The moment the gate of Xicheng opened, Zhang Ning promised that he had never heard such wonderful music, even if it was just the rough sound of wood rubbing against the uneven brick floor, and the opened door hit the city wall, just like the golden hammer of history hitting a conclusion that was concluded.
This door seemed familiar, like the door of life and death that suddenly came in dreams, and one end of the door exuded an attractive brilliance.It was just a door, it was not the end, but just the beginning.
The city gate opened and a large group of soldiers from the Vermilion Bird Army rushed into the city.Yao Erlang, facing more than ten times the enemy's attack, had an extremely complicated expression on his face, some cheering and some crying.
When the government and infantry saw a large number of reinforcements arrived, they began to collapse before the enemy could reach the enemy.
Someone actually shouted: We are defeated outside the city, run away!
Morale is the most elusive thing. The same army could still attack the city not long ago, but suddenly it was like an avalanche, and it suddenly lost its combat effectiveness, and people rushed to escape.
The city was in chaos for a while, and many people ran out of North and East cities, some were defeated and killed, and some knelt down on the spot to surrender.
The victory came too suddenly, and the officials and generals on the city were silent for a long time.
Zhang Ning stood up from the chair. It was the first time he left this position since the war started. He slapped the ash on his body twice, mostly the ash and soil-turning powder that were precipitated after the artillery fire.
Looking back, in the morning, it was still a small town with birds singing and flowers. At this moment, there were broken walls and walls, corpses scattered everywhere, fires and smoke filled the whole city moaned in pain like wounded soldiers.
After a long time, Zhang Ning walked down the city and met Wei Bin, Yao Erlang and others who came.The soldiers on the street were escorting the surrendered prisoners, and some were looking for the living wounded.
The game is finished.I don't know who said something.People did not cheer happily, but just said that the battle was over, because the casualties of the Suzaku Army were indeed very heavy, and it is impossible to count how many troops were damaged by the battle for the time being.
The fire was not yet extinguished, the wounded soldiers were still calling for help everywhere, and the dispersed enemy soldiers were still running away.
But Zhang Ning felt that he should say something at this moment, so he said to the soldiers nearby: This battle will definitely be left in history. I have the honor to participate in this great battle to overthrow the unjust tyranny with all my brothers...
At this time, the cry of soldiers came from a corner far away, and Zhang Ning was not very interested and continued to talk. He turned to Wei Bin: Since we have defeated Zhu Yong's main force, we need to take advantage of the situation to expand the results. Mr. Wei Qian, immediately gather the troops that can still fight, go out of the city to pursue the defeated soldiers, seize and destroy Zhu Yong's camp five miles away; all the troops in the military camp will be called by you.I know that brothers can be exhausted, but we cannot give up and we should win the victory in all respects.
Wei Bin raised his hand with a facial expression and saluted: The last one will obey the order.
Zhang Ning turned around and said to Wang Yu and others: You bring some people, together with the officials and yamen runners of Gaodu County, go and call out the people from home, organize people to put out the fire, and treat the wounded soldiers.
He had just walked forward for a while and found a wounded soldier with incomplete armor kneeling in front of a corpse and cried. Seeing the soldier crying sadly, he couldn't help but stop.
I saw that the man on the ground was dead and could not die anymore, his whole body was covered with half-coagulated blood. I don’t know how many swords and guns had been greeted by him. The helmet was gone, his scalp was missing, and his hair was gray. He was obviously an elderly veteran.
The soldier who was crying was not old, so Zhang Ning asked: Your father is in the same battle, is it your father who died in battle?
The young soldier raised his head and recognized the person he had at a glance as the third highman of the Zhuque Army, because Zhang Ning was often in the military camp.
The soldier wiped his blood and tears, shook his head and choked and said: He is Lao Han, not my father... But I am even sadder than my father who died.He was still alive in the morning, and patted me on the shoulder, but now... he turned his head and started crying again. The corpse on the ground was simply a mass of flesh and blood, and it was no longer human.
