Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 63
"Don't make a mess, don't make a mess!" Hei Chi Changzhi shouted with all his strength, but his voice was too weak among the chaotic army. Since Wang Wenzuo ordered to attack the places where the enemy's flags were densely packed, Hei Chi Chang Zhi The phalanx where it was located became the focus of fire. At least six ballistas were pouring spears and stone bullets at it. They dropped their weapons in horror, turned and fled, trying to stay as far away from death as possible.

"Often, often!"

Hei Chi Changzhi turned his head and saw Sha Zha Xiangru shouting to himself not far away: "Quick, go back!"

"I can't retreat. Our army is made up of various ministries. Once I retreat here, the army will be confused, and it will be out of control at that time!"

"The morale of the army is already messed up!" Sha Zha Xiangru rushed away surrounded by his own soldiers and came to Hei Chi Changzhi's side: "No one can endure like this? Soldiers can die, but they can't die in vain! Retreat out of the enemy's range, if you continue to stay, you will die in vain!"

Hei-toothed Changzhi looked around, a war horse ran past him, the owner of the horse was lying limply on the horse's neck, a spear was inserted into the belly, and passed out from behind, although the man was hopeless, a The soldier ran to catch the reins of the horse, pushed the body off the horse, jumped on the horse and fled away.He suddenly felt powerless and nodded: "You are right, let's retreat!"

"It's time to blow the horn!" Wang Wenzuo saw that the general flag of the Baekje army was moving slowly, and shouted: "Let Heba Yong lead the cavalry down the mountain from the south, and then go around to attack the enemy's side! Sancho , you go and tell Xiao Gu to let him focus on attacking the phalanx farthest to the south!"

The sound of the horn sounded, echoing over the battlefield.The infantry moved the antlers away, loosened the iron chains between the carts, and the cavalry rushed out like a torrent, rushing down the hill.They bypassed the end of the Baekje people's right wing and rushed towards the rear side of the enemy's phalanx.The commander of the phalanx shouted loudly, asking the soldiers to form a shield wall and stretch out their spears to resist the flank attack of the enemy cavalry.At the same time, twelve "Scorpions" were throwing spears and stone bullets at the pitiful phalanx, and the soldiers behind the shield wall fell to the ground one after another under the relentless rain of bullets, like dead leaves in the autumn wind.

There was no sign of the defeat of the Baekje people. At the beginning, the armies maintained order, and the phalanx retreated slowly while covering each other.The troops of the Tang army on the hill stepped out of the car array and began to move downward. The sun was shining on the tip of the guns, and the crimson Tang army flag was flying above their heads.The poor phalanx was completely disintegrated under the two sides of the infantry, like glass hit by a hammer.The entire Baekje army was like a huge domino, falling down one after another. People dropped their flags and weapons, turned and fled, as if a devil was chasing after them.

In this way, this short battle ended before noon. The Baekje people later called it the Battle of Short Hills, and some called it the Battle of Quewei Ridge, while the people of Tang called it the "Battle of Wheat Harvest". , those torsion ballistas that can fire continuously also got a new nickname "sickle".After the war, the Tang people found about 1000 corpses on the battlefield, many of them trampled to death, and [-] people were captured. In addition, they also took all the supplies of the Baekje people, and the losses of the Tang army were negligible. .

"Sanlang, this is the list after cleaning up the battlefield!" Zhang Junyan put a piece of paper on the table: "Look at it first!"

"It's all in the list!" Wang Wenzuo put the list aside and asked casually.

"This is just a draft, let Saburo read it first, and then report it!"

"Then I'll see later!"

"Yes!" Zhang Junyan bowed his body and withdrew from the tent.

For generals in ancient and modern China and abroad, there is one tacit privilege-disposing of spoils.Of course, there are quite a few dear friends who fell into this matter, such as Shi Wansui, Hou Junji, Da Scipio, etc., they were all punished (Shi Wansui, Hou Junji) or sued (Daxi Wang) for improper handling of spoils. Pia).After all, theoretically speaking, the general only has the power to command the army to win, and how to dispose of the spoils is the ruler's power, and disposing of the spoils without authorization is a serious act of arbitrariness.

But war is the most intense and rapidly changing confrontational activity. If you want to win, you must give the general enough autonomy. One of them is to distribute spoils to stimulate the morale of the soldiers. After all, if you lose, you have nothing.Therefore, generally speaking, generals who handle the spoils without authorization are generally felony and lightly punished, or not punished at all.Generals like Wang Wenzuo who have won battles without the presence of superiors usually divide up most of the spoils on the spot, leaving only a small part to be included in the list and handed in. That's why Zhang Junyan showed him the list first.

However, what Wang Wenzuo valued more was not the captured property, but the thousand captives. These labor forces were much more valuable than the spoils of war.If it weren't for Chai Chuanzha's abundant human resources, it would be impossible for him to make new improvements to the ballista in just one month. Unfortunately, he had to give up it under the orders of his superiors, and the thousand captives How to deal with it can be asked by the University.

"Lang Jun!"

"Sangqiu, come in!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile, "Are the Liu family father and son all right?"

"I'm a bit dumbfounded, it's probably the first time I've seen such a big scene!" Sancho said with a smile: "I chatted with that little guy and comforted him a little bit, and he's already much better!"

"That's good! Father and son, you have to be more careful, and nothing will go wrong!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "Also, you pick a few smarter ones from your subordinates, and mix them among the prisoners."

"Should we inquire about the news?" Sancho's eyes lit up.

"Almost, there are as many prisoners as we have. If there are a few guys with ulterior motives instigating it—" Wang Wenzuo paused for a moment: "Do you understand?"

"Understood, then I will do it immediately!"

Wang Wenzuo nodded, picked up the list and read it, he had just read two lines when He Bayong rushed in from outside, holding a letter in his hand, and said loudly: "Sanlang, look at this! "

"Where did it come from?" Wang Wenzuo finished reading the letter with a serious expression.

"A copper box! Found from a corpse!" He Bayong smiled and said, "How is it? Is this letter important?"

Wang Wenzuo didn't speak, stood up and paced around the house.There were only a few sentences in this letter, but the content inside was extremely astonishing: the sender lured the owner of the letter to assassinate Hei-toothed Changzhi, and promised that he would take over the position of Hei-toothed Changzhi after the completion of the letter, but the letter was more The normal paper is shorter, and there is no signature in the end, obviously the party concerned has torn off the signature.

　I made some adjustments to the previous paragraphs, and made some paragraphs for the too long paragraphs. Let’s take a look at gan
　　
　
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