Chapter 3 The flames go out
When the soldiers and ordinary people on the city walls of Cangzhou shouted "Black Eagle Army" like crazy when they saw the scene under the city. The drummer even used his energy to beat the war drums to the sky to show his support for the Black Eagle Army under the city. The Black Eagle Army targeted the Liao army general Xiao Baozhen, and the entire army did not entangle with the Liao army, and continued to advance. The two hundred personal soldiers who defended Xiao Baozhen saw that the Black Eagle Army were not good, surrounded Xiao Baozhen, stacked up.
The Black Eagle Army kept falling off the horse, and the fallen soldiers were instantly chopped down by the Liao soldiers swarming up. However, no Black Eagle Army soldier was shaken. The entire army rushed to Xiao Baozhen like lightning, and the iron arrows hit Xiao Baozhen and his personal soldiers like hail.
Although there are many Liao troops siege, most of them are concentrated under the city wall. Seeing the main general in danger, it is too late to return to the rescue. Xiao Baozhen showed a look of surprise on his face. This Zhou army was completely different from the Zhou army that he had fought against before. He was a long-time general on the battlefield. Although the Black Eagle Army was fierce, it could not scare him. Xiao Baozhen shouted: "Charge." He ordered his personal soldiers to charge back. The personal soldiers of the Liao army were all powerful soldiers selected from the army. They followed Xiao Baozhen crazy
The ground rushed towards the Black Eagle Army. When the Liao army charged back, the shield formation protecting Xiao Baozhen revealed a gap. The powerful archer behind Hou Dayong took this opportunity to issue a deadly eagle feather arrow. Ten eagle feather arrows made a sound of breaking through the air, and headed straight for Xiao Baozhen like a happy god of death. Xiao Baozhen raised the knife grid and opened two incoming arrows. The rapid eagle feather arrow collided with the long sword. Xiao Baozhen's long sword almost escaped, and the other several arrows penetrated Xiao Baozhen's body.
These ten eagle feathered arrows were shot by ten powerful archers who followed Hou Dayong. The Black Eagle Army's blockers made great contributions to the Black Eagle Army with one move.
The Liao army was killed, but the Liao soldiers still fought to the death. The Liao army under the city wall kept returning to aid, intending to surround the Black Diao Army and avenge the main general. The Black Diao Army shot and killed the Liao army, which had achieved the purpose of a surprise attack. The entire army rushed west regardless of everything. The large group of Liao troops did not have time to encircle, and saw the Black Diao Army breaking through the encirclement and leaving.
When the soldiers and civilians on the city saw this thrilling scene, they did not react for a long time. Suddenly, everyone shouted, "The Liao general is dead." Everyone came to their senses. Suddenly, the cheering voices of the whole city reached Yunxiao, and the morale of the soldiers and civilians on the city was greatly boosted. The Jiedushi Li Hui saw this scene on the city wall. He held a long sword in his hand and waved in the air for a long time. When the Black Eagle Army left, he was exhausted and sweaty. Li Hui excitedly said to Zhao Wen who was following behind: "Hou Dayong will definitely be a powerful general in the Zhou Dynasty, and he must be a powerful general in the world." Zhao Wen was a brave general under Li Hui. He led the Changsheng Army to make many great contributions, but he did not receive such praise from the Jiedushi. He looked at the dust that had not fallen in the distance with resentment, and thought to himself: Hou Dayong, don't fall into my hands, otherwise, you will die ugly.
The Liao army commander Xiao Baozhen died outside Cangzhou City. The Liao army had no leader and his morale was greatly reduced. At this time, reinforcements from all over the country rushed from all over the place. The defense of Cangzhou City was strong, and the Black Eagle Army was harassed everywhere on the outside. The battlefield situation became increasingly unfavorable to the Liao army. The Liao army then wanted to retreat. After attacking Cangzhou City, the entire army was scattered north at night, and the half-month beacon fire was ignited and extinguished without result.
