Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 420 Attacking the enemy's strengths with one's own strengths
Chapter One and Two

Seeing that Shan Xiongxin's entire army was wiped out, Wang Ren was terrified, and led the troops to retreat another [-] miles towards Hangu Pass.However, Wang Renze didn't know that Chen Ying had also reached the end of his battle at this time. Because he participated in the encirclement and annihilation of Shan Xiongxin's troops, the Modao Army was drained of its last strength, and it may not be possible to recover in a day or two.

The crossbowmen led by the right guard also performed exceptionally. More than [-] crossbowmen shot more than [-] arrows. is trembling.However, in this battle, Wang Renze's losses were not serious. The vanguard battalion under his command was almost wiped out, even worse than Chen Ying's left guard rate.In particular, the Tomahawk Battalion under his command became Chen Ying's captive, which made Wang Renze extremely annoyed.

This battle was Wang Renze's first defeat, and it also caused Wang Renze's prestige in the army to be greatly lost.

On the other hand, Chen Ying, although the battle was fought without any danger, the harvest was quite fruitful.Especially the more than [-] heavy armors. Although Chen Ying doesn't like them, these equipments are also good steel. If they are remelted, manganese ore powder and charcoal powder are added, and they are re-smelted, they can produce a batch of lighter weight and defensive armor. With more capable Mingguang armor, or Modao, the Modao army can be directly expanded into two Zhechongfu, or eight or nine regiments.

Chen Ying could easily solve the equipment problem, but he couldn't solve the human problem.Guanzhong bears the heaviest taxation, and is also heavily exploited by the aristocratic family and the government. Therefore, the people in Guanzhong are weak in physique and cannot adapt to the heavy equipment of Modao.

However, the battle was fought very hard.Even though he clearly knew that Wang Renze was fifteen miles away, Chen Ying did not order an attack, but set up camp on the spot, stopped fighting and took a break to treat the wounded.

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When the young general Qin Yong knew he was going to die, he was very calm.Looking at the snowflakes falling slowly from the sky, and the blood that was flowing less and less, a blur appeared in his head.

In the tenth year of Daye, Lu Mingyue, the leader of the rebel army in Zhuo County, attacked Zhu'a in Qi County. Zhu'a was the hometown of Qin Yong.At that time, the rebels snatched everything they could see like locusts crossing the border, and Qin Yong, who was only 16 years old, was also taken into the army.However, before Qin Yong could escape, Zhang Xutuo, the governor of Qi County, brought Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin to fight back against Lu Mingyue. There were more than ten large tents, and Qin Yong surrendered to Qin Qiong at that time and became Qin Qiong's personal soldier.

Qin Yong followed Qin Qiong and met Shan Xiongxin in Wagang. Shan Xiongxin was very generous. When Qin Yong's mother was seriously ill, he paid for his medical treatment.

Qin Yong doesn't know if Shan Xiongxin has escaped, but he has tried his best, fighting on the battlefield is not enough to repay Shan Xiongxin's kindness, so there is only an afterlife.Just when Qin Yonghui was unconscious, he felt vaguely as if he was flying.

When Qin Yong woke up again, he found that his whole body was in great pain.I saw a man with a ferocious face, like a butcher, wiping his wound with a cloth stuck to salt.

When the salt water touches the wound, the wound will hurt like a fire.

Qin Yong opened his mouth, and roared in a voice as low as a mosquito: "Killing people is nothing but nodding, give Yeye a good time!"

The butcher slapped Qin Yong on the head: "The hair hasn't fully grown yet, who are you?"

Qin Yong didn't have the strength to fight back, but his mouth was not idle: "I am you, yeah, it's you..."

The butcher holds a needle in a clip, and puts the needle on the fire to roast until the needle is completely red. Then the butcher takes a white thread and inserts it into the needle hole, and then sticks the red-hot needle at him. .

Qin Yong was still guessing that this might be some new method of torturing people that the people of Tang had thought of, and his face immediately turned serious: "Kill Yeye, Yeye will not surrender, Yeye will still be a good man after 18 years!"

