo Houde was thinking about Luo Lie, and Luo Lie came.
"Brother Zuo!" Luo Lie entered the big tent, and a slight smile appeared on his expressionless face.
"I've seen the general!" Zuo Houde still salutes, and he has to be rampant, this is Zuo Houde's experience in his previous life.
At least seeing Zuo Houde's behavior as before, the smile on Luo Lie's face was even worse.
"It doesn't have to be like this, you and I are already brothers, just be commensurate," Luo Lie also understands the sophistication of human feelings.
Zuo Houde no longer shirked: "I've seen my brother, I don't know what happened to my brother?" ”
"Tomorrow is to attack Spring City, but I came here to discuss with my brother." Luo Lie replied.
"I wonder what my brother wants to discuss?" Zuo Houde was also a little puzzled. Quancheng, Zuo Houde knows, that is Luo Xin's lair, Luo Xin's family is in Quancheng, Quancheng was originally guarded by heavy soldiers, and later, Luo Xin brought 100,000 troops, at present, Quancheng is no more than 30,000 people.
"Brother Zuo doesn't know, the black nest is the gateway to the spring city, the black nest can be broken and can drive straight in, the spring city will not be able to hold, tomorrow, I want to go to the spring city first, I need the help of the left brothers." Luo Lie is also blunt.
When Zuo Houde heard this, it was not easy to refuse, and besides, he was still under Luo Lie, Luo Lie was willing to come to discuss with him, but he gave Zuo Houde face, hugged his fists and said: "Brother, why do you say this, I will definitely do my best to help tomorrow." ”
Luo Lie got the promise and left happily.
There is merit, Zuo Houde also wants it, but he understands that it is too much, in the battle of Wuchao, he is out of the limelight, and if he is in the limelight again in Quancheng, I am afraid that he will shoot the first bird. The main thing is that he is too junior in the army, and it is not a good thing that he has made too many meritorious contributions! Helping Luo Lie can be regarded as repaying Luo Lie's kindness.
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Quancheng, Luofu.
When a young man got the news from the black nest, he was shocked, this was Luo Yi's eldest son Luo Cheng, and he had no choice for a while, so he recruited the generals in the city.
After a while, four generals came to Luo Cheng.
"I've seen Childe!" The four of them clasped hands and saluted.
"The four generals, please sit down, there is an urgent report from Wuchao, now that Wuchao has been lost, the Youzhou army is about to arrive in my spring city. I don't know how many soldiers there are in the city. Luo Cheng asked.
When the four of them heard this, their faces suddenly changed.
One of the generals hesitated for a moment before replying: "Childe, the general took away the Qianzi battalion and sent soldiers to help Wuchao, and there are only more than 24,000 soldiers in the city. ”
"How many generals can be confident of holding on?" Luo Cheng asked.
A general smiled bitterly: "The black nest has not been defended, and the last general and others are also powerless." ”
As soon as he heard that he couldn't hold it, Luo Cheng calmed down a lot: "General, you try your best, but you can't hold it, so you will surrender, I will flee to Los Angeles with my family to find my father, Grandpa." As he spoke, Luo Cheng's voice couldn't help but become a little whimpering.
The four generals are also unstoppably sad, Luo Xin has ruled Quancheng for decades, and they are also raised by Luo Xin, and their feelings for the Luo family are also quite deep.
"If Childe doesn't dislike the last general, the last general is willing to escort Childe to Los Angeles," Lei Yun said on his knees, tears streaming from his eyes. He is an orphan of a martyr, and Luo Xin brought it up single-handedly, and his feelings for the Luo family are unimaginable to outsiders.
"General Lei, please get up, I'll leave today, General Lei will go back and prepare first." Luo Cheng lifted the thundercloud.
"Three generals, tomorrow, the Youzhou army will arrive, so let's surrender! Don't let the soldiers make unnecessary sacrifices. Luo Cheng said emotionally again.
"Childe is merciful! We will obey! The three of them also knelt on the ground and saluted, thinking of the son's escape and thinking of the soldiers, they couldn't help but burst into tears.
One of the veterans wept bitterly: "The old minister's family is in the city, and he can't walk with his son, the old minister is sorry for the old general!" ”
Luo Cheng personally stepped forward and helped them up one by one, "The generals don't have to blame themselves, I also have a family, I understand the concerns of the generals, so don't let them go." ”
In the afternoon, Luo Cheng took his family and went out of the city under the escort of thunderclouds, and a group of more than 100 people went to Dian City.
"Childe, why don't you go directly to Los Angeles?" Thundercloud asked.
Luo Cheng's face turned cold: "Several generals think that my Luo family is good, but there are always villains who leak our path, I will wait for a detour to go to Diancheng first, and then transfer to Luocheng." ”
In fact, everyone in Luo Cheng's heart understands that this dedication to the city is comparable to catching Luo Cheng and dedicating it to the Youzhou army.
In the mansion during the day, if Luo Cheng hadn't played the emotional card for those generals and left Quancheng quickly, maybe someone would have taken the initiative to besiege Luofu for the sake of future wealth and wealth, and directly tied up Luo Cheng to the Youzhou army.