One of the passers-by

The cold autumn night is cool, and the dew is deeper.

A snow-white sea dongqing pierced the night sky. Under the eagle, a cavalry of more than [-] people was galloping in the starry night on the official road from Youzhou to Jingzhou.

With corks in their mouths, bows and halberds on their backs, and spears in their hands, the hooves of their horses were wrapped in thick sacks, like a first-rate black black water, flowing silently outside this dew-colored wilderness, filled with Senran murderous intent.

After galloping forward for an unknown amount of time, Hai Dongqing in the air suddenly lowered her wings and landed safely on Wei Ziqi's shoulder.Wei Ziqi had a tacit understanding with Zhan Chong, and immediately understood that the place where the Yan thief was stationed had arrived.

More than ten thousand soldiers reined in and stopped abruptly, standing on the slightly raised hill and looking out from afar.Just after the time of ugliness, the sky turned white and everything was silent.I saw the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Yan thief stationed beside the winding river, camping with their backs to the water, surrounded by a fertile field with no shelter, and a very wide field of vision.

The leader, Yan Junji, smiled coldly and waved his hand to signal Wei Ziqi to take the lead.

Wei Ziqi nodded slightly, his right arm trembled slightly, and Hai Dongqing, who landed on his shoulders, immediately flapped his wings and jumped into the air, leading the soldiers to the camp of the Swallow Thieves accurately.

The Yan thief's camp was still silent, many soldiers were sleeping soundly after a few days and nights of exhausting journeys.

Wei Ziqi led all the soldiers to approach the Yan thief's camp quietly, and shot to death the two soldiers who were in charge of guarding at the gate of the camp but were sleepy and dozed off.Then he led the soldiers under his command to drive straight in, set fire to the tent when they saw it, and when the sleeping soldiers ran out of the tent unexpectedly, they raised their knives and drew their bows to shoot, all the way straight to the Yan thief commander's tent.

Wang Zhuangyi of Yan County was awakened by the shouts of killing outside the camp, and immediately got on his horse, and the whole army met the enemy.It's a pity that there was no way to order his subordinates in a hurry, and there was Chen Junmu, the governor of Jingzhou, and his general Liang Ji, who called the whole army, but in fact cooperated with the generals of Youzhou, delaying and perfunctory.After only one meeting, he was beaten to pieces by the well-prepared Youzhou soldiers.Seeing that the general situation was over, King Yan had no choice but to entangle hundreds of relatives and soldiers to flee in a hurry, even ignoring his wife, family and children.

Yan Junji, Wei Ziqi and the others saw the turmoil in the Yan Bandit camp, and even after the event was settled, there were still Yan Bandit soldiers in disheveled clothes begging for mercy with their hands tied. Yi. I saw it today, and the army and the captain actually allowed the soldiers to take off their clothes and sleep when they were trekking... It seems that the so-called strict military discipline is really not as famous as meeting!"

Hearing this, all the soldiers roared with laughter.Only a red-faced soldier showed displeasure, clasped his fists and frowned, and said, "The reason why the Yan army camp is in chaos tonight, and there is no power to fight back, is that the governor of Jingzhou guessed that Youzhou would send troops to attack at night, so I waited for the soldiers to travel long distances." Exhausted and exhausted as an excuse, he persuaded the king of Yan to order the soldiers to take off their clothes and rest, waiting for the attack on Youzhou tomorrow. In order to reassure the king of Yan, he even asked to lead his own troops to guard. Otherwise, there would be no chance for you to drive in as long as you are walking on the ground. "

All the soldiers held back their smiles when they heard the words, and looked at each other in blank dismay.Yan Junji sized up the red-faced soldier and asked, "Who are you?"

Hearing this, the red-faced officer cupped his hands and replied, "Xiangzhou Liangji."

Yan Junji let out a thoughtful "Oh", pointed at Liang Ji with his whip, and said with a smile, "So you are the confidant general of Yan Bandit."

After a pause, he asked again, "Where is the governor of Jingzhou?"

Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged civil official with his head wrapped around his head and wearing a red round collar and hipless gown hurried over, greeted him and said: "Your officer Chen Junmu, I have seen the marching chief."

"You guessed that I would lead an army to raid Yanying tonight?" Yan Junji leaned over his horse and asked with great interest.

When Chen Junmu heard the words, he bowed in response and said, "Exactly."

"You can guess." Yan Junji chuckled, and asked again: "Then what if I don't come?"

"Then the generals of the Yan Army will be able to sleep well for the night." Chen Junmu cupped his hands and said solemnly.

The officers and men were taken aback when they heard the words, and then laughed again.

At this moment, the sky was clear, and Chen Junmu glanced at the messy Yan army camp. Many tents were still burned, black smoke was everywhere, and the injured soldiers fell to the ground and wailed in pain.Most of them are soldiers of the Yan army.And even if there were wounded soldiers in the Youzhou camp, they were helped by their comrades to rest aside.

Chen Junmu shook his head sighingly, cupped his hands and said, "It's really hard for you generals to run around starry night and fight overnight. It's better to go to the camp first to rectify it."

"No need." Yan Junji waved his hand and ordered the generals under his command: "Take care of these captives, and send people to guard the family and children of King Yanjun strictly, and escort them back to Youzhou. When the imperial army arrives, hand them over to you." To the court."

All the officers and men suddenly responded.

