Chapter 65: The Final Battle (6)
As Jiang Qi thought in his heart, in the near future, several famous generals in the rebellion, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, including Lu Zhi, did not get the treatment they deserved as heroes.
They were either seized of power or went to official retreat, and as for Jiang Qi, it was even more sad. Of course, this is an afterthought, but as the youngest of them, Jiang Qi has many choices for the future.
As soon as Jiang Qi came down the mountain, he met the sect member who happily stepped forward and said: "General, in this battle, our army killed the enemy and killed more than 50,000 people under the enemy chief Zhang Bao, and captured countless materials, and our army only paid 3,000 casualties. β
It's no wonder that the sect members are so happy, they can kill so many enemies in one battle, and the casualties are negligible, how can they be unhappy. Looking at the battle of Guangzong again, the same number of people confronted him, and the result was more than 10,000 casualties before he went further, and now looking at Jiang Qi, the sect members have compared him to a god.
Hearing such a great victory, Jiang Qi was not too happy as the sect members imagined, but said lightly: "Well, order the medical battalion to make every effort to treat the wounded soldiers, as for the matter of cleaning up the battlefield, just leave it to General Zilong's headquarters, let the soldiers rest!" Everyone was tired after a day of fighting. β
Looking at Jiang Qi's sullen back, the sect member grabbed Xun Yu and asked carefully, "Brother Gongda, what's wrong with General Jiang?" He didn't seem to be too happy. β
Regarding the concern of the sect members, Xun You sighed and said, "Maybe I'm too tired!" The lord hasn't slept peacefully in the past year, but fortunately, it's all over today. Okay, General Zong will do as the lord instructs! As for the good news, it will be sent out together with the enemy chieftain after returning to the city. β
In fact, Jiang Qi was sad at the same time, Xun Yu felt good in his heart, so many young people died in just a few hours, although it was the duty of the people to eat the king's Lu to quell the chaos for the country, but it was the people of his own country who were killed.
And everyone ignores that Jiang Qi is only seventeen years old now, and most of the children of the family are still living carefree under the protection of the family when they are so old, but Jiang Qi is facing piles of cold corpses at the moment.
Hearing Xun You's words about sending a good news after returning to the city, the sect member asked suspiciously: "Gongda's words, has Xia Quyang been recovered?" β
"It should beγγγ" Xun You said casually.
As Xun You said, the Han army that left behind to surround Quyang exceeded 20,000 troops, and they were also Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Tong Fei, Xu Huang and other generals, plus Nei Ying Ruruo could not recover the city, then they were embarrassed to call them five tiger generals anymore.
"Well, then I will command this." Seeing that Xun Yu still had something to do, the sect member didn't want to ask any more questions, so he saluted and turned to leave, as a general, guessing the commander's mind was like affecting the army's heart, and the sect member knew this.
Beating the horse and walking in front of Zhao Yun, who was commanding the battalions to count the materials, Jiang Qi asked with concern: "Zilong, how are the casualties of your department?" β
"Fortunately, our department suffered less than 1,000 casualties, and many of the wounded were soldiers in the county barracks, all of whom were eager for quick success and made mistakes at the last moment," Zhao Yun said with some self-reproach.
"Yes! Carried away by the victory, the battlefield is changing, who knows the life and death of the next moment, okay, let your soldiers hurry up and clean up the battlefield. After the army rests for two hours, it will set off to return to Xiaquyang, and now I don't know if I have taken the city. β
"Okay, bury the body deeply, and don't have the plague." While instructing Zhao Yun, Jiang Qi was worried about the battle in Xiaquyang, after all, there was no 100% victory on the battlefield.
After speaking, Jiang Qi turned around and walked towards the temporary Chinese army tent, as the main general, he still had a lot of things to do, but fortunately, he brought Xun You and Xin Bi with him when he came out.
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As night fell, the Han army, which had been fighting fiercely for more than a day, gradually stopped, except for the sound of some men and horses digging pits and burying corpses, only the wolf howl on the empty ridge remained.
