The ancestral hall is probably the most intact brick and stone building in this village, the bricks and stones have not been removed to strengthen the outer earthen fence, and it is also Liu Tingzhou's command post, and naturally it has also become the temporary command post of Lin Bin.

Lin Jian walked in, there were almost no decorations in the room, a stone platform in the middle, a few stone benches on the periphery, and not even a single wooden furniture.

Five or six thousand people were trapped in a small village and could not get through, but they needed not only rice and grain to survive, but also a lot of firewood. Almost all the things that could be used to make a fire in the stockade were burned, and any wooden household goods were also dismantled and burned as firewood. In the end, there was no choice but to let a large number of corpses pile up in the pit to rot and grow maggots.

Tao Chun was lying on the straw mattress in the inner room, the wound had rotted and suppurated, and the smell of the room was full, but he saw that his face was dry and thin and sallow, without a little blood, and his mind was still quite clear, but his eyes did not have any brilliance, and it was difficult to speak, and he couldn't see the sturdy appearance when he first came to Huai'an for help.

Such a man, who complained that Li Zhuo treated him unfairly, failed to compete with Lu Jingyan for the position of the chief general of Shao Wujun, and won over Yue Lengqiu, and finally led his troops to follow Yue Lengqiu to the west when he was in Jinan, which led to the complete split of Shao Wujun, the elite of a hundred battles.

Lu Jingyan died in Jinan, but I don't know what he thinks in his heart?

In any case, Tao Chun is a rare general, who broke through from Xuzhou twice to Huai'an to rescue, and crossed Huai'an north with Liu Tingzhou.

Lin Jian summoned the medical officer to treat Tao Chun, whether he can survive depends on whether he has this life.

When it got dark, the Changshan Battalion and the Fengli Battalion took over the defense of the periphery, and the Duhuai Army withdrew to rest.

The 15,000 people of the Huai army crossed into Siyang, and by this time there were less than 4,000 people, and most of them were wounded.

The Duhuai army can rely on slaughtering military horses to support until now, but there is a lack of medical treatment, the weather is so hot, it cannot be treated in time, and there are few wounds that do not suppurate and fester.

In the courtyard where the seriously injured and sick are concentrated, when the courtyard door is opened, a disgusting and fishy evil rushes towards you.

For everyone who is accustomed to seeing blood, this is nothing, Lin Lian, Liu Tingzhou, Zhou Pu, Xiao Kuian, and others were just about to walk in with their feet raised, and someone inside carried the dead body out.

Lin Jian asked people to wait for a while, looking at the unconscious corpse lying on the door panel, only sixteen or seventeen years old, with soft velvet whiskers on his lips, the broken part of his left leg, which had been necrotic and rotten, and there were tiny white maggots drilling in and out.

Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kui are not even more comfortable in their hearts.

The seriously wounded and sick lay in the courtyard of the courtyard, and only three or five old men could endure the stench and take care of them here, and those heart-wrenching moans and wails came from the room.

Although the Jiangdong Left Army came to the aid of the siege in time, these seriously injured and sick patients had no joy or excitement, and lay in this lifeless courtyard, waiting for the summons of Lord Yama.

"Save everyone as much as possible, and as long as there is still a breath left, don't give up!" Lin Jian gave an order to the medical officer behind him to enter the courtyard to treat the wounded.

In order to allow the Huai Army to regain its ability to break through the encirclement as soon as possible, and not to abandon the wounded, Lin Jian transferred medical officers and medical apprentices from each battalion to form a medical team of 40 or 50 people to rescue the wounded and sick of the Huai Army.

Lin Jian stood in the courtyard, watching the medical staff rescue the seriously injured and sick. By the time the moon rose in the treetops, seven people were seriously injured and could not be resuscitated.

The other injuries have been preliminarily treated, and the courtyard does not have the same stench as when he first came, but how many people will survive in the end seems to depend on the mood of Lord Yama.

