It was a pyrrhic victory.

It was a big win.

Both views are true because the people who arrive at them are not the same.

In Zhao Tianlun's view, this is a miserable victory-

At the cost of more than 40,000 people, less than 30,000 Yuan soldiers were eliminated, which was in fact a fiasco!

In the eyes of the Red Turbans, this is a big victory.

The field war is male, not giving an inch, eliminating nearly 30,000 yuan soldiers, and killing the old dog of the Dong family, this is a big victory!

It can even be said that this battle is a rare hearty victory for the Red Turban Army in recent years!

It was precisely because of this battle that Zhao Tianlun's status and prestige in the Red Turban Army were established, so that the original commotion also disappeared invisibly, because there were differences between them.

"Wu Qing, are you just resigned to your fate?" Jiang Ku was indignant, and while complaining to Wu Qing, he also lowered his voice, carefully alerting the movements around him, "We don't know where this Zhao Tian came from, why should we listen to him?" ”

"But do we have any other options now?" Wu Qing sighed, "Jiang Ku, I know you're reluctant, but look at ......"

Wu Qing cautiously pointed to the Red Turban soldiers who were carnivaling around him, and pointed to the Red Turban Army soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield, and his tone did not fluctuate: "Who do you think they will believe now, and they will now oppose Zhao Tian who just led them to a big victory because of the four of us?" ”

Jiang Ku's face was gloomy, not to mention these ordinary soldiers, even if they were his own soldiers, he did not hide his admiration for Zhao Tianlun in his private discussions.

"Jiang Ku, forget it," Song Xi shook his head helplessly, "We have already lost, from the time we were defeated by the Yuan soldiers, we have already lost." ”

"Under Mao Shuai's command, we can get ahead," Wang Kuai is not as complaining as Jiang Ku, not as pessimistic as Song Xi. On the contrary, he was full of fighting spirit, "Under the command of this Zhao Tian, we can do the same." ”

"Zhao Tian is determined by force, and he is humble," Jiang Ku frowned. "But we're not known for our use of force."

"Old Jiang, don't worry, there will definitely be a place for us in the Red Turban Army," Wang Kuai disagreed with Jiang Ku's worries. "In the confrontation between the two armies, of course, we must attach importance to force, but force does not determine everything, as long as we are willing, we can still get ahead, and even go further than before."

Jiang Ku's lips squirmed a few times, and finally turned into a sigh: "I hope so." ”

……

Zhao Tianlun is very busy.

First of all, it is the handling of wounded soldiers, which is very sad.

It doesn't matter if the Red Turban Army dies in battle, it's already dead anyway. A handful of fire can be burned to ashes; But the injured Red Turban Army has become a burden that Zhao Tianlun must face.

Of the nearly 90,000 Red Turban Army, more than 40,000 were killed in battle, and more than 20,000 were wounded......

Now there are just over 30,000 left.

It's almost a fiasco!

Under normal circumstances, wounded soldiers are the most cherished wealth, but the treatment and placement of wounded soldiers is a big problem.

In the end, Zhao Tianlun decided to screen the wounded soldiers, and all the wounded soldiers who were injured in the back were executed for the crime of desertion; All wounded soldiers who are wounded in the chest. Then they will actively treat them, and even if they are disabled soldiers, they must do their best to save them.

More than 10,000 people were executed for desertion; Those who really need to be treated. It's only in the early 10,000s.

The participants all had a lot of knife wound medicine in their hands, which were gathered by Zhao Tianlun, but even so, this bit of knife wound medicine was not enough; However, Zhao Tianlun is not in a hurry, because it is not a troublesome matter.

Secondly. It was to reorganize the Red Turban Army, because more than 400 battalions were beaten and only the battalion commander, the commander of the bare pole, was left, and it would be wasted if it was not reorganized.

The reorganization of the Red Turban Army is more beneficial to Zhao Tianlun, because his control over the Red Turban Army is more nuanced.

The Red Turban Army was divided into soldiers and auxiliaries, of which the auxiliaries were composed of old and severely disabled soldiers;

The soldiers were divided into four corps: left, right, front, and rear.

The strength of the soldiers is as follows:

Five people are a team, two teams are a team, two teams are a platoon, five teams are a company, a hundred people are a battalion, three battalions are a regiment, three regiments are a brigade, and three brigades are an army, each army is 10,000 people.

As for the remaining Red Turban Army, it was combined with thousands of lightly disabled soldiers to form the Fourth Army, that is, the Rear Army.

The four armies on the left and right sides were all less than 10,000 troops, and the only ones who exceeded the standard were auxiliary troops, which were more than 19,000 people.

For the four combat troops, Zhao Tianlun needed a total of four army commanders, twelve brigade commanders, thirty-six regiment commanders, one hundred and eight battalion commanders, two hundred and sixteen company commanders, four hundred and thirty-two platoon commanders, and one thousand and eighty captains......

Zhao Tianlun's current participants can be divided into two parts: the old and the new according to the boundary of this battle:

The number of old participants was six hundred and fifty people, which also included his personal guards.

New participants, six hundred and five.

