32, after the war
When the Huns in the valley were pursuing the counterattack, the offensive suddenly came to an abrupt end, and the horns kept sounding, and all retreated.
This made the remaining Han soldiers who escaped from the sky shouted that they were lucky and were very grateful for their own life.
Xu Kun and Yan Xing's soldiers at the entrance of the valley did not rashly pursue the retreating Huns. Instead, they seized the opportunity to gather the remaining defeated soldiers. After the injured soldiers, they cleaned the battlefield and turned around and retreated to chase other soldiers who had already retreated.
Yan Xing also learned from Ma Lin that they met the fleeing Niu Fu guards on the road, and had a brief conflict with him. After knowing that Gan Ling asked Ma Lin to come back to report the news first, he took people to stabilize Niu Fu and others, and dealt with him, he knew that the matter could not be delayed, so he immediately took Ma Lin to Xu Kun to discuss the matter.
He had no foundation in Dongying, and his subordinates had a conflict with the guards of the General of the Central Army. This matter was either big or small. In the end, he had to find someone who could speak first. Although Xu Kun was a junior in the army, he relied on his uncle Xu Rong to support him. At the critical moment, Niu Fu still had to sell his face.
Xu Kun thought about this matter for a while, and agreed readily, promising that after he returned to the camp, he would immediately send his confidant to the Zhonglang General Niu Fu to explore what his profound meaning was, and then prescribe the right medicine to rescue Gan Ling and others from Niu Fu's camp.
At present, Dong's army won first and then lost, and was ambushed by the Huns. In addition to Niu Fu's previous defeat, the total loss of more than 10,000 people was over. It was a huge loss of vitality. It was urgently needed to rest the soldiers, stabilize the morale of the army, and treat the disabled soldiers.
Although Yan Xing was concerned about Gan Ling's safety, he knew that at this time, Niu Fu Lian was defeated and was in a bad mood. When the army was defeated, he was even more complicated and had many affairs.
If I rashly go to plead for guilt in person, it will be counterproductive. After all, I still need Xu Kun's help. So after entrusting Xu Kun with help, I returned to my own people and rushed to catch up with the other people who had retreated and retreated to Yong'an City.
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Three days later
With the news that all the Huns had withdrawn from Hedong County, the news was confirmed one after another, and the war in Hedong finally came to an end.
Although Niu Fu commanded the Liangzhou troops, which were known as the elite in the world, they had very few achievements on the actual battlefield. Although the Baibo army withdrew from Hedong County, the thief leader Guo Tai and others were still not dead. Although Baibo's main force was damaged, they did not completely collapse. They fled to Taiyuan and other places, accumulated strength, recuperated, and made a comeback.
However, the battle that was settled in front of us was not something that Niu Fu cared about or focused on. The battle report of repelling the Baibo army had already exhausted the few civil servants under Niu Fu's command, and then he barely handed over a battle report that Niu Fu could finally pass. He first sent it to the Grand Tutor's Mansion in Luoyang in an expedited manner.
Although the war report can be written that Niu Fu led his army to fight several hard times before driving the Baibo army raging in Hedong and protecting the safety of Luoyang Kyoto. However, the number of soldiers in Hedong County and foreign troops was not a small number. The county soldiers were not their own direct troops. Most of them were temporarily drawn from various counties in the southeastern Hedong. It would be a pity that they died in the battle, and the number of casualties was easy to fool them.
However, the war damage of the external troops was difficult to conceal. These were all foreign soldiers who were actually killed in battle, some of which were Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou soldiers.
Niu Fu knew that his wife wanted a great victory that could demonstrate his power, let the people of the world know the power of Liangzhou, and let the ministers and ministers in the court who were ulterior motives and obeyed him, that the Han Empire, which he was in charge, would only be more powerful and glorious and stable.
However, Niu Fu was defeated twice and the war was damaged by more than 10,000 troops. Although he killed and captured more than 20,000 Baibo bandits, the troops he brought were Xiliang soldiers and the Five Northern Army Schools, and they fought against such bandits as Baibo Army. He could not make any move after all. Although he had been covered up by the rhetoric of the civil servants in the war report, Niu Fu was still worried after the war report was issued, for fear that his wife would be furious when she saw the war report and would be punished.
Niu Fu, who had no masters, could only rely on the witches and ghosts and gods in his camp. In advance, the old witch swears that the hexagrams would show that Niu Fu would win the pursuit of the White Bo bandits, and Niu Fu did catch up in the Queshi Valley and defeat the Baibo army, but then he was scared away by the Huns' ambush.
Niu Fu was also confused about this. If the witches and hexagrams and other things that show the will of gods are nonsense, it really expected that it would defeat the Baibo army. But if it was said that it was truly supernatural powers, how could it not help him calculate that there was still a Hun ambush at the end? If he had prepared himself in advance, he would not have been caught off guard. He was defeated so miserably that he even tore up most of his own flag.
The old witch's explanation is that although the gods always respond to all requests to those who sincerely believe in it, they will not practice anything other than requests. Niu Fu had asked before that this pursuit could defeat the Baibo bandits. The old witch told him that he could defeat it according to the hexagrams. This is a sign that the power of the gods has come true.
