Chapter 68 Hidden Worry After Winning

At the end of the battle on the main cliff of the Black Mountain Cliff, the barbarians on the arched beams on both sides finally could not resist the full attack of the Song army, thus losing their positions and finally being taken by the Song army.

In fact, at the beginning of the battle, Ye Hao was still strong. In his mind, Wang Chong's plan had been destroyed by himself, and the surprise attack on the Black Mountain Cliff could only turn into a strong attack. Once attacked, the Song army must have suffered a lot of casualties. In order to preserve his strength, Ye Hao did not urge the Yunzhou army to attack desperately after the battle began.

In this way, Ye Hao really straightened it up. The left mountain beam he was responsible for attacking was naturally sent to reinforce because he found that the Song army on his side was not strong enough, while the main cliff was in chaos. When Ye Hao suddenly found that the situation was not what he expected and had to throw all his troops into the mountain, the defenders there were much weaker and were easily taken down by the Song army.

So Ye Hao's Yunzhou army also made some credit, but he was not happy because of the victory of this battle. His heart was full of uneasiness and doubts. He didn't know why the barbarians were all defenseless. Did Sun Zaiyuan not bring a letter, or did the other party not believe it at all? Or another worse result?

Looking at the victory of Song Junjie and finally controlling all the barbarians after dawn, Ye Hao had to hold down his uneasiness for the time being, but he had prepared for the worst and secretly sent his cronies to leave here to Yunzhou to check. If Sun Zayuan really betrays himself, the whereabouts of his family is the key.

While the Yunzhou army captured the left beam, the right beam was also captured by the Xizhou army in one fell swoop. Xiang Cang has been angry for a long time because of the previous defeats. Today, there is an opportunity to vent his resentment, and he naturally goes all out. The Xizhou Army launched the most violent attack on this mountain beam with all its troops.

Because of the loss of the support and help of the main cliff, coupled with the psychological pressure of finding that it could not be defended by Song Jun, the barbarians on this mountain beam finally collapsed. After paying nearly 1,000 casualties, the Xizhou army completely seized the mountain beams on this side.

From this, the Black Mountain Cliff was finally completely controlled by the Song army!

Wang Chong, who was in the army, saw that the flag of the Song Dynasty was continuously raised in the three attacking places, so he slowly exhaled and completely relieved his heart. He can finally give an explanation to the previously dead soldiers and people, as well as the court and himself!

At first, Yun Lan's face was also full of happy smiles, but after a long time, the joy in his eyes was replaced by worries. He opened his mouth to say something, but then closed his mouth again. He knew that it was better not to spoil the fun at this time. Everyone finally won such a victory, and he really shouldn't pour cold water at this time.

At dawn, a team of Song soldiers were taken away with weapons, and the barbarians tied behind them came down from the Black Mountain Cliff. Their faces were full of excitement, which was a great credit. They had never won a great victory in 20 years. Everyone knew that this time everyone would receive supreme glory and the reward of the court, which naturally filled them with confidence in the following battles.

And among these Song troops, more than 200 people were the first to climb the cliff and open up the situation for everyone. More than 200 people were regarded as absolute heroes. They were surrounded and walked down the cliff and welcomed into the camp by the army under the mountain with the highest etiquette. Go.

At this time, Wang Chong had changed into a new uniform and sat energetically in the handsome tent waiting for the generals to come back. When he saw his son Wang Junqing coming in first, his face also showed a happy smile.

"The last general was lucky enough not to kill him. Under the bravery of the soldiers, he finally captured the Black Mountain Cliff!" Wang Junqing strode to Wang Chong, landed on one knee, made a military salute and said loudly.

"Good! This scout camp has made great achievements, and I will definitely ask the court for a reward for you!" Wang Chong smiled happily.

After that, other generals also came in and recovered one by one. In addition to Ye Hao's strange expression, others were also happy. Although they were not the first in this battle, when it came to reward the court for their achievements, everyone would be rewarded. Moreover, it is immeasurable to take down the Black Mountain Cliff so quickly this time.

After laughing and praising everyone, Wang Chong restrained his smile and said, "Tell me about the casualties of my army!" He knew that although he had won this battle, the casualties must not be small. After all, the other party occupied the land.

"I was in charge of the 500 elite war dead and 47 wounded who attacked the cliff." Wang Junqing also had no choice but to report his casualties. Although it was a great victory to take down the Black Mountain Cliff at the cost of nearly 300 casualties, he felt very uncomfortable when he remembered that his brothers who lived and fought together in the past were gone.

"77 people were injured and injured in Yunzhou Army." Ye Hao also reported. Then other people reported their own casualties. Together, the Song army still had 3,000 casualties in this battle.

