The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 512 The Hero Returns Home

Gongsun Xiaochen first reported: "Your Majesty, according to the report of the scouts who returned, the Yuan army marched northward after retreating, and had no intention of turning back."

"Okay, check again and report again, Jiang Aiqing, General Xia, have you completed the task of clearing the battlefield?"

Jiang Wanzai said: "Returning to Your Majesty, the casualties of our army have basically been counted. Among them, 360 people were killed, more than 600 people were seriously injured, and more than [-] people were slightly injured. At present, the slightly wounded are in the camp. In the first aid, the seriously wounded were sent to the Songhepo Field Hospital for treatment after being treated by the army doctors. According to preliminary estimates, not counting the Yuan army cavalry killed by our army's artillery fire, our army killed more than [-] enemy troops in this campaign people, more than [-] people were captured, and the detailed statistics are still being counted.”

"Well, report to me as soon as the statistics come out,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

I nodded and sighed: "Our army waits for work with leisure, and we have firearms first, and in the infantry combat that our army is good at, the casualties have reached more than 1. It seems that the combat effectiveness of the Yuan army is really strong. Jiang Aiqing, we How much of the army's firearms and equipment is left?"

"Your Majesty, our army's throwing bombs, artillery shells, and musket ammunition are all defective to varying degrees. Among them, throwing bombs and artillery shells are the most scarce. If the Mongols launch another battle of the same scale, our army's ammunition will be reduced." Not enough to cope,"

"Xiaochen, ask Lu Xiufu to notify the gunpowder supervisor to speed up the production,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Fang Ling smiled and said, "Master Jiang, Kublai Khan suffered such a big loss, how dare he come again?"

Jiang Wanzai also said with a smile: "The concubine Ling is right, I think that Kublai Khan will never have the guts again."

"Kublai Khan didn't know the specific situation of our army's firearms. If he knew, the ending might be different." After winning the battle, I was naturally in a happy mood. "Today's battle, the generals and soldiers performed very well. , I am very satisfied with this, and after the entire Xiangfan battle is over, I will reward my meritorious deeds, and the summary of the battle will be carried out tomorrow.

Jiang Wanzai said: "Your Majesty, what should we do with the captured enemy troops?"

"Let's lock them up first, and deal with them after the war is over," I thought for a while and said, "General Zhu, I will hand over these prisoners to your department for the time being, and provide them with one meal a day so that they will not starve to death. Unable to escape, starting tomorrow, we will interrogate one by one to see if there are any generals of the Yuan army, and separate the Han Chinese from the Mongols.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the final general will obey the order,"

As the evening approached, the latest news came from the scouts. After the Yuan army withdrew to the north, they stopped at the Lumen Mountain camp before heading towards Baihe Castle.

"It seems that Kublai Khan wants to withdraw his troops," the wily Jiang Wanzai said first after hearing the news.

"Well, this possibility is very high," Xia Gui, who is equally experienced, agreed, "Your Majesty, since the fortress of the Lumen Mountain Yuan Army is vacant, the General suggests that our troops should be stationed there tonight."

I thought about it for a while and said, "It's possible, General Xia. This will save the need to set up a new camp at Guanzitan. Your army will send more scouts outside at night. If you encounter a large force from the Yuan army, you can attack from the east. withdrew, "

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, after today's battle, the Mongol infantry has lost all their casualties. Except for the front, the Lumen Mountain Fortress is pretty solid, and Kublai Khan has no artifacts to use, so he probably won't let his cavalry come. attacked,"

"Okay, General Xia, it's getting late, you guys leave immediately, it's time for me to give instructions for today's memorial,"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take my leave,"

At noon the next day, I got up from the camp bed and slept for nearly six hours. When I stepped out of the big tent, it was already sunny outside and it was another hot day.

After breakfast and lunch in a hurry, Gongsun Xiaochen, Jiang Wanzai and Zhu Huan came to the big tent.

Jiang Wanzai said: "Your Majesty, among the enemy prisoners this time is a Mongolian commander named Suodu. During the battle, he was extremely tough, and finally was captured by the guards because of exhaustion, General Zhu, come and tell the emperor about the interrogation process."

"Yes, my lord," Zhu Huan said, "Your Majesty, Suo was escorted to the sixth camp by the emperor's personal guards. This man did not conceal his identity, and personally admitted that he was the Mongolian commander. All in one sentence, if you want to kill, you can cut whatever you want, and from the mouths of other prisoners, the general learned that this person was born in Qixue, and is currently serving in the Mongolian Central Route Army, and he is highly regarded by his superior, Chief Wanfu, Ajihai."

"The commander-in-chief can be regarded as the backbone of the generals of the Yuan army, and he came from Qixue. I plan to use it to exchange the captured battalion commander Wei Guohu and Xiaochen of our army. I will call everyone to discuss this matter."

"Your Majesty," Gongsun Xiaochen said with a smile, "All the generals are already near the big tent, waiting for the Emperor to hold a summary meeting of yesterday's battle."

