At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 186
The deserted village surrounded by the fire is like a huge steamer, which makes people sweat like hell, but in comparison, the thick smoke is even more unbearable. The oil produced here has high sulfur content, and when burned It emits a smell similar to rotten eggs, which is not only unpleasant, but also harmful to the body.

So after the battle, Gao Bufan immediately sent people to bring in soil to fill up the "匚"-shaped trench at the end of the village for more than ten feet, put out the fire, opened a passage out of the village, and transported the wounded to the village. Go outside for medical treatment, the southerly wind is blowing tonight, the village tail is located in the south, which happens to be the upwind area.

Gao Bufan personally directed the rescue and treatment of wounded soldiers, Qin Qiong and Guo Zisheng were in charge of security, Liu Wuzhou and Luo Shixin were in charge of cleaning the battlefield, and Dou Xianniang was in charge of registering the seized trophies.

In this battle, Goguryeo's 300-man cavalry was almost wiped out, but the Sui army also suffered heavy casualties. More than [-] people died in the battle, and as many as [-] were injured, which shows the tragic degree.

Soon, the corpses of the Sui soldiers who died in battle were collected, and a large pit was dug on the spot to bury them. However, the corpses of Goguryeo soldiers were thrown into the sea of ​​fire and burned without so much trouble. It is foreseeable that next year this deserted village will be destroyed. The surrounding area will be more lush and full of flowers.

War has always been so cruel, as the saying goes: if you rely on Jun Mo's words to seal your affairs, once you succeed, you will die.Every shining general in history has piles of bones piled up under his feet.

The biggest harvest of this battle is naturally the war horses. After collecting and sorting, it was finally confirmed that there are as many as 89 war horses that can still be used, and there are 200 other wounded horses and abandoned horses, and there are more dead horses, more than [-] horses.

Luo Shixin took a fancy to one of the big green horses when he was collecting horses. Although it was far inferior to Gao Bufan's Qingyun, it was also quite good. Then, he led the horse forward and asked Dou Xianniang, who was keeping the book carefully, "Miss Liu, I want this green horse, can I?"

Luo Shixin was young and skilled, brave in battle, but Dou Xianniang was willing to reward those who made meritorious deeds, she nodded and said: "No problem, but you have to return the original black-maned horse."

Luo Shixin couldn't help but lose his mind, the bright red beauty spot on the center of Dou Xianniang's eyebrows was so attractive to him, he quickly said: "Well, Miss Liu has a really good memory."

Dou Xianniang was a little proud when she heard the words: "That's right, if you have a bad memory, you can take care of it, so you should be more honest in the future, don't try to fool this girl."

Luo Shixin laughed and said, "How dare I."

The corners of Dou Xianniang's mouth raised, and she waved her hand: "It's fine if you don't dare, take your horse and go, I'm still busy, I don't have time to chat with you... Hey, Brother Gao."

It turned out that Gao Bufan just came from the place where the wounded soldiers were placed, and Dou Xianniang immediately flew over like a colorful butterfly. Seeing this, Luo Shixin had to lead the green horse and turn away, with a rather downcast expression, alas, it was the intention of falling flowers and flowing water. Ruthless... No, it should be Liushui's intention, Luo Hua's ruthlessness, this is the first time that Luo Juvenile has tasted another kind of frustration on the battlefield.

Gao Bufan cast a strange glance at Luo Shixin who was leading his horse away dejectedly, and said with a smile, "Has the battlefield been cleaned?"

Dou Xianniang nodded, and handed the account book in front of Gao Bufan like a treasure, and said happily, "Brother Gao, do you know how many war horses we captured this time?"

Gao Bufan shook his head and said, "Brother Gao is not a god who can pinch and count."

"Guess what!" Dou Xianniang jumped up and down happily, revealing her girlish form.

Gao Bufan liked such a lively and lovely Dou Xianniang very much, and said casually, "About five hundred horses."

Dou Xianniang couldn't help but widen her beautiful eyes, and said in admiration: "Brother Gao is really powerful. We captured a total of 590 seven horses, including 89 usable horses, 200 damaged horses, and more than one horse." [-] dead horses."

Gao Bufan nodded: "There are quite a lot. Pei Xingyan would be very happy if he knew."

Dou Xianniang smiled and said: "That's not true, by the way, there are also a lot of weapons, and I haven't had time to count them, and I don't think they can finish them at dawn."

Gao Bufan immediately said: "Then don't count them for now, take all the bows and shields, and throw away the rest of the weapons as much as possible. If there are other unnecessary things, throw them all away."

