When the first rays of the morning sun fell on the earth, the rolling waves seemed to be still glowing with blood.
Last night, the tributaries of the river were already blocked by corpses.
At night, Liu Qi had already mobilized tens of thousands of people to deal with it, but the water at the mouth of the river there was turbulent, so he could only use boats with fishing nets to salvage it, and the corpses blocked the flowing water, and the water surface was red, which shows that yesterday's battle was fierce.
"Lord, take a sip."
The military doctor beside him held a bowl of steaming medicinal porridge and handed it to Liu Qi, Liu Qi took it, tasted it lightly, and his mouth was a little bland.
He glanced at the tributaries not far away, a large number of swollen corpses that had been soaked and swollen, and they were salvaged one after another, so far last night, he had only captured more than 600 wounded soldiers under Sun Ce's command, and only four or five hundred people were directly captured.
Sun Ce crossed the river to the north, and there were only a few hundred people under his command, that is to say, he lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in a few battles yesterday, and under his command, there were originally 30,000 people, but now, everyone is injured, and there are only eight or nine thousand people who can stand and move and help clean up the battlefield.
Most of those who were not seriously injured were also out of strength.
The generals under their command, Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang, were stabbed a few times, they desperately intercepted the generals of Sun Ce's department, and they were deeply encircled, if it wasn't for Tai Shici to arrive, I am afraid that the two would have been sacrificed.
As for Jiang Qin, at this moment, he is commanding and dispatching the ships to help salvage the corpse.
In this battle, the soldiers and horses of the three counties of Jiangdong were transferred, and after the tragic victory, the loss was more than 20,000, Liu Qi can imagine that after tonight, how many families in Jiangdong will be in front of the door, crying.
Women will have no husbands, children without fathers, old women without children.
In war, there are iron laws, and the more people who die are the people nearby, as well as the people who help escort the heavy grain and grass.
However, Liu Qi did not regret the war, Sun Ce was destined to come to Jiangdong, and he was destined to rely on this place a long time ago.
It's just that now, Jiangdong is in his hands, and from now on, the three counties of Jiangdong will all be surnamed Liu.
He stood up, looked at the rolling Yangtze River, looked at the wilderness on the other side, and also saw a watchtower not far upstream, which, perhaps, was his next strategic goal.
The dense sound of the marching war horses came to the front, and he turned over and dismounted at ten paces away, ran quickly to the front, knelt down on one knee towards Liu Qi, and handed over a letter.
"Major General, Qian Tang Jiebao, General Zhu Huan joined General Zhou Tai, broke through the besieged Qian Tang's Wang Lang's department, and has now led the army south, advancing by land and water, besieging Huiji."
Liu Qi's face was overjoyed, he stretched out his hand to take the bamboo slip, and after a careful browsing, a little joy appeared on his face, "In this way, the four counties of Jiangdong can all be in my hands." ” "Quickly spread the good news to the location of Lord Wanling Assassin, in addition, recruit 500 copies of the battle report, pass it into the army for all the soldiers to browse, and order Mr.
Xu Jing to arrange for people to be in the counties near Moling to make a list of people."
"Whoa."
Liu Qi raised his feet and walked back, and the rider next to him immediately led the war horse.
Liu Qi waved his hand, he wanted to take a walk on this bloody field, his chest still hurt a little, the previous wound, after riding a horse last night, although the bleeding had stopped, but there was still some pain.
The guards stepped forward and draped him in a cloak, and he slowed down, surrounded by hundreds of guards.
"The battlefield of the Lord Gong has been cleaned up, and the battle report has been listed."
Pan Zhang came to him in a loud voice, his armor had already been removed, and there were still a few red gauze wrapped around his chest.
"Read."
Liu Qi stopped, looked at him and said.
"In yesterday's battle, our army killed a total of 8,672 sergeants, more than 10,000 wounded, more than 3,600 missing, and the rest were all wounded, nearly half of them were out of strength, and now there are about 5,000 combatable soldiers in the Moling battalion."
"However, in the first battle of our army last night, General Gongyi shot and killed the enemy general Huang Gai, and General Ziyi picked Sun Ben with a gun, then Sun Ce can be regarded as a lot of soldiers, and only fled back to Liyang with hundreds of people, our army is a big victory."
"Come, come with me."
Liu Qi handed the bamboo slip in his hand to the guards who followed him.
"Whoa."
Pan Zhang gradually restrained his joy, he handed the long knife in his hand to the guard behind him, pressed the long sword on his waist with one hand, took a step behind, and followed Liu Qi's side.
"Wen Jue, this battle was a tragic victory, our army suffered heavy casualties, although the land of Jiangdong, behind the background, but across the river, is now sitting in Huainan, Yuan Shu, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, if you can't properly manage the land of Jiangdong, he will fall into the hands of Yuan Highway one day."
"The lord doesn't need to worry, as long as that Yuan Shu'er dares to send troops to come, I, Pan Zhang, will definitely be the first to rush forward, cut off all the heads of the enemy army, and dedicate them to the lord."
Pan Zhang's face was excited, although he failed to kill a strong general in this battle, he could be regarded as having made a lot of achievements.
"Now that Sun Ce has retreated to Liyang, Yuan Shu will definitely give him soldiers and horses again, although he will not let him be the main general, but he still poses a threat to my Jiangdong."
