Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 223 Xia people, your emperor is back

Is this a win?

Chen Dong came on horseback. Looking at the young general standing among countless soldiers, and then looking at the corpses all around him, he felt a little ridiculous for the first time.

He followed the army to the grassland last time and saw many battlefields. At first, the grassland people were defeated like mountains, and various tribes were slaughtered by the Han army like they were cutting grass. But later, after Qu Duan's explanation, he realized that the grassland people were like a mountain. It may be that the defeat was deliberately carried out to lure the army into the encirclement.

Subsequently, the fighting between the Han army, the grassland coalition army and the Jin army was particularly fierce. Chen Dong began to have a deep understanding of the ferocity of the Jin people. When he knew that the two Jin armies that had left the border this time were completely wiped out, he suddenly felt more sorry for the Han king. Many tributes.

It is not difficult to save a family fortune in four years, but to assemble such an iron army in only four years is more difficult than reaching the sky!
And now.
The prisoners of the Xia Army laboriously dragged the corpses of their comrades. Next to them, more prisoners of the Xia Army were digging large pits, preparing for centralized burial. The surrounding Han soldiers were only responsible for chatting and guarding. The scene was distinct but there was something different about it. A strange sense of harmony.

The Xia people have always been a serious concern of the Song Dynasty. After the Tanyuan Alliance, a lot of military expenditures in the past were directly spent on the northwest. This shows that the Xia Kingdom's military threat to the northwest of the Song Dynasty, even if it was later The Song Dynasty gradually began to counterattack, and even repeatedly invaded the Xixia border, but it was absolutely unable to achieve the same results as the Han army today.

Qu Duan turned over and dismounted, walked to Chen Dong, who was still in a daze, and slapped the latter's thigh hard, causing Chen Dong to cry out in pain.

"Military Sima, what are you doing in a daze? Go and count the casualties!"

Chen Dong cursed in his mind, pulled up the reins and prepared to leave. Qu Duan waved his hand behind him, signaling the small group of cavalry next to him to follow him and protect him.

What's more, the prisoners can't all go hungry, they have to be given some food. After two meals, Yang Keshi came to him to complain, saying that his own food was not enough for the prisoners to eat, and the people below him were very dissatisfied.

Similarly, after winning a battle, you have to ask for a reward from above. You can say that our army is as strong as a bamboo, and it is easy to defeat the enemy. You can also say that the enemy is as strong as a tiger, but under the desperate fight of our soldiers, Next, another great victory was achieved.

"Brother, please help me write a battle report to be submitted later."

The battle report was to be submitted to the King of Han. The clerk who was responsible for writing documents to Qu Duan was temporarily ordered to go to the front line to deliver military orders during the day. As a result, he was only wearing thin armor. It was quite unlucky. As soon as he ran to the front, he was killed by the Xia people. A stream of arrows hit the front door.

Chen Dong was stunned for a moment and said in confusion:
"But our army fought with the Xia army for less than two hours, and the Xia army collapsed as soon as the Xia army broke through. How could it be so ferocious?"

Chen Dong finished sorting out the military report and was about to leave. Qu Duan called out to him, and Yang Keshi stared at him. The latter was feeling frightened and couldn't help but frown and asked: "Generals, what else can I ask you for advice?" ?”

"You know nothing, write quickly." Qu Duan cursed.

Chen Dong had no choice but to nod in agreement, sit back in his seat, dip his pen in some ink, and slowly start writing according to the military report. Halfway through writing, Qu Duan came over to look at it for a while, and suddenly said: "You have so many things here." Spend some pen and ink and write about the fierce counterattack of the Xia army, yes, just add these words."

In a camp attack, leaving aside the loss of horses, the number of casualties did not exceed 300, the number of casualties exceeded 2,000, and more than 10,000 Xia troops were captured. Even after the war, the number of prisoners was more than that of the Han army. Qu Duan After reading the battle report, I was stunned for a moment, and laughed and cursed: "If the commander-in-chief's Chinese army doesn't come, we will allocate more than half of our troops to guard the prisoners."

