Chapter 13: Twilight Flats
Da Kui sat in the car and followed the grain cart into the camp. The chest strap wound is quite light, broken arms and short legs abound. Seeing such a tragic situation of the Ming army, Da Kui's heart couldn't help but tighten.
Da Kui found a soldier with a wound in the front 'chest' and asked urgently, "How did it become like this?"
When the soldiers saw that they were a captain, they snorted bitterly: "The Yuan soldiers are fierce, General Li is leading us to defend the riverbank, and the soldiers of the Ming army have already suffered more than 10,000 casualties." Da Kui couldn't help but be a little frightened when he heard this, and came to a camp tent, lifted the curtain, and saw that the tent was full of wounded soldiers.
"Big brother, take a hand." A soldier in the tent saw someone coming and hurriedly called out.
Even if people have a request for themselves, Da Kui could not refuse, and immediately entered the camp tent, and the left and right sides of the tent were covered with hay, and the wounded soldiers were lying on the ground in turn. Da Kui walked up to the soldiers who called him and asked, "What is the matter, brother?"
The wounded soldier sighed: "My 'leg' is injured, I can't move, I want to go out to soak in 'urine', can this big brother help me?"
"What's so hard about that, it's just a matter of effort." Da Kui bent down and helped the wounded soldier up.The wounded soldier limped out under Da Kui's support.Who knew that he was accidentally tripped by one foot.Fortunately, Da Kui was holding him.Otherwise, he had to grab the ground.The wounded soldier stood up straight.Hurriedly looked back and smiled: "I'm sorry."
He was apologizing to others, he was unable to move and touched other people's feet, so naturally he had to pay for it. Who knew that he had said a word, and he didn't see the person's reaction. Da Kui saw that things were not good, and he hurriedly said: "You stand still, don't move, I'll take a look."
As he spoke, he came to the soldier lying on the ground, squatted down and took a closer look, and it turned out that the soldier had been stabbed in front of his 'chest', and after bandaging it, he was placed here.
Wait until Da Kui comes back and help the wounded soldiers back to their original places, then they go to carry the corpses of the soldiers who died in the battle out of the camp tent. Now they are fighting, and people will die every day, so there will be a special 'gate' to bury people. Da Kui carried the corpse outside the village, and after asking the soldiers guarding the 'gate' of the village, he carried the corpse to a dense forest outside the camp.
Seeing that Da Kui was a lieutenant, the soldier who drove the carriage hurriedly asked, "This big brother, I am the one who specializes in pulling corpses, so you can put him in the car."
Da Kui asked, "Where is the mass grave?" Originally, whenever there was a war, there would be pits dug outside the barracks of the armies to bury the dead, and these pits did not necessarily bury many people, but they were collectively called mass graves.
The soldier looked back and said, "Turn the woods and you'll be there."
"Oh, even so, I'll send it over, you go and get busy." Da Kui carried the corpse and continued to walk.
After passing through the forest, I saw more than ten people, each holding a shovel and an iron pickaxe, sitting on the ground.
Seeing that a lieutenant had come and personally delivered the corpse, all the soldiers got up and came over to pick it up, and the two sides did not speak. more than a dozen soldiers separated from two and carried the corpse down the pit. Da Kui walked a few steps forward to the edge of the pit, only to see that the pit was actually full of corpses.
"How could so many people die?" Da Kui not only asked in surprise.
A soldier sighed and said, "Big brother, it's new, how can you not die in this war, there are two pits here, and now one has been filled, and there are 3,000 brothers in this pit, and the last pit is 5,000."
Da Kui didn't ask again.Hand on the waist knife turned to leave.The autumn wind rose again.The yellow leaves drifted away.Ping Tian was a little lonely.
When I returned to the army, it was already sunset and dusk, and I had not yet entered the 'gate' of the village, and I saw a large group of men and horses leaving the camp, and nearly 10,000 people galloped eastward one after another.
Returning to the Gangtou Army, Da Kui arranged the affairs of the Gangtou Army, did not cook again, but came to the fence of the former military camp alone, across the fence, Da Kui saw that the Ming army sent hundreds of people to clean the battlefield in front of the tidal flats, some people specially 'door' to pull corpses, and some people specialized in 'door' to pack up flags, soldiers and armor and other materials.
In today's battle, the Yuan soldiers suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and the Ming army suffered hundreds of casualties.
"What are the Da Kui brothers looking at?" Behind him came Pang Heihu, Da Kui smiled and didn't speak.
Pang Heihu came to Da Kui's side and said, "Don't look at it, the hard battle is still to come."
Da Kui looked at the river beach in the distance and asked, "This place is only a few miles away from the river beach.
Pang Heihu sighed: "The army is full of small cannons, and the cannons are all used in front of the marshal's tent."
Da Kui pointed to the Guanchuan River and asked, "What is the depth of this river?"