"The downstream ferry, Hengjiang, when the profit can not be wasted, is also the only place for Liyang to lead the army across the river, Wen Jue, I am ready to order you to be the lake familiar, Wen Xiang to take the order for the river, you two each lead the army to guard a ferry, and build a beacon tower on the river bank to prevent the Yuan army from crossing the river to the south."
"The last general will not fail in his mission."
Pan Zhang's face was overjoyed, and he immediately bowed down with his fists.
"In addition, General Ben wants Ziyi to command the Jiangdong cavalry army, and temporarily organize five thousand cavalry."
"Five thousand horsemen" Pan Zhang's eyes widened, "My lord, most of my Jiangdong horses are donkeys, and most of them are used to transport materials, where are there so many war horses to form elite cavalry, and the cost of cavalry is several times that of foot soldiers, in terms of money" "It's okay, the cavalry army must be formed."
Liu Qi did not continue to discuss this issue, if he wanted to go north in the future, without cavalry, he would definitely be beaten in front of Cao Mengde's widow's friend.
"In addition, I will order Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai to transfer to Yuzhang County, Jiang Qin will take over as the commander of Yuzhang, and Zhou Tai will also be the commander to train the navy in Poyang Lake."
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"Poyang Lake connects the north and south, the river is connected to the Yangtze River, and the lake is spacious enough to accommodate hundreds of warships, so it is natural."
Pan Zhang nodded frequently, his family was poor when he was young, and he didn't know poetry and books, but he also knew a little about the geography of Yangzhou.
"In addition, the two counties of Huiji and Danyang, Shanyue and thieves are a lot, and in addition to the training of the Ziyi cavalry, he also led the Danyang Commander, who is responsible for exterminating the bandits, and after capturing Huiji, Zhu Huan will be the captain of Huiji, and he is also responsible for paying the thieves and reassuring the people."
"As for the lieutenant of Wu County, let Qu A serve as it."
"The lord is wise."
Pan Zhang bowed down, and there was some envy on his face, most of the generals that Liu Qi said just now were veterans who had followed Liu Qi for a long time, and they were all generals with great achievements and brave martial arts above him, so he was naturally convinced.
"The subsequent reward, I will let Lord Thorn Shi ask for your life, go down, when you go to the garrison in the future, I won't allocate too much of your soldiers and horses, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will all depend on your own training, in a short time, you must give me an army, it may be done" "Zhang, I will not fail in my mission."
Pan Zhang's face was resolute, he knew that Liu Qi's order would be issued to various military generals' camps, how could he be willing to be left behind.
"The last will be retired."
After bowing to Liu Qi again, he rode his horse away, and the city still needed a military general like him to maintain law and order.
"Summons, Sun Shao, Gu Yong."
"Whoa."
Soon, when the herald left, Liu Qi had already entered the city with people.
The long street in the city, very spacious, Moling is the upper county, the population in the city is also tens of thousands, after a big war, there are not too many fights in the city, the streets are also clean, but, after the war, there are not many pedestrians walking back and forth on the street.
As soon as Liu Qi walked into the county hall and sat down, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and I have to say that the efficiency of officials in this era is still quite high.
"Sun Shao Gu Yong, meet the young general."
After the two of them entered, they walked quickly to the hall and saluted Liu Qi.
"You don't need to be polite, you gentlemen, please take a seat."
"Thank you, Major General."
The two of them then sat down on the left and right.
"In the battle last night, although our army won, it was difficult to win, I believe the two gentlemen have seen it."
"How is my father's injury," Liu Qi said, and glanced at Sun Shao again.
"The official who took care of Lord Thorn Shi was summoned yesterday, and he can already stay and move around."
A few days ago, when he met Liu Qi and others into the city, Liu Qi was still in good health, but later heard that the siege of the city had failed for several days, and when he was about to rush to the camp, he contracted a cold and was bedridden.
"That's very good."
Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and his face was a little more happy.
He glanced at the guard beside him, who understood and immediately presented a bamboo slip to the two of them.
"This is a post-war commendation appointment that I have written after deliberation, and the two gentlemen will see if it is appropriate."
Sun Shao took a closer look at the appointment above, and his commendation read, "Promote Sun Shao to be a don't drive in Yangzhou, and also be a guard in Danyang." ” At the same time, Gu Yong also saw his appointment, "Promote Gu Yong to be the chief inspector." ” "The young general, the minister of Yongben Weimo, has no merits in this battle, how can he "be directly promoted from Shangyu Ling to Dajun Taishou, which is already an exceptional promotion."
"I looked at Mr.
Yuan Si's resume, the weak crown was appointed as the magistrate of Hefei County, and then re-elected as the magistrate of Lou County, Qu'a, and Shangyu County.
As he spoke, Liu Qi bowed to Gu Yong.
"How can you bear the great gift of the young general."
Gu Yong immediately got up and gave a long salute, his face full of fear.
When Gu Yong returned to the banquet and sat down, Liu Qi glanced at the two of them, "If the two of you have no objections, you can draft the table and send it to Chang'an." ” "Good."
Sun Shao bowed slightly.
"Good."
Gu Yong got cheap, so naturally he wouldn't say anything.
Liu Qi stared at the two of them and took out the second bamboo slip, this is the terms and conditions for his future governance of Jiangdong, he only listed half of it in his memory, but it is enough to deal with the current situation in Jiangdong
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