Chapter 1411 Tiger father has no dog son
Dusk.
The three generals Qin Gui, Li Xiu, and Wang Xiaojie gathered at the head of Princess Castle.
The blood stains on the armor had solidified and dried, showing a dark red color, and a strong **** smell permeated the air. The three of them drank a bag of kumiss.
"More than a thousand heads have been chopped off outside the city." Qin Gui pointed to several Jingguans under the city, one with three hundred heads, exactly five.
Wang Xiaojie took a sip of kumiss to relieve his stomach, "We also chopped a thousand or so and piled them behind the city gate."
"We also chopped about a thousand." Li Xiu took a sip of the wine, then handed it to Qin Gui, and took out a piece of beef jerky from his body, which was still stained with blood, but Li Xiu just frowned, Then he threw it into his mouth and chewed it.
Beef jerky is hard and frozen, and it is also air-dried. It is very difficult to chew, and even the cheeks that can be chewed are sour. However, after a big battle, chewing one can still replenish a lot of energy.
"There aren't many people left in the city, so why don't we just slaughter them all? Damn it, we have lost a lot in this battle." Wang Xiaojie gritted his teeth and said, today he took the lead, with two thousand swordsmen under his command, he just insisted For an hour, a thousand mountain infantry were fought fiercely, even if the opponent's equipment was poor, those people were indeed tough enough.
Mo Dao didn’t know how many of them were chopped down, let alone after the first battle, the heavy armor of Mo Dao’s hands almost shot like hedgehogs.
Almost everyone was injured.
There were more than 200 dead in the battle, and there were more than 100 serious injuries. Some of them were caused by the ghostly weather here. The fierce battle aggravated the altitude sickness, which caused many Mo Daomen to be unable to keep up, and their reactions changed. Slowly, even out of breath.
This is Anxi’s most elite Mod Daoist. Which one is not carefully selected.
Princess Fort is the northern gateway of the Pantuo Kingdom, and the total population usually adds up to less than a thousand households, including herdsmen, farmers, miners, etc. outside. In this battle, there are a total of about 3,000 people in the city, including Many of them were herdsmen, miners, and even some slaves recruited from various places by the previous king's order, and they were transferred to Princess Castle to guard the city to defend against the possible southward movement of the Tang army.
After the First World War, Qin Gui and the others almost killed him.
There are more than a thousand people left, some old and weak women and children.
"It's a bit overkill." Qin Gui drank some kumiss, but regained his composure. After hearing the result, he felt a little regretful.
"Kill them all, let's just kill them all."
"Forget it, since there are only old and weak women and children left, there is no threat."
"But the fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons of these people were all killed by us, and the hatred that remains is endless."
"Just don't kill them. I didn't say to let them go. After the war is over, take them back and sell them as slaves, or just wait until the roads are unblocked next year, and recruit merchants to come and sell them for supplies." Qin Gui said.
"Yes." Li Xiu smiled.
No one thinks this is going to be cruel or anything.
Wars are like this, they are all veterans who have gone through hundreds of battles, what kind of tragic situation has never been seen, besides, the Pantuo Kingdom was officially attached to the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period, and the imperial court also set up prefectures and counties here, established the Dudu Mansion, and implemented the rule of imprisonment , The imperial court even expanded the Silk Road here, established post stations, and strengthened trade.
But the Panduo people rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and killed the officials, postmen, and patrolling soldiers of the post station stationed by the Tang Dynasty in their territory, blocked the passage, and sent troops to assist the Sogdians, big cannibals, etc. Fighting against Datang is asking for death.
Everyone is responsible for the choices they make, and they have to bear the consequences no matter how hard they are.
Night falls.
The cold air hits people.
Tang Jun entered the city to rest and lit a bonfire.
The generals and soldiers of the Tang Army, who finally took a breath, also began to skin, slaughter and divide the dead and injured horses, set up a large pot, boiled hot water, and then stewed the horse meat.
