In the general's tent, Zhang Chengzheng and Liang Song admired and praised each other.
Zhang Yan spoke: "Don't just flatter each other. All the soldiers have sacrificed their lives today to achieve this special feat. The two of you must take good care of the wounded soldiers in the camp, motivate the soldiers, and must not be arrogant and lazy in the fight."
Zhang Cheng and Liang Song agreed at the same time.
Zhang Yan continued: "The news has been reported to Yang Junmen. It is estimated that the military gate will come tonight to inspect the heads and military merits. You two go back and look for the wounded soldiers first. Don't wander around and wait for the summons."
"Yes, the general will take the order."
Zhang Cheng and Liang Song were ordered to leave and left the camp. Liang Song bumped Zhang Cheng with his arm and said with a smile, "It's all thanks to the care of the young master today."
Zhang Cheng laughed, stretched out his arms, hugged him and said: "Tiger will be polite too? Don't worry about mother-in-law. Besides, our infantry battalion did a good job today. The only reason we suffer is because of the uneven armor. Let's take care of it later."
The armor removed from the Tartars was repaired and given to the brothers in the infantry and camp."
Liang Song stopped and said seriously: "Young Master, it's not that I, Old Liang, are trying to shirk. These infantry are no better than your cavalry. There are so many of them that he can't carry them, especially the gun soldiers. They are so fragmented that they are all worn."
Without his armor, he can't run, let alone kill the enemy in front of the formation."
Zhang Cheng thought about it carefully, and it was the same. Liang Song went on to say: "Except for the heavy-armored infantry rushing into the formation, the rest of our battalion does not wear armor. At most, they only wear light armor. It's really not like me."
Lao Liang, please be polite to me."
Zhang Cheng understood what he meant and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? We brothers are just being polite. We don't need the armor. We should leave more mules and horses for the infantry camp so that the brothers can march more easily."
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Liang Song grinned and said, "You have to have it, you have to have this. Hahaha..."
Chen Zhong saw Zhang Cheng coming out of the military tent and hurried to meet Zhang Cheng. When he reached Zhang Cheng's side, he said easily: "Master, Sun Dashan, the commander of the Zuo Senjia who was ordered to escort the wounded soldiers back to Xuan Town, is waiting to see you in the military tent now."
you."
A trace of doubt flashed in Zhang Cheng's eyes, and he asked: "Why is he back? When did he arrive?"
Chen Zhong replied: "About a quarter of an hour after Sun Dashan arrived, I saw the boss discussing matters in the general's tent, so I didn't dare to go in and report. According to the soldiers who were summoned, it seemed that He Shihui and the others were attacked by bandits on the way. Sun Dashan
I just came to report this matter."
"Well, let's go back to the account."
Zhang Cheng and Liang Song said goodbye and went to their military tents.
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In the Abandoned Fort Camp, in Qian Commander Zhang Cheng's military tent, the four sentry commanders were sitting on the left and right sides. Zhang Cheng was still sitting in the middle. There was a small table in front of them, with tea bowls placed on it.
Chen Zhong stood behind Zhang Cheng as always.
At this moment, Sun Dashan was standing in the middle of the military tent. He had just finished reporting to Commander Zhang Cheng and the four sentry commanders in the tent. When he was returning to Xuan Town, he was attacked by bandits on the road.
He was just saying: "... I, the general, and three other people went to Changping the day before yesterday and searched for the general, but he was nowhere to be found. Today I found out that the general had moved his camp here... The general, on the orders of Captain He, pursued the green-robed man.
For more than ten miles, the thieves pursued the remaining mountains of Yanshan in the north of Huailai, killing five horse-riding thieves along the way. After that, the green-robed bandit leader and six horse-riding thieves rushed into a mountain stronghold. The last general simply checked the surrounding situation and led his team.
turn around."
Zhang Cheng turned around and said to Chen Zhong: "Chief Sun is tired from traveling all the way, so I arranged for someone to give him a chair."
Then, Zhang Cheng said to everyone and Sun Dashan: "He Shihui, Liu Quan commanded and responded well, and you performed very well. More importantly, through this matter, the refugees also know that stability and stability depend on themselves."
Go and fight hard, no one will protect them for no reason."
After Sun Dashan sat down, Zhang Chengcai asked again: "Sun Dashan, can you tell me about the final situation on the official road?"
Sun Dashan sat on the chair, looking a little unnatural, and his words were not as fluent as before: "Captain He and Captain Liu commanded us to kill the two leaders of the thieves on the official road;
Fifty-seven horse thieves were killed, three horse thieves were captured, 272 foot thieves were killed, and 467 foot thieves and the refugees they were captured were captured;
In this battle, there were two escaped thieves, twenty horse thieves, and more than thirty foot thieves and refugees."
Zhang Cheng turned to Chen Zhong and said, "Go and give Dashan a glass of water."
Then, he continued to ask: "How are the casualties of our unit, and how are the civilian braves and newly selected young men in Shizhu doing?"
Sun Dashan then reported back: "Six of our cavalrymen were injured, all of them were minor injuries, nothing to worry about. The soldiers in Shizhu fought very calmly, and they were able to obey orders when advancing or retreating, but their training was limited.
, nine were injured in this battle;
The young men fought in a panic. Although they obeyed the military orders, they were unable to cooperate with each other when fighting the thieves, and seventeen of them were injured;
Most of the injured in our unit were injured by arrows thrown by bandits. There were more than ten people who were escorting, including the elderly, weak and women, who were also injured by bandits. Fortunately, none of them were fatally injured, and they only needed to be healed.
Anyang, most of them are fine."
After listening to Sun Dashan's report, Zhang Cheng was quite satisfied with the performance of Min Yong and the young men, which was almost consistent with his guess.
These 120 civilian warriors were all carefully selected by him. From their physical fitness to their mental state, Zhang Cheng was satisfied with them when he first selected them. Moreover, they had to train longer to fight against the bandits.
At that time, He Shihui and his more than 40-year-old army were still serving as the backbone, so there would be no panic.
However, these young adults were all on their way back to Xuan Mansion. He Shihui and others followed Zhang Cheng's orders and temporarily selected and organized them. Initially, they just wanted to organize these young adults together to avoid being too scattered and difficult to manage.
Others take advantage of the opportunity to do evil.
They had basically no training. They only conducted simple array training during the march. This was all to maintain good order when marching and ensure the speed of march, so as not to cause chaos along the way and cause unnecessary trouble.
Zhang Cheng then asked: "Dashan, what's the situation over there with the bandits? After all, those bandits are so bold that they dare to rob our border troops in Xuan Town."
Sun Dashan took a sip of water and continued to report: "This is why Captain He ordered me to come back. Later, after interrogating several captured horse thieves and foot thieves, I found out that they were bandits from four hills. See our team
There were many people, and they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to eat, so they got together and tried to rob the goods, mules, horses and women in our cart."
Having said this, Sun Dashan stopped, took another sip of water, and then continued: "They all occupy a mountain village in the Yanshan Mountains, namely Hu Sihai from Beiliangtou Village, Liu Xiong from Taishan Village, Beiwaitou Village
There are four groups of bandits: Qi Lianzuo from the village and Zhao Shihu from the Muzhajian village;
Among them, Hu Sihai from Beiliangtou was the most powerful. He was the one who planned to rob us, but it was a pity that he allowed the thief to escape back to the village.
There is also Zhao Shihu from Hawthorn Point. This guy is very cunning. When things go wrong, he sneaks back to the village with ten horse thieves.
But on the official road, we directly killed the two cowards Liu Xiong from Taishan and Qi Lianzuo from Waitou Mountain."