In the Battle of Cangzhou, the Liao army lost its troops and returned without success, and the people of the Central Plains were spared from a disaster. The Black Diao Army became famous in one battle and became the biggest winner. Hou Dayong and the Black Diao Army became heroes in Cangzhou, and rumors were self-defeating. The story of the Black Diao Army beheading the enemy generals among thousands of troops also became a legend.
Hou Dayong was not blinded by victory. In the Battle of Cangzhou, the Black Eagle Army withstood the test. At the same time, many problems were exposed. Two days after the war, Hou Dayong did not return to Cangzhou City, but stayed in the military camp to handle military affairs.
Although the Cangzhou Prefecture Treasury was shy, Li Hui, the governor of Cangzhou, still took some money and rewarded the Diao Army. Hou Dayong got a fortune, so naturally, he saw Li Hui's small reward. He gave all the reward to the soldiers, and quietly took out a pension that was much richer than Li Hui's reward to appease the families of the soldiers who died in battle, and officially announced in the army that the pension would become a system and be implemented in the Black Diao Army.
Hou Dayong asked the injured soldiers to take back the injured soldiers from the farmer's house. The ownerless plowing ox snatched by the Liao people was distributed to the farmers who covered the wounded soldiers. It was a reward for help. The plowing ox was very important at that time and was also the most important property of the farmer's house. The farmer who got the plowing ox was so happy that he couldn't sleep. After he couldn't sleep, the couple had to talk excitedly. There was nothing to say about them every day. Finally, they started to work hard for the continuation of humanity. A year later, many fat boys were born in these farmers, and they named them black cows, taurus, big cows, running cows, etc. Of course, this is a later story. I will not say it here.
The Black Eagle Army's time to be established was too short, and other configurations of the army had not been in place, especially logistics supplies, field rescue and other corpses, which were not established at all. After the war, the soldiers injured in the battle were short of medical treatment, and the soldiers injured in the battle were not treated in time. The minor injuries were dragged into serious injuries, and the serious injuries had to wait for death. Hou Dayong felt nervous when he saw the wounded soldiers who were groaning. Li Hui visited the Black Eagle Army's camp and sent several medical officers over, but the few medical officers were too few and poor in their level, so he could not cope with it. Hou Dayong had no choice but to post a list of recruitment in Cangzhou City, recruiting people who were a little wise man.
Hou Dayong learned simple battlefield rescue in the army and knew a little about treatment knowledge. When he saw that the wounded soldiers were rescued by themselves or others, there were many problems. For example, the soldiers did not have the concept of disinfection, and most of the wounds were not disinfected; when stopping the bleeding, they tightened the bleeding site for a long time, causing local tissue necrosis; they moved the fractured injured at will, and even pulled the fractured person hard, causing great damage. Hou Dayong shook his head when he saw it. Although he was not a medical officer, he had to bite the bullet and do it himself. He ordered the soldiers to unblock the bleeding site regularly, and at the same time, he asked someone to find a wooden board to fix the fractured patient. Treating the sergeant who was bleeding continuously, Hou Dayong asked someone to burn the iron tool to stop the bleeding. Although the soldiers were indulgent in pain, the effect was also good.
Hou Dayong was doing a simple fixation on a wounded person with a fractured forearm. Finally, good news came, and someone revealed the recruitment list. Hou Dayong had no time to get his hands on, and Shi Hu, deputy commander of the Black Eagle Army, went to invite the candidates to take the list in person.
When Shi Hu and his party came in, Hou Dayong did not look up and said, "There are many wounded people, hurry up and deal with them." Then he continued to deal with the wounded. Hou Dayong used a little effective herb that was said to be effective on the wounded area, took two wooden boards and placed them on the palms of the wounded, folded the towels into strips and tied them in a belt, and then hung them on the chest with a belt. After the treatment, Hou Dayong stood up and stretched, but saw Shi Hu and three people standing behind him. One of the middle-aged men was attentive and showed a rather happy expression when they saw Hou Dayong's technique.
