Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2851 One Day

There is no doubt that this is a big win.

But winning doesn't mean it's free.

Of course, Wusun and Che Shi were the ones who suffered the most damage.

When the general who assisted Che Shihou King was found, only his head was left.It's not that the Han army forgot to take it away, but it is estimated that they were hit by a arrow during the chaos, and then fell off the horse. As a result, countless horseshoes trampled past, and the flesh and blood of the whole body fell apart. The brain is still generally complete...

In this battle, Che Shi Houguo's spirit was completely wiped out, leaving only a little wreckage.

The Wusun people lost less, because their number themselves were not many.

Little Kunmi can mobilize four or five thousand mobile troops at any time, and the rest are responsible for local guards and also participate in production. After all, Wusun warriors are not professional soldiers, but half shepherds and half soldiers.Among the four or five thousand standing troops, there are more or less housekeepers left, and only three thousand can bring support.

When Wusun was still poor, he not only beat the Xiongnu away, but also beat up the Da Yuezhi, the predecessor of Guishuang, who occupied the Ili River Valley, took over a large number of Yuezhi and Cypriot tribes, and followed the The Yili River expanded to later generations of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhs. At its peak, it had a population of 60 to [-], and it was known as one hundred thousand warriors!
But, that's all.

Gao Shun didn't have any more power to expand the results of the battle.

The damage to the Han army was also not small.

Some of the heads that could be taken away were pickled with lime, and as a kind of local specialty, they were sent back for verification of meritorious deeds.Of course, there are still many that were not taken away, such as General Che Shihou who lost his body and only his head in the scuffle.Because the remaining space needs to accommodate the corpses of the Han army's own generals and soldiers.

The next day of the war.The corpses of the generals of the Han army have basically been collected.

When we set off from Yanqi, there were more than 2000 people who followed Gaoshun, but now only a little more than half are left.The most damaged part was the vassal army. Kaza was seriously injured. The vassal army under his command was almost killed and injured in the previous melee, leaving only more than [-] people.

The Han army also suffered a lot of casualties. After Chen Sanlang sent away that batch of wounded soldiers, there are now nearly a hundred more wounded soldiers, of which thirty or forty are seriously injured, and the rest are still slightly injured and can walk around.

This number is painful.

The soldiers of the Han army who could find their bodies were gathered together.

They will be buried on Tianshan Mountain.

Sunny easterly direction.

towards Chang'an.

The living dig pits for the dead.

As for the corpses of the Cheshi people and Wusun people, they were abandoned at the entrance of the Wutu Valley. Perhaps after thousands of years, some archaeologists, or some live digging party, will dig out the remains .

According to the roster, Lu Silang ticked off the names of the soldiers and generals, and then asked people to cut down the trees on the mountain, saw them into sections, peel off the bark, and write the names of the soldiers who died in battle one by one. The roots were inserted in front of the joint burial place.

From a distance, it looks like a knife and gun stuck in the ground.

It's like a monument...

"Before I became a soldier, the most I did was planing the ground..." A soldier waved a hoe and muttered, as if he was talking to those dead comrades, "I promise to plan well for you... But, this kind of work, one time is enough, really...』

If you can find a soldier card, there is a single pit, and if you can't find it, you can only squeeze together.Anyway, when they were alive, they were fishing in the same pots and kettles, sleeping in the same tent, and in the same camp. Everyone knows who has moles on their buttocks and how hairy their legs are, so they don’t care about after death. Do you need a little privacy?

The corpses were placed one by one, and then buried in the soil.

Lu Silang asked people to take some Hu people's heads that had already been registered, and piled them up in front of the forest of tombstones like melons and fruits. "There are not enough cattle and sheep to make sacrifices, so these heads are just enough to make do with!"By the way, go get some more horse heads!Put it on too! 』

Human casualties were heavy, as were war horses.

The soldiers answered, and then put the heads on, and asked, "Sima, have these heads been counted for them?" 』

Lu Silang nodded and took a breath, "Do you still need to remind me?The old rules count.One person plus three.It's all written down, don't worry. 』

After the bloody battle, the friendship between the comrades-in-arms has also been improved. The original expression of mutual distrust and suspicion that the other party will be greedy for his military salary has disappeared at some point.

While talking, Lu Silang shook the brochure in his hand, "Look, this brochure is specially sent to Chang'an... Don't worry, no one will withhold it this time..."

