On the swaying stretcher, Wu Tachai sat up slightly. Two fire soldiers were carrying him across the bridge. Next to him, the fire soldier's squad leader was shouting.
There were many corpses on the bridge. The two firemen carefully avoided them and tried to step on the gaps between the corpses. Occasionally, the corpses were too dense and the firemen had to step on the corpses, and the stretcher would shake for a while. Wu Tachai glanced at his left leg.
, it was already swollen from the fracture point down. When the stretcher shook, it felt like someone was cutting it with a knife. He didn't dare to continue looking. He turned his head to the right side of the bridge and saw that the corpse in the river had covered the water.
, as the water flows collide with each other, many bandits are still struggling among the corpses.
When crossing the bridge, several intensive gunshots were heard from the west.
"Why are you still firing?" Wu Dacai was a little confused. On the bridge on the west bank, there was the General Manager of the Second Division recognizing the flag. There were some soldiers there who were busy doing something. Wu Dacai was so dizzy that he couldn't remember which bureau he was in.
Shortly after he was injured, the Second Division captured the bridgehead on the west bank and attacked the east bank. After joining Wu Tak Choi's bureau, two flag troops rushed to the end of the town. The streets were very chaotic, and several people ran out from time to time.
When the bandits came, Wu Tat-choi woke up and fainted. After a while, some of his men finally found him. They first carried him to a pawn shop with a tile roof, and later sent more than ten wounded soldiers from the bureau. The deputy chief executive said
I sent someone to call the medical officer, but he never saw it. He passed by again.
At some time, someone shouted that all the wounded soldiers should be sent to the west bank to gather, and the medical officers were there, so three fire soldiers sent him across the bridge first. The fire soldiers were asking about the gathering place for the wounded soldiers, but Wu Tat Choi went back and asked for a stretcher.
Going to shake, just looking up at the sky above, Huo Bing found out that the road turned a corner, the sun shone on his face, and then was blocked by the wall of the street.
, every time he passed by the alley, the sun would shine on his face again. The light was a bit dazzling, Wu Tachai tilted his head to the right, and the next time he passed by the alley, he would see his shadow projected on the corner next to him.
There were many civilians carrying stretchers, walking around, it looked like the wounded
Many times, Ng Tak Choi was in so much pain that he didn't bother to check on other people's injuries. The stretcher stopped, and the surrounding houses seemed to be housing wounded soldiers. The fire brigade captain went to find the medical officer, and finally entered a courtyard.
There was a lot of noise in the courtyard. Wu Tachai took a look and saw that the roof of the house in front collapsed.
There were wounded soldiers everywhere on the perimeter, some shouting, some just groaning.
The air was mixed with the smell of blood and sweat, and the weather was still sultry. Wu Tak Choi's forehead was covered with sweat, and after a while he fell asleep again.
…
When he opened his eyes again, the first thing Wu Tachai felt was dry mouth. He opened his eyes and looked around. There were walls around him, and a tile roof on top. There were many fewer tiles, revealing a lot of bright squares. It seemed that it was not as dazzling at first.
Already.
There was a lot of noise outside, and someone was humming on the left. Wu Tachai turned his head to look, and saw a soldier squatting in the corner, with two arrows stuck in his shoulders, and he kept muttering something.
Wu Tac Choi didn't want to talk to him, but there was no one else in the room. After waiting for a while, Wu Tac Choi had to ask the man, "Brother, where is the medical officer? My leg is broken."
The soldier stopped mumbling, raised his head and took a serious look, "You are only slightly injured, you have to line up behind me."
Wu Tat Choi was stunned and said, "It's still a minor injury, but I'm obviously seriously injured."
The soldier said seriously, "No, no, you didn't even bleed."
Wu Tat-choi cried sadly, "But I'm going to die of pain soon."
The soldier waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, if you can't die, you'll be hurt half to death at most."
Wu Tac Choi said angrily, "You are a bitch, I am the second general manager of the company, and if I say I am in front of you, I will be in front of you!"
"That's not right. You said you are a CEO. Show me your badge."
Ng Tak Choi was so angry that he wanted to take out his waist card to scare the long-eyed soldier to death. He stretched out his hand and touched his waist, but it was empty. He wondered if it had been knocked away by the horse.
Seeing that he couldn't take it out, the soldier stood up and walked to his head, staring straight at Wu Tachai, "Will you let me line up in front?"
Wu Tat-choi was in pain at the fracture site and was very thirsty. After hearing this, he couldn't help but cursed, "I won't let you go!"