"Zi..."

The red-hot needle pierced into the flesh, and a puff of white smoke rose. Qin Yong insisted on five or six needles, and finally couldn't hold on anymore, his head tilted and fell into a coma.

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Chen Ying is used to using troops in winter. In fact, the key factor is that the weather is cold in winter, and the wounds are not easy to inflame. Therefore, unless there are irreparable wounded, under normal circumstances, wounded soldiers can be healed and recovered.

In this war, the Fourth East Palace led eighteen prefectures, and a total of more than [-] people were killed in battle, and more than [-] people were injured to varying degrees, of which more than [-] were seriously injured.More than [-] lightly wounded passed through Bazaar, which did not affect the ensuing battle, but most of the wounded were concentrated in the left guard rate.Chen Ying frowned as he looked at Zuo Wei's death list of more than [-] people.

At this time, Wei Ling, the deputy commander of the left guard, woke up slowly. His injuries were not minor. Three ribs were broken, his right forearm was broken, and his internal organs were also severely damaged. He will not heal in a short time. It will take at least three months. At this time, Wei Ling will send someone to summon Chen Ying, asking to see Chen Ying.

In fact, Chen Ying was very dissatisfied with the poor performance of the left back rate.Although it was Shan Xiongxin who launched the sudden attack, Zuo Wei led the five Zhechong Mansions to be defeated in just half an hour, and the generals led by Zuo Wei had to bear the inescapable responsibility.Of course, the situation of the Zuowei rate is also very special. Wei Ting, the leader of the Zuowei rate, was dismissed from office half a year ago, and the training of the Zuowei rate fell behind. In this case, it is impossible for Chen Ying to cover everything.

Seeing that Wei Lingze was seriously injured, Chen Ying still went to see Wei Lingze.

At this time, Wei Ling was lying on a four-wheeled carriage, and each four-wheeled carriage was converted into a medical vehicle to place six seriously wounded or a dozen lightly wounded.Wei Ting's treatment was slightly better, and there was only a school lieutenant in the carriage with him, preparing to return to Chang'an for recuperation.

Seeing Chen Ying coming, Wei Ling struggled to get up: "The general is paying homage to the general, but the general is injured and cannot perform the full salute!"

Chen Yingdao: "I don't know what Deputy Wei is doing?"

Wei Ling said: "General, what should I do with those prisoners?"

Wei Ling had heard that Chen Ying wanted to kill those captives. However, at this time, these captives and wounded soldiers would be treated according to the platoon, enjoying the same treatment as the Tang army soldiers. This is not the appearance of wanting to kill them. .

How could Chen Ying fail to understand Wei Lingze's meaning? If Shan Xiongxin's subordinates were all Turkic or Khitan, or even Goguryeo, Chen Ying would not mind building a Beijing temple on the northern plateau of Hangu Road.

Seeing that Chen Ying did not speak, Wei Ling asked anxiously again: "Is the general going to kill the prisoners?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "I want to persuade them to surrender, from Shan Xiongxin down to the entire Tomahawk camp, these are all from the elite, heroes from Shandong, it would be a pity to kill them!"

Wei Ling said: "However, their hands are covered with the blood of the brothers led by Zuo Wei. If they are left behind, how will the brothers led by Zuo Wei deal with themselves?"

Chen Ying's face turned cold: "The army is facing each other, each is the master, casualties are inevitable, and the skills are not as good as others, how can we blame others!"

Wei Ling wanted to persuade him again, but Chen Ying was too lazy to talk nonsense with Wei Ling. There would be so many casualties.In fact, regardless of Wei Lingze being seriously injured due to the war, Chen Ying is going to suggest to Li Jiancheng that Wei Lingze should be replaced as the vice-leader.

"I don't need you to teach me how to behave!" Chen Ying said coldly, "Deputy Commander Wei, you'd better go back to Chang'an to recuperate!"

