The ancestral hall is probably the most intact masonry building in the village. The masonry was not removed to strengthen the earthen fence outside. It is also the command post of Liu Tingzhou, and naturally it also became Lin Fu's temporary command post.
Lin Fu walked in. There were almost no decorations in the room. There was a stone table in the middle, a few stone stools on the outside, and not even a single piece of wooden furniture.
Five to six thousand people were trapped in the small village and could not escape. However, survival not only required rice, but also a large amount of firewood. Almost everything that could make a fire in the village was burned. What wooden furniture was there?
They were all dismantled and burned as firewood. In the end, there was no choice but to let a large number of corpses pile up in the pit to rot and get maggots.
Tao Chun was lying on the straw mattress in the back room. The wound had rotted and suppurated. The room was full of stench. However, his face was thin and sallow, without any blood. He was still conscious, but his eyes were not bright at all, and it was difficult to speak. He was completely
You can't see how strong he was when he first came to Huai'an to ask for help.
Such a man initially complained about Li Zhuo's unfair treatment of him, failed to compete with Lu Jingyan for the position of commander-in-chief of Shao Wu Army, and was won over by Yue Lengqiu. Finally, when he was in Jinan, he led his troops to march westward with Yue Lengqiu, resulting in Shao Wujun's
The elite of Bai Zhan was completely divided.
Lu Jingyan died in Jinan, but I wonder what he was thinking?
In any case, Tao Chun is a rare general. He broke out from Xuzhou twice to Huai'an for rescue, and followed Liu Tingzhou across Huaibei. He also took the lead and made great achievements, far beyond those generals who were rotten in their bones.
Lin Fu called a medical officer to treat Tao Chun. Whether Tao Chun can survive depends on whether he has the chance to survive.
When the sky darkened, Changshan Camp and Fengli Camp took over the outer defense, while the Huaihe River Army withdrew to rest and recuperate.
Fifteen thousand people of the Huaihe River Crossing Army crossed the Huaihe River and entered Siyang. At this time, there were less than 4,000 people, and most of them were injured.
The Huaihe Army has been able to survive by slaughtering its horses until now, but it lacks medical treatment and the weather is so hot that it cannot be treated in time, and there are few wounds that do not fester and fester.
When you open the door of the courtyard where the seriously injured are concentrated, you will be greeted by a disgusting smell.
For people who are used to seeing blood, this is nothing. Lin Fu, Liu Tingzhou, Zhou Pu, Xiao Kui'an and others were about to walk in when someone inside carried the dead body out.
Lin Fu asked people to wait for a moment and looked at the unconscious body lying on the door panel. He was only sixteen or seventeen years old. There were still soft velvet beards on his lips. The broken left leg was necrotic and rotten, and there were small
White maggots burrowed in and out.
Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kuian felt even worse.
Seriously injured patients lay scattered in the atrium of the yard. Only a few old people could bear the stench and were taken care of here. The heartbreaking moans and wails could be heard coming from the house.
Although Jiangdong Zuojun came to rescue the siege in time, these seriously injured patients showed no joy or excitement. They lay in this lifeless courtyard, waiting for the call of the Lord of Hell.
"Treat everyone as much as possible. As long as there is still breath left, don't give up!" Lin Fu solemnly ordered the medical officers behind him to enter the yard to treat the injured.
In order to allow the Huaihe Army to regain its ability to break out of the encirclement as soon as possible without abandoning the wounded, Lin Fu mobilized medical officers and medical apprentices from each battalion to form a medical team of forty or fifty people to rescue the wounded of the Huaihe Army.
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Lin Fu stood in the courtyard, watching the medical staff rescuing seriously injured patients. By the time the moon rose above the treetops, seven people had died due to serious injuries and could not be rescued.
The other injured have been initially treated, and the yard no longer has the same stench as when they first arrived, but how many people will survive in the end seems to depend on the mood of the Lord of Hell.
In cold weapon warfare, the proportion of people killed or shot on the spot is relatively small, and more people die from blood loss or wound infection. When the army moves behind enemy lines, a large number of injuries often become the key to delaying the movement of the army.
factor.