Compared to the frozen hard, chewy beef jerky, or the more precious meat floss and fried noodles, which are not easy to carry and are already running out of dry food, it is of course more cost-effective and delicious to eat horse meat these days.
There are ready-made dry cow dung and other fuels in the city, and even a lot of wheat, soybeans, etc. were found from the occupied warehouses.
While stewing horse meat, cook wheat bean rice.
I even found a lot of tea bricks from shops in the city, boiled them with mare's milk, and sprinkled them with salt.
Beside the warm fire, there was a burst of food fragrance immediately.
The soldiers made a fire together, stewed meat, cooked rice and made tea, while wiping the blood stains and mud on the armor, the leader also took a pen and started to record the battle on the roll of paper, and wanted to write down the experience of the gang in this battle. At the same time, the performance and achievements of the soldiers of the whole group should also be registered.
If there are war dead or injured, they must also be recorded one by one.
The flames leap and the broth churns.
The soldiers after the war were very silent. Everyone rejoiced after the war and enjoyed the relaxation after the fierce battle.
Qin Gui brought the officers over to patrol the camp, condolences to the wounded, and commended the warriors.
It is only 600 miles away from Shule, but it is impossible to go back now. I have to wait until next summer to go back. Many road sections are impassable, so I can only wait for next year.
No matter what happens in the next battle, at least with this castle in hand, everyone will have no worries.
No matter how bad the situation is, you can still retreat to the castle. If you hold on until next year, you can wait for reinforcements from Shule, or retreat to Shule.
The horse meat is stewed, simply sprinkled with salt, it is already attractive enough.
The soldiers were scattered in the stone houses of the Princess Castle, sheltering from the wind and keeping warm. It was the most comfortable night in the past few months.
There is no cold wind, and there are hot soup and meat.
"Grandpa, I found some good things, pepper, cinnamon, star anise and many other spices." Qin Jun came in with a smile.
Qin Gui glanced at his son, "Hurry up and add some spices, the horse meat is thick and sour, it can't be done without some spices."
Qin Jun and Qin Jingsi are Qin Gui's sons, and now he is joining the army under him, but he is also a general. He is good at riding and shooting. In today's battle, he alone shot and killed more than ten enemies with his superb archery skills. .
"Grandfather, there are still many good things in this city, including goats, camels, cows, and chickens."
Qin Gui stirred the horse meat in the pot, "Brothers are all eating horse meat, but I am eating mutton. Do you think it's good to do this? Your uncle fought all over the world and made great achievements in battle. When did you not stir up meat with the brothers?" Horse spoon? It’s good to have something hot to eat when you’re out in battle, but you still want to be picky about your food.”
"I'm just talking." Qin Jun said quickly.
"Quickly crush the pepper and throw it in. Let me tell you, in this age of famine and war, many people can eat people. I heard that in some troubled times, the army who was short of food even salted the corpses and saved them for cooking. Army rations."
"Stop talking, it makes me want to vomit."
A son of Qin Jun's wealthy family, he has never experienced any hardships. Although he has been in the army for many years, it is difficult to eat wheat and rice. Sometimes he dislikes eating horse meat. He chews beef jerky and laments that the logistics supply is not enough. Eating human flesh, Never thought about it.
"The sheep, cows, and camels in the city have to be raised first. If there is no fodder, you can kill them first, but you can't rush to eat them. We have to be blocked here for at least a year, so we have to Make long-term plans. Forage should be given priority to our war horses, and food must be carefully calculated. After all, we can only feed wars with wars and supply them on the spot."
"Understood." Qin Jun nodded, "But I'm not too worried. I've heard that this Pantuo country is small and has few people. Qian, this Pantuo country should have no soldiers."
"I just heard from Xiaowei Wang that the capital of the Pantuo Kingdom is not far from here, and there are probably only a thousand soldiers in the country now?"