The participants are all human spirits, and it is the indigenous people who send them to death, and they are the ones who save their lives, so they have achieved zero casualties.

If Zhao Tianlun wants to completely control this Red Turban Army in his hands, he can fill all the 1,255 people to all levels of positions in the Red Turban Army, but the risk of doing so is also very great, so Zhao Tianlun will not have a sharp sword in his hand that can win by surprise.

In the end, Zhao Tianlun only controlled the positions at the company level and above, that is, he invested 376 participants in the Red Turban Army, and the remaining 879 participants became the killer weapon in his hands.

At the same time, Zhao Tianlun began to contact the Futian League, or the Heroes Society, and transported enough herbs and doctors through the Heroes Society.

★★★★★

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Weijiazhuang has become a ruin, but Wangjiakou Village is still intact, so Zhao Tianlun was stationed in Wangjiakou Village for three days.

These three days were not wasted, whether it was the reorganization of the Red Turban Army or the treatment of wounded soldiers, Zhao Tianlun was busy.

As for the 376 participants who were involved in positions at all levels of the Red Turban Army, Zhao Tianlun also tried to use newcomers as much as possible, because newcomers would not feel distressed when they were cannon fodder.

Of course, in order to ensure that in case, Zhao Tianlun also installed his own personal guards at the battalion, regiment, and brigade levels.

The three-day reorganization of the army has made the Red Turban Army have undergone a radical change, at least their equipment has begun to be complete, and the corresponding troops are also being prepared.

The three-day reorganization of the army gave Zhao Tianlun another gain, that is, some middle-level and even high-level generals in Mao Gui's army had to surrender to him.

Because this time the whole army. Let them have no escape, no escape.

"Wu Qing, Jiang Ku, Wang Kuai, Song Xi, what is the situation of these four people, can you understand?"

After Zhao Tianlun heard about the intention of the four of them. didn't make a decision at the first time, let them wait in the room on the side, and then called Mao Gui's personal guard Song Qiao in.

"Dashuai," Song Qiao was the first Mao Gui personal guard to surrender to Zhao Tianlun, so. It was also valued by Zhao Tianlun, "When these four people were Mao Shuai, they were called the four heavenly kings under Mao Shuai, and they took the lead and fought bravely, and Mao Shuai valued them very much." ”

"If that's the case," Zhao Tianlun frowned, "then they are also rare talents." ”

"Dashuai, among these four people, Wang Kuai has an honest and honest personality. Be loyal; Song Qiao thought for a while and continued to speak, "Song Xi has a smooth personality and does not make enemies with others; Wu Qing is very competitive, as for Jiang Ku...... Jiang Ku and Wu Qing are almost the same, and these two people were not convinced by General Xu's pressure on them when Mao Shuai was in Mao Shuai. ”

All right......

Although Song Qiao only said a few words, Zhao Tianlun had a rough judgment about these four people-

Wang Kuai can be used, because this kind of person is very adaptable;

Song Xi can't be reused, because this kind of person is a wall grass;

As for Wu Qing and Jiang Ku......

These two people need to be vigilant, because they must be dissatisfied with Zhao Tianlun's horizontal stabbing in their hearts. Once there is a chance, even if he will not fight back, he will break his wrist with Zhao Tianlun.

There is even a possibility that they will set up another mountain.

Of course. In this situation, even if these two people have ideas, they can't take many people away, but staying in the army is always a hidden danger.

"Marshal, when are we going to withdraw our troops?"

Song Qiao was pondering at Zhao Tianlun. Ask out loud.

"Well, what do you think?"

Zhao Tianlun glanced at Song Qiao, and then looked at Mao Guijun's landscape writing intentions hanging on the wall, and frowned, because he couldn't understand this kind of military map at all.

Not to mention that there is no latitude and longitude, a thick line represents mountains and rivers, and a circle represents a city.

"Marshal, our army's Northern Expedition this time was ordered by Prime Minister Liu Cheng, but now our army has suffered heavy casualties and is no longer able to make a Northern Expedition," Song Qiao lowered his voice, after all, what is now permeating the Red Turban Army is the rhetoric of a great victory, "And there are still Mongolians in Shandong, if we are too far away from Shandong, we will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the last time." ”

Zhao Tianlun thought thoughtfully in his heart and nodded: "I know, these days, you pay more attention to the movements in the army, so let's do it first." ”

Song Qiao's words, Zhao Tianlun did not believe them all, and after learning about the situation from other guards, Zhao Tianlun made a decision.

……

"After the reorganization, our army now has four departments, and it stands to reason that the four of you can be arranged," Zhao Tianlun looked at the four of Wuqing, his face was kind, "However, you have also seen the reorganization of our army, and now in a hurry, you can't be assigned a high position, otherwise others will be dissatisfied." ”

The four of Wu Qing glanced at each other, and finally the four of them hugged their fists:

"But by the general's arrangement."

"But it's up to the commander to arrange."

It was really Wang Kuai and Song Xi who called Zhao Tianlun handsome, and they quickly accepted this reality; It was Wu Qing and Jiang Ku who called General Zhao Tianlun, and the two of them obviously still had ideas.