Yan Junji turned around, looked at Chen Junmu and Liang Ji in front of him, frowned and said: "As for you...for the time being, return to Youzhou after the army, and wait until I write a letter to His Majesty, and then make a decision based on His Majesty's will. "

Hearing this, Chen Junmu and Liang Ji looked at each other and smiled wryly, so they could only answer.

Under Yan Junji's order, the soldiers of the Youzhou camp began to rest. One day later, they escorted the prisoners and the family and children of King Yan back to Youzhou.

Five days later—

The imperial army is like the police in TV dramas of later generations, always arriving late after the situation has stabilized.However, because Yan Junji had to abide by the imperial court's rule that "a general who is outside should not use troops without orders", the imperial army did not return empty-handed this time, but took over the finishing work of pacifying Jingzhou.

Wei Wuji, the Duke of Zhen, and Jiang Zhi, the Duke of Lu, were in charge of His Majesty's orders. Wherever Master Wang went, not only did he not commit any crimes, but he also listened to public opinion and punished many local officials who were corrupt and bent the law for personal gain.Seeing that every time the imperial army passed by, the local people brought the old and the young to welcome them, and the imperial court won the hearts of the people.Xue Yan couldn't help secretly suspecting that the reason why Yan Junji was able to withdraw his troops back to the camp after breaking through the Yan camp might be because he expected this scene.

There is a saying that says that one should not eat alone, and it seems that the same is true of being an official.

Yan Junji was able to occupy a high position in the first rank at a young age, and was trusted by His Majesty to hold the power to command the army. It can be seen that in addition to his strong family background and outstanding meritorious service, he is also good at dancing with long sleeves and exquisite heart who understands the holy will. underestimate.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Let's say that on the day when the generals of Youzhou returned to the camp with Yan soldiers and captives, Xue Yan was busy putting pickled sauerkraut out of the vat.The fire chief of the Huotou camp and all the soldiers were all on the sidelines to assist.After several tossings, only the unique sour and smelly smell of sauerkraut permeated the entire Huotou camp for a mile around, causing all passers-by to hold their breath and cover their faces to escape.

When all the soldiers were clamoring to "crusade" Xue Yan, they suddenly heard a soldier outside shouting loudly, "We have won the battle, and the army has returned to camp."

So the soldiers who were watching around Huotou camp rushed out of the camp like birds and beasts.

Xue Yan was also a little curious, but he still took advantage of this gap to direct the soldiers of the Huotou Battalion to wash and chop the sauerkraut that had been taken out of the vat, and then ordered someone to bring the slaughtered pig bones.He planned to stew a few more large pots of sauerkraut in the evening, as a celebration for the soldiers of the class teacher.

Then he picked out the good oil from a sea bowl, sprinkled some fine salt on it, and waved the rest to the envious soldiers, and said with a smile, "you can eat these. Don't forget when you stew sauerkraut Put the good meat oil in."

Several soldiers smiled happily, nodded repeatedly and said: "Don't worry, Xiao Lang, I will never forget."

In the past, everyone was still complaining about Xue Yan's love of cooking, but now no one said a word.It's just because after Mr. Xue Xiaolang was added to Huotou camp, not only could they have a good meal, but they were also fortunate enough to learn a lot of dishes, and even the meals for the soldiers were much richer.

Xue Yan walked out of Huotou camp with oil in his hand, and walked slowly all the way to the camp of the imperial physician Sun Zhonghe.This imperial physician Sun was the old imperial physician who diagnosed Xue Yan's pulse when he was in a coma that day.Although Xue Yan didn't know about Sun's imperial physician not prescribing prescriptions for him in order to save medicine, he admired his character and knowledge, and after he often came to Huotouying to get acquainted with each other, he would send the prepared food directly to the old imperial physician. tent.In case the old lady doctor forgets to eat while reading.

In addition, the camp of the accompanying army doctor is not close to the Huotou camp.After all, the old doctor is old, so it would be better if he can do less trouble.

It's just that on the way to deliver food today, Xue Yan saw that although the soldiers were happy with the victory of the army, they couldn't hide their worry and sadness, so they couldn't feel curious.

Isn't it good to win the battle?

This question was answered when I met Dr. Sun later.

"Follow me." The heavy-faced Imperial Physician Sun stroked his beard, and at the same time ordered the medicine boy to carry the rattan box on his back, and walked along with several doctors in the tent to a tent.

As soon as he approached the camp, Xue Yan faintly heard the sound of howling.When you lift the curtain and enter, everything you see is like purgatory on earth.

Wounded soldiers, there are wounded soldiers everywhere in the entire camp.There were burns, cuts, and even those who fell from horses or were trampled by horses and horses. They all lay on the low couch, howling and rolling endlessly.

The air was filled with the smell of bloody rust and a smell of corruption. The wounds of the wounded soldiers were wrapped in cotton cloth, with faint traces of blood and wound medicine, making them look more and more dirty.

Seeing Xue Yan's shocked expression, Imperial Physician Sun sighed and shook his head, "The soldiers in this tent are not seriously injured. As long as they take the medicine on time, most of them can be cured. People with rotten stomachs, broken legs and arms, even if their lives can be saved, there is no way out for them in the future, but to return home with their armor removed, and sit and wait for death.”

As for those who can't survive, that is, these three to five days.

The imperial court has fought for many years and suffered heavy casualties.However, how many of these casualties were soldiers who actually died in battle?However, after the war, the wounds could not be healed in time, and even the wounds deteriorated and infected, and the number of deaths reached two-thirds of the war dead and disabled.

It can be said that if you win, the soldiers will suffer; if you lose, the soldiers will also suffer.