The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 263 Chapter 250
Jin Zhaoxiong smiled at the old prince and said: "The Wang family is a thousand years old, why don't you go back, let's eat horse meat here together.

Today, I also speak hard, and here I have more meat than for guests. At other times, I dare not open my mouth when I am scared to death! "

The old prince smiled and said: "Do you need to say that? Do you think we are stupid? If you don't eat this big piece of horse meat, why don't we go back and eat pickles?"

Several people walked into the big tent talking and laughing, only to see that the big pot of horse meat had already been served.

A few people were not polite, they reached out and grabbed a large piece of horse meat from the big wooden basin and started to gnaw.

Jin Zhaoxiong said with a smile while nibbling on the horse meat that everyone was eating, "Oh, you don't know, we haven't eaten meat for two months, but we are trapped. It’s bad, today I have relieved my hunger, um, it’s so delicious!”

The people present are all starving today, everyone is devouring this meal!People didn't stop eating until they had finished the horse meat in the big basin.

The old prince said with a smile: "Jin Zhaoxiong, Yu Dapeng, and Gu Wang ordered you not to cook tonight."

"Ah? Then what to eat? You can't let the soldiers go hungry?"

The old prince smiled and said: "What to eat? Of course it is boiled horse meat. There are so many dead horses, won't they spoil if you can't finish them?

Tell the soldiers, we have enough horse meat tonight. If you have this horse meat, who will eat this food?

Even if you cook food, it's a waste, don't you two believe it? "

The two listened a little bit.

"My lord, what you said is very reasonable. If you have this horse meat to eat, who would eat any food?"

The old prince said with a smile: "Half of the horse meat, you got half of it from my army. In such a hot day, these things can't be kept. We have to finish eating the horse meat as soon as possible. After eating, we can eat it." Eat food again, do you understand?"

"Yes, the general understands, um, it is really a happy thing to eat so much horse meat all at once.

Hey, I don’t know what kind of shit luck we’ve had. It’s been a new year all of a sudden, but there’s not so much meat to eat during the New Year. "

The old prince laughed and said: "Isn't this a good idea that Wuji gave me? Otherwise, how could we have so much horse meat to eat?"

Qiu Tianbao laughed and said: "You two virtuous brothers, the reason why this battle can be won is that you two played a key role.

If it weren't for you two brothers, what would this battle be like? "

The old prince listened and nodded.

"Well, what Tianbao said makes sense, if Wuji hadn't given me an idea to hunt down those Turkic people, how could we get so many horses today.

Hey, are you all full?Well!

Tianbao, hurry up and take someone to transport horse meat to our military camp, and tell the cooks in the army that starting tonight, no grain of rice is allowed to be cooked, and from tonight all soldiers will eat horse meat, we have enough horse meat .

Let the many soldiers satisfy their hunger. "

After hearing this, Qiu Tianbao bowed his hands to Qiu Rui.

"Yes, the child takes orders."

After finishing speaking, Qiu Tianbao turned around and went out.

"Jin Zhaoxiong, Yu Dapeng, don't stand still, let's go out and organize people to count the spoils.

After counting, we have to register and make a book, and we have to report to the court.

Why!Wuji, Tieniu, you can go with us too, you see it's getting late, and I don't know if we can finish counting today.

It's best if you can finish counting. If you can't finish counting, then let's continue counting tomorrow. "

After listening to the old prince's order, several people walked out of the big tent immediately.

Jin Zhaoxiong immediately organized personnel to start counting.

The first thing to count is the horses. This time, a total of 870 military horses were seized.

According to the counting of the arrows obtained this time, finally, the statistics came up, and a total of 740 arrows were seized this time.

Finally, the statistics of the seized swords and other weapons were counted, and the statistics were also released before dark. A total of 860 and [-] pieces of various weapons were seized.

The old prince looked at the statistics and laughed.

"Damn it, it's time for me to show my face this time. I won such a big victory on the second day after I came here. God bless me, King Changping.

Well, now I can finally rest for two days.

Jin Zhaoxiong, you have to let the soldiers guard the pass, I guess those boys will not dare to come again in a short time.

After all, it is a new defeat, and it is still a disastrous defeat. Forgive them for a short period of time and they will not have the courage to break the barrier. "

Jin Zhaoxiong looked at the corpses of Turkic people piled up in the pass and asked: "The Wang family is thousands of years old, how do you think about the corpses here?"

"Well, haven't you seen that it's late today? Let's discuss how to deal with it after breakfast tomorrow."

"Well, that's all right, but it's scary enough to have so many dead bodies here."

The old prince laughed and said: "A flower is killed by a tiger, and a tiger is killed by a man! You say there are only so few dead bodies, what are you afraid of? Isn't it just a dead body? When I was young, the old man killed people like hemp, What are so few dead bodies?

Well, well, let's stop here today, let's go back to camp and eat horse meat.

Alright, Wuji and Tieniu, follow me back to our big camp. "

After hearing this, Duan Wuji and Tieniu immediately followed the old prince back to their camp.

The old prince was very happy today. The old prince hummed a little tune and looked at the few people in the big tent. It seemed that everyone was pleasing to the eye.

After a short time, the big pot of horse meat was served, and the old prince said with a smile: "Why are you so polite? Why don't you rush to eat it, let's rest when we are full!"

When everyone heard this, no one was polite, and everyone grabbed a large piece of horse meat from the big wooden basin and ate it.

