Chapter 22 The Plan of Suspected Soldiers
The heavy rain has passed, and the dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, revealing the dazzling sun. Qian Xiaoxing instructed everyone to treat the wounded. Yun Baiyao's treatment effect is the best for the wounded by swords and guns.
The military doctor was busy bandaging the wounded. Qian Xiaoxing walked over and looked at it, and couldn't help but frowned. It turned out that the military doctor just wrapped the wound up after applying Yunbai medicine to the wound, and the treatment was very simple.
The wound was very big and deep, and blood came out from time to time. Qian Xiaoxing said to the military doctor: "Why don't this wound be sutured and then bandaged?"
"Sewing?" The military doctor was very puzzled. He used to do this when bandaging wounds, so he asked, "Chief of Staff, what is suture."
Qian Xiaoxing explained: "It is to use silk thread to sew both sides of the wound together, so that it will be easy to heal. You can find some silk threads, then boil them thoroughly with boiling water, and sew the wound together with a needle."
"It's okay..." The military doctor was skeptical, but he still did as Qian Xiaoxing told him.
Qian Xiaoxing inspected the wounded. If it was a skin trauma, there would be no trouble. However, if the abdominal cavity was injured, under ancient medical conditions, it would be left to fate.
Qian Xiaoxing couldn't help but regret why he didn't learn some modern medical skills and could use them at this time. How great would it be if someone who understands medical skills could travel time to help him?
After the battlefield was cleaned, the army gathered together, and Qian Xiaoxing listened to the war damage reports of various generals.
Yang Qing stepped forward and said, "Chief of Staff, in the battle of Fuling, our cavalry regiment sacrificed more than 1,300 soldiers, and the Dark Knights lost more than 800 people."
A total of 6,000 cavalrymen lost more than 2,000, and more than one-third of the battle losses. Although Qian Xiaoxing was heartbroken, compared with the expected death and injury before the war, his current results are beyond expectations.
According to the Zongheng Infantry Regiment, the loss of 12,000 infantry was more than 3,000, more than one quarter of it.
The Si army lost more than 5,000 people in the Battle of Fuling, which may have nothing to do with other major countries, but for the Si army, there were only 20,000 people, which would be considered a major damage.
Although Qian Xiaoxing was enlightened, he was still sad after hearing the number of sacrifices. Seeing Qian Xiaoxing's sad expression, Hu Suoyuan stepped forward and said, "Chief of Staff, the bad news has passed, we can listen to the good news."
Yang Qing immediately interfered and said, "Yes, Chief of Staff, we wiped out more than 10,000 members of the Hu army's King Wu army in this battle. With this loss, we can eliminate the King Wu army. It is unprecedented in China."
Xiong Yitan stepped forward and said, "Our army also destroyed more than 10,000 Hu infantrymen, and 3,000 to 10,000 is also an impressive record and a great victory."
These news really made Qian Xiaoxing much more happy. The final result of an arduous war is victory, and it is a big victory, so you should be happy.
"Okay, go back and reward merit," Qian Xiaoxing watched these soldiers fight for victory with their lives. Compared with their lives, he felt that the reward given to them was really insignificant.
The Si army retreated to the camp and held a grand celebration banquet, destroying the Hu army's King Wu Division. The remaining 25,000 Hu army infantry did not pose a threat. Qian Xiaoxing sent scouts to pay close attention to the movements of the Hu army infantry and celebrated the victory with the soldiers.
In the Hu Jun camp, Peng Guangyi was anxious and kept paced back and forth in the military camp tent. He looked at the teacup on the table. He had already drunk it. He couldn't help but fall down with a fire. The teacup was immediately smashed to pieces.
"General Peng!" The little soldier walked in and reported: "Just just received the news, the entire army of King Wu's army has been wiped out."
"What!" Peng Guangyi couldn't believe it. He thought that there were always some people who could come back from the Wu King's Army, but the entire army was wiped out. He asked anxiously: "How about General Meng?"
The soldier whimpered: "General Meng was also gloriously killed in battle."
Peng Guangyi sat down, not saying how much damage Meng Zhongzhan's death caused him. The problem is that there are only 25,000 infantry soldiers now, and without the cooperation of Meng Zhongzhan's King Wu's division, they could not defeat the Si army at all. Thinking of this, Peng Guangyi was almost desperate.