Dou Xianniang was also clever, and quickly asked, "Brother Gao, are we leaving here soon?"

Gao Bufan nodded. Although a thousand Goguryeo cavalrymen were killed in this battle, there was another one. Moreover, General Gao Jianwu still had seven or eight thousand infantrymen under his command. It was estimated to be around, so he couldn't stay here for long, and he had to do it as soon as possible. leave.

At this moment, Guo Zisheng, who was in charge of security, walked over quickly, and said respectfully: "Master Gao, General Qin, please go over."

After this battle, Gao Bufan officially established his position as the boss in this team, and merged the several groups of people who had been doing their own things into one.

The fire in the deserted village was still burning, and the fire had weakened somewhat, but the billowing smoke still shot straight into the sky. Qin Qiong stood on the wall of a dilapidated house with two maces on his back and looked into the distance. The knight at the top of the Forbidden City is waiting for his opponent to arrive.

Gao Bufan jumped up, and after a few ups and downs, he landed on the top of the wall neatly, and stood beside Qin Qiong. The latter raised his hand and said in a deep voice, "Master Gao, do we have to go?"

Gao Bufan followed Qin Qiong's expectations, and saw a long fire dragon appearing at the end of the dark plain in the north, rushing towards this side quickly, so he nodded and said: "We have to go, it's okay, it's just infantry , it is estimated that the general Gao Jianwu has arrived."

Qin Qiong's eyes lit up, and he revealed a fiery fighting spirit and said: "This person is the right arm and right arm of King Yingyang of Goguryeo. Mr. Gao doesn't plan to meet him for a while? If he can be captured, it will be immortal. With one extraordinary achievement, Mr. Gao will surely become famous all over the world, and the conferment of his wife Yinzi is just around the corner."

Gao Bufan shook his head with a smile: "General Qin praised me too much."

Qin Qiong frowned and said, "We now have five hundred riders, and there are 2000 people who can fight. Doesn't Mr. Gao think we can fight?"

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "It's not a question of whether it is possible, but a question of whether it is necessary, not to mention that we only have [-] horses now, not [-] cavalry."

Qin Qiong shook his head and said: "Mr. Gao's words are wrong. We now have two thousand soldiers. We don't need five hundred skilled knights. We only need to gather three hundred warriors who can ride horses. A certain family is willing to lead three hundred knights to attack the enemy in the dark. The Chinese army will definitely cause chaos in the opponent's position, if Mr. Gao takes the opportunity to attack them head-on, it may not be impossible to win in one battle."

Gao Bufan nodded seriously and said: "General Qin's strategy is indeed feasible, but there is no need to take this risk at present, let's forget it."

Qin Qiong wondered: "Master Gao dared to attack a supply point guarded by 300 and 200 people with [-] people in the past, why is he timid now?"

A trace of strangeness flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes, he shook his head slowly and said, "It's not that I'm timid, but it's not necessary."

"Why?" Qin Qiong's thick eyebrows frowned even deeper.

Gao Bufan looked up at the starry sky, and asked lightly, "General Qin, how many people were there when we left the forest beside the Liao River?"

"More than [-] people." Qin Qiong replied.

"What about now?"

"Less than two thousand three hundred."

Gao Bufan nodded and said: "That's right, we lost almost 600 people in two battles after leaving the woods."

"But we have eliminated more enemies. People always die in battle, don't they?" Qin Qiong's eyes were a little strange. In the battle that just ended, this son slaughtered a Goguryeo thousand-man team without blinking an eye. As if the murderous demon king Bai Qi was reincarnated, but now he has pity for the dead?
Gao Bufan said calmly: "That's right, people will always die in battles, so unnecessary battles should be avoided, especially battles that are not well controlled. My purpose is not to make meritorious deeds, let alone to conquer this country, but to bring as many people as possible as possible. Everyone returned home alive, so General Qin doesn't need to say any more, I don't agree with your plan." Said that he jumped off the wall.

Qin Qiong sighed secretly, his eyes were even a little confused, now he couldn't understand Gao Bufan more and more, since he didn't want to make contributions, why did he try to be the boss by all means?

Although Qin Qiong didn't witness the scene that happened at the entrance of the village during the day, but he also heard that Liu Wuzhou killed De Wei before the formation and recruited his men and horses, and Guo Zisheng who was present was also frightened into obedience.

Liu Wuzhou was obviously Gao Bufan's "confidant", so Qin Qiong believed that Liu Wuzhou killed De Wei before the battle was ordered by Gao Bufan, and even suspected that Ma Er was bought by Gao Bufan, so Qin Qiong inevitably felt that Dewey's death It was a game set up by Gao Bufan. After all, with his resourcefulness and methods, it was too easy for him to set up such a game.

