The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 261 Boyan's decision
Not long after, the descendants of the Yuan army on the east and west sides of the city gate were the first to be escorted by the priests of Wuding Hall.

Le Wuhui walked in the forefront, with a slight joy on his face.

There were six commanders of thousands and 67 commanders of centurions among the surrendered generals of the Yuan armies on both sides.

The army of this era is not like modern society. There are only centurions in the centurion, and there will be no further subdivision.The Yuan army on the east and west sides originally had close to [-] people, including a hundred centurions, but the rest had already died in the chaos.

After these surrendered generals were escorted over, those surrendered generals who were also gathered on the main street knelt in front of Zhao Dongting, surrounded by groups.

This battle has been fought so far, and the loss of the Yuan army is not small, and all the generals of the ten thousand commander level have been killed.There are only slightly more than half of the commanders left.

Zhao Dongting looked at the armored generals in front of him, and said directly: "Take them to the government office first and imprison them."

Then he turned his head to look at Dongheli, "Lord Donghe, send a message to the soldiers of Huang Weidang to bring all the food and grass to Duanxi."

Dong Heli nodded directly, "Follow the order."

They have already made a good deal. If Duanxi is captured, they will first station in Duanxi city and wait for Boyan's reaction.

And after these Yuan army generals were taken away by hundreds of soldiers and Wu Dingtang masters, Zhao Dongting no longer worried about the rest of the Yuan army prisoners.Today's soldiers are not as assertive as those of later generations. Without generals, it is impossible to have the courage to resist again.

In fact, it would not be a serious problem even if these centurions were not escorted, this was just Zhao Dongting's consideration for safety.

Soon, the captives of the Yuan army were also escorted in rows from the streets on the east and west sides.

According to a rough estimate, there should be about 5000 remaining in the Yuan army.In other words, nearly half of the Yuan army in the city has been lost.

Zhao Dongting asked Dongheli to lead two thousand soldiers to escort the Yuan army captives to the west military camp, while he took Le Wuzhi, Yue Yue and others to the government office.

The Feilong soldiers and the remaining soldiers of the Tianxian Army were assigned to do hard work and clean up the battlefield.

However, Zhao Dongting said that all the money earned from cleaning the battlefield belonged to them, which made these soldiers willing to suffer.

Although, they feel that this is actually not necessary.

In the past, after a big battle, many generals would not clean up the battlefield, and even collected corpses.Let those corpses rot, or be devoured by wild beasts.

It's just that Zhao Dongting didn't dare to do this.

In this vicissitudes of land, because of the war, the people are already in dire straits, and the population is dying.He didn't want to cause any more plagues because of the rotting corpses, which would make the land even less lit.War will not kill people, but the plague has this possibility.

Arriving outside the government office, the doorway is still full of devastation.

Le Wuwei's thunder blasted the Qingshi street at the entrance of Fuya to pieces, while the corpses of Kui Yan's generals were still scattered on the ground.

Following Zhao Dongting to the government office, the priests of Wuding Hall hurriedly got off their horses to collect the corpses.

When Zhao Dongting saw the corpses of those generals of the Yuan army, his heart skipped a beat.

Such scenes are not common, even he himself did not expect that Le Wuwei's beheading tactics would be implemented so smoothly.

It seems that modern tactics are still extremely novel in this era, and the generals of the Yuan army were not prepared at all.

until dawn.

Only then did the people in Duanxi City dare to show their heads slightly at the windows and look out.

The corpses on the main street have been transported outside the city, and the surviving horses, weapons and armor have also been transported to the barracks.

However, the potholes with black marks on the street can still show how fierce the fighting was last night.

Some exhausted soldiers of the Song Army are now lying on the street and falling asleep.

Boyan's army had already rushed to Fengchuan, and it was impossible for Duanxi to encounter any attack at this time.

The people looked at it for a long time, and some sharp-eyed people saw that the flag of the Song Army was planted on the top of the city, and finally walked out of the house after hesitation.

Guangnan East Road has not been occupied for a long time. They have not been assimilated by the Yuan court, and their hearts are still towards the Song Dynasty.Everyone thinks they are citizens of the Song Dynasty.

Seeing Song Jun on the street, he didn't show any strangeness to them, and more and more people walked out of the house.

Of course, there are not many people in Duanxi city anymore.

In the shop where Yue Yue took the cloth, the proprietress found that there was a piece of cloth missing on the counter, and then she saw the silver taels on it, she was a little dazed.

