Section 32 The Bronze Man
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The afterglow of the falling light was faintly sprinkled on this land that had been full of peace and tranquility two hours before, and at this time, the dry and cracked ground seemed to have been soaked in blood, and the dead soldiers were carried out one by one and loaded into the body bags sent by the logistics troops, and one by one loaded into the wagon, waiting to be transported back to the camp. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although it is inevitable to die in battle, under Xiao Tang's suggestion, all the fallen soldiers should be transported back to the main camp for burial as much as possible, this proposal was supported by Wu Feng to form a system, no one thought that it was this proposal that greatly lifted the spirit of all the soldiers, maybe in their opinion, being able to return to their homeland and be buried is an affirmation of a soldier's struggle. As for the corpses of the enemy, they are not so particular, and they hastily dig a few big pits, which is their safe place.
The battlefield had calmed down, and the town of Pearl, a few miles away, didn't seem to be aware of the big battle taking place here, and everything seemed to be in order. The captives were lined up in order and left the battlefield one by one under the watchful eye of the vigilant soldiers, leaving only the soldiers of the logistics department still cleaning the battlefield.
"Helian, have the results been counted?" The question was naturally Liang Chongxin, the commander-in-chief of this battle, and it seemed that he was not too happy with such a big result in this battle, which made several people next to him feel a little strange.
"There is no big difference, our side has lost 685 casualties, 979 minor and serious injuries, and the total casualties are less than 1,700. A total of more than 2,200 opponents were killed, more than 5,800 were captured, none of them escaped the net, and 3,800 war horses were also captured. Ling Fox Wing replied.
"This time we can be regarded as a big victory, I don't know how the punjabs will react when they learn about the situation?" Qu Bo, the deputy next to Liang Chongxin, looked to the west, and his eyes jumped with a light of longing for another battle, obviously thinking that this asymmetrical battle was not tasteful enough.
"What else can you do? In both cases, either a large army will be thrown into a battle with us, or an envoy will come to negotiate with us, but I think the Punjabi people will be frightened by this battle. Ling Foxwing shrugged his shoulders and pouted disdainfully.
"Boss Liang, you don't seem to be satisfied enough with our battle?" asked Helian Bo, who saw that the boss had something on his mind.
Shaking his head, Liang Chongxin seemed to want to say something, but as if he was still thinking about something, he finally didn't say it.
For a moment, several people fell silent, and everyone didn't understand what the tough and calm coach was thinking.
After a long time, Liang Chongxin said: "Have you noticed, what is the main part of our damage?"
The manager's words immediately attracted the attention of several people, and everyone was silently thinking about the meaning of the manager's words.
"It seems that the main part of our losses is due to the part that is in the rear of the enemy army. Still Ling Fox Wing observed carefully, hesitated and spoke.
"I carefully observed the battle situation, the enemy should be composed of two parts, the private soldiers of the nobles account for the vast majority, and everyone has seen their combat effectiveness, but the enemy's rear army is their regular army---- escort army, and the one who fought with Helian is probably the main general in this escort army, don't underestimate this force, I think their combat effectiveness is not much worse than our troops. We have already understood, this time they only dispatched two thousand cavalry escorts, probably to facilitate the competition for the spoils of war, their general put the escort in the rear, if it were not for the army in front of them was first disrupted by us and stirred up the rear army, I believe that our losses would have at least doubled. Liang Chongxin said his opinion unhurriedly.
The words stirred up a thousand waves, and several other people recalled the scene on the battlefield while carefully recalling the words of the boss.
"But this escort army is only 2,000 people, and it still caused us such a big loss under extremely passive circumstances, and the entire Punjab escort army is 50,000 people, can you think about it, what will be the prospect in front of us?" Liang Chongxin's tone of voice was low, obviously not optimistic about the prospect.
Seeing that several of his subordinates were a little arrogant after the battle, Liang Chongxin felt that it was necessary to remind these confident subordinates, so he said that. However, his words are not an exaggeration, the tribal guards of the Punjab people do have 50,000 people, and their strength is not bad, but even Liang Chongxin does not know that these two thousand guards are actually the elite of the 50,000 guards, and Na Mosuo is also a famous warrior in the guards, and it is a special task force specially sent by the chieftain of the Punjab people in order to snatch Nayun Beng.
"Then how should we deal with it now?" Qu Bo raised his head and asked a little unconvinced, the purpose of this battle is to completely annihilate the enemy army, and now that the battle is over, it is impossible to put all the prisoners back and ask for the other party's relief, right?