After listening to this number, the excitement on the general's faces finally convered, and it was replaced by a heavy look. Only then did everyone know that the Song army did not take much advantage of this battle. You should know that there were only about 3,000 barbarians guarding the mountain, and nearly half of them were finally captured. That is to say, the casualty ratio of the two sides was between two to one.

"So, don't be overwhelmed by the victory of this battle and think that we can completely defeat the barbarians. You should know that there are still many difficult battles ahead of us!" Wang Chong glanced over the generals and saw that everyone was thoughtful and had come out of the excitement just now. Then he slowed down and said, "But after all, this is a great victory, and the soldiers have worked hard, so today I allow everyone to celebrate well and rest for two days, and then move forward!"

"Ye!" The generals responded to their orders and then retreated separately. Soon there were only three people left, the father and son of the Wang family and Yunlan.

"Marshal, Jinghong caught a leader of the barbarian on the cliff and saved thousands of stones of grain. Now he is watching all this on the cliff. Is it for people to take all these things back to the camp? Wang Junqing then asked with great interest.

"Is there such a good thing?" Wang Chong was also refreshed when he heard this. He didn't pay much attention to catching a barbarian leader, but he was quite happy to capture so much food. You should know that Song Jun's current grain reserves are indeed not enough. If they can get the help of these grains, and the southwestern states can allocate some food and fodder as soon as possible, then they can stay here for a period of time.

After being happy, Wang Chong immediately issued an order to Wang Junqing: "Then you should immediately send someone to call down Jinghong. The barbarian leader was also taken to the camp to take care of him, but I would like to see him. As for the food, let everyone move some down now, so that the soldiers can enjoy it as a celebration!"

"Yes, I'm going to arrange everything." Wang Junqing took the order out, and Wang Chong's face was covered with a smile again.

However, the smile on Yun Lan's face was a little far-fetched, and his expression did not escape Wang Chong's eyes. The old general couldn't help asking, "Brother Yun, what are you worried about? Although the road ahead is difficult and dangerous, there is no need to do so.

"Brother Wang, I'm worried about what the adults in the court will do after knowing this victory." Yun Lan smiled bitterly and said, "Once they know that you have taken down the Black Mountain Cliff that has not been stained by our Central Plains army for hundreds of years, I'm afraid that they will be even more afraid of you. At that time, all the open guns and arrows will come to you. It's not easy for you to go.

"..." Wang Chong suddenly changed his color. He did ignore this layer. Just now, he only cared about the military victory, but he didn't think of what happened in the court.

"Once those people know this victory, their fear of you will be better than the emperor. After all, the threat of world-class military generals is much stronger than that of the emperor in the palace, and they will focus all their energy on how to deal with you. Ye Hao's matter has not been solved. Who can guarantee that there is no second him? There is also the problem of food and grass. As long as the battle is not over, you still can't really settle down.

There was another silence, and Wang Chong sighed: "I'm really negligent. However, this good news still has to be sent in time, otherwise they will catch the handle again. It seems that we need to find a way to end this battle as soon as possible.

"Yes, what we wanted before to give enough deterrence to the barbarians must have succeeded. Those barbarians who were deliberately indulged by us will soon bring the news of our victory back to the barbarians, thus putting enough pressure on them. Next, we have to find a way to make the barbarians have internal conflicts, so that we can pull one side to fight one side. In this way, soon, the barbarians will lose the ability to fight with us again because of internal and external troubles, and will have to submit to our army.

"It's just specific, but what should we do?" Wang Chong couldn't help frowning again: "Although we already know that the barbarians are actually divided internally, we are so strange to them. Why do we make them uneasy internally?"

"This needs to be discussed from a long-term perspective. I already have an idea, but I still need to improve it."

Just when it was a little difficult for the two to solve the current problem, a guard in front of the tent came to report: "Marshal, Xu's team of the shovement camp is holding barbarian prisoners outside the tent to see."

"Let them in." Wang Chong said and looked at Yun Lan: "It seems that your plan should be in this person, right?"

"I haven't cooperated for decades. I didn't expect you to know my mind so well." Yun Lan couldn't help laughing.

"Go in!" Xu Jinghong escorted Duan Si back into the handsome tent, and then saluted Wang Chong. Wang Chong quickly supported Xu Jinghong: "Don't be polite. You have made such a great contribution to taking down the Black Mountain Cliff for us this time. To be honest, it should be the first time for me to salute you."

Xu Jinghong said quickly and humbly, "The general's words really scare the humble position. The capture of the Black Mountain Cliff depends on the courage of the brothers and the cooperation of several other people. What is the credit of one person in our district?"

"You can't say that. I have heard Junqing talk about it. This plan to seize the mountain from the back cliff is from your suggestion. And this battle is also your first cliff, which ensures that those people can go up the cliff. It's not too much to say that you are the first achievement of this battle!" Wang Chong insisted with a smile.

