Chapter 54: West County
"Those who descend will not be killed!"
"Those who descend will not be killed!"
"The Lord has fled, and you will not surrender!"
On the battlefield, these shouts could be heard everywhere, and with these shouts, many Wei troops dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.
After a few moments, the killing stopped.
At this time, the slowly falling rain did not stop with the victory of the Han army, and continued to fall.
The rain fell, and the blood that was constantly flowing from the corpse that fell to the ground at this time turned into a trickle, although this trickle was temporarily dyed a striking red by the blood, but after a while, the blood would be washed away, and most of the blood could be washed away.
According to the order, some people who were obviously seriously wounded, were mended, and from time to time the faint whispering moans were heard, which suddenly stopped with a "poof".
The light rain stopped at the beginning, and the sky was sunny after the rain.
Yang Yi still did not retreat in the rain at this time, at this time she turned her eyes to look around, it was a large number of corpses, although the battle was over, but the killing had not stopped, the Han army cleaning the battlefield, at this time was finishing the battle.
Since the end of the war, there was a tragic atmosphere on the entire battlefield, and every soldier seemed to be reborn with a unique murderous aura.
Some middle- and lower-ranking officers, who were bandaging with lightly wounded soldiers at this time, began to patrol with them, and their bodies were also covered with blood at this time.
The Wei people who had surrendered were temporarily confiscated and guarded at this time, and there were a bunch of elite horsemen around them, who were eyeing these Wei troops.
Looking at it in a blink of an eye, not far away, a Wei man who was on the verge of death, at this time his eyes were full of confusion and desire, this is the desire to survive, just look at his appearance and thin body, this Wei man should not be yet twenty years old, at this time his throat made a muffled sound.
At this moment, a Han soldier who had arrived on patrol stepped forward, grabbed his head, and cut it with a knife, which was a muffled sound, accompanied by the last hiss of the enemy soldier.
The sound was heart-palpitating, and the enemy soldier's throat was splattered with blood, and his body twitched in the last moment, and blood continued to flow from his neck and body.
Even Yang Yi, who didn't know how many people she had killed at this time, took a deep breath when she looked at this scene, but she didn't say anything to stop it, this is the cruelty of war, the seriously injured enemy, there is no humanitarianism at this time.
Even if it is a minor injury, it can be killed or not, it only depends on the mood of the executor, but for minor injuries, as long as he expresses surrender, he can live as a prisoner.
For Yang Yi, the Han lord, the Wei people are also Han people, but the Han lost their land and was usurped by Wei thieves, but it has nothing to do with these civilians.
On a slightly higher mound about two miles away from Yang Yi's high platform, Guan Yi pursued here at this time, scanning the surroundings, assigning the task of pursuit, his surroundings were full of his personal soldiers at this time, I don't know why, at this time, Zhang Wei glanced at it, and Guan Yi, who was expressionless, had a certain familiar cold atmosphere.
Just like when his father Zhang Yi ruled the army, this is as ordinary people say, it is the posture of a famous general.
"The cavalry battalion waits for Zhang Wei and meets the general." At this time, Zhang Wei knelt on one knee.
At this time, Guan Yi was left and right, there were two rows of personal soldiers, and several generals were facing each other at this time, and they all looked up without kindness.
At this time, Guan Yi's face was gloomy, his eyes glanced at Zhang Wei sharply, and after a while, he suddenly became angry: "Zhang Junhou, why are you late?" ”
According to the expected arrangement, when the smoke rises, the speed of the horse army only needs a stick of incense to arrive, and at this time, the war is at a stage, so Guan Yi reviews and knows that there is a problem in this link.
After review, I found that Zhang Wei's cavalry army came really slowly, beyond the expected time.
"This ...... It happened that the rain was heavy, and the horses and people could not see their way...... The last will be convicted. Zhang Wei only wanted to resist at this time, but as soon as he raised his head, he saw Guan Yi sneering above, as well as the sneering generals, and couldn't help jumping in his heart and said.
At this time, he was violently vigilant, and during the war, unlike others, he immediately kowtowed and confessed, and did not resist, otherwise, under the majesty of the boss, he would behead him, and at that time, Zhang Yigui would be the general of the chariot cavalry, and he would not be able to save him.
In fact, it was the battle that ended too quickly, and it was not considered a real delay, but now Guan Yi is the coach, and the coach scolded, if it was originally an incompetent general, it could be argued.
Now in front of the boss of the big victory, he is still on the battlefield, and he collided on the spot, what the result is, Zhang Wei doesn't have to think about it, and what makes him even more determined is that it is said that this person will soon become a young marshal and his own lord.
