Chapter 87 Steel Will
It seems that these Hu soldiers were not giving up. Qian Xiaoxing immediately dispatched 500 people, equipped with refining bombs and prepared to launch a sneak attack in the middle of the night. Qian Xiaoxing said to the soldiers: "This time, it is mainly harassment. Just break up the Hu army away. Don't fight hard. I hope that the 500 people will go out this time, and there are also 500 people who come back. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" the soldiers replied.
Seeing that it was not dark, Qian Xiaoxing and Lu Shengzhong came to the cell where Hu Baojin was imprisoned. In the cell, Hu Baojin sat dejectedly in the place with messy hair. When he saw Qian Xiaoxing, he immediately stood up and said, "Are you the general of Si State? Let me go back quickly. I am the second brother of Emperor Hu. Please exchange me for money. I will definitely exchange a lot of things. Please spare my life."
Qian Xiaoxing didn't have any hatred for Hu Baojin, but he was a little grateful. If he hadn't been the leader, it would have been not easy to destroy the 80,000 Hu Jun. So he smiled and said, "Oh, tell me how much can you exchange for?"
When Hu Baojin heard that he had hope of saving his life, he immediately said, "Ten thousand taels of gold, no, 20,000 taels of gold can definitely be exchanged."
"Um..." Qian Xiaoxing covered his mouth and refused to answer. If he could really exchange 20,000 taels of gold, it would be a good deal.
Seeing Qian Xiaoxing hesitating, Hu Baojin was nervous and said, "I have four beautiful beauties in my mansion, who are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing and dancing skills. I haven't even touched them myself, so I will give them to the general when the time comes."
Qian Xiaoxing immediately cursed when he heard this: "What, you are a naked bribery. Do you want to turn all the senior generals of our State of Si into the same as you?"
Hu Baojin was shocked when he heard this. According to convention, men like women in addition to money. Does this young man in front of him don’t like women? But he immediately had an idea and smiled and said: “This young general, we know that excellent generals must stand the test. If a few women will lose their way, it will definitely not work. I believe you will definitely pass the test of these women.”
"Of course, I can withstand any test. If I have the chance, I will experience it. Then I will raise you like a pig first, and then I will exchange you for money at that time." Qian Xiaoxing laughed.
Hu Baojin was immediately delighted. He was afraid that Congress Si would kill him, but now he finally felt relieved and said gratefully: "Thank you, General!"
After hearing this, Lu Shengzhong shook his head helplessly and whispered to Qian Xiaoxing: "Seventh brother, are you still afraid that there are not enough women."
"Uh... I mean I want to give you a few to see if you can withstand the test." Qian Xiaoxing said with a smile.
"No, no, I have no way to do with women. Then I'll compare to my seventh brother. It's better to test yourself slowly." Lu Shengzhong immediately flashed out after he said that.
"Brother Zhong, wait for me, where are you going?" Qian Xiaoxing left and chased him out.
Lu Shengzhong came outside, stopped and said, "I want to see those brothers who died in battle."
When Qian Xiaoxing heard this, he felt lonely and said sadly: "I'll go with you."
Nearly thousands of bodies of Si Jun died in battle were piled up on an open space in Longzhan City. Some were shot in many arrows, some were not incomplete, and some were still blind. Both of them were secretly sad when they looked at the tragic scene. However, Lu Shengzhong enlightened Qian Xiaoxing and said, "Seventh brother, you don't have to be too sad. War is so ruthless, and deaths are inevitable. This time we only lost a thousand people, but we wiped out more than ten thousand Hu Jun. The casualties are already very small. It is a huge victory. In the past, I could never imagine that such a proportion of casualties won. Only Seventh brother can do it."
Qian Xiaoxing recalled the fearless spirit of the soldiers who were desperate during the war, and seemed to be infected in his heart. He turned around and said, "Brother Zhong, they are all excellent soldiers, which have added a lot of honor to the Independent Regiment. They all have strong will and firm beliefs. I feel proud of them."
Lu Shengzhong also agreed: "Yes, their fighting spirit is indeed beyond my expectations. It is very tenacious. This is also the Seventh Brother, you teach well. It is equipped with the soldiers and instructors, so that they have such will and beliefs from the bottom of their hearts. These tasks were not done in vain, and they finally showed them today."
Qian Xiaoxing nodded and asked, "When I attacked the North Gate in the morning, were those archers and snookers from which company?"
"It is mainly from the 7th Company of the Feilong Camp and the 3rd Company of the Tiger Camp." Lu Shengzhong replied.
Qian Xiaoxing immediately replied: "Okay, I suggest that they give their two companies a first-class collective merit and award them the title of Steel Company of the two companies. From now on, they will be the Flying Dragon Steel Company 7th Company and the Tiger Steel Company 3rd Company, so that other companies can learn from them and bring this will to the entire independent regiment."
After hearing this, Lu Shengzhong was very supportive: "Yes, good things must be promoted to the entire independent group."