"Our reorganization this time is based on the performance of this battle, and those who have meritorious service will be rewarded, and those who have been punished will be punished." Zhao Tianlun sank his face, "Although you were once important ministers in the army, although your defeat was not because of you, but defeat is defeat." ”

Wu Qing's face was gloomy, Jiang Ku's expression was also very stiff, only Wang Kuai and Song Xi still had a sad expression, as if they were reflecting on their mistakes.

"Therefore, you don't need to bring the troops for the time being, and after you make meritorious contributions in the later stage, you can lead the troops."

"No matter how the marshal arranges for us to wait," Wang Kuai saluted Zhao Tianlun respectfully, "We will never dare to have a trace of complaint." ”

"You can't bring the troops," Zhao Tianlun thought for a while, "Now you have two choices, one is to be a staff officer in my account, or to serve as a staff officer and make suggestions; The second option...... It is to report to Prime Minister Liu Cheng, to inform Zhao Shuai of the death of Zhao Shuai and the fact that our army had to stop the Northern Expedition. ”

Staff military aircraft?

Advise?

Wu Qing, Jiang Ku, Wang Kuai, and Song Xi looked at each other, and finally made their own choices.

★★★★★

"Wu Qing, you really don't think about it?" Song Xi tried his best to keep Wuqing, "Although the tree moves the dead and the living, but Henan is not our place after all, you are not familiar with life there, why bother." ”

"Isn't there still Jiang Ku," Wu Qing shrugged, "I'd rather be a chicken head than a cow queen, not to mention, my personality is not suitable for being a staff officer, and I am not suitable for a counselor military aircraft." ”

"Okay, don't persuade me," Jiang Ku glanced around, although he was surrounded by his personal guards, he was still very careful, "As soon as the words come out, how can you take them back?" Brother, I don't want to say anything when I leave, you must have a heart in the future, Zhao Tian is not Mao Shuai, don't be confused and be sold I don't know. ”

Wang Kuai and Song Xi were speechless about Jiang Ku's complaints, because this was Jiang Ku's concern for them.

As for whether Zhao Tianlun will settle accounts after the autumn, no one is sure of this, and it is always a good thing to have multiple hearts.

Wu Qing and Jiang Ku left with the guards who were willing to follow them, Wang Kuai and Song Xi glanced at each other, sighed, and returned in a daze-

A month ago, during the Northern Expedition, who would have thought that things would turn out like this?

Mao Shuai was killed, Zhao Dashuai was killed by infighting, and his step-ancestor was killed by his own people.

It's only been a month, and the Shandong Red Turban Army has changed from vigorous to sunset.

Looking at the figures of Wu Qing and Jiang Ku in the distance, Zhao Tianlun hesitated again and again, but gave up the idea of killing them, not because he was soft-hearted, but because there was no need for it.

Even if Liu Futong is dissatisfied with his Zhao Tianlun dove's occupancy of the magpie's nest, so what?

Could it be that Liu Futong will openly support Wu Qing and Jiang Ku's counteroffensive?

I heard that Liu Futong was now facing a key attack by Meng Yuan, and it was precisely because of this that he urged all units of the Red Turban Army to carry out the Northern Expedition, mobilize Meng Yuan's troops, and relieve the pressure on Henan.

Even if Wu Qing and Jiang Ku reversed black and white, Liu Futong was at most engaged in a public opinion war with Zhao Tianlun, but the question is, does Zhao Tianlun need to be afraid?

There are only a little more than six months left, and it will take half a month or even a month for Wu Qing and Jiang Ku to rush to Henan, and then Liu Futong will need to prepare for half a month to a month if he wants to investigate the cause of death of Mao Gui and Zhao Junyong......

Even if Liu Futong really had the heart to support Wu Qing and Jiang Ku, he didn't have the time to settle accounts with Zhao Tianlun.

In case the hands and feet are not clean and there are fish that slip through the net, it will affect Zhao Tianlun's prestige in the Shandong Red Turban Army, which is not conducive to his control of this army.

……

"Dashuai, what is this?"

Song Qiao was holding a piece of paper, and he was terrified, because he couldn't read any of the words on the paper.

Not to mention Song Qiao, among the fourteen guards, only three of them can write their names, and less than five can write one to ten.

"It's a questionnaire for everybody to do."

Zhao Tianlun sacrificed the weapon of the questionnaire again, because a new round of participants is about to appear.

The reorganization of the Red Turban Army also has this factor, screening participants and strengthening his mercenary group.

The mercenary group is the foundation of Zhao Tianlun's life, and the Red Turban Army ......

The Red Turban Army is just a passer-by in Zhao Tianlun's life.

"But...... But Da Shuai," Song Qiao hung his head, "I don't understand." ”

Nani?

Zhao Tianlun was dumbfounded, understanding that he had made a mistake.

The last time he was able to screen the participants in this way, it was because the people who filled out the questionnaire were all brought by the Shuntian League, so to speak, all of them were from relatively well-off families and were literate......

Those who are illiterate cannot practice martial arts, and those who can practice martial arts are at least literate, because their masters will teach them to read.

It's a big problem...... (To be continued.) )

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