She had no idea that someone broke into her home last night, because when the gunfire sounded, she and her husband were shivering in the bedroom.

Zhao Dongting stayed in the government office, practicing swords and reading books, and never left the government office.

Yue Yue went out for a stroll and saw that a shop outside had opened, so she was out of control.

When I was in Guangxi, except for a few places such as Leizhou, it was not easy to find a city that could be populated.

evening.

In Fengchuan City.

Boyan had not yet led his army to attack Wuzhou. At this time, he finally learned of the fall of Duanxi from a general who had escaped from Duanxi.

This startled him.

In the main hall of the government office, he sat upright on the main seat, his eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at the general kneeling in front of him, "Why did the [-] troops stationed in Duanxi City fall? Where's Kui Yan?"

The commander-in-chief muttered: "The Song army bombarded the city gate at night, and soon afterward, General Kui Yan and the others were all assassinated at the gate of the government office, and were killed outside the office building by the blasting thunder of the Song army. The last general followed General Zhang to the city gate to resist the Song army, but the soldiers suffered heavy casualties under the artillery fire of the Song army. Then, General Zhang was also assassinated in the army by the Song army with a dragon gun. The last general... the last general knew that the situation was over , and then led the army out of the city from the west gate in a hurry, and rushed to Fengchuan overnight to report to you."

"They were all killed by the Song Army's bombardment?"

Boyan couldn't help pondering slightly, "You mean, the army of the Song army has just broken through the city, and people have already raided the government office?"

The commander nodded, "There are assassins in the Song army guarding the government offices and the streets outside the Xijun camp, and they seem to be deliberately targeting the generals in our army."

Boyan murmured: "Aiming at our generals..."

After a while, he said with a sullen face, "There are capable men in the Song army. Such a tactic was really unheard of before."

The commander-in-chief hesitated and said: "The final general thinks that this is because the Song army has too many firearms. Otherwise, they will definitely not be able to make meritorious deeds."

"Ok!"

Boyan nodded, "Get up! This battle is not something you have waited for."

"Thank you Marshal."

Seeing that he was not condemned, the general heaved a sigh of relief and smiled.He was really worried that Boyan would treat him as a deserter.

But at this time, Boyan asked suddenly: "Why didn't other people come out of the city with you?"

The commander hesitated and said: "At that time, General Zhang was assassinated, and the army was in chaos. The Song army took advantage of the situation to press up, and the soldiers of the last general found the opportunity to leave the city because they were ranked last."

Of course he is lying.

When the remaining commander of the Yuan army was assassinated by Yue Yue, the other commanders were still discussing what to do, and it was the commander who led the army out of the city by himself.

He was actually scared.

In other words, he is the most appreciative of the situation among those commanders.Seeing that there is no leader in the army, he knows that the defeat is doomed.

However, this kind of truth obviously cannot be confessed to Boyan.Otherwise, he would have to be convicted of running away.

The commander-in-chief thought to himself at this time, anyway, Marshal Boyan didn't know the truth, and no other generals escaped, so why not just let himself go?
Sure enough, Boyan didn't doubt it, just nodded and didn't ask further, "Go down and rest first!"

The commander hurriedly bowed his hands and resigned.

With a sullen face, Boyan pondered for a long time in the hall.

He was thinking, if Duanxi fell, should he save it or not.It is conceivable that there must still be many soldiers in Duanxi City at this time.

After all, these soldiers are all soldiers under his command.

However, if they sent troops to take Duanxi again, the plan to attack Wuzhou would inevitably be shelved.

At this time, he and Ye Su'er's army were surrounding Wuzhou, with more than 30 soldiers, and the daily food and salary alone was a great consumption.Going back and forth to retrieve Duanxi would at least take a few days. Is it necessary to pay such a price just for those soldiers?
Boyan knew where his biggest weakness in this battle was, and that was the difficulty in sustaining the logistics for too long.

The Yuan court was located in the north, and they went deep into the south alone, and the court did not give them much support at all.

The grain and grass in his army were all collected by him from various places on Guangnan East Road. If they were used up, they would be gone.

At that time, the army will be deep in the south, there will be no food and grass supply from the imperial court, and if Wuzhou cannot be captured for a long time, what should we do?
After a long time, Boyan's eyes gathered together again.

After all, he still made up his mind.

Take Wuzhou!
(End of this chapter)