He could not beat Qian Xiaoxing with a trick, and even if he fought against each other head-on, he could still beat Qian Xiaoxing. Now Peng Guangyi felt that Qian Xiaoxing was like an undefeated giant. Fighting with him was seeking death. His fear of Qian Xiaoxing was getting stronger and stronger.
What should I do? Peng Guangyi was thinking, there were still 25,000 infantry soldiers who could not die here. The way back to Hu State had been blocked by Qian Xiaoxing, and it seemed that he could only move forward.
Thinking of how much life he was carrying, Peng Guangyi cheered up and spread the map and looked carefully.
There is also a city ahead, Wujiao City, which is only more than a day away from its current location. If we can grab the city and defend it strictly, on the other hand, we will send troops back to Hu to seek reinforcements, and there may be hope to lead these infantry back to Hu.
Thinking of this, Peng Guangyi immediately wrote a cursive letter and called his confidant to send a letter back to Hu Guo to request reinforcements. On the other hand, he immediately set off for the camp and rushed to Wujiao City.
After the heavy rain, the road was muddy, and Hu soldiers began to march in the dark. In order to get rid of Qian Xiaoxing's pursuers, Peng Guangyi ordered the troops to advance lightly, throwing away the baggage, and carrying the food and grass for only three days, quickly heading towards Wujiao City.
Hu Jun's movements were immediately reported to Qian Xiaoxing by the scouts. Qian Xiaoxing thought that Hu Jun would run away at least at dawn, and he would move overnight before he could even get food, grass and supplies. It seemed that he really escaped quickly for his life.
After the battle of Fuling, Qian Xiaoxing did not send troops to harass Hu Bing's camp, the purpose was to let them stay for a while, so they ran away immediately if they were afraid of harassing them. Because Lu Shengzhong went to Wujiao City to arrange the deployment, he didn't know if it had been done, so he couldn't help but worry.
"Report!" A soldier quickly ran into the military tent and said, "Chief of Staff, Brigade Commander Lu has sent someone to deliver the letter."
Qian Xiaoxing was about to know about Lu Shengzhong, and someone came to report it immediately, and said happily: "It's great, bring it in quickly."
Not long after, a soldier came in, and was soaked and dirty. Qian Xiaoxing asked in confusion: "What's going on with you?"
The soldier leaned over and replied, "Chief of Staff, I came back from a small road. I couldn't see the road clearly in the dark. I fell many times. The brigade commander asked me to bring the letter back. This is the letter."
After saying that, the soldier took out a bamboo tube from his chest, pulled out the lid and took out the letter paper. Qian Xiaoxing thought that Lu Shengzhong should have arranged the defense of Wujiao City and sent someone to notify him. After reading the letter, he was shocked and saw that the letter read:
The seventh brother, who saw the name as if he was like a face. The heavy rain caused a mudslide and the road was blocked. The weapons transported from Cangkong Pass could not reach Wujiao City. Please do your best to hold the Hu army, otherwise Wujiao City and Zheng Chang's troops in the city would be occupied by the Hu army.
The following signature is Lu Shengzhong.
Qian Xiaoxing sighed helplessly. The rain was really timely. It was clear that it was enough to transport weapons from Cangkong Pass to Wujiao City. It was really better than the heavens. The road was blocked suddenly.
Qian Xiaoxing folded the letter paper and said to Xiaobing: "Okay, thank you for your hard work. You go down and rest first and change into clean clothes."
After the soldiers left, Qian Xiaoxing thought about countermeasures. It was not a big deal to be occupied by the Hu army. The problem was that Zheng Chang's troops were stationed inside, and there were more than 12,000 people. They finally surrendered to them and they must not be allowed to have any trouble.
However, Zheng Chang's troops had no weapons and were unable to defend the city. If the Hu army entered the city and caused a massacre, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"What should I do?" Qian Xiaoxing asked himself, asking Zheng Chang's troops to retreat to Cangkong Pass. This risk was too great. It is not clear whether Zheng Chang really surrendered. If he rebelled, it would be out of control.
After thinking for a long time, Qian Xiaoxing finally made a decision, wrote a long letter, and called Xiaobing to hand it over to him. He was afraid that time would not be enough, so he asked Xiaobing to return to Wujiao City in a hot air balloon.
On the other hand, Qian Xiaoxing called Yang Qing and ordered him to lead the 2,500 cavalry who could fight and immediately rushed to Wujiao City.
The next morning, Qian Xiaoxing also led other troops of the Army to set off to Wujiao City.