In addition, Niu Fu can turn bad luck into good fortune in times of danger, and he also encountered a "Fei Lian" cavalry escorted back to the camp. This is exactly what happened to the sixth hexagram of Xunfeng, which is the last divination of the divination "advance and retreat, benefit the chastity of the martial artists".
The old witch told Niu Fu personally that as long as Niu Fu believes in the gods and worships them endlessly, he will naturally turn bad luck into good fortune in the court just like on the battlefield.
Although Niu Fu was still doubtful about this, he had no other choice but to grab the last straw to seek peace of mind. So Niu Fu stayed in the tent of many witches for several days, relieving himself of his actions and refused to meet any outsiders.
At the same time, Yan Xing himself was also busy with many things after the war.
During these three days, Yan Xing commanded the soldiers to repair armored soldiers and camps, summarize the experience and lessons after the war, improve the mountains and river map of a county in Hedong, and also treat the wounded soldiers and appease the soldiers who were uneasy in the army.
Although he was assisted by Xu Huang, Zhou Liang and others, Yan Xing was still busy with work and could hardly get out of his way.
At this time, Yan Xing was patrolling the camp in his Houtun. Now, the situation in Houtun camp has changed dramatically compared to the few days before. Almost half of Houtun camps are healing tents set up for the wounded soldiers.
The troops of Yan Xing's headquarters actually suffered very little losses. So many wounded soldiers were actually the scattered soldiers gathered from Queshi Valley that day. Some of them came from Niu Fu's direct troops, some from Liangzhou soldiers under the command of the Third School Captain, some from Northern Army soldiers, and some from Hedong County soldiers. The members were complicated. After the defeat, many soldiers were all killed in the entire army where the soldiers were located. The original organization had been completely disrupted. Niu Fu returned to Yong'an City after the battle at Queshi Valley, and hid in the camp all day and ignored military affairs. Therefore, these hot potatoes finally fell into the hands of Xu Kun and Yan Xing's people.
Xu Kun lacked interest in treating these defeated soldiers and injured soldiers, so he divided more than half of the injured soldiers into Yan Xing's camp. These days, Yan Xing had to devote a lot of energy to treat and take care of these injured soldiers. Ma Lin, Yan Xing and others also complained about this, believing that Yan Xing should not take over these hard and tired tasks. Since the military officers of the injured soldiers were not here to take them away, why should they be so tired and treat these abandoned soldiers?
Yan Xing was squatting beside the bucket to wash his hands. There were more than a thousand injured soldiers in his camp, but the ulcer doctors invited were limited. Therefore, the resources of the ulcer doctors were favored by those who could be saved. As for a small number of seriously injured soldiers who could no longer be treated with medicine stones, Yan Xing could only try to make them suffer less and spend their last period of time safely.
Not only are the ulcer doctors limited, but the auxiliary soldiers who take care of the injured are only barely enough. The surge in the number of injured soldiers also brings many inconveniences to the soldiers in the battalion. Yan Xing also knew that this high-intensity work will not only cause many mistakes in caring for the injured soldiers, but also for the auxiliary soldiers who take care of the caregiver, it is easy to fall into anxiety emotionally. This situation is difficult to avoid even in hospitals with more resources in later generations.
Therefore, Yan Xing would take some time every day to inspect the injured camp. In addition to preventing the injured soldiers from being forgotten or even abandoned, he also wanted to appease these auxiliary soldiers who acted as temporary rescuers.
No matter how many exciting words are, it is better to do something real. Therefore, Yan Xing will help him and help the injured soldiers change the wounded cloth every time he patrols. Therefore, Yan Xing, who is stained with blood, will wash his hands next to the bucket.
Ma Lin, Yan Xing and others who were accompanying the camp patrol, couldn't help but feel a little worried when they saw Yan Xing's tired face, but they also knew that Yan Xing's temper would be counterproductive if they didn't let him do it themselves, which would make him angry.
Ma Lin said with a tense face. After Yan Xing washed his hands and stood up again, he said with both concern and complaining:
"Shaojun, why do you have to work so hard? You can only do these things with the soldiers in the battalion. In addition to working on military affairs in the battalion, you also have to take time to take care of these injured soldiers every day. In the long run, even if you are hit by iron, you will not be able to stand it!"
Yan Xing smiled slightly when he heard this, waved his hand and dried the water stains in his hand, and then said to Ma Lin with a smile:
"Don't bother me, I know my own situation. The medical and nurse system in the camp has also been invented. With so many injured soldiers suddenly added, there will definitely be many omissions. If I don't inspect myself, how can I know the omissions in this system? How can I check for omissions?"
When he heard Yan Xing talk about the wounded soldiers in the camp, Ma Lin couldn't help but sigh and said:
"Shaojun, don't blame me for being too polite. It's just that there are so many generals and officials in the army. They can compete for credit and scapegoat. Why should we always take on these hard and tiring tasks?"
Chapter completed!