Pang Heihu replied: "This river is turbulent, but the water here is slow and the river is shallow, so the Yuan soldiers chose to force the crossing here, and our army camped here to resist the enemy." Pang Heihu said this and couldn't help asking, "What are you asking for?"
Da Kui shook his head lightly and said, "It's nothing, I estimate that as soon as Wang Baobao's army arrives, it will definitely march with all its might."
Pang Heihu didn't care, stretched out his hand and grabbed the beard on his face and said, "The soldiers will block the water and come to Tutun.
"It's a pity that you can't drink alcohol in the army, otherwise it would be a good thing to have a few drinks with you." Da Kui smiled and 'licked' his thirsty lips.
Pang Heihu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.Why did this good guy mention drinking.Da Kui said.Pang Heihu was also aroused by the wine worm.Immediately said: "When the battle is over, I will open a wine shop.I will live in it every day and drink.hehehe."
While the two were talking, they saw a small boat rowing across the river, and there was only one captain and a Ming military captain on the small boat.
The boat docked, and the captain changed to a fast horse and ran all the way to the Ming army.
"Brother Tang is grateful for the devastation of the lives and sent a messenger to the Yuan Bing camp to deliver the war letter." Pang Heihu sighed leisurely.
Hearing this, Da Kui couldn't help but ask: "Now is the time when the two sides are 'fighting'.
Pang Heihu continued: "Such a 'engagement' battle is bound to result in many casualties. Brother Tang means that each side will send their generals to fight, and the one who loses will withdraw from the battlefield."
"What does it mean to quit the battlefield?" Da Kui was puzzled and couldn't help but ask.
Pang Heihu looked at Da Kui and said, "If Brother Tang is defeated, he will retreat back to Qingyang, and if Wang Baobao is defeated, he will retreat back to Gongchang."
"There is such a thing." Da Kui was not only a little surprised, but also hurriedly asked, "If Wang Baobao comes in person, who can be the enemy?"
Pang Heihu said: "That Kuangkuo is the commander of the first army, how can he come in person."
When Da Kui heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's good to do this, so as not to increase the casualties of the soldiers." The two were silent for a moment, and then Da Kui said, "I'm going back. As he spoke, he bowed his hand to Pang Heihu and returned to the garrison of the gang leader army alone.
The envoy who went to Yuanying entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and when he saw Tang He, he presented the war book. After reading the war book, Tang He couldn't help laughing and said, "Wonderful." Then the general meeting was convened.
When the generals arrived, Tang He said: "Timur has already received the war letter and made a reply, agreeing with General Li Wenzhong's proposal." Not only did all the generals feel inexplicable, Tang He continued with a smile: "Each side will fight every day, and ten men will fight each other, and the defeated will return to the city."
Not only did the generals 'turn their heads' to each other, Pang Heihu stepped forward and asked, "Brother Tang, didn't you give this battle letter?"
Tang He nodded and said, "It was my idea, but it was a war letter from General Li Wenzhong."
When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but have another discussion. Meng Qi came out and asked, "Didn't General Li Wenzhong just ride away with 10,000 'essences.' Why did he write a war letter again?"
With a smile on his face, Tang He looked at the generals and said: "The Yuan court has existed in name only, Timur died a few months ago, the prince Aiyu knew that Litra ascended the throne, the Yuan court fought for power and profit, and the new monarch secretly expanded Timur to lead the troops to protect the king.
Meng Qi couldn't help asking, "How did Brother Tang know." In the Right Route Army, Tang and his subordinates were like brothers, so the generals were all called Brother Tang.
Tang He smiled slightly: "General Li Wenzhong captured the messenger who delivered the letter, so I learned about this.
"The last will obey." Several generals surrendered their orders.
Tang He looked outside the tent and said: "We can delay for three days, and then Timur will learn that General Li has already left. Although the words are resentful, there is no trace of fear at all.
The generals glanced at each other and said in unison again: "For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, we will not hesitate to go to the soup and the fire."
Tang He nodded with satisfaction and asked with a smile: "Tomorrow's battle, there must be a strong martial arts person to fight, you each go back to prepare, in the army's 'fine' selection of martial arts 'fine' strong battle generals thirty soldiers, in order to prepare for the fight within three days."
Tang He waved his hand and said: "Run all the way, everyone is tired, go back and rest, and the black tiger stays."
Pang Heihu waited for everyone to leave before asking, "What's the matter with Brother Tang?"
Tang He said: "Although the armies of the two sides are truce, but the soldiers are not tired of deceit, you still need to lead troops to patrol day and night, and there must be no mistakes."
Pang Heihu smiled when he heard this: "Brother Tang, don't worry, the patrol matter has been handed over to me." As he spoke, he turned around and left the barracks.
Everyone is gone.Tang He turned around and walked to the tent.In the shadow behind the weapon rack.It was a jar of good wine.Tang He carried this jar of wine out of the big tent of the Chinese army..