With thick smoke billowing and fireworks swirling, Zheng Bao took the lead and rushed towards the previously estimated location of the middle camp. However, until this guy led his men to the center of the middle camp and picked up the so-called Chinese army tent, he could not find the opponent he wanted.
During this period, two Kushan centurions were killed and a large flag was chopped down. However, the greatest military merit was not obtained, so that after the three of them picked the camp, their faces turned dark.
"What should we do?" Xu Qian's livid face looked obviously ferocious under the light of the fire. If he couldn't get the head of the other party's boss, wouldn't the independent employment certificate be lost?
"Go to the rear camp and kill!" Zhang Duo gritted his teeth and said, "At this time, the front camp and the side camp are in chaos, and the fire has been ignited. It is impossible to organize the army that is attacked from the front. Then the opponent will never dare to bet that he can attack from the front. breakthrough!"
"Then go to the back camp!" Zheng Bao gritted his teeth and said, then he grabbed the horse's belly and rushed directly towards the back camp. However, the moment he rushed out, he reacted, "Strange, why are you so smart this time? , I remember you were not like this before."
"Ah, I have been following Zhong Shangshu before. Zhong Shangshu told me." Zhang Duo replied casually. Zheng Bao's confidence increased greatly. The person who was expected to win is certainly worthy of trust.
Only more than 700 of the thousand Danyang elites who were attacked by the front camp were left, and most of them were injured. However, at this time, the flames had already passed the side protection of the Chinese army and spread towards the front camp. Guishang had previously blocked the attack with fierce force. Has completely collapsed.
"Brother, are you okay?" Danyang's old soldiers tidied up, and five centurions led the lightly wounded and uninjured soldiers to pursue the defeated Kushan soldiers. The seriously injured were given medicine, sutures and bandages, while the old centurion who had led before was lying in a pool of blood, and fellow villagers on the side were bandaging him.
"If you had been gentler, I would have been able to do better." The old centurion said with a twitching corner of his mouth. He didn't show such a weak expression even though he had a big wound on his thigh when he was stabbing someone before. A veteran, when he looked at his fellow villagers, he felt like scolding them.
"Just be content. Just wash it with salt water and I'll give you a needle to sew it up. I learned this after studying with the emergency department for a long time." The fellow smiled and took off the bamboo tube from his waist, and then killed it like a pig. The scream came from the old centurion's mouth.
After the pig-like scream ended, the old centurion finally calmed down, feeling the sweat on his body, and sighed, "After this time, I may have to retire. Then I will recommend you to be a centurion." , I don’t trust the others, at least you can save their lives.”
"Don't you want to work for a few more years?" The fellow sitting cross-legged on the ground asked in confusion.
"No, go home and farm. In fact, I don't like war. I didn't have a choice before, but then I had a choice. Seeing that those stupid young people were inexperienced and died on the battlefield at a young age, I thought it would be better to fight for a few more years, but It shouldn't be necessary now." The old centurion lying on the ground said with a pale face.
The imperial war caused Chen Xi to destroy his own military system. The original thirty-two-year-old retirement system can no longer be implemented.
On the one hand, after some veterans returned, they found that they could not adapt to the leisurely life in the rear. On the other hand, after some veterans returned, they felt that they had retired and needed new recruits. Look, these boys who responded enthusiastically to the call were only twenty years old. , The youth was so great that it was not worth dying, so he drove these young people back and returned to the military camp.
In fact, Chen Xi also admitted that when men are thirty to forty years old, it is the maturity period when physical strength and experience are truly balanced. In the previous years, even if the brain has matured, it is inevitable that there will be some signs of mental retardation. , and after that, the accumulation of experience has made it difficult to perform, and energy and physical strength have also declined significantly.
Therefore, although Chen Xi still implements the thirty-two-year-old retirement system, it is no longer as mandatory as it was during the Civil War. This is also an important reason why the Han Dynasty now has a very sufficient number of dual-talented elites. These thirty-year-olds are in the nutritional process. Under the prerequisites of sufficient training, sufficient training, and participation in a large number of wars, there are basically no weaklings.
"Aren't there still stupid young people now?" said the fellow, pointing to a young young man in his early twenties standing aside, who was obviously clenching his teeth in pain from washing a wound, but was determined not to scream.
"It's different now. There are sufficient weapons and equipment now, and first aid is in place." The old centurion glanced at the young man whose face was twisted in pain and said with a smile, "And the generals and the rear are very responsible, and the Danyang elite are probably also There is no need for us people to keep an eye on us. In the past, we even needed to be armed to ask for wages. Now one is one, two is two, and there is no deduction."
"I've heard about Brahmas. There are a lot of cows there." At this moment, a veteran who was not too seriously injured suddenly said to the two of them.
