The Rise of the Marquis

Chapter 43
As the day slanted westward, the dark red sky became more vivid. The shadow cast by the Red Mountain completely covered the river valley before sunset, and only the afterglow of the setting sun could be seen on Dadu Mountain.

After a day of fierce fighting, the wind blowing in the valley carried a strong smell of blood, which was extremely pungent.

Wang Jian rode through the river valley. Dongfang Jin was half a horse's head behind him this time, and followed behind respectfully. Seeing his eyes flicker, it seemed that there was a lot more.

The horseshoes trampled on the withered yellow grass and kept going south. The soil of many grass roots had soaked in blood and turned dark red. The corpses and stumps and broken arms in the valley were being collected and piled up. Many soldiers shuttled back and forth in the valley to collect weapons and armor. , and then sorted and arranged according to the degree of damage of the species, piled up into hills.

There were many people passing through the valley. In the distance, there were Heyang soldiers driving the prisoners with weapons to hand in their weapons and take off their armor.

After this battle, the vitality of Ma Ling's army was greatly damaged.

At dusk, the general in front had already given him a rough estimate. At least [-] Maling soldiers died in battle, and more than [-] were captured. The specifics are still being counted and will not be known for a while.However, what is certain is that the loss of the Ma Ling Army in this battle was at least between [-] and [-].

In the era of cold weapons, the killing efficiency is limited, which is already a very high battle damage.

It is a pity that the Chinese army did not catch up with Ma Ling, and let them escape back to the camp.

As long as Wang Jian passed by along the way, the soldiers stopped and saluted respectfully. After this battle, everyone's view of the Marquis was completely changed.

"Marquis!" Wu Yi came quickly on horseback, bowed his hands and reported the situation to him. He was unkempt, and the blood on his face hadn't been completely scrubbed to get tired, but his eyes were bright: "My lord, we have cleared the situation over there." , fifteen military lords, captured a total of 720 and four prisoners. As for killing enemies, it is difficult to calculate. Many enemies were hit by spells without bones. However, according to the reports from each song, they should kill more than a thousand enemies. More than 900 corpses were found even if they were complete!"

Wang Jian nodded: "Thanks for your hard work, how about the casualties of our army?"

"More than 600 people were injured, 100 people found their bodies, and more than [-] people are missing, and people are looking for them."

After hearing this, Wang Jian ordered: "Strictly order all armies, the statistics of military merits must be in place, the enemy will not care, the casualties of our army must be clear, who is injured, and whoever sacrifices one must not be sloppy. It must be registered and made clear. Omissions are never forgiven.”

"No!" Wu Yi took the order, and then asked, "My lord, how do we deal with those prisoners of war?"

"All those who were seriously injured were killed, and the rest were put in custody," Wang Jian said.

Wu Yi nodded and rode his horse to carry out the order.

Wang Jian directed the aftermath of various battlefields in the valley until it was completely dark, and a large jumping light spot in the distance approached from the mouth of the valley in the south. At first, everyone was nervous, fearing that the Ma Ling army would counterattack, so they sent people over After contacting, it turned out that the chasing cavalry led by Uncle Gong had returned.

Soon more and more cavalry returned to the river valley with torches. Many military marquises and captains came back excitedly to pay homage to the marquis to express their loyalty and report their achievements.

With the return of a large number of cavalry, there were many heads hanging on the horses, and many prisoners of war who were chained behind the horses were pulled away in a row.

Finally, Uncle Gong broke through the crowd from among the many cavalry officers who surrounded Wang Jian to salute, and respectfully reported the overall battle situation on their side, "Marquis, we failed to catch up with the chief general of the Ma Ling Army, they ran too fast.

We chased all the way out of the peach grove in the south because it was too dark and didn't continue to chase, fearing that they would still have support in the south, but we captured more than 300 prisoners, brought back more than 200 heads, and captured nine Marquis of the Maling Army, seventeen nobles. "

"What's the situation in the southern camp?" Wang Jian asked. He didn't care about the lives of those nobles at all. What he wanted was the food and supplies of the Ma Ling army.

"All the people in the camp ran away. Their luggage, food, tents, armor, and weapons were all left there. I left a military leader to guard there." Uncle Gong reported.

Wang Jianli immediately ordered, "Send another ten teams (500 people) over there. If there is not enough manpower, go to Wu Yi to ask for it, and guard the big camp over there. Who wouldn't believe that if something happens, I will pull out his skin."

"No!" Everyone agreed in unison, and then quickly carried out his order.

Afterwards, a large number of people began to go to the Taolin camp that was abandoned by the Ma Ling army overnight. After a big victory, Wang Jian did not forget to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

Dongfang Jin has always been by his side to protect his safety, watching the river valley full of flames, and Heyang soldiers cleaning the battlefield everywhere, the bloody smell in the wind is gradually dissipating, the dark red sky is turning dark under the reflection of the large flames. It turned into a strange bright red color, the mountain wind was whistling, and the unknown beasts and birds on the mountains to the west were singing loudly at night. Suspended, making everything feel like a dream and fantasy, and when the night wind blows, I feel a little bit in a trance, unable to distinguish between reality and fantasy.

Just like today's battle, she is still dreaming like a dream. The Heyang army has won a great victory under the unfavorable situation that there are many recruits, a large number of them are behind the opponent, and they are commanded by a novice!

Seeing the piled up corpses of the Ma Ling army, she almost vomited out. Although she has followed the princess since she was a child, and she has been trained by the imperial guards' instructors, she has never seen such a scene, such a real and cruel scene. battlefield.

From just now, she has been looking at the man in front of her with incredible eyes. He was calm and commanding in front of thousands of troops, until the situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed, she couldn't understand it at all. The truth is, but the reality in front of him is that the Heyang army wins the many with the few, and the strong with the weak, and the victory is very beautiful.

However, the formation he used before the battle, which he called the "three-talent formation" and was not favored by anyone, played a huge role in this battle.

Dongfang would like to feel that the things here have surpassed her cognition, no matter what, she must tell Chang'an's father what happened here today, this kind of affection is really unusual.

"Do you still remember our bet?" Just as she was thinking wildly, the guy suddenly turned around with a malicious smile on his face, which made her feel tight.

Dongfang Jin's heart beat faster, a little at a loss, trying to prevaricate, he hesitated and said: "What?"

"As the princess guard, you can't be so incompetent, you don't even have this memory."

This sentence immediately stimulated her, and she said without thinking: "Of course I remember!"

The other party smiled maliciously, and looked back at her: "Just remember, the people of the suzerain big country are still the princess's servant, and as a model for all countries, they will not break their promises, right?"

"I" Dongfang Jin was at a loss for words for a moment, she only felt that she had never been so tightly manipulated since she was a child, she gritted her teeth and said, "Of course not!"

(End of this chapter)