Chapter 273 The End of Winter
Hu Cai lost, and Hu Cai had a lot of confidants. We waited for him to kill him for a while. After both sides were killed and injured, let Hu Cai's men and horses escape. If we are not good at things, please forgive the champion.
Wen Han rode on the clouds and was condescending. His eyes seemed to illuminate the night. Wen Han's eyes seemed to enter the eyes of the white wolf and read everything in his heart.
The white wolf was stunned. He thought that when Wen Han learned that he intended to let Hu Cai go, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
"Haha, if you hadn't known justice, I don't know how many people would have died under my command. What's your sin? Hurry up and get up. You have made great achievements, and I will also reward other meritorious people.
Suddenly, Wen Han laughed, rolled out of the saddle, and helped the two brothers, the white wolf and the black wolf, without hiding his respect in his eyes.
Wen Han understands that people can be ruthless without vegetation. If white wolves and black wolves are for their own self-interest, Wen Han will look down on them instead. But they value love and righteousness. Even if they let Hu Cai go, it is still acceptable. After all, they had not been under the command of Wen Han at that time. Therefore, what they have done is respected by Wen Han.
Originally, the white wolf and the black wolf were ready to be scolded and abused by Wen Han. Unexpectedly, Wen Han helped them up and spoke to each other better. The two immediately warmed their hearts and celebrated that they made a correct decision.
After that, Wen Han asked people to clean up the battlefield, and then went into an earthen house with the two brothers, White Wolf and Black Wolf, and asked White Wolf and Black Wolf to tell them everything about tonight.
Wen Han listened carefully and felt a lot in his heart. Or Hu can be calm and right, and don't let himself be irritable and wantonly. If he kills his subordinates, he will not have today's defeat.
As soon as the white wolf and the black wolf finished talking about the matter, they walked in with a dull smile on their faces.
"Report, the battlefield has been cleaned up. More than 3,000 people were killed and more than 5,000 were surrendered. That is to say, Hu Cai took away about 4,000 people.
"Hmm. I see. Boyi, after you go down, you still let these soldiers choose. If they want to go back to Hedong and farm, give them some grain and fodder. Before they leave, I will write a document and ask Zhang Yu to help them find Hedong's family.
"Yes, I understand."
Gao Shun nodded a little, bowed his hand, and left the house.
"So, what about you? Would you like to be an official under my command?
After Gao Shun left, Wen Han turned his eyes to the white wolf and the black wolf with an indifferent smile.
After the white wolf and the black wolf looked at each other for a while, they knelt down on one knee and said in unison.
"The literary champion is a person who is willing to seek the welfare of the people of the world. We are naturally willing to."
Nearly 2,000 of the surrendered five thousand white dragon thieves decided to go back to Hedong, and the remaining 3,000 people were still scattered by Wen Han and divided them into various teams. The White Wolf and the Black Wolf were promoted by Wen Han as tooth generals, and there are also other meritorious little leaders, who are assigned positions such as 100 generals and Du Bo.
In the next few days, Wen Han was worried that the four thousand thieves of the white dragon thief Hu Cai would still make trouble in the White Dragon Mountains, so he sent people around to look for their traces. However, Hu Cai's people and horses disappeared in the White Dragon Mountains as if they were evaporating from the world.
Later, a team sent by Wen Han was in a village at the foot of the mountain. When they learned that Hu Cai's people had fled in the direction of the West River, they immediately went back to report to Wen Han.
Hearing this, Wen Han was relieved and prepared to withdraw his troops from the White Dragon Mountains. In this way, the battle against Bailong Mountain, which lasted for nearly three months, came to an end.
The end of the battle in the White Dragon Mountains also means that the rebellion in the northeast of Hedong was finally suppressed.
And Wen Han's soldiers and horses also expanded to 8,000 people by recruiting and surrendering prisoners. Of course, nearly 5,000 of them are newly compiled thieves, and their combat effectiveness is low, which can only be regarded as a group of rabbles. On the contrary, the 4,500 elite soldiers Wenhan brought originally lost nearly 1,000 people.
The original 2,000 soldiers under Gao Shun's command are now only 1,400, while Wenhan's 1,000 cavalry and 1,500 shields are only 600 cavalry and 1,000 shields.
There is no need to say that the value of the soldiers in Gao Shun's camp is high. Wen Han's 1,000 cavalry and 1,500 knife shields were all elite soldiers selected by Wen Han from the Forbidden Army and Luoyang Campus when Emperor Han Ling ordered to build the Eight Captains of the West Garden.
Every time these soldiers lose one, Wen Han's heart will drip blood and feel uncomfortable.
However, how can there be no damage or death on the battlefield? Although Wen Han is young, he has experienced a lot of wars. The cruel war has made him grow up gradually.
The cold winter was about to end, and a few days later, Wen Han led the army back to Dangyin County. Wen Han and Gao Shun stood at the top of the city and looked at the snow on the top of the Bailong Mountains, which gradually faded. For a moment, both of them were silent.
