However, the soldier could not ignore it. Thus, he reined in his horse and turned it around. He squeezed the horse's belly and glanced at the people who had fallen.
The horses were twitching. They were probably too tired.
The soldiers kept wailing. However, they had only suffered some superficial wounds. There was not much of a problem.
Thus, he said, "Military Officer, call the doctor to treat them. At the same time, count the horses of the injured people and the horses of the uninjured people. Present them one by one."
After speaking, he looked around at everyone. "Take advantage of the time when the Military Officer is counting, all of you should rest."
After settling down, Li Jing dismounted from his horse and handed the reins to the guard. He stood with his hands behind his back and looked at Sheng Zhou City not far away.
This time, he came to Sheng Zhou for two reasons. The first one, needless to say, was naturally to find Zhang Feng. The second one was to check on Sheng Zhou. The current Sheng Zhou's general, Jin Sheng, was an archer under his command. After the war was quelled, he was sent to guard Sheng Zhou City.
This old man used to be a brave general on the battlefield. Ever since he came to Sheng Zhou, he complained every day about how desolate Sheng Zhou was. There was not even a woman. Even the cows were male. His brothers had a hard time and so on.
He came today to check. If it was really so desolate, then he would ask His Majesty to allocate some money and find a few women. After all, they had followed him before.
Just as he was thinking about his experience, a voice came from behind him.
"General, the number of people has been counted."
Hearing this, Li Jing slowly turned around and glanced at the Military Officer. He said with a serious face, "Report it."
"Yes, General."
The Military Officer nodded and opened the report in his hand. As he read, he said, "Fifty horses are injured and can no longer walk. They need to be treated. Sixty people are injured and temporarily cannot follow the army. The rest are not injured and can continue to march."
"Oh …"
Li Jing frowned. He did not expect the injuries to be so serious. In such a situation, he would have ordered them to rest. However, His Majesty's orders were very urgent. There was no time to delay. Thus, he said, "Those who are injured and cannot walk, stay here and recuperate. The rest will continue to march with me."
In this era, it was difficult to raise war horses. The money spent on fodder could provide a family with food and clothing for a year. Thus, it was very precious.
Moreover, a good warhorse could often decide the outcome of a battle. Therefore, even if it was injured, it had to be treated.
The soldiers also understood this, so they usually treated the warhorses as their own brothers.
No one had any objections to the commander-in-chief's order.
After leaving the doctor behind, everyone got on their horses again and rushed towards Sheng Zhou.
In less than a moment, the gate of Sheng Zhou City was in sight.
These few words seemed to have some kind of magical power. After the soldiers saw them, they all seemed to have gone mad and ran wildly.
However, this was also understandable. After all, they had been traveling for a few days and hadn't eaten much. Now that they finally saw people, how could they not be excited?
Li Jing did not stop him. He took the lead and ran ahead. Soon, he arrived at the city gate.
"Huff …"
Li Jing reined in his horse and looked up at the city gate. Then, he looked at the guard beside him and said, "Go call the city gate."
The guard accepted the order and waved his gilded banner, as if he was afraid that the people on the city gate couldn't see it. This was understandable. If you were going to call for the people on the city gate, you naturally had to reveal your identity first.
"The people upstairs, listen up. The Minister of War, Li Jing, is here. Quickly open the city gate."
The banner swayed in the air. The gilded 'Li' word was incomparably eye-catching.
Upstairs, the patrolling soldiers heard the roar and hurriedly lowered their heads to take a look. They saw a large banner swaying in the air with the word 'Li' written on it.
This frightened everyone. One had to know that Li was the national surname. Wasn't that person with the surname Li someone who could cover the sky with one hand?
And now, the Minister of War, Li Jing, was downstairs. That was their immediate superior.
How could they dare to be negligent? They all panicked. They informed General Jin Sheng and prepared things to welcome Li Jing.
Jin Sheng, who was in the residence, quickly received the news. His first reaction was excitement.
Why?
Firstly, he was a soldier under Li Jing. Now that his superior had come, he naturally thought highly of him.
Secondly, the Turks had just been attacked by the heavenly lightning and had already retreated. That would mean that he had contributed greatly.
However, he quickly realized that something was wrong.
Why did General Li come just as the Turks were attacked?
Could it be that General Li knew something?
Or could it be that the heavenly lightning this time had something to do with General Li?
It was possible. It was very possible.
Back then, General Li had destroyed Xiao Liang and Wang Shichong, who had proclaimed himself as the emperor in Luoyang. He had also destroyed the largest separatist force in Jiangnan, Nanliang.
There was also Po Fu, who had taken the lead and destroyed Feng Huiliang, killing more than 10,000 rebels and drowning people.
Wasn't that an unparalleled feat?
Perhaps the heavenly lightning had specially descended because General Li was coming.
In that case, General Li was the main contributor this time.
Thinking of this, Jin Sheng shuddered and quickly walked out of the residence.
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