"Okay, Xuan,"

After a while, a group of generals followed Gongsun Xiaochen into the big tent one after another: "See the emperor,"

"The generals will be exempt from courtesy, and they will be flat,"

"Thank you, Your Majesty,"

"Generals, before the meeting, I would like to talk about another matter. In the previous battle of Fancheng, the commander of the [-]th Battalion of our army, Wei Guohu, fell into the hands of the Yuan army due to injuries. In the battle yesterday, our army captured The enemy army is a commander, so I plan to send people to the Yuan army station in Baihe City to discuss the exchange of prisoners of war, which general is willing to go, "

Hu Yande first said: "The last general is willing to go,"

"The last general is willing to go," Wu Songhan followed closely.

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"The last general is willing to go," the other generals also said in unison.

I thought for a while and said: "I will write a letter, and General Wu Songhan will go there. Hu Yande and Shen Mo, you two will lead fifty personal guards to accompany you for protection."

"Yes, the order of the last general,"

According to my dictation, Gongsun Xiaochen wrote a letter and handed it to Wu Songhan.

The fortress of the Yuan army in Baihe City is quite far from the Guanzitan camp, so it will take two hours to hurry.

Galloping wildly, the 53 people did not rest at all. It was half past midnight (four o'clock in the afternoon), and Wu Songhan and others arrived at Baihe City, which is located in the northwest of Xiangyang City.

A hundred meters away, Wu Songhan reined in his horse and said loudly to the castle: "Listen up, the commander of the third chamber of the Lin'an Military Region of the Great Song Dynasty, Wu Songhan was ordered to come and deliver a letter from His Majesty the Emperor of China, please General Boyan handed it over to the Great Khan of Mongolia, "

The guards of the Yuan army who had already seen the appearance of the Song army were waiting in full force, and finally found that the opponent had only 53 cavalry, so they were relieved.

After a while, Kublai Khan personally led A Shu and Boyan to appear on the fort.

Boyan said, "General Wu, what's the matter?"

Wu Songhan didn't answer, took out the cloud-piercing bow, and didn't take aim, just heard a "whoosh", and a feathered arrow tied with a letter shot towards the place where Boyan was standing on the earth wall. It wasn't very fast, when he got close, Boyan stretched out his hand to copy, and grabbed the feather arrow in his hand.

"Wei Guohu, is that the Southern Dynasty soldier captured by the centurion Yantai Hezong of our army?"

Ashu said: "Go back to the emperor, that's right."

"Stay alive,"

"alive,"

"That's good," Kublai Khan nodded after reading it, "Suodu is also a member of my court, Boyan, this matter is feasible, and it is scheduled to be exchanged at the middle of Lumen Mountain and Baihe City tomorrow morning." , you can arrange the specific matters, "

"Yes, Your Majesty," Boyan said to Wu Songhan who was outside, "General Wu, at midnight tomorrow (50 o'clock in the morning), we will exchange between Lumen Mountain and Baihe City. The number of people brought by both sides must not exceed [-]. "

"Okay, General Boyan, with that being said, I will take my leave,"

When Wu Songhan and others returned to Guanzitan, the entire camp was already shrouded in darkness.

Silent all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Wu Songhan and Hu Yande took 47 personal guards and a soldier of the Song Army who knew Wei Guohu tied Suodu upside down on a horse, and arrived at Beihe City and Lumen Mountain on time at Chenshi. In the middle position, for middle and lower generals like Suodu and Wei Guohu, Kublai Khan thought it was dispensable, and he didn't pay attention to it deliberately, so he naturally wouldn't play any tricks.

The whole process was very smooth. On behalf of the Yuan army, Arihai, Huaidu and 48 Qixue soldiers came here to exchange prisoners. After the two sides verified and inspected the exchanged prisoners, Wu Songhan and Arihai ordered their release at the same time. .

It seemed that Wei Guohu was in good spirits, Wu Songhan nodded, dismounted and said, "Commander Wei, I am Wu Songhan, commander of the third chamber of the Lin'an Military Region, and I am here to pick you up by order of the emperor."

"Go home, I can finally go home," Wei Guohu said with great emotion, "Unexpectedly, General Wu, when his subordinates were captured by the Mongols, he no longer had the heart to survive. Never expected that the emperor would Knowing the small ones, and still..." At this point, Wei Guohu's eyes filled with tears.

"Commander Wei, you are a good man in our court and a role model for our army," Wu Songhan smiled slightly, and gave a standard military salute to the battalion-level general who was several ranks lower than himself, and said, "Guohu, get on the horse, go back to the camp with this general, and thank the emperor face to face," he said, and helped Wei Guohu onto the horse himself.

Considering Wei Guohu's physical condition, when returning to Daying, Wu Songhan and others did not gallop wildly, but rushed back at a normal horse speed.

When Wei Guohu followed Wu Songhan and others back to the Guanzitan camp, he was shocked on the spot. The current emperor of the Song Dynasty actually appeared in front of the gate of the camp, and he made a special trip to greet him, a small battalion commander.

There is no need to ask, Wei Guohu also knows that the man in the dragon robe in front is the current emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Almost rolled off the horse, Wei Guohu immediately knelt down on the ground, prostrating: "Little Wei Guohu pays homage to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, my emperor,"

"General Wei, get up." I took two steps forward, stretched out my hand to help Wei Guohu up, and said with a smile, "General Wei, are you alright?"