Chapter 165 How can I feel at ease without seeing Bai Yan!
"General!"
"General!!"
In the canyon, injured cavalry soldiers were sitting on the ground bandaging themselves. When they saw Bai Yan and several generals arriving, they all spoke.
Bai Yan walked while looking at the injuries of the soldiers.
Because he only had an army of cavalry under his command and had no reinforcements, as the commander of the cavalry, he had to lead a large army to attack the Yuezhi tribe.
Bai Yan knew that the Xiongnu army would not give him much time to save people. If they did not charge and kill them, they would not only have no time to defeat the Yuezhi tribe, but they would not even be able to save the soldiers on the city walls.
"General, one thousand, four hundred and seventy-seven people were killed and two hundred and thirty-two were seriously injured."
A general came to Bai Yan and said softly.
After Bai Yan heard this, even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the number of casualties in the cavalry charge.
One thousand, four hundred and seventy-seven people!
Behind this number, what emerged in Bai Yan's mind were the soldiers lying on the ground that he had seen on the battlefield before.
"Many of them are seriously injured and cannot be saved!"
Chai said softly next to Bai Yan.
In the battle just now, the actual number of people killed in battle was not that high. Behind this number of casualties, many were wounded soldiers who fell off their horses and fell to the ground with serious injuries.
The Xiongnu army came to reinforce the Yuezhi tribe, but without anyone to save them, the soldiers could not mount their horses and leave.
As for what the outcome will be, they can know it as soon as they think about it.
"Let the Qin officials register the dead soldiers and one Qin official who died in the battle. Then all the Qin officials went south and went to Yuzhong with the list of the fallen soldiers."
Bai Yan turned around and ordered.
The voice fell.
Bai Yan closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and understood that the immediate priority was to pacify the injured soldiers.
"The seriously injured soldiers followed the Qin officials and went south around the mountain road. The other soldiers who were seriously injured and could not go south should retreat five miles to recover from their injuries."
Bai Yan opened his eyes and spoke.
Unlike other generals, Bai Yan attaches great importance to the aftermath of the battle.
In Bai Yan's mind, don't underestimate this small move, but accumulated over time, it is enough to change the momentum of all soldiers in battle.
Conquering battles lies in details, and strengthening an army lies in accumulation.
Bai Yan believes in the truth that a brave man is not born, but has the courage to fight without any worries.
The bravery of one person can kill generals with a sharp sword; the bravery of an army can destroy a country.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
The two cavalry generals quickly accepted the order and then turned around to make arrangements.
At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and a cavalry soldier came quickly on a war horse. After arriving not far away, he reined in the horse, then dismounted and ran towards Bai Yan.
"General, the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu have all been stationed in the plain!"
The cavalry officer raised his hands to Bai Yan and said.
"Okay, I'll go take a look!"
Bai Yan nodded, not surprised that the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu were stationed there.
Everything he had done before had made the Yuezhi suspicious of the Xiongnu. Although they would not fall out with each other, due to the huge losses to the Yuezhi tribe, the Yuezhi people would definitely feel unbalanced and dissatisfied with the Xiongnu.
In such a state, there was no trust between each other. Neither the Yuezhi nor the Xiongnu wanted to go in front when they went south.
What's more, he is still here with his cavalry army, and the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu will never dare to continue going south.
"Let the soldiers kill and capture the wounded horses, and the Qin officials' horses will be left for them to use in their march south."
Bai Yan turned to Chai and said.
The soldiers who had just come down from the city robbed many of Yuezhi's horses. Those injured horses could be killed for food. The soldiers had their own horses in the canyon, so there was no need to hurt the horses.
It was already getting late, and now the Huns and the Yuezhi tribe would never dare to rush into the canyon.
The soldiers can rest assured and organize themselves.
"promise!"
Chai cupped his hands and nodded.
After a while.
Under the leadership of the soldiers, Bai Yan, Ye and others quickly stopped at a place at the exit of the canyon and walked up the canyon along the path repaired by the soldiers.
The winding and steep path is full of weeds.
Bai Yan climbed for a long time before he reached the top of the valley. At the top of the valley, he had a broad view. At a glance, he could clearly see that on the plain, fires were constantly coming out of Gaonu City, and huge thick smoke and black fog covered Gaonu City.