After leading the troops to march for a day and a night, Peng Guangyi finally arrived near Wujiao City. At this moment, the soldiers were extremely tired, and many of them could not walk. Peng Guangyi shouted: "Everyone insist, let's rest after entering Wujiao City."
The soldiers stood up helplessly and insisted on walking forward. Peng Guangyi rode his horse to the front and watched from a distance as the gate of Wujiao City opened wide and there were no soldiers garrisoning on the city wall. It seemed that nothing unusual.
"Enter the city!" Peng Guangyi waved his hand and breathed a long sigh of relief. If he could occupy Wujiao City, at least there would be a place to settle down. Even if Qian Xiaoxing wanted to capture it, he would have to pay a price.
Suddenly a soldier shouted: "General Peng, look!"
Peng Guangyi followed the soldiers' fingers and saw a big banner suddenly unfolding on the city gate in front. After a while, the banner spread out, saying: "Welcome General Peng to lead his troops to Wujiao City to station!"
"What's going on!" Peng Guangyi was very surprised and immediately ordered: "The whole army is on standby!"
The troops stopped immediately, and Peng Guangyi rode his horse and looked at the banner. Could it be that Si Jun knew that he was coming? Even though he knew what the purpose of hanging such a banner was? Peng Guangyi was puzzled.
The commander next to him came up and said, "General Peng, is this a plan for the Si army to lure the enemy? They were ambushing in the city and wanted to be detrimental to our army?"
Peng Guangyi shook his head and said, "If Si Jun wants to ambush, why should he pull out such a banner? Moreover, the main force of Si Jun is behind us. Even if he wants to ambush, what kind of soldiers will he use to ambush?"
The commander of the thousand-man nodded and said, "General Peng's words are reasonable, then I think it was Si Jun who deliberately scared us."
"No matter what, we have to go into the city and tell everyone to be careful." Peng Guangyi pulled up the reins and was about to order the troops to advance, suddenly a small soldier came quickly to report: "General Peng, a large number of enemy troops were found in the north."
"Ah!" Peng Guangyi looked back and saw the yellow dust rolling in the distance, and the sound of war drums pounding with the sound of rushing sounds came over. He saw that the scale should be that a large army was coming quickly.
Another soldier came to report: "General, a large number of enemy troops were found in the west."
On the other side, a soldier knelt down on one leg and reported: "General, the cavalry of the Si army is about to chase him."
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Peng Guangyi was surprised and looked at the dust rolling. He didn't expect that Si Jun had so many troops. Now there were only two roads in front of him, either entering the city or running away.
Seeing that Peng Guang was hesitant, the commander hurriedly urged: "General, please go to the city to defend quickly. Our soldiers are tired. If the war starts here, they will definitely suffer a huge loss."
"No!" Peng Guangyi immediately retorted: "Don't forget who we are fighting with, it's Qian Xiaoxing! Since he sent troops to surround us, will he still let us enter the city to defend?"
Peng Guangyi was obviously very taboo to Qian Xiaoxing. His several battles with Qian Xiaoxing were all at a disadvantage and he was defeated. Peng Guangyi certainly attached great importance to these lessons obtained by the blood of soldiers.
The thousand-man commander looked at Wujiao City and said loudly: "But, I can't see what's weird about Wujiao City."
Peng Guangyi couldn't help but say, "Didn't you see that banner? It means that Si Jun is ready. If we can see the weirdness like this, what's the use!"
"What should we do, General?" asked the commander helplessly.
"Retreat and retreat to Heimo City on the edge of Wujiao City." Peng Guangyi ordered.
The captain said in embarrassment: "But the soldiers have been gone for a day and a night."
"You have to walk even if you can't walk. Staying here is a dead end. Don't talk nonsense, retreat quickly!" Peng Guangyi urged.
The Hu soldiers walked with heavy legs and gritted their teeth and insisted on retreating to Heimo City. Heimo City is on the right side of Wujiao City and on the upper right side of Cangqiong Pass, about forty miles away from Wujiao City. The city is not large and the population is not large. It was previously occupied by the troops of the army, but there are currently no troops stationed in the city.
Looking at Hu Jun who was retreating, Lu Shengzhong put down the drumstick in his hand and couldn't help but sigh: "Seventh brother is really a god, and Peng Guangyi really dared not enter the city."
Zheng Chang beside him also laughed and said, "Peng Guangyi was fooled by the Chief of Staff, and deserved it!"
Lu Shengzhong sighed: "This is probably the scheming written in the military book, and only the seventh brother can use it."
Chapter completed!