Chapter 259: List of the Dead
"Brothers, follow me!" I led the other 100 dragoons to the bottom of the city gate, because the upper part has been occupied by our army, and the stones and arrows used by the enemy to block the city gate can only be shot from both sides, and the power is greatly reduced.
Under the gates, there were less than thirty defenders, and they were all light infantry armed only with swordsβthey were professional guards who were responsible for opening and closing the gates.
I picked up my gun and rushed to the front, at this time, I didn't care about any mercy, either the White Tiger Army died, or the Qinglong Army died, I picked three White Tiger Army soldiers in a row, and the rest of the people immediately dispersed.
"Plug them! Don't let you run! I turned around and shouted, and the dragoons scattered left and right, blocking the way to escape the White Tiger Army.
I forced them with a silver spear: "Open the gates and spare your lives!" β
This group of White Tiger soldiers, although their combat effectiveness is not good, their courage is commendable, and they all crossed their necks to express their discooperation.
I'm not trying not to kill them, to give them a chance, the key is that the city gate is open and closed, there is a mechanism to control, the mechanism is on the wall, it looks very complicated, we may not be able to open it.
"Grandma's, kill!" The little leader of the dragoons beside me was red-eyed, and he raised his sword, and I didn't stop him, and soon, less than ten people were left in the White Tiger Army, and only then did I take out my gun to block the little leader's sword.
"One last chance! Open the door! I snapped.
Looking at the mutilated limbs of his companions around him, the remaining few, finally coaxed, began to operate the mechanism, the city gate slowly opened, and the Qinglong Army, which was attacking the city outside, saw the city gate open, a little confused, stunned for a few seconds before reacting, threw down the siege equipment, and rushed in.
It is very difficult to intercept the river, cut off its flow, and build a dam, but it is a matter of a pickaxe to get the dam to burst.
The city gate is broken, the main force of the Qinglong Army is like a flood that bursts the embankment, pouring into the White Horse City, and is divided into several shares, some of them fight back on the city wall, some rush to the command platform, and some attack the streets and alleys in depth, and it will take ten minutes of effort, in my field of vision, there is no banner and soldiers of the White Tiger Army, the city is full of the Green Dragon Army, and I have no way to retreat from the White Tiger Army, as long as they give up resistance, they can retreat from the north gate of the city on the other side, and there is no cavalry that we copy the back road, and the White Tiger Army really did this.
I don't know if Wu Mei has withdrawn.
The third princess and Chen Shimei happily entered the city and gave me a compliment, saying that my tactical literacy was not inferior to Ma Yu, the master of the army.
I didn't want to listen to their praise, on the one hand, I suggested that Chen Shimei immediately build a fortification north of the city gate, the White Tiger Army lost the White Horse City, it is bound to counterattack, and the north gate of the city, because it is on the "inside" of the White Tiger Country, no matter the height, thickness and defense of the city wall, it will be very poor, at least the artillery must be transferred over first, Chen Shimei nodded, and became serious: "What Lord Chen said is reasonable, I will arrange it." β
"What should Hongu do?" The third princess asked.
"To appease the people in the city, I have already seen it, basically they are old, weak, sick and disabled, whether to expel or stay, you have the final say, but you can't slaughter the city, the slaughter of the city will arouse the anger of the people in other cities of the White Tiger Country, and it is a taboo for soldiers to gain land and lose the hearts of the people." I told me that I had just fought side by side with the dragoons, and that they were so fierce that they were so murderous that if I didn't control them, I was really worried that there would be a crazy massacre.
"Understood, then the main palace went first." The third princess also gave up and led the army away.
I rode to the direction of the command platform, climbed up, the corpses left by the battle between the two armies had been taken away, and I asked the officer who counted the battle damage: "How many people did the White Tiger Kingdom kill here in the command platform?" β
The officer thought for a moment: "There are about three thousand people. β
"Where is the body, have you found the senior general? And how many prisoners are there? I pressed on.
"It's all in the main hall," the officer pointed to the command hall, "they did kill many generals, but there were no prisoners, the rest of the people retreated, and Commander Li did not let them pursue." β
I nodded, "Good work." β
Riding a horse to the outside of the main hall, I turned over and dismounted, entered the main hall, a strong smell of blood came to my face, there were stacks of corpses piled up inside, many corpses were just stumps, hands, feet, heads were cut off, not a few, it can be seen that the battle was fierce, this is the most elite troops of the two armies head-to-head.
