The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 760
The battlefield has been cleaned up, and the troops from both sides merged into one place and retreated into the bamboo sea in Anle River (lower reaches of Chishui River).

Because part of the Tang army's south bank camp was not burned, weapons and armor and some dry food became spoils of war for the Sui army and the Liao people. Since the Tang army's army was almost all cavalry, they also captured nearly [-] Hequ horses produced in Tuyuhun. The characteristics of horses are tall and handsome, with excellent appearance and strong explosive power.

At this time, Qin Zhan was wearing a Mingguang armor handed over to the Tang army, and then put on a cloak. In the scorching summer, he was sweating profusely, and it looked a little funny when he was wearing it.He caught sight of a tall, dark horse, and was approaching it cautiously, for fear that it would bite him to death.

In fact, these war horses are bred animals, not afraid of life, and very gentle, but he doesn't know Qin Zhan who is running in the mountains with bare feet.His full armor is also to prevent the big mouth of the war horse.

The war horse noticed Qin Zhan's arrival, just turned his head to take a look, and then continued to eat grass.

Qin Zhan stretched out his hand, watched the horse's movements vigilantly, and slowly touched the horse's body. The soldiers around him couldn't help holding their breath, and looked at Qin Zhan without blinking.

Qin Zhan finally touched it like a thief. The horse's muscles tightened slightly, and then relaxed again, which made Qin Zhan heave a sigh of relief. Now he was not afraid, and walked around the big horse a few times, just climbed up. When he was on the horse's back, the big horse suddenly moved away, making him unsteady, and fell on his back from the other side.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The Liao warriors burst out laughing.

The audience became a sea of ​​joy.

In the distance, Shen Guang led Zhang Sheng, Li Wei, Han Cong, Yuan Ziyan, and Lan Xueer, and seeing Qin Zhan fall from one side to the other, he laughed and said, "Look at this horse!" It's useless, but it's as good as a donkey or a mule in Yizhou."

"Donkeys and mules are small, short, slow, and stubborn. I think horses are better." For the Liao people, Hequ horses with excellent appearance are rare and good things, and Lan Xueer also took a fancy to them. It was a big red horse, but she didn't dare to sit on it, and planned to see how her brother would handle it first.

Shen Guang also knew that this person was going to enter the palace, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and introduced with a smile: "Miss Lan, this kind of horse is called Hequ horse. The vegetation is abundant and the climate is mild, so they can't endure hardships, cold, long-lasting battles, or climb mountain roads. When the Han Dynasty conquered the Xiongnu, Huo Qubing rode this kind of big horses and killed them all the way to Hanhai in the north. But the horses Unable to stand the harsh environment there, they all died one after another, so that the later Han Dynasty had no horses to use and could only give General Li Ling more than 5000 infantry. The cavalry on short horses dragged down and wiped out the whole army.

"That kind of short horse is very similar to the Liaodong horse of our army. Although it is short in stature and ugly in appearance, it can endure hardships, endure hard work, and is not afraid of severe cold. It has extremely tenacious vitality and can run thousands of miles in harsh environments. The key Even roadside weeds are eaten, as long as you are full, its strength and speed will not be affected, and it has always been loved by soldiers."

After seeing these good-looking war horses, Shen Guang said with disgust on his face: "This kind of Hequ horse, which is not good for use, is particularly picky and must be equipped with special forage. If you give it a hybrid, it will not only lose its weight, affect its ability, but also affect its ability. It is easy to get sick and have diarrhea, so everyone doesn't like this kind of war horse."

When Lan Xueer heard this, her interest in this kind of tall and tall horse dropped greatly.

"If Miss Lan likes horses, when she arrives in Luoyang, she can ask Zhang Wansui, the Duke of Pegasus, to help you choose. He will definitely give you a beautiful and easy-to-use peerless BMW. He is a horse among horses. Any horse he likes is definitely a horse. A one-in-a-million BMW."

"I've only ridden a donkey, I'm afraid I can't ride a horse."

"It's okay." Shen Guang smiled slightly, and said: "We have some tools that can make people level and stable, as long as you are brave enough."

At this time, Yuan Tiangang, who had become a military doctor, ran over with a tired face.

In the war of the cold weapon era, not many soldiers died on the battlefield, and most of them died without reasonable medical treatment.This is a big headache for all armies.

The key is that a war lasts at least two or three hours, and wounded soldiers have to endure it for such a long time. Some seriously injured soldiers die from excessive blood loss, and some die from wound infections. It is almost difficult to survive until the end of the war.The slightly injured soldiers were also dragged into serious injuries. If this problem is not resolved, very few wounded soldiers will survive.

