First Lady of the Crown Prince

 Chapter 835 The real battle! (Second update)

The gate of Quyang City was too strong and ordinary chariots could not break it open. Li Shen and Zhao Dengfeng led a group of cavalry from the garrison to go around the south gate.

There, because the Nangong family had just escaped, the city gate was open.

Li Shen, Zhao Dengfeng and others entered from the south gate and crossed half the city to the east gate. More than 20 people worked together to slowly turn the winch of the gate.

When they opened the city gate and planned to welcome all the Black Wind Cavalry companions into the city, what they saw was a scene of countless cavalry and war horses staggering in the open space outside the city gate.

 Some fell asleep on the spot, and some fainted directly.

 War horses are highly vigilant and usually sleep standing up, but now they are also falling down in pieces.

This battle is really too difficult.

The cavalrymen in the reserve battalion were all in tears. As a reserve force, they did not participate in this battle together with the vanguard battalion and the charge battalion. They enjoyed the victory that their companions had paid for with their blood, and they all felt a little uncomfortable.

 If possible, they would also like to go into battle and kill the enemy.

 They don’t want their companions to be so tired.

"Don't be stunned. Haven't you seen that the young commander is still busy?" Li Shen said, looking in Gu Jiao's direction.

Gu Jiao didn't rest. She was working with the medical officers to rescue and treat the injured cavalry.

They met Cheng Fugui, Li Jin, Tong Zhong and others on the way here, and learned some of the details of the battle from them. This young commander had always taken the lead and rushed to the front of the team.

　Wherever there is danger, he will rush towards it.

He killed the most enemies, but he was obviously the youngest one.

 Zhao Dengfeng opened his mouth: "Isn't he... tired?"

 How can you not be tired?

If the one at the city gate is included, she participated in all three battles today. Not only that, other cavalrymen were recuperating during the journey, but she was the only one who was healing people's wounds.

Li Shen said with a complex expression: "He is the one with the worst overdraft."

 Zhao Dengfeng said in a daze: "...Sure enough, being young is good."

 The two commanders of the reserve battalion asked Gu Jiao for instructions on how to arrange the prisoners and the wounded soldiers near the canyon.

Gu Jiao paused and said, "The prisoners will be imprisoned in the military camp in the city, and the wounded soldiers will be brought over."

After all, these prisoners have served the Nangong family, and it’s hard to say whether they will fight back or not. Gu Jiao has considered recruiting them, but she can’t risk letting them participate in too important a battle for the time being.

Of course, Gu Jiao can also trap and kill them.

Trapping and killing prisoners of war was not uncommon in all dynasties, but Gu Jiao did not do this.

Zhou Ren, the right commander of the reserve battalion, asked: "Then... what to do with their wounded soldiers?"

Gu Jiao said: "Leave it to their medical officer for treatment."

After hearing these words, Zhou Ren and Zhang Shiyong were sure that Gu Jiao really did not intend to embarrass these rebel prisoners.

The young commander was so ruthless when he killed the rebels that they thought he was a murderous person. On the way here, they thought that most of the prisoners would not survive.

 The two of them exchanged a look, both of them were quite surprised.

 But the two of them still responded in unison: "Yes!"

There are quite a lot of people in the reserve battalion, accounting for almost one-third of the troops. But fortunately it is such a large proportion, otherwise the various post-war arrangements would not be completed at all.

These troops also know how to fight, but they will not be used lightly unless it is a last resort.

 Zhang Shiyong led a group of troops to **** the prisoners, and Li Shen and Zhao Dengfeng accompanied him.

Zhou Ren led another team of troops to the canyon to transport the wounded soldiers.

 In addition, Zhou Ren arranged for Wen Renchong to break out the logistics troops camped near the mountains and bring them into the city.

 While the entire reserve battalion was dealing with these aftermath matters, two major events occurred.

 The first thing: Nangong Ze escaped.

He broke his own hand bones before he could escape from the narrow iron chain and ascend to heaven.

 The second thing: Chang Wei is not dead, he is still breathing!

It was carefully discovered by the Black Wind Battalion cavalry who carried the corpse. His breath was too weak. If the cavalry hadn't been gifted with excellent hearing, it would have been difficult to detect Chang Wei's weak breathing in the noisy scene.

 There were also many wounded among the prisoners of war, who were usually left to their own medical officers for treatment.

 But Chang Wei's status was special, so Zhou Ren was not sure whether to give him this opportunity for treatment.

So Zhou Ren sent troops to ask Gu Jiao for her opinion.

Gu Jiao pondered for a moment and said, "Bring him here."

The cavalryman was stunned: "Yes!"

He walked a few steps, scratched his head, and still had the courage to say to Gu Jiao: "Commander, that Chang Wei him... has a high reputation in the army, you... are the best... what... uh... I am..."

Gu Jiao understood what he meant, and he was worried that Chang Wei might be detrimental to her if he survived.

