Chapter 30: The Battle of Peace (5)
Liu Chi searched in the crowd in a panic, just after winning the battle, Chen Zhiyuan had already begun to arrange to clean up the battlefield, the corpses lying all over the ground were lying horizontally, there were seriously injured people and war horses, people's cries and the neighing of war horses were especially heard clearly after the cheers after the battle.
Finally, Liu Chi saw the old man. Wang Fuyang was being supported by several people and slowly walked towards Liu Chi.
Liu Chi ran over quickly: "Old Wangtou, what's wrong with you, are you injured?"
Wang Fuyang saw Liu Chi running over, he motioned to the person next to him to stop, he gasped softly, and his old face was full of smiles.
"I'm getting older, and it's not okay to be disobedient anymore", Wang Fuyang stabilized his breath and said, "How is Your Highness?"
"I, I'm so good, this battle is too happy", Liu Chi said excitedly, seeing that Wang Fuyang was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and began to get excited again.
"Hey, old Wangtou, you are really a master, it's the first time I've seen you fight, it's too powerful", Liu Chi danced excitedly.
"Hahaha, I'm still old after all", Wang Fuyang seems to have regained the feeling of his youth, although he is a little tired, but it can be seen that he is very happy today.
Liu Chi looked at the few people standing beside Wang Fuyang with bright eyes, looking like he wanted to speak but didn't know how to speak.
Wang Fuyang smiled when he saw this: "These are all friends of the old minister in the rivers and lakes in his early years, and the sergeants who originally arranged them were intended to be used as surprise soldiers, hey."
"See Your Highness", the three knelt down at the same time.
Liu Chi hurriedly stepped forward to help them up one by one, only to find that these people should be in their thirties and forties.
"A few seniors, you guys are really amazing, I was stunned when I saw it just now", Liu Chi said to the three of them with a flattering face, and then pulled Chen Lian who was following behind him, "And him, he is my buddy who grew up together, a complete martial arts idiot, practice blindly, teach him if you don't dislike it."
Chen Lian should have been scratched by Liu Chi again, and his painful face was distorted badly, but he didn't dare to scream in front of several masters, so he had to endure it, glared at Liu Chi, and looked at several masters with the same sneer: "Hello senior, I'm Chen Lian, hehehe."
Wang Fuyang still just smiled, and the three people next to him did not speak.
Liu Chi still wanted to speak, and someone came over to say that Chen Zhiyuan was looking for Liu Chi and Wang Fuyang. Liu Chi could only look at a few masters and Chen Lian with regret.
Liu Chi arranged for several injured people next to him to bandage, Zhu Qi, Yanzishan and Qingyu also left, Liu Chi helped Wang Fuyang to Chen Zhiyuan's side, and Chen Xiuxiu and Donglai followed.
Liu Chi, Chen Zhiyuan, and Wang Fuyang found a place with a big stone and sat down. Not far in front of them, the soldiers gathered more than 1,000 captives from the Tiger Camp and removed all their weapons and armor. Some people also gathered the uninjured war horses together, and in this battle, there were a total of 5,000 cavalry on both sides, and the loss of war horses was not small.
"It is estimated that there are barely more than 3,000 war horses available," Chen Zhiyuan said as he looked over there.
"General Chen, what are our losses"? Wang Fuyang asked.
"More than 2,000 people were killed in the battle, and nearly 1,000 were wounded and lost their combat effectiveness.
"So much"? Liu Chi said in surprise that he didn't expect so many people to die in battle.
"Yes, after all, what we encountered was the Tiger Battalion, if it weren't for the advantage of double the strength, the consequences would be difficult to say", maybe this kind of estimation Chen Zhiyuan himself didn't dare to think about, he took a deep breath after speaking.
The three of them looked at the battlefield at the same time, where soldiers were cleaning up the corpses of their own men, and they carried their brothers who had died in battle together and lined them up in a neat line, and not far from them, someone had begun to dig a pit in place.
"General Chen, what are they?" Liu Chi asked.
"We can't let our brothers just lie here, but we still have important things to do, so we can only bury them on the spot," Chen Zhiyuan said.
Liu Chi, who had just stood up, heard Chen Zhiyuan say this, and sat down again.
"Your Highness, this is war", Wang Fuyang said with a sigh when he saw Liu Chi's appearance.
"Well, I know", at this time, Liu Chi did not have the excitement when he first entered the battlefield, but there was an indescribable emotion in his heart.
"General Chen, let's get down to business", Wang Fuyang said with a straight face.
"Okay, Your Highness, Taifu, we can't rest for too long, we will continue to rush in half an hour", Chen Zhiyuan wiped his face with both hands and said in a deep voice.
"In such a hurry"? Liu Chi hurriedly asked, "What about these?" He pointed to the prisoners of war, the corpses in front of him.
"It's only more than forty miles away from Lin'an, and the appearance of the Tiger Camp here means that the palace has received the news of the defeat on the other side of the Yellow River, and has begun to arrange the defense of Kyoto, and we must rush over as soon as possible", Chen Zhiyuan replied, looking at the crowd in front of him, "As for here, I leave five hundred people, three hundred bows and crossbows, plus those who are injured and can no longer fight, prisoners of war and... I'll leave it to them."
"There are more than 1,000 of them, can they see it?" Liu Chi looked over there, he had experienced the combat power of the Tiger Ben Battalion, and he was still a little worried.
