Chapter 81: Songzhou City
Songzhou City was finally taken by Duan Zhixuan, the huge Songzhou City was put under martial law by the Tang Army, the city gate that was smashed was also repaired by craftsmen and put back in place, and the damaged city wall was also repaired, consolidating the city defense and cleaning up the remaining enemies in the city, preventing the counterattack of Tubo behind, which made Duan Zhixuan and Niu Jinda crazy, and the injured Li Yong and the remaining scum battalion of his remaining survivors were treated in the rear army, Li Yong's new treatment immediately spread in the army, and many injured soldiers ran to him for treatment, which also made Duan Zhixuan and others interested, I think this Li Yong seems to know everything, not only does he know the art of craftsmanship, but he can also lead troops to fight, and now he also knows the art of Qihuang? Duan Zhixuan came to the rear army to find Li Yong's camp, the scum camp gave them the feeling that it was neat and clean than other camps, and ditches were dug around each tent, and it was not like other camps where sewage flowed, and the air was filled with all kinds of feces and urine, not only could not see other camps here, but also felt that everything here was orderly, Li Yong received the news that Duan Zhixuan and others came to his camp, so he hurriedly walked over to greet him.
"Generals, generals, I didn't know you were coming, please forgive me."
"Li Yong, let's not talk about politeness, I see that you are very particular about this camp, can you take us old guys to take a look?"
"General Niu, look at what you said, what is special about my camp, the generals are interested, then I will take everyone for a walk?"
"Let's go~"
Li Yong was also polite, and made a gesture of please, Li Yong took them to walk from the residential area first, Duan Zhixuan and they saw that many soldiers were packing up their things, and asked in confusion.
"What are they doing here?"
Li Yong looked at it, then sighed and said.
"This is our residence camp, all the soldiers, including me, live here, our scum battalion is not divided into upper and lower duties, they all eat and sleep together, they are cleaning up the relics of the comrades who died that day, and go back to hand them over to the relatives of their comrades-in-arms in person."
Li Yong's eyes were also slightly red as he spoke, saying that he didn't care about the scum camp that was fake, and after getting along for a few months, he had already regarded these people as close comrades-in-arms, Duan Zhixuan and the others were also secretly sad when they heard it, they all knew that if it weren't for the time when the scum camp worked hard to enter the city neatly for the army, where could Songzhou City be captured, Duan Zhixuan patted Li Yong on the shoulder and said.
"Your scum camp has done a good job this time, I will definitely report to the saint truthfully and ask for credit for you."
"How are your battalion's casualties this time?"
Niu Jinda seemed to be more concerned about Li Yong's casualties, and Li Yong replied with his fists in his fists.
"The scum battalion is full of seven hundred and fifty people, and this time four hundred and three people were killed, fifty-two were seriously wounded, and the rest were lightly wounded."
Hearing the casualties of the scum battalion, everyone was silent, a full battalion was no longer more than half of the casualties, it had been scrapped, which also made Li Yong see that the cruelty in the cold weapon battle, in less than ten minutes, in the face of several times his own enemy, he could only use his flesh and blood to resist, which made it more certain that the use of firearms was wise, and only by beating the enemy down from a long distance would his own soldiers have a greater chance of survival. Duan Zhixuan and other generals walked through every tent in the scum camp with a heavy heart, and there was only one person left in some tents, indicating that he was the only one of his comrades-in-arms here, and Li Yong also introduced some measures to them in the camp, such as why they should dig drainage ditches outside the camp tent, no open defecation, no drinking raw water, daily bathing, etc., so they were all surprised, and felt that Li Yong's scum could train such a strong combat effectiveness in such a short period of time, not by chance, but inevitably, Duan Zhixuan and Niu Jinda had to admire Li Jing's eyesight, a few hundred people with no combat effectiveness, who had been trained by his new-style training in a few months, what if it was a guard? After visiting the residence camp, Li Yong took them to the medical camp behind, they saw that it was the same as the accommodation camp, clean and tidy, and there was a faint smell of wine, which made them very strange, the army is not allowed to drink, could it be that Li Yong's treatment here ignores the military order to drink to the wounded soldiers?
"Li Yong, why does it smell like wine here? Don't you know that you are not allowed to drink alcohol in the army? ”
"General, you misunderstood, the smell of wine you smelled, it was alcohol, it was used for disinfection, people can't drink it, if you drink it, people will die, you can go in and see it."
