When Ye Ling saw Sima Jin passing by, he stood up and saluted; Zheng Anping stood behind and saluted. When they were in Wu'an, they met often and were no strangers to each other. Zheng Anping and Sima Jin even met during the construction process of Baoxie Road.
Sima Jin advised: "Ye Ling should be at the forefront of the queue and be the first for the soldiers. Dare to work hard!"
Ye Ling said: "I have given orders, but I have not achieved an inch of success. I have recorded soldiers, and I have divided them."
The official said: "Zhong Geng personally camped and went down two fences, all because of his command."
Ye Ling said: "The gain is equal to the loss. It is a blessing to have no guilt!"
Sima Jin helped Ye Ling sit down, inspected his injury, and then said to Zheng Anping: "Is the guard doctor okay?"
Zheng Anping said: "I am in the procession. Thanks to God's blessing and the king's blessing, I am fortunate to be unharmed!"
Sima Jin said: "I look at the Zuoying camp. It has the greatest effect and few casualties. It is all due to the strength of the doctor."
Zheng Anping said: "This is all due to the strength of the soldiers, so what contribution does the minister have?"
Sima Jin said: "I know that great officers are brave and brave, but now I know that all military strategies are excellent!"
Zheng Anping said: "How can I be worthy of this!"
Sima Jin said: "I am returning home in a short time. I would like to ride with the doctor so that I can ask for advice!"
Seeing what Sima Jin said, Ye Ling quickly pushed Zheng Anping and said: "The blood from my wound is all gone, it's not a big deal. Please help yourself!" Zheng Anping still pulled a cloth belt from his body and wrapped it up for him. Sima Jin and Dr. Gong also leaned down to help wrap up the wounds. After getting up, Zheng Anping and Sima Jin left together, walking around and inspecting each camp while talking quietly. Sima Jin and Dr. Gong are the commanders of this army. When they walked together for inspection, everyone didn't take it seriously. But before Zheng Anping, everyone didn't know each other very well. Now when he walked with Sima Jin and Dr. Gong, everyone felt... surprise. When they walked over, everyone couldn't help but start talking in a low voice: "Who is it that has to discuss this with the five officials?"
A well-informed person reported: "This is a scholar from the Qin and Wei Dynasties, and a close guard official from the middle!"
A person next to him said: "It must be a great achievement!"
The man said: "This is Zi Wei's military soldier. He can defeat ten people as hard as picking up mustard ears!"
Although the voices of those people talking were low, they still reached the ears of the three of them. The male doctor looked at Zheng Anping with disbelief, while Sima Jin winked at Zheng Anping. Zheng Anping could only smile bitterly and thought in his heart: How is it possible? Against ten people, everyone must be careful!
Sima Jin inquired in detail about Zheng Anping's actions on the left wing. Zheng Anping did not shy away from it and gave a comprehensive account of his observations, intentions and implementation timing at the scene. After hearing this, the public official said bluntly: "Is it possible... if this is the case?"
Sima Jin said: "What the doctor said is deeply integrated with military strategy, and it also applies to the way of swordsmanship. The inner spirit is solid, and the outer surface shows peace and order; the shape, shape, weather, and spirit are in line with the spirit; the breathing is not as good as the law."
Zheng Anping said with a smile: "I don't know how to use the sword, but I only think about it because of Nie Si's thoughts. The doctor has pity on me!"
Sima Jin also smiled and said: "The combination of Nie and the sword can cover the sky. Sir, let's try it!"
Zheng Anping said: "I have a heavy hand, so I don't dare to try it for fear of hurting it."
Sima Jin said: "Made it with thin bamboo and tied it with silk, but it will hurt your heart and spleen, but it will not hurt!"
Zheng Anping said: "Gai Nie is a concubine, so An Ren will blame him!"
Sima Jin said: "Responsibility is what the saying goes!"
Zheng Anping said: "I have a hard time understanding this, so I dare to ask the doctor for advice!"
Sima Jin said: "How difficult it is to return to Xianyang!"
While chatting, Sima Jin exhorted the sergeants in the camp and found that all the spearmen were disgraced, but the crossbowmen suffered little loss. Generally, the crossbowmen rescued the spearmen. The shield soldiers suffered the heaviest losses. Almost 20% of the shield soldiers lost their combat effectiveness, most of them were killed, and a small number were seriously injured. Because they are at the forefront of the conflict, and they are the defense that must be broken through. Once they are injured and fall down, they will be targeted by countless enemy troops, and their comrades must quickly fill the gap, making it almost impossible to retreat.
Sima Jin asked the official to make arrangements to find as many oxen as possible to pull the cart and transport back the bodies of seriously injured soldiers and dead soldiers. The doctor has gone. Sima Jin returned to his own camp and waited there while talking to Zheng Anping in a low voice.
After a while, all the wounded had been treated. The oxen that could be found were also retrieved, the baggage cart was prepared, all the items on the cart were pushed to the ground, and the bodies of the Qin army's fallen soldiers who had been carried together were carried back to the cart. Dr. Gong asked General Zhao's flag and drum cart to be prepared. Dr. Gong personally went up and sounded the army drum, and all the armies began to assemble. At this moment, Sima Jin picked up a spear from the side of a fallen spearman, took off the coat from a fallen soldier covered in blood, and wrapped the coat around the spear head. Sima Jin looked solemn, holding on to the spear with blood-stained clothes as if holding a big flag. Under the moonlight, a long spear pointed directly at the sky; the cold wind blew, and the coat wrapped in it made a hunting sound.