After a moment, the soldier suddenly raised his head boldly and said: Lao Han has no children. I am not his family and cannot receive pensions. But I want to ask Your Highness for one thing, give me Lao Han’s life money so that I can buy him a good coffin.
After hearing this, Zhang Ning was moved and hurriedly comforted: Lao Han died in battle for me, and he died with dignity.I promise to bury the warrior who died in battle with the etiquette of the national sage, so that he will be buried in glory, so you don’t have to worry.
Zhang Ning did not break his promise. The first thing he did after the war was to raise the burial of the soldiers who died in battle.
Three hundred and eighty people were killed in the entire army, three of them were killed in a hundred households, and more than a dozen of them were killed in the general flag team.
The Suzaku Army suffered heavy losses in this battle, with more than half of the casualties; although the official army only left more than a thousand corpses in Gaodu City and nearby, most of which were killed after disintegration.
The Senate Department is responsible for raising this matter. They requisitioned all coffins from coffin shops in Gaodu and nearby towns, and made a batch of them.
A mountainous land was drawn on the north bank of the Yuan River as a cemetery to bury the dead soldiers.
If one day the Suzaku Army was forced to give up its rule over Gaodu County and other places, it would be impossible to guess whether the government would dig out the bodies in the cemeteries to blaspheme.
Even a living person cannot be a home, let alone a dead person.
But at least the scene was very gratifying when the burial was buried.
The entire army was asked to bathe and fast, change into clean military uniforms, and line up in front of the cemetery.
The body was also recruited by Ding Fu, who cleaned it up and put it in the Vermilion Bird Army uniform. The coffin was covered with yellow satin Vermilion Bird flag.
The person who acted as the emcee read a lengthy list of the dead in public and praised the heroic spirit of the dead.The firearms team made more than two hundred sounds in the sky, and the sound of guns echoed in the valley for a long time.
At this time, the musicians played military music, and the purged soldiers carried the coffin and buried their brothers with their own hands.
The military music composed by Yao Ji didn't expect that the sad scene was still very harmonious. The first part was a sad tune, but the later part was a fierce sound.
Many soldiers cried at the funeral.
But people should be relieved. Anyone in the battle may die. It is much better to be treated solemnly after death than to dig a big hole and bury it.
After the funeral, Gaodu County Government organized people to build a wall and planned to erect a large stone tablet on the cemetery to carve the list of the dead, as well as the tragic process of the Battle of Gaodu and the heroic deeds of the dead.
……
When the Senate of the Suzaku Army and several important generals sat together to discuss matters, everyone was optimistic about the current short-term situation.
Although Zhu Yong was not caught, his army was not completely killed or injured, but it was impossible to organize a combat-capable force in nearby prefectures and counties. If the court wants to deal with the Zhuque Army, it will definitely have to transfer troops from other places, which will take time.
However, from a long-term perspective, Zhu Yong's troops in this battle were 10,000 troops, and a 10,000-strong official army was annihilated by the rebels, which would surely shock the government and the public.The court will mobilize more troops to come.
Perhaps we will mobilize troops from Changsha, and there will be heavy troops in Wuchang and Jingzhou in the north, so it is not impossible to attack on two fronts... Wuchang is close to Nanjing and wants to guard against the King of Han, but the Jingzhou soldiers should be able to be mobilized.
Zhou Mengxiong said bluntly.
Obviously, everyone is not very good about the future.
Zhang Ning said calmly: Since we captured Shimen County with more than 100 people, we were destined to be unable to stop. We only had one day to stop... we captured the capital.
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and laughed for a while.
Zhang Ning said it too far, but everyone knew that he was not joking. Since Qin Shihuang, the country has taken unification as the mainstream, and there was no second place in the struggle for territory. In the end, there was only one winner, and the others would be eliminated. If you don’t want to conquer Beijing, you can only be completely eliminated on the way, without a third ending.