In cold-weapon warfare, the proportion of people killed or shot on the spot is relatively small, and more people die from blood loss or wound infection. When the army is moving behind enemy lines, a large number of injuries often become a key factor in delaying the speed of the army.

Examples of serious injuries abounding with abandonment.

Whether it is abandoning or carrying a dying and seriously injured person into the ranks, it will seriously affect the morale of the generals.

The town army also has medical officers, but usually it takes thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers to have a medical officer. In the event of a fierce battle, a large number of casualties were incurred in a short period of time, and the medical officer could not take care of the many wounded at all, and it was often the prerogative of the general to receive medical treatment.

The Jiangdong Left Army cooperated with a full-time medical officer in each battalion, and several medical apprentices were also organized into an ambulance team to ensure as much as possible that the wounded in combat would be wounded but not disabled, and crippled but not dead.

This was also an important factor in the fact that the proportion of casualties in the Jiangdong Left Army had always been kept at a low level.

Even if the casualty attrition rate is high in a battle, a considerable proportion of the wounded can be healed and returned to the team after the battle, ensuring that the overall combat effectiveness of the team does not decline.

Except for an inspiring speech to the generals of the Duhuai Army before entering the village, Lin Jian said very little.

Along the way, listening to Liu Tingzhou, Xiao Kuian, and others carefully discussing everything that had happened in the past ten days since the Huai army had rushed to Feixiaji on the north bank of the Huaishui River, Lin Jian rarely expressed his opinions.

After the seriously injured and sick in the courtyard had been initially treated, there was no stench in the yard, and there were not so many wails and moans that sounded like bones, Lin Jian slowly turned around and said: "When I first heard that Ma Fu and Ma Rulong died in Feixiaji, I also plan to give them a tribute to the imperial court; From this point of view, even if Ma Fu and Ma Rulong are killed, they can't resist their big crime of disobeying military orders and retreating without authorization! ”

Lin Lian's words were cold and murderous.

Liu Tingzhou didn't know if Lin Lian refused to bypass the Ma family, was it for Ma Fu and Ma Rucong's crimes, or was he intended to plot the Ma family's wealth? However, he was powerless to stop Lin Jian from doing anything to the Ma family, and how many of the thousands of remaining generals of the Duhuai Army were willing to spare the Ma family easily?

It's ridiculous to say that among the remaining generals of the Duhuai Army, the proportion of soldiers in Shanyang County is quite high.

The soldiers of Shanyang County can form today's combat power, which is inseparable from the financial support of the Ma family and other salt merchants behind them.

When the governor of Shanyang County and Teng Xing, the governor of Shanyang, were far from dead, the soldiers of Shanyang County could be said to be an elite combat force loyal to the Ma family and other salt merchants.

Now, these Shanyang County soldiers who survived the catastrophe have instead become the force that supports Lin and binds the Ma family.

Maybe some generals still have an inextricable relationship with the Ma family, but Ma Fu is dead, the Ma family's private soldiers have all been annihilated, and the Chu Wangfu in Xuzhou is also stormy, the fate is uncertain, and the Ma family is destined to decline and become a delicious meal for other forces. For these generals, instead of being martyred for the Ma family and tied to death on the Ma family's tree whose roots have been cut off, it is better to find a new master as soon as possible.

"In order to make it easier to break through, the Duhuai Army will be reorganized immediately," Lin Jian ordered, "The remnants of the Duhuai Army will immediately be organized with the Sandu team as a sentry team and the three sentry teams as a battalion, a total of five battalions, and the rest will be included in the casualty queue." Each battalion selects one commander and six deputy commanders to serve as the chief and deputy sentinels, Xiao Kuian, and you will report to me the list of thirty-five battalion commanders and deputy commanders before dawn. ”

"The last will obey." Xiao Kuian said.

When Liu Tingzhou formed the Huai Army, he recruited military attaches from the government army to recruit himself to cross the Huai to the north, although the number was not large, the officer system was generally built out of an outline. Before the Duhuai Army went north, Lin Jian ordered the elite of the six battalions of Shanyang County defenders to be reorganized and merged into the Duhuai Army, and its officer system was more complete.

Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kuian'an led their troops to break through to the north, and they were trapped in the remnants of the village and held on to help, all with Shanyang County soldiers as the main force.

The entire Duhuai army did not survive, but it was not broken apart.

Xiao Kuian quickly took out the list of thirty-five generals that Lin Jian wanted, and at the dawn, he took these thirty-five generals to the ancestral hall in the center of the village to see Lin Lian.

Lin Jian didn't have time to talk about anything in detail, so he met with the 30 generals, and after some encouragement and admonition, he officially appointed them as the generals of the 5th Battalion of the Huai Army in the name of the Huaidong Jingkou envoy, saying that he would ask them for merit and title after the war.

The soldiers of Shanyang County were originally a township army system, and the Duhuai Army was temporarily recruited and organized, and few of these 35 people had the rank of official military attaché.

It is said that the Huai Army was recruited by Liu Tingzhou, and Liu Tingzhou should also be led by Liu Tingzhou, but Lin Tie has the title of Huaidong Jingkou envoy on his body, and he is nominally the highest military governor of the three prefectures and counties of Huaidong, and Liu Tingzhou is not qualified to compete with Lin Tie for this dominance at this time.

"From now on, you need to report something to me, and you need to take my flag as an order. If there is a violator, the military law will not be forgiven, have you ever heard clearly? Lin Jian sat on the only wooden Taishi chair in the hall, and under the light of the torches that exuded the scent of pine resin, his face was cold and serious, and his eyes scanned everyone, not angry but majestic.

The thirty-five generals and colonels under the hall, including Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kuian, who were sitting beside Lin Lian, all looked at each other: Lin Lian wanted to directly deprive Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kuian of the command of the Huai Army.

Maybe it was too hasty, and the generals below didn't know what to do for a while, so they stood there stiffly, and no one answered.

Lin Jian didn't seem to feel the stiffness and solemnity in the hall at all, and said to Liu Tingzhou, who was sitting beside him: "In addition to the five battalions and fifteen sentry guards of the Duhuai Army, there are more than 1,000 wounded, and this responsibility is up to you, Lord Liu." In battle with the enemy, our generals can die on the battlefield and shroud in horse leather, but we must not abandon a wounded soldier. Lord Liu, what is your opinion on my resolution? ”

Liu Tingzhou could feel the pressure exerted on him by Lin Lian's gaze, which made him breathless, and said bitterly: "The lower officials obey the order!" ”

Liu Tingzhou knew that Lin Tie was taking away his power, but he felt that the Duhuai Army was in such a desperate situation, and he had an unshirkable responsibility, and Lin Tie threw more than a thousand wounded soldiers to his commander, and he couldn't find an excuse to shirk it, so he had to knock out his teeth and swallow blood in his stomach, agreeing with Lin Tie's arrangement.

Lin Jian said to Xiao Kuian: "When breaking through, I will protect the wounded soldiers in the center of the camps, but I can't ensure that no few bandits will rush in, I want you to lead two hundred elites to assist Lord Liu to ensure that not a single wounded soldier is left behind when breaking through, can you do it?" ”

Xiao Kuian'an was a little upset for Liu Tingzhou, but he also knew that at this time, only the control enabler could lead them out of the predicament, and Liu Tingzhou recognized Lin Tingzhou's arrangement, so what could he resist? He replied in a muffled voice: "The last general will be ordered." I thought to myself: Although the generals below will be grateful for Liu Tingzhou's loyalty, they will probably pin more hopes on the envoys, right?

Lin Jian didn't force the thirty-five generals in the hall to make a statement, waved his hand, and said, "You all go down and reorganize the team according to what you just discussed.

As a person selected by the thirty-five generals, his subordinates more or less have a team of soldiers and horses that can be trusted and relied on. According to Lin Tie's order, the elite was selected from the remnants of the Duhuai Army and organized into five battalions and fifteen sentinels, which was completed before dawn.