Chapter 374: Lu Hua's sudden appearance

Yang Minghao left, and Xie Yuan came again.

"General, all the prisoners have been taken to the prison. General Niu is arranging soldiers to take guard. General Tang has been stationed outside the city!" Xie Yuan reported.

Yang Zhengshan rubbed the token in his hand and nodded slightly: "Well, let's do it this way for now. Let the soldiers have a good rest. If there is anything, we will talk about it tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers had just fought a battle and were the most tired. Although there were still many things to do in the city, there was no rush.

There was no conversation overnight. The next morning, after Yang Zhengshan had breakfast, he fell into a busy state.

He first wrote a battle report and sent someone to send it to Pang Tang, and then began to deal with the affairs in Chongshan Pass.

After this battle, Chongshan Pass was basically abandoned.

Except for the majestic city walls, everything in the pass was almost deserted.

The General's Mansion, the Governor's Office, the Dusi Office, and the Censor's Office were all paralyzed.

The merchants and civilians in the city also suffered. Many civilians were affected, and countless people were killed and injured. Many houses in the city were also destroyed.

There were less than 10,000 soldiers left in the 30,000 Zhenbiao Camp, and these soldiers all defected before the battle.

As for the prisoners, there were more than 10,000.

In other words, more than 40,000 of the 60,000 troops under Ji Feiyu were killed and injured.

And many soldiers under Yang Zhengshan were also killed and injured. The main soldiers responsible for the siege were infantry. Before, Yang Zhengshan had a total of 37,000 soldiers, including soldiers under Niuzhuang and Tang Feihu.

Among these 37,000 soldiers, there were 14,000 cavalry and 23,000 infantry.

It was these 23,000 infantry who were responsible for the siege, and some of the cavalry were responsible for guarding the surroundings, and some joined the battle at the end.

Of the 23,000 infantry, 13,000 were killed or seriously injured, and the casualties were heavy.

It seems that the casualties of Yang Zhengshan's soldiers are far less than those of Ji Feiyu's soldiers, but don't forget that there were many soldiers who defected during the battle. The remaining 10,000 now does not mean that there were only 10,000 soldiers who defected at that time.

In fact, the casualties of both sides are similar.

In a battle, more than 50,000 soldiers died in the battle. It took five days to deal with the bodies of these soldiers.

All the bodies were buried on the hillside east of the city.

Soldiers with names can still get a wooden tombstone, and soldiers without names are directly filled into the corpse pit and buried together.

There is no way, there are too many bodies, and it is impossible to deal with them carefully. Yang Zhengshan can only guarantee that the soldiers of Tenglongwei have a wooden tombstone, as for the others, it is impossible to ask for it.

July 13.

Pang Tang came to Chongshan Pass with a team of civilians escorting food and grass.

Looking at the majestic Chongshan Pass, Pang Tang exhaled heavily.

When they arrived at the city gate, Yang Zhengshan had been waiting for a long time with Niu Zhuang and Tang Feihu.

"Greetings, Governor!"

"Zhengshan, thank you for your hard work!" Pang Tang got off the carriage and looked at Yang Zhengshan and said.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "It's not hard for me. It's all the soldiers who risked their lives to conquer Chongshan Pass!"

"How are the casualties?" Although Pang Tang had read the battle report, the casualties had not been counted when Yang Zhengshan wrote the report, so he only wrote the general situation.

"Heavy casualties!" Yang Zhengshan said a little dull.

This battle can be said to be a tragic victory.

It was the most tragic battle he fought.

In the previous battle in the north, he killed countless Hu people, but his soldiers did not have many casualties.

When the battle in the north ended and he returned to Anyuan City, there were still more than 500 soldiers in the garrison camp out of 1,000 soldiers, and only more than 500 soldiers died in the battle.

In this battle, more than 3,000 soldiers of Tenglong Guard alone were killed and wounded.

Pang Tang nodded slightly, with a look of grief on his face.

Although he was not good at military affairs, he also knew the difficulty of conquering Chongshan Pass.

"Eunuch Lu is here too!"

He did not ask about the casualties, but said instead.

"Eunuch Lu!" Yang Zhengshan looked at him in confusion.

At this moment, more than a hundred riders came galloping from behind the long convoy, led by Lu Hua in a moon-white long gown.

This should be the second time Yang Zhengshan saw Lu Hua. The first time was ten years ago in Zhou Lan's general's shogunate.

It was just a glimpse of Lu Hua, and Yang Zhengshan was deeply impressed by Lu Hua.

His long hair was like ink, his eyebrows were like paintings, and his eyes were as bright as bright stars. After ten years of not seeing each other, Lu Hua still looked as elegant and noble as a gentleman.