Chen Gai, the official of a hundred households, touched the hair on his round head and said: The masterly Zhuge Liang in the play did not mean that the world was divided into three parts. He wanted Uncle Liu to occupy Sichuan and then enter Jingzhou to compete for the world. Why do we have to be in these four battles? Why not go west to Sichuan!Sichuan is not too far from here, so it is difficult to walk...
The people in the room immediately laughed at Chen Gai with kindness and did not care about him.
With the Zhuque Army and the active forces in the northern part of Wuling Mountain, they entered the Huxi Plain for several months, but they couldn't stand firmly. They still had to go to places where they had never been familiar with their own places?
At this time, Zhang Ning pointed to a black circle on the map with a scabbard and said: Chenzhou, we must occupy a big city as soon as possible to have a larger territory to expand our strength.The only big cities near the left are Changde and Chenzhou. Changde is not easy to take, but Chenzhou still has hope!Although the Miao rebels failed to capture Chenzhou, they destroyed all the strongholds and ruling systems in the prefecture. The government could not recover in a short period of time, and it was almost an isolated city.Take Chenzhou!It can rule many states and counties.
But now we only have more than 800 people left. Except for a few disabled people (the medical conditions are low, and severely injured people generally die quickly, so it is difficult for those with severely injured people to survive), a large number of people are not well-treated and cannot participate in the war.With the current situation, it may be very difficult to carry out another battle in a short day.
Wei Bin said.
Zhang Ning said: There must be brave men under heavy rewards. He ordered that only those who participate in the siege will receive 50 taels of property worth 50 taels per person after taking Chenzhou, and divide the land and houses.After we entered the city, we organized looting to redeem military expenses.There are also prisoners of the garrison soldiers who can also be incorporated. Although those people are not very useful, they have seen the blood and fire of the battle formation, which is better than recruiting men and refugees.We must take down Chenzhou as soon as possible, occupy this place, and lead to the various branches of the cults to ward off the cults to summon more mountain people and religious believers to join the Zhuque Army; the people's hearts are towards us, and as long as they are organized, they can quickly expand their troops.Only when the imperial court dispatched troops from a major city did we have the strength to deal with it again.
This door seemed familiar, like the door of life and death that suddenly came in dreams, and one end of the door exuded an attractive brilliance.It was just a door, it was not the end, but just the beginning.
The city gate opened and a large group of soldiers from the Vermilion Bird Army rushed into the city.Yao Erlang, facing more than ten times the enemy's attack, had an extremely complicated expression on his face, some cheering and some crying.
When the government and infantry saw a large number of reinforcements arrived, they began to collapse before the enemy could reach the enemy.
Someone actually shouted: We are defeated outside the city, run away!
Morale is the most elusive thing. The same army could still attack the city not long ago, but suddenly it was like an avalanche, and it suddenly lost its combat effectiveness, and people rushed to escape.
The city was in chaos for a while, and many people ran out of North and East cities, some were defeated and killed, and some knelt down on the spot to surrender.
The victory came too suddenly, and the officials and generals on the city were silent for a long time.
Zhang Ning stood up from the chair. It was the first time he left this position since the war started. He slapped the ash on his body twice, mostly the ash and soil-turning powder that were precipitated after the artillery fire.
Looking back, in the morning, it was still a small town with birds singing and flowers. At this moment, there were broken walls and walls, corpses scattered everywhere, fires and smoke filled the whole city moaned in pain like wounded soldiers.
After a long time, Zhang Ning walked down the city and met Wei Bin, Yao Erlang and others who came.The soldiers on the street were escorting the surrendered prisoners, and some were looking for the living wounded.
The game is finished.I don't know who said something.People did not cheer happily, but just said that the battle was over, because the casualties of the Suzaku Army were indeed very heavy, and it is impossible to count how many troops were damaged by the battle for the time being.
The fire was not yet extinguished, the wounded soldiers were still calling for help everywhere, and the dispersed enemy soldiers were still running away.
