Chapter 12 A place to stay

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 12 A place to stay

The battle was finally over. Zhang Yue found a broken halberd from the battlefield and silently dug a hole.

The Xia people always pay attention to burial. Therefore, after the battle, the Han army rarely uses cremation and usually chooses burial. If conditions permit, they will pack up the belongings of the fallen soldiers and send them back to their hometowns.

This time the Han army did the same thing. Han Feng had ordered people to collect the relics of the fallen soldiers. After sorting them according to number and place of origin, they would be escorted back to their hometowns by special personnel.

Although this battle was said to have brilliant results, the casualties suffered by the Han army were also very high.

Zhang Yue and his group of Han troops, together with the temporarily recruited horse thieves, suffered 318 casualties alone, and 64 others were seriously injured. The rest, from the military lord Han Feng to the soldiers below, were also injured.

Only 192 people were still able to move. The right officer's commander Li Pei was killed in the battle, five hundred generals, three were killed in the battle, and only four of the ten uncles remained.

Even among Zhang Yue's horse thieves, only 27 survived.

After finally burying the bodies of the robes, Zhang Yue came to the hill alone.

He silently stared at the cemetery of the robes, and after a long time he returned to the camp with a determined expression.

As night fell, when Zhang Yue was about to take a rest, the two brothers Guo Kai came looking for him.

"Brother Zhang, have you heard that we are not going to Zhangye City this time?"

Zhang Yue's heart moved, "What's the news about Brother Guo?"

Guo Kai said mysteriously: "I heard from Commander Yin that this time the Huns cavalry sneaked over the border wall from a trail in Longshou Mountain. Lieutenant Li intended to build a fort in this gap to prevent the Huns from stealing again.

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"Brother Guo means that Captain Li wants us to build a fort and guard it?"

"It's not Captain Li but Captain Han. Captain Han Yannian recommended Han Junhou, but Guan Junhou also invited himself to go. The final outcome has not yet been decided!"

"Guan Junhou, Guan Gan?"

"Brother Zhang knows Guan Junhou?" Guo Kai said in surprise

Zhang Yue shook his head, "I just heard about it!"

Zhang Yue had heard of Guan Gan, but not in this era, but in the history books of later generations.

As long as the defeat of Li Ling at Junji Mountain is mentioned, Guan Gan will definitely be mentioned. It was precisely because of this man's surrender that the Huns fully understood the situation of Li Ling's army, and finally allowed Shanyu, the Marquis of Qie, to make up his mind to annihilate the whole army.

Li Lingjun did not expect that Guan Gan would be a military lord under Li Ling at this time.

"Uncle Zhang Du, the Marquis has called for you to come over."

Zhang Yue was sighing secretly, when Han Jiang's voice suddenly came from the side.

Zhang Yue complained to Guo Kai and followed Han Jiang to Han Feng's camp.

At this time, several hundred generals in the camp and Du Bo also arrived, and Han Fengzheng and Zuo Guan Commander Yin Sheng were discussing the next arrangement.

Seeing Zhang Yue come in, everyone smiled and nodded to him. After these days of fighting, Zhang Yue has been recognized by the officers and officers in Qu Nei. Everyone has regarded him as one of their own.

Zhang Yue sat in the last seat very self-awarely.

As soon as he sat down, the discussion between Han Feng and Yin Sheng ended.

Han Feng first praised everyone and then turned to the main topic.

"Gentlemen, the reason for summoning the two or three sons here is for some future plans and arrangements!" After Han Feng finished speaking, he motioned to Yin Sheng.

Yin Sheng stepped forward and said: "To be honest, I have been recommended by Lieutenant Han, and we will soon go to the pass of Longshou Mountain to camp and garrison!"

"In view of the fact that I have suffered a lot of losses, Lieutenant Li decided to replenish me with 400 garrison soldiers..."

When everyone heard this, their eyes were fixed on Yin Sheng.

Yin Sheng smiled slightly and continued.

"With the agreement of Captain Li and Captain Han, we will build one barrier and four forts in the Longshou Mountain Pass area..."

Zhang Yue did not expect that he would be officially appointed as the Du Bo of the Han Army and also serve as the pavilion chief of a pier.

"Ting chief, I must be a food official now."

Although the official position of the pavilion chief was not high, Zhang Yue was very satisfied at this time.

It is a pity that his fort is only on paper now, and he still needs to build the fort by himself with his men.

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Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhang Yue has been stationed at Longshou Pass with Han Feng for more than ten days.

During this time, Japan and South Korea had integrated all 400 garrison soldiers into the army.

Han Feng organized his troops into eight infantry garrisons, two cavalry garrisons, and four fort garrison troops.

After a fierce debate, Zhang Yue was finally appointed as the pavilion chief of Jiadun. He was still in charge of his original subordinates, plus he had exactly thirty people.

Before heading to the new station, Zhang Yue approached Han Feng alone.

After some hard work, Han Feng finally gave him twenty horses, three cows, and some tools needed to build the fort.

Although there were not many things, Zhang Yue was already very satisfied.

"Marquis of the Army, please retire!"

After bidding farewell to all the people who saw him off, Zhang Yue led his men to his garrison.

This place is about 20 miles away from Longshou Barrier and is the only place to go to Longshou Barrier from outside the Great Wall.

According to the plan, Zhang Yue and others need to build a fortress here within three months to serve as a barrier for the dragon's head barrier.

"Zhang Hao, what do you think of us building a fort here?"

Zhang Yue led everyone to a hill with the only spring water source.

The person he asked was the original bearded leader of the horse thieves.

After this man was impressed by Zhang Yue, he simply changed his original name of Wuhuan to Han name. Because he admired Zhang Yue, he also adopted the surname Zhang.

"Pavilion Commander, this place is quite good. It has a wide view, is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is no shortage of water. However, from a certain perspective, it is difficult to garrison a large army!"

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "This is defenseless. We originally used it to guard the army. There is a desert twenty miles away from here, so the army will not go out from here... I estimate that after the fort is completed, more than a hundred troops can be stationed. At the foot of the mountain

You can also station troops for a while, I think it will be enough."

Li Si added at this time: "I visited yesterday and found a valley on the west side of this place. There are cliffs in the north and south, but the east side is very flat. The valley can be used for us to farm and herd horses. If nothing happens, it can support two to three hundred people.

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"really!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this. They had food in their hands and were not worried. What the border guards were most worried about was having no food and clothing.

Nowadays, there are dangerous places with mountains and rivers, as well as fertile fields enough to support themselves. Everyone is determined to do something big. Earn military merit, be crowned and be rewarded.

Zhang Yue was naturally happy to see that his troops were ready. He divided the 30 garrison soldiers into three squads. During the day, two squads were responsible for building forts, and one squad was responsible for guarding. At night, the same three-shift system was followed, with one squad for guarding and two shifts for rest.

Zhang Yue originally wanted to use stones to build a fort, but after actually doing it, he discovered that it is simply unrealistic to build a fort with stone. Not to mention that the stone is difficult to mine, and even if the stone is mined, it will be difficult to transport it up the mountain.

In the end, we had to resort to loess and wood as the main material.

Seeing the fort slowly being built, suddenly...
Chapter completed!