"That's a good relationship. How much money can such a head have?" ’ the soldier asked, ‘Is there any difference between Che Shi’s and Wusun’s? 』

"No difference.The difference is armored and unarmored. Lu Silang replied, "Didn't I say it before?"Armored ones are valuable, non-armored ones are worthless... Oh, these, of course they are all armored...』

For the dead soldiers, their pension plus at least three head rewards, almost a family can get about [-] to [-] yuan.

Hussars have now cultivated credit, and everyone is very relieved.

One hundred thousand yuan is not a small amount for an ordinary family. It is no problem to support an ordinary family's expenses for at least ten years, so that the next generation can have the opportunity to grow up.

Although Lu Silang and the others don't know what sustainable development is, at least they understand that even if they die in battle, their families can have no worries, and their hearts can be at peace.

If you are a soldier and you are away all year round, if you feel uneasy at home, which soldier can fight with peace of mind?

In this regard, Hussars undoubtedly did a good job.

Perhaps it was to dilute the sadness of life and death, or Lu Silang wanted to boost the morale of the soldiers around him. He stopped the soldier who was holding the head of a barbarian and said, "By the way, one hundred thousand, you can change your name now." changed. 』

"Why? 』The soldier named Shiwan was stunned for a moment.

Lu Silang said: "I remember when you were a soldier, you said you wanted to earn [-] yuan, so you called it [-] yuan, right?" 』

Shiwan nodded, "That's right...but it's never been enough. I saved a little, spent it again, and then saved it again. It's been more than three years..."

Lu Silang nodded, "But this time, you should be enough.I saw that this time alone you have five armored heads, plus the previous ones, a total of eight, which is [-]. Wait for a few more to be cut, plus the levy, victory rewards, etc., seven After sending out seven or eight eight, it's almost one hundred thousand.So what's your next name?two hundred thousand?Or [-]? 』

"Hahaha, [-] more?One hundred thousand would be enough!Don't change it, [-] is fine, I'm not greedy. 』The soldier was also very happy, laughing haha.

Lu Silang was a little surprised, but he seemed to be expecting it, nodded, "Yes.One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand is indeed a good name. 』

In the Han Dynasty, the rich and the poor were distinguished according to family wealth, that is, family property. Generally speaking, the so-called poor were those whose wealth was less than [-].If the counties were hit by a disaster, those families whose property was less than [-] yuan would receive a certain preferential treatment of tax reduction.

It's like a tax-free tax refund for the following generations...

Twenty thousand to one hundred thousand is the wealth of ordinary people, and one hundred thousand is the standard of the so-called "Chinese people".

It is equivalent to the middle class of a big man.

As for going up, for example, a million is naturally a rich person, and if it exceeds 300 million, you have to be more careful in the Western Han Dynasty. Maoling.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the world of the local rich.When capital starts to control everything and monopolize the local economy, there will be a phenomenon that the level of the rich will rise sharply, and some rich people will look down on the family property of tens of millions. In their eyes, [-] million yuan is considered a small goal.

Dahan is still an era with a huge gap between rich and poor.

Ordinary people like Lu Silang and others can only enlist in the army at the moment, break out a world between the desert, snow mountains, western regions and northern borders, so as to change their own destiny, relying on meritorious deeds again and again, one after another First level, come to realize self-level improvement!
Perhaps that vulgar name in the eyes of the gentry children is the lifelong dream of these ordinary Han people.

Lu Silang saw that the work of burying the dead soldiers was almost done, so he came back to find Gao Shun.

Originally, Gao Shun wanted to personally preside over the sacrifice and burial of the remains of the Han army, but he couldn't do it because of injury and illness.

Before, Gao Shun still had the spirit of must win, but now...

After letting out a sigh of relief, he collapsed.

Lu Silang went outside the big tent of the Chinese army, looked at the faces of the guards standing outside, "General...is it better?" 』

The guard frowned and shook his head slightly.

The people of the Han Dynasty were not completely ignorant of plateau hypoxia.It's just that sometimes it's more confusing because of ignorance.

In the Han Dynasty, altitude sickness was classified as "miasma".

It's like many people from the Central Plains of Han Dynasty have various discomforts, acclimatization, and mosquito bites in the southern woods, and then they can't determine the specific cause, and classify it into the invisible and unspeakable "miasma". The large-scale altitude sickness that occurred, the Han people also thought it was a kind of "miasma".

