Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2851 One day

   There is no doubt that this is a big win.

   But victory doesn't mean it's free.

  Of course, it was Wusun and Che Shi who suffered the most damage.

   The general who assisted the king of Che Shihou, when he was discovered, only his head was left. It's not that the Han army forgot to take it away, but it is estimated that they were hit by a arrow during the chaos, and then fell off the horse. As a result, countless horseshoes trampled past, and the flesh and blood of the whole body fell apart. The brain is still generally intact...

  In this battle, the spirit of Che Shihouguo was completely destroyed, leaving only a little wreckage.

  The losses of the Wusun people were relatively small, because their numbers themselves were not large.

  Xiao Kunmi can mobilize mobile troops at any time, which is four or five thousand. The rest are responsible for local guards and also participate in production. After all, Wusun warriors are not professional soldiers, they are also half shepherds and half soldiers. Among the four or five thousand standing troops, there are more or less housekeepers left, and only three thousand can bring support.

When Wusun was still poor, he not only beat the Xiongnu away, but also beat up the Da Yuezhi, the predecessor of Guishuang, who occupied the Ili River Valley, took over a large number of Yuezhi and Cypriot tribes, and followed the The Yili River expanded to the later generations of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhs. At its peak, it had a population of 500,000 to 600,000, and it was known as a 100,000-strong warrior!

   But, that's it.

  Gao Shun has no more power to expand the results of the battle.

  The damage of the Han army was also not small.

  Some heads that can be taken away are pickled with lime, and as a kind of local specialty, they will be sent back for verification of meritorious deeds. Of course, there are still many that were not taken away, such as General Che Shihou who lost his body and only his head in the scuffle. Because the remaining space needs to accommodate the corpses of the Han army's own generals and soldiers.

  The next day of the war. The corpses of the generals of the Han army have basically been collected.

  When we set off from Yanqi, there were more than 2,000 people who followed Gao Shun, but now only a little more than half are left. The most damaged part was the vassal army. Kaza was seriously injured. The vassal army under his command was almost killed and injured in the previous melee, leaving only more than 200 people.

  The Han army also suffered a lot of casualties. After Chen Sanlang sent away that batch of wounded soldiers, there are now nearly a hundred more wounded soldiers, of which thirty or forty are seriously injured, and the rest are still slightly injured and can walk around.

   This number is painful.

  The Han soldiers whose bodies could be found were gathered together.

  They will be buried on Tianshan Mountain.

   Towards the easterly direction of the sun.

  Towards Chang'an.

  The living dig pits for the dead.

As for the corpses of the Cheshi people and Wusun people, they were abandoned at the entrance of the Wutu Valley. Perhaps after thousands of years, some archaeologists, or some live digging party, will dig out the remains .

According to the roster, Lu Silang ticked off the names of the soldiers and generals, and then asked people to cut down the trees on the mountain, saw them into sections, peel off the bark, and write the names of the soldiers who died in battle one by one. The roots were inserted in front of the joint burial place.

  Looking from a distance, it looks like a knife and gun stuck in the ground.

  It’s like a series of monuments...

"Before I became a soldier, the most I did was planing the ground..." A soldier waved a **** and muttered, as if he was talking to those dead comrades, "I'm sure I will plan well for you... But ah , this kind of work, one time is enough, really...』

   If you can find the soldier card, there is a single pit, and if you can't find it, you can only squeeze together. Anyway, when they were alive, they were fishing in the same pots and kettles, sleeping in the same tent, and in the same camp. Everyone knows who has moles on their buttocks and how hairy their legs are, so they don’t care about after death. Do you need a little privacy?

  The dead bodies were placed one by one, and then buried in the soil.

  Lu Silang asked people to take some Hu people's heads that had been registered, and piled them up in front of the tombstone forest like melons and fruits. "There are not enough cattle and sheep to make sacrifices, so these heads are just enough to make do with!" By the way, go get some more horse heads! Put it on too! 』

   People suffered heavy casualties, as did war horses.

  The soldiers answered, then put the heads on, and asked, "Sima, have these heads been counted for them?" 』

  Lu Silang nodded and took a breath, "Do you still need to remind me?" The old rules count. One person plus three. It's all written down, don't worry. 』

  After the **** battle, the friendship between the comrades-in-arms has also been improved. The original expression of mutual distrust and suspicion that the other party will be greedy for his military salary has disappeared at some point.