"Respond to change with the same. We have captured important people among the Punjabi, and I think there are a few captives whose status among the Punjabs is not low, and they must not want to see the end of these people as gallows, right? Not to mention the thousands of soldiers. Smiling slightly, Liang Chongxin's eyes half-narrowed.
Somewhere on the embankment site along the Taiping River outside Hanzhongfu in Kansai County was like a fried pot, and it was noisy.
"Look, what a bronze man, how can he only have one eye?" smacked lips from a shirtless man.
"Well, it's been a thousand years since you looked like this, right?" said curiously, an old man over half a hundred years old said curiously, while touching the rust stains on the bronze figure.
"I'm afraid it's been thousands of years, I think it's an old antique!" another middle-aged man continued, a hint of color flashing in his eyes.
"Huh, it looks like there's a word on it!" said a young man in astonishment, pushing aside the dirt that had wrapped around the bronze figure.
"Lao Tian, Lao Tian, you still know a few words, come and take a look. A group of people gathered there hurriedly greeted an old man standing outside the circle.
"Let me take a look. Parting from everyone, the old man snorted and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and then leaned down and carefully examined the life-size bronze figure.
"Well, it seems to be two lines of poetry!" the old man blinked and looked at it seriously.
"Then read it to us. "More and more people heard the news and gathered around the embankment. This was originally the government to recruit people from all over the country to repair the river embankment that was washed away by the flood, and some of them were originally imprisoned prisoners, but the poor food and high-intensity labor have made these people scratch their stomachs, but under the whip of the officials, they had to suppress the dissatisfaction in their hearts, and when they saw that there was something new on the embankment, they did not take the opportunity to rush up, and they could steal for a while, not to mention that the officials had already hid in the shade to rest.
"Well, let me take a look, this first sentence is, Hudao Bronze Man has one eye," the old man saw more and more people, and he was even more proud, and he wanted to show off, "As soon as this thing comes out, ''''''?" The second half of the sentence could no longer be read, and his face became extremely pale, and beads of sweat the size of a bean rolled down his forehead.
"Huh, why don't you read it anymore?" the people next to him all craned their necks and asked impatiently.
"What's the matter?" Lao Tiantou, don't you usually boast that you are full of poetry and books? Why did it stump you?" a few more people coaxed, "What are the last few words?"
The people next to Ren were laughing and laughing, but the old man kept his mouth tightly closed, with a panicked look, and he was about to leave when he got up.
"Huh, Lao Tiantou, what's the matter with you, what the hell?" Seeing the old man's panicked look, the people next to him were puzzled, and the people around him were even more curious, surrounding the old man in the middle, blocking it tightly, and it was difficult to move an inch.
"No, no, old man, I suddenly have a stomachache, and I want to go to make it easier. Seeing that he couldn't get out of the circle, the old man was even more panicked, and he made a fuss again and again, hoping that the people around him would make a way.
"It's weird, Lao Tiantou, reading the last few words will delay you to, if you don't read the last few words to everyone today, we won't let you out!"
"Liu Da, Uncle Liu, you let me go, the last few words are unspeakable. Seeing that he couldn't get out, he was worried that someone from the government would find out, and the old man was even more nervous, so he lowered his voice and pleaded again and again.
"I can't say it, what can't I say?!" Even if he comes to the king of heaven, you must also read these last few words to us, otherwise you don't want to leave!" The man who was called Liu Da yelled around: "Everyone said, isn't it?!"
The people around him followed suit, "Yes, if you don't read it, you won't let him go, suffocate him!"
Seeing that there were more and more people, the old man was so frightened that he was sweating through his clothes, and hurriedly whispered: "Uncle Liu, the last few words are heaven-down-reverse." ”
"What?!---- ---- the sky is reversed?!" Liu Da deliberately raised his voice so that everyone next to him could hear clearly, and deliberately asked rhetorically.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, the old man trembled and almost fainted, but he had to nod stiffly.
Immediately, someone connected the two lines of the poem and read: "Hudao bronze man has one eye, this thing is out of the world!" As soon as the two sentences were finished, there was a death-like silence on the riverbank at that moment, but soon someone read it, and more and more people recited it, and the voice became louder and louder.
Under the repeated guidance of people with hearts, more and more people read it, and the voices became more and more neat, and soon converged into a huge roar that resounded through the sky: "Hudao Bronze Man has one eye, this thing is out of the world!