At the end of the day, by the river, Xu Nian arranged to come to the river before the end of this morning, and the people from all villages who were responsible for the new corpses that drifted down the river were all busy seriously. Mobile M.

On the banks of the river, thousands of corpses have been piled up.

They were divided into two piles, one with more than two or three hundred bodies, and the other with six or seven hundred.

It seems that the night before yesterday, the Qi army not only attacked the Chu army at night, but also this battle was very cruel.

Xiao Qiongzhi walked up to Xu Nian, who was painting the portrait of the corpse that was fished up yesterday, pointed to the two new corpses, and asked with some concern: "Lord Zhixian, how long did it take for these corpses to be fished up?" ”

Xu Nian said with a sad face: "It's just a moment, it won't be more than two quarters of an hour." ”

That is equivalent to saying that this battle is dozens of times more brutal than last time.

After all, yesterday, from Zhou Dayong fishing for the first corpse in the upstream river, to notifying Zhou Yuandong to take people here and digging ice to fish for corpses, it took nearly half an hour, and only dozens of corpses were fished out.

It seems that things are completely like Zheng Bang's analysis, there are really important people like the King of Qi or the Prince of Qi in the Qi State, who were caught by the Chu army.

Otherwise, the Qi army would not have come so crazy to carry out a night attack with the Chu army.

She took a closer look at the two piles of corpses that had been fished up, and found that their clothes were very different from the corpses that were fished out yesterday.

Among them, the pile of more than two or three hundred corpses were all soldiers of the Chu army, all of whom were wearing armor to fight, and there was the word "Chu" on the chest mirror in front of them, which was easy to identify.

It fully shows that the Chu army had long expected that the Qi army would attack them and had been prepared for a long time.

And the pile of more than six or seven hundred corpses are all Qi soldiers, half of them are wearing armor to fight, and there is the word "Qi" on the chest mirror in front of them; Half of them didn't wear armor to fight, but the chest position of the coat also had the word "Qi".

It is estimated that those who did not wear armor to fight were the first soldiers of the Chu army to cross the river to attack.

In the past, when Zhou Dazhi was still at home, he talked about the battle of Chu and Qi several times, and each time the Chu army suffered heavy casualties and the Qi country suffered small losses.

The same is true of those bodies that were fished yesterday.

Although the Chu army was secretly attacked, they did not wear armor, and there was no logo of the Chu army on their clothes, and the Qi army was in a hurry to respond to the battle, and they did not wear armor, and they did not even wear their coats, and there was no logo of the Qi army on their clothes.

But judging from Zheng Bang's method of analyzing the corpse of the Qi soldiers, just looking at the physiognomy and body growth characteristics, among the nearly 4,000 corpses yesterday, only half should be small, which belonged to the soldiers of the Qi army, and most of them belonged to the soldiers of the Chu State.

It is equivalent to saying that the current battle of Chu and Qi, in Xiao Qiongzhi's impression, is the only time that the proportion of Chu casualties is far lower than that of the Qi army.

It's a pity, even if it's just the same, because of the battle of Chuqi, the number of casualties is too much, Xiao Qiongzhi still can't help but worry about the safety of Zhou Dazhi, Zhou Youqian and all the Chu army.

She obediently stayed on the big rock that Zheng Bang had chosen for her yesterday, silently looked at the people who were digging up the corpses on the river, fished out the corpses, and carried them to the shore.

In his heart, he hoped that the corpses floating down the upper reaches of the Peacock River could be fewer and fewer, and they would be gone soon.

Unfortunately, war is brutal and cannot be diverted by individual will.

In the next hour, the flow of corpses floating down the upper reaches of the Peacock River increased instead of decreasing, and nearly 5,000 bodies were fished out!

Among them, about 3,000 are the corpses of the soldiers of the Qi army, and about 2,000 are the corpses of the soldiers of the Chu army.

It fully shows that the proportion of casualties among the officers and men of the Chu army is increasing significantly.

Those who were responsible for retrieving and carrying the corpses all showed very sad expressions on their faces, although they were all so tired that their hands and feet were trembling, and they were about to be unable to continue, and they were still gritting their teeth and burying the corpses, not daring to miss the traces of a corpse.

After all, each of these floating corpses could be their own clan or family members.

After a while, the head of Quanpi Township suddenly accompanied the heads of several townships next door, as well as the village chiefs or patriarchs of thirty or forty villages, and led thousands of people to rush over.

Xu Nian, who was originally in a hurry, didn't give the chief, village chief, and patriarch a chance to talk to him, and directly arranged for them to take people and relay them to those who were responsible for collecting and carrying corpses.

After the relay work was in place, he put his mind at ease, turned his head and asked the mayor of Quanpi Township: "How did you think of bringing so many people over?" ”

The mayor of Quanpi Township replied honestly: "This matter is not something I thought of. ”

"Originally, I just watched too few painters and autopsies yesterday, and I was worried that you and Master Zheng would be tired in the next few days, so I took it upon myself to send people to notify the mayors of several townships next door overnight, and asked them to send some painters and autopsies over."

"As a result, the lieutenants of the next few townships rushed to my house early this morning with hundreds of people, saying that in addition to bringing 23 painters and 27 Lang Zhong who can perform autopsies, they also called 10 people from various villages to come and identify the corpses. So, there are so many people. ”

It's a crooked hit.

Xu Nian was very satisfied, patted the shoulder of the chief of Quanpi Township, and then began to direct the twenty-three painters he had brought, and the twenty-seven Lang Zhong, who could conduct an autopsy, were in charge of portraits and autopsies.

Another hour passed, and nearly 10,000 new corpses were added to the riverbank.

Among them, about 5,000 are the corpses of the soldiers of the Qi army, and about 5,000 are the corpses of the soldiers of the Chu army.

It fully shows that the casualty ratio of the officers and soldiers of the Chu army is almost the same as that of the soldiers of the Qi army.

The people who were brought by the mayor of the next village, who were collecting and carrying the corpses, had the same faces as the previous batch of people, and they all showed very sad expressions, although they were all so tired that their hands and feet were trembling, and they were about to be unable to continue, and they were still gritting their teeth and burying the corpses, not daring to miss the traces of a corpse.

At this time, many people in Zhoujia Village heard that the corpses could be fished out by the river, and they all rushed to see the excitement.

The patriarchs of the surrounding villages who came yesterday also brought 20 or 30 new people to help identify and retrieve the corpses.

These people happen to be able to relay and bring people from the townships next door.

However, nearly 20,000 corpses have accumulated and piled up on the riverbank.

The hearts of all those present were very heavy.

Even the people who were brought by the elders of the next village, who were collecting and carrying the corpses, did not feel joy because someone could relay them.

It is estimated that they are all like Xiao Qiongzhi, silently looking forward to it in their hearts, and in the upper reaches of the Peacock River, there will be no new corpses drifting down the river.

Farmer's Gate Golden Branch

Farmer's Gate Golden Branch