Dakui sat in the car and followed the grain truck into the camp leisurely. Everywhere he saw were wounded soldiers. The doctor in the army was busy treating the wounded soldiers. Looking at the wounded soldiers, they were in very miserable condition.
The blood was broken, the chest and back strap injuries were relatively minor, and there were many broken arms and short legs. Seeing the miserable state of the Ming army, Dakui couldn't help but feel tight. He immediately jumped out of the car and headed towards the rear camp. He saw only more than ten people
In the camp here, wounded soldiers can be seen everywhere.
Dakui found a soldier with a chest injury and asked urgently: "How could it be like this?"
When the soldier saw that it was a school captain, he groaned in pain and said: "The Yuan soldiers are coming fiercely. General Li led us to defend the river bank. In half a month, the Ming army soldiers have suffered more than 10,000 casualties." Da Kui couldn't help being a little frightened when he heard this, and came to a
In front of the tent, I opened the curtain and saw that the tent was full of wounded soldiers.
"Brother, please help me." A soldier in the camp saw someone coming and called out.
Even if someone wanted something from him, Dakui could not refuse, so he immediately entered the tent. Hay was spread on the ground on both sides of the tent, and the wounded soldiers were lying on the ground one by one. Dakui walked up to the soldier who called him and asked
Said: "Brother, what's the matter?"
The wounded soldier sighed: "My leg is injured and I can't move. I want to go out to pee. Can this big brother help me?"
"What's so difficult about this? It's just a piece of cake." Da Kui bent down and helped the wounded soldier up. With Da Kui's support, the wounded soldier limped out. Unexpectedly, he accidentally tripped over a foot.
Da Kui was there to support him, otherwise he would have had to fight to the ground. The wounded soldier finally stood up straight, looked back and said with a smile, "I'm sorry."
He was apologizing to someone. He touched someone else's foot because of his inconvenience, so naturally he had to apologize. Who knows, he said something, but the person didn't react. Da Kui saw that something was wrong and hurriedly said: "Stand still and don't move."
, let me take a look."
As he spoke, he came to the soldier lying on the ground and knelt down to take a closer look. It turned out that the soldier had been stabbed in the vital part of his chest and was bandaged and left there. Perhaps he lacked medical treatment and no one noticed that he had already died.
After dying for a long time, Dakui stood up slowly, turned around to help the soldier who was about to urinate, and said, "Let's go, wait until I come back to bury him."
When Dakui came back and helped the wounded soldier back to his place, he carried the body of the soldier who died in the battle and left the camp. Now we are fighting, and people die every day, so there is a special place for burying people. Dakui carried the body to Dakui
Outside the camp, after asking the soldiers guarding the gate, he carried the body and walked towards a dense forest outside the camp.
A carriage and horses came towards us. Seeing that Dakui was a school lieutenant, the soldier driving the carriage quickly asked: "Brother, I am here to pull corpses. Please put him on the carriage."
Dakui asked: "Where are the mass graves?" It turns out that whenever there is a war, pits with dead people will be dug outside the camps of each army. The number of people buried in these pits may not necessarily be many, but they are collectively called mass graves. It is far away from the camps.
To avoid an outbreak of plague.
The soldier looked back and pointed: "We'll be there just after we turn around the woods."
"Oh, even so, I'll just send him there and you can go and do your work." After that, Dakui carried the body and continued walking.
After passing the forest, I saw more than ten people sitting on the ground, each holding a shovel or pickaxe. Not far behind them was a large pit, and next to it was a hill-like mound of soil.
Seeing that a school captain had come to deliver the body in person, all the soldiers stood up and came to pick it up. Without saying anything, more than ten soldiers divided into two people to carry the body into the pit. Dakui walked a few steps forward and came to the edge of the pit.
I saw that the pit was filled with corpses.
"How come so many people died?" Dakui asked in shock.
A soldier sighed and said: "Brother, he's new here. How can we fight without killing people? There are two pits here, and now one has been filled. There are three thousand brothers in this pit, and five thousand in the previous pit."
Dakui didn't ask any more questions, turned around and left with the knife in his hand. The autumn wind picked up again, and the yellow leaves fell, adding a bit of loneliness.
When he returned to the army, it was already sunset and dusk. Before entering the camp gate, he saw a large group of people leaving the camp, and nearly ten thousand people galloping eastward one after another. Although Da Kui didn't understand what was strange, he
Still watching the cavalry leave from a distance.
Returning to the Huotou Army, Da Kui arranged the affairs of the Huotou Army. Instead of cooking, he came to the fence of the former military camp alone. Through the fence, Da Kui saw hundreds of people sent by the Ming Army to clean up in front of the beach.
On the battlefield, there were people who were responsible for hauling corpses, and others who were responsible for collecting flags, soldiers, armor and other materials. These more than a hundred people divided their labors in an orderly manner. Although they were busy, they were not messy and everything was in order.
In today's battle, the Yuan soldiers suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and the Ming army suffered hundreds of casualties. As the old saying goes: Kill 10,000 enemies and lose 3,000. Such a victory was paid for with blood.
"Brother Dakui, what are you looking at?" Pang Heihu came behind him, Dakui smiled and said nothing.
Pang Heihu came to Dakui's side and said: "Don't look anymore, the hard battle is still to come."
Dakui looked at the river beach in the distance and asked: "This place is only a few miles away from the river beach. Why didn't the Yuan soldiers use artillery fire when they crossed the river?"
Pang Heihu sighed: "There are only small cannons in the army, and the big cannons are all in front of the marshal's tent."
Dakui pointed to the Guanchuan River and asked, "How deep is this river?"
