At dawn, the inside and outside of Tongzhou City had been quiet, the blood outside the city was like a river, the corpses were all over the field, the Xishan Army dropped thousands of corpses, scattered and scattered, while the Northwest Army also suffered hundreds of casualties. ~Top Novel,www.

Although the cavalry carried out a harvesting attack on the Xishan infantry, the 2,000 Praetorian Guards in the Xishan still fought hard, and more than half of the 300 Xishan elite cavalry were lost.

Only hundreds of people died in desperate battles on the battlefield, but most of them were killed when the Xishan Army was dispersed, and the Northwest Iron Cavalry covered up from behind, causing a large number of casualties in the Xishan Army.

The dawn of dawn was cast on the earth, silently staring at the bloody battlefield on the vast land, how many nameless warriors lay quietly on the earth, no longer silent.

Chu Huan rode a war horse and walked on the battlefield after the battle, looking at the corpses everywhere, his expression was quite solemn, behind him, Xu Shao and Gu Liangchen followed left and right.

Blood-stained battle armor, whether it is Xu Shao or Gu Liangchen, the battle armor is full of blood, although the strength of the two sides was very different last night, but it still went through a tragic battle.

"As usual, the soldiers who died in battle will be compensated." Chu Huan sighed: "Let the brothers clean up the battlefield and bury the corpses of the Xishan Army alive." ”

Xu Shao said yes, and said: "Chu Du, he could have caught up with Qiao Mingtang last night, why did Chu Du let him go?" ”

Chu Huan said: "Qiao Mingtang was kind to me at the beginning, and no matter what, for the sake of Brother Wei's face, he will be spared." After a pause, he said: "The most important thing is that Qiao Mingtang has been in Xishan for many years, and with him, there will be no big chaos in Xishan, but if something happens to Qiao Mingtang, the northern part of Xishan will definitely fall into chaos, thieves are numerous, disasters are everywhere, and it is the common people who suffer, and the governor does not want to see such a scene." Let's take the southern part of Xishan, if we want to digest it, it will not be possible to do it in ten days and half a month, and we will not be able to extend our tentacles to the northern part of Xishan for the time being, and the northern part still needs Qiao Mingtang to temporarily stabilize the situation. ”

"I see." Xu Shao arched his hand and said: "Chu Du is far-sighted, and the last general admires it. ”

Chu Huan laughed, then looked at Gu Liangchen, and said: "General Gu, your soldiers and horses are really timely, if you don't rush back in time, even if I have two thousand cavalry under my command, if you want to defeat Qiao Mingtang, it must be a lot of losses, your three thousand soldiers and horses are really timely rain." ”

Gu Liangchen said with a smile: "This is all the general's strategy. After the victory of Liuzihe, the general took advantage of the victory to take Liangzhou, but the general thought that the troops on Chu Du's side were weak, and Qiao Mingtang was very likely to be desperate, so he ordered the last general to lead 3,000 cavalry and quickly turn back to support. ”

Xu Shao sighed: "Chu Du, now it seems that your painstaking construction of the cavalry corps is indeed a far-sighted plan. Although the cavalry cost a lot, but if it really wants to fight, the speed is extremely fast, if General Gu is leading the infantry, it is impossible to rush back to rescue in such a short time, Qiao Mingtang dared to attack us, he definitely did not expect our reinforcements to be able to rush back so quickly. ”

Chu Huan said: "We have this cavalry in our hands, although we are invincible, but if the financial resources can't keep up, the cavalry will become a heavy burden." Looking up at the sky, "Now that I think about it, Zhu Weiyue had 30,000 iron horsemen, which looked majestic, but the financial and material resources spent were really extraordinary. ”

Gu Liangchen sighed: "That's right, at the beginning, Zhu 30,000 Black Wind Ride, the annual cost of money and grain was like flowing water, if it wasn't for Zhu Xuanyue's clever means and collected a large amount of money and grain, he would not be able to support it at all." ”

"What General Gu said is extremely true, 30,000 iron cavalry is worth the cost of 100,000 foot soldiers." Chu Huan said: "We now have nearly 20,000 cavalry, and the burden in the future is not light. ”

Xu Shao said: "Chu Du, the soldiers are fine but not many, in fact, when we were in Qingyuan Horse Farm, we have made improvements, although the cavalry has 20,000 troops, but the soldiers are vigorously cultivated to reduce the burden on Chu Du in terms of rations as much as possible." Nearly half of the cavalry soldiers are used on the soldiers! Looking at Gu Liangchen, he said with a smile: "General Gu is worthy of being a veteran of the cavalry, his rotation system has played a great role, these 20,000 people are trained cavalry, there is a cavalry foundation, and it is the wealth in our hands. ”

"Exactly." Chu Huan said: "I also took this into account, so I didn't order the reduction of soldiers and horses. ”

"However, if 20,000 cavalry train for a long time, they will consume a lot of money and food every day." Xu Shao said: "So according to General Gu's construction, we divided the cavalry into two teams, taking turns to cultivate in Tuntian, the soldiers who were trained, the consumption was huge, the rations were provided according to the normal supply, and the rations in Tuntian were reduced, and everyone also knew that the northwest was in a difficult situation, as long as their military households were kept, it was also acceptable." ”

Chu Huan smiled: "You guys are bothered. Eyes moved to Tongzhou City not far away, and said: "But since we have taken Tongzhou and Liangzhou, from now on, the financial pressure will be greatly reduced, after the blockade of the pass, our new salt can not trade with the customs, Linlang is only afraid that he is in a hurry, now that the road is open, the new salt can enter the customs smoothly, Linlang knows, it should be easy, Xu Shao, you immediately send someone back to Shuoquan, report the front-line war to Linlang and Du to manage them, tell them, the line has been opened, and the caravan can enter the customs." ”

Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered Linlang's appearance in my mind, I haven't seen her for a long time, but I am very concerned about my family, I have a lot of affairs, and after I was born in peace, I don't even have much time to accompany him, and I suddenly feel a little guilty and ashamed in my heart.

