The afterglow of the setting sun spread faintly on this land that was full of peace and tranquility two hours ago. At this time, the dry and cracked land seemed to have been soaked thoroughly with blood. The fallen soldiers were carried out one by one and loaded into the logistics troops. The body bags that came up were loaded onto the wagon one by one, waiting to be transported back to the camp.
Although sacrifice was inevitable in battle, under Xiao Tang's suggestion, all fallen soldiers were transported back to the main camp for burial as much as possible. This proposal was supported by Wu Feng and formed a system. No one expected that this proposal would greatly inspire them. The spirit of all soldiers, perhaps in their view, being able to return to their homeland and rest in peace is an affirmation of what a soldier has fought for. As for the corpses on the enemy side, there is not so much care. A few large holes are hastily dug for their shelter.
The battlefield has calmed down. Mingzhu Town, which is a few miles away, seems not to be aware of the war happening here. Everything seems so step-by-step. The prisoners were lined up in order and left the battlefield one by one under the close supervision of vigilant soldiers. Only the soldiers in the logistics department were still cleaning the battlefield.
"Helian, have the results been calculated?" The person asking the question was naturally Liang Chongxin, the commander-in-chief of this battle. It seemed that he was not too happy about such a big result in this battle, which made several people next to him wonder. It feels a little strange.
"There is no big difference. Our side had 685 casualties and 979 minor or serious injuries. The total casualties were less than 1,700. A total of more than 2,200 people from the other side were killed and 5,800 were captured. Of more than a hundred people, no one slipped through the net, and 3,800 war horses were also captured." Linghu Yi answered.
"This time we can be considered a complete victory. I wonder how the people on the sidelines will react when they learn about the situation?" Qu Bo, the deputy next to Liang Chongxin, looked to the west, his eyes jumping with the desire for another battle. The light was obviously not interesting enough for this asymmetrical battle.
"What other reaction can there be? In two cases, you can either send a large force to fight us, or you can come with envoys to negotiate with us. But I think the people on the sidelines will be scared out of their wits after this battle." Linghu Yi shrugged He shrugged and curled his lips dismissively.
"Boss Liang, you don't seem to be satisfied with our battle?" Helianbo asked, sensing that the coach was worried.
Shaking his head, Liang Chongxin seemed to want to say something, but seemed to be still thinking about something and finally did not say anything.
For a moment, several people fell into silence, and no one understood what the tough and steady coach was thinking.
After a long while, Liang Chongxin finally said, "Have you noticed where our main damage is?"
The coach's words immediately attracted the attention of several people, and everyone was silently thinking about the meaning of the coach's words.
"It seems that our main losses were caused by the part located at the rear of the enemy's army." Linghu Yi observed carefully and hesitated before speaking.
"I carefully observed the battle situation. The enemy should be composed of two parts. The private soldiers of the nobles account for the majority. Their combat effectiveness has been seen by everyone. However, the enemy's rear army is their regular army-the escort army. We just fought with them. The one Helian singled out is probably the main general in the escort army this time. Don’t underestimate this force. I think their combat effectiveness is not much worse than our troops. I have just understood that this time they only Two thousand-man cavalry escorts were dispatched, probably to facilitate the fight for the spoils. Their general placed the escort troops in the rear. If the army in front of them had not been disrupted by us first, we would also have disrupted the rear. If we go in, I believe our losses will at least double or more than double." Liang Chongxin expressed his opinion calmly.
The words stirred up a thousand waves, and several others carefully recalled the coach's words while recalling the scenes on the battlefield.
"But this guard army only has 2,000 people, and it still caused us such great losses despite being extremely passive. And the entire Pangzhe Department's guard army has a total of 50,000 people. You can think about it. , what will be the prospects before us?" Liang Chongxin's words were low, obviously he was not optimistic about the prospects.
Seeing that his subordinates looked a little arrogant after the battle, Liang Chongxin felt that it was necessary to give these confident subordinates a warning, so he said what he just said. However, what he said was not an exaggeration. The tribal guards of the Panzhe people did number 50,000 and were quite powerful. But even Liang Chongxin did not know that these two thousand guards were actually the elite of the 50,000 guards. Suo was also a famous warrior among the guards. He was a special operations team sent by the chief of the Panzhe people to snatch the cloud clam. Unexpectedly, Liang Chongxin and the others set up a trap and used their superior strength to fight an siege, and the entire army was defeated. The end of destruction.
