Chapter 132 Morale
This scene of ordinary things in Huaihuang City is everywhere.
Li Chongjiu rubbed her flat shoulders and let her cry out loud.
Compared with the civilian households, the garrisons were much better. When they came to Huaihuang Town to guard the border, they either had a guilty body or had no place to live. One day was considered one day.
However, as they watched their companions die, a hint of sigh appeared on their faces, and they began to lift the bodies together.
What are you crying, what are you crying.
If a person dies and birds face the sky, they will never die for thousands of years. In recent years, our soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty buried their bones in Liaodong and northern deserts.
There is nothing like corpses traveling thousands of miles away, and ghosts crying every night. I’m used to it, and used to it.
An old garrison sighed and spoke.
The Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, with millions of occipital bones. Not to mention the Central Plains, no matter which county people here wears mourning.
Li Chong's Nine Eyes Watch the people in the city. After the victory, the soldiers were in a state of decline, and this had a bad impact on the morale of the army.
At that moment, Li Chongjiu ordered the captains to complete the team.
The bodies on the battlefield in the south of the city were moved away and a piece of open space was cleared out. The Fourth Regiment's Mansion Army and the Twenty-Fifth Brigade's Guards all stood under the city.
The torches pounded, and the soldiers stained their armor with blood, standing in the light.
Li Chong pressed his sword with his hands and said, "Every regiment and brigade, click here."
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"The first regiment, originally two hundred and five people, forty-five people died in battle, seven were seriously injured, and there were only 153 people."
The deputy captain of the first regiment stood up and reported.
Li Chongjiu looked at the first regiment, and all of this regiment were armored cavalry trained by him. Li Chongjiu said, "When your troops fought with Khitan and Ado, they charged forward with their fierce sterns. More than 20% of the entire army suffered casualties, but they still did not retreat. They are really my Great Sui warriors."
At that moment, Li Chongjiu pulled out his sword and shouted: "Magnificent!"
All the cavalrymen raised their blood-stained swords and roared loudly, saying, "Magnificent!"
"The second regiment, originally 203 people, 38 people died in battle, 14 people were seriously injured, and there were only 151 people." Wang Mahan shouted loudly.
These cavalrymen were brought out from Shaolin Temple, Seven Thousand Villages, and Escort Agency. They had been through a long battle formation. Any casualties in this way would be heartbroken.
Li Chongjiu looked at the Second Regiment and said, "Your troops charged forward and killed the heads of Ado's troops who were waiting for Jin Ado. After 20% of the casualties in the entire army, they will not retreat. It is my Great Sui warrior!"
At that moment, Li Chongjiu pulled out his sword again and shouted loudly: "Magnificent!"
The cavalry of the Second Regiment also responded with mighty cheers.
"The third regiment, originally 320 people, 116 people died in battle, and 18 people were seriously injured, and minor injuries were not counted." Ying Hefu shouted.
Hearing this, the troops all took a breath. The three regiments were always composed of Xi people. Li Chongjiu knew that a hundred cavalry had been incorporated into the three regiments before, so the casualties were the highest.
Li Chongjiu said in Turkic words: "Your troops are foreign troops, but our Cangtou army is equal, and there is no difference between Hu and Han. You charge forward, dare to fight to the death, and die more than 30% of them, but still do not retreat. They are actually the elite troops in our Cangtou army. I allow you to use the Qingshan Banner, and then change the number to the Third Regiment to the Qingshan Regiment."
Ying Hefu and Ertuo both looked at each other.
Etuo stepped forward and said, "General, we Xi people admire the Black Hawks, how about calling the Black Hawks?"
Li Chongjiu nodded when he heard this and said, "It's called the Black Hawk Group."
After saying that, nearly two hundred Xi people pulled out their knives and whistled their lips.
Next, all the brigades and garrisons reported casualties.
"The first brigade of the garrison army, originally one hundred and two, three were killed in battle, and one seriously injured."
"The Second Brigade of the Guard Army, originally one hundred and three people, two of them died in the battle, and Zhang Lu led the way seriously injured."
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"The 12th Brigade of the Guard Army, originally ninety-nine, five injured, and no one died."
"The 13th Brigade of the Guard Army, four people died in battle."
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The sound on the field is getting lower and lower.
Compared with the casualty rate of 20 to 30% of the palace soldiers, the casualty rate of the garrison except for the brigades guarding the south gate at the beginning, the casualty rate of the other brigades was not more than 5%. However, during the battle, the Khitans defeated with one blow.
At the end of the battle, the strong men, women and children among the households were no less casualties than the garrison troops.
Hearing this, Tan Zong couldn't help but look ashamed and went up to the foreword and said, "Senior Brother, it's my fault."
After saying that, more than 2,000 garrison troops from the 25th Brigade knelt down and said, "Please forgive me for your crimes, General."
"Stand up, there is gold under the knees of men. How can you and other dignified men kneel down easily?"
Li Chongjiu shouted loudly.
After hearing this, the garrisons stood up with a bang.
Li Chongjiu held his knife in his hand and said, "What are you guilty of? If you hadn't built a strong city, how could you protect my city? You faced the 5,000 Khitan army with your flesh and blood, and defended the city for a whole day and killed hundreds of enemies. If you hadn't, the 7,000 people in the city would have suffered all the disasters."
The garrison present was ashamed to hear Li Chongjiu say this and said in unison: "General."
Li Chongjiu shouted: "You have sacrificed blood for my Cangtou Army. I, Li Chongjiu, Huaihuang Town, and the Sui Dynasty will never forget you. Hold your head up, you are my Cangtou Army, a dignified soldier!"
"Yes, General!"
Thousands of garrison troops below the field made deafening roars.
After Li Chongjiu's speech, the morale of Huaihuang Town was boosted.
The bodies of the fallen soldiers were all restrained clearly, put on the cleanest and most decent clothes, and then buried on the land.
As for the Xi people, the way they dealt with the corpse after their death was to wrap the corpse in a circle and then hang it on the tree (Note 1).
Li Chongjiu's reign should not be surprised by the Han people and respect their customs.
In Li Chongjiu's battle, more than 600 soldiers and civilians died in battle paid tribute to the deceased and comforted the dead.
Afterwards, Li Chongjiu sent the head of the fast cavalry general Adoda and the Khitan green bull crow, and wrote the battle report on Lubu, headed to Yanmen and Jinyang to report the victory.
Although there were many casualties in this battle, the capture was also huge.
There were a total of six or seven hundred Turkic prisoners of war in Khitan and Turkic. Li Chongjiu was preparing to present them to the Quedong Capital together with the more than 800 heads he had been killed.
As for the war horses, more than 3,000 cattle, and more than 50,000 sheep were seized.
First of all, with the capture, there were more than 4,000 war horses in Huaihuang Town, including many excellent horses. If it were ordinary, it would be delighted to have so many war horses.
However, there is not enough hay to spend the winter now. Although there are a lot of them collected from the Adoba tribe, it is not enough to raise these war horses.
You should know that a war horse can eat hay in one day, which is enough to match five sheep. The better the war horse is, the more difficult it is to withstand rough feeding. In addition to hay, it also requires oats and black beans to eat together, which is more expensive than humans.
So if you want to spend the winter, Li Chongjiu decided to slaughter first, four or five hundred injured, and weak war horses, and save some of the hay first.
As for the horse meat slaughtered, it was originally used as food to reward the three armies, allowing the people of the town to eat for three days.
Chapter completed!