Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 22 Sun Qi's plan

Sun Qi came down from the tower, and Yuan Wenshao and the others had already entered the city. He wanted to ask about the situation of the robbery camp, but when he saw many of Yuan Wenshao and the others lying on the ground exhausted, he did not say anything, but said loudly: "Call the doctor quickly. , check their injuries."

Yuan Wenshao was the only one who could stand up among the people who came back. He saluted and said: "My lord, my subordinates are fortunate to have fulfilled their orders and burned all the food, grass and equipment of the Xixia army. In addition, Xie Luo, the commander of the Xixia army, should be dead."

"what?"

Sun Qi was not too surprised when he heard the previous words. The Xixia army was in such chaos. Yuan Wenshao took 30 people, and more than a dozen came back, which proved that they had successfully robbed the camp.

It's just that he didn't expect Xie Luo to die.

Xie Luo is also a relatively famous general in Xixia. The reason why several sneak attacks on Lingzhou City in Dazhou failed without success is largely due to the existence of this man.

Yuan Wenshao recounted the situation at that time.

"Good! Good! Good!"

After hearing this, Sun Qi applauded repeatedly and said, "You have made great achievements this time. I will personally report to the officials to ask for credit for you."

When Sun Qi said that he was asking for merit for them, he was referring to reporting it to the Privy Council. Yuan Wenshao and the Minshan Fort garrison were not qualified to be personally rewarded by the officials due to their level.

But it's different now, the credit for killing Xie Luo is completely qualified.

Official awards and Privy Council awards based on merit are completely different.

Not to mention the generous rewards from the officials, Yuan Wenshao was a guard general and commander of the robber camp, so the officials would definitely have a certain impression of him.

Don't underestimate this point. There are tens of thousands of officials, civil servants and military generals in the world. How many can the officials remember?
When there is a vacancy, most officials ask the Ministry of Personnel or the Privy Council to draft several candidates and then choose one among them.

But the officials have an impression of you, and if you don't make it right, they will think of you and call your name directly.

"Thank you, Lord!" Yuan Wenshao said gratefully.

"Haha, you deserve this." Sun Qi smiled and patted Yuan Wenshao's shoulder, not caring that he was covered in blood.

"My lord, the doctor is here."

At this moment, a soldier led several people over.

Minshan Fort only had troops but no civilians. However, in order to prevent the soldiers from getting sick, several doctors were specially hired.

"Quickly, first check for Lieutenant Yuan." Sun Qi ordered quickly.

"My lord, my subordinates are not injured. Let them treat others first."

His family knew about his own affairs, but he was not injured. The blood and stains on his body were the enemy's blood and sweat mixed together, but it just looked a little scary.

It's just that his physical strength was a bit high. In the end, facing the pursuit of Xieluo's personal soldiers, he broke off himself and got rid of it.

Otherwise, how could so many people come back?

Now that I have rested for a while, I feel much better.

Sun Qi saw Yuan Wenshao's insistence and his strong words, but he didn't insist either, so he ordered the doctors to check the soldiers' injuries.

After the doctors made an inspection, one of them said: "Your Majesty, three people are dead due to excessive bleeding, and two others are seriously injured and have little hope of surviving. The injuries of the others are not serious, but some I’m out of strength and need to recuperate for a while.”

Sun Qi and Yuan Wenshao both fell silent after hearing this, and the joy in their hearts was also diluted a lot.

"They are all heroes, try to treat them as much as possible."

"Yes."

The doctors directed the soldiers to carry all the wounded soldiers down.

Sun Qi watched them leave, then looked at Yuan Wenshao who said nothing, and said, "Is it uncomfortable?"

"Ah."

Yuan Wenshao nodded, not to mention those who died in battle, but he obviously brought them back, but some people still died.

"As the saying goes, once a general succeeds, his bones die. As you said before, soldiers take obedience to orders as their bounden duty. Now I tell you, it is also the fate of soldiers to die on the battlefield and shroud in horse leather. What we can do is to make their deaths more meaningful. Meaning." Sun Qi said.

"I understand." Yuan Wenshao said after being silent for a while.

Knowing is one thing, accepting is another.

Sun Qi could see that Yuan Wenshao still couldn't accept it, but he didn't say much.

Every general came here like this, and this was also a transformation for Yuan Wenshao.

Compassion does not control soldiers, righteousness does not control wealth.

To become a qualified general, one cannot be benevolent as a woman.

"You should go back and rest first." Sun Qi said.

"Yes, my subordinates retire."

……

Yuan Wenshao went back to his barracks and washed several times before cleaning the blood on his body. After washing, the sky had turned pale, and he did not rest, but went directly to the city wall.

Sun Qi saw Yuan Wenshao coming, waved his hand to stop him from saluting, pointed to the Xixia military camp in the distance and said: "The Xixia camp has been stabilized."

Yuan Wenshao stared intently, because the distance was too far to see clearly, but the shouting and killing of the Xixia camp had subsided, and the fire was extinguished, only some places were still smoking.

"My lord, should Xixia withdraw its troops?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

"Haha." Sun Qi sneered: "The general will die in battle, so we will definitely retreat, but it's not that easy to leave."

"The Duke wants to keep them?" Yuan Wenshao asked in surprise.

"That's right!" Sun Qi nodded and said, "These troops should account for half of Lingzhou City. Once they are left behind, I want to take this opportunity to see if we can take back Lingzhou City."

"Duke, considering the time, Cheng's reinforcements should be arriving soon, but with the strength of Wuning City, even if the whole army is dispatched, there is little hope of taking Lingzhou City, right?" Yuan Wenshao said.

There are at least [-] soldiers and horses in Lingzhou City. Although the defender Xie Luo is dead, the garrison in Wuning City is only [-]. It will be difficult to capture even with a sneak attack.

"Of course we can't rely on this small amount of troops. I will mobilize troops from several nearby cities." Sun Qi said.

"Duke, my subordinates are willing to be pioneers!" Yuan Wenshao bowed.

When Sun Qi saw Yuan Wenshao taking the initiative to challenge, he smiled and nodded and said: "Forget it about being the vanguard, I am going to let you lead the army!"

"Let me lead the troops?" Yuan Wenshao was slightly shocked.

He is just an eighth-grade captain. Can he convince the public if he is allowed to lead the troops?
"I will allocate troops and horses to you from each of the nearby cities, and temporarily designate you as Zhaowu Colonel. This will make it justifiable." Sun Qi said.

As the Northwest commander, Sun Qi still has certain rights.

He can temporarily appoint military attachés of the sixth rank and below, but they need to be reported to the Privy Council. The word "temporary acting" can only be removed after the Privy Council approves.

After all, if a general dies on the battlefield, it will take a lot of time to ask the court for instructions. Before the court appoints someone, there must be someone to take over the duties temporarily.

"Thank you, Lord, for your cultivation!" Yuan Wenshao said gratefully.

Although he was only asked to take over temporarily, if he continued to make contributions, he might be able to secure his position.

There is a total difference of six levels from the eighth level to the sixth level.

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