   While talking, Lu Silang shook the booklet in his hand, "Look, this booklet is specially sent to Chang'an... Don't worry, no one will withhold it this time..."

  『The relationship is good, how much money can such a head have? ’ the soldier asked, ‘Is there any difference between Che Shi’s and Wusun’s? 』

  『No difference. The difference is armored and unarmored. Lu Silang replied, "Didn't I say it before?" Armored ones are valuable, but non-armored ones are worthless... Oh, these, of course they are all armored...』

  For the soldiers killed in battle, their pension plus at least three head rewards, almost a family can get about 120,000 to 30,000 yuan.

   Hussars now have the credit they have cultivated, and everyone from top to bottom is very at ease.

  One hundred thousand yuan is not a small amount for an ordinary family. It is no problem to support the expenses of an ordinary family for at least ten years, so that the next generation can have the opportunity to grow up.

  Although Lu Silang and others don’t know what sustainable development is, at least they understand that even if they die in battle, their families will be safe and their hearts will be at peace.

   Serve as a soldier, go out all year round, if you feel uneasy at home, which soldier can fight with peace of mind?

  In this regard, Hussars undoubtedly did a good job.

Perhaps it was to dilute the sadness of life and death, or Lu Silang wanted to boost the morale of the soldiers around him. He stopped the soldier who was holding the head of a barbarian and said, "By the way, one hundred thousand, you can change your name now." changed. 』

  『Why? 』The soldier named Shiwan was stunned for a moment.

  Lu Silang said: "I remember when you were a soldier, you said you wanted to earn 100,000 yuan, so you called it 100,000 yuan, right?" 』

  Hundred thousand nodded, "That's right...but it's never been enough. I saved a little, spent it again, and then saved it again. It's been more than three years..."

  Lu Silang nodded, "But this time, you should be enough. I saw that this time alone you have five armored heads, plus the previous ones, a total of eight, which is 40,000. Wait for a few more to be cut, plus the levy, victory rewards, etc., seven After sending out seven or eight eight, it's almost one hundred thousand. So what's your next name? two hundred thousand? Or 300,000? 』

  『Hahaha, 300,000? One hundred thousand would be enough! Don't change it, 100,000 is fine, I'm not greedy. 』The soldier was also very happy, laughing haha.

  Lu Silang was a little surprised, but he seemed to be a little bit expected, nodded, "Yes. One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand is indeed a good name. 』

  In the Han Dynasty, the rich and the poor were distinguished according to family wealth, that is, family property. Generally speaking, the so-called poor were those whose wealth was less than 20,000. If the counties were hit by a disaster, those families whose property was less than 20,000 yuan would receive a certain preferential treatment of tax reduction.

  It’s like a tax-free tax refund for the following generations…

  20,000 to 100,000 is the wealth of ordinary people, and 100,000 is the standard of the so-called "Chinese people".

  Equivalent to the middle class of a big man.

As for going up, for example, one million is naturally rich, and more than three million, you have to be careful in the Western Han Dynasty. Above Maoling.

  Eastern Han Dynasty, that is the world of the local rich. When capital starts to control everything and monopolize the local economy, there will be a phenomenon that the level of the rich will rise sharply, and some rich people will look down on the family property of tens of millions. In their eyes, 100 million yuan is considered a small goal.

   Dahan is still an era with a huge gap between the rich and the poor.

Ordinary people like Lu Silang and others can only enlist in the army at the moment, break out a world between the desert, snow mountains, western regions and northern borders, so as to change their own destiny, relying on meritorious deeds again and again, one after another First level, come to realize self-level improvement!

  Perhaps that vulgar name in the eyes of the gentry children is the lifelong dream of these ordinary Han people.

  Lu Silang saw that the work of burying the dead soldiers was almost done, so he came back to find Gao Shun.

  Originally Gao Shun wanted to preside over the memorial service and bury the corpses of the Han army himself, but he couldn’t do it because of injury and illness.

  Before Gao Shun still had the spirit of winning, but now...

   After heaving a sigh of relief, he collapsed.

  Lu Silang arrived outside the big tent of the Chinese army, looked at the guards standing outside, and said, "General...is it better?" 』

   The guard frowned and shook his head slightly.

   People in the Han Dynasty were not completely ignorant of plateau hypoxia. It's just that sometimes it's more confusing because of ignorance.

  In the Han Dynasty, altitude sickness was classified as "miasma".