Li Yong took them into one of the big tents, Duan Zhixuan and they saw that there were at least twenty wounded soldiers lying inside, these wounded soldiers had white cloths wrapped around their hands or legs and heads, and the smell of wine in the whole tent was even stronger, some Lang Zhong who was wearing white robes and masks on his mouth was cleaning the wounds of the wounded soldiers with something like wine, and then sewing the wounds up like sewing clothes, and finally bandaged them with white cloth, seeing them stunned, they had never seen such a way of healing, These treatments are all Li Yong's guards, they will all give first aid on the battlefield, plus Li Yong put ten black army doctors in his battalion, just in case, and now they are really used, Li Yong introduced these dirt buns who have never seen the world.
"General, the smell of wine you smell is that you see these alcohols, these alcohols are very pure, people can't drink them, but they have a disinfectant effect on the wound and can avoid inflammation of the wound, as for this suture, in fact, you understand that the wound is sewn up, and it will heal better, and finally these white cloths are the first protection to ensure the inflammation of the wound."
"Sanitization? Could it be that these Tibetans are still poisoned in their weapons? ”
"Of course not, but this poison is not the poison you imagine, this is only understood by those who study medicine, you know that generally if you are hit by a knife wound, a gunshot wound or an arrow wound, the wound will become inflamed, and this inflammation is actually caused by the wound not being disinfected."
"I can't see that you still understand the art of Qihuang, and I underestimate you after seeing it."
"The general has won the award, where do I know what Qihuang technique, it's just to read a few more books."
For Li Yong's modesty, Duan Zhixuan is still very satisfied, he feels that he is not like those sons and brothers in Chang'an City, he can eat and sleep with his own soldiers, love soldiers like children, a few days ago he also took his hundreds of people who are not afraid of life and death to kill the enemy charge, after the fight did not boast to others about their achievements, but silently treated the wounded soldiers in the rear without regrets, according to the personal soldiers reported to him, under Li Yong's treatment, the wounded sergeants survived more than before, This still includes the wounded soldiers he didn't know that Li Yong had already started to treat silently, and now he knows that Li Yong has paid so much to him, and in retrospect, he understands why the morale of those sergeants who he has continuously attacked the city has not been so low, it turns out that they all know that there is a Li Yong in their rear who can save the wounded soldiers, so they are not afraid of being injured when they fight. Leaving Li Yong's back camp, Duan Zhixuan and Niu Jinda walked on the road of Songzhou City.
"The saint has found a good son-in-law!"
"No, if I have a daughter at home, I will find such a son-in-law."
"The second son's temperament is the best I have ever seen, not arrogant or impatient, knowledgeable, the key is that this kid still has the talent of a handsome general, and the vision of the handsome man is not as good as the two of us."
"Yes, but now I'm still worried about the counterattack of the Tubo people, the location of Songzhou is particularly important for our Tang Dynasty and Tubo, this is clear to everyone, Lu Dongzan is a good person, and he will definitely send heavy troops to recapture Songzhou."
The two of them fell silent as they spoke, although they defeated Songzhou City, the next thing made these two main generals also Yali Mountain, and Li Yong rested in his tent after changing the gauze in the barracks, Li Tiezhu also had a few wounds on his body, lying on the bed and looking at the top of the tent.
"Iron Pillar, if we had the weapons and equipment of the Black Army that day, wouldn't the casualties be so big?"
"Boss, this is what I have been thinking these days, you often say, if you fall behind, you will be beaten, this should be the truth."
Some things began to be decided in Li Yong's heart, ten days later, Duan Zhixuan received a scout report, Lu Dongzan sent the Tubo general Dazha to lead an army of 100,000 to Songzhou, Duan Zhixuan did not dare to slack off, and immediately beat the drum to gather the generals, this time he also asked Li Yong to participate.
"The scout came to report that Tubo sent 100,000 troops to capture Songzhou this time, and the leading general will be Tubo General Dazha, who will arrive in Songzhou in a few days."
