The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 399 Presiding over the overall situation
The dark clouds covered the scorching sun, and the shadows cast by the clouds slowly swam across the foot of the mountain. Among the lush and swaying mountains and forests, the marching [-] troops were ordered to stop and rest nearby. Blow it in, close your eyes comfortably, and eat dry food with clear water.

The patrolling divine sharp cavalry walked by the figure of drinking water and eating cakes. During the whole process, no one spoke. The order to rush to the battlefield will be known to all the soldiers. People are nervous, Dachun, Dou Wei and other Jianghu people are facing such a battlefield with up to 10 people for the first time, and it is no exception.

Having put on weight for many years, Geng Dachun came over covered in sweat, took a bite of the pancake and sat down next to Geng Qing: "Da Zhu, when the time comes, shall we have it too?"

"The situation over there is temporarily improving, but it's really possible if you don't know for sure." Geng Qing stirred the soft pancake paste into his mouth and swallowed it, squinting his eyes to look at Dachun: "At any time, the Geng family must not run away. , After eating so much rich food, I developed a temperament that is greedy for life and afraid of death, and I dared to run on the battlefield, but I was the first to kill with a knife."

Dachun swallowed the pancake and shook his head quickly, "Absolutely not. I'm just afraid of other people."

Dou Wei, holding a water bag a few steps away, looked serious, "I'm the same as Dachun!"

Jiuyu looked at the two of them, turned his face to one side, and didn't bother to argue with them, but after leaving Weizhou, he was a little restless during the time he was on the road. He knew something about the Khitan people. Those who can fight basically have gone up, and they have fought like this, which shows that Yelu Abaoji is not so easy to deal with.

Over there, Geng Qing saw him eating pancakes in silence, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "If you can win miserably, then you have the hope of a big victory. I believe in the generals."

Jiuyu pursed his lips and smiled, then suddenly reached out and took out a small iron ball from his sleeve, and flicked something called a lead wire with his fingertips.

"It's amazing, our family rushed into the enemy's line and gave him such a one!"

Hahaha!
Everyone was amused by the eunuch's sudden sentence. After half an hour, the soldiers had almost rested, and the team went back on the road, going down the mountainside in the direction leading to Youzhou, and arrived at the battlefield where the battle last night was in the afternoon. The first ones encountered were the patrolling Shatuo scouts, probably knowing that it was a friendly army, and one person was assigned to walk in front, leading the team to avoid the traps set up, and then safely descended to the foot of the mountain.

Walking through the forest, on the plain, the lingering smoke after burning was still curling up, what caught Geng Qing's eyes was the huge red marks on the mottled field, and many corpses were being scraped and dragged away by the soldiers. The ownerless war horse lingered in front of the owner's body on the miserable battlefield, wailing.

"It's just that I can't feel it from the information, but now that I see it with my own eyes, I know that the battle last night was so tragic!" Geng Qing's face was as usual, but he felt a little uncomfortable after all.

When you set foot on the field, you can smell the disgusting smell of blood.

The camp in the distance was almost completely destroyed, the surrounding fences were broken and scattered all over the ground, the gate collapsed, the archery towers on both sides were nailed with arrows, and the corpses of soldiers were hanging upside down before they could be cleaned up. Scorch marks from the fire.

Near the camp, a soldier with an eye injury was sitting on the ground wrapped in cloth strips, groping for the dry food left at his feet, Geng Qing quickly stepped forward to pick it up for him, and put it in his groping hands.

His voice was a little choked.

"Let you suffer"

The soldier didn't speak, but silently chewed the pancakes with his head down. There are many other wounded soldiers like him, who only hurt their eyes, which is considered a good result. They entered the camp and the surviving tents everywhere. The screams could be heard, and a soldier whose half body was burnt and skinned wailed and asked his companions to give him a good time.