Everything above is covered.
"General!"
"General!!"
Four cavalry soldiers stood at the top of the valley. When they saw Bai Yan arriving, they quickly raised their hands and saluted.
Because the valley is steep, it is not easy to travel back and forth. In addition to using branches, some special situations also require going down to report, so manpower must not be lacking.
"Um!"
Bai Yan took the kettle from Zongye and handed it to the four soldiers.
"Thank you, General!"
Kou Zhuang was not polite and took the kettle with a smile.
When Yu and the other two cavalry officers saw this scene, their eyes flickered. As new soldiers, they had only seen the general once before when he reported the situation at the city gate.
This was the second time they met the general, and this time it was so close.
"Huh~!"
Kou Zhuang drank two mouthfuls of water, sighed comfortably, and then handed the water bag to Yu.
Like Kou Zhuang, Yong and the others' hands, bodies, and swords were all still stained with fresh blood.
"General, neither the Xiongnu nor the Yueshi dare to camp in the valley now!"
Kou Zhuang came to Bai Yan's side, smiled at Bai Yan and said.
next to.
After listening to Kou Zhuang's words, Yu and the other two new riders looked at Gaonu City, and then at Bai Yan.
At this moment, the three people looked at Bai Yan with eyes full of reverence and admiration.
If at the beginning, when they were patrolling outside the Yunshan Pass, they saw the Xiongnu army and the Yuezhi army for the first time, and they were filled with fear.
So until now, when I look at the countless Xiongnu camps and Yueshi camps on the plain in the distance, I no longer have any fear in my heart.
When they were still new riders, they had heard about the story of Bai Yan, the fifth doctor, who was ordered to turn the tide during the battle to destroy Korea.
At that time, they were just curious and thought it was awesome.
Until now, they have become new cavalry, following the general to resist the 150,000 troops of the Xiongnu and Yuezhi.
At this time, looking at the Yuezhi and Xiongnu who dared not advance or retreat on the plain in the distance, the three of them realized how powerful the general was.
I finally understood why Wu Commander Kou Zhuang spoke of the general with such admiration and love when the general did not come to Gaonu to take up his post.
"It doesn't matter. Since they are camping on the plain, let them have a restless night."
Bai Yan heard Kou Zhuang's words and said softly.
He looked at the camp of the Yuezhi tribe and the camp of the Xiongnu, and then looked at the plain on the other side, where the battle had just taken place next to Gaonu City, and there were countless small dots moving.
Thinking of Chai's words, Bai Yan understood that the soldiers who had been seriously injured and left there would only die.
Bai Yan didn't know if any soldiers were captured.
If so, in Bai Yan's heart, it would be the best.
Bai Yan is not worried that the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu know about the situation of the cavalry army here.
The soldiers below didn't know much at all. Even when they went to Yuzhong to ask for help, they didn't know about it until later.
It was the captured Qin officials who informed him.
But when the Yuezhi suffered heavy casualties and the Xiongnu suffered almost no casualties, no one would dare to believe it easily at this time, let alone attack the canyon easily.
"General, look, Yuezhi tribe!"
As Kou Zhuang spoke, he suddenly pointed at the Yuezhi tribe in the distance.
In fact, there is no need for Kou Zhuang to speak.
At this moment, Bai Yan, Ye and others all saw on the plain in the distance that a huge army of the Yuezhi tribe suddenly appeared, rushing towards the front mountain and the direction of Yunzhong.
Bai Yan felt relieved when he saw this scene.
The relationship between the Yuezhi tribe and the Huns may be more fragile than he imagined.
Yuezhi's actions were obviously to guard against the Huns.
Yuzhong City is now filled with Gaonu people.
Although they can enter the city and have a roof to protect them from wind and rain, Yuzhong alone cannot do it in such a short period of time. After all, Gaonu is one of the three major cities in Shangjun.
"I don't know when we can go back!"
"No, I heard that the county governor had ordered us to go back. Later, considering that Bai Yan had not been dismissed from his post, he was worried about us, so he waited until Xianyang had Bai Yan convicted and demoted before letting us go back."