"There are more than a thousand soldiers, but there really won't be many. The three thousand people here are not all soldiers, but this small country is not the Tang Dynasty after all, and there are not many real professional troops, so the people are soldiers. Soldiers are civilians, there is no strict distinction."
"The ones they really call soldiers are actually the king's guard in the royal city. There are about a thousand people. Others are recruited as soldiers when they have something to do, and they are herdsmen, farmers, miners, merchants and even slaves when they are not."
"I heard that the circumference of the Pantuo Kingdom is more than ten miles?"
"Hehe, do you think it's possible?" Qin Gui smiled and told his son that the so-called capital city with a circumference of more than ten miles is not true and accurate. The capital of Pantuo Kingdom is not far from here along the Yudo River. The so-called capital city is more than ten miles away. In fact, the real situation is that the royal city is built in a river valley more than ten miles wide, with mountains on both sides, and the river valley is like a big city.
The real royal city is a stone city like a princess castle, built on a stone foundation, which is less than three miles in circumference.
Not much bigger than Princess Castle.
Because Pantuo is a small mountainous country after all, and most of the people in the country are nomads, so most of them live nomadicly outside, and a few live in the city.
Although there has been some development in these years, it has only built some new stone or earthen houses outside the stone city, or directly set up some tents.
"Doesn't that mean that King Pantuo put all his main forces in the Princess Castle, and now that the Princess Castle is broken, the Pantuo Kingdom is very empty?"
"That's about it." Qin Gui picked up a large piece of horse meat with a knife and started eating.
A stone city on the flat land of a river valley with a circumference of less than two miles. Although it is larger than Princess Fort, it is not as dangerous as Princess Fort. It is still short of soldiers and major generals to defend, so in Qin Gui's eyes, the Pantuo King City It was already cooked just like this piece of horse meat, just waiting for him to eat it.
朅Even if King Pantuo wanted to summon soldiers and King Qin for reinforcements, it was too late. The Tang army rested here for one night, and tomorrow they will take advantage of the victory to attack the king's city.
With the swiftness with which the Tang army took down Princess Fort, Stone City couldn't last a day at all.
"Tomorrow Li Wanger and I will lead the troops to attack Stone City, and I will give you 500 soldiers to stay in the Princess Castle and take care of the wounded soldiers. I will appoint you as the general of the Princess Castle."
The frontier army of the Tang Dynasty had a strict system. The large ones were called armies and cities, and the small ones were called guards, towns, and guards.
朅罗需国场地给Congling Shouzhuo, and according to the plan, 3,000 troops will be stationed, which belongs to the middle-level scale of Shouzhuo City. In the plan, the expeditionary army will also attack the big and small Bolu. At that time, the Suiyuan Army and the Guiren Army will be divided into the local area, each with 3,000 people.
Congling Shouzhuo will be stationed in the Stone Fort of the King of Luotuo City, and the twelve forts such as Princess Fort will be set up as towns and garrisons respectively, and guarded by troops.
"Grandpa, I don't want to stay behind, I also want to make more military exploits with the army."
"I let you stay here because I trust you and entrust you with important responsibilities, not for you to enjoy here. The Princess Castle is very important to our partial division. If you don't keep it well and lose the city, you will die ten thousand times. Do you understand?" Qin Gui cut the horse meat with a knife, and said to his son very seriously.
"Give me a good defense of the princess castle. Are you afraid that there will be no chance to make meritorious deeds in the future? After we wipe out Qi Luotuo, Xiaobolu, Humiguo, etc., we will march into Tochara or the river. At that time, we will go to the river There are plenty of opportunities to join forces with your cousin Qin Jun!"
"The son understands."
"There are no fathers and sons in the army. Remember, I am the general and you are joining the army."
"Yes, General, the subordinates understand."
"Work hard, don't lose my prestige as a general of the loyal Wu Qin family!"
(end of this chapter)