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Chapter 55: Dusk (2)(1/2)

『PS: Thanks to the "Diedouhua" boss for his reward of 1500 yuan! ~』

————The following text——

Just as Liang Ji asked Li He, Zhai Hu and Xia Yang Jun were walking on the street, talking while inspecting the morale of the guards in the city.

At this time, the number of casualties has been roughly pointed out. More than 4,000 people died in battle and six or seven thousand injured. Even the Wei soldiers accounted for a considerable share. Such losses were really heavy for small countries like Shaoliang.

Even in the eyes of Zhai Hu and Xia Yangjun, this is the best result.

Faced with more than 200,000 Qin troops, more than 20,000 guards in Shaoliang held for three hours, killing more than 4,000 in battle and injured six or seven thousand casualties in exchange for at least twice the losses of the Qin army, and eventually forced the Qin army to retreat temporarily, no one could blame anything.

Even in Xia Yangjun's opinion, Shao Liang today is not just a "small victory", but a big victory!

Therefore, when Zhai Hu wanted him to send a battle report to Anyi, Xia Yang Jun happily agreed.

It’s not that Xia Yang Jun has been in Yuanli for a long time and has any feelings for Shaoliang Kingdom. He just feels vaguely that perhaps Shaoliang, a small country, can really make Qin Kingdom lose face this time.

Therefore, just now, Xia Yangjun immediately wrote the battle report in person and sent people around him to Anyi overnight. If there was no accident, then at this time of tomorrow, Anyi would receive news that 200,000 Qin troops had hit a wall in Dongliang City.

But in terms of the current morale in the city, Xia Yangjun also put forward some of his views: "... Today's Shaoliang army soldiers' tenacity has made me admire him, but there are too many casualties and injuries. It is urgent to find a way to boost morale..."

As he spoke, he looked at the soldiers on both sides of the street with a serious expression.

In the face of the great enemy, the affairs of the soldiers in the city were put first. Even Zhai Hu, Xia Yang Jun, Dong Liang Jun and other families who were responsible for assisting the defending city had prepared the food of the soldiers and distributed them to each soldier one after another.

However, most of the soldiers seemed to be indifferent and had no appetite.

The light meal makes people feel that they have no appetite. On the one hand, there is also the change in morale.

Although these soldiers were extremely brave during the day, they seemed to be not inferior to those of the ferocious Qin soldiers, but when the Qin army retreated and when they counted the number of casualties, the morale of the soldiers in the city would inevitably fall.

Especially when you see the bodies of the soldiers with your own sides, this morale slipping becomes more and more obvious.

This is normal.

No matter what kind of army it is, it cannot truly take life and death lightly, even the Qin army.

In this situation, how to save morale is undoubtedly a major test for the generals.

Zhai Hu has made some arrangements for this.

"Mr. Dongliang has already told Fan Hu to count the treasury in the city, get money and reward soldiers, and inspire morale. Besides, we have discussed with Li He just now that he will lead a surprise troops to attack the Qin army tonight..."

"Sneak attack on the Qin army?"

Xia Yang Jun was stunned when he heard this, frowned and said, "Ying Qian is definitely not a brave but unscheming person. Today he hit a wall in Dongliang. Even if he underestimated the enemy a little before, he might be..."

"Don't worry." Zhai Hu said with a bit of mystery: "The 'stonishing soldiers' trained by Li He is no less powerful than the martial soldiers of your country, especially in terms of surprise attacks..."

"Wu Zun?" Xia Yangjun looked at Zhai Hu with a strange expression.

Since the martial soldiers of other Wei State became famous and made 10,000, countries in the world have used the martial soldiers of other Wei State as examples from time to time, boasting that their troops under their command are no less than those of the Wushu of Wei State.

But what is the truth? Most of them are just bragging. Not to mention that compared with Wei Wuzhang, even the main army of Wei may not be able to catch up.

However, the "Shaoliang Strange Soldier" mentioned by Zhai Hu made Xia Yang Jun feel a little interested. After all, Zhai Hu personally revealed that this Strange Soldier was trained by the brave General Li Wubai.

This Li Wubai General impressed Xia Yang Jun.

"Then I need to see it well." He replied with a smile.

Zhai Hu smiled slightly and was about to show off a few more words when he suddenly saw several Shaoliang soldiers running past in front of him. He shouted happily: "Brothers, hurry up, go to the intersection of Main Street, Shaojun is going to sing songs for the soldiers in the city there..."

"What? Shaojun?"

"Where?"

When the soldiers who heard the shouts asked in a verbal manner, the whole street soon became boiling.

After all, most of them have seen the young master of Shaoliang. Although he is young, he is beautiful, his voice is crisp and pleasant, and he is kind and cute. Especially today, the young master stood in front of the city gate tower, not to mention whether it played any role, just his determination to "advance and retreat with the soldiers guarding the city" won the love of soldiers and generals in the city.

Therefore, let alone the soldiers of Shaoliang rushed to the scene, even the Wei soldiers went there one after another. As long as they were not in a state of unmovable wounded, almost all of them rushed to the intersection of the main street.

"this……"

Xia Yangjun turned his head to look at Zhai Hu.