The soldier stood outside Wu Tac-choi's head, suddenly stretched out his right hand and rubbed Wu Tac-choi's face vigorously. Wu Tac-choi was caught off guard, and could not use any force with his hand. He was rubbed dizzy by the calloused hand.
"There isn't a drop of blood in the body. It's not appropriate to pretend to be seriously injured here. I'll give you some..." The soldier said and rubbed it until Wu Tachai grabbed it hard and the soldier couldn't bear the pain and let go. Wu Tacai's face was covered in blood.
The hand was thick and strong. Wu Tachai was rubbed so hard that it was very difficult for him to breathe. At this time, he was gasping for breath. Just after he took two breaths, the man suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Apply more."
His hand rubbed the door again. Wu Tachai endured the severe pain and slapped his hands in front of him. It took a while before he took his hand away.
"I'm President Bai!"
"You're a great official! I'm going to lose my life and yet I'm afraid of you, Mr. Bai."
Ng Tak Choi raised his head and looked at the man, pointed a finger at him and cursed, "Who the hell are you from? How dare you tell me your name..."
The man reached out and rubbed his face again, "I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what! Will you let me stand in front of him?"
The soldier had a stab wound on his left arm and two arrows stuck in his left shoulder. The injured parts were all on the left side. His walking and the movement of his right hand were not affected. It was very easy to deal with Wu Tachai, who was in so much pain that he could not move.
There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and the soldier quickly stood up. Wu Tachai finally breathed a sigh of relief, and looked up to see two fire soldiers coming in, both covered in blood.
That's not right, he said first, "Take me to pull out the arrow quickly, he asked me to go first."
Wu DaCai quickly said, "Brothers, I am President Bai. I am seriously injured. Let me see the medical officer first."
A fire soldier said, "You said it was Mr. Bai, give me your badge."
Naturally, Ng Tak Choi couldn't take it out.
"Today I met three people pretending to be President Bai." Huo Bing pointed out that it was inappropriate, "You go see the medical officer first."
Wu Tat Choi opened his mouth, "Why did he die first? He had flesh wounds."
"This is what Pang Daren has decided. Those who can stop bleeding should be saved first, and those who can survive should be saved first."
His chest hurt after talking too much. Wu Tat Choi was sweating profusely from the pain. He was shocked when he heard this and struggled and asked, "Then I can't survive?"
"It's easier for him, isn't it?"
"I'm President Bai!"
That's not right. He pulled Huo Bing and said, "Brother, please pull out the arrow for me first. The edge of the knife also needs to be re-wrapped. The blood is almost drained."
He said something inappropriate and followed the fire soldier out.
Wu Tachai shouted desperately, "Where are the three fire soldiers who sent me? They know that I am President Bai."
Huobing's voice came back from outside the house, "Stop pretending, you clearly know that everyone has been transferred to search the mountain by Xie Sili!"
"Give me some water!"
After a while, another thinner fire soldier came back and handed over a coconut scoop with the spout opened. Wu Tachai didn't have time to thank him and kept pouring it into his mouth.
"There are not enough manpower, so you can drink water by yourself. We only have one medical officer in the whole camp who can set bones. There are five or six people lined up over there. You still have to wait."
Wu Tachai nodded gratefully and watched the fire soldiers walk out. The fire soldiers were the lowest status group in the army. In his own bureau, Wu Tac Choi would not look directly at them, but now he has almost become the person who controls life and death.
"You really shouldn't have been hurt." Only Ng Tak Choi was left in the stuffy room. His body was in severe pain. He felt a little regretful that he should have listened to the commander. If he had stayed at the bridge, he would not have been hit by the horse or trampled.
leg.
He drank a sip of water by himself, and since he was lying down while drinking, he spilled a lot. He adjusted his breath for a long time before cursing bitterly, "You bastards, if I don't deal with you, I will deal with you like bandits."
...The sun was setting in the west. On the post road leading to Erlang Town, Yang Xueshi was still on the road on a paid horse. In the fields and hills to the north, you could still see the bandits who had escaped from the Chema River, many of them red.
Clothes thieves, they walk along the countryside
They fled along the small road, disappearing and appearing among the hills. Most of these bandits were old camp soldiers. In normal times, it would be an excellent opportunity to kill the old bandits, but Pang Yu gave a strict order to rescue Erlang Town first, without any delay in the process.
What he has to consider now is not to intercept these escaped old thieves.
But how to use artillery to deal with the tens of thousands of rogue bandits. After gathering a group of infantrymen in the Chema River, Yang Xueshi went to rescue Chen Rulie first. The battlefield was already full of defeated rogue bandits. The rogue horse soldiers coming from Moyanpu looked at the situation.
Knowing that the battle has been defeated, the morale of the artillery was completely depleted immediately.