"It's only like this, all their weapons are unloaded, some key people will be separated and bound, and there are crossbowmen watching, there should be no problem, wait for us to take Lin'an, soon."
Liu Chi looked back at Chen Zhiyuan, and then turned his head to look at the battlefield he had just experienced in front of him, as well as a few people in the distance who were helping each other to bandage their wounds but were still in the mood to joke.
"General Chen, we, will succeed, right?" Liu Chi still asked this question.
Chen Zhiyuan and Wang Fuyang glanced at each other when they heard this.
"Your Highness, we will succeed"! Wang Fuyang stared at Liu Chi and said.
"Your Highness, Lin'an is in a hurry to transfer the Tiger Camp over at this time, which shows that the defense of Kyoto is already very tight at this time, the forbidden army is 3,000, even if you add the defenders of the 12 city gates of Lin'an, it is less than 6,000, we will suddenly kill them, and we will be able to succeed if we take them by surprise", Chen Zhiyuan stood up and said firmly.
Liu Chi looked at Chen Zhiyuan and also stood up: "General Chen, I, I believe in you, I believe in Lao Wangtou, we can succeed", and smiled at the two of them after speaking.
At this time, Zheng Tianming brought someone to bring food, this Tun Wei, who has been following Chen Zhiyuan, is brave enough today, after being scolded by Chen Zhiyuan, he desperately rushed to kill, and was slashed on the left shoulder, and now the position is bandaged thickly, but the blood inside can still be seen.
"Lao Zheng, it's okay", Chen Zhiyuan said with a smile to Zheng Tianming who came over.
"It's okay, flesh wounds", Zheng Tianming also smiled.
A few people were hungry on the spot, and the soldiers around them also found a place to rest and eat, Chen Lian and they also took care of the wounds on their bodies, and several people were eating together, looking at Liu Chi from time to time.
"The order has been passed down, half an hour," Zheng Tianming said with a sip of water.
"Okay", Chen Zhiyuan lowered his head to eat, then looked up at Zheng Tianming's left shoulder, hesitated, but still spoke, "Lao Zheng, otherwise, you stay, don't go to Lin'an."
Zheng Tianming was stunned when he heard this, and almost choked himself, Chen Zhiyuan hurriedly handed him the water, Zheng Tianming swallowed the food in his mouth painfully, and slapped Chen Zhiyuan's hand away: "Eggs, Lin'an Laozi is going to decide", after speaking, he turned around and left with the food.
Looking at Zheng Tianming's back, Chen Zhiyuan sighed.
"General Chen, Zheng Tunwei him"? Liu Chi looked at this scene and asked suspiciously.
"Lao Zheng and I joined the army at the same time, we trained together to suppress bandits, and at the same time achieved the position of Zhonglang General. Later, he accidentally saw the greedy behavior of the people above, and his conscience couldn't get by, so he reported a letter to Lin'an, but he didn't expect that the person who was greedy for ink was fine, but he was retaliated against, first the official position was reduced to Tunwei, and then the wife and children at home were killed by bandits. said that it was a bandit, but in fact, they all knew what was going on, but Lao Zheng had no evidence...", Zheng Tianming had already walked away, but Chen Zhiyuan didn't say any more.
"So, he also has hatred", Liu Chi also looked at the back and said softly.
"Okay, now is not the time to think about this", Wang Fuyang interrupted the two, "It's time to think about the next thing."
Chen Zhiyuan and Liu Chi retracted their gazes and quickly filled their stomachs.
Then Chen Zhiyuan went to arrange the matter of the prisoners, Wang Fuyang gathered the dozen or so martial arts masters and introduced Liu Chi one by one, these people are juniors for Wang Fuyang, but seniors for Liu Chi. Some of them have received the favor of the old man, and some of them have not had a smooth career, for them, now following Liu Chi is an opportunity to gain a future for themselves.
In a peaceful and prosperous world, the rivers and lakes are very lonely.
As soon as the masters left, Chen Lian and a few people ran over, and Liu Chi saw Chen Lian's eyes staring at those martial arts people and knew that this martial idiot was hiding from his teachers everywhere.
"Okay, when you get to Lin'an, I will definitely find you a master among the masters", Liu Chi patted Chen Lian's shoulder.
Chen Lian scratched his head embarrassedly, and the strips of cloth wrapped around his body were like a flower child.
The most seriously injured of several people was Fang Aniu, the wound on his arm had already seen bones, and there was still blood flowing out after bandaging, and it was impossible to lift the knife again in a short time.
"Brother Fang, why don't you stay and help take care of the captives", Liu Chi couldn't bear it, and said to Ah Niu.
"I, you, no, Palace, Palace, Your Highness...", as soon as Fang Aniu heard that he wanted him to stay, he suddenly became anxious, and his speech stuttered even more.
"Brother Fang, don't worry, listen to me first, we are going to Lin'an, it will definitely be a more tragic battle than here, your current injury is too dangerous."
"Yes, Your Highness is right, Brother Fang, you can stay here first", Wei Chenggong also came over to persuade him.
"Oh, when we take Lin'an, I will definitely come back to pick you up, Brother Fang, you can wait for our good news here with peace of mind." Wu Debao giggled and said.
Fang Aniu stammered and wanted to refuse, Liu Chi patted him a few people, even if the matter was decided, he could only bow his head and not speak, and acquiesced.
At this time, a voice in the distance remembered: "The whole team, ready to go"!