It's like many people from the Central Plains of Han Dynasty have various discomforts, acclimatization, and mosquito bites in the southern woods, and then they can't determine the specific cause, and classify it into the invisible and unspeakable "miasma". The large-scale altitude sickness that occurred, the Han people also thought it was a kind of "miasma".

  Because one of the obvious symptoms of altitude sickness is very similar to miasma.

  The door curtain was lifted, and the military doctor came out.

"How about it? How is the general? Lu Silang stepped forward and stopped the doctor, asking in a low voice.

  The army doctor said: "It's better...but...I think...this..."

  『But what? ’Lu Silang asked, ‘Why are you so babbling, can’t you finish talking in one breath? 』

  The doctor was also helpless, "I am from Jinchuangke, this cold malaria disease is not my specialty... and I only know about this disease after reading the official newspaper of Baiyi Museum..."

  『Then... did the Hundred Medical Center say how to treat this kind of cold miasma? ’ Lu Silang asked.

  The doctor shook his head, "Maybe, but after I joined the army, I couldn't receive the report from the residence. Why don't you ask the food transporter to see if there is the latest Baiyiguan Dibao and bring a copy? I prescribed some decoctions for the general, but there are not many herbs... Alas, if I knew it, I should have brought more herbs... Forget it, I'll go to the surrounding hills to see if I can pick some...』

  Lu Silang nodded again and again, and then called soldiers to go with the doctor to help gather medicine.

Altitude sickness, even in future generations, may not be able to determine the specific affected population. It can only be said that some people are likely to have such a reaction, but it is not absolute. It is even possible to go up to the altitude in a healthy way, and then die. I have an underlying disease like low blood pressure, but I don't feel it at all.

  Of course, the fatality rate of pure altitude sickness is not high, what is terrible is the complications of altitude sickness...

  Lu Silang watched the doctor leave, and then he heard the heavy breathing in the big tent, mixed with the sound of coughing, and he couldn't help but feel heavy.

  Lu Silang hesitated, he didn't know whether he should go in and report, or it would be better to let Gao Shun take a rest.

  『Shiro? ”Some hoarse voice came from inside the tent, “Come in. 』

  Lu Silang responded quickly, then nodded with the guard who raised the curtain, and walked in.

  『General…』

  Gao Shun's complexion is not good, because of the injury, the blood deficiency, so his face is a little pale, and because of the altitude sickness, his eyes, lips and tongue are a little black...

  『General, the bones of the soldiers have been buried. Lu Silang reported the things at hand one by one, and then secretly looked at Gao Shun's unspeakably exhausted and painful expression, and asked worriedly, "General, why don't we go back to the army immediately... we can do it within three days." To Yanqi, and then to the West Sea...』

  Gao Shun waved his hand, coughed twice, and made some wheezing sounds, "Don't be in a hurry... we must deal with Wusun's matter first..."

  Retreat slowly in order to maintain deterrence. If you return quickly with your tail between your legs, everyone will know that there is a problem.

  Lu Silang sighed slightly, "General, that prisoner from Che Shi Hou Country..."

  Gao Shun took a few breaths with some difficulty, "Hungry for two days, and then ask... Just don't die... We need him to deal with the matter at hand..."

  A little king from Cheshihou country was caught in the scuffle.

  Xiao Wang of Che Shihou Country, he didn't expect that it was a good situation, why it turned into the current situation...

  He has just boarded Xiaowang not long ago.

  He is still imagining that he can command thousands of troops and gallop across the vast land of the Western Regions.

  Young people, how can you not have dreams?

  But he didn't expect that he was so hot-headed that he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity of the Han people's retreat to act as a hero, which made him look like a salted fish now...

  A smelly salted fish.

  If it is said that Xiao Wang, who became Che Shi Houguo, was the peak of his life, then now is undoubtedly his trough, or called the abyss.

In the previous scuffle, he charged too far, and when the Han army counterattacked, even his guards tried their best to protect him, but unfortunately he was thrown off his horse when he was running away, and the Han army saw him Dressed gorgeously, knowing that he is a big fish, but did not kill him immediately, but left his life...

  But he really wished he had died in battle!

  He would rather die on the battlefield!

   Along the way, the captive Che Shi Hou Guo Xiaowang recalled the bold words he once yelled, and wanted to take the sword several times, but he never found the opportunity.