Hou Dayong was not too polite and took the three people to the residence of the wounded soldiers. The middle-aged man carried a cloth bag and took out some plaster from it and said, "This is the best Jinchuang medicine, but the quantity is too small and far from enough. I prescribe a prescription and asked the soldiers to hurry up and get the medicine. There are two types of internal and external." Then, the three began to clean the wounded soldiers and deal with the wound. Seeing that the three of them were very neat, Hou Dayong felt relieved. After the three were busy for a long time, they basically finished the treatment of the wounded. After the wounded, the pain was significantly relieved. Seeing that the middle-aged man was skillful in medical skills, Hou Dayong secretly wanted to keep his talents and asked someone to prepare a banquet to thank the three for their treatment.
When the middle-aged man learned that Hou Dayong was the commander of the Black Eagle Army, he was shocked and said, "General Hou had a unique way of saving people just now. It must be the origin of family learning. Can you give me some advice?" Hou Dayong only knew a little about medical knowledge, so he dared to give advice, but the simple nursing knowledge that Hou Dayong knew was the crystallization of modern medicine. Hou Dayong wrote down what he knew about human body structure, blood vessels, bones and simple battlefield rescue knowledge. The man was very attentive, and he showed an expression of disbelief, and then suddenly realized. When Hou Dayong was speechless, the man was completely impressed.
The man sighed, "In Shu, I was called a miracle doctor. Compared with the general, the word miracle doctor is extremely ashamed." The middle-aged man was named Han Qi, a person in Shu. His ancestors were once a doctor of medicine from the Tang Dynasty. He had a family background. He was only because he offended the powerful and could not gain a foothold in his hometown and wandered around. After coming to Cangzhou this time, he was trapped in the city and began to feel shy. When he saw that the bounty on the recruitment list was quite generous, he came out.
At that time, the medical system of the Great Zhou Dynasty was basically inherited from the Tang system. In addition to the Imperial Medical Office and various departments, there were also Hanlin medical officials. Medical doctors in various states were of grade, paid salaries, and served as medical and teaching positions. However, the Five Dynasties were turbulent and the medical system was mostly destroyed. New troops like the Black Eagle Army had no professional medical staff at all. After the banquet, Hou Dayong proposed to ask Han Qi to stay in the army. Han Qi was like a rootless Ping. After Hou Dayong invited him, he immediately agreed.
After dealing with all the matters in the army, Hou Dayong returned to the mansion on the evening of the third day after the war. When he saw Qiu Ju being injured, he couldn't help but be furious after asking about the situation. Hou Dayong wanted to rush into the Zhao family and catch Zhao Wu and beat him up, but when he thought that the Zhao family had great martial arts skills and Zhao Wen was also the confidant of the governor Li Hui, he suppressed his anger and thought about ways to punish without leaving any trace.
Hou Dayong asked his family to go to the restaurants, teahouses and other places in the city to find out whether Zhao Wu was playing outside. At the same time, he asked people to prepare some satisfactory thick wooden sticks, hemp ropes and cloth bags. Seeing that Hou Dayong was about to take revenge on Zhao Wu, Qiu Ju hurriedly pulled Hou Dayong and said, "As long as Alang is safe, what's the point of suffering? Don't go to Zhao Wu, just treat it as my helping Alang eliminate the evil." Seeing Qiu Ju so compromising, Hou Dayong was even more determined to beat Zhao Wu. His family soon reported the news, Zhao Wu and a few people were drinking at the restaurant. Hou Dayong was overjoyed and gritted his teeth and smiled: If there is a way in heaven, you don't go, and if you don't come to hell, you will come.
