My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 126: Clear the way for the mourners and move forward for the survivors

The sun was fading, and the western clouds were glowing red. Birds were flying overhead from the east, chirping non-stop.

Su Chen stood on the chariot. When he heard the footsteps, he looked away and looked to one side. Xia Houyuan was coming. He looked at the ancestral hearse and saw that someone was not outside, so he came closer.

He looked a little bad, and lowered his voice and asked Su Chen: "General, did you offend Yuan Gang by coming here? Please also tell me, everyone is leading troops to fight, why am I guarding here alone? Dianwei is enough here. !”

Hearing this, when Dian Wei puffed up his chest next to the car, Su Chen got out of the carriage, glanced inside the big car from the corner of his eye, suppressed a smile at the corner of his mouth, and asked Xia Houyuan to follow.

"General Xiahou, you have wrongly blamed me. I don't want you to lead the troops unless I am!"

Su Chen gestured to the car, "The King of Wei specifically asked me to punish you."

"Why?"

"You said that even though you had a strategy, you didn't care about the importance. You shouldered a big responsibility, risked your life, and repaired some antlers, so Huang Zhong killed him and died in an aggrieved manner."

Hearing this, Xia Houyuan was immediately speechless and did not dare to refute, so he could only walk aside dejectedly with his head hanging down.At this time, the scouts who delivered the news came back, and there were still several groups of them.

"Win!"

"General, our army has won!"

"The commander-in-chief of the imperial court was beheaded by General Lu!"

The scout Pegasus sprinted, and before he could even get back to the center of the formation, he screamed from afar on his horse. The loud words made the surrounding troops from Yantang Pass and Longyang County cheer.

Su Chen was no longer able to stand, so he quickly got on the ancestral coffin and asked the soldiers driving the carriage to move forward quickly. The more than 1 soldiers and horses guarding the central formation also followed suit, spreading for several miles.

The dozens of miles along the way gradually made Su Chen's happy mood sink. The corpses of soldiers came into view at several battlefields he passed. Especially on the middle road, it was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, with pieces of corpses. It occupies the field of vision, blood soaks into the soil, and thick plasma can be squeezed out by wheels and people's footsteps.

As the army marched over, countless crows flew up from the ground and landed on nearby treetops. They looked at the passing carts and generals and let out an ominous neighing sound.

"Wu Zixun."

On the cart, Su Chen called the second-generation ancestor who was riding behind. The latter's face was a little pale at this time. He rode up and listened to Su Chen's instructions: "Leave it to 4000 people to clean the battlefield and bury the corpses. All our soldiers will be transported to the front."

"Okay...okay, I'll go now."

Wu Zixun endured the smell of blood, took a commanding officer and left here quickly, but wherever he passed, there were almost such tragic scenes.

Unity time.

The rays of light shone across the field, and from time to time I saw lone Xiliang soldiers, or Bingzhou soldiers trudging forward carrying injured comrades on their backs. Soldiers here hurriedly stepped forward to lend a hand, helping to carry people and clean their wounds. , bandage.

I also encountered a few Xiliang soldiers, escorting a dozen surrendered imperial soldiers. When they saw the formation moving over here, they immediately handed over the prisoners to this side, turned around and ran towards the front line.

When the soldiers in the middle asked what they were running for, they loudly replied: "The war is urgent, we will go over and fight!"

They didn't know that the war there was basically coming to an end.

"These soldiers are very good!" Xia Houyuan couldn't help but admired.

Su Chen nodded and said nothing. After walking for another two miles, he saw more than 200 wounded soldiers who had been trapped in the camp before. Su Chen left a group of people to take care of them, and the team continued to advance eastward.

When we got here, in the dusky wilderness, there were occasional sporadic fightings, but there were not many anymore. It was almost dark, and we finally arrived at the place where victory or defeat was decided.

The flames clung to the weeds and trees, and black smoke rose into the sky.

Human and horse corpses were being cleaned up, and large areas of mud on the ground were dyed crimson with blood. Soldiers from Bingzhou and Xiliang were collecting and scraping the corpses, applying wounds as they went. Injured comrades were being pulled from the pile of dead bodies. Come out and hand it over to other people who come to help you, and take it to a clean place for treatment.

There were more imperial soldiers who were besieged and surrendered on their knees. They were divided into more than ten groups and were guarded in several places, with the help of raw slaves.

When Su Chen came over, the body and head of the enemy coach Guo Xin were placed on a cart and pushed in front of him. After confirmation, Su Chen had people take him down to dig a hole for burial.

If you are an enemy in life, there is no need to desecrate the other party's body after death.

Su Chen got off the car, pressed the handle of the knife at his waist, and looked at the surrounding scenes.At this time, many soldiers were exhausted, sitting on the ground with their eyes closed and dozing off. "Let the troops from Yantang Pass and Longyang County surrender to take over the defense, guard the prisoners, and set up camp...Tell them to be more vigilant and beware of some defeated troops who are unwilling to give up and come back to fight."