After writing this sentence, Chen Dong looked up at Qu Duan, his eyes changed, and he obviously understood why he wrote this sentence. The latter suddenly showed dissatisfaction, "Your eyes seem to say that I am not a good person."

Yang Keshi nodded silently behind him. Chen Dong glanced at it and then said calmly: "General, today is a great victory. Should our army rest where it is tomorrow, or should we immediately send troops to Wu Lahaicheng?"

"According to the original strategy, it is natural to send troops directly to Wu Lahai City." At this point, Qu Duan couldn't help but think about it. After all, there are more than 10,000 Xia prisoners waiting to be dealt with. What if? Just let go and throw away the leash. God knows if these ten thousand Xia people will cause any trouble. "Select the best and strongest among them overnight and organize them into various corps. The remaining 3,000 people will be selected to form the first camp. We will know the advantages and disadvantages and prepare to attack Wu Lahai City later."

The Han army generally did not have the habit of killing prisoners. Even the former Jin prisoners were quickly organized into the first camp, and those who made military exploits had the opportunity to become regular soldiers of the Han army.

"As for the rest."

Qu Duan hesitated again. It was impossible to release the remaining Xia prisoners, so he could only leave them where they were to wait for Zhongshi Dao, or send troops to escort these prisoners back to Yunzhong.

But no matter which of the latter two methods is used, Qu Duan needs to directly allocate troops.

Those who were separated were Han soldiers!

"If we divide our troops to guard now, that's no problem, but we are going to attack the city in a few days. By then, one soldier will want to be split into two. How can we take the initiative to divide our troops at this time?"

Yang Keshi interrupted and asked, "Aren't there more than 3,000 newly recruited Xia people who have arrived at the camp first?"

Qu Duan glared at him angrily, and even if he didn't need to say anything, Chen Dong also said: "The Han soldiers are elite, and it is not worthwhile for one Han to reach Five Xia, even if our army only sends out a thousand Han this time Army, the losses cannot be compensated by three thousand Xia people."

However, their argument ended quickly, because both Chen Dong and Yang Keshi were forced to go to the night to select and place the Xia prisoners. When they were busy the next morning, the sentry cavalry of the troops of the Zhongshi Dao Headquarters He had already come to pay homage to Qu Duan. Two hours later, Zhong Shidao's five thousand front troops arrived.

At most, wait until the afternoon, and the Zhongshidao headquarters army will arrive and take over these prisoners.

In the Han army, there was no need to worry about such bad things as pretending to receive military exploits. There would be dedicated military officials responsible for recording and taking over the entire process. Liu Ling's achievements in political management and people's livelihood were reasonable, but he was extremely meticulous in military construction.

In the afternoon, the captain walked in and presented the latest battle report to Liu Ling.

He read it once, pushed the battle report in front of Han Fang, and motioned for him to read the battle report with several staff nearby.

"The defenders of Wu Lahai City lost 20,000 people, and all the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division were killed in the battle. It is expected that there will be no more organized resistance in the city."

Han Fang handed the battle report to others and looked at Liu Ling, "Brother Richard, the Jin King of Xia Kingdom, must have been fully aware of our army's entry into Xia. It is very likely that he will recruit many dignitaries of Xia Kingdom and Prime Minister Li Yuchang to join forces to deal with our army."

Empress Dowager Yelu controls three of the twelve military divisions in the Xia Kingdom, but she is still the one with the least and weakest troops. The other stronger ones, such as the Black Water Town Yan Military Division and the Baima Qiang Town Military Division, are all under the control of Brother Richard and In the hands of Li Yuchang.

Liu Ling rubbed his brows and thought for a while, then said: "Prepare some manpower so that Prince Xia can ascend the throne."

(End of this chapter)