The team was gathering, and the seriously injured soldiers were helped to the car, sitting or lying down, and they all gathered here. After the roll call, the Eighth Battalion came to report and all the soldiers were present. The official asked Sima Jin for instructions. Sima Jin shouted loudly, like singing or crying: "Qi~say~no~yi~!"
The doctor's heart moved, and he shouted loudly: "I share the same robe with you!"
All the princes and officials sang in unison: "The king raised his troops and repaired my weapons and spears. I share the same enemy with you!"
The soldiers also slowly sang in harmony: "How can I say that I have no clothes? I am in the same position as my son. When the king raises his army, he repairs my spears and halberds. I work together with you! How can I say that I have no clothes? I am in the same clothes as my son. When the king raises his army, I repair my armor and soldiers." Walk with me!" The chorus grew louder and louder, and finally turned into a chorus of the entire army!
Sima Jin put the bloody clothes on the flag and drum cart and got up to drive. The official beat the war drum and the flag and drum cart slowly started. All the Qin soldiers sang this song "No Clothes" and embarked on their return journey!
Wang Hao sent someone to report at dusk that the Zhao army had stopped attacking at sunset and all retreated across the river; the Zhao army took away all the wounded soldiers before retreating, even though there were many casualties as a result. Wang Lu also sent more than 500 wounded people back to the city at night. The more than a thousand wounded soldiers at Hu Yang's disposal were all tasked with guarding, and he had no energy to heal the wounded. Most of the people in Wucheng fled, and Qin's medicinal materials in Zhao were difficult to identify and almost useless. Except for the fact that the wound turned black and suppurated, and the pus was squeezed and drained, and some medicine was applied to the wound, the rest were only replaced with cloth strips and re-bandaged. Because there were not enough doctors, they were busy until midnight and the wounded were not finished.
At dawn, Hu Yang received news of Sima Jin's victory on the Western Front, and immediately sent someone to inform Wang Lu. Soon, the first batch of victorious troops returned, as did the flags, drums and chariots. The leader was not Sima Jin, but Young Master Yiren. Hu Yang quickly let the troops enter the city and redistributed the defensive areas. Each team took turns to defend and rest. After all the commotion, Sima Jin also led his team back.
The first batch of troops returning to the city had few casualties, while the latter batch of troops suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, the heads recorded by each battalion far exceeded the casualties, and overall it was still a surplus! Hu Yang killed a large number of Zhao troops and brought credit to the entire army. He then sent people to recall Wang Lu's troops again and prepared to cross the river and return home.
The soldiers in the city had not slept a wink all night and were very tired. Hu Yang was worried that the night would be long and he would have many dreams, so he decided to send a boat to ferry the wounded across the river first at dawn. He looked at the sky, it was about an hour before dawn. He ordered the entire army to rest for an hour after being on alert.
Sima Jin and others settled down the troops and rested separately. Because I was so tired, I fell asleep as soon as I lay down.
After daybreak, with the sound of drums, each battalion gathered, and the troops were ordered to prepare meals. There was plenty of food in the city, so Hu Yang ordered that everyone should fight for millet and all the troops would be well fed.
Wang Lu's troops have not returned yet. Hu Yang estimated that it would take about an hour for the military envoys he sent to arrive at Wang Lu's camp. In other words, the military envoys would not arrive until Wucheng ordered the troops, and Wang Lu would have to wait until breakfast before bringing the troops back. It will take about more than an hour. Hu Yang decided to use this hour of free time to send the seriously injured people across the river first.
After several days of fighting among the 20,000 troops, about 2,000 were seriously injured and unable to continue fighting. The wounded supported each other and staggered to the river. Two hundred boats have been arranged by the river. Ten people in each boat got on the boat one by one and sailed to the other side. The rest of the lightly wounded people crossed to the other side through the bridge over the Zhang River.
After the wounded left, Hu Yang arranged for all the baggage to cross the bridge and leave. When all the baggage had crossed the bridge, Wang Lu's troops arrived. Hu Yang asked Wang Lu's troops to cross the river first; the troops in the city that originally belonged to Wang Lu also asked them to return and cross the river with them. Although these nearly 10,000 people were physically and mentally exhausted, they suffered little loss and gained little. It took two ferry trips to transport them.
Just when Sima Jin's troops were about to cross the river, dust rose up in the direction of the two bridges in the north. Obviously, Zhao Jun was approaching here quickly!
Hu Yang remained calm and asked Sima Jin to organize his troops to cross the river immediately. Sima Jin asked Hu Yang to lead the Yexian camp to cross the river first, but Hu Yang refused. He ordered all Ye County civilian troops to go to the city and replace the soldiers guarding the city. Sima Jin also knew that now was not the time to argue, so he had to desperately urge the entire army to cross the river quickly. Half of Sima Jin's troops were already on the other side of the river, leaving only 5,000 men. Under Sima Jin's arrangement, they all crossed the river in one trip. Sima Jin then came to the tower and reported to Hu Yang that all the troops had crossed the river.
Hu Yang gathered his troops and ordered them to take out all the ointment from the treasury, and then set fire to all the treasuries, houses, city gates, and towers in the city. The raging flames obscured the road, and Hu Yang calmly withdrew. Sima Jin greeted him outside the city. Sima Jin's personal camp was crossing the bridge. Hu Yang and others stopped at the head of the bridge to watch the fire in the city.
Suddenly, the militiamen around Hu Yang shouted: "There is someone on the city."
When everyone watched intently, a troop of thousands of people rushed over from the direction of the Great Wall. Hu Yang said: "All troops, stop panicking. They are not allowed to go down to the city. There is no danger!" Because the city towers and gates have been set on fire, the flames are rising, and the fire below is also full of fire. Added to the thick smoke, Hu Yang is sure that they dare not come down.