Qiu Tianbao asked while gnawing on the horse meat: "Father, what's the use of bringing back the dead bodies of the Turks today? Then it's better to throw them outside the pass, and we have to dig a hole to bury them when we get them back. How troublesome it is to say that!"

The old prince's face sank when he heard this.

"You bastard, you don't say you have a long brain, can't you even guess what the father and king will do to bring them back?
Fortunately, you were born in this princely family!When the time comes, let's report our military achievements, what if the emperor wants to send someone to check?
The corpses are all thrown away, we have no evidence at all, what can we do by then? "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well, the Wang family is thousands of years old, you still think in the long run. It is indeed the truth.

Let's figure out a way tomorrow, let's deal with these dead bodies. "

Everyone chatted for a while, and then went back to their tents to rest.

The next morning, after breakfast, a few people were just about to leave their tents to inspect the barracks when suddenly a soldier came in to report.

"One thousand years old from the Wang family, the imperial envoy of the emperor has already arrived outside the gate of the camp, one thousand years old from the Wang family, and the imperial envoy is waiting outside the camp."

"Well, I see, let's go down."

"Yes."

The soldier turned and walked away.

The old prince glanced at the crowd and said: "The emperor's messenger came too fast, and I don't know what's going on, let's go, follow me out of the camp to meet him.

Let's see what the old emperor has to do, let's make a decision. "

Everyone followed the old prince out of the gate, only to see that the imperial envoy had dismounted from his horse and was waiting at the gate of the gate.

The old prince led the crowd to kneel down and salute quickly.

"I'm waiting to welcome the imperial envoy, my lord, please, please go to rest in the tent."

The imperial envoy looked at the old prince and smiled.

"Thousands of years of the Wang family, I have two things to come to this barracks today. One thing is that the Holy Majesty heard that our army is short of food, and now he ordered me to bring [-] carts of grain and grass to alleviate the shortage in our army. food thing.

The second thing is that His Majesty is worried that the Wang family's Chitose will not avoid the battle, which will affect the morale of this soldier. Today, he ordered me to come forward and tell the Wang family's Chitose to meet the Turkic people within half a month, so as to be strong. The momentum of my Sui army.

Your Majesty asked me to give you a word of mouth that this first battle must be won and must not be defeated.

Your Majesty asked me to tell you when the Turks are completely driven back before they can return to the court, otherwise, the Wang family will stay here for a long time. "

After hearing this, the old prince smiled and kowtowed upwards.

"I obey the order. My lord, please follow me."

"Well, don't worry, the grain truck hasn't arrived yet. We were more than a dozen miles behind them just now. I believe they will arrive soon."

"Master Wang, it doesn't matter if you don't arrive.

Tianbao, you take a team of cavalry and go quickly to meet them. What problems can go wrong here?

Wuji, Tie Niu, you two also go with your brother Tianbao, and make sure to bring back our food and grass. "

Three people took orders to lead [-] cavalry to pick up the grain cart.

The old prince looked at the imperial envoy and said, "My lord, please come inside, let's go, go to my treasure tent of the Chinese army to drink water."

"Well, well then, Wang Family Chitose, let's invite inside."

As they said that, the two of them walked towards the treasure tent of the Zhongjun hand in hand.

After entering the big tent, the old prince ordered someone to bring tea, and the two of them sat in the tent and chatted while drinking water.

The old prince looked at his lord and said: "My lord, you and I have been officials in the court for many years, and we are supposed to have a good relationship with each other.

Lord Wang, please tell me the truth. I have only been here for two days, and His Majesty the Emperor sent someone to urge me to fight. Whose idea is this? "

The imperial envoy Wang laughed and said, "Do I still need to say this? If I don't say it, the prince must be able to guess it, right?
Whose idea could this be?Of course it was Yuwen Chengxiang's idea, who would dare to come up with such a bad idea?

That Yu Wencheng was afraid that the old prince would not be able to hold on, so he played the book to the emperor, and came up with such a bad idea.

You said that if you fight the Turkic people within half a month, who dares to say that you can win?Isn't this embarrassing?

Who doesn't know that the Turkic people are all cavalry, and they have always been floating. If you want to win them, it will take ten days and 20 days?

Alas, now that His Majesty has issued the summons, you can just figure it out.

Anyway, I have already passed on this word, and there is nothing I can do about it! "

The old prince laughed out loud.

"Master Imperial Envoy, you came today just in time. I have a good report today and I am about to present it to Your Majesty. It's just right. Lord Wang will witness it in person later."

"Ah? My lord, you've just come here and you've got good news in such a short period of time? Isn't this too fast?"

The old prince smiled.

"My lord, this is the old man's fate, otherwise how could there be good news?"

At this moment, Qiu Tianbao came to report his income.

"Father, all the food and grass have been delivered, and they are now in the barracks."

"Well, you can send [-] cars to Jin Zhaoxiong and the others first, and leave the rest in our army."

"Yes, the child takes orders."

After finishing speaking, Qiu Tianbao did as the old prince ordered.

After taking another sip of water, the old prince Qiu Rui stood up.

"Master Imperial Envoy, let's go, follow me to the front of the pass and have a look, I will definitely give you a surprise."

"Well, all right then.

Chitose of the Wang family, let's go, this imperial envoy will let you take a look, let me see what surprise the Chitose of the Wang family has given me.

I will report the truth to His Majesty when I go back. "

The old prince was in front, and the imperial envoy was behind. The two of them left the treasure tent of the Chinese army and walked straight to the front of the pass.

(End of this chapter)