But Zhang Ning felt that he should say something at this moment, so he said to the soldiers nearby: This battle will definitely be left in history. I have the honor to participate in this great battle to overthrow the unjust tyranny with all my brothers...
At this time, the cry of soldiers came from a corner far away, and Zhang Ning was not very interested and continued to talk. He turned to Wei Bin: Since we have defeated Zhu Yong's main force, we need to take advantage of the situation to expand the results. Mr. Wei Qian, immediately gather the troops that can still fight, go out of the city to pursue the defeated soldiers, seize and destroy Zhu Yong's camp five miles away; all the troops in the military camp will be called by you.I know that brothers can be exhausted, but we cannot give up and we should win the victory in all respects.
Wei Bin raised his hand with a facial expression and saluted: The last one will obey the order.
Zhang Ning turned around and said to Wang Yu and others: You bring some people, together with the officials and yamen runners of Gaodu County, go and call out the people from home, organize people to put out the fire, and treat the wounded soldiers.
He had just walked forward for a while and found a wounded soldier with incomplete armor kneeling in front of a corpse and cried. Seeing the soldier crying sadly, he couldn't help but stop.
I saw that the man on the ground was dead and could not die anymore, his whole body was covered with half-coagulated blood. I don’t know how many swords and guns had been greeted by him. The helmet was gone, his scalp was missing, and his hair was gray. He was obviously an elderly veteran.
The soldier who was crying was not old, so Zhang Ning asked: Your father is in the same battle, is it your father who died in battle?
The young soldier raised his head and recognized the person he had at a glance as the third highman of the Zhuque Army, because Zhang Ning was often in the military camp.
The soldier wiped his blood and tears, shook his head and choked and said: He is Lao Han, not my father... But I am even sadder than my father who died.He was still alive in the morning, and patted me on the shoulder, but now... he turned his head and started crying again. The corpse on the ground was simply a mass of flesh and blood, and it was no longer human.
After a moment, the soldier suddenly raised his head boldly and said: Lao Han has no children. I am not his family and cannot receive pensions. But I want to ask Your Highness for one thing, give me Lao Han’s life money so that I can buy him a good coffin.
After hearing this, Zhang Ning was moved and hurriedly comforted: Lao Han died in battle for me, and he died with dignity.I promise to bury the warrior who died in battle with the etiquette of the national sage, so that he will be buried in glory, so you don’t have to worry.
Zhang Ning did not break his promise. The first thing he did after the war was to raise the burial of the soldiers who died in battle.
Three hundred and eighty people were killed in the entire army, three of them were killed in a hundred households, and more than a dozen of them were killed in the general flag team.
The Suzaku Army suffered heavy losses in this battle, with more than half of the casualties; although the official army only left more than a thousand corpses in Gaodu City and nearby, most of which were killed after disintegration.
The Senate Department is responsible for raising this matter. They requisitioned all coffins from coffin shops in Gaodu and nearby towns, and made a batch of them.
A mountainous land was drawn on the north bank of the Yuan River as a cemetery to bury the dead soldiers.
If one day the Suzaku Army was forced to give up its rule over Gaodu County and other places, it would be impossible to guess whether the government would dig out the bodies in the cemeteries to blaspheme.
Even a living person cannot be a home, let alone a dead person.
But at least the scene was very gratifying when the burial was buried.
The entire army was asked to bathe and fast, change into clean military uniforms, and line up in front of the cemetery.
The body was also recruited by Ding Fu, who cleaned it up and put it in the Vermilion Bird Army uniform. The coffin was covered with yellow satin Vermilion Bird flag.
The person who acted as the emcee read a lengthy list of the dead in public and praised the heroic spirit of the dead.The firearms team made more than two hundred sounds in the sky, and the sound of guns echoed in the valley for a long time.
At this time, the musicians played military music, and the purged soldiers carried the coffin and buried their brothers with their own hands.
The military music composed by Yao Ji didn't expect that the sad scene was still very harmonious. The first part was a sad tune, but the later part was a fierce sound.