At the same time, a team of thousands of people appeared on the official road dozens of miles away, and although night fell, it was vaguely obvious that it was a very strange team.
The reason why it is strange is mainly because in the marching procession, in addition to the Taiping Dao soldiers wearing yellow shirts and yellow scarves, there are also Han soldiers wearing armor. What's even stranger is that these two teams, which should be incompatible, are now marching in a friendly parallel way, as if they are not opponents but teammates.
As this team marched, after looking at Quyang from afar, the first Han army commander in armor in the team said to the commander wearing the Yellow Turban Army infantry armor beside him: "Okay, now it's less than five miles away from Quyang, Du Duwei will start dressing up!" β
The person known as the captain heard the other party's words, and said with some trepidation: "Third general, do you want to think about it again, or the general will pretend to be the Yellow Turban Army!" β
The lieutenant who spoke was none other than Du Yuan, who went to answer Xu Huang.
For this young general who he just met a few hours ago, Du Yuan was always a little timid, not for anything else, just because when he connected with Xu Huang, he thought that this young man was just a lieutenant who had just taken the position, but when he was introduced, he found out that the other party was actually the third brother of the lord Jiang Qi, Tai Shi Ci from Donglai.
Although the army had been speculating in the past about who the three generals who could bow to the lord were, Du Yuan never expected that he would meet in this situation.
What made Du Yuan even more annoyed was that he didn't expect Tai Shici to actually say that he would take the city in person. Even if the generals Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Tong Fei in the camp have the courage of ten thousand people, but if the other party has a good one when fighting, he can't afford to pay the responsibility.
Along the way, Du Yuan didn't know how many times he persuaded Tai Shi Ci, but Tai Shi Ci never gave up the idea of attacking the city.
Facing Du Yuan's bitter words, Tai Shi Ci was unmoved and said softly: "Don't worry, Brother Du, although Ci is not as good as a few brothers in martial arts, but the thief can't move Ci at all." β
"Since this is the case, Yuan will not say more, and the general himself will γγγbe careful" Knowing that the lobbying was fruitless, Du Yuan only had reservations, and then took the hemp rope handed over by his own soldiers, personally tied it up for Tai Shici, and finally put a talisman short knife in his hand.
Tai Shi Ci moved the knot that was not tied to death, and then took the short knife and hid it in the cuffs, and in the end, Du Yuan smeared the blood of a crossbow horse he had just killed on Tai Shi Ci's body, making it look like a blood-stained battle robe, and finally took off his helmet and messed up his hair bun. In this way, through the unclear night sky, it looks like there has just been a fierce battle.
Soon, with the dressing up, the originally neat marching procession became very messy, and from a distance, it really looked like more than a thousand Yellow Turban troops pressing the defeated Han army forward. The reckless man Du Yuan, who had originally stayed in the Yellow Turban Army, quickly transformed into a 'genuine' Yellow Turban Army, and now I am afraid that the real Yellow Turban Army will not suspect it.
The crooked formation, the tattered robes, and the incessant cursing and whipping of the Han army, even if Zhang Bao is resurrected, he can't see the clue, and the only flaw may be their accent.
Since many soldiers are not from Jizhou, so along the way, only one-fifth of the people who speak are spoken, even Du Yuan can only obediently shut up, and his Jiangnan accent can only be exposed when he speaks.
So although he was reluctant, Du Yuan could only pretend to be an ordinary Yellow Turban Army, and at this moment, the one who led the whole team was replaced by a tun chief wearing leather armor, this person's surname is Huang Mingyan, a native of Wei County, because he is the fourth in the family, everyone calls him Huang Si again.
As the torches on the city tower were lit, a small commander on the upper floor of Xiaquyang City asked Qu Shuai beside him: "General, why is it dark that General Digong has not come back yet, is there an accidentγγγ
"What nonsense, didn't you see it clearly this morning, didn't the leader of the Han army flee after being killed by General Digong? What's the problem, the Digong generals are invincible, haven't you seen how the generals defeated the so-called Han generals of the enemy army these days? Qu Shuai heard the worrying words of his subordinates, and he scolded him for scolding him.