As he said that, Chen Ying went to the wounded barracks to condolences to the wounded.

When Chen Ying went to the wounded soldiers camp to visit these wounded soldiers, the wounded soldiers were inexplicably moved.In the eyes of the generals of this era, small soldiers are nothing more than supplies and consumables. It is not that there are no generals like Chen Ying who value wounded soldiers, but there are too few of them.

As human beings, Chen Ying knows very well that these wounded soldiers are actually treasures. They have seen blood, been injured, and overcome the obstacles in their hearts to blood. The recruit egg is too strong.

When Chen Ying discovered that the food in the wounded barracks was devoid of oil and water, Chen Ying said to Chen Huairen, the lieutenant of the medical school, "If wounded soldiers want to recover quickly, they must keep up with the nutrition. All wounded soldiers will be increased by [-]% as usual, and half a catty of meat will be given. .”

The supply officer said with a straight face: "But, our regulations."

"Don't talk about the rules with this general. If you don't, just ask Chang'an in the name of this great general!" Chen Ying frowned suddenly. Although Chang'an is not far from here, it can't quench your thirst.Chen Ying's gaze suddenly caught sight of those heavy armor piled up like a mountain.

The two heavy armors of the Tomahawk Battalion are good things. Although Chen Ying has armor and weapons made of high manganese steel, he doesn't like ordinary iron armor, but for other generals, iron armor is still a good thing.

Chen Ying said to the supply officer: "Have you seen this pile of armor? These are all good things. You take some armor to find Li Shentong, and ask me to prepare a thousand pigs and three thousand sheep. I will give him three thousand pigs and three thousand sheep." A hundred sets of iron armor!"

Don't look at the number of three thousand sheep and one thousand pigs, but compared with these three hundred sets of armor, they are really insignificant.The key is that steel is now a strategic material, and it cannot be bought with money.The guard at Tongguan is Li Shentong. As the comfort ambassador of Shandong Province, he has a lot of money and food in his hands.

According to the military system of the Tang Dynasty, 180% of what was seized on the battlefield was turned over to the state treasury, and 300% of the supplies and equipment could be distributed by the generals and the soldiers. That is to say, it was permissible for Chen Ying to trade these armors.A set of iron armor is at least eighty or ninety guan, and two layers of iron armor is [-] or nine guan. The market price of this set of armor can be equivalent to the price of more than [-] sheep. Take [-] sets of armor for [-] sheep and [-] head Pigs are actually equal to the price of cabbage.

When Li Shentong saw that Chen Ying had given him such a big gift, Li Shentong didn't think about it at all. He not only gave Chen Ying five thousand shi of food, but also gave him five hundred altars of wine for nothing.

The supply officer returned to the Tang army camp with more than 1000 live pigs and more than [-] live sheep.

Chen Ying said domineeringly: "By the general's order, the whole army has half a catty of wine and meat."

Meat is a rarity in this era.Regardless of ordinary soldiers, even wealthy small landlords would not be willing to eat meat a few times a year.Hearing this news, all the soldiers immediately burst into cheers: "The general is mighty, the general is domineering!"

The sound was so loud that it reached into the sky.

Tang Jun's cheers were like waves, and they spread into Zheng Jun's camp separated by a layer. Wang Ren didn't understand what was going on, but the excitement and passion of the cheers was self-evident. He looked back at his soldiers and horses. The decadent general was tired and his horse was weak, not to mention that he was under siege. Even if they were evenly matched, this battle would be impossible to fight again. He stood on his horse and looked towards the direction of the Tang army's camp. At the hands of Chen Ying, I have nothing to say, but I am tired and you suffer with me. Although the terrain here in the southern plateau is open, we can't beat them. If we want to defeat Chen Ying, we must retreat to the thick mulberry plateau. The terrain is complex and changeable. Chen Ying's children's melody can't be performed at all."

But Wang Renze didn't know that by doing so, he was putting himself in a desperate situation and short-cut Chen Yingzhi's strengths.

(End of this chapter)