After only one round of fighting, the cavalry soldiers fled, with two hundred infantrymen chasing after them desperately. Then they came to rescue Erlang Town with the soldiers. There were two generals in the team, Yang Xueshi led the team on behalf of Pang Yu.
Responsible for making battle decisions, Yang Xueshi looked up and saw that Zhuang Chao was leading the armored soldiers from the Chema River to
On Shili Road in Erlang Town, armored soldiers kept falling behind. Now they have arrived outside Moyanpu. Less than half of the armored soldiers can hold on here. The cavalry division is at the front. In fact, there are only more than a hundred cavalry. They have reached Moyan.
At the entrance of Pujie, according to the sentry cavalry's previous intelligence, the Moyan Shop had fallen into the hands of the bandits, and there were infantry guards inside. However, contrary to Yang Xueshi's expectation, the cavalry
The soldiers encountered only slight resistance, and a small number of rogue infantry immediately fled toward the northwest. "Yang Sili." Chen Rulie rode towards him, "The rogue bandits in Moyanpu had retreated in advance, so they must have won."
Knowing that Chemahe was defeated and the large forces in Erlang Town must also be retreating, the Cavalry Division could attack and harass us first without waiting for our infantry.
Turbulent bandits."
Yang Xueshi called Zhuang Chaozheng, and the three of them briefly discussed and decided on a new plan. Chen Rulie immediately led the cavalry and the two-mile journey was approaching in a blink of an eye. Chen Rulie raised his telescope, and there was a commotion outside Erlang Town under the sun, with thousands of people on the road.
Thousands of rogue bandits are retreating. Corpses are scattered all over the streets in the town. Various weapons and flags are scattered everywhere. A small cannon lies crooked among the corpses. Under the sunset
Exuding a faint metallic luster, the Third Division's general flag retreated to the bridgehead position, still flying, but no soldiers from the garrison battalion were seen chasing outside the town. There were about two hundred horse soldiers in red in the direction of the post road.
On alert, Chen Rulie put away his telescope. The Cavalry Division was in a depressed state throughout the battle. Before the battle, the number of troops in the front line was reduced by as much as 40%, and they could not attack the Moyan Shop guarded by the Sweeping King.
, in the Chema River, they could only be regarded as unqualified infantry, almost becoming the division with the smallest role.
Chen Rulie drew out his saber and said, "Kill the thief!"
More than a hundred cavalrymen rushed down the post road and killed the two hundred rogue cavalry soldiers behind the palace.
…
After nightfall, outside Chenghe Village, torches were lit everywhere, and countless captured bandits were gathered together, with their heads densely packed together.
Pang Yu strode across the bridge and entered the village. There were many corpses on the ground around him, as well as scattered silver, but Pang Yu didn't even look at them and called a few messengers.
"A one-legged tiger is not enough. He is just a little bandit leader. Go and tell the Marine War Department that there will be no rest tonight. The roads behind Tufengzhai Mountain will be fortified. Fires will be lit at every intersection and archers will be posted."
"Send out all the sentry horses here and be sure to find Mr. Ma. If you encounter Shi Daotai, ask him to go to Jiuxian County first." "Let Xie Zhaofa arrange military affairs for tomorrow, and order the Cavalry Department and the Guards Department to strengthen detection and defense.
, if there is an opportunity, we should launch a night attack and attack the pass early tomorrow morning. If the attack goes well, we should advance to the point where the pass enters the mountain, and set up a stronghold here to block the remaining bandits' access to the mountain. The first division and
The Department of Marine Warfare continues to clean up the mountains north of Tufeng Village, with the top priority being to capture the bandit leaders. Do not kill the infantry and servants at will. Those who are willing to surrender will be escorted back to Tufeng Village.
, and all departments should report to me the number of casualties before dawn."
"Go to the lake and find the Chema River from Susong County..."
After saying that, Pang Yu walked straight to a thatched hut and saw Mr. Hou who had just arrived at the door. Mr. Hou said respectfully, "My subordinates are preparing to take the clerical officer to inspect the wounded soldiers. I have received your order to come and wait for orders."
Pang Yu nodded and motioned for him to come into the room with him. There was a table in the room, with pens and ink already laid out on it, and several pieces of written submission paper. He picked up a piece of submission paper and looked at it, and said to Mr. Hou,
"Yang Xueshi has repulsed the enemies in Erlang Town. The cavalry pursued them to the pass. They were trampled by thieves and infantry and suffered heavy casualties. However, there were so many rogue horse soldiers that Yang Xueshi was unable to attack the pass.