Later, he found an opportunity and wanted to slam his head on the cliff to death, but for some reason, he withdrew some strength at the last moment, so that although his head was badly hit, he still survived and was killed. The military doctor of the Han army swears and smeared herbal medicine all over his head, and then he stopped the bleeding...

  So he found desperately that he didn't have the courage to commit suicide at all.

  Not fearing death is just a short-term impulse, but being greedy for life and fearing death is the normal state of life.

  Although Che Shi Houguo Xiaowang did not die, he still felt that he was still loyal to Che Shi and his people. Even if he was captured right now, he still had to show his courage as a Che Shi...

   But things are not as simple as he imagined.

When he was caught in front of the Han general at the very beginning, Lu Silang was also a little interested in this Che Shi Hou Guo Xiaowang, so he asked casually whether he would surrender or not, and Che Shi Hou Guo Xiao Wang was naturally very impassioned at that time He chattered a lot, but before he finished speaking, Lu Silang lost interest, and he was taken down like driving cattle and sheep.

   Then after he failed to commit suicide, he didn't even have to tie him up.

   This is nothing short of an insult!

  Che Shihou Guo Xiaowang gritted his teeth. He even cursed and abused the Han people, thinking that although he didn’t have the courage to commit suicide, why couldn’t the Han people kill him with a knife, so that he could at least be named a warrior? It’s a good thing, isn’t it?

  But the Han people didn't do anything, they just locked him up.

  Prisoned in an empty den, no food to eat, no water to drink.

  He is very hungry.

   Also very thirsty.

He once heard that in the early years of the Western Regions, a Han was captured by the Huns and locked up in a den. After that, he had nothing to eat and drink, so he used the snow that fell from the sky and the felt on his body. Mao, swallowed to satisfy hunger...

  At first, he thought that what the Han people called Su could do it, and so could he.

  He is full of pride.

   Immediately he began to worry...

   But the surroundings are nothing but soil, and the sky outside is clear without any clouds. Where does the snow come from?

   Besides, the hair didn’t taste good at all. He just tried a little bit, but he felt nauseous and retched. He even vomited some bitter gall. How could he eat it?

   Later, the Han people sent some food and drink, but there was a condition that he could only eat if he surrendered.

  Che Shihou Guo Xiaowang gritted his teeth and refused.

   But soon he couldn't hold on.

  If I didn’t drink, I couldn’t even urinate a drop.

  Hunger tortured him all the time. He felt as if he had spent his whole life in the cellar where the sun and the moon were unknown. His eyes turned black from hunger, he fainted from thirst, and finally even had green eyes. He groped on the ground, but there was nothing but gravel.

  He even stretched out his dry tongue to lick the soil and the branches of the ground nest as a shed, and he dug out the dry bark again and again and stuffed it into his mouth...

  When he fainted from hunger, he felt as if he had returned to Wutu Valley, back to his gorgeous tent prison in the royal court...

In a trance, he seemed to see the people from Che Shihou Kingdom charging up with a bravery beyond ordinary people, and then wiped out the entire Han army garrison, beheaded all the Han army generals, and then opened the cave Son, rescued himself, and King Che Shi came to him, praised his perseverance and loyalty, and handed him sweet wine...

But when he regained consciousness, he realized that the person in front of him was not his King Cheshi, but the general of the Han army named Lu Silang, and what he was holding in his hand was not fine wine, but an ordinary water bag , and he has already drunk most of it.

   After submerging in the water, there was a loud cry of hunger that shook the sky.

  Lu Silang took a piece of roasted horse meat from a soldier on the side, and handed it to Che Shi Houguo Xiaowang.

  The fragrant roasted horse meat is so golden in color and the aroma is so alluring.

   Che Shi Hou Guo Xiaowang couldn't help stretching out his hand, instinctively wanting to grab it, but Lu Silang took back the food and smiled, "Surrender or not?" 』

  Xiaowang Che Shihouguo remembered the bold words he had said in his hometown, the trust and expectation that King Cheshihouguo had placed in him, his honor, his fame, everything about him...

  Everything is discouraging him!

  I would rather die than surrender!

   Except for his hands and mouth.

  His voice was weak, but he escaped all hardships.

  His hands stretched upward, longing.

  『I am willing to surrender…』

  The roasted horse meat was thrown in front of him, and he jumped on it like crazy, sucking and tearing.

  『It smells so good...』

  After he ate the meat, he came back to his senses and realized that he just stayed in the nest for a day and a night, not as long as he imagined...

  (end of this chapter)