The guards and two followers of the school changed into casual clothes. Eight people took advantage of the night, carrying big sticks and went to the restaurant to seek revenge on Zhao Wu. When they arrived at the restaurant, Hou Dayong did not rush in, but waited at the door. The two guards took hemp ropes and waited at the door, while the rest hid on both sides of the hotel. After waiting for a while, Zhao Wu and two or three others walked out talking and laughing. Zhao Wu came out of the bright room. It was much darker outside, and his eyes didn't adapt for a while. When Zhao Wu stepped out of the door, the two guards of the Hou family pulled the hemp ropes. Zhao Wu was not careful and drank another drink. A dog chewed shit and fell to the ground. Hou Dayong and others rushed up, and several big sticks hit him in the face. Zhao Wukong had all his skills and was suddenly attacked and beaten to the point of fighting. He could only cover his head. Seeing that the person coming was fierce, Zhao Wu did not dare to come to rescue him at all, and his feet were so good that he slipped away.
Seeing that Zhao Wu was not moving, the two primary schools tied him up with hemp ropes. As soon as they approached, Zhao Wu suddenly turned over and held a sharp-eared knife in his hand and stabbed him at the primary school. Hou Dayong was very alert and stared at Zhao Wu. Seeing that Zhao Wu dared to resist, he hit Zhao Wu hard on his arm. With a "splash", Zhao Wu's arm was broken and the sharp knife in his hand fell weakly. The two primary schools covered Zhao Wu's head with cloth bags and tied it tightly. Zhao Wu was beaten to the point of being beaten. Zhao Wu was so beaten that he didn't see who was hitting him clearly. After being tied, he felt that his clothes were also taken off. When the cold wind blew, his mind woke up. He heard someone shouting, "Kneel down." Zhao Wu showed a little toughness, but his legs were kicked hard, and he couldn't help but kneel down, and he felt a few heat flowing all over his body.
Hou Dayong was about to throw him to the entrance of Kaiyuan Temple, but he saw Zhao Wu kneeling on the ground naked, soaked by urine, and was extremely embarrassed, and had already lost the style of a martial arts master. Hou Dayong just wanted to teach him a lesson, not to take his life. At this time, his goal had been achieved and he left Zhao Wu at the entrance of the restaurant. The ambush was so exciting that Hou Dayong felt that he was still over, so he asked his family to prepare wine and food, and the few of them drank happily.
The next day, the Hou Mansion family went out and the whole city was talking about Zhao Wu being beaten up.
When Zhao Wen arrived at the Zhao family, he saw that Zhao Wu was bruised and swollen, and one hand was broken. Fortunately, the Zhao family has been practicing martial arts for generations and is proficient in bone-collision techniques, so there is no problem with his arms. Zhao Wen asked, "Who did it?"
"I didn't see clearly when things started, but I heard the sound, it was definitely Hou Dayong." Zhao Wu was beaten up and didn't even know who it was. He couldn't tell what he was.
"You are taking guilt from your own fault and told you not to attack the Hou Mansion family. You just don't listen. Is Hou Dayong easy to mess with?" "Is it not a gentleman if you don't avenge this kind of revenge?" "How do you avenge? Hou Dayong is the commander-in-chief and made great contributions. How can you do him?" "I want to join the army. With my martial arts skills, I will definitely win a job." "Okay, King Jin recruits high-quality martial arts in Kaifeng, so you can go to King Jin."
Hou Dayong learned his historical knowledge in a sloppy manner, but he also learned many classic battles when he was in a military academies. The Gaoping War was just one of them. Hou Dayong was always thinking about when the Gaoping War would start. This was a good time for Hou Dayong to show his face. In order to participate in the Gaoping War, Hou Dayong increased his military preparation efforts. Other military academies were puzzled by Hou Dayong's certainty that Hou Dayong would have a great battle. Hou Dayong smiled and said, "The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed." When Hou Dayong was stepping up preparations, he received the order and the entire Black Eagle Army was transferred to Fu Yanqing, the governor of Tianxiong Army. After receiving the order, he set off immediately and no mistakes must be made.
Chapter completed!