In this short and fierce battle, although the Sui and Liao coalition forces achieved brilliant results, the tenacious counterattack of the Tang army also cost them a heavy price of [-] deaths and [-] injuries.

Ninety percent of the seriously injured were Liaoren warriors who fought frontally. The reason why the Liaoren were so miserable was entirely due to poor command. They stupidly blocked the soldiers of the Tang Army who were desperately fleeing from the front, and a tragic accident occurred. fight.

They were not as numerous and well-equipped as the Tang army, and they fought with bravery and blood. If Shen Guang hadn't come and changed to the "surround three queues and one" tactics in time, the Liao warriors might have been wiped out.

Faced with this tragic scene, Yuan Tiangang, who led the team, blamed himself very much. After the war ended, he took up the post of military doctor, led the soldiers who knew some medical skills to treat them, and it was barely over until the afternoon.

After listening to Yuan Tiangang's report, Shen Guang frowned and said, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. We have to evacuate to a safe place as soon as possible, and the bamboo forest is easy to burn. If the Tang army fires back, we will be miserable."

"We have thousands of captives and Li Yuan's sons and daughters. Don't Tang Jun dare to set fire?" The word "ba" actually proves that Yuan Tiangang has no confidence.

"What Li Yuan cares about is his throne. As long as he can wipe us out and re-establish the morale of the army, he can do anything." Shen Guang paused, and then said: "He has so many sons and daughters, it doesn't matter how many of them die. I won't take it to heart."

Yuan Tiangang sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Although we have brought enough medicine, it is not difficult for soldiers with minor injuries to be bandaged with medicine. In fact, people can do it too. But there are too many soldiers with serious injuries, and their wounds are huge. People with medical skills can't handle it well, the key is that their injuries are not stable, once we march in a hurry, the wound ruptures, and the gods are hard to save."

Shen Guang said: "The imperial army has a complete medical system, which should be able to solve all problems quickly."

Yuan Tiangang asked quickly: "What system?"

"First of all, it is about cleaning the wound. We used to wash it with clean water and then bandage it with medicine. However, in the hot summer, the wound is easy to fester. If there is a heavy rain, the soldiers who lost too much blood will die of cold and fever. Later, we switched to boiling salt water to wash, but the effect was still not satisfactory, so we used spirits to wash the wound, and the bandage was also made of clean white cloth instead of tearing off the cloth strips from the already dirty clothes. Almost all the wounded soldiers survived."

"How do you deal with seriously injured soldiers with big knife wounds?" Yuan Tiangang asked hastily.

Shen Guang said: "Like sewing clothes, use needles and threads boiled in salt water and soaked in spirits to sew up the wound, and then apply medicine to bandage it, so as to prevent the wound from cracking again. After the wound is healed, cut off the thread and take it out... …In addition, a marching hospital was set up behind the battlefield. Once the wounded soldiers retreated, the army doctors would re-examine them, and if they were inappropriate, they would treat them again.”

"Since the general's method is effective, it must not be wrong. But how can you have so many people who are good at medicine?"

"Most of the wounded soldiers are wounded. There are only five steps of cleaning, suturing, applying medicine, bandaging, and decocting medicine. These five steps require almost no medical skills. The onlookers will know it at a glance. The key is to prepare salt, Spirits, needles and threads, clean white cloth, wound medicine powder, anti-heat and cold medicine." Shen Guang said.

When Yuan Tiangang heard the words, he was furious and said, "Then why didn't you say it earlier."

"These methods are very common. We have promoted them for several years, and everyone is used to them..." Shen Guangsha said aggrievedly: "I saw you were so active, and thought you would... After all, you are a god."

"I'm not a god." Yuan Tiangang left angrily.

"Miss Lan, where does Anle Water lead? If we go straight up against the current, can we reach Liaowang Village?" Shen Guang asked Lan Xueer.

Lan Xue'er thought for a while and said: "As long as we walk more than a hundred miles, we will encounter many small Liao villages. Every year during the 'eating new festival', their villagers all go to Liaowang village. The shortcut to Wangzhai."

"That's easy."

Shen Guang laughed and was completely relieved.

The water in Anle is very powerful. If the Tang army invades in large numbers, the seriously injured soldiers can take the boat to take refuge in Liaozhai.

"I don't know something, and I ask the general to clarify." At this time, Yuan Ziyan asked.

Shen Guang asked: "What's the problem? Tell me."