This is also a matter of reason.
“…… Hmph, Zhang Wei, as a general, you actually delayed the hour, this is a crime of dereliction of duty, although our side won a big victory this time, but the military discipline cannot be messed up, it should be punished strictly, but now is the time to use you, you can wear the guilt and make meritorious service! Guan Yi saw that he was soft at this time, so he didn't pursue it anymore, and he had to give Zhang Yi a face, although he was valued by the Han lord, but now his qualifications are still shallow in all aspects.
"No!" Zhang Wei said.
Seeing that he should go, Guan Yi's face was slightly softened at this time: "Zhang Wei, you lead the cavalry, prepare to set off, today's big victory, Xixian must not have received the news, we can surprise it, you rectify the cavalry, and then you will go out with me, and the rest of the troops will catch up before tonight!" ”
After a short silence, the generals glanced at each other, and they all lined up, responding: "No! ”
I have already found out before, in Xixian County, after being transferred by Jia Chong this time, I am afraid that there will only be a few hundred soldiers at most, and they will be attacked in one go.
The prefecture is an important base.
Xixian was called Xiinu Hill or Xizhui in ancient times, also known as Xicheng, it was the ancestral land of the pre-Qin Dynasty, it was the birthplace of the pre-Qin culture, and the King Zhaoxiang of Qin placed the Xixian County.
According to the "Historical Records of the Qin Dynasty" and other records, the ancestors of the Qin people called their place of residence "West".
According to the explanation of Xu Shen's "Shuowen Jie Zi" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, "west" means "bird on the nest", and "west" is the same shape.
And this explanation just confirms the bird totem of the ancestors of the Qin people; The Qin people were originally a bird tribe, and took the bird as a totem, "the bird is on the nest", which means the place where the bird tribe lives.
At the same time, there is another layer of meaning; "Shangshu Yugong" recorded the historical facts of "Hezhong Mansion West", that is, there was a group of people called "Hezhong Clan" during the period of Emperor Yao, who was good at astronomical observation technology, and was sent to the west by Emperor Yao to carry out long-term astronomical observations.
The Qin people were originally one of the Dongyi tribes, and the ancestors of the Qin people worshipped both the "bird" and the "sun", so some people called the ancestors of the Qin people "the Yang Bird tribe".
The Qin tribe has always called their ancestral land "West", where their temples, cemeteries, and cities are located, and the capital of the early Qin State is also here.
The land of "West County" is also known as "West Dog Hill" and "West Fall"; During the Zhou Dynasty, the filial piety king "Yi Feizi Yu Qin", known as "Fei Ziyi Qin" and "Juxi Dog Hill"; In the middle of the Xianggong, it was not until the time of the Duke of Wen that the Qin capital moved from the west to the meeting of Wangwei; When King Zhaoxiang of Qin Zhaoxiang, the ancestral land of Qin was set up as "West County".
In the Qin and Han dynasties, Xixian was an important route and fulcrum of economic and cultural exchanges between Yongliang and Shu, and there was a saying that Longwang Shu, while Xixian was connected to Weishui in the north and Sichuan and Shu in the south, and it was also at the intersection of the Weishui line of the Silk Road and the ancient tea horse road in the Han Dynasty.
During the Western Han Dynasty of Xixian County, it was the West County of Longxi County of Liangzhou Thorn History Department, and the Wudu County, Jialing Road and Qiang Road of Longxi County of the Southwest Beneficial Prefecture Thorn History Department, and Wang Mang changed West County to Xizhi during the period.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it belonged to the West County of Hanyang County, Liangzhou Thorn History Department, because Yanguan was a salt-producing resort, so West County was also called Lucheng.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this area was called the Lucheng because of the Yanguan City, which was the boundary of the Wei and Shu wars, and the two sides fought for each other, each with its own subordinate (Shu Han called the Lu City, Cao Wei called the West County. )
The legend of the "Empty City Plan" took place during this period.
When the first Northern Expedition of Zhuge Liang, the first prime minister of the Ji Han Dynasty, set out from Hanzhong and attacked in two ways, Zhuge Liang, the first prime minister, was sitting in Xixian County as a strategic reserve to deal with the contingencies that occurred on various battlefields.
At least three of the six Northern Expeditions of the former Prime Minister Zhuge Liang took Xixian (or Lucheng) as a base or battlefield, and later the former Prime Minister Zhuge Liang lost the street pavilion and "more than 1,000 families in Baxi County returned to Hanzhong".
After that, Xixian was controlled by the Wei people, and was built as a fortress, and then the general Jiang Wei was in the middle of the tuntian, and wanted to recapture it, but it was defeated several times.
