Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1411

dusk.

Three generals, Qin Gui, Li Xiu, and Wang Xiaojie gathered at the top of Princess Castle.

The blood stains on the armor had solidified and dried, showing a dark red color, and a strong bloody smell permeated the air. The three of them drank a bag of kumiss.

"More than 1000 heads have been chopped off outside the city." Qin Gui pointed to several Beijing temples under the city, one with [-] heads, exactly five.

Wang Xiaojie took a sip of kumiss to relieve his stomach, "We also chopped a thousand or so and piled them behind the city gate."

"We also chopped about a thousand." Li Xiu took a sip of the wine, then handed it to Qin Gui, and took out a piece of beef jerky from his body, which was still stained with blood, but Li Xiu just frowned, Then he threw it into his mouth and chewed it.

The jerky beef is hard, and it is also air-dried. It is very difficult to chew, and even the cheeks that can be chewed are sour. However, after a big battle, chewing a piece can still replenish a lot of energy.

"There aren't many people left in the city, so why don't we just slaughter them all? Damn it, we have lost a lot in this battle." Wang Xiaojie gritted his teeth and said, today he took the lead, with two thousand swordsmen under his command, he just insisted For an hour, a thousand mountain infantry were fought fiercely, even if the opponent's equipment was poor, those people were indeed tough enough.

Mo Dao didn't know how many of them were chopped down, let alone after the first battle, the heavy armor of Mo Dao's hands almost shot like hedgehogs.

Almost everyone was injured.

There were more than [-] dead in the battle, and there were more than [-] serious injuries. Some of the dead were caused by the ghostly weather here. The fierce battle aggravated the altitude sickness, which caused many Mo Daomen to be unable to keep up, and their reactions changed. Slowly, even out of breath.

This is Anxi's most elite Mo Dao hand. Which one is not carefully selected.

Princess Fort is the northern gateway of Pantuo Kingdom, and the total population is usually less than 3000 households, including herdsmen, farmers, miners, etc. outside. In this battle, there are a total of about [-] people in the city, of which there are many Most of them were herdsmen, miners, and even some slaves recruited from various places by the king's previous order, and they were transferred to Princess Castle to defend the city to defend against the possible southward movement of the Tang army.

After the First World War, Qin Gui and the others almost chopped him down.

There are more than a thousand people left, some old and weak women and children.

"It's overkill." Qin Gui drank some kumiss, but regained his composure. After hearing the result, he felt a little regretful.

"Kill them all, just kill them all."

"Forget it, since there are only old and weak women and children left, there is no threat."

"But the fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons of these people were all killed by us, and the hatred that remains is endless."

"Just don't kill them. I didn't say to let them go. After the war is over, take them back and sell them as slaves, or just wait until the roads are unblocked next year, and recruit merchants to come and sell them for supplies." Qin Gui said.

"Yes." Li Xiu smiled.

Nobody thought it was going to be cruel or anything.

Wars are like this, they are all veterans who have gone through hundreds of battles, what kind of tragic situation has never been seen, besides, the Pantuo Kingdom was officially attached to the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period, and the imperial court also set up prefectures and counties here, established the Dudu Mansion, and implemented the rule of imprisonment , The imperial court even expanded the Silk Road here, established post stations, and strengthened trade.

But the Panduo people rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and killed the officials, postmen, and patrolling soldiers of the post station stationed by the Tang Dynasty in their territory, blocked the passage, and sent troops to assist the Sogdians, big cannibals, etc. Fighting against Datang is asking for death.

Everyone is responsible for the choices they make, and they have to bear the consequences no matter how hard they are.

Night falls.

It was cold.

Tang Jun entered the city to rest and lit a bonfire.

The generals and soldiers of the Tang army, who finally took a breath, also began to skin, slaughter and divide the dead and injured horses, set up a large pot, boiled hot water, and then stewed the horse meat.

