There was a heavy rain that lasted for three days and three nights.
Even though the flesh and blood on the earth can be washed away, it cannot wash away all the bones.
Zhao Kang woke up and turned around, and when he opened his eyes, he saw people surrounding him, each one wrapped like a mummy.
Seeing him waking up, Zhang Long lay down beside the bed and cried: "Master, you finally woke up! I thought you were going to die!"
"It's okay, where is this?" Zhao Kangqiang laughed, his voice was very weak.
Zhou Long, who was wrapped in thick gauze, said: "Tongzhou City."
"enemy?"
Zhang Zheng: "Don't worry, Imperial Guard. The enemy army was defeated and has withdrawn from the Jinlin Pass area. Horn and his tens of thousands of remaining troops were no longer able to attack and fled back towards the Zhou Kingdom in embarrassment."
Hearing this, Zhao Kang finally relaxed his tense mind and tried to sit up. Brother Diao hurriedly said: "Sir, the doctor said you should have a good rest! You have been too exhausted and exhausted during this period!"
"It's okay, my injuries are not serious." Zhao Kang said, sitting up anyway.
Just as he said, although there were many injuries on his body, most of them were sword wounds outside the skin. Only Yan Wenyuan's shot hurt his muscles and bones.
What's more, it was his psychological and spiritual pressure that made him unable to resist after relaxing, so he fainted for three days and three nights.
After taking a look at the room, there were five people in total: Zhang Zheng, Diao Ge, Zhang Long, Jingguo general Gao Yuan, and Zhou Long.
They are all people who have lived and died together.
Zhao Kang thought for a while and then said: "Tell me about the situation."
Zhang Zheng had already thought about his words in advance and said: "Although our army won this battle, the casualties were not small. At present, except for the new reserve army in Liangzhou, there are only 30,000 veterans left in Tongzhou, and they are all freshmen. Most of those who came off the battlefield were injured."
"In addition, when cleaning the battlefield, we found the corpses of the masters who appeared on the battlefield. When we checked, we found that the most powerful woman was missing. She must have escaped."
"Feng Bao, the chief eunuch, died in battle, with all his muscles and bones broken. The doctor said it was due to exhaustion. Former general Chen Xuanlong died in battle, and the entire Tianyu army was wiped out."
"In addition, former military lieutenant Wu Hai, lieutenant Zhao Li and other thirty-two generals were all killed in the battle. Three thousand friendly soldiers were trapped in the battle, and the chief general Liu Jihan was killed in the battle. Only sixty-seven of the three thousand trapped soldiers were left."
"Three hundred and twenty-six of your confidants who came from Yuanjiang County, and 253 of them were killed in battle, leaving only seventy-three. Six of the 20,000 friendly Silver Armored Dragon Cavalry troops were killed in battle. More than a thousand people. Lieutenant General Xu Guang died in the battle..."
Zhang Zheng kept reporting, and everyone was in a low mood. Only Zhao Kang seemed very calm.
Finally, Zhang Zhengdao said: "From the beginning of the war to now, although our army has won, it has suffered heavy losses. If our army has not been ten years old, we may not be able to recover."
"Of course, Zhou and Qi will only be worse off than us. The exact number of casualties is still being tallied in the army's account books. It is estimated that it will take some time before the results are available."
"By the way, General Ye is out of danger, but after seeing it, General Gao said that General Ye's cultivation level has now dropped to only about the fourth level."
Zhao Kang looked at Gao Yuan, he was the only stranger present.
The latter clasped his fists and said, "The last general, Gao Yuan, has met Zhao Guoshi. When the national master visited the scene, I met Zhao Guoshi from a distance."
"I never thought that the Imperial Master would not only impress the world with his literary talent, but he would also be brave against the enemy on the battlefield!"
Gao Yuan's words were not polite, he saw it when Zhao Kang led his men to attack the enemy's formation.
We understand even more clearly that if Zhao Kang hadn't taken the lead with his fearless energy, the Gan army that had finally broken out of the encirclement would never have dared to counterattack.
Because they had already rushed out at that time, and it was because Zhao Kang went deep into the enemy's formation that the soldiers regained their fighting spirit!
Then came this victory.
Otherwise, Gao Yuan could at most break out of the encirclement and escape to Tongzhou with everyone else.
In this case, Huo En and Yan Wenyuan would not suffer heavy losses, and 70,000 to 80,000 men could still attack Tongzhou.
However, the entire Qi army was wiped out, leaving only 30,000 to 40,000 cavalrymen. It would be impossible to conquer Tongzhou.
Unless the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty each transform into an enemy of ten thousand people, one person can capture a city.
Zhao Kang smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for you, General Gao, Zhao Kang would have been dead by now. How did the general come, and why has he never received any news before?"
He was a little confused. Jingguo's silver-armored dragon cavalry could be said to be the biggest surprise in this battle.
Without them, Zhao Kang would definitely die today.
Gao Yuan said directly without hesitation: "It was the general Xu Ningrang, the protector of our country, who came quietly and lurked here. He was hiding in the wild forest a hundred miles away from Jinlin Pass."
"Because the enemy troops have been attacking Jinlin Pass at close range, they have not discovered our army. The old commander said that the main battlefield is here with the national division, and let the general wait for the opportunity."
"Guardian Xu Ning, Xu Jie's father?" Zhao Kang was stunned.
Gao Yuan nodded.
Zhao Kang fell silent. He didn't expect that the other party saved him, and he was really shocked.
After a long moment of silence, Zhao Kang raised his head: "I owe the general and Mr. Xu my life!"
"The national defense force is in serious trouble. If a certain number of countries are lost, the enemy will be free to attack our country of Jing. The old commander said that aiding Qian means saving Jing."
Gao Yuan smiled and joked: "Besides, the Imperial Master should almost be regarded as our Jingguo's son-in-law, right? I have never seen a man dare to hug General Ye."
"General Ye woke up and immediately asked about the situation of the National Preceptor!"
Seeing everyone's half-smiling expressions, Zhao Kang's expression also softened: "I'll treat everyone here to a drink then!"
Everyone laughed. Although everyone was injured and looked a little miserable, there was a sense of pride.
Seeing that Zhao Kang was fine, everyone felt relieved, and Zhao Kang left Zhang Zheng and Zhou Long behind.
The two of them thought that Zhao Kang was going to explain the end of the war, but they didn't expect that Zhao Kang would ask.
"How many people know that I am still alive?"
Both generals were stunned, and Zhou Long subconsciously said: "After the Imperial Master passed out in the rain, we rushed all the way back to Tongzhou, so outsiders only knew that the Imperial Master had fainted, and did not know anything else."
"That's good."
Zhao Kang closed his eyes: "Zhang Zheng, you haven't sent the battle report yet, right?"
Zhang Zheng shook his head quickly, "No."
Zhao Kang: "Very good, add the word Zhao Kang to the list of those killed in battle."
Zhang Zheng and Zhou Long were both stunned.
Zhang Zheng suddenly said: "Damn! Imperial Master, you must have thought that the war is over and you are going to retire to the mountains and forests. How can this be possible! The country cannot live without you, Imperial Master!"
Zhao Kang opened his eyes and smiled bitterly: "What the hell? Who said I was going to retire to the mountains and forests?"
"Then why are you?" Zhang Zheng was a little confused.
Zhou Long suddenly realized something. He thought of the one hundred thousand kilograms of gunpowder.
Zhao Kang said at this time: "The court of our Qian Kingdom is too dirty. It needs to be cleaned thoroughly!"