"Take all these soldiers back and buried them well. And Morey, I want to award him the title of hero. He is also the first hero of my Independent Group. From now on, Morey's relatives will be the relatives of our Independent Group, and they must be well arranged." Qian Xiaoxing remembered Morey's tenacious personality and secretly admired him. Morey was also the first person who has been in the journey of time.
Lu Shengzhong also sighed and sighed: "Morey, what a soldier, his actions are perfectly worthy of being the title of hero. Seventh brother, don't worry, I will arrange his relatives properly."
The two of them were silent for a moment, and suddenly Qian Xiaoxing remembered something and asked, "Brother Zhong, is there any Hu army stationed in the Juma City?"
Juma City is also the last unrecaptured city of the State of Si. It is located on the east side of Longzhan City, about forty miles away. The above twenty miles above this Juma City is Huju Pass, the pass of Lin State. Qian Xiaoxing returned from Huju Pass, then to Juma City, and returned all the way back.
Lu Shengzhong replied: "There is no Hu army stationed in Juma City at present, which is just more than a dozen yamen runners from Hu. In this way, I will send a hundred people to recover them."
Qian Xiaoxing shook his head and said, "Send 300 people, I'm afraid that the soldiers who are escaping Hu's army will go there."
Lu Shengzhong calculated that the staff sent by Ke was quite nervous and said, "Well, Seventh Brother, you are still steady. This time, the independent group lost one-quarter of the losses, and I urgently need to replenish the staff."
Qian Xiaoxing asked: "Brother Zhong, do you think how many soldiers can we recruit after we have brought back the two cities of Long Zhan and Juma?"
"This time, a large amount of food and grass from the Hu army was seized, and a large number of weapons obtained by the Hu army were eliminated. The ratio was no problem. However, both cities had just been recovered, and people's hearts were not stable enough. At most, they could only recruit seven or eight thousand people."
"Well, this matter must be done as soon as possible. In more than twenty days, Hu may lead a stronger army to counterattack. We need to make plans as soon as possible." Qian Xiaoxing said worriedly.
Qian Xiaoxing could no longer predict the situation for the future counterattack of the Hu army. Logically speaking, Hu still has more than 200,000 soldiers, and the land is large and the population is large. You can recruit more than 100,000 or 200,000 at any time. This time, Hu lost 80,000 elite troops. After such a big loss, hatred has reached its peak, so it is really impossible to estimate how many people will be sent to attack. Perhaps it is possible to throw all the troops from all over the country. Moreover, the pass of the sky is not as difficult as Panlong Pass, and it is even more difficult to defend. It is necessary to deal with it well.
"Well, we can definitely keep it." Lu Shengzhong said confidently.
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Qian Xiaoxing shook his head and replied, "But at least we have a way out now. If the loss is too huge, we can still retreat to Panlong Pass. It is at least better than before, than there is no way out."
Lu Shengzhong insisted: "No, I finally recovered my country, how can I easily throw it away?"
"I hope Hu Jun's counter-repair will not be too fierce!" Qian Xiaoxing was still secretly worried when he saw Lu Shengzhong's firm expression.
That night, Lu Shengzhong sent 300 people to recover Juma City, and sent 500 people to disturb the Hu army. The materials for the construction of the pass of Panlong Pass were also prepared to start transporting.
Not long after, five hundred people came back to report. After using bows and arrows and oil refining bombs to attack the Hu army in a small range, the Hu army was so scared that they thought the Si army had come to attack again, so they all fled around.
Among the fleeing Hu army, the last commander of the Hu army sighed when he saw this: "Oh my God, why is this happening!"
When the subordinates around him saw it, they all bowed their heads. The battle was really depressed. Longzhan City, which had a good geographical location and an advantage in military strength, was actually captured by only a few thousand soldiers. Many people couldn't believe this was a fact.
A subordinate asked, "Captain Qian, what should we do now? We have to attack Longzhan City. We don't even have a ladder. We want to go to Panlong Pass, so don't think about it."
Seeing that the three thousand soldiers who had finally gathered together, the commander of the thousand men was disrupted by the Si army and said helplessly: "Get back, otherwise we will all starve to death here."
"But General Hu was arrested by the Si Jun. After we went back, we were punished for not protecting our master, but we would be beheaded." The subordinate said worriedly.
The commander of the thousand-man looked at these loyal subordinates and sighed: "You all go home. When I go back, I will only say that you have died in battle."
When the subordinates heard this, they immediately started to yell: "Captain, we have followed you for so long, you have nothing to say to our brothers. Why do you have to go back to die? Let's go with your brothers."
"Yes, let's go together!"
The commander hesitated for a moment, and his loyalty to Hu Guo made him unable to make a judgment. Hearing his subordinates' constant requests, two lines of tears rolled down, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! It's hard for me to leave my brothers, so let's go with my brothers."
Chapter completed!