There are also Qinglong soldiers inside, who are carrying and placing corpses, and there are also people who are responsible for special statistics.
The demon soldiers have military cards, wooden or bamboo, on the book, name, wartime general card hung on the waist, easy to claim the corpse after death, the corpse of the enemy, the victor is also responsible for statistics, and then, send the list of sacrifices to the enemy camp, this is a practice, the last time the white tiger fought the green dragon, it was also done.
I picked up the White Tiger Army's dead list and checked, but I didn't find Wu Mei's name (she also has a military badge, I saw it on her waist, and it was a gold medal, and it seemed to be inlaid with diamonds on the side, very beautiful), but I found the name of "Ma Dongmei".
I can't help sighing, this Ma Dongmei is the cavalry general of the White Tiger Army, the last time he crossed the Valley of the Dead and attacked the rear of the Qinglong Army, it was he who led a thousand cavalry with me.
With a long sigh, I put down the list and turned to leave.
"Ah, General Chen," the officer in charge of keeping the list called to me, "are you looking for someone?" β
"Yes." I say.
"There are also some corpses that have not been counted, some have no waist plates, some have incomplete limbs, many are female soldiers, and their subordinates have asked people to put their corpses in the side hall, you can go over and have a look." said the officer.
"Thank you for your hard work." I nodded, walked out of the main hall, and entered the side hall with apprehension.
Sure enough, as the officer on the list said, there are dozens of corpses lying here, most of them are banshees of the White Tiger Country, and they are all wearing very familiar battle armor, if I remember correctly, this battle armor belongs to Princess Wu Mei's personal guard.
I looked over one by one, and I didn't find Princess Wu Mei, but I accidentally found that a banshee still had a breath, and her pulse was very weak, she was hit by an arrow in the chest, but looking at the position of the arrow, it should not have hit the heart.
"Hey, can you hear me?" I patted her face, and the banshee's eyelids moved, and she slowly lifted a bloody hand and put it down weakly.
"Someone!" I shouted outside, and two Blue Dragon Army soldiers entered.
"This man is still alive, carry her out, put her on the stone platform outside, and call the medic."
"Yes, Master Chen." The soldiers lifted the banshee out, and one of them got on his horse and ran down the command stand to find the medic officer.
Soon, the soldier came over with an old military doctor, who happened to be the one who said that the traitor little nurse was "unfathomable".
"Lord Chen." The medic gave it up.
"Brother, you help me, I'll operate on her, I feel like I can save her." I pointed to the banshee on the stone platform.
"Okay." The military doctor has seen my surgical skills, and naturally admires the medical skills of the Yang Realm, which are far superior to those of the Demon Realm, and I feel that they are also sophomores of our medical school, and they have just reached the level of clinical practice, and it is estimated that Ma Yu's two knives in the medical school can be stronger than them.
I untied the banshee's armor and, with the cooperation of the military medics, helped her cut off the arrow, pulled out the arrowhead, medicated, stopped the bleeding, and stitched it up.
When the wound was stitched up, the banshee was woken up by the pain (there was no anesthetic), and when this thing saw us, his first reaction was to cover his chest to prevent it from going away.
"Don't move! I want to die! I said angrily, and her movement, my needle, opened a small hole in her skin.
The banshee saw that I was sewing a needle, so she didn't move, but she kept staring at me.
"What do you want me to do? Know me? I asked tentatively.
The banshee opened her parched lips and whispered, "You look like us...... Her Royal Highness the Princess's ...... heart, sweetheart. β
My face was slightly red, it seemed that she really recognized me, but I was wearing the Qinglong military uniform now, and the beard was much longer than half a month ago, and the banshee probably thought that I was the Qinglong military medical officer, but I just looked like "Chen Yang".
"Rest more, rest assured, we won't kill you." I helped her with the last stitches, tightened, my left hand was too dirty, I leaned down and knotted the thread with my mouth, and when I tied the knot, inevitably, my lips touched the area near her raised wound, and the banshee snorted, closed her eyes tightly, and couldn't bear to look at ......