Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 27 The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying

After the strong wind passed, the clouds dispersed, the rain stopped, and the sky cleared.

"My Lord, we have collected the remains of our fallen comrades and buried them in a high place."

Han Mu, with blood stains still on his iron armor, came forward to report.

Liu Bei stood in front of the burnt-out granary with its walls and charred ground.

This was the largest granary that was burned by the raging fire. Fortunately, the rain came in time and prevented the fire from burning out completely, otherwise the Yellow Turban army and civilians, who had surrendered more than 400,000 people, would have been out of food soon.

After hearing Han Mu's report, Liu Bei turned around and said, "Take the men to collect and bury the Yellow Turban soldiers who died in the battle."

Perhaps the comrades who were afraid of losing many lives in the battle would feel emotional when seeing the bodies of the enemy being buried.

Liu Bei then added: "After a war, there is often an epidemic because many corpses have not been buried, which will also pollute the water source and nearby water systems."

Han Mu nodded, he knew what was important and what was not.

He is not easily affected by emotions, which is something Liu Bei particularly values ​​about him.

"Yes!" After Han Mu answered and left, Liu Bei simply found a place to sit and asked the military officer to find Zhang Fei.

"Is Yide injured?"

"I'm fine, but why is brother..." Zhang Fei's armor was broken in many places, but he was not hurt at all, and he looked energetic.

But when he saw his brother, he was horrified.

Liu Bei, who had taken off his armor, was being treated with medicine by his doctor. Now that the war was over, it was the busiest time for the student.

After helping Liu Bei apply the medicine, he hurriedly packed up his bag and rushed to another place to treat the soldiers.

Zhang Fei hurriedly felt Liu Bei's body all over, and fortunately only his arm was injured, which made him feel relieved.

He could not help but worry and blame: "Brother, you are the county governor and the commander of the army. What use is it to be a lieutenant general and a captain if you repeatedly commit crimes?"

"If you do this again in the future, don't blame Zhang Fei for not recognizing you as his brother."

Liu Bei laughed and said, "If there is no need to mobilize the central army, I will naturally stay in the rear."

"But if you don't take action when the situation is critical, the whole army will be defeated. Then you and I will all be prisoners. How can we have a chance to stay here?"

"If you sit a hundred miles away like an ordinary governor, how can you ask the soldiers to fight for their lives? Even if a person born aristocrat goes to the battlefield, he still needs to fight for his life to win."

Even Qin Wang Li Shimin had to charge desperately on the battlefield, and several of his horses were killed in the battle. How could Liu Xuande, who came from a commoner family and had fallen into poverty, avoid being hit by arrows and stones?

Fortunately, my body has a good ability to recover. As long as the wound is not too serious, I just need to rest for a while.

"How was your performance when I sent you to calculate the casualties among the combat troops and auxiliary soldiers?" Liu Bei asked.

"Two hundred and sixteen soldiers were seriously injured, one hundred and thirty-two were slightly injured, and three hundred and fifty-seven were killed in battle."

"1,677 auxiliary soldiers were slightly injured, 785 were seriously injured, and 1,411 were killed in the battle."

"The cavalry has not yet been counted."

Zhang Fei's breathing was a little heavy.

Liu Bei frowned and asked, "Why are there so many more seriously injured soldiers than slightly injured?"

Zhang Fei explained: "When charging, many soldiers were already injured, but they still fought hard forward, and the number of seriously injured suddenly increased at the back."

Thinking of the casualties of the auxiliary soldiers, Zhang Fei sighed: "It's a pity that there are too few auxiliary soldiers wearing armor, otherwise..."

Liu Bei remained silent. The auxiliary soldiers not only wore little armor, but most of them were leather armor.

Although light, it is difficult to defend against close-range crossbows and sharp weapons.

But he really didn't have so much money to arm his entire army with armor. Most of the auxiliary soldiers still used the weapons and armor that the combat soldiers had discarded.

"We still need to find a way to improve the efficiency of forging iron armor and gradually eliminate leather armor!" Liu Bei said secretly.

"Brother, I just found out that among the 130,000 Yellow Turbans, 20,000 to 30,000 of them are truly elite Yellow Turbans, which is why they are so difficult to defeat."

Zhang Fei replied, "I heard that the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops in Gaoyuan County in the south were only mobilized by these few thousand miscellaneous soldiers."

"Brother, with 12,000 cavalry and infantry, you have defeated the Yellow Turbans and subdued more than 400,000 people. Your reputation has spread all over the world. The time is not far for the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou to be completely pacified."

Zhang Fei said with some excitement.

Liu Bei remained silent, but he was not as happy as Zhang Fei imagined.

The large number of casualties in this battle was completely beyond his expectations.

Although I am somewhat relieved that even though there are too many casualties, no one retreats and they still go to the front of the battlefield.

Perhaps it was because they knew that if the battle went badly, the county governor would never abandon them and run away, but would definitely lead the central army to charge into the battle personally.

Therefore, even if they are temporarily at a disadvantage, their morale remains high.

It was precisely because of this trust that the formation never collapsed despite heavy casualties.

In fact, the commander's victory does not come on the battlefield, but rather in the little things he does in daily life, such as governing well, treating soldiers well, and training them strictly. He rewards those who have made contributions and punishes those who have made mistakes, and the whole army shares the same desire for victory.

The soldiers followed Liu Bei in the hundreds of miles of expedition and never thought that they would not be able to defeat the enemy.

Liu Bei created this daring and powerful force from scratch, sharing the joys and sorrows with his soldiers, fighting hard together with them, and doing everything he could to personally create it.

As long as Liu Bei's central army flag does not fall, he will not be defeated so easily.

"Perhaps it's time to give this powerful army a name." Liu Bei whispered.

I also thought about the strong wind last night that temporarily blew away the dark clouds, and the wind would help the fire when we marched today.

Every crucial battle in Qingzhou seemed to be related to the wind.

Liu Bei thought to himself, "It seems that I have an indissoluble bond with the wind in this life."

It feels great to see the soldiers under his command fighting to the death and establishing an army that only obeys his orders, facing enemies that are several times their number.

Something like what happened in Yuan Shao's army, where a general could lead his soldiers to surrender in the middle of a battle, would probably never happen in his army.

Even if he wanted to surrender to the enemy, he could only take his trusted followers with him. He could not take away officers and officials, let alone Shi Xin who had fought with Liu Bei all the way.

Not to mention those who wanted to surrender, even if Emperor Liu Xie came in person to mobilize the troops, no one could move a single soldier or general without his approval.

This army has been built with his belief since its establishment, which is why it can be used as easily as his own arm.

Liu Bei asked again: "Zilong went to appease the Yellow Turbans who surrendered. Did he find any unusual movements?"

Zhang Fei thought for a moment and replied, "Zilong has followed his brother's instructions and has disrupted them all, mixing the soldiers and civilians and reorganizing the camps."

"Besides, the morale of the Yellow Turbans has collapsed, and their weapons and armor have been confiscated. They should not be able to cause any more trouble. Please rest assured, brother."

Liu Bei frowned. Excluding the dead soldiers and those seriously injured, the entire army only had more than 7,600 people. He had to take care of more than 400,000 surrendered Yellow Turbans. It was extremely dangerous no matter how you looked at it.

We must find a way to calm them down and put the Yellow Turban leader Qu Shuai and the remaining leader Yu into solitary confinement.

It would be safest if people with prestige could surrender voluntarily and thus put an end to their will to resist.

Liu Bei pondered for a moment and ordered: "Detain the captured Yellow Turban leaders separately. I will go to see them in person after I have dealt with all matters."

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