"Then how should we deal with it now?" Qu Bo raised his head and asked unconvincedly. The purpose of this battle is to completely annihilate the enemy. Now that the battle is over, it is impossible to release all the prisoners and ask for help. The other party’s solution, right
"Stay unchanged to cope with all changes. We have captured important figures among the Pangzhe people. I think the status of a few prisoners is not low among the Pangzhe people. They must not want to see the end of these people. A noose, right? Not to mention there are thousands of soldiers." Liang Chongxin half-squinted his eyes with a slight smile.
Somewhere on the embankment construction site along the Taiping River outside Hanzhong Prefecture in Kansai County, it was like a pot was exploding, and there was a lot of noise.
"Look, he is really a bronze man. How come he only has one eye?" A shirtless civil servant smacked his lips.
"Well, it looks like this for thousands of years, right?" an old man over fifty said curiously while touching the rust stains on the bronze figure.
"I'm afraid it's thousands of years old. I think this is an antique!" Another middle-aged man said, with a strange look in his eyes.
"Eh? It seems like there are words on it!" After removing the mud covering the bronze figure, a young man shouted in surprise.
"Old Tian, Old Tian, you still know a few words, come and see." A group of people gathered around quickly called to an old man standing outside the circle.
"Let me take a look." After they separated from each other, the old man snorted and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm. Then he leaned down and carefully inspected the life-size bronze figure.
"Well, it seems to be two lines of poetry!" The old man blinked and looked carefully.
"Then read it to us." More and more people heard the news and gathered around the river embankment. This place was originally a place where the government recruited people from all over the country to repair river embankments destroyed by floods. Some of them were originally prisoners in prison. However, the poor food and high-intensity labor had made these people complain. However, Under the whips of the officials, they had no choice but to suppress their inner dissatisfaction. When they saw something new happening on the river embankment, they would not take the opportunity to swarm up and steal as long as they were lazy, not to mention that the officials had already taken cover. Went to rest in the shade.
"Well, let's take a look. The first sentence is, Xiudao Bronze Man has one eye." The old man saw more and more people, and he was even more proud and wanted to show off. "As soon as this thing comes out..." ``?” He could no longer read the last half of the sentence, his face suddenly turned extremely pale, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
"Huh? Why don't you stop reading?" The people next to them stretched their necks and asked impatiently.
"What's going on? Old Tiantou, don't you usually boast that you have read a lot of poems and books? Why do you stumble?" A few more people shouted, "What are the last few words?"
Even though the people next to him were booing and laughing, the old man kept his mouth shut tightly, with a panic look on his face, and stood up to leave.
"Eh? Old Tiantou, what's the matter with you? Have you seen a ghost?" Seeing the old man's panic, the people around him were very puzzled. The people around behind were even more curious and surrounded the old man in the middle, blocking him. It is so tight that it is difficult to move even an inch.
"No, no, old man, I suddenly have a stomachache. I need to go for a while." Seeing that he couldn't get out of the circle of people, the old man panicked and bowed repeatedly, hoping that the people around him would make way.
"It's weird, Old Farm, reading the last few words will delay your poop. If you don't read the last few words to everyone today, we won't let you out!" The man who had been standing next to the old man There was a sinister smile in the big man's eyes, and he stopped the old man.
"Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, please let me go. You can't say the last few words." Seeing that he couldn't escape, he was worried that someone from the government would find out. The old man became even more nervous and lowered his voice to plead for mercy.
"You can't say it? What can't you say?! No matter what, I, the King of Heaven, you have to read the last few words to us, otherwise you can't even think about leaving!" The man called Liu Da shouted to the people around him: " Everyone said, right?!”
People around him started cheering, "Yes! If you don't recite it, you won't let him go. You'll suffocate him to death!"
Seeing that there were more and more people, the old man was so frightened that he sweated through his heavy clothes. He quickly whispered: "Uncle Liu, the last few words are Tian-xia-rebellion."
"What?! The world is rebelling?!" Liu Da deliberately raised his voice so that everyone around him could hear clearly, and asked deliberately.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, the old man trembled and almost fainted, but he had to bite the bullet and nod.
Immediately, someone connected the two lines of the poem and read: "The bronze man has one eye, and this thing will turn the world upside down when it comes out!" As soon as the two lines were read, there was a deathly silence on the river embankment, but soon there was a deathly silence. Someone started chanting, and more and more people chanted, and the voices became louder and louder.
Under the repeated guidance of thoughtful people, more and more people chanted, and the voices became more and more uniform. Soon they converged into a huge roar that resounded through the sky: "Xiudao Bronze Man has one eye, and the world will be turned upside down when this thing comes out! Rebellion! The whole world is rebelling!"