And this battle, it is divided into two stages, the first stage has now ended in a big victory, the second stage is to steal the city, but also the main purpose, if Xixian is recaptured, it will directly threaten Yongliang, can directly capture Longxi, Tianshui and other counties, the strategic situation, there will be a certain improvement.
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At this time, Yang Yi was in the rear, and he was facing Ning Yi, who asked for instructions, and said orderly: "The enemy unloads the ordnance and buries it on the spot, and our army will check the corpse and name." ”
In this era, if a large number of corpses are left unattended and abandoned in the wilderness, plague is very likely to occur, and it is obviously the most orthodox method to gather the corpses together for burial.
Yang Yi thought about it and then said: "People die in the ground, there is no need to pile up, separate and bury." ”
"No!"
Seeing the soldiers struggling to identify the corpses of their comrades-in-arms, some of the corpses were cut off to the head, the flesh and blood were blurred, and it was really difficult to identify, Yang Yi's heart moved, summoned a military clerk, and said: "In the future, we will make military cards." ”
"Your Majesty, please." People in this era are accustomed to seeing life and death, even the scribe is the same, but he is facing the murderous battlefield, and the scribe's face is still a little pale, and he responds respectfully.
"Ordered to be developed in the workshop, the sergeant used an iron plate to suppress, and his name was printed on the front, and the township was printed on the reverse side for future search to prove his name."
"The junior officers are made of fine iron, with their names printed on the front and their hometown and titles on the reverse."
"Bronze medals are used for mid-level officers, and gold medals are used for senior officers."
"That's it, you write it down first, and then remind me when you return to the capital." Yang Yi said instructed.
"No!" The scribe answered.
At this time, another scribe came up: "Your Majesty, this battle has now been counted, our army has lost 273 dead, 11 commanders have died, more than 300 people have been wounded, and 100 people have been seriously wounded. ”
"How many decapitations?" Yang Yi asked at this time.
"At present, a total of 533 beheadings have been beheaded, and another 116 have been executed by the enemy's stubborn people."
Stubborn people, this is naturally a seriously injured person, it is nothing, Yang Yi looked at the sky at this time, and said: "Immediately count the military merits, don't delay." ”
"Yes!" Now with Guan Yi pursuing with a large army, in addition to the prisoners, there are still hundreds of people used in logistics, so this data is not difficult to count.
At this time, the captives had already been driven and digging pits, but fortunately it was not a big pit, otherwise the captives would have thought they would be killed.
It didn't take long for all the pits to be dug for the burial of the dead, and for the lure of food, the captives worked hard and dug very deeply.
This is also to make the captives work and consume energy, so that they will not make trouble, and they will only eat, and they will not be fed, but they will barely be hungry, and there will not even be much salt.
"Is the inspection done here?" There was no burial first, Yang Yi asked the scribe.
"Your Majesty, the inspection has been completed."
"Buried!" Yang Yi gave a simple order, and suddenly, the corpses of enemy soldiers were put into the earth pit and quickly buried, and they were buried in a short time.
Of course, some enemies with valuable status are kept, and the corpses must be redeemed by the enemy, otherwise they can also be used to boast of their exploits and be dedicated to the ancestral temple.
In this battle, at least in the first half, it seems that the Han army did not suffer much loss, and the number of sacrificed and wounded may not exceed 500 in the end, and it won a big victory, and captured more than 3,000 enemies, which can be described as a rare victory.
Moreover, the pursuit is still ongoing, and this result will increase by at least 10% of the total number of enemies, so to speak, this great victory is a great victory that has not been achieved in the past ten years.
You must know that last year, Deng Ai almost wiped out the Han State with so many Wei troops.
Now, the more than 10,000 new troops trained by Yang Yi have now passed the test of a big war, and they only need to go back and reorganize and recuperate for a period of time, and they are really a qualified army, and they are no longer a new army that cannot be trusted and relied on.
However, Yang Yi did not indulge in this emotion, he said to Ning Yi: "The victory in this battle is nothing, at this time Xixian is empty, it is a good opportunity to take this county, you also rectify it, keep up with General Guan as soon as possible, I am waiting for your good news!" ”
"No!" Ning Yi responded at this time, now that he naturally doesn't have any thoughts, he is completely willing to serve the Han Lord, this is to see hope.
At the moment, Ning Yi issued orders one after another, collecting the chaotic war horses at this time, the Wei people fled, but many cavalry abandoned their horses, after all, the defeated army, riding a horse is also an obvious target, and the Han cavalry of the brigade pursued the target of riding, so he collected at this time, there were more than 100 horses available, and at the moment, after the whole army, he also ran towards Xixian.