He did not look like a eunuch, but more like a gentleman.

Time seemed to have left no trace on him. Now he was almost exactly the same as he was ten years ago, without any sign of aging.

"The humble general Yang Zhengshan greets Eunuch Lu!" Yang Zhengshan clasped his fists and bowed.

Lu Hua is not an ordinary eunuch. He is the commander of the North Division of the Secret Military Guard. The Secret Military Guard also has ranks. The highest officer of the Secret Military Guard is the governor, who is of the first rank, the same rank as the left and right governors of the Five Military Governors' Office, and the commander of the Four Directions Pacification Office is of the second rank.

In other words, Yang Zhengshan, the deputy governor of the Central Military Governor's Office, is of the same rank as Lu Hua, but Lu Hua is an eunuch and a servant of the old emperor. Yang Zhengshan feels that he is still inferior to him.

Lu Hua dismounted, with a faint smile on his face, and clasped his fists to return the greeting to Yang Zhengshan, "General Yang, you and I have been friends for a long time!"

Isn't it?

Speaking of which, the two had dealt with each other a lot before, but they had never met formally.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at Pang Tang, wondering why this eunuch Lu came to Chongshan Pass.

Although Lu Hua had been the eunuch guarding Chongshan Pass before, Lu Hua had not been to Chongshan Pass in all these years except for the initial appearance in Chongshan Pass.

Otherwise, the prince would not have arranged a new eunuch to guard Chongshan Pass before.

Now that Lu Hua is here, does he still want to continue to be the eunuch guarding Chongshan Pass?

Yang Zhengshan couldn't guess Lu Hua's intention, so he could only be polite and welcome Lu Hua and Pang Tang into the city.

After a while, everyone came to the lobby of the general's mansion.

There were also Lu Chongde and Ji He in the lobby.

Lu Chongde's body has recovered a lot after a few days of rest, but he is still a little weak.

As for Ji He, his arms have been amputated, barely saving his life.

However, under the nourishment of the spiritual spring water, his condition is better than Lu Chongde.

After all, Ji He is still young, and he was originally a warrior, and his physique is much stronger than Lu Chongde.

When everyone met, they couldn't help but exchanged some courtesy.

After the courtesy, everyone sat down.

Although this is the general's residence, Yang Zhengshan did not sit in the main seat, but sat down with everyone.

"Does Eunuch Lu have any instructions?" Yang Zhengshan first looked at Lu Hua and asked.

Lu Hua shook his head slightly, "I came here in the name of military supervision, but in fact I am here to assist General Yang in blocking the Wuliang army! As for the affairs of Chongshan Town, the three adults can discuss it by themselves, no need to ask me!"

He still took up the position of eunuch guarding Chongshan Town, but he just wanted to have a name, not to interfere in the affairs of Chongshan Town.

As for whether the prince would agree, he didn't need to care at all.

If the prince wanted to control the Secret Guard, he had to wait until he ascended the throne.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and turned his eyes to Pang Tang and Lu Chongde.

Lu Chongde is the governor, and Pang Tang is also the governor.

The court appointed Pang Tang as the governor, but did not dismiss Lu Chongde from his post. This was a mistake. It is estimated that the court did not expect Lu Chongde to be alive at that time.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan did not expect Lu Chongde to be alive before entering the city.

Lu Chongde saw the meaning in Yang Zhengshan's eyes and said, "Since the court has asked Pang Da to be the governor of Chongshan Town, then naturally Pang Da will be in charge of everything!"

Pang Tang thought for a while and said, "The situation is critical now, so I will not be humble to Lord Lu!"

"No problem, I was a prisoner of the traitor before, and I should apologize to His Majesty and the court!" Lu Chongde waved his hand and said.

Although he did nothing wrong, he became a prisoner of Ji Feiyu, which is a stain he cannot cover up.

No fault but guilty!

At least a crime of dereliction of duty is inevitable.

Pang Tang smiled and said, "But I know very little about Chongshan Town. I will ask Lord Lu for advice on many things in the future. I hope Lord Lu will be generous with his advice!"

He was very humble, calling him "I" and "Lord Lu" all the time, and he did not look down on Lu Chongde because of his experience.

This is normal, because he is far inferior to Lu Chongde in terms of seniority and reputation.

When Lu Chongde was the governor, he had not yet been promoted to the governor of Liaoyuan.

"Of course, Lord Pang can find me anytime if he needs me!" Lu Chongde also smiled.

Yang Zhengshan was relieved to see that the two of them were in harmony. He was really afraid that the two would fight. Fortunately, Lu Chongde knew the general situation and did not compete with Pang Tang for power.