After the exhausted army had galloped north for more than four hours, it was already dark.

On a desert night, the stars are densely spread in the high sky, and the endless North Sea is also spectacular at night.

The vast majority of the people of the Zhou Kingdom have never seen the sea, let alone such an endless river.

At night, the surface of the river is actually blue, and there are still round pieces of thick ice floating on it, which have not yet melted.

The novel and wonderful scene made the soldiers gather around the river, forgetting today's victory and defeat for the time being.

Yang Shuang only then had time to bandage the wounds on his body, and was deeply stabbed by the spear, and his flesh turned outward like a fester.

Tang Yong was bandaging him, while still carefully observing his wounds, in order to explain what he knew, to divert Yang Shuang's attention from the pain:

"The iron spear of the Turks has a reverse barb, and when you are stabbed by this iron spear, all the skin and flesh will be opened."

"So try not to fight hand-to-hand with the Turks, I have to admit that their posture is more barbaric and majestic than our Central Plains people, and we don't take any advantage in hand-to-hand combat."

In fact, there is no need for Tang Yong to speak to help Yang Shuang divert his attention, Yang Shuang's little head melon seeds are already running fast:

"Such a mighty river ......"

"Strange, why are there no Turks living here? Obviously, water is so precious in the desert. ”

Tang Yong snorted and smiled:

"This place is at least three thousand miles away from the border of the Zhou State, and for the Turkic tribal alliance, what is more valuable than water is the huge wealth demanded from the Qi State and the Zhou State."

"Since the young lord of Qi came to the throne, Lu Lingxuan has befriended the Turks with a huge amount of treasure every year, you say, is this water important, or is it important to blackmail Qi country?"

"Naturally, it is going to be stationed near the Central Plains."

Yang Shuang listened to Tang Yong's words word by word, which he bought in exchange for his reckless fierce battle with his own life.

It's hard to imagine how he would have died tragically if it weren't for the absence of the two generals and Tang Yong on this trip.

"From now on, General Tang will be the teacher of the last general, and the last general will be humble and learn." Yang Shuang said sincerely, the earlier youth and frivolity have finally been completely wiped out!

"Hahaha!" Tang Yong smiled heartily, and immediately did not excuse himself, but nodded happily and said:

"Then the general won't retreat, haha!"

"General! It's time for a military parade, so as not to ...... tonight The soldiers could not rest. ”

At this time, an adjutant general hurriedly came and reminded the two that they should parade as soon as possible, so as not to make the soldiers feel at the bottom of today's chaotic battle, and even spread the atmosphere of defeat in the army, and wear down the morale of the army!

"Okay."

Tang Yong helped Yang Shuang up, and the two walked to the north coast.

The lieutenants had already counted the casualties in the capital.

"Nine hundred and eighty people! One hundred and three wounded! Seventeen killed! ”

"The two are staffed by nine hundred and sixty-three people! Eighty-two wounded! Nine people were killed! ”

……

"Sixty-eight are all staffed by nine hundred and fifteen people! Three hundred and eighty-one wounded! Die...... Two hundred and seventy-six! ”

"Sixty-nine capitals, with a thousand and six people! Four hundred and thirty wounded! Three hundred and two people were killed in battle! ”

"Seventy is staffed by nine hundred and thirteen! Three hundred and ninety wounded! Four hundred and twenty-one people were killed! ”

The closer you get to the capital on the eastern front of the battlefield, the more tragic the casualties become.

Today, in the face of the Turkic reinforcement army, more than 5,000 people died in most of the 70,000 people! More than 18,000 people lost their combat effectiveness due to injuries!

In other words, of the 70,000 army, only 47,000 people were left to continue fighting, and the casualties accounted for more than 30% of the 70,000 army.

After reading the Seventy Capital Department, a feeling of loss spread among the army, and Yang Shuang didn't know what to say to boost the morale of the army.

"Soldiers, today our troops were raided by the Turkic army, and with the outnumbered enemy, we still won the victory! Thousands of cattle and sheep captured! ”

"And beat the Turkic barbarians to the point of rout! This is a great victory for our army! ”

"Do you know how many Turkic barbarian raids we have encountered today?"

"At least 400,000!"

"Seventy thousand over four hundred thousand! It's a miracle! ”

"Today, our army marched so far in twists and turns, and it was not invincible to retreat! It's the strategy of Ben and General Yang! ”

"Since our army can fight a mere 70,000 against 400,000 Turkic barbarians!"

"Next, who can be as brave as the opponents of all the fierce generals?!"

"Nope!"

Tang Yong proudly announced the declaration of victory with the momentum of pulling mountains and rivers!

Although our army suffered heavy casualties! But the Turkic barbarians are not only several times more powerful than me!

Even the dead and wounded! Several times more than me!

"There are many examples of less winning more in the world, and there are very few of them!"

"You did it!"

"Have a good night's rest!"

"Tomorrow is in good spirits! Ready! Bring back Turkic beef, a symbol of revenge, for more than 10,000 people in the Zhou Kingdom! ”

"When 300,000 head of cattle and sheep return home! It will be the day of the triumph of my brave army! ”

……

Chen Guo, Jian Ye.

Xiao Yuanyin thought that he and Zhou Guo would not have any intersection in a short period of time.

Anyway, the words are thorough -

Zhou Guo and Chen Guo, the well water does not offend the river water, you don't offend me, I don't offend you.

Unexpectedly, Yuwen Shihong had just stepped on the ship prepared for him by Xiao Yuanyin on the front foot, and on the back foot, there was a soldier who supervised Yuwen Shihong and his party to leave the territory of Chen on the shore, and handed the secret letter left by Yuwen Shihong to Xiao Yuanyin.

The letter suggested that Chen Guo seize the opportunity to take Huaizhou for himself.

It also roughly explains the value of Huaizhou to Chen Guo.

Needless to say, Yuwen Shihong said in detail in the letter, Xiao Yuanyin also knows how important Huaizhou is.

But Yuwen Shihong's writing was clearly using huge benefits to lure him to use troops in Huaizhou.

Yuwen Shihong's letter was successful.

Xiao Yuanyin himself is full of powerlessness because the young master does not care about the foreign situation, does not know how to think about the cold lips and teeth and long-term plans.

This time, with the endorsement of the handwritten letter of the Emperor of Zhou, no matter how popular the courtiers are, they will inevitably be concerned about how the new interests are distributed.

In this way, it is not a question of whether to send troops to Huaizhou, but a question of the distribution of interests within Chen Guo-

It seems that the Huaizhou issue is at your fingertips, and the discussion is not how to arrange the troops, but who will serve as the Taishou of Luozhou after it is won.

……

On the other hand, Yangzhou seemed to have no signs of conquest, and the atmosphere in the army was very warm and relaxed except for the daily routine training.

Cook meals at mealtime, and even have a lunch break.

However, Tongzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Huaizhou in the vicinity of Yangzhou City and Qi State had to garrison tens of thousands of troops for a long time because they could not understand the movement of Yangzhou, but they had to prevent accidents.

Under the long silent confrontation, the capital of Qi has already staged dozens of rounds of controversy because of this.

Even the grumpy courtiers proposed to take the initiative to use troops against Yangzhou for a quick victory.

The person who made this proposal was inevitably scolded by the other courtiers.

Zhou Guo's firecracker, that power is terrifying, Qi Guo has not tasted it!

actually proposed to go to the chase to die! Don't scold who you scold!