Xu Jinghong knew that it would be a little fake if he refused again, so he stopped saying anything. He just pointed to Duan Sigui and said, "Marshal, this man is one of the two leaders on the Black Mountain Cliff. One of them escaped by him and disappeared." He paused and said, "And he can also speak Chinese, so the general just ask questions directly."

It turned out that after Xu Jinghong calmed down at the end of the battle, he thought of something he had just neglected. When Duan Sigui took down just now, what he said was in Chinese. He didn't want the other party to really dare to struggle, so that he could see that the man knew Chinese, so he questioned him afterwards.

Anyway, he has been trapped in manpower, and there is nothing to hide about this. Duan Sigui automatically admitted that he knew Chinese. As for other things, no matter how Xu Jinghong forced him to ask, he refused to say anything.

After listening to Xu Jinghong's words, a trace of joy flashed in Yun Lan's eyes. He looked forward and carefully looked at the prisoner and found that he was indeed different from ordinary barbarians. Although he is also as dark and thin as ordinary barbarians, his appearance is still different, especially that he is not as rough and wild as barbarians between his eyebrows, and his skin is much more delicate than that of ordinary barbarians.

These discoveries made Yun Lan more able to be sure of some things, which made the corners of his mouth slightly raised. Looking at the other party's appearance made Duan Sigui suddenly feel cold. Somehow, in the face of this elegant old man, his mood was more nervous than in the fierce Xu Jinghong, as if the other party could see through his psychology at a glance.

And Yunlan also made him feel great pressure: "Are you white? By the way, that is to say, you are a white person among the barbarians. I don't know if what I said is right.

"Ah..." Although he made up his mind not to say a word when facing the interrogation of the Song people, he suddenly heard this word that broke his identity and made Duan Sigui change his color. He was surprised at how the other party knew his identity, and even how they knew that there were still white and black barbarians inside the barbarians?

You should know that the distinction between black and white barbarians is only the internal difference between barbarians, which is the same for the Song people. For decades, they have not treated barbarians differently at all. But today, someone broke the mystery, which made it difficult for Duan Sigui to respond appropriately for a while.

"It seems that my guess is correct. You are indeed white. Tell me, what's your name and what's your status in Bai Man?

"I won't tell you anything about our clan!" Duan Sigui quickly recovered his mood, looked back firmly at Yun Lan, and said the first sentence after entering the account in a Chinese word with almost nothing strange.

Wang and Yun haven't spoken yet. Xu Jinghong was already a little angry. He kicked the other party's knee and made him kneel to the ground with a plop: "Mom, it's still so presumptuous at this time. Do you really dare not kill you?" After all, he is a young man, and he has just come down from the battlefield, and his murderous spirit has not been cleared up.

Duan Sigui grinned with pain because of the sudden landing of his knee, but still said firmly, "I won't be a traitor. If you want to kill, kill it. If you want me to help you deal with our own people, don't be delusional!"

"What a warrior who looks like death." At this time, Yunlan has replaced Wang Chong's questioning and said with a smile, "We Song people pay attention to integrity, but we also admire you. But do you think we can't find anyone to help except you?

"Well, although the environment is worse than you and far worse than you Song people, we will not betray our own ethnic group! No matter how many of us you have arrested, our people will not help you deal with our own people!"

Is that right? However, some people are not what you said. As soon as our army suppressed the situation, someone secretly sent people to cooperate with us and promised to give us a lot of benefits. Otherwise, how do you think we can give the Black Mountain Cliff so easily..."

"Cough..." Yun Lan's words were interrupted by Wang Chong's cough: "Why do you spend so much time talking to him? Come on, take him down to the Yan family to take care of him. After I write the good news, I will send him to the capital with those prisoners!"

Immediately, Song soldiers waiting outside the tent came in and took him out. When the person was taken out, Yun Lan and Wang Chong looked at each other and laughed. Yun Lan sighed even more, "I didn't expect that the tacit understanding between you and me would still be there for decades!"

Wang Chong also laughed, and Xu Jinghong, who was beside him, also showed a clear look after the beginning of confusion: "It turns out that Mr. Yun is cheating him. No wonder I always feel that there is something wrong with this. Obviously, it is our strategy for us to remove the Black Mountain Cliff. How can it become a problem within the barbarians..."

"The soldiers are never tired of fraud! As long as you can win, it's worth using some tricks. Wang Chong nodded to Xu Jinghong with satisfaction: "It seems that your boy's mind is also very lively. You can see the problem at once."

"The humble position is just a guess..." After Xu Jinghong said modestly, he arched his hand and said, "Since the general and Mr. Yun have no other instructions, the humble position will leave."

"Let's go first. Since you have seen the problem, I would like you to do us a favor."

"What's up to?" Xu Jinghong had vaguely guessed something, but he still asked casually.

"Let the barbarians completely lose their ability to fight with us!" With that, Wang Chong and Yun Lan carefully told Xu Jinghong.