Tang Bing, who returned to the camp, was naturally very excited. Their battle this time could be regarded as a big victory. Nearly two-thirds of the invading barbarians were annihilated, which was unprecedented in the past!
Although the Tang soldiers also suffered a lot of casualties, it was obvious that the barbarians suffered greater losses. Besides, there are no immortals in a war, that would be too naive.
It is precisely because these soldiers fight with their own lives that peace can be preserved for the people. However, some dignitaries and dignitaries living deep in the territory do not know this.
Maybe they know, but they just don't bother to think about it! Perhaps in their eyes, the lives of these soldiers are different from their own lives.
Some people don't know what's going on. Maybe it's because of the legacy of their ancestors that their background is slightly better, but they feel superior and different from others.
But in fact, if you put them on the battlefield, only a handful of them can survive a round of attacks!
Some people are able to enjoy comfort only because of the hard work of others. On the border battlefields that they may never go to, there are many people who are silently carrying heavy loads!
Colonel Yang Dayan is not a person who makes empty promises. After cleaning the battlefield, the next step is the feast promised to the soldiers.
The logistics team is already well prepared. After all, ensuring the supply of food and grass is their most important responsibility.
In order to reward these soldiers who had just experienced a big battle, the logistics team took out all the food from the bottom of the box, including pork and mutton, so that the soldiers could eat and cook!
Except for some necessary guards left behind, the surviving soldiers all ate meat, cried and laughed, as if to vent the accumulated emotions in their hearts.
Of course, most of those who behave like this are new recruits, while veterans are more indifferent, perhaps because they have more experience.
There are some exceptions for recruits, such as Lin Yan, and the recruit who was trained by Yang Dayan during the recruitment. He seemed a little silent at the moment, sitting alone in the corner eating meat, his eyes were empty, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
His name was Xu Bing. During this battle, he saw his comrades falling down one by one, blood splattered on his body and face, and he could still feel the warmth.
Each and every living life passed away like this, which shocked him greatly!
"Is this the real battlefield?" He has been thinking about this question in his mind.
As a civilian on weekdays, he seems to be able to talk eloquently about the battlefield, and I think I can do it too! But when he actually went to the battlefield, he realized that that was not the case at all!
The battlefield is extremely cruel, and it's not just about daring to fight. In the battlefield, the most frightening thing is not the enemy, but the coldness and despair of familiar comrades dying one by one. Maybe you will die in the next moment!
Being in this nervous state all year round, a person who is not driven crazy can be considered to have excellent psychological quality. This can also understand why some retired veterans will suffer from some mental illnesses after returning to peace and distance from the battlefield, and cannot integrate well with ordinary people. This is the price they need to pay!
This battle happened suddenly, and the recruits rushed onto the battlefield without having experienced much training, so the casualties were also very serious!
However, these people who survived seemed to have grown a lot in an instant, which was faster than any training or education on paper. However, the cost of such growth is too high!
Team leader Zhang Wu had already reported the situation of Lao Ma and the others to team leader Wu Qi, and the intercepted letters and jade charms were also handed over to Yang Dayan by Wu Qi, who knew the situation.
After all, Yang Dayan has the highest position here. This matter is not trivial, and he needs to make an idea.
Lin Yan now had time to calm down and slowly realize what he had gained from this battle. Through real battlefield fighting, his understanding of the sword seems to be much deeper, but some things cannot be fully understood in a moment.
He is not very anxious about this. After all, the future is long and there will be no shortage of opportunities like this on the battlefield!
In addition, he also knew something about the contents of the letters he had intercepted before. After all, there were only a few of them nearby at the time, so it was impossible not to know.
The meaningless words in the letter and the unknown jade talisman seemed to contain some important information. However, looking back and thinking about it carefully, the behavior of that group of barbarian cavalry was not so consistent with common sense.
Even if they robbed villages and captured Tang women just on a whim, if the letters were so important, why did they do it so ostentatiously, as if they were afraid that others would not find out? Are barbarians really so stupid?
People have always roughly connected "well-developed limbs" and "simple-mindedness", as if people with explosive strength have no brains! But if you think about it carefully, this is actually very unreasonable!
The barbarians are brave, good at fighting, and extremely ferocious, which makes it easy for people to overlook their wisdom. But the Tang soldiers on the border who often deal with them know that these guys are extremely cunning!
Although there are some doubts in my heart, this kind of thing is not something that I can control as a mere pawn. It still depends on the commander's judgment.
In a large tent in the center of the camp, Yang Dayan sat at the top of the table. On the table in front of him were the captured letters and jade talismans.
