After the battle was over, the battlefield was cleaned, Yuan Fang and Tang Jian led the troops across the river, and after a short rest, they set off to the direction of the downstream wooden bridge, and joined the logistics troops there, leaving Shi Ping's cavalry to deal with the aftermath.

This time, Yuan Fang's Taiji Legion did not participate in the battle, and now they have turned into a cavalry corps again, but they did not go first, but followed Tang Jian, no way, the heavy infantry is too heavy, these war horses are not lightly tired, and they need to rest and recuperate, and I am afraid that they will not be able to charge forward like a few days ago in the near future.

The speed of Yuan Fang's party was not fast, because Tang Jian's Dongzhou army had just experienced a big battle, and they were physically and mentally exhausted, and now it was indeed a bit difficult for them to rush overnight. About two hours passed, not much walking, but the Dongzhou soldiers were tired of a lot of people, this is not because the Dongzhou army is not physically good, but just in the battle, many of them were injured, although the injuries were not serious, the military doctor with the army set off immediately after a simple treatment, which caused many wounded to lack of qi and blood and staggered. As a doctor, Yuan Fang immediately ordered the whole army to repair after learning of the situation, and the accompanying military doctor recuperated the wounded as soon as possible at any cost.

The army was encamped, and the soldiers were grateful for Yuan Fang's wise decision, and to be honest, after a big battle, even if the uninjured soldiers were exhausted, they needed to have a good rest.

After discussing with Tang Jian, Yuan Fang decided to take the Taiji Legion to set off first, Tang Jian was afraid that Yuan Fang would have an accident and strongly opposed it, but Yuan Fang didn't care, the Taiji Legion has been tempered for so long, and the combat effectiveness is even better, so to speak, if you encounter an enemy, as long as the other party is not heavy infantry or heavy cavalry, there are almost no opponents.

Almost 10,000 cavalry, even in such a large-scale battlefield, is a large force, and now, the three elites of Guangyuan County have all been defeated, and there should be no hard stubble nearby, so they didn't hold on anymore. The Tai Chi Legion set off and went north along the Tianxing River, the bright light of the torches illuminated everything along the way, and the river reflected the firelight, rippling with the water waves, crystal clear, and beautiful. During the march, Yuan Fang overheard a lot of complaints, most of them were elites from various legions, and what they complained about was not military salaries, food and drink, or anything else, but war exploits.

Let's put it this way, the Taiji Legion, as the commander of Yuan Fang's Guards Legion, has almost rarely participated in battles since the imperial capital, even if it was a few contacts with Ling Hu and Pang Ying a few days ago, it was just chasing and fleeing, and there was basically no frontal battle, even the annihilation of Ling Hu and Pang Ying's two 10,000-strong troops was also Shi Ping's cavalry as the main force, they were just auxiliary, which also led to most of the battle achievements being captured by Shi Ping's department, and the Taiji Legion was only a pitiful little bit.

These guys of the Taiji Legion are the elite of other legions, if they don't need more in the original troops, they will get much more military merits than tossing for so many days, before, everyone still has expectations, but now, most of the legions scattered everywhere are gathering here, Yuan Fang, as the commander, naturally can't personally get into danger, and as a member of the Guards Legion, it is almost impossible for them to go into battle to kill the enemy and obtain combat merits.

The soldiers' complaints may be unintentional or intentional, anyway, Yuan Fang listened to them, and on the way, Yuan Fang, who had been thinking about the next step, suddenly asked Lin Menghan beside him: "Menghan, did you hear the complaints of those guys just now?" ”

Lin Menghan looked at Yuan Fang, nodded slightly and said, "Brother-in-law, don't listen to their nonsense, what kind of war merits are not war merits, it is good to be able to win and live, they have to inch in." ”

Yuan Fang knew that Lin Menghan was comforting himself, sighed and said, "Actually, what they said is right, it is not easy to follow me to make some achievements." Menghan, you say, what are you doing as soldiers for? ”

Lin Menghan was stunned, to be honest, she really didn't know what to be a soldier for, if someone asked, she might not hesitate to answer that being a soldier was to protect the family and defend the country, but it was Yuan Fang who asked her, Lin Menghan would not be perfunctory, she thought about it very seriously and said: "Brother-in-law, personally, I came to the army when I was desperate." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Menghan paused and continued: "At the beginning, I was scared, afraid of going to war, afraid of death, but now it's okay, I've experienced so much, maybe I've seen too much, and that fear of death has faded." ”

Yuan Fang waved his hand to interrupt Lin Menghan's vague comfort, and said with a smile: "Don't take care of my thoughts, what do you say, don't forget, I also served as a soldier, Yang Xing and I were forced to come at the beginning, otherwise the two of us wouldn't find our own guilt." Lin Menghan smiled slightly, wanting to say but didn't know how to say it.

Xia Yi interjected and said, "I'm pretty much the same, if it weren't for General Xia Liang, I wouldn't know which brothel I was in now." Yuan Fang knew the experience of these female soldiers, especially Xia Yi, but only a small part of the female soldiers had the same experience, and most of the female soldiers, like other male soldiers, were trying to live.

This may sound paradoxical, you can die at any time when you are a soldier, and it is much safer to stay at home, but why do those people come to serve as soldiers in order to survive?

There are many reasons, the most important of which is poverty, a family has many children, but the economic income is very limited, the family is poor, so poor that they can't eat and are about to starve to death, so what should I do? Of course, there is another reason, there is another reason why being a soldier has another advantage over doing small jobs to barely make ends meet, and it is also the yearning and goal of most soldiers, that is, military exploits.

With enough military exploits, you will be promoted, get ahead, shade your family, and even satisfy your inner sense of superiority, this is what Yuan Fang guessed. Yuan Fang whispered his thoughts to Xia Yi and the girls, and Xia Yi and the others nodded in agreement after thinking about it, not to flatter, not to flatter, because there are many such ideas among the female soldiers, and they also know this.

Ye Qingru smiled bitterly and said: "The female soldiers now are different from ours at that time, we were all desperate and had to die or be humiliated if we were not soldiers, now, look at those newly recruited female soldiers, although most of the families are poor, but they are not to the point of starvation, I really don't know what they think." ”