Chapter 164: The class teacher returns to Beijing
Next, it's time to clean up the battlefield. With Fu Yan's 3,000 people, this task is much easier, the Wei army's grain and grass baggage have been exhausted, and the only thing that can be cleaned up is some military weapons and the like.
Of course, what is more important is the head of the Wei army, in this era, the only requirement for meritorious service is the head, which is almost a hard indicator, otherwise how many enemies will be killed, it will become a practice to falsely report, despite this, there are still many generals in the Three Kingdoms era who indiscriminately kill civilians to fill the number of heads, and Dong Zhuo has done this kind of thing.
The total number of Wei troops on the Yinping Trail was 32,000, Deng Ai's subordinates were 30,000, and Tian Zhang's subordinates were 2,000.
The Shu army was very excited to cut off the heads of these corpses, for so many years, the Shu army fought with the Wei army, and it is really one of the few things to have so many heads, each head is a credit, although the bloody head looks very ugly, but if you want to be promoted and want to be promoted, you really can't do without it, and the soldiers who are used to seeing life and death on the battlefield have long been accustomed to this kind of bloody move.
Liu Yin noticed that Deng Ai's face was twitching slightly, maybe others could be indifferent, but Deng Ai couldn't, these were the soldiers he brought up single-handedly, and now he was lying cold on this land, even if he died, he couldn't go into the ground, the corpses were separated, and their heads would be taken to Chengdu thousands of miles away to ask for merit and reward.
This way of asking for merit in this era may be a little cruel, but there is no alternative method, and the imperial court only recognizes the head. Otherwise, no one can tell how many enemies you have killed. Liu Yin could only acquiesce to this behavior. But the corpses of those Wei soldiers who have been buried. Liu Yin has not moved again, and 10,000 heads are enough to sensational the entire Shuzhong.
Deng Ai couldn't bear to look at it anymore, accompanied by Deng Zhong, he went back to the camp first, his back looked gloomy and lonely, in just a few days, he was much older. With a staggering step, a hunched back, and a white beard, even those who are familiar with him may not be able to recognize him as Deng Ailai at first sight.
After Deng Ai surrendered, Deng Zhong naturally surrendered, he assumed the alias Ai Zhong, and acted as a general in the Liu family's private soldiers.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Liu Yin led the army back to Jiangyouguan. After arriving at Jiangyou Pass. Liu Yin immediately submitted a table to the imperial court to prepare the details of the battle of Yinping Trail. beheaded 10,000 people, beheaded Wei general Tian Zhang and many others, and Deng Ai led the rest of the troops to flee.
This seal Liu Yin sent to Chengdu in an expedited manner of 600 li, and all the troops were temporarily stationed at Jiangyouguan to wait for news from the imperial court.
This news set off a storm in the imperial court that was no less than a ten-level typhoon, and for those ministers who had sworn that the Wei soldiers would not attack from the Yinping Trail at all, this seal was undoubtedly a naked-naked slap in the face. Especially Qian Zhou, who threatened that the Wei army was really a soldier and wrote his name upside down, when he heard the news in the court, his face was more uncomfortable than swallowing a fly.
Zhuge Zhan's face was not good-looking, he was a staunch opponent at the beginning, but now that the Yinping Xiaodao incident has happened, the voices questioning Zhuge Zhan have come and gone, and the pressure on Zhuge Zhan, who is the first auxiliary minister, can be imagined, but there is nowhere to vent his grievances.
Liu Yin's prestige reached its peak in Chengdu, with less than a thousand private soldiers, defeated tens of thousands of Wei troops, beheaded 10,000 levels, such a hearty victory, has not happened for a long, long time, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei's repeated northern expeditions, all ended in failure, although there were victories, but also lackluster, such a momentum like a rainbow victory, only when Liu Beihao took Hanzhong Huang Zhongding's army under the mountain to kill Xiahou Yuan can be compared, especially this victory occurred in Hanzhong lost Shu at a critical juncture, It's even more precious.
Needless to say, the heartless Liu Chan is happy to blossom, he has long forgotten that he cherished his soldiers as his life, and he refused to send troops to Liu Yin, and now Liu Yin has won a big victory in the Yinping Trail, plus he killed the rebel Ma Miao in Jiangyou before, Liu Chan was very happy, and Liu Yin did give the old Liu's family face, not only reduced the threat of Wei soldiers from the Yinping Trail to Shu Han, but also killed so many Wei soldiers this time, such a merit is a matter of heaven and earth.
Reward! And it has to be a big prize!
Liu Chan reprimanded those opponents in the court, and even Zhuge Zhan, the first assistant, showed no mercy. Zhuge Zhan has always been Liu Chan's most relied on person, at the age of seventeen he was called as a concubine, and entrusted with important positions, Zhuge Zhan all the way to the position of the first assistant of the dynasty, and Liu Chan's trust and promotion are naturally inseparable. Liu Chan's respect and reliance on Zhuge Liang is irreparable, perhaps in Liu Chan's selfishness, only the people of the Zhuge family are trustworthy. But this time in the incident of Deng Ai's smuggling of Yinping Road, Liu Chan was still a little disappointed in Zhuge Zhan's decisiveness, if it wasn't for Liu Yin taking the initiative to invite Ying to lead his soldiers to fight, once Deng Ai broke through Jiangyou, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Liu Chan quickly appointed Li Qiu, the governor of the right part of Yulin, as the new general of Jiangyou Pass, and led 2,000 Yulin troops to enter Jiangyou, and at the same time announced that Liu Yin, Fu Li, Zhang Le, Zhao Zhuo and others would return to Beijing to accept the reward.
After Ma Miao was ambushed, Liu Yin had already reported to the imperial court as soon as possible, and asked the imperial court to send a new Jiangyou guard the future. However, Liu Yin's first letter did not make a big wave, and the imperial court was slow to respond, and no new Jiangyou guard was appointed, which dragged on for four or five days, until Liu Yin's second letter arrived in Beijing, which caused a sensation. Liu Chan sent Li Qiu to Jiangyou at this time, which also shows that the imperial court's defense of Jiangyou's front line finally realized its importance, and Liu Chan was able to allocate 2,000 people from the few Yulin troops to defend Jiangyou, indicating that Liu Chan also began to face up to the role of Jiangyou Pass.
Li Qiu led 2,000 Yulin troops to leave Chengdu, arrived in Jiangyou more than ten days later, took over the defense of Jiangyou Pass from Liu Yin's hands, and at the same time announced to Liu Yin and others, and passed Liu Yin, Fu Yan, Zhang Le, Zhao Zhuo and others to return to Beijing to restore their lives.
Liu Yin handed over the original 1,000 defenders of Jiangyou to Li Qiu, and led his own private soldiers and Fu Yan's 3,000 men and horses to leave Jiangyou and go to Chengdu.
At the beginning, there were more than 900 family soldiers who followed Liu Yin on the expedition, and now when they returned to Chengdu, there were only more than 180 people left, and most of the family soldiers died heroically in this battle, which can not help but make people sigh and sigh at the cruelty of the battlefield and the tragedy of the battle. (To be continued......)