Because one of the obvious symptoms of altitude sickness is very similar to miasma, it is an "inexplicable" onset, and because mutual infection cannot be ruled out, I even worried about whether it might be a plague...

The curtain was lifted, and the military doctor came out.

"How about it?How is the general? Lu Silang stepped forward and stopped the doctor, asking in a low voice.

The army doctor said, "It's better...but...I think...this..."

"But what? ’Lu Silang asked, ‘Why are you so babbling, can’t you finish talking in one breath? 』

The doctor was also helpless, "I am from the Jinchuang Branch. This cold malaria disease is not my specialty... and I only found out about this disease after reading the official newspaper of the Hundred Medical Center..."

"Then... did the Hundred Medical Center say how to treat this kind of cold miasma? ’ Lu Silang asked.

The doctor shook his head, "Maybe, but after I joined the army, I couldn't receive the residence report.Why don't you ask the food transporter to see if there is the latest Baiyiguan Dibao and bring a copy?I prescribed some decoctions for the general, but there are not many herbs... Alas, if I knew it, I would have brought more herbs... Forget it, I'll go to the surrounding hills to see if I can pick some...』

Lu Silang nodded again and again, and then called soldiers to go with the doctor to help gather medicine.

Altitude sickness, even in future generations, may not be able to determine the specific affected population. It can only be said that some people are likely to have such a reaction, but it is not absolute. It is even possible to go up to the altitude in a healthy way, and then die. I have an underlying disease like low blood pressure, but I don't feel it at all.

Of course, the fatality rate of pure altitude sickness is not high, what is terrible is the complications of altitude sickness...

Lu Silang watched the doctor leave, and then heard the heavy breathing in the big tent, interspersed with the sound of coughing, and he couldn't help but feel heavy.

Lu Silang was a little hesitant, he didn't know whether he should go in and report, or it would be better to let Gao Shun take a rest.

"Shiro? ”Some hoarse voice came from inside the tent, “Come in. 』

Lu Silang responded quickly, then nodded with the guard who raised the curtain, and walked in.

"General..."

Gao Shun's complexion was not good, his face was pale due to the injury and he was deficient in Qi and blood, and his eyes, lips and tongue were a little black due to the altitude sickness...

"General, the bones of the soldiers have been buried. Lu Silang reported the things at hand one by one, and then secretly looked at Gao Shun's unspeakably exhausted and painful expression, and asked worriedly, "General, why don't we go back to the army immediately... within three days of rushing You can go to Yanqi, and then to the West Sea...』

Gao Shun waved his hand, coughed twice, and made some wheezing sounds, "Don't be in a hurry... we must deal with Wusun's matter first..."

Only by retreating slowly can we maintain a deterrent effect. If you return quickly with your tail between your legs, everyone will know that there is a problem.

Lu Silang sighed slightly, "General, that prisoner from Che Shi Hou Country..."

Gao Shun wheezed a few times with some difficulty, "Hungry for two days, and then ask... Just don't die... We need him to deal with the matter at hand..."

A little king from Cheshi Houguo was caught in the scuffle.

Xiao Wang of Che Shihou Country, he never thought that it was a good situation, but why it turned into the current situation...

He has just boarded Xiaowang not long ago.

He was still imagining that he could command thousands of troops and gallop across the vast land of the Western Regions.

Young people, how can there be no dreams?

But he didn't expect that his idea of ​​acting as a hero while taking advantage of the Han people's defeat made him look like a salted fish now...

A stinking salty fish.

If it is said that Xiao Wang, who became Cheshi Houguo, was the peak of his life, then now is undoubtedly his trough, or the abyss.

In the previous scuffle, he charged too far, and when the Han army counterattacked, even his guards tried their best to protect him, but unfortunately he was thrown off his horse when he was running away, and the Han army saw him Dressed gorgeously, knowing that he is a big fish, but did not kill him immediately, but left his life...

But he really wished he had died in battle!

He would rather die on the battlefield!

Along the way, the captive Chashi Houguo Xiaowang recalled the bold words he once yelled, and wanted to take the sword several times, but he never found the opportunity.

