Chapter 109: Taking the Lead to Lead the Army (New Book for Collection, Recommendation)
As soon as the group entered the city gate, the mayor of Qulan hurriedly greeted him, bowed his hand to Su Jun, and said with a smile:
"This young hero is really amazing, chasing and killing barbarians all the way, it is really a prestige of my country, I must truthfully report to the city lord of the border city, and personally ask for credit for you, today I am thanks to you leading the cavalry to support, otherwise the end is unimaginable"
The guard in charge of running to ask for help gave the mayor of Qulan a look, and the mayor of Qulan understood, and hurriedly waved his hand and said:
"When the barbarians besieged the city and were in danger, Ye Liji rushed alone to ask for help, and he also made a great contribution, and I will ask for a reward for the two of you at that time."
Seeing that Mayor Qulan had misunderstood what he meant, the barbarian young man known as Ye Liji hurriedly stepped forward and explained to Mayor Qulan:
"The one who rushed to support this time was the new head of the border county, An Ning Shizi, General Zhenbei, and Su ......."
"Huh?"
The mayor of Qulan only thought that the young man in front of him was the hereditary head of a hundred households or the head of the tun in the army, but he really didn't expect that this young and handsome young man would be the head of the county who had just taken office.
couldn't help but kneel on the ground in a hurry, and said in a loud voice:
"The little old man has no eyes, but he doesn't know the county head, I hope His Royal Highness will forgive and forgive his sins"
Su Jun handed over the captured prisoners to the guards on both sides, looked at the nervous Mayor Qulan, and said lightly:
"Don't blame those who don't know, get up and talk in our house, where are the other officials in the town, why do you only see you!"
Listening to Su Jun at this time, although his voice was not loud, he revealed an irresistible majesty, maybe this is the domineering spirit of the superior, Mayor Qulan secretly thought in his heart.
"Back to His Royal Highness, the other officials were busy repairing the city walls, carrying corpses, treating the wounded, pacifying the people, and counting the list of the dead."
Entering the palace of Qulan Town, Su Jun sat generously in the center, and as soon as he sat down, he asked:
"Who are the barbarians who are making trouble this time?"
Mayor Qulan replied:
"Mainly the Shaodang barbarians, they united several small tribes such as Ikaman and Richman to fight together"
Su Jun asked again, "How many people are attacking the city?" ”
"The initial estimate should be about 4,000 people"
Su Jun nodded and continued to ask:
"How many enemies have been destroyed in this battle? What are the casualties of our army? ”
"More than 1,200 enemies were wounded, 800 of our troops were killed, and the rest were wounded"
"Counting the more than 300 people we captured later, there should be less than 2,005 people who escaped."
Mayor Qulan nodded and said:
"Exactly"
Su Jun glanced at Mayor Qulan in surprise, and couldn't see that he was a little old man who was quite talented, so he couldn't help but praise:
"In the face of several times the enemy, you can still be in danger and command, although in the end it is only a miserable victory, but it is also rare and valuable, and you should remember it"
Speaking from the heart, no matter what the barbarian soldiers are generally taller and stronger than the Anning garrison, their combat effectiveness is much stronger, they are brave in battle, and they are not afraid of death.
At this time, the regular defenders of Qulan Town were only more than 500 people, and they were attacked by 4,000 barbarian soldiers.
If it weren't for the mayor of the town who led his soldiers to hold their positions and hold back the barbarian soldiers, he would not have been able to capture the barbarian king of a small tribe so smoothly.
The victory of this battle was due to the mayor of Qulan, but what Su Jun didn't know was that it was not the mayor himself who really commanded the battle.
Listening to General Zhenbei's praise, Mayor Qulan was overjoyed, but on the surface, he said calmly:
"If it weren't for the general's timely assistance, Qulan Town would have been destroyed by the barbarians, and then the lives would be devastated, and it would be unimaginable, so the merit of this battle is all in His Royal Highness, what is the merit of the lower officials?"
Su Jun waved his hand and said with a smile:
"Ben will always have clear rewards and punishments, merit is merit, fault is fault, and what should be given to you will never be less"
When the latter heard the reward, he couldn't help but puff up his chest and said in a loud voice:
"I didn't dare to hide the general at all, the situation was extremely urgent at that time, although the subordinate was afraid, but thinking that as the head of a town, he would eat the king's fortune, share his worries for the king, and not mess with himself, in the face of the barbarians, how could I retreat? So I ascended to the top of the city first, and commanded the soldiers to fight bravely to the death, and finally lived up to the trust of my king and the hope of the people."
Su Jun nodded with satisfaction, and secretly thought in his heart:
"Impassioned, arrogant, this little old man is still an all-rounder who can write and martial arts, and sure enough, people can't be good-looking"
"What's your name?"
"Xiaguan Li Congqian."
"Well, good name, I remember you, let's go, come with me to interrogate the prisoners"
General Zhenbei, what an official position is that, the boss of the entire border county, now he accompanies himself in the interrogation of prisoners, which means that His Royal Highness the Prince regards himself as his own Li Congqian just stood up and led the way in front with a smile.
Su Jun and Li Congqian, accompanied by Gao Meng, Ji Nu, Dong Shuangxiong and others, came to the prison, and the captured barbarians in the prison were like defeated roosters, one by one depressed and listless, and the majesty of the past had long since ceased to exist.
Su Jun looked left and right, the barbarian king who fought with his slave was still alive, and the broken wrist was bandaged at some point, and blood seeped out from the bandage, although it looked terrifying, but it also had to make Su Jun sigh that his vitality was indeed very tenacious.
Su Jun walked around the cell twice and said to the barbarians:
"Are any of you willing to surrender to me?"
Although each barbarian tribe has its own dialect, almost everyone knows the common language of the Dawu Empire, so it is not difficult for everyone to communicate.
"Don't waste your efforts, our warriors of Ikaman value honor more than life, how can anyone surrender to you?"
The barbarian king answered Su Jun's question in an extremely blunt and non-standard pronunciation.
"Yes, our Ikaman warriors would rather die than surrender"
"Who are you?"
Su Jun raised his eyebrows and asked the barbarian soldiers who followed him.
"Listen, I am the second son of the uncle of the neighbor's family of the great-grandson of the previous Ikabarian King, and I am also the warrior who has gone out with the Ikabarian King the most times to fight for peace, and I am the first warrior of the future of Ikaman, and I am the ...... of Ikaman."
"To put it simply, you're a minion?"
Su Jun was a little impatient when he heard it, so he could only forcibly interrupt his words.
"You can say that for the time being, but not later"
"Then you don't have a future, come here, drag me down and cut it, and the number of expeditions to Anning will become your bragging capital?"
"It's rare that people who don't know how to talk less should be incompetent? It's easy to die if you talk too much."
As soon as Su Jun's words fell, two guards opened the cell door, Gao Meng walked in, stretched out his big hand and dragged the brute out like a chicken, and walked to them in three steps and two steps, and the people in the house only heard:.
"Ah...... click", and then there was no movement.
Su Jun turned his head again and found that the eyes of all the brute soldiers had changed when they looked at him, and at this time, their eyes were full of panic and fear.