There are many reasons for him to be happy. First of all, he survived this fierce battle, which is the most important.
In fact, he is a very lucky man.
As early as the first year of Zhongping, he followed General Huangfu to Yingchuan, Nanyang, and then to Jizhou. Later, he returned to Luoyang with Huangfu Song, and his military career came to an end temporarily. Later, the commander-in-chief was changed.
, but the momentum of the winning streak has not changed. The military strategy displayed by the new commander-in-chief, General Xu, is still vaguely superior to that of General Huangfu.
Serving under these two victorious generals, the chance of survival is much higher than that of the defeated. If not for this, Wang Ze, the leader of the shield team who always rushes to the front line, would not be alive today.
But saving one's life is something to be thankful for anyway. Even under the command of an invincible famous general, soldiers will still die and be injured.
The battle that just happened was that General Xu was strong and his opponent was not weak either. The tug-of-war on the front line reduced Wang Ze's fifty men to more than half. When he looked around, he saw the unfamiliar people around him.
Face, how can there be no lingering fear in the heart?
General Xu's command was very good and timely. The positions of the dead and wounded were quickly replaced. It could play a vital role in the outcome of this war, but it could not make up for the lost lives.
Wang Ze doesn't have any complaints about this. The world is like this nowadays. Rather than lamenting randomly, it is better to concentrate on controlling the shield in his hand. Only in this way can he live longer.
Of course, by the way, you have to pray that your general will always be someone like General Huangfu or General Xu. Otherwise, no matter how well he controls his shield and works hard in battle, if the army is defeated, he will have no choice but to abandon his shield and run away.
Just leave it to fate.
Generally speaking, for a soldier like him who rushes to the front and dares to fight, the possibility of escaping after a disastrous defeat is very low.
Especially after such a fierce battle, even if you kneel down and surrender, it will be useless. The red-eyed enemy will kill everything that can move in front of you, even a horse! The general cannot control this, and generally he will not control this kind of thing.
Chase, because this is very necessary. After the battle, the soldiers must be allowed to vent, otherwise other problems will easily arise.
These are all common sense. In Wang Ze's seven years of fighting, there has never been an accident. He has almost regarded these perceptions as truth.
However, today, the accident finally happened.
The enemy did run away, fled, and fled without armor; his own side also won, exactly the same as before. Wang Ze turned his head and looked at the command flag behind him, just waiting for the order, he could lead it whether he knew it or not.
The brothers began to chase and celebrate their survival and this hard-won victory.
However, although the command flag was moving, the order conveyed was not to pursue, but to stay put!
What's going on? There was a commotion in the military ranks, and Wang Ze himself was a little confused and uneasy.
"It doesn't matter. The enemy's general is Taishan Wang Pengju. He is famous for his cunning and wisdom. The general may be worried that he will use a trick to cheat defeat, so we have to wait and see." Hearing this voice, Wang Ze's mood calmed down a little, because the person who spoke
It's Zhang Xiao.
This man was originally just one of the hundreds of soldiers around General Xu. Now he has no military position. He and his colleagues are specialized heralds. Well, maybe not only heralds, but also
Wang Ze couldn't tell about some other functions, but anyway, the existence of these people was very helpful.
If it weren't for Zhang Xiao's patient teaching, Wang Ze knew that he would never be able to learn those extremely complicated flags.
In fact, he doesn't understand everything now. He can only distinguish advance and retreat through the flag of the general's flag. He has no clue about the orders for each song, each village, or even each team. He just listens to Zhang Xiao's command.
That’s it.
In addition, Zhang Xiao will also tell him and low-level officers like him some truths, such as everyone loves each other equally, meritocracy regardless of high or low, control one's own destiny through hard work, etc.
Wang Ze felt that unlike the principles taught by celebrities and officials, these principles were easy to understand and considerate. Although Zhang Xiao kept saying that he did not really understand, he thought he understood. Many of his colleagues
Same thing.
It doesn't really matter whether you understand or not. As long as you understand that what Zhang Xiao says is usually right and follow his orders, you can save your life and win in a fierce battle.
Are other things important?
But this time there might be something different. When Wang Ze calmed down and looked at the fleeing enemies with reluctance, his eyes suddenly widened.
What attracted him was not the fleeing enemies, nor the great victory that had already been won, nor the scenes of broken limbs and corpses strewn across the fields. He had seen so many of these things that he was no longer surprised.
What made him unable to open his eyes and the blood rushed into his mind were the things that the defeated soldiers were discarding. These things were also common to him, but the difference was that he only owned very few, or had simply seen them...
What the defeated soldiers dropped on the ground was money!
Five baht coins! This was the main currency in circulation in the Han Dynasty. It was made of copper, but it was called gold.
Gold! Real gold, yellow and shiny!
Silver! In the Han Dynasty, silver and gold were not money, but it did not affect their value, because gold and silver were both treasures and more valuable than money!
There are also jewelry, real jewelry, pearls, emeralds, crystals, even though they are very small, but as long as you see the luster of these small things from a distance, the blind will open their eyes, and the fools will know that they are lucky.
Got it!
This is what excites Wang Ze the most.