"It's that γγγγ thinks too much about his humble duties, but his brothers didn't get the opportunity to go out with the general to kill thieves today, and they are a little unwilling. You must know that the Han army dropped a lot of materials this time. The little commander hurriedly said flatteringly.
"Needless to say, when the former army comes back, we have to detain some, otherwise we don't want to enter the city, and we can't watch our homes in vain."
Not only is it the soldiers under him, but also the guard general who is the commander of the canal, he is also very annoyed when he gets the order to stay behind today, how can he not be annoyed in the face of the discarded materials that cannot be robbed, but guarding the city gate is also beneficial, he has already thought of the strategy of plucking the feathers of the geese, and the guard can't help but laugh in his heart when he thinks of this.
"General, see if our army has returned?" As he spoke, a fiery dragon slowly approached a mile in front of the city, and as it advanced, the laughter from the ranks could be heard clearly.
"The things that Huzi grabbed today are enough to marry two concubines", "Three are enough, but they are far worse than the third son, San'er!" Don't take out the general's sword you captured.'γγγγγγ
Qu Shuai looked at the team of nearly 3,000 people that could be clearly seen, began to plan in his heart, and muttered: "It seems that today's harvest is quite rich, and there are swords hahaγγγ"
It's just that when Qu Shuai was dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Festival, he never expected that it was not good stubble.
"Hey, brother upstairs, quickly lower the drawbridge and let us into town!" After the incoming army arrived at the moat of the city wall, Huang Si, who led the team, shouted loudly to the city.
"Hurry up and open the door, the master hasn't eaten for a day!"
"Hurry up, hurry up and γγγγ", with Huang Si's call, there were countless followers who were in chaos for a while.
"General, how's that, open the door?" Listening to the sound of the door, the small commander of the city tower did not suspect that there was a deception, and hurriedly asked the Qu Shuai on the side for instructions.
"Of course we drive, but we have to charge some clearance fees, looking at the big cart in that team, they should get a lot of money, and it seems that there is a big man among the captives, and that armor is not bad." , Qu Shuai greedily glanced at the team under the city and said.
However, just as the city was being defended, seeing that the city gate had not been opened for a long time and Du Yuan, who had never led the army alone, he said to Tai Shici beside him with some worry: "Three generals, why don't you withdraw first!" Are we all within range of the enemy now? β
"Calm down, you can't be a little scared now, otherwise the consequences will be terrible, let the brothers continue to shout!" , Although it is also the first time to seize the city, Tai Shici, who has seen a big scene, is still much better than Du Yuan, who was born as a gangster, I saw him say calmly.
As Tai Shi Ci said, the Yellow Turban Army on the city tower did not suspect them now, but just observed that there were still troops behind them who had not returned, so that it was easy to calculate how much they would be charged for passing the pass.
Soon with the click of the chain, the heavy suspension bridge was slowly lowered, and at the same time as the suspension bridge was lowered, the ancient city gate slowly opened with a heavy sound.
As the city gate opened, a group of Yellow Turban soldiers walked out of the doorway, led by a commander in iron armor, and he was Qu Shuai, who was the 5,000-strong man who stayed in the city, and a hardcore supporter of Zhang Bao.
Crossing the drawbridge, the army dressed up by Tai Shici and others quickly walked to the gate of the city, but they didn't believe it, but they were stopped by the handsome horse golden knife, and heard him say: "Haha, not bad! I have gained a lot today, how is the battle! β
"It's okay! The general asked us to press some prisoner materials back first, and the army should return to the army in an hour, this time our army can be described as a great victory, and the Han army's mountain of materials has been intercepted by the general. Huang Si, dressed as a commander, boasted.
"Really? However, what these captives take, they are killed, and they are kept to waste food. Na Qu Shuai glanced at the Han prisoner's disdainful glare, and as he spoke, he pulled out the sword at his waist and wanted to kill someone first to show his majesty.
Killing people, of course, this is all prepared by the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai, for the next step of intercepting materials, but for his actions, Tai Shi Ci and the others don't know, and they almost think that they have failed.