Gu Jiao nodded: "I know, you go ahead."

 It’s also a good intention.

Her impression of Chang Wei came from the dream of the three-year civil war. The Han family wanted to become the next Xuanyuan family and launched a plan to eradicate other aristocratic families. The aristocratic families killed each other, with the Nangong family and the Han family killing each other the most fiercely. .

 Among them, Chang Wei was the most courageous general against the Han family.

 When he fought against the Han family’s cavalry, he used the Snow Sky Silk. He almost killed all the Han family’s cavalry!

　　In that civil war, she did not confront Chang Wei because Chang Wei was too annoying and made the Han family suffer a lot, and was eventually assassinated by Dark Soul.

　　His snowy sky silk also fell into the hands of the Han family.

This time, she originally planned to use the canyon as the main battlefield, but when she heard that Li Jin and Tong Zhong said that the general leading the army might be Chang Wei, she immediately changed her battle plan.

He also told Cheng Fugui that if the opponent pretended to be defeated, he must not pursue him over the hillside or go near the section of official road with lakes on both sides.

 Because if she is Chang Wei and wants to use the Snow Sky Silk to deal with the Black Wind Rider, that is the most suitable ambush point.

 …

The efficiency of the Black Wind Cavalry garrison camp is extremely high. When Chang Wei was dragged over on a cart, the tent for the treatment of wounded soldiers had already been set up.

Gu Jiao had just finished an operation and said to the cavalry at the door: "Bring the person in."

 Two reserve battalion cavalry carried Chang Wei, who was covered in blood, into the tent and placed him on a specially made foldable bamboo bed.

The tent is covered with night-glow pearls for lighting.

In addition, many oil lamps and candles were lit, and Gu Jiao also used the small flashlight in the small medicine box.

Chang Wei's armor was stripped off by Zhou Ren before he arrived.

Gu Jiao used scissors to unbutton his shirt, completely exposing the wound on his left chest.

Gu Jiao raised her sterilized and gloved hands, looked at the unconscious Chang Wei and said, "I rarely make mistakes when killing people. I don't know if this is God's will."

 …

 Gu Jiao came out of the operation and heard Master Hu waiting at the door reporting that Mu Qingchen was back.

“Zhao Lei seems to have died in the battle.”

Master Hu sighed and said, "Mr. Mu didn't tell me the specific situation. Otherwise, my lord, you can ask him personally."

As he said something, he thought of something and his eyebrows jumped, "No, no! Sir! You are so tired! It's better to sleep first, and it's not too late to ask when you wake up -"

 Gu Jiao walked away.

Master Hu looked at the thin little figure, rubbed his heart and sighed.

 At first, he wanted to follow the young commander-in-chief because he wanted to climb high and achieve great success, but why did he feel so different after following him?

Master Hu looked at the sky in confusion: "It's not my son. What kind of care do I have?"

Mu Qingchen stood far away, alone on the roadside, holding on to a big tree and retching desperately.

　　I have vomited out all that I could vomit.

Now all that was left was a nauseous feeling that kept hitting him.

Gu Jiao came up behind him and glanced at him calmly: "This is your first time killing someone, aren't you used to it?"

Hearing Gu Jiao's voice, Mu Qingchen suppressed the feeling of retching, raised her sleeves to wipe her mouth, and gasped, "I killed five people."

 Zhao Lei did not die in his hands.

He has never killed anyone, and he couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart. He planned to make Zhao Lei fall off his horse and die under the hooves of Nangong's fourth son.

 But he never expected that the Nangong family's five thousand troops would not be so easy to get rid of.

Mu Qingchen said sternly: "You said there is no need to fight, but you knew there would be a fight."

 Gu Jiao put her hands behind her back and said calmly: "I just asked you to stop as soon as possible and run away quickly. I didn't say that there would be no fighting or death. What are your casualties?"

Mu Qingchen whispered: "...a dozen cavalrymen were injured."

Because he refused to kill at first, in order to protect him, one of the cavalry from the Black Wind Battalion was seriously injured by the rebels of the Nangong family.

 “It’s good if we all come back.” Gu Jiao said sincerely.

Mu Qingchen didn't feel any better. Thinking about the feeling of killing people, he felt a chill again.

 “Is this the case for your first murder?” he asked.

“I don’t remember.” Gu Jiao said, “I killed too many people.”

Mu Qingchen looked at her in astonishment.

Gu Jiao did not explain. She turned around and walked back. As she walked, she said: "You'd better get used to it as soon as possible. Next, there will be no such easy tasks for you to practice. The Jin army has already broken through Tianshan Pass. Liang Guo The army will also arrive at Yanmen Pass within three days."

“Mu Qingchen, the real battle has begun!”

Hou Xuanping: How...how lonely it is to be invincible...

Princess Xinyang: Get out!

Marquis Xuanping: Okay!

Go and play with your son, huh~

 (End of this chapter)