After the order was given, not long after Lingqi conveyed the news, more than 1000 people guarding the central formation immediately went down, led by Sima and Xiaowei at all levels, to replace the two troops from Xiliang and Bingzhou.

Even though the morale is now boiling, many Xiliang and Bingzhou army soldiers are still in the joy of victory, but they changed their defenses, put down their weapons, many people sat down on the spot, and then fell asleep.

After two days of non-stop marching and high-intensity fighting, not to mention them, even the generals were exhausted.

When Su Chen followed the lead of an order, he arrived at a simple camp. A bonfire was burning. In the light of the fire, most of the generals in the army were lying on the ground and asleep, snoring everywhere.

When they came in, Gao Shun, the only one who was awake, stood up, but Su Chen raised his hand to signal him to sit down, and asked Dian Wei to get some wound medicine to apply on him.

Then, he glanced around.

Zhou Cang was shirtless, with his arms and abdomen bandaged. He lay on the ground and fell asleep. Next to him was Guan Yu, who was sitting on a stone with his elbows on his knees and his fists on his forehead. He had already fallen asleep; Zhang Fei was holding him Spear, head resting on Guan Yu's thigh, wine stains hanging on the corners of his mouth, he was still holding the wine bag that he had not yet tightened in one hand.

Niu Gai curled up next to the fire, using the long knife in his hand as a pillow; Ma Chao was under a nearby tree, with his lion helmet at his feet, sleeping with his head raised, breathing evenly.

The flying red cloud horse was lying on the ground. Lu Bu was lying on it with his face to the other side. He knew that he was fast asleep without looking. Zhang Liao was sitting in front of the bonfire and opened his eyes when he heard the footsteps. When he saw Su Chen and Dian Wei , he lay down with peace of mind.

Not far away, there was Li Jue holding Iron Armor in his arms, shouting several times in his sleep: "Come on!" Dong Zhuo opened his bulging belly, occasionally scratched the hair on his belly a few times, and then grabbed a human head next to him tightly, reluctant to let go. open.

"Let's go out and don't disturb the generals from resting."

Su Chen waved to Dian Wei, turned around and exited the camp. Outside in the field, Qi Youhu led his soldiers to cut down a lot of wood and pile it up like a mountain. The corpses of his colleagues were being transported, and then they continued to add firewood and continued to go. Placed on top, they densely filled the field of view.

Those who had not fallen asleep at this time all came closer in silence.

Soon after, a soldier came over and handed over a torch. Su Chen walked to the front, walked around the mountainous pile of firewood, and looked at the peaceful faces above. The numbness before faded away, and only then did some sadness surge up.

"Fellow soldiers, we have won the last battle today!" He said softly, "The imperial court's 15-strong army was defeated by you with one sword and one shot. Now Yanjing has been opened in front of you. You should sleep for a while and wait until we reach Yanjing." , I will let you overlook the entire Yanjing and see the entire Yan Kingdom you conquered!"

Drinks were handed over.

Su Chen picked it up and said, "Respect, to the heroic souls who fought all the way and died on the way! Respect, to the gods and ghosts from all directions, I hope to bring my soldiers' souls back home in glory!"

The wine was sprinkled on the pyre. Su Chen took a step back and threw the torch up. The flames slowly burned along the wine. In a moment, the entire pyre was ablaze with flames.

In the fierce firelight, the soldiers in the surrounding queues were solemn and determined. Most of them were people from the vicinity of Ding'an. Looking at the passing of fellow villagers, someone sang a folk song from the village, which attracted many people to sing along, and every man cried. came out and even burst into tears.

The prisoners in custody had never seen or heard such a scene. Listening to the men's ugly cries, thinking that their friends and relatives had died in the battle yesterday or today, tears fell on their numb faces. Following that, The crying and sobbing on the side gradually turned into howls of grief.

"Send them off for the conquest and clear the way for these soldiers who dare to fight!!"

The surrounding soldiers stepped forward and threw the torches in their hands into the other side of the firewood pile. The dense crowd suppressed their cries, and then let out a huge roar. The cavalrymen wiped their tears and blew the horns in their hands. It stretches endlessly under the night sky.

In the night, Su Chen turned around, turned away from the firelight, and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and saw Zhang Liao, Lu Bu, and Guan Yu standing at the camp gate looking at him.

"Sand got in my eyes."

Su Chen smiled at them, then turned back, and his inner energy spread with a voice.

"The soldiers who have been fighting for the past two days will rest on the spot. Tomorrow, we will take the corpses of the heroes who died in the battle and rush to Yanjing to show them the prosperous place of Yan Kingdom!"

"Yes!"

The roar was like thunder, resounding throughout the wilderness.

……

The sky was getting brighter, and the fast riders, who had run for two hundred miles, rushed into Yanjing covered with stars and moonlight. The terrifying message could no longer be intercepted at this time.

The whole city was in chaos that morning.

(End of this chapter)