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Chapter 10 Veterans Don't Die

Under Hongshan Fort, Tang soldiers were excitedly cleaning the battlefield.

Of course, due to the cold weather, the battlefield is not so easy to clean. The long-solidified blood freezes the incomplete corpse and the ice and snow. The head level that could have been picked at will requires a lot of effort to get it.

Although each head has to work hard, chop with a knife and pry with a spear, and even though it is very hard to clean the battlefield, the soldiers of the Tang army at this time were like farmers during the harvest, and no one would feel tired.

The Tang soldiers cleaned the battlefield very thoroughly. They not only peeled off the armor from the corpse, but also cleaned the ragged leather robes of the Turkic soldiers. The Tang soldiers held the corpses of the war horses they had collected from the battlefield on the ice to Hongshan Fort. These Tang soldiers were smart. Although they looked down on the ragged armor and inferior swords and guns of the Turks, they were very expensive. Even in Chang'an City, a pound of fine iron would be sold for hundreds of dollars. A broken knife could be sold for several hundred dollars.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

A Tang soldier held a dagger and started to tamper with an incredible head. The Tang army used his head to calculate his merits, and as long as he was an unrecognizable head, he would not make military achievements. However, in this cavalry melee, many Turkic people's heads were trampled by horse hooves, and they could not be identified and would not be considered military achievements.

This made the Tang army soldiers exclaimed that it was a pity.

The Tang soldier struggled to dig out a gold tooth from his head like a rotten watermelon and screamed excitedly.

In front of the Hongshan Fortress gate, Luo Shixin looked at the soldiers cleaning the battlefield at the foot of the mountain while gnawing a piece of roast lamb the size of a palm. Although Luo Shixin's armor was already hanging on his blood and gray-white brain, Luo Shixin was not at all uncomfortable.

"The whistle cavalry can be at least thirty miles away, which will leave us a quarter of an hour of preparation!" Luo Shixin said to Zhang Shigui: "It is best to push the whistle cavalry into the Bogulu City!"

Zhang Shigui said: "General Luo, don't worry, I'll go and stare at me personally, and I'll guarantee that something will happen!"

"You don't have to go!" Luo Shixin said: "The battlefield is about to be cleaned. Go and count the results of the war and record the military merits for the soldiers!"

"Abide by the order!"

Zhang Shigui commanded a group of Yue cavalry and ran towards Bogulu City.

Duan Zhigan complained to Luo Shixin: "General Luo, Hongshan Fortress is too small to garrison the army at all. It is already the best place to garrison 500 people here."

"No, there are too few five hundred people!" Luo Shixin said: "Once the Turks counterattack, five hundred people are not enough to guard Hongshan Fort! You should know that General Manager Chen wants to fight this battle. We are actually bait. General Manager Chen repeatedly warned us to avoid losing his wife and his troops!"

Originally, Chen Ying wanted to replace Luo Shixin and personally directed the flower-moving and wood-moving tactics, but Chen Ying's riding skills were really unsatisfactory, so he asked Luo Shixin to replace him.

"What should I do?" Duan Zhigan said: "We won't fight against the Turks in the field, right?"

"There are naturally no way to fight in the field!" Luo Shixin said: "There are too many Turkic people, and we will suffer a great loss in the wild!"

"We are like this, we build corpses into walls!" Zhang Shigui thought for a while and said, "There are so many corpses of the Turks, so we can also use them. In fact, not only the corpses of the Turks, but also those ragged weapons can also be used!"

Duan Zhigan said in surprise: "How to use it?"

"It's very simple!" Zhang Shigui picked up a thick mace casually, inserted the handle of the mace into the snow pile, and poured it on it as hard as iron after soaking it.

"Okay, that's it!" Luo Shixin decided to make the decision.

The soldiers of the Tang army began to get busy again. More than a dozen large pots were boiling water with charcoal and pouring steaming hot water on the corpse, which was even better than cement solidification.

The incomplete corpses of the Turks were collected and built into a wall outside the Hongshan Fort. Outside the wall were the soldiers abandoned by the Turks on the battlefield and the long spears, which were fixed to the snow surface by the Tang army soldiers with hot water. The sharp blades with cold light were unified at a sixty-degree angle with the ground and facing outside.

Fortunately, tens of thousands of kilograms of carbohydrate were stored in Hongshan Fort, otherwise boiling water would have become a problem.

Just when the corpse wall was three feet high, Zhang Shigui handed over the calculated account book to Luo Shixin.

Luo Shixin didn't answer, and said coldly: "Remember!"

Zhang Shigui suddenly realized.

"In this battle, only 1,151 levels were beheaded. Four hundred and fifty-two pairs of intact armor were seized! More than 2,000 long and short weapons, more than 50,000 arrows, and 2,413 war horses, including wounded, disabled, and more than half of the dead horses!"

"What a pity!" Luo Shixin said: "Kill all the injured and residual horses. We are not Hu Man. We are not as poor as we are not as poor as possible. Today we have a meal, and the horse meat will be full!"

When the soldiers heard this, they cheered like thunder.

At this time, the soldiers felt that they were full of strength again and were working faster.

...

In Bogulu City, there is an inconspicuous little snow bag three miles away. However, this is not a real snow bag, but a leather-stick snow sled used as a mobile beacon tower. Ten Tang Shijun were stationed here in a group.