Later, he found an opportunity and wanted to slam his head on the cliff to death, but for some reason, he withdrew some strength at the last moment, so that although his head was badly hit, he still survived and was killed. The military doctor of the Han army swears and smeared herbal medicine all over his head, and then he stopped the bleeding...

So he found desperately that he didn't have the courage to commit suicide at all.

Not fearing death is just a short-term impulse, but being greedy for life and fearing death is the normal state of life.

Although Che Shi Hou Guo Xiaowang did not die, he still felt that he was still loyal to Che Shi and his clansmen. Even if he was captured right now, he still had to show his courage as a Che Shi... …

But things are not as simple as he imagined.

When he was caught in front of the Han general at the very beginning, Lu Silang was also a little interested in this Che Shi Hou Guo Xiaowang, so he asked casually whether he would surrender or not, and Che Shi Hou Guo Xiao Wang was naturally very impassioned at that time He chattered a lot, but before he finished speaking, Lu Silang lost interest, and he was taken down like driving cattle and sheep.

Later, after he failed to commit suicide, even the binding was omitted.

This is simply an insult!
Che Shi Houguo Xiaowang gritted his teeth. He even cursed and abused the Han people, thinking that although he didn't have the courage to commit suicide, why couldn't the Han people kill him with a single knife, so that he could at least be named a warrior? It's a good thing, isn't it?
But the Han people did not do anything, they just imprisoned him.

He was locked in an empty den with no food or water to drink.

He is very hungry.

Also very thirsty.

He once heard that in the early years of the Western Regions, a Han was captured by the Huns and locked up in a den. After that, he had nothing to eat and drink, so he used the snow that fell from the sky and the felt on his body. hair, swallowed to satisfy hunger...

At first, he thought that if Su could do it, so could he.

He is full of pride.

Immediately he began to worry...

But the surroundings are nothing but dirt, and the sky outside is clear without any clouds. Where is the snow coming from?

Besides, the hair didn't taste good at all. He just tried a little bit, and he felt nauseous and retched. He even vomited some bitter gall. How could he eat it?

Later, the Han people gave him some food and drink, but there was a condition that he could only eat if he surrendered.

Chashi Houguo Xiaowang gritted his teeth and refused.

But soon he couldn't take it anymore.

Without drinking, I can't even urinate a drop.

The hunger was tormenting him all the time, and he felt as if he had spent his whole life in the cellar where the sun and the moon were unknown.His eyes turned black from hunger, he fainted from thirst, and finally even had green eyes. He groped on the ground, but there was nothing but gravel.

He even stretched out his dry tongue to lick the soil and the branches that were used as a shed in the ground nest, and pulled out the dry bark again and again, and stuffed them into his mouth...

When he fainted from hunger, he felt as if he had returned to Wutu Valley, back to his gorgeous tent prison in the royal court...

In a trance, he seemed to see the people from Che Shihou Kingdom charging up with a bravery beyond ordinary people, and then wiped out the entire Han army garrison, beheaded all the Han army generals, and then opened the cave Son, rescued himself, and King Che Shi came to him, praised his perseverance and loyalty, and handed him sweet wine...

But when he regained consciousness, he realized that the person in front of him was not his King Cheshi, but the general of the Han army named Lu Silang, and what he was holding in his hand was not fine wine, but an ordinary water bag , and he has already drunk most of it.

After submerging in the water, there was a loud cry of hunger that shook the sky.

Lu Silang took a piece of roasted horse meat from a soldier on the side, and handed it to Che Shi Houguo Xiaowang.

The color of the delicious roasted horse meat is so golden, and the aroma is so attractive.

Che Shi Hou Guo Xiaowang couldn't help stretching out his hand, instinctively wanting to grab it, but Lu Silang took back the food and smiled, "Surrender or not?" 』

Che Shi Houguo Xiaowang remembered the bold words he had said in his hometown, the trust and expectation that Che Shi Houguo had placed in him, his honor, his fame, everything about him...

Everything is discouraging him!
I would rather die than surrender!

Except for his hands and mouth.

His voice was weak, but he was free from all hardships.

His hands stretched upward, longing.

"I would like to surrender..."

The roasted horse meat was thrown in front of him, and he jumped on it frantically, sucking and tearing.

"It smells so good..."

After he ate the meat, he came back to his senses and realized that he just stayed in the nest for a day and a night, not as long as he imagined...

(End of this chapter)