Even under the cover of night, Yu Man'er quickly found the location of the Chinese military tent.
It can be seen that the two armies have experienced a fierce battle here. Although the bodies of the Ding navy officers have been collected in advance, the discarded swords and guns of the Ding navy officers can still be seen on the ground. During the battle, the camp was completely knocked down.
Then a fire started, and several nearby camps collapsed, and smoke is still rising.
Yu Manger walked around the military tent twice and saw several crouched corpses. He leaned down to examine them carefully and found that he recognized the twisted and ferocious faces. Among them, there was someone who had been in a pot
A companion who serves rice in a bowl.
Most of Li Quan's elite retainers accompanied the attack and witnessed Li Quan's suicide under the Tieling Terrace and were then taken prisoner. Only a small number guarded the camp, but they could not stop the iron flow at all, and most of them were transformed into Chinese troops.
There were corpses scattered around the tent.
Yu Man'er stood slumped motionless and cried for a long time.
Officer Ding, who was watching the prisoners not far away, noticed him and urged him repeatedly. So he went back to the outside, moved a collapsed Juma, and pulled out the two corpses under the Juma.
The corpse had begun to stiffen, and it was very laborious to drag it, so he stopped, first removed the armor and helmet from one of the deceased's bodies, pulled out the spear that had been thrust into his belly, then slung it over his shoulder, heading towards the embankment.
At the end of the road, several military officers were there to register the identity and place of the deceased. After registering one person, they called in a special group of prisoners to carry the body to the direction of the piles of firewood and fire behind the embankment.
Yu Man'er didn't know how to read, but he stood in front of the table a little stubbornly, watching the military officer carefully write two lines in the thick book, and then turned around and went back.
He is Li Quan's personal general, and his physique is stronger than the average soldier.
But this failure caused a huge mental blow to him, making him more exhausted than ever. What's more, he had to find the people he knew among the corpses. This identification process was also particularly painful.
After admitting it a dozen times, walking a dozen times, and describing it to the military officer in charge of recording a dozen times, he felt that all his strength had been exhausted, so he had to slow down and wait for his strength to recover slightly.
After recovering, he did it again, and then again. By the seventeenth time, Yu Man'er finally collapsed on the edge of the battlefield. His calves were almost cramped, his hands were shaking, and he couldn't even hold the pine torch, so he threw it away.
open.
The ground near here was very wet, and the torch flickered twice and then went out.
Darkness suddenly enveloped Yu Man'er, and he suddenly became a little nervous.
Looking around, the officers and soldiers of the Dinghai Navy were scattered and busy with their own affairs, and no one cared about him.
Maybe we can take the opportunity to escape?
Yu Man'er endured the pain all over his body and sat up suddenly. He asked himself, what about seizing this opportunity to escape?
He then thought again, Marshal Li was dead, so what if he ran away? His abilities were less than one-tenth of Marshal Li's, so even if he ran away, what could he do? Could he still gather the stragglers and continue fighting with Guo Ning?
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After being in a daze for a while, a new idea came to his mind.
After this battle, the Dinghai Navy has captured such a large territory and will definitely expand its army. I can pretend to surrender. With this martial arts, I can easily become the leader of the team. Lieutenant, by then, I will find someone
Opportunity, approach Guo Ning, kill him, avenge Marshal Li! Avenge his dead companions!
This idea suddenly gave him motivation. He thought of several exciting scenes in an instant, and his whole body was shaking with excitement.
He stood up, looked around, and soon found the Ding navy officer with a scruffy head. So he walked over and wanted to tell him face to face that he wanted to serve in the army.
Halfway through, I found a general coming over and standing with a few officers. Everyone's expressions were a bit solemn.
That will be none other than Guo Alin.
At this moment, he scolded Tang Jiuyu and others in a deep voice: "You guys, you ate all the meat! I finally got another good piece!"
As he said that, he raised the big bowl in his hand and said, "Did you see it? It's a whole piece of meat, including skin, bones and fat!"
"Old Zeng will definitely like it." Tang Jiuyu nodded repeatedly.
Another soldier asked: "Is there any wheat rice? Old Zeng likes to mix the broth with wheat rice and eat it."
"Yes, yes!" Guo Alin tapped the big bowl twice: "It's all in there! It's enough for this guy to eat!"
So everyone said: "Great, great, just bury it here!"
Guo Alin stamped his feet: "Are you sure this is here?"