"The Sui army was so powerful that it was able to destroy the Puppet Tang in a snap. But the Holy Majesty did not take Yizhou in one go, but let the general lead a partial division to fight. I don't understand it. Does the general know?" The tragic war came out Contrary to Yuan Ziyan's expectations, she very much hoped that the world would soon return to peace.

"Your question, in fact, has always been controversial in the imperial court, but finally reached a consensus that maintaining the division and allowing the puppet Tang court to exist temporarily is in the interests of the Sui Dynasty."

"Why?"

"Although Yizhou is rich, due to inconvenient transportation, it has been a place where relegated courtiers have concentrated since ancient times. These people used their previous connections and personal wisdom to gradually develop their families into local wealthy families. His loyalty can be imagined.”

Shen Guang said with a smile: "Another Yizhou force that is hostile to the Sui Dynasty is the Guanlong nobles. Since Yizhou is close to Guanzhong, the Guanlong nobles mostly bought land here. After Li Yuan was defeated in Guanzhong, the Guanlong nobles Most of the children work in Yizhou. Although the two powers are fighting openly and secretly, they have a common enemy, that is, the Great Sui who implemented the "equal land system". Because as long as the Great Sui enters Shu, all of them will be wiped out, so this The two forces are cooperating with Li Yuan, trying their best to spread unfavorable rumors, smearing the image of the Great Sui among the people, and the people believe it is true, so the young and strong in Yizhou responded to Li Yuan's call and left Yizhou continuously to go to Jingzhou to help Li Yuan fight."

After hearing this, Yuan Ziyan was still a little puzzled: "Now that the nobles in Guanlong and the local wealthy families have been brutally washed by the puppet Tang Dynasty, what will happen if we take Yizhou in one fell swoop?"

"The lands of the Guanlong nobles and local wealthy families were distributed by Li Yuan to the local poor people, and the people's support for the puppet Tang Dynasty has reached an unprecedented level." Shen Guang said very patiently: "It is easy to take Yizhou, but it is difficult to win the hearts of the people. It is not impossible for us to win Yizhou, but how can we maintain the stability of Yizhou after we win it? If the remnants of the puppet Tang Dynasty make trouble secretly, the people will rise up and fight, and the Sui court will fall into the quagmire of endless wars , unable to look around."

Speaking of this, Shen Guang took a look at Yuan Ziyan, and seeing that she had realized something, he continued: "As long as the Puppet Tang Dynasty is still there, Li Yuan must maintain a large army in order to deal with the Great Sui army. It means that he needs to force the people to enlist in the army and increase taxes, so that the people of Yizhou hate the puppet Tang and rise up to rebel one after another, eliminating the possibility of Li's revival. As long as the policy is appropriate and clean and honest officials are appointed, the people of Yizhou will only obey the imperial government’s orders, instead of being bewitched to rebel. This is the true unity of the territory and the hearts of the people.”

Yuan Ziyan suddenly realized: "Thank you for the enlightenment, General, I understand now, I was short-sighted before."

"Things have to be done step by step. Don't be in a hurry. However, after the battle last night, Li Yuan's strength has been greatly reduced. After arriving in Chengdu, he can only drink poison to quench his thirst. It also shows that he will soon be finished."

"La Zhan..." At this moment, a Liao warrior came running from afar, and shouted to Qin Zhan who had "tamed" the horse, "The dog emperor of the Tang Dynasty used Xiao Yu as his envoy to make peace with us."

"I can fight, but I can't play with them if they are bickering and scheming. The Han people are cunning, and it is best for the Han people to come forward." Qin Zhan, who was sweating profusely, ran over and said to Shen Guang: "Give it back to you."

Shen Guang laughed when he heard the words, and said, "We are fighting in the name of Liaoren, and it is inconvenient for me to come forward. Brother Qin Zhan is upright, and indeed he is not the best candidate for negotiation. It can only be handled by Miss Lan."

"Me? I can't either." Lan Xueer shook her head again and again, and refused, "I'm so stupid, I'm sure I can't be called a cunning Han."

"The initiative is in our hands. You just need to blackmail the envoys of the Tang Dynasty according to the conditions I set. By the way, you can only give up [-]% at most. In addition, Li Yuan is also required to punish Li Yuanji, the chief culprit, and dig him out." One eye. Otherwise, we will continue to make trouble..." Shen Guang listed the conditions one by one.

"Okay then." Lan Xueer nodded sharply, especially the request to goug Li Yuanji's eyes made her very happy.

(End of this chapter)