Pang Heihu replied: "This river flows rapidly, but the water here is slow and the river is shallow. Therefore, the Yuan soldiers chose to cross here, and our army camped here to resist the enemy." Pang Heihu said this and couldn't help but ask: "You
Why are you asking this?"
Dakui shook his head gently and said: "It's nothing. I estimate that Wang Baobao's army will attack with all its strength once it arrives."
But Pang Heihu didn't care. He stretched out his hand and scratched the beard on his face and said: "The soldiers are coming to block the water from coming to Tutun. Why are you afraid of him?"
"It's a pity that drinking is not allowed in the army, otherwise it would be a nice thing to have a few drinks with you." Dakui smiled and licked his thirsty lips. He was a little greedy considering that he hadn't drank in a few days.
Hearing this, Pang Heihu couldn't help but be surprised, why did this good-looking guy mention drinking? When Dakui said this, Pang Heihu was also aroused by the drinking bug. He then said: "When the war is over, I will open a wine shop and live in it and drink every day.
Hey hey hey!”
While the two were talking, they saw a small boat coming from the other side of the river in the distance. There was only a boatman and a Ming military captain on the small boat.
When the boat docked, the captain changed his horse and ran towards the Ming army's stronghold.
"Brother Tang felt sorry for the loss of life, so he sent an envoy to Yuanbing camp to deliver a letter of war." Pang Heihu sighed leisurely.
Hearing this, Dakui couldn't help but asked: "Now is the time when the two sides are at war, so why is there such a thing as a declaration of war?"
Pang Heihu continued: "In such a battle, there will inevitably be heavy casualties. What Brother Tang means is that both sides will send their generals to fight, and the losing side will withdraw from the battlefield."
"What does it mean to withdraw from the battlefield?" Dakui was puzzled and couldn't help but ask.
Pang Heihu looked at Dakui and said: "If Brother Tang loses, he will retreat back to Qingyang. If Wang Baobao loses, he will retreat back to Gongchang."
"Is this happening?" Dakui was not only a little surprised, but also asked hurriedly: "If Wang Baobao comes in person, who can resist him?"
Pang Heihu said: "That Kuo Kuo is the commander-in-chief of an army, how can he come in person?"
Hearing this, Dakui couldn't help but sigh: "That's good, so as not to increase the casualties of the soldiers." The two were silent for a moment, and then Dakui said: "I've gone back, now it's time to cook." After saying that, he bowed his hand to Pang Heihu,
Then he returned to the Huotou Army's station alone.
The envoy to Yuanying entered the Chinese army's tent, met Tang He and presented a letter of war. After reading the letter of war, Tang He couldn't help laughing and said: "Wonderful." Then he called the generals to discuss the matter.
When all the generals arrived, Tang He said: "Kuokou Timur has accepted the letter of war and replied, agreeing with General Li Wenzhong's proposal." Not only did the generals feel puzzled, Tang He continued with a smile:
"Both sides will go out to fight and kill each other with ten soldiers every day. Within three days, the defeated one will return to the city."
Not only did the generals whisper to each other, Pang Heihu stepped forward and asked: "Brother Tang, wasn't it you who issued this gauntlet?"
Tang He nodded and said: "It was my idea, but it was General Li Wenzhong's declaration of war."
When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but started talking again. Meng Qi came out and asked, "Didn't General Li Wenzhong just leave with 10,000 elite cavalry? Why did he declare a war again?"
With a smile on his face, Tang He looked at the generals and said: "The Yuan court has been destroyed in name only. Tuohuan Timur passed away a few months ago, and the crown prince Aiyou Shili Tara came to the throne. The Yuan court internally fought for power and benefited each other, and the new king
Timur was closely guarding his troops and escorting the king, but we were blocking his way."
Meng Qi couldn't help asking: "How did Brother Tang know?" In the Right Army, Tang He was as close to his subordinates as brothers, so all the generals called him Brother Tang.
Tang He smiled slightly and said: "General Li Wenzhong captured the messenger who sent the message, so he learned about it. One of the expansion Timurs went to Qingyang to relieve Zhang Liangbi, and the other went to King Qin to protect him. But he just rushed to go next year.
When we go out to enjoy the spring in Changchang, we cannot let Timur pass. Do you understand?"
"I will obey the order." Several generals accepted the order one after another.
Tang He looked out of the tent and said quietly: "We can delay it for three days. By then, Timur will know that General Li has left long ago. He will be angry and the whole army will attack. We will fall into a deadly battle."
His words were full of resentment, but there was no trace of fear at all.
The generals looked at each other and once again raised their hands and said in unison: "For the great Ming Dynasty, we will go through fire and water without hesitation."
Tang He nodded with satisfaction and asked with a smile: "Tomorrow's battle will involve people with strong martial arts skills. You all go back and make preparations. Select thirty generals with strong martial arts skills in the army to prepare for the fight within three days.
"
All the generals accepted the order. Tang He waved his hand and said: "Everyone is tired from running all the way. Let's go back and rest. Black Tiger will stay."
The generals left. Pang Heihu waited until everyone left before asking: "Brother Tang, what else can I do?"
Tang He said: "Although there is a truce between the armies of both sides, the soldiers are not tired of deceit. You still need to lead the troops to patrol day and night without making any mistakes."
Hearing this, Pang Heihu smiled and said: "Brother Tang, don't worry, leave the patrol to me." After saying that, he turned around and left the military camp.
After everyone left, Tang He turned around and walked to the tent. He picked up a jar from the shadow behind the weapons rack. It turned out to be a jar of good wine. Tang He carried the jar of wine out of the Chinese army's tent.