"Chu Du!" Xu Shao shouted, slightly hesitant, but did not continue.

Chu Huan saw him and said, "What? Xu Shao, we are all brothers, if you have anything to say, don't swallow it. ”

Xu Shao hesitated for a moment before he said softly: "Chu Du, the other end of Jiazhou!" ”

"Koshu?"

"Chu Du has forgotten it, the queen is now in Jiazhou." Xu Shao's voice was very low: "And Governor Chu has arranged for Lu Cunxiao to escort the grain team, and by the way, escort King Qi to Jiazhou to meet the queen!" ”

Chu Huan's face suddenly became solemn.

Gu Liangchen thought for a while, and then said softly: "Chu Du, the last general is a rough man, and he doesn't know how serious he is, but the last general thinks that if Chu Du takes the King of Qi as his banner, I am afraid it will backfire, not only useless, but harmful." ”

"Oh?" Chu Huan said: "Why did General Gu say that? ”

"Chu Du, the King of Qi is the King of Qi of the Qin State, no matter what enmity he has with the current puppet emperor, but in the eyes of the world, he only represents the Qin State." Gu Liangchen said slowly: "If the governor of Chu takes the king of Qi as the name, then I have tens of thousands of soldiers in the northwest, in name, that is, to work for the king of Qi, not to mention whether the soldiers are willing in their hearts, in the eyes of the world, the Northwest Army went out of the customs, not to save the people of Li from suffering, but just the king of Qi and the puppet emperor to compete for the throne of Qin, millions of Li people in the northwest, tens of thousands of soldiers, throwing their heads and spilling blood, just for their brothers to compete for the throne, this!" ”

Chu Huan smiled and said, "But it's okay to say it, don't scruple." ”

Gu Liangchen then said: "The puppet emperor now represents the Qin court, and we are incompatible, that is to say, the Qin court that holds the real power of the Qin State is a mortal enemy with us, if the people of the world think that we are just fighting for the throne for the king of Qi and raising swordsmen, then all the anti-Qin forces will still regard us as the officers and soldiers of the Qin State, or regard us as the enemy The most important thing is that the people in the northwest suffer from the Qin State not for a day or two, the Chu Governor went to the northwest, worked hard to govern the country, and worked for the benefit of the people, everyone remembered the good of the Chu Governor, But in one fell swoop, in the eyes of millions of people in the northwest, Chu Du became! He hesitated, but didn't dare to continue.

Chu Huan's expression was calm, and he said softly: "You have become a lackey of the Qin State?" ”

"This doom will not dare!" Gu Liangchen was a little embarrassed: "But the last general thinks that the people in the northwest will greatly reduce the favor of Chu Du, although there are still some ghosts in the northwest, but most of the people still support Chu Du from the heart, once they lose the hearts of the people, the prosperity of the Northwest Army today is probably just a passing cloud." ”

Xu Shao said solemnly beside him: "Chu Du, we are military generals, we shouldn't have said much about these things, but although General Gu spoke directly, he got to the point. The last general knows that Chu Du treats King Qi as a brother and has always taken care of him, but as General Gu said, Chu Du is now the expectation of millions of people in the northwest, and maybe the future is the expectation of all the people in the world. ”

Chu Huan smiled and said, "If that's the case, will you be disappointed?" ”

Xu Shao and Gu Liangchen glanced at each other, Gu Liangchen smiled bitterly: "Chu Du, others don't know, but if the last general is working for the King of Qi, it is not worth it to die, but since he follows Chu Du, no matter what kind of decision Chu Du has, the last general will follow Chu Du's side." ”

"The last general is the same sentence." Xu Shao sighed: "Chu Du, you know that the last general was born, and the last general followed General Yu to serve the country, but with the ability of General Yu, he could not reverse the national situation of Qin, but this Qin State was also terminally ill, it was really unpopular with the people, Chu Governor was wise and wise, and where the Northwest Army went was decided by Chu Governor, no matter what, we are all sworn to follow." ”

Chu Huan stretched out his hand and gently patted Xu Shao's shoulder, "I am very happy in my heart when you say this, not because you swear to follow Ben Du to the death, but because you are not shy about these words, and you are honest with me!" Looking up at the sky, the sky was full of light, the rising sun had risen from the sky, he thought for a while, and said softly: "What to do, I know in my heart." ”

At this moment, they heard shouts in the distance, Chu Huan and the others turned their heads to look over, only to see the figures in the distance scurrying, the sound of horses' hooves, galloping together, turning over and dismounting, and said: "Chu Du, the gate of Tongzhou City is open, they seem to be going to open the city and surrender!" ”R527