The entire snow sled was wrapped in white silk, like a natural snow bag. The observation whistle was made of white silk as thin as a cicada's wing and a fine silk. It can block the wind and cold and maintain the heat in the leather shed. Unless an open flame is lit in the leather shed, it is not easy to detect this fake snow bag with fish-eye mixed beads.

The leader of the gang is called Lao Niu. As his name is, he is like an old ox, working hard and complacent. Unfortunately, he has been in the army for more than 30 years but has not been promoted properly.

Several Tang army whistle cavalry were swaying at the gate of Bogulu City. Suddenly, dozens of Turkic cavalry rushed out of Bogulu City and rushed towards the Tang army whistle cavalry.

Seeing this, the Tang cavalry hurriedly retreated and chased out of the limelight. When the Turkic cavalry saw that they could not catch up with the Tang cavalry, they rode back. The Tang cavalry watched the Turkic cavalry return to the city and followed slowly.

When the Turkic cavalry saw the Tang army's whistle cavalry chasing after them, they turned their horses and began to drive away the Tang army's whistle cavalry.

Both sides chased each other and ran back and forth five or six times.

However, when the Tang army's whistle cavalry gradually lost their vigilance, these dozen Turkic cavalry suddenly exerted their strength. They drove one hundred and fifty steps away from the Tang army's whistle cavalry, pulling their bows and taking arrows.

A soldier Xiao Liuzi, who was holding a spear, said with a smile: "Niuto, come and see, this Turkic man is really crazy. He only takes a hundred and fifty steps and actually shoots an arrow. I really think they are the Legend of the Condor Heroes!"

The old cow head came to the observation mouth and saw something was wrong.

The bows of these dozen cavalrymen were obviously larger than those of ordinary short cavalry, and the arrow shafts were all black.

"Swish swish swish swish swish swish..." Several harsh sounds of breaking through the air sounded. The Tang army's whistle cavalry fell off his horse. In fact, one of the whistle cavalry was hit by four or five arrows on the back and wanted to struggle to get up, but was chased by more than a dozen Turkic cavalrymen and killed him.

"Not good!" the old bullhead shouted: "The Turks are going to send troops!"

Sure enough, a large number of Turkic cavalry emerged in Bogulu City. The scale of this Turkic cavalry was much larger than expected. After running for a cup of tea, it was still flowing continuously.

"Enemy attack! Burn the beacon!" The old cow pounced on the side of the fire pit in the middle of the leather shed, and gathered the charcoal spread out into a pile, picked up the fire knife and flint, and ignited in a hurry. "Come and help, drag the horse manure basket over!"

However, I was stunned for a long time but no one moved.

The old cow looked up and felt the strange atmosphere. A group of ten people stared at Bo Gu Lucheng without responding.

In this stunned kung fu, at least five or six thousand cavalry had rushed out of Bogulu City.

"Ignite, hurry!"

"Bang, the pale-faced Xiao Liuer knelt down for the old Niu, "Captain Niu, Master Niu, you can't light the fire! There are too many Turkic people out of the city, so we are not enough to stuff the teeth of others! When they all leave, we will run away."

Such an unobstructed sled cart would receive news from behind as long as the beacon fire is lit. However, they would be killed by the angry Turks. They were originally thought of death, but suddenly there was hope of life. Old Niu was also happy. Suddenly, he thought of something, and the joy on his face flashed in a flash. With two or three thoughts, he bit his teeth: "Light!"

"You can't light the fire, we'll be done if you light it!"

"Captain Niu, we can't seek death by ourselves!"

Several soldiers persuaded each other in a verbal way. Xiao Liuer, who was the smartest and most beloved by Lao Niu, even knelt on the ground and grabbed the hem of Lao Niu's clothes tightly.

After looking at these panicked young soldiers, Lao Niu's tears came down: "Liuzi, don't be afraid, Master Niu will accompany you to the Hall of Hell!"

"No, Mr. Niu, I don't want to die!"

"I don't want to die either, but I can't!" The old bull's nose and tears flowed. His hunched waist was straight, and his eyes became firm. He was no longer a sagging old man, but he seemed like a majestic general. "We are dead, and there are Turks to bury us with us. If we live, none of those thousands of brothers will survive. Do you think this fire is lit?"

The soldiers began to sweep the charcoal silently and prepare horse manure. Xiao Liuer, who was most afraid just now, suddenly realized that his hands were no longer shaking, his throat stopped drying, and even his heart seemed to be beating less violently. He didn't say anything, took the fire knife and flint from Lao Niu's hand, and knocked it one by one, one by one.

The disguised white cloth was torn off with all its hands and feet. However, the Turks did not notice any abnormality until the huge smoke pillar soared into the sky, like a blue dragon breaking through the bondage, swaying its claws and swaying straight into the sky!

A Turkic Qu general led his troops to angrily pounced at the old bullhead's house.

Until the smoke rose, Shiliversha knew that his plan to attack Red Mountain Fort was vain. This trip was likely to be lost.

The old bullhead tightened the horizontal knife in his hand and shouted in a stern voice: "The Tang Dynasty has won thousands of victories!"

"The Tang Dynasty has thousands of victories~!"
Chapter completed!
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