"I've heard about it too," the old centurion replied. "The wounded soldiers from the White Horse Army told us when they came back to farm that there are a lot of cattle there."
"If we retire from the army, why don't we ask the minister to get us a one-time privateering certificate, and we can grab some cattle from there, so that farming will not be a problem." The veteran said with a smile, "This land Farming is good, but it would be even better if you have cattle.”
"I just don't know if there are many cows over there." The old centurion muttered, but he did not refuse the proposal. After all, buying a cow here costs more than 10,000 yuan. Although he can still afford it with his wealth accumulated through many years of fighting. It's expensive, but it's all money for his son's wife. If he can grab the first cow, this business will be very good.
Brahmin cattle are sacred objects, especially zebu. More importantly, these cattle are nobler than lower castes in the Brahmin circle of influence, and their numbers are quite large, because they eat your family's food. In the Brahmin concept, I think highly of you.
Therefore, Nangui has a lot of cattle, and a very important aspect of the conflict between Nangui and Beigui is that Beibei secretly attacks Nangui's sacred cows.
This is very helpless, but I have to admit that the sacred cow raised by Nan Gui is actually quite delicious...
As a descendant of the nomadic people, Dayuezhi eats beef. It is very normal. However, the Brahmins have elevated the cow to the status of a sacred object. One of the two parties wants to eat it, but the other is not allowed to eat it. It would be strange not to fight. In addition, It would be even more irritating if Bei Gui sneaked into Nan Gui's cattle and cooked it.
From this point of view, cultural unity is indeed extremely important.
In fact, there were many cows in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges earlier. After all, it was a small and medium-sized country governed by the Brahmin system. But since Li You came, the cows have disappeared.
The cows wandering around on the streets, the cows gnawing rice in the fields, and the cows lying sideways on the road were all picked up by Li You. Anyway, these cows do not belong to anyone, they belong to Brahma. After I communicated with the great god Brahma, Lord Brahma gifted these cows to me.
What, you said I was lying?
Okay, just send this person to see Lord Brahma. If Lord Brahma says that I am lying to you, remember to come back and inform me.
Relying on this rogue method, Li Youbai picked up hundreds of thousands of cattle, used them for military rations, pierced nose rings and used them to reclaim wasteland, and the rest that should be bred, bred and bred, and then There are no cattle running around in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges.
While the Danyang veterans were talking about where to steal cattle, Zheng Bao led a group of men to start a decisive battle with Chenas in the back camp.
I have to admit that Chenas is indeed quite smart. From the beginning, he hid his real Chinese army tent, gathered his personal guards around him, and made all preparations for night attacks.
However, these things were clearly prepared, but after encountering the double night attack, all Chenas' preparations did not show their due value. At most, they gave Chenas some confidence to save his life. As for counterattack, It's basically impossible.
The flames that swept through the camp quickly rose, and the excessive pressure brought by the double night attack caused the Kushan front army to collapse, and the previous arrangements also collapsed, forcing Chenas to choose the worst response. Organize your elite troops to retreat to the rear camp in order to preserve their strength, and rely on the camp to gather as many soldiers as possible to prepare for the retreat.
However, Chenas clearly overestimated his commanding ability. After the collapse of the former army, the only ones Chenas could actually stabilize were the personal guards he brought from Malacca. As for the other soldiers, after the fire broke out, After the chaos, he completely lost control.
As a result, before the original plan to deploy the rear camp and reorganize the front line was carried out, they encountered the elite Han troops who drove their defeated troops to attack the rear camp front line.
"Fire arrows!" In the light of the fire, Chenas could already see the panic on the faces of the Kushan soldiers and the bandits he had recently recruited and controlled. They were no longer organized after being completely defeated by the Han army. No strength left, only the fear of running away.
Arrows rained out. At this time, Chenas could no longer care about casualties. He had less than 10,000 troops left. Besides, except for the elite of his headquarters, the soldiers in the rear camp were uncertain. Once they encountered an impact, the soldiers in the rear camp would not be able to rest assured. If they collapse together, then he is really not far away from being finished.
Therefore, after three warnings, a dense rain of arrows was shot out, and Zheng Bao's private soldiers, who were mixed in and wearing heavy armor, were also forced out.
On the other side, the Jingyang family, who had been keeping people awake all night to observe since they received the news, were all overjoyed after seeing the light of the fire.
"Quick, quick, bring out my closed chariot with the bed crossbow. It depends on whether you can make a fortune this time." The head of the Kou family was woken up in the middle of the night, with a stinking face after seeing the fire in the distance. , said very excitedly, the weapons and equipment that have been prepared for so long are finally here. The Ganges River is a nice and flat place. If you don't get on the chariot, you would be a fool!