There are also arms that are neatly severed, and the flesh can be seen piercing through the broken bones.The most tragic thing was that the skin and flesh of the thigh broke away from the bone, and the doctor in the army peeled off the flesh and flesh little by little, and then cut off the broken part with a saw. Geng Qing stood at the tent and watched, but unfortunately the soldier did not He couldn't make it through, and died of pain on the stretcher while biting a wooden stick.

"Take him out so that he can be buried." The military doctor took off the wooden stick from the soldier's mouth, closed his eyelids, and waved to the soldiers beside him. He turned around and saw a familiar figure in the tent, and suddenly remembered Who it was, was about to salute, but Geng Qing shook his head and refused, telling him to pretend he didn't see it and continue to treat the other wounded.

After a while, another wounded soldier was brought in, as if he met someone he knew, he greeted the comrades inside, causing some soldiers who were not seriously injured to talk in low voices.

"How about the Khitan people, have you left yet?" "Not yet. Damn, I was ordered to investigate. Before I had traveled two miles, I ran into a Khitan scout and was shot with an arrow. Hiss, it hurts me to death. "

"Haha. You are lucky that you didn't get shot at the bird."

"Heh, how can the Khitan man feel better? When he saw me fall off the horse, he drew his knife and wanted to cut off my head, but I grabbed my arm and dragged him off the horse, and I directly gave him a heartbreak with the dagger!"

"Good job! When I recover from my injury, I will kill a few more!"

At the entrance of the camp, Geng Qing listened quietly to these rude words, but felt that these were the most pleasant voices in the world. After a while, he suppressed his emotions and left, and went to other camps to have a look. Soon, he heard that King Yong was coming. According to the news from the camp, Wang Yanzhang and Li Siyuan hurried over with a group of generals, before they could see the ceremony.

Geng Qing raised his hand to interrupt, finally looked at the miserable situation inside, and only said: "Go back to the big tent." Then he turned and walked to the front, and when he arrived at the handsome tent, he went straight to the first place, sat down behind the long desk, Among the generals, the three generals belonging to Li Cunxu also came in. After receiving the signal, they sat down, and even the wounded Shi Jingtang was helped by his own soldiers to sit down and finish.

"In the past, when it came to the battlefield, I always felt heroic and majestic, but today, after walking around the wounded barracks, I realized that there is no such thing as majestic and majestic. These soldiers piled up for you with their lives."

In the camp, Geng Qing said in a low voice, "Being a soldier eats food, and it is a duty to go to the battlefield, but sometimes, seeing this scene, I feel heavy in my heart, after all, they are all sent here alone."

"However. Gu also saw that the most brave group of people in the world, a group of generals and soldiers who are desperate for life and death!"

"King Yong!"

Wang Yanzhang shook his beard and clasped his fists heavily: "The last general and others have been in the army for many years, and fought with their old masters in the south and north. They have long been indifferent to life and death. If they fight against Khitan, if they can leave their names in history, they will not be in vain!"

"Bastard talk!"

Geng Qing laughed, casually took an item from the long case and threw it over, and said with a smile: "I don't want you to die, good days are yet to come, but I want you to be full of children and grandchildren. If you die here, you are an orphan." It’s your fault! Anyway, with you guys who are brave and skilled in fighting, the Khitan people are nothing.”

"It's a bird!" Shi Jingtang followed up, causing the generals to burst into laughter. Li Siyuan looked at King Yong, who was the first, and also smiled, diluting the gloom in the camp a little.

When this King Yong came to the battlefield, the heavy stones in the hearts of the generals finally loosened a little. Maybe it was not good in military strategy, but this King Yong has been in the court for many years. No one would believe that it was all due to luck.Since he came to Youzhou in person, he naturally had some preparations.

Everyone suddenly felt that with King Yong in charge, everything would become easier.

"In the battle with the Khitan, the last general and others will obey King Yong's orders!"

In the handsome tent, after the laughter, everyone got up and clapped their hands together and drank loudly.

(End of this chapter)