"oh!"
"Victory! Victory!"
"Chase!"
Cheers roared, and the soldiers of the Northern Army felt the joy of victory for the first time.
They won many times against the Yellow Turbans, but apart from the first few times when they were excited and excited and glad that they had saved their lives, what else was there to be excited about in the future?
Winning the war also requires life and death, but what do people like you get in the end?
The next chance of life and death?
Trapping and killing those Yellow Turban thieves who look similar to their parents and brothers?
After countless deductions, the military salary is extremely meager? That little thing is just enough to satisfy the hunger. If you want to bring some benefits to your family, you have to live frugally...
Trophy? What is that?
The Yellow Turbans are a group of honest common people who came out to become thieves because they were starving to death and could no longer survive. If they were defeated, there would be no spoils.
Yes, they looted prefectures and counties and gained a lot, but that couldn't stop them from having so many people! Everything they could eat was eaten, and everything they couldn't eat was exchanged for food.
Wang Ze didn't know who he exchanged it with, but he knew that the granaries in Wubao of those wealthy families were always full. Maybe if it decreased a little, no one would notice, right?
A traitor from Xiliang?
They are not much richer than the Yellow Turban Army. Those barbarians do not think about the future, they just rob for the sake of robbing. Moreover, the things they grab will eventually be concentrated in the hands of those powerful commanders. And the powerful commanders can only fight.
When they win a battle, they rush to the front. When they lose, they run faster than anyone else. It is really difficult to catch one.
In the battles fought in Luoyang, a lot of things were captured, but before the battle, the imperial court already owed these people their military pay for almost a year. Ever since the late emperor became critically ill, no one had paid attention to them.
The general wanted to kill the eunuchs, while his staff only cared about offering suggestions, and party members and celebrities were busy adding fuel to the flames; while the eunuchs wanted to save their lives. Everyone wanted to seize military power, but no one cared about paying the army.
Later, there was chaos in the capital, and the border troops also entered the capital. Prime Minister Dong took over the power. It finally calmed down a little, but the life did not get much easier. It was true that Prime Minister Dong had taken over the power, but except for the order of awarding rewards, his other orders could not be passed on at all.
When he went outside Luoyang, no one paid him any attention.
If taxes from various places are not sent to the capital, Prime Minister Dong's own direct descendants will starve, so how can he care about the troops in the capital?
The Xiliang army relied on robbery to survive, but Wang Ze and his comrades could only starve. After defeating Sun Jian and Kong Ni, Cao Cao captured a lot, but it was just a relief.
Today, General Xu defeated Wang Pengju, and the opportunity to make a fortune finally arrived!
Wang Peng of Taishan is well-deserved for his reputation. He is a good fighter and very rich. The ordinary soldiers brought so much money with them, not only money, but also all kinds of treasures! No wonder his soldiers are so desperate. They are obviously small in number and have poor command skills.
He was slightly inferior, but he kept fighting to the death.
There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Wang Ze understands this truth!
He yelled, pushed away the giant shield, and raised his foot to rush forward, but was grabbed by Zhang Xiao.
"Wang Ze, what are you going to do? The general hasn't given the order yet, and the enemy may be faking defeat. Aren't you afraid of death?"
"What kind of fraud? Zhang Lingjun, don't think I'm a rough guy who doesn't understand anything!"
Wang Ze struggled desperately and shouted: "I have been fighting for so many years, what don't I understand? These people throw money to save their lives! If they don't throw money, none of them can survive! The Taishan Army has
Money, their military pay for one month is equivalent to ours for half a year, and they are never in arrears, and they pay double during the war! It’s not just the Taishan Army, it’s the same for all the powerful private soldiers in the world! Don’t act like I don’t know!”
"..." Looking at Wang Ze's ferocious face, Zhang Xiao was speechless for a moment: "Even so, you can't guarantee that this is not a conspiracy..."
"Death by starvation is death, death in battle is death. If you are a prisoner or serve as a soldier for the powerful, will it be bad? Look at the powerful crossbows they use! Look at their armored soldiers! Let go, let go! Don't blame me if you don't let go.
I'm not welcome!" Seeing the shield array collapsing little by little, more and more people rushed forward across the battle line, and the people at the front had already leaned down and started picking up things, Wang Ze was jealous!
Zhang Xiao shouted desperately: "We are all colleagues and equal. The spoils of war can wait until after the war..."
"Equality is nothing! I worked hard on the front line and narrowly escaped death. Of course I have to get the spoils first!" Wang Ze was overjoyed when he found that the force pulling him began to weaken. He jerked away and broke away from Zhang Xiao's pull as he wished.
He jumped out like an arrow, and crazy shouts came from far away.
Xu Rongjun's forward completely collapsed. The soldiers dropped their weapons and rushed forward desperately, joining the ranks of picking up money. From time to time, some people would argue with each other or even fight over the ownership of the treasure...
Chaos comes and goes, spreading and getting out of control!
In a corner of the battlefield, Wang Yu showed a somewhat complicated look in his eyes, and whispered to himself: "Xu Rong's third weakness is that this army is not his, it was not brought out by him, and he is very