After the war, Xiangyang City slept in the morning light.
The thick black smoke had been blown away, and only some embers were still burning, but it was no longer a serious problem. Chen Zhishen and others who arrived later led their troops to clean up the forage yard. Fortunately, the Northern Zhou army put out the fire in time, so
There is still a small part of the grain and grass that has been successfully divided.
For the huge forage farm in Xiangyang City, this small amount of food and grass may not be considered much, but when it was taken out alone at this time, Li Xingchen was still pleasantly surprised to find that at least this food and grass was enough to support the army stationed here for another month.
For this reason, Li Xinchen was even more heartbroken. Cheng Feng, a prodigal son, who knows how much grain he burned, otherwise all the grain would fall into Li Xinchen's hands, and Li Xinchen would not need to worry about food and grass at all in a short time.
You must know that the Bashu army attacking Xiangyang now has all the grain and grass transported from Chencang in the northwest with great pains. Even if there is a Mianshui river channel to use, it cannot be maintained because the road is far away, and there are not many Bashu troops along the way.
, no one can guarantee that no accidents will happen. After all, in these troubled times, there are too many crazy people, and it is inevitable that there will be hungry bandits with red eyes in the surrounding mountains.
Although the Ba people's troops who were escorting the grain and grass behind had gone into the mountains several times to clean up, the results were not very good. After all, this was a mountain that the Ba people were not familiar with. They wanted to make them stand in the mountains in such a short period of time.
It is indeed a bit difficult to keep a firm foothold, but fortunately, we have realized that these "regular troops" are not as easy to deal with as the previous ones, so at least these days the bandits are living in peace.
Even so, Li Xingchen did not dare to take it lightly. There was only one road from Hanzhong to Xiangyang, so no accidents could happen. And if the problem of food and grass supply could be solved nearby, then the dependence on this road would naturally be greatly reduced.
While thinking about it, Li Xingchen scolded Cheng Feng in his heart.
Of course, no matter how you say it, Li Xingchen feels a little uncomfortable standing and talking.
The corpses on the city wall have been collected. The Northern Zhou soldiers will be cremated outside the city, while the Bashu soldiers will be buried together. Although in troubled times, sparse burials have become a tradition, Li Xingchen still insists on collecting them in the city.
Some good-quality wood was laid under the tomb pit to at least show that he valued it. For this reason, even several houses on the side of the government office were demolished.
"General!" Seeing Li Xingchen approaching, several Bashu soldiers who were repairing the city wall hurriedly stood up and looked with some excitement at the general who led them to create this miracle.
Or rather, in their hearts, Li Xingchen was almost the same as a god at this time.
"Boy, how many Zhou dogs have you killed?"
"General Qi, two... two!" The young soldier blushed, obviously he did not expect that the general who should be unattainable would talk to him so cordially.
"Good boy!" Li Xingchen laughed and looked around, "What about you?"
"one!"
"No······"
Some have a loud voice, while others sound like a gnat.
Li Xingchen couldn't help but laugh and said: "The one who killed Zhou Gou is a good man. Don't be proud. There will be more beatings in the future. Remember your merits. If you can't produce evidence when the merits are rewarded later, there will be nothing you can do. And
Don’t worry about those brothers who don’t have heads. There is still a long way to go. If you follow me, you will have a chance to make contributions sooner or later! This time, it’s not because these Zhou dogs surrendered too quickly. Otherwise, I believe everyone can have a head.
class!"
Suddenly all the soldiers laughed.
One of the young soldiers scratched his head and asked after hesitating for a moment: "General, when will this battle be over?"
The surrounding city walls suddenly fell silent, and everyone turned their eyes to Li Xinchen. I have to say that this is a tricky question. Anyone with a little experience knows that Xiangyang is just the beginning of Li Xinchen's struggle for world supremacy.
After taking Xiangyang, Li Xinchen had the ability to attack from multiple directions, so he was able to transform from the original separatist regime into the current world hegemony. And the world is so big, and the road is long and long!
The eyes of the commander and general following Li Xinchen almost popped out of his head, and they wished they could beat this ignorant boy. But Li Xinchen laughed and said, "What, are you homesick?"
"Yes." Sensing something was wrong, the young soldier just nodded slightly and did not dare to speak.
Li Xingchen looked around and saw that the expressions of the soldiers were different.
Obviously they also secretly want to know the answer to this question.
"The world is so big, we have just left less than half of it, and there are still many battles to fight," Li Xingchen said calmly, "But at least for this year, we can live a little more peacefully. You are homesick.
, I have to breathe a sigh of relief. After completing their tasks, each department will take turns to rest, and those who are close to home can go home for the holidays!"
Li Xingchen's words were so resounding that the surrounding soldiers glanced at each other subconsciously and immediately burst into cheers.
"However, you must guarantee that this Xiangyang City must be repaired by someone first!"
"This is natural, general, please don't worry!"
Li Xingchen smiled and chatted with a few more soldiers, patted their shoulders, and was about to walk up to the city gate. Pei Zilie asked with some worry: "Shizhong, are you really planning to..."
Li Xingchen paused and said helplessly: "We have been engaged in battles for more than a year, and it's time to take a breath. If the internal affairs are not stable, we can't go to war."
Pei Zilie nodded. He was not a militant like Xiao Shilian. It was a good thing to rest for a while. The army moved to Bashu and Xiangyang and was already exhausted. If they continued to mobilize, it would probably only cause unimaginable bad consequences.
At this time, a scout came quickly: "General Qi, Yuchi Shun and Yuchi Kuan rushed out of the south gate and are now fleeing towards Xian Mountain. Old General Chunyu is leading his troops to pursue them!"
"Run away?" Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows immediately.
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It was actually pure luck that Yuchi Shun and Yuchi Kuan were able to escape.
Chun Yuliang's calculation was not bad. When he arrived at the south gate, Yuchi brothers were also galloping towards this direction. However, Chun Yuliang still miscalculated one thing, and that was the Yuchi brothers' influence and appeal in the army.
When they saw the banner of Yuchi's family, the Northern Zhou soldiers who had already knelt down and surrendered inside and outside the south gate suddenly rioted. Some wanted to take the opportunity to escape, while others desperately rushed to the Bashu soldiers around them in order to buy time for their own major general to leave.
Yuchijiong had been fighting for most of his life. Although he had always maintained strict military orders, he loved his soldiers as much as his sons. Therefore, when these old subordinates of Yuchijiong saw that the major general had a chance to escape, they naturally no longer dropped their heads. (To be continued)