"Let's talk about it, what do you think?" Yang Dayan glanced around the field and said.
At this time, the captains of each team in the big tent were all sitting there. Sun Daxing, Wu Qi and others were frowning and thinking. There were still two people standing in the field, namely Lao Ma and the team leader Zhang Wu.
Originally, Lao Ma's level was not qualified to participate in such a confidential meeting, but because he was a party to the incident, he was asked to come to explain the situation at that time, and Zhang Wu took advantage of him.
But if he had a choice, he wouldn't want to be here. It wasn't because of anything else, it was because the atmosphere at this time was too solemn, which made him feel a little depressed!
Sun Daxing pondered for a moment and then spoke first: "Master Xiaowei, could this be a joke and the barbarians deliberately stayed here to mislead us?"
Yang Dayan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then yelled: "You think the barbarians are as full as you and have nothing to do, so they are using their lives to make fun of you? I think you are just a joke!"
When Sun Daxing heard this, his face was as ugly as if he had eaten a bitter gourd, and he said to himself: "Didn't you ask everyone to express their opinions? I saw that no one spoke, so I gave you a compliment. Why are you wrong!"
His expression looked a little aggrieved. He originally wanted to pat the leader's horse, but unexpectedly, he patted the horse's hoof directly.
This also has something to do with Sun Daxing's inability to observe words and emotions. The atmosphere is so serious right now, who has the intention to joke with him!
Wu Qi's muffled voice came: "Maybe there is a mole!"
This guy doesn't talk much on weekdays, but when he opens his mouth, his words are astonishing! In fact, he is not the only one who has this idea, basically everyone present has guessed it.
However, it is one thing to think, but it is another thing to express this idea openly and openly under such circumstances! I have to say, this guy is a ruthless person!
Yang Dayan was thoughtful when he heard the words, his eyes swept across the field, and after seeing everyone's expressions clearly, he said: "You also have this idea?"
Everyone was silent and did not raise any objections.
Yang Dayan continued: "Is that acquiescence? Okay, let's continue. Where might this mole come from?"
"It's definitely not our camp!" said a man with sharp eyes.
His hair is gray, and he has obviously been in the military camp for a long time. His fingers are covered with calluses and look very rough, which are the marks left by years of pulling the bow. This man is Zhou Rong, the leader of the archery team.
"That's natural!" the others echoed.
When the barbarians attacked, except for some of the logistics team, they were all engaged in a desperate battle with the barbarians, and no one had time to be the mole.
If there is a mole in his team, then this battle will never go so smoothly. The casualties will definitely be heavier than now, and it may even be impossible to win!
As the saying goes, "A dike of thousands of miles collapses in an ant nest!" The most fatal collapse often comes from within.
If it was a show, it would be even more unreasonable. Their battalion seemed to have a lot of troops, but it seemed insignificant in the entire border war situation. If you pay such a high price just to make them relax their vigilance, then you are looking down on them too much!
If there is really an insider, there are only two possibilities: one is from Cangzhou Prefecture, and the other is from a senior member of their team, higher than Yang Dayan.
After discussing it for a long time, I found that the topic gradually turned in the direction of "the insider", which seemed to have gone astray!
"Maybe this is just the enemy's 'psychological warfare', and the purpose is to make us disorganized. Or maybe they have some spies planted in our territory, preparing to trick us behind our back at a critical moment. It may not be true. There's something wrong internally!" the Sabres' team leader said thunderously.
Although there is some truth in what he said, upon careful examination, it is not difficult to find that the logic in some places is not self-consistent, and the doubts about the "inner ghost" have not been dispelled in everyone's minds.
Seeing that he could not draw any useful conclusions if he continued, Yang Dayan waved his hand and said: "This matter ends here. Just shut up when you leave the tent. Don't make people panic!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. After all, they had just experienced a war. If the news spread that there might be a mole in the rear, it would definitely lead to a situation where the morale of the military was unstable, but the gain would not be worth the loss!
"In addition, what Lei Meng said makes sense. We must be on guard against the Southern Barbarian spies lurking at the border. I will report this matter. You all should cheer me up and don't let the barbarians take advantage of this!"
"Yes!" Everyone responded and then exited the tent.
Yang Da looked at the letter and jade talisman in front of him and thought: "This thing is really difficult to deal with. When the situation is unclear, whether to report it or not is still a question!"
"These cunning southern barbarians are really good at causing trouble!" Yang Dayan's angry curse could be heard faintly in the big tent.