There are many examples of seriously injured patients being abandoned.
Whether it is abandoning or carrying a seriously wounded patient who is dying and carrying him forward in the team, it will seriously affect the morale of the generals in combat.
The town army also has medical officers, but usually thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers are equipped with one medical officer. Once a fierce battle occurs and a large number of casualties occur in a short period of time, the medical officers simply cannot take care of those many injured patients and receive treatment.
It is often the prerogative of generals.
Each battalion of the Jiangdong Zuo Army is equipped with a full-time medical officer, and there are also several medical apprentices organized into rescue teams to ensure that those injured in combat are injured but not disabled, and disabled but not dead.
This is also an important factor why the casualty ratio of the Jiangdong Left Army has always been maintained at a low level.
Even if the casualty and attrition rate is high in a battle, a considerable proportion of wounded soldiers can be cured and return to the team after the war, ensuring that the team's overall combat effectiveness level does not decline.
Apart from giving an inspiring speech to the generals of the Huaihe crossing army before entering the village, Lin Fu said very little.
Along the way, Lin Fu rarely commented on what had happened in the more than ten days since Liu Tingzhou, Xiao Kui'an and others reported to the Huaihe Army in detail what had happened in the more than ten days since they seized Feixiaji on the north bank of the Huaihe River.
After all the seriously injured and injured patients in the yard had received preliminary treatment, and there was no stench in the yard, and there were not so many wailings and moans that sounded bone-crushing, Lin Fu slowly turned around and said: "When I first heard about the horse uniform, the horse is like a dragon fighting.
Even if they die in Feixiaji, I plan to show their merit to the court; from this point of view, even if Ma Fu and Ma Rulong are killed, it will not be able to offset their serious crime of disobeying military orders and retreating without permission!"
Lin Fu's words were cold and murderous.
Liu Tingzhou didn't know if Lin Fu refused to go around the Ma family. Was it because of Ma Rucong's heinous crimes, or because he was trying to steal the Ma family's wealth? However, he was unable to stop Lin Fu from doing anything to the Ma family. He crossed the Huaihe army.
Of the thousands of remaining generals, how many are willing to spare the Ma family easily?
It's funny to say that among the remaining generals of the Huaihe River crossing, Shanyang County soldiers accounted for a high proportion.
The Shanyang County army's current combat strength is inseparable from the financial support behind it from the Ma family and other salt merchants.
When Teng Xing, the magistrate of Shanyang and the governor of Shanyang, was far from dead, the soldiers of Shanyang County could be said to be an elite fighting force loyal to Ma and other salt merchants.
Now these Shanyang County soldiers who survived the disaster have become the force that supports Lin Fu to take action against the Ma family.
Maybe some generals still have inextricable ties with the Ma family, but Ma Fu is dead, and all the private soldiers of the Ma family have been wiped out. The Chu Palace in Xuzhou is also in turmoil, and its fate is uncertain. The Ma family is destined to decline and become
A delicious meal shared by other forces. For these generals, instead of being buried for the Ma family and tied to death on a tree whose roots have been chopped off, it is better to find a new master as soon as possible.
"In order to make it easier to break out, the Huaihe Army was reorganized immediately," Lin Fu ordered. "The remaining troops of the Huaihe Army were immediately organized into three sentry teams and three sentry teams into one battalion. A total of five battalions were organized.
All of them will be put into the queue of wounded soldiers. Each battalion will elect one commander and six deputy commanders to serve as both chief and deputy sentries. Xiao Kui'an, I ask you to report to me the list of thirty-five battalion commanders and deputy commanders before dawn."
"General, I will obey the order." Xiao Kui'an said.
When Liu Tingzhou formed the Huaihe crossing army, he recruited self-recruited military attaches from the government army to cross the Huaihe River north. Although the number was not large, the officer system was roughly built. Before the Huaihe crossing army went north, Lin Fu ordered the six military attaches to cross the Huaihe River.
The elite garrison of Yingshanyang County was reorganized and merged into the Huaihe River Crossing Army, and its officer system became more complete.
Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kui'an led their troops to break through the encirclement to the north and held on to wait for help in the trapped fortress, with Shanyang County soldiers as the main force.
The entire Huaihe crossing army was out of ten, but it was not beaten to pieces.
Xiao Kui'an quickly took out the list of thirty-five generals that Lin Fu wanted, and at dawn, he took these thirty-five generals to the ancestral hall in the center of the village to see Lin Fu.
Lin Fu didn't have time to talk in detail. He met with thirty generals, comforted and admonished them, and then formally appointed them as the generals of the fifth battalion of the Huaidong Army in the name of the envoys of the Jing invaders in Huaidong, indicating that after the war
I will ask for merit and titles for them.
The Shanyang County Army was originally a rural military system, and the Huaihe River Crossing Army was formed by temporary recruitment. Few of the thirty-five people had the official title of military attache.
It is said that the army crossing the Huaihe River was recruited by Liu Tingzhou, and Liu Tingzhou should take the lead in requesting merit and titles. However, Lin Fu had the title of Huaidong Jingkou System Envoy, and was nominally the highest military commander of the three counties in Huaidong.
Liu Tingzhou was not qualified to compete with Lin Fu for this dominance at this time.
"From now on, you have something to report to me, and your actions and actions must be based on my orders. If you violate the rules, military law will not be spared. Have you heard clearly?" Lin Fu sat on the only wooden chair in the hall.
On the Grand Master's chair, illuminated by a torch exuding the scent of rosin, his face was stern and serious, and his eyes scanned everyone, not angry but dignified.
The thirty-five generals in the hall, including Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kui'an who were sitting next to Lin Fu, all looked at each other in shock: Lin Fu wanted to directly deprive Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kui'an of their command rights over the Huaihe crossing army.
Perhaps it was too hasty, and the generals below did not know what to do for a moment. They stood there frozen and no one responded.
Lin Fu didn't seem to feel the coldness and solemnity in the hall at all. He said to Liu Tingzhou who was sitting next to him: "In addition to the five battalions and fifteen sentries of the soldiers crossing the Huaihe River, there are also more than a thousand wounded. This responsibility lies with Mr. Liu."
You take it up. If we engage the enemy in battle, our generals may die on the battlefield and be buried in horse leather, but we must never abandon a wounded soldier. Mr. Liu, what do you think of my decision?"
Liu Tingzhou could feel the pressure exerted on him by Lin Fu's gaze, which made him breathless. He said bitterly: "I obey the order!"
Liu Tingzhou knew clearly that Lin Fu was seizing his power, but he felt that he had an irresistible responsibility for the Huaihe Army to fall into such a desperate situation, and Lin Fu left more than a thousand wounded soldiers to his command, and he could not find them.
Making excuses, he had no choice but to knock out his teeth and swallow blood, agreeing with Lin Fu's arrangement.
Lin Fu said to Xiao Kui'an again: "When I break through, I will protect the wounded soldiers in the center of the camps, but I can't guarantee that there won't be a few bandits rushing in. I want you to lead two hundred elites to assist Mr. Liu to ensure that no one is killed."
A wounded soldier fell behind during the breakout, can you do it?"
Xiao Kui'an felt a little aggrieved for Liu Tingzhou, but he also knew that only the system commander could lead them out of the predicament at this time. Liu Tingzhou recognized Lin Fu's arrangement, so what could he resist? He responded in a muffled voice: "The general will get the order."
I thought to myself: Although the generals below will be grateful for Liu Tingzhou's loyalty, they will probably place more hopes on the commander, right?
Lin Fu did not force the thirty-five generals in the hall to express their stance in front of the hall. He waved his hand and said: "You all go down and reorganize the troops as just discussed.
As someone selected by the thirty-fifth general, he more or less has a team of soldiers and horses that he can trust and rely on. He will make up for the shortcomings by cutting off the excess, and organize the wounded into the queue of wounded soldiers. According to Lin Fu's order, he will cross the Huaihe River.
The remnants of the army selected the elite and organized them into five battalions and fifteen sentries, which was completed before dawn.