In the past three months, many of their siblings have been sleeping at the foot of Bailong Mountain. They are mourning and meditating about what this so-called war, the killing of people and people, is for.
Everyone is destined to have a different way. Some people want to live better, some people want to live better, and some people want to live better for more people. Among them, there are intrigues, plots, or righteousness, and sacrifices.
Everything will be turned away by the gears of ruthless years. As long as you are still alive, you will have to go on.
When the cold winter is over, the spring breeze represents the new generation fluttering the earth, the greens begin to sprout and rebirth, and the world shows hope again.
In the area of the West River in the east of the river, two court soldiers and horses with a strong smell of blood came, as if they had dyed the earth into a completely dark.
One of these two soldiers and horses, one of which wiped out nearly 40,000 rebel thieves in the northeast of Hedong, led by Wenhan and Gao Shun.
And another 6,000 soldiers and horses led by Guan Yu and Zhou Cang, with the smell of blood rushing to the sky. These 6,000 soldiers and horses came, as if a person was full of blood. Their blades were cold, revealing a signal of hunger and thirst without words.
Especially the cavalrymen in front wearing dark ghost-faced armor and extremely well-equipped cavalry. Every step they took, they would make people feel that they were stained with blood. The sharp edge of the killing, the birds flying in the sky, did not dare to get too close.
It was this army that killed more than 20 waves of nearly 40,000 to 50,000 thieves in the east, west and south of the river in the cold winter of March, and turned the white snow in the east, west and south of the river into red snow.
Xu Huangzheng led 5,000 soldiers under the city of Changling to welcome these two soldiers and horses with endless bloody smell. When the two soldiers and horses approached, the 5,000 soldiers behind Xu Huang, without exception, smelled an extremely strong smell of blood. Looking at the eyes of the two soldiers and horses, they were immediately frightened. These people seemed to have killed four in and out of the abyss of hell, and then came back, as if they were murderous.
"Second brother! Third brother!"
The feelings on Xu Huang's face were not false at all. He opened his arms and ran to Wen Han and Guan Yu. Wen Han and Guan Yu rolled off the horse together, and the two also opened their arms. The three brothers of the opposite sex hugged each other. For a moment, there was no need for words, and their feelings were all in silence.
The other soldiers were all moved by the sincere feelings of these three people. It is rumored that these three people were born and died, inseparable, suffering, honor and disgrace, and broke into a world that belongs to the three of them today.
Whether it is Wen Han, who is known as the champion, or Guan Yu, who is brave in the world, or Xu Huang, who is praised as a handsome talent by many famous generals, these three also admit that their brothers can have this status. Of course, there are three brothers and a big brother, Zhou Long. Although Zhou Long kept a low profile and his name was few known, Wen Han and others never ignored him. The three also made a speech. If it hadn't been for Zhou Long, the eldest brother, it would probably have been that their brothers and others would be famous all over the world today.
It can be seen that the unknown Zhou Long is in the hearts of them and others.
After the three of them hugged one by one, after Xu Huang suggested to enter the city and settle down the soldiers first, the brothers would have a good talk. Wen Han and Guan Yu listened to this and agreed now. The two led two soldiers and horses to Changling County with Xu Huang. After their respective soldiers and horses settled in the Changling campus, Wen Han and Guan Yu, as well as Gao Shun and Zhou Cang, walked to Xu Huang's temporary mansion in Changling together.
As soon as Wen Han, Guan Yu and others arrived at the door, Xu Huang had been waiting at the gate of the house for a long time, welcoming everyone into the house and coming to the hall. Xu Huang consciously invited Wen Han to the main seat in the hall. Although according to the generation, because Guan Yu did this position, Wen Han was the head of this Hedong Group after all, and of course he sat in the main seat.
Everyone sat down, and Wen Han turned his eyes to Guan Yu, who was dressed in a parrot green robe, with a smile.
"Looking at the second brother's restless appearance, it seems that the crusade in the southwest is very smooth."
Guan Yu seemed to have already guessed that Wen Han would ask him about the situation of the war in the southwest. He got up and said calmly.
"It's not humiliating. Guan has successfully suppressed the war rebellion in the southwest. All 60,000 thieves fled, and all the others were wiped out except for some who were surrendered to Guan.
"Haha, okay. The second brother is worthy of being the second brother. He is extremely brave and wiped out 60,000 thieves in March without any effort. How is the war? The third brother is unstoppable. Please ask the second brother to talk about it in detail.
Although Wen Han said so. Although Guan Yu is arrogant, he doesn't like to show off. Maybe it's just an easy thing in his eyes. In description, they are all ordinary sayings, which are taken lightly.
Wen Han knew Guan Yu's character, shook his head helplessly, and turned his eyes to Zhou Cang.
"Ding Gong, the second brother doesn't like to show off. You'd better talk about it for everyone."
Zhou Cang took a step forward and looked at Guan Yu. His eyes were full of admiration and arched his hand.