Chapter 24: The War Is Not Peaceful (4)
Yu Zang Huama retreated, and the most proud thing was blind medicine. The opponent who had been struggling with him was a frightened flock in an instant, scattering before his eyes, rushing to wherever he could.
Blind Medicine shouted loudly, commanding his team to crisscross the battlefield, annihilating all the enemy troops who could not escape. It's a rare opportunity to bully a top tribe like the Yu Zang family, the more he kills, the more excited he becomes, just swallowed a few teams of opponents who still maintain a little establishment, and then chased a team of lucky people who escaped and rushed into the Diners Valley,
Han Gang's face changed, and he hurriedly sent one of his personal guards: "Go, go!" Please turn back quickly after the blind medicine inspection. Poor Kou Mo chase, just in case! ”
But his words were still a step too slow, and the blind medicine and his men turned around in the valley and disappeared, and after a while, the one who had lost his armor returned. Han Gang sent his own soldiers, but he didn't have time to catch up with the blind medicine, and only watched him be slapped back by Yu Zang Huama, picking out more than 200 soldiers. The soldiers of the blind medicine were temporarily recruited from the clan, which was more than a step worse than the seven or eight hundred elite standing soldiers used by Yu Zang Huama to the palace.
Fortunately, Yu Zang Huama had no intention of fighting blind medicine in the Diners Valley, and the longer he stayed, the more dangerous it became. After teaching the blind medicine a painful lesson, he walked away, letting the blind medicine grit his teeth and swallow the bitter fruit.
"It's good to let him suffer a little...... I don't know when, Miao Zhi has come to Han Gang's side, "If these people don't let them suffer a little, they don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick." ”
Han Gang quietly watched the blind medicine come out of the valley dejectedly, and nodded slowly: "Du Xun is right. ”
It was getting late, and the night had already shrouded the east, and you could faintly see the endless stars from the night. Only in the direction of Yu Zang Huama's escape, there is a red cloud across the sky, announcing that the dusk has not yet ended.
In the middle of the battlefield, the enemy simply retreats, and there is no certainty that they will return. After dark, the open land in front of this valley was full of dangers, even for the thousands of Song troops still stationed on this battlefield. But at the moment, the Song army was no longer allowed to rush back to Weiyuan Fort. What's more, after a big battle, the physical exertion of the soldiers was extremely great, and there were many people sitting on the ground in front of them who refused to move, so that they returned to Weiyuan overnight, which seemed too unreasonable.
Therefore, the first thing Miao Zhi did was to send people back to Weiyuan Fort overnight to inform Wang Shao, who was waiting for him, of the outcome of the war. And the second thing is to send people to clean up the camp left by Yu Zang Huama, re-strengthen the outer defenses, and place the camp tent. Miao Lu obeyed his father's orders and led his right-hand men to clean up the battlefield. Armor, banners, and horses were to be collected alive, and the surrendered enemy soldiers were put into custody, and those who were wounded were directly given a good time. In addition, Miao Zhu also sent the secretary office under the account to count the beheadings of various departments and register them, so that they could report to them for merit after they returned.
Han Gang, on the other hand, was doing his job, gathering his own guards and Wang Sunchen's personal guards, and sending them to help deal with the wounded. When Miao Zhu heard about this, he also sent two people who had been trained in battlefield first aid in a sanatorium by his own guards. After some scramble first aid treatment, many of the injured were lucky to save their lives. Although the exact number of casualties will not be available until at least tomorrow, it is still certain that the casualties this time will be much better than in previous battles.
arranged the next trivial chores, and the camp had been sorted out, and Han Gang and Miao Zhi entered the main account. In the mountains in September, the night wind is cold. However, a brazier had been lit in the main tent, making it warm as spring. And on the brazier, there is also an iron pot with hot wine in it. The water in the pot was already boiling, bubbling and bubbling, and the aroma of wine overflowed and filled the tent.
After greeting Han Gang, he smiled and poured a glass of hot wine for Han Gang with his own hands, expressing his gratitude in his heart: "This battle has a lot of Yukun's power." If it weren't for Yukun you rushing back in time and resisting Yu Zang Huama's partial division, I don't know what the outcome of this battle would be. ”
"The lower officials are just fighting with the partial division, and the main force of the Yu Zang family is still Du Xun. In terms of merit, it is better to patrol a little bigger. Han Gang said humbly. He drank a few glasses with Miao Zhi, and after the hot wine went down to his stomach, it was as if a fire spread in his abdomen, dispelling all the cold qi that had penetrated into his body.