. He was wounded on Tuesday. The Third Division suffered many casualties. Although the casualties have not yet been counted, they must be more than half. One of the guns was damaged."
"I congratulate you, sir. With only one battalion, you defeated hundreds of thousands of giant thieves in one fell swoop. This is an unprecedented victory since Chuzhou."
Pang Yu finally smiled and said, "It is indeed a great victory. It was all due to the bravery of the entire battalion to kill the enemy. Our battalion suffered heavy losses... Did you just say that you were going to inspect the wounded soldiers?" "My subordinates are old and weak and have no ability."
Your Excellency went to battle to kill the enemy. Today, I have been taking care of the wounded. There are more than 500 wounded in Chema River. There are not enough doctors, officials and civilians here, and the houses are quite cramped. I heard that Erlang Town rescued the siege.
, I wanted to send the wounded soldiers to Erlang Town overnight and take a boat to Leigang for recuperation to avoid being infected by external evil spirits."
Pang Yu nodded, "Well done, we will go together later, but first we have to finish revising the Tang newspaper, which must be sent out tonight. This is the first draft written by Chengfafang, and this one is an express report for Jiangnan Times.
"
Mr. Hou didn't say much. He took it and looked at it carefully. Although he had lit a few lanterns, the light was still a bit dim. Mr. Hou squinted his eyes and held the submission paper away for a while and then closer for a while.
After a while, Mr. Hou whispered, "Sir, most of the Tang newspapers are correct, but this one is slightly inappropriate, which is the word encirclement and annihilation." Pang Yu looked at the place where Mr. Hou pointed, and Mr. Hou continued,
"Our battalion was not to assist the officers and soldiers in encircling and annihilating the bandits. The order sent by Shi Daotai at that time stated that Deputy Town Cheng was trapped in Fengjiapu and was rushing to rescue the Anqing garrison at night.
Your Excellency led the troops to defeat the bandits, and you can attach the letter as proof." "That's very reasonable." Pang Yu immediately used a brush to draw a stroke on the word "encirclement and annihilation". This newspaper was extremely important, although it was only two words.
But when it comes to the distribution of military merits after the war, if it is an encirclement and annihilation, the merits of the garrison battalion and the assisting and suppressing officers and soldiers will be divided equally. Cheng Long and Xu Ziqiang are both senior officers than him. Pang Yu does not know whether these two people are alive or dead now. If
If both of them are alive, they will share a large part of the credit. Pang Yu rubbed his forehead again and continued marching and fighting.
The pressure made him feel a little dazed, and he almost missed this major mistake.
Now that Mr. Hou has pointed it out, it can be modified to say that Cheng Long was besieged by Fengjiadian, and Pang Yu led the garrison camp to rescue Song. Then the victory in Chema River was entirely Pang Yu's, and it happened to be based on Shi Kefa's letter.
.
Mr. Hou asked again, "Sir, is this newspaper for Shi Daotai?"
Pang Yu shook his head, "Shi Daotai's whereabouts are unknown. I will send it directly to the Suzhou Governor's Yamen."
Mr. Hou pondered for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, you can send it to the Inspector General. The Anqing Mansion should also send someone to deliver the good news to avoid disturbing Mr. Pi."
"That makes sense." Pang Yu thought about it and said, "Send a message from Anqing Mansion, and send a copy to the Inspector General...and the Southern War Department." Mr. Hou did not continue to answer. He had guessed that Pang Yu had
Because he didn’t want Shi Kefa to distribute military merit, he used the excuse that Shi Kefa couldn’t be found and sent it to the governor’s Yamen first. According to normal circumstances, when rogues enter the country in large numbers, Shi Kefa will definitely report to the governor’s Yamen first, and the Inspector and the Southern War Department may also do the same.
After receiving the news, it is related to the safety of the river. Based on the anxious mood of all the officials after receiving the report, they will definitely report the successful report to the capital as soon as possible. Then Pang Yu will be the first to report it.
The military merit was determined, and it was Shi Kefa's order written in it. It did not affect his evaluation of merit, and he would not offend Lord Daotai.
Pang Yu rubbed his forehead and said, "Mr. Hou, help me think about it again. Are there any other things I missed?"
"Last time, your Excellency talked about the affairs of the Zhu family, the magistrate of Qianshan County..."
Pang Yu clapped her hands, "Fortunately, I have Mr. Hou to help me, but this matter is not urgent today, so I still need to plan in advance."
At this time, Guo Fengyou reported at the door, and a Tang Ma followed him into the thatched house, "Let your lord know that the second division reported that there seems to be still officers and soldiers in Fengjiapu." Pang Yu stood up in surprise, "There are still officers and soldiers in Fengjiapu.