Many soldiers cried at the funeral.
But people should be relieved. Anyone in the battle may die. It is much better to be treated solemnly after death than to dig a big hole and bury it.
After the funeral, Gaodu County Government organized people to build a wall and planned to erect a large stone tablet on the cemetery to carve the list of the dead, as well as the tragic process of the Battle of Gaodu and the heroic deeds of the dead.
……
When the Senate of the Suzaku Army and several important generals sat together to discuss matters, everyone was optimistic about the current short-term situation.
Although Zhu Yong was not caught, his army was not completely killed or injured, but it was impossible to organize a combat-capable force in nearby prefectures and counties. If the court wants to deal with the Zhuque Army, it will definitely have to transfer troops from other places, which will take time.
However, from a long-term perspective, Zhu Yong's troops in this battle were 10,000 troops, and a 10,000-strong official army was annihilated by the rebels, which would surely shock the government and the public.The court will mobilize more troops to come.
Perhaps we will mobilize troops from Changsha, and there will be heavy troops in Wuchang and Jingzhou in the north, so it is not impossible to attack on two fronts... Wuchang is close to Nanjing and wants to guard against the King of Han, but the Jingzhou soldiers should be able to be mobilized.
Zhou Mengxiong said bluntly.
Obviously, everyone is not very good about the future.
Zhang Ning said calmly: Since we captured Shimen County with more than 100 people, we were destined to be unable to stop. We only had one day to stop... we captured the capital.
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and laughed for a while.
Zhang Ning said it too far, but everyone knew that he was not joking. Since Qin Shihuang, the country has taken unification as the mainstream, and there was no second place in the struggle for territory. In the end, there was only one winner, and the others would be eliminated. If you don’t want to conquer Beijing, you can only be completely eliminated on the way, without a third ending.
Chen Gai, the official of a hundred households, touched the hair on his round head and said: The masterly Zhuge Liang in the play did not mean that the world was divided into three parts. He wanted Uncle Liu to occupy Sichuan and then enter Jingzhou to compete for the world. Why do we have to be in these four battles? Why not go west to Sichuan!Sichuan is not too far from here, so it is difficult to walk...
The people in the room immediately laughed at Chen Gai with kindness and did not care about him.
With the Zhuque Army and the active forces in the northern part of Wuling Mountain, they entered the Huxi Plain for several months, but they couldn't stand firmly. They still had to go to places where they had never been familiar with their own places?
At this time, Zhang Ning pointed to a black circle on the map with a scabbard and said: Chenzhou, we must occupy a big city as soon as possible to have a larger territory to expand our strength.The only big cities near the left are Changde and Chenzhou. Changde is not easy to take, but Chenzhou still has hope!Although the Miao rebels failed to capture Chenzhou, they destroyed all the strongholds and ruling systems in the prefecture. The government could not recover in a short period of time, and it was almost an isolated city.Take Chenzhou!It can rule many states and counties.
But now we only have more than 800 people left. Except for a few disabled people (the medical conditions are low, and severely injured people generally die quickly, so it is difficult for those with severely injured people to survive), a large number of people are not well-treated and cannot participate in the war.With the current situation, it may be very difficult to carry out another battle in a short day.
Wei Bin said.
Zhang Ning said: There must be brave men under heavy rewards. He ordered that only those who participate in the siege will receive 50 taels of property worth 50 taels per person after taking Chenzhou, and divide the land and houses.After we entered the city, we organized looting to redeem military expenses.There are also prisoners of the garrison soldiers who can also be incorporated. Although those people are not very useful, they have seen the blood and fire of the battle formation, which is better than recruiting men and refugees.We must take down Chenzhou as soon as possible, occupy this place, and lead to the various branches of the cults to ward off the cults to summon more mountain people and religious believers to join the Zhuque Army; the people's hearts are towards us, and as long as they are organized, they can quickly expand their troops.Only when the imperial court dispatched troops from a major city did we have the strength to deal with it again.
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