As if he had guessed Xia Yangjun’s thoughts, Zhai Hu said with a smile: “Don’t look at me, I can’t command that person… It should be that boy Li He’s idea. Xia Yangjun, how about you and I join in the fun too?”

"Okay!" Xia Yang Jun agreed happily.

A moment later, Zhai Hu and Xia Yangjun arrived at the intersection of the main street in the city, and saw that there were crowds of people, and soldiers sitting on the ground everywhere.

Just in the middle of the street, Liang Ji sat behind a table, gently stroked the strings of the piano with both hands, and looked at Li He beside her with a nervous expression.

"Are you afraid?" Li He comforted softly.

Liang Ji nodded and whispered: "There are a lot of people..."

Li He smiled and comforted, "These are all warriors who fight for my Shaoliang, so don't be afraid."

"Yeah." Liang Ji nodded, but then asked in a low voice: "But I don't know what to sing..."

"this……"

Li He was not familiar with contemporary poetry and folk songs. He turned to look at Dongliangjun, but saw Dongliangjun thinking for a moment and said to Liang Ji: "Play a song "Papaya".

"pawpaw?"

Just as Li He was still thinking about it, Liang Ji nodded and started playing the song.

After a melodious sound of the piano sounded, she sang in a crisp voice: "...I voted for papaya and rewarded it with Qiongju. It was a bad news, and I always thought it was good..."

I have to say that although Liang Ji is young, she is quite talented in playing the piano. However, what arouses everyone's interest is her crisp singing.

but……

Li He turned around and looked around. Unexpectedly, he saw many soldiers looking at each other, not so interested.

"Papaya..."

Zhai Hu chuckled: "Send me with papaya and repay him with Qiongju... That old man has done a good job, but unfortunately he doesn't understand the morale of the army."

From the side, Xia Yangjun also smiled and nodded in agreement.

These days, the nobles all understood musical rules, and it was a popular Weiguo folk song like "Papaya".

Zhai Hu and Xia Yangjun could see the intention of Dongliangjun at a glance.

But as Zhai Hu commented, Dong Liangjun did not understand the morale of the army, and the soldiers present came to listen to Liang Ji playing the piano and singing. Who has the time to think about those hints?

Instead of hinting at something through a song "Papaya", it is better to play a song that the soldiers are interested in.

Sure enough, the soldiers present were not very interested in this song "Papaya". Until Liang Ji finished playing the song, the scene was not as hot as Li He expected, with only a few soldiers stroking their hands.

Seeing this, Liang Ji's face showed a little panic and at a loss.

At this moment, Zhai Hu's shout came from afar: "What are you playing "Papaya", play a song that is loved by men and women..."

Before he finished speaking, the soldiers present burst into laughter.

Unlike Dongliang Jun, Zhai Hu knew too well what the soldiers at the bottom were eager for, and one sentence hit the itchy spots of the soldiers present.

Look, some of the more courageous Shao Liang soldiers have begun to cheer and shouted loudly about songs such as "Guanju" and "Quiet Girl", which are all popular folk songs about the love between men and women.

The other soldiers also looked interested.

Seeing this, Dong Liangjun glared at Zhai Hu's direction with a gloomy expression.

At this time, Liang Ji's face was flushed and her hands were stirred together at a loss.

Yet, it is a bit too early for a eleven-year-old girl to have a love relationship.

"Young man doesn't have to force me."

Dong Liangjun, the old father, quickly comforted him.

"Can……"

Liang Ji looked at the soldiers who were looking forward to it with a hesitation and then turned to look at Li He.

Li He whispered: "Young Master is playing the piano and singing for these soldiers, so why not sing something they are interested in..."

"Yeah." Liang Ji nodded with a red face and said in a low voice: "Then... Then I'll play "Jian Jia"."

Seeing Liang Ji nodding in agreement, Dong Liang Jun couldn't say anything else, but just stared at Li He unhappily.

Just keep an eye on it, Li He has long been used to it.

Not long after, Liang Ji's music played again on the street, and her crisp accompaniment: "...The reeds are green and the white dew turns into frost. The so-called beauty is on the side of the water. Follow it upstream, the road is blocked and long. Follow it upstream, as if it is in the middle of the water..."

This song "Jian Jia" is still as straightforward as the previous "Papaya". Because the poem seems to be a desire for the beauty, the soldiers present were also very interested. Many soldiers even closed their eyes and listened, not knowing whether they were missing the woman in their hometown.

In the distance, Zhai Hu listened with his arms in his arms, and smiled and said, "I chose the first "Jian Jia". It seems that the old man is really very careful..."

From the side, Xia Yangjun frowned slightly and said intentionally or unintentionally: "Young Master can't play "Zhi Ku"? If I want to inspire morale, I think "Zhi Ku" by Wei State is very suitable..."

The reason why he was a little dissatisfied was very simple, because "Jian Jia" is a Qin song.

Although Shaoliang and Qin were of the same clan and the royal family came from the Ying family, in today's environment, playing Qin music was not suitable for Xia Yangjun.

After a while, after Liang Ji finished playing the song, the soldiers present cheered and shouted to ask Liang Ji to play another song. Before they knew it, the sky gradually darkened, and the morale of these soldiers also rebounded significantly.

After a while, Li Ying squeezed out the crowd and walked to Li He, and said a few words to Li He.
To be continued...
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