However, what Gao Bufan said just now made Qin Qiong a little shaken. Is this son a hero who is keen on fame and power, or a gentleman who is indifferent to fame and fortune?

Qin Qiong shook his head secretly, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth. It's absurd that he, an uncle who is on the verge of fourth, should think about whether a boy in his teens is a hero or a gentleman, but then again, as long as he has been in contact with Gao Bufan People who live in this world will probably not treat this son as a teenager.

Qin Qiong looked up at the fire dragon coming from the north, seemingly unwilling, but finally jumped off the wall and walked towards the end of the village.

Soon, the team gathered in the open space at the end of the village. Those who were slightly injured rode horses, those who were seriously injured were lying on the carriage, and those who were not injured walked. They brought all the supplies and were ready to go.

The raging fire was still burning, illuminating the surrounding darkness. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the front of the team. The young man in black who was sitting calmly on the big green horse held his breath and his eyes were firm. , Waiting for the order to be issued.

"Let's go." Gao Bufan didn't raise his arms and shouted, but just waved his hand calmly, and more than 2000 people, more than 500 horses set off to the south in a mighty way.

Everyone knows that the farther south you go, the farther you are from Da Sui, and the farther you are from home, but at this time, no one questioned or hesitated, and everyone walked firmly and vigorously.It was obvious that after this battle, Gao Bufan's prestige in the team had reached its peak, and he was truly commanding and prohibiting.

Gao Bufan didn't set off with the team, but turned his horse's head and ran back to the deserted village, and once again boarded the wall to look from a height.

At this time, the south wind was still blowing, and the thick column of smoke slanted from south to north, heading straight towards Xiaohan. The fire dragon coming from the north was getting closer and closer, and the light of the torches shone down, but there were only vague figures and banners unfurling.

After about an incense stick of time, the vanguard of the fire dragon finally arrived at the open space outside the entrance of the deserted village. The oil in the "匚"-shaped ditch had not been burned out yet, and it was still burning. The flames had weakened, but still It is more than one meter high and illuminates a radius of tens of meters as bright as day.

Under the light of hunting fires, I saw rows of Goguryeo infantry approaching in an orderly manner, with guns like forest knives like sea, really majestic and murderous, it can be seen that the combat power is definitely not low.

Qin Qiong was probably not reconciled, and turned back to the village at some point. He was standing on another wall to observe the direction of the village entrance, but when he saw this orderly Goguryeo infantry, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

As the saying goes, an expert will know if there is one as soon as he makes a move. Judging from Qin Qiong's years of experience in the army, the Goguryeo infantry in front of him is definitely a veteran soldier, because that kind of strong murderous aura is definitely not something an ordinary team can have. The infantry was also well-equipped, and their combat power was absolutely formidable. It was simply a dream to shake such a team with just a makeshift cavalry of [-].

Qin Qiong broke into a cold sweat secretly, careless, since Gao Jianwu is the right arm of King Gaoli, how could he not have a trump card in his hand, fortunately Gao Changqing did not take his suggestion.

At this moment, a group of murderous Goguryeo soldiers came forward with dozens of people under escort. Looking at their clothes, those dozens of people under escort were also Goguryeo soldiers, and they should be the Goguryeo cavalry who escaped by chance.

Soon, the dozens of Goguryeo cavalry were escorted to kneel in front of the "匚"-shaped ditch, and then their heads were beheaded by the same robe behind them with a knife, and then they were kicked into the burning ditch together with their bodies and heads.

Seeing this, Gao Bufan couldn't help frowning his eyebrows, thinking to himself, this Gao Jianwu is really a ruthless character, and those cavalrymen who fled back were cut down by him directly.

At this time, a large banner several feet high appeared in the infantry team lined with swords and guns. Gao Bufan stood on the top of the wall and stared at it. He vaguely saw a middle-aged man riding a white horse under the banner. With a long beard, his demeanor turned out to be very elegant.

Gao Bufan was moved: "Could it be that this person is Gao Jianwu?"

At this time, the middle-aged man under the banner suddenly raised his head and looked up. Across a blazing wall of fire, the two looked at each other, and they met like swords in an instant.

The eyes of a general next to the middle-aged man flashed, and he quickly bent his bow and set his arrow. With a bang, the powerful arrow flew out with a flash of lightning, and shot at Gao Bufan on the wall with a mighty force, the bow strength of more than three stones.

(End of this chapter)