The blazing fire reflected Han Gang's dusty face, and he was terrified when he remembered the battle that had just ended. Although he did win today's battle, he recalled it now that he had won a very dangerous victory. If Yu Zanghua is willing to fight hard, the victory or defeat is not yet known. He shook the wine cup, "Actually, if Yu Zang Huama can hold on a little longer, maybe we will lose." ”
Miao Zhu shook his head and smiled: "The people who follow Yu Zang Huama to fight are all children of the clan, and they are not outsiders who have nothing to do with it, where will they really fight to the end?" The group of back-to-back goods that he left behind, Yukun, you should also listen to their confessions, they are not from the Yu Zang family, they are just vassals. Leaving behind his family, it is difficult for Yu Zang Huama to explain after he goes back, but leaving behind his vassals and allowing his children to return safely can make the old people in the Yu Zang clan shut up. ”
I don't know if it's because of the drunkenness, or if I have no intention of covering it up in front of my own people, Miao Zhu said to Han Gang with all his heart: "To tell the truth, we will not spare the lives of the soldiers below in order to ask for a wife." But the Tibetan people are different, under normal circumstances, no one will fight hard with their own children...... Yukun, do you know what Lu Dao is in the past 30 years, the official army has always been ambushed by the Western Thieves? ”
"Greedy for merit!" Han Gang didn't think about it, this was already a foregone conclusion in the country.
"That's right, it's because of greed!" Miao Zhu stared at the bright red flames dancing in the brazier, and the equally bright fireworks also shone in his pupils, "Ren Fu or Ge Huaimin, which one didn't lose his life because of greed for merit?" Compared with the official army, the western thieves rarely eat ambushes. They came out to fight, just to ask for money, food, and silk, and when they saw the fat sheep, they grabbed a handful and left, and when they were in danger, they went around. If you don't want to gain fame and fight for power, you won't jump into the trap......" he suddenly sneered, "This can probably be regarded as a desireless and rigid!" ”
Han Gang muttered for a while, then got up and thanked Miao Zhu: "Thank you for your advice." ”
Miao Zhi was indeed pointing at Han Gang, and his words had actually explained to Han Gang very vaguely why the ambush failed.
Han Gang designed this group of Tubo people as if they were with himself and the civil and military officials of Qinzhou that he was familiar with, but except for Yu Zang Huama and other highest-ranking people, the rest were actually just bandits, and they would not put themselves in danger for the sake of war exploits.
When the ambush was set up in front, Han Gang actually forgot about this stubble, and let the Tubo people follow behind and pick a bunch of cheap. Until they reached the ambush circle, they saw that the objects of their pursuit had already lost all the things on their bodies, and this group of Tubo people lost the reason to chase and kill, so they retreated cleanly. If there were fewer things to throw away, maybe the object designed by Han Gang would really be chased all the way to the ambush circle.
The logic of the robber's thinking is really incomprehensible. Han Gang thought to himself. The Tibetan tribes around the Great Song Dynasty have always slaughtered the Han people as fat sheep, relying on the looted wealth to satisfy their desires, whether it is the Khitan or the party, they are all the same. In Han Gang's view, these people are hungry wolves that can't be raised.
However, since the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Khitans have stopped doing it, because they already have the annual coins to protect the harvest from drought and flood, and they can also collect a large amount of taxes from the Han people in Nanjing Dao, that is, the land of Youyan, and they do not need to fall out with the Great Song Dynasty because of money.
However, on the Western Xia side, there is no rich land like Nanjing Road, and the intermittent 'annual gifts' are the main reason why Kansai is forced to be invaded every year. Because Han Gang had no good impression of the Western Thief, he was able to slash Ye Lizheng with one sword. However, in order to avoid trouble in the future, he will give this credit to the blind medicine, so that no one will tell him any jokes about the two countries fighting each other and not cutting the envoys.
Compared with the Khitan and Dangxiang, the Tubo people were already robbing the wealth of the Han people as early as the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the people who established Liaoxia, Tubo is the old-timer who has been ahead for hundreds of years. Especially after the destruction of the Tubo Kingdom that suppressed the Western Regions in the old year, the Tubo people who remained in the land of the river were used to being robbers, and only the simple and crude means of plundering remained.
If Han Gang started from this aspect, he might be able to succeed, but using his military exploits to lure him was to show the blind man.
Han Gang and Miao gave a night talk around the fireplace, a little water and wine, and let them chat until late at night. The next day, when the two led their troops back to Weiyuan, the battle was finally over.
In this war, both warring sides suffered some losses, but neither suffered a big loss. And whether it is Yu Zang Huama or Wang Shao, they have achieved their original purpose and returned to their own territory safely.
All of a sudden, peace finally came to the land. But everyone knows that the battle around the land of the river is actually just the beginning.
Both Song and Xia had the intention of getting involved in Hehuang. On the side of the Great Song Dynasty, Wang Shao was aggressive, making every tribe in Hehuang vigilant. Although Xixia is already a little powerless just to fight against Shaanxi Fourth Road and Hedong Road, just Yu Zang Huama's family has already made Wang Shao feel threatened.
Among the Tibetan tribes that have not yet submitted to either side, Mu Zheng, who bears the brunt, his movements and thoughts are particularly troublesome. Without Mu Zheng's approval, it would be absolutely impossible for Yu Zang Huama to take advantage of Wu Shengjun, Han Gang and Wang Shao were both speculating whether he was hinting that he would throw himself to the Western Xia side if necessary - judging from the tacit understanding between Mu Zheng and Yu Zang Huama this time, there should be a lot of private contact between the two.
However, the battle situation in Hehuang is only a microcosm of the fierce confrontation between the two countries in Song and Xia, and there are equally fierce battles in Yanyan, Huanqing, and Hedong. A new round of war between the two countries has just begun at this time.