Compared with the frozen hard, chewy beef jerky, or the more precious meat floss and fried noodles, which are not easy to carry and are not in abundance, it is of course more cost-effective and tastier to eat horse meat.

There are ready-made dried cow dung and other fuels in the city, and even a lot of wheat and soybeans were found from the occupied warehouses.

While stewing horse meat, cook wheat bean rice.

I even found a lot of tea bricks from shops in the city, boiled them with mare's milk, and sprinkled them with salt.

Beside the warm fire, there was a burst of food aroma immediately.

The soldiers made a fire together, stewed meat, cooked rice and made tea, while wiping the blood stains and mud on the armor. The leader also took a pen and started to record the battle on the roll of paper. At the same time, the performance and achievements of the soldiers of the whole group should also be registered.

If there are war dead and injured, they must also be recorded one by one.

Flames leap and broth churns.

The soldiers after the war were very silent. Everyone rejoiced after the war and enjoyed the relaxation after the fierce battle.

Qin Gui brought the officers over to patrol the camp, condolences to the wounded, and commended the warriors.

It is only [-] miles away from Shule, but it is impossible to go back now, and we have to wait until next summer to go back. Many road sections are already impassable, and we can only wait until next year.

Fortunately, they won the first battle, and now they have won the Princess Castle. Although this stone castle is not big, it is fortunately strong and strong. There are also a lot of supplies in the city, and now they have fallen into their hands.

No matter what the next battle will be, at least with this castle in hand, everyone will have no worries.

No matter how bad the situation is, you can still retreat to the castle. If you hold on until next year, you can wait for reinforcements from Shule, or return to Shule.

Stewed horse meat, simply sprinkled with salt, is already attractive enough.

The soldiers were scattered among the stone houses in Princess Castle, sheltered from the wind and warm, and it was the most comfortable night in the past few months.

There is no cold wind, and there are hot soup and meat.

"Grandfather, I found some good things, pepper, cinnamon, star anise and many other spices." Qin Jun came in with a smile.

Qin Gui glanced at his son, "Hurry up and add some spices, the horse meat is thick and sour, it can't be done without some spices."

Qin Jun and Qin Jingsi are Qin Gui's sons, and now he is joining the army under him, but he is also a general. He is good at riding and shooting. In today's battle, he alone shot and killed more than ten enemies with his superb archery skills. .

"Grandfather, there are still many good things in this city, including goats, camels, cows, and chickens."

Qin Gui stirred the horse meat in the pot, "Brothers are all eating horse meat, but I am eating mutton. Do you think it's good to do this? Your uncle fought all over the world and made great achievements in battle. When did you not stir up meat with the brothers?" Horse spoon? It’s good to have something hot to eat when you’re out in battle, but you still want to be picky about your food.”

"I'm just talking." Qin Jun said quickly.

"Quickly crush the pepper and throw it in. Let me tell you, in this age of famine and war, many people can eat people. I heard that in some troubled times, the army who was short of food even salted the corpses and saved them for cooking. Army rations."

"Stop talking, it makes me want to vomit."

A son of Qin Jun's wealthy family, he has never experienced any hardships. Although he has been in the army for many years, it is difficult to eat wheat and rice. Sometimes he dislikes eating horse meat. He chews beef jerky and laments that the logistics supply is not enough. Eating human flesh, Never thought about it.

"The sheep, cows, and camels in the city have to be raised first. If there is no fodder, you can kill them first, but you can't rush to eat them. We have to be blocked here for at least a year, so we have to Make long-term plans. Forage should be given priority to our war horses, and food must be carefully calculated. After all, we can only feed wars with wars and supply them on the spot."

"Understood." Qin Jun nodded, "But I'm not too worried. I've heard that this Pantuo country is small and has few people. Qian, this Pantuo country should have no soldiers."

"I just heard from Captain Wang that the capital of the Pantuo Kingdom is not far away, and there are probably only a thousand soldiers in the middle school now?"