Hearing Dazha's name, Li Yong couldn't remember this person, maybe there were no famous generals in the early stage of Tubo, as for why Xue Rengui didn't intercept and block, Li Yong could probably guess what the reason was, maybe Lu Dongzan sent another army to contain him, Xue Rengui is indeed like Li Yong's analysis now, he was indeed restrained by Lu Dongzan's other army, this army knew that Xue Rengui's black army would be witchcraft, so they only besieged it, but did not let them support Songzhou, so Xue Rengui was very annoyed.
"Let's talk about how to defend Songzhou City."
"General, I think I hastened to ask the imperial court for reinforcements."
"The last general thinks so too."
"General, what are you afraid of, just do those Tubo cubs directly."
All the generals were talking about their suggestions, but Li Yong stayed at the back silently, Duan Zhixuan and Niu Jinda glanced at each other and said.
"Captain Li, what do you think?"
All of these eyes looked at this rookie who showed great power some time ago, Li Yong thought about it and stood up and hugged his fist to Duan Zhixuan and said.
"General, generals, the kid is a little immature in his analysis, I don't know if what he said is right, please don't be surprised."
"You kid just say it, it's all your uncle and uncle's, say it boldly."
As for Li Yong's identity, all the generals present have recognized it, and he can indeed be his uncle and uncle in terms of age.
"Okay, I'll just say it, this time the 100,000 Tibetan army came to counterattack, and there was indeed a huge disparity between the enemy and us in terms of strength, have you found a problem, that is, why are the 50,000 reinforcements who came to support Songzhou disappear now, I analyze that they must have encountered the black army, have you forgotten? When I was in Fuzhou, the black army appeared, and I suspect that the 50,000 reinforcements must have been wiped out by the sneak attack of the black army, but now the black army has not attacked the 100,000 army, indicating that the 100,000 army is powerful or the black army is contained by another army, in this case, we may have to face two Tubo armies that counterattack Songzhou, but one of them is contained by the black army, this is my analysis. ”
When everyone heard this, they immediately felt that Li Yong's analysis was right, the 50,000 reinforcements disappeared for no reason, then they must have suffered a blow, two large armies, this time the trouble is even greater, Duan Zhixuan also frowned, because he agreed with Li Yong's analysis very much.
"Your analysis is correct, I also have this kind of guess, but after your analysis like this, I am more sure of my guess, so do you have a way now?"
"First of all, I have counted the remaining materials in the city in the rear army in the past few days, if it is only for our army, it can be inspected for three months, and if it is still for the people in the city, it can only be half a month, so I suggest that the people of Tubo in the city be expelled, and the people of the Han people let them return to Shu, and then let them come back after the war is over, so as not only to save our army's grain and grass, but also to avoid the fine work of Tubo among these people."
"General Sun, according to what Captain Li said, you immediately lead a thousand soldiers to drive all the people in the city, tell them not to stay in the city, and then return to the city after the war is over, and if anyone who does not obey the order, he will be killed."
"Wait, general, it's okay to force them out of the city if they don't obey, the development of Songzhou City will still need these people in the future, we can't go too far and lose the hearts of the people."
"Okay, listen to you."
"Secondly, the city defense has also made some adjustments, the catapult can be placed around the city gate, adjust the projection point of the catapult in advance, let people do a good job of marking outside the city, and order people to start collecting thatch, dry and wet, I want it, I will transform some things, and give those Tubo people a big gift when the time comes."
"General Niu, you are in charge of this matter, fully cooperate."
"Finally, make some adjustments in tactics, we can't be so passively beaten and defended, the general can send a cavalry to ambush outside the city, when they attack the city, the rear must be empty, the cavalry can sneak attack their grain and grass, burn their grain and grass as much as possible, once they have no grain and grass, they must ask Lu Dongzan for help, when the time comes, the cavalry cut off the grain route that harasses them, so that they have no food available, no grain and grass, I see how they can hold on, then they will be in turmoil, as long as they have signs of withdrawal, Our army can go out of the city to pursue, and the cavalry behind can be flanked in front and back, and it will definitely win. ”
"Gao, your kid's brain is the light, this plan is not only ruthless, but also very clear and coherent, from today on, you are temporarily my deputy general, responsible for coordinating everything, whether Songzhou can hold it, it depends on you."
Everyone has no opinion on Duan Zhixuan's appointment, because Li Yong's strategy is really good, and his performance some time ago is basically convinced of him, this is the case in the army in this era, as long as you are capable, even if you are young, it is not a problem.