Everyone said: "You can't be wrong. Look, the two holes on the ground were made by Lao Zeng with his shield. There are still blood stains on them."
Guo Alin was silent for a moment, then pulled out his sword and started working with his companions. They quickly dug a small hole in the ground and solemnly buried a bowl of wheat rice with meat and soup.
Several soldiers who were very familiar with Zeng Baida murmured: "Eat! Eat! Old Zeng, you have to eat enough."
In fact, the bodies of those who died in the Dinghai navy had been burned, as had Zeng Baida who died in the battle. Guo Ning even personally led people to pay tribute and observe a moment of silence.
The navy has clear regulations on this matter, requiring that these matters should not be neglected in terms of etiquette, but should be handled quickly. This is not only to prevent epidemics, but also to prevent the excessive spread of mourning and affecting morale.
There are many old soldiers like Zeng Baida in the army who have no family members. Their remains and ashes will also be buried in the Martyrs' Shrine in Donglai Mountain, and people from the Quanzhen Sect will be responsible for taking care of them.
But everyone always feels that for these lonely soldiers, the army is their home, and their comrades are their family. Before their ashes are buried in Donglai Mountain, their souls cannot be left without a place to go. During this period, it can last for three days.
, it doesn’t matter if it’s five days. As a comrade in arms, Pao Ze should take care of them and not let them go hungry.
So Guo Alin specially prepared food and buried it at the place where Zeng Baida died in the battle.
This practice was common when Guo Alin was in the army in Monan. In fact, it is not owned by Han'er. It may have been passed down from the Xi people or Bai Ta tribe in northern Xinjiang. However, everyone doesn't care about that at all, so they come up with a way to rely on it.
Mindfulness is better than doing nothing.
The food was buried, and everyone looked satisfied.
When you are in the army, you see a lot of dead people, and if you feel emotional, you have to get out of your emotions immediately, otherwise there will never be peace, and there will be no way to fight.
So when Guo Alin walked back, someone followed him and looked happy, and then he and his companions were counting the achievements they had made, how much land they could exchange for, and maybe they could be promoted to a certain general.
If there are more, there will be enough manpower to plant jujube trees on the hillside.
But no one was particularly happy.
When Guo Ning sent the order to send troops, no one doubted that his side would not win. Therefore, they would not raise their tails just because of this victory. Perhaps two years ago, they could not imagine all this, but now, the navy has set its goal
He has long ceased to be like Li Quan.
Someone was walking and suddenly said with emotion: "I have lived for thirty years, but only in the past year have I lived a stable life. My family has land, water canals, a house, a newly married mother-in-law and two cheap children.
, and also raised pigs and sheep... Even if you die in battle, it will not be in vain!"
"One year? One year to let you do this?" The companion beside him nodded heavily and shook his head again and again: "Li Quan is no match. If you ask me, even the soldiers and horses of the imperial court have been fooled. The only ones in trouble now are the Mongols. Let's find a way.
After defeating the Mongols, everyone can live a comfortable life for several decades!"
Many people laughed. It was almost too hard to think about decades of comfortable life, but they couldn't help but think about it.
Someone deliberately complained: "Serving the fields makes people very tired. Year after year, I can't feel comfortable..."
Then someone else said: "You have to be smart when taking care of the fields. If you had used that waterwheel last time, wouldn't it be a lot easier?"
The group of people discussed trivial matters and passed by the busy man.
Yu Manger looked at them blankly.
He suddenly felt that those soldiers had their own lives, and they were willing to maintain these lives. This kind of life, with fields and cultivation, labor and harvest, hard work and stability, was why Yu Man'er followed his father and uncle to join the army.
I had expected it before.
Under Marshal Li, as long as everyone dares to fight and kill, they will have food, clothing, women and money. Marshal Li is very fair in dealing with things. As long as you have the ability, you can live a crazy life. Marshal Li will give you
Everything, but you have to risk your life and die for Marshal Li at any time. As for the rest, there is no need to think about anything else.
Those days seemed great, but it seemed like, what was wrong?
After following Marshal Li for so many years, Yu Maanger has lost a lot. He has become a ruthless character. In his life, there is only killing and being killed.
But what did he get?
Yu Man'er sat down on the ground again. He looked up at the clear night and felt that his whole body was empty and there was nothing in his mind. This strange feeling shocked him and made him cry.