"There are more than a thousand soldiers, but there really won't be many. The 3000 people here are not all soldiers, but this small country is not the Tang Dynasty after all, and there are not many real professional troops, so the people are soldiers, soldiers It is the people, there is no strict distinction.”

"What they really call soldiers is actually the king's guard in the king's city. There are about a thousand people. Others are recruited as soldiers when they have something to do. They are herdsmen, farmers, miners, merchants and even slaves when they are not."

"I heard that the circumference of Pantuo Kingdom is more than ten li?"

"Hehe, do you think it's possible?" Qin Gui smiled and told his son that the so-called capital city with a circumference of more than ten miles is not true and accurate.The capital of Pantuo Kingdom is not far from here along the Yudo River.The so-called capital city is more than ten miles away. In fact, the real situation is that the royal city is built in a river valley more than ten miles wide, with mountains on both sides, and the river valley is like a big city.

The real royal city is a stone city like a princess castle, built on a stone foundation, which is less than three miles in circumference.

Not much bigger than Princess Castle.

Because Pantuo is a small mountainous country after all, and most of the people in the country are nomads, so most of them live nomadicly outside, and a few live in the city.

Although there has been some development in these years, it has only built some stone or earthen houses outside the stone city, or directly set up some tents.

"Doesn't that mean that King Pantuo put all his main force in the Princess Castle before, and now that the Princess Castle is broken, the Pantuo Kingdom is very empty?"

"That's about it." Qin Gui picked up a large piece of horse meat with a knife and started to eat it.

A stone city on the flat land of a river valley with a circumference of less than two miles. Although it is larger than Princess Fort, it is not as dangerous as Princess Fort. It is still short of soldiers and major generals to defend, so in Qin Gui's eyes, the Pantuo King City It was already cooked just like this piece of horse meat, just waiting for him to eat it.

Even if King Pantuo wanted to summon soldiers and King Qin to reinforce him, it was too late. The Tang army rested here for one night, and tomorrow they will take advantage of the victory to attack the king's city.

With the swiftness with which the Tang army took down Princess Fort, Stone City couldn't last a day at all.

"Tomorrow, Wang Er and I will lead the troops to attack Stone City. We will leave you five hundred soldiers to guard the Princess Castle, and at the same time take care of the wounded soldiers. I will appoint you as the general of the Princess Castle."

The frontier army of the Tang Dynasty had a strict system. The large ones were called the army and the city, and the small ones were called the guards, towns, and guards.

Congling Shouzhuo was set up in the land of the Luotuo Kingdom, and three thousand troops were stationed according to the plan, which belonged to the middle-level scale of Shouzhuo City.In the plan, the expeditionary army will also attack the big and small Bolu. At that time, the Suiyuan Army and the Guiren Army will be divided into the local area, each with 3000 people.

Congling garrison will be stationed in the stone fort of King Luotuo City, and the twelve forts including Princess Fort will be set up as towns and garrisons respectively, and guarded by troops.

"Grandpa, I don't want to stay behind. I also want to make more military achievements with the army."

"I let you stay here because I trust you and entrust you with important responsibilities, not for you to enjoy here. The Princess Castle is very important to our partial division. If you don't keep it well and lose the city, you will die ten thousand times. Do you understand?" Qin Gui cut the horse meat with a knife, and said to his son very seriously.

"Give me a good defense of the princess castle. Are you afraid that there will be no chance to make meritorious deeds in the future? After we wipe out Qi Luotuo, Xiaobolu, Humiguo, etc., we will march into Tochara or the river. At that time, we will go to the river There are plenty of opportunities to join forces with your cousin Qin Jun!"

"My son understands."

"There are no fathers and sons in the army. Remember, I am the general and you are joining the army."

"Yes, General, this subordinate understands."

"Work hard, don't lose my prestige as a general of the Qin family who is loyal to Wu!"

(End of this chapter)