"I heard about it too, but I found out that there were still many people who returned to Gaonu with orders from the city guard at the beginning."
"Why do you think Bai Yan acted like this? Fortunately, I believed Bai Yan before. I left Gaonu with my family and came to Yuzhong. Only then did I realize that there are no Xiongnu. It was just Bai Yan's words."
"No, if Bai Yan hadn't given the order without permission, we wouldn't have been homeless and suffered this fate for nothing."
In the streets of the city, the common people of Gaonu all sat on the streets and talked with each other.
Among the noisy voices, it is not difficult to hear that almost all the people at this moment are filled with resentment and blame for Bai Yan.
In the eyes of the people, if it weren't for Bai Yan.
They would not drag their families to Yuzhong City, and now they are homeless with their families, without even a place to stay.
Outside Yuzhong City.
The originally empty plains were filled with people from Gaonu. Many people began to build some simple wooden houses under the command of Qin officials.
This move was ordered by Yang Xian and Hu Jin. After all, there were too many people in Gaonu. If they were all crowded into the city, it would not only be inconvenient to manage, but it would also affect the people in Yuzhong City.
Therefore, we can only build some simple wooden houses as soon as possible outside the city. Although they are simple, they are enough as long as they can protect them from wind and rain.
And just in the distance.
At this time, a government carriage came slowly. The people sitting in the carriage heard the noise and quickly opened the windows.
After a while, as the carriage came to the city gate and stopped slowly, an official in Qin official uniform and a young man stepped out of the carriage.
"grown ups!"
"grown ups!!"
When the Qin officials guarding the city gate saw the officials, they quickly raised their hands and saluted.
At this time, the officials looked at the wilderness in the distance, full of people, and looked at the streets in the city, which were also filled with people who looked like refugees.
"Why so many people?"
The official frowned and asked seriously.
"Sir, these people are all from Gaonu City. Three days ago, the guardian of Gaonu City ordered that the people around Gaonu City, together with the people in the city, be moved to Yuzhong."
The Qin official asked the officials slowly to explain the origin of these people.
"What?"
"What?"
At this moment, not only the officials, but also the young man behind him were stunned on the spot.
This official was no stranger to Bai Yan. It was precisely because of Bai Yan that he came here.
At the beginning, after the county governor Yang Xian and the censor Li Pingyan reported the matter to Xianyang, this official immediately rushed to the county to investigate on the king's order.
now.
The official looked at the homeless people filling the streets in the city, and then looked at countless men outside the city building shelters from the wind and rain.
Faintly, he heard the complaints from the people, and only then did the official realize the seriousness of the matter.
"How dare Bai Yan do that."
The official murmured.
Not only this official, but also the young man behind him looked confused.
"Go to Go Nu!"
The officials in official uniforms looked at the people around them, their eyes widened with anger, and they turned around and walked towards the carriage.
"Mr. Meng, we are all at the city gate now. Why don't we go to Gaonu on another day and see the governor first."
Seeing this, the young man quickly bent down and handed over his hands.
This man is Gan Si, who had a relationship with Bai Yan. At this moment, Gan Si came to Yuzhong to take up the post of chief official.
"No, how can Meng Yu feel at ease if I don't ask Bai Yan?"
When an official named Meng Yu heard what Gan Si said, he stopped and glared at Gan Si.
Gan Si was shocked when he saw Mr. Meng, who had always been kind all the way, suddenly become so furious. He dared to stop him.
Gan Si straightened up after watching Master Meng get on the carriage, and then the carriage drove towards Gaonu City.
"Bai Yan is afraid it's going to end!"
Gan Si shook his head. At this time, he not only breathed a sigh of relief for his friend Lu Sheng.
As soon as Bai Yan finished, Lu Qi, who had dominated the limelight in Lu Mansion before, completely lost his biggest support in Yingchuan County.
Smiled.
Gan Si turned around, looked at Yuzhong City, and then walked towards the city.
Kou Zhuang originally had a total of five people, but one of his new riders had already died in the battle.
Qin officials conveyed news through postal and post offices, and they could be replaced at a distance of up to thirty miles.
After Xianyang received Yang Xian's bamboo slips for the first time, he sent Qin Minister Meng Yu to Shangjun.