Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 1073 Visit

"What are the specific casualties? Is Li Xing okay? Is Song Geyue okay? Are the others okay?" Upon hearing that Zhaozhou was attacked, Wang Xiaolie was extremely anxious and asked anxiously the messenger who came to report the news. What they feared most was that something would happen to Li Xing, which would affect the entire division.

The messenger said: "Xuanfu, don't be anxious. In the end, nothing happened to Li Xing's 1st Division. They relied on artillery to turn defeat into victory at the last moment and defeated the attacking Jin soldiers. Because when they entered the city, they arranged the artillery at the end and started the attack. It works wonders.”

Wang Xiaolie took a breath and nodded repeatedly. He sat down and said, "What is the specific situation? Please tell me in detail."

The messenger said: "I only know that at night, the golden soldiers suddenly attacked. The strange thing is that the city gate suddenly opened. Someone must have been a ghost. Many golden soldiers suddenly entered the city, and I was at a loss for a while."

Wang Xiaolie asked: "Li Xing's division has been fighting for many years, how could it be unprepared?"

The messenger replied: "Because it was evening when we arrived in Zhaozhou, we had been checked by the scouts before, and there was nothing abnormal. Li Xing thought that there should be nothing wrong, so he did not make detailed arrangements and wanted to wait until the next day. As a result, something happened that night.”

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Zhaozhou is not far from Zhending Mansion. The Jin soldiers should be hiding within the boundaries of Zhending Mansion, deliberately avoiding our army. Continue."

The messenger said: "At midnight, the Jin soldiers suddenly came. And someone helped open the city gate, and the Jin soldiers rushed directly into the city. How to resist this? The Song army in the city could only be killed. It was out of control. , we could only let the Jin army kill them. It was not until the artillery set up their positions at the end of the city that the counterattack was successful."

Wang Xiaolie said: "What else?"

The messenger said: "There is nothing else. I only heard this, I don't know anything else."

Wang Xiaolie thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you go down first. I'll ask you if there are other things."

After the messengers left, Wang Xiaolie paced back and forth in the room. After a while, he decided and ordered his soldiers to call Wang Ruohai over.

Wang Ruohai entered the house and asked Wang Xiaolie strangely: "Xuanfu, what are your plans?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Let's go to Li Xing's division immediately to see him. - We just sent troops to report that the night before yesterday, Jin soldiers suddenly attacked Zhaozhou, and Li Xing's division suffered heavy losses. Let's go Take a look, understand the situation, and comfort Li Xing."

Wang Ruohai immediately agreed, immediately went to arrange things, and went on the road with Wang Xiaolie.

It was seventy miles from Gaoyi to Zhaozhou. Wang Xiaolie hurried along the way and arrived at Zhaozhou at dusk that night.

Li Xing and Song Geyue hurriedly welcomed him out, followed by Wang Xiaolie.

After getting off his horse, Wang Xiaolian asked anxiously: "Are you two injured? How many people died in total?"

Song Geyue said: "God really has an eye! That night, we were all at the back, and I was still outside the city, and no one was injured. After statistics, after a night of fighting, we had 3,800 dead and 2,000 injured. Six hundred and thirty-one people. But in the end, we desperately defended with artillery. As a result, the Jin army lost 4,762 people and injured 567 people. Overall, we did not suffer a big loss. .”

Li Xingdao: "Most of our dead people were killed at the beginning. The golden soldiers came suddenly, in large numbers, and killed without batting an eye. We suffered a huge loss. We estimated that the total number of golden soldiers who came that night should be Around 10,000 people. Zhending Mansion has a total of 30,000 golden soldiers, and sending out 10,000 people for a sneak attack is a huge investment."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Ten thousand people were dispatched. The Jin army was really elite. They were going to defeat one of our divisions. Come on, let's talk after we go in."

Several people walked towards the handsome tent together. Wang Xiaolie looked at the scene in Zhaozhou City along the road. The houses were completely destroyed and there was almost no living person in sight. The soldiers were still in the room, looking for the dead body and carrying it out. There were more than 3,000 people in the whole city of Zhaozhou. The loss of these numbers alone exceeded that of the Jin army.

After watching for a while, Wang Xiaolie said: "When counting the number of people, do you count the people?"

Song Geyue was stunned for a moment and said: "No. When counting people, the common people are not included."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Count the number of people and count them separately. These people are also human lives, so we can't count them. When they come, they greet them with bowls of food and drink, so as not to forget them. Their lives , was also lost in the hands of Jin Bing."

Song Geyue agreed and immediately arranged manpower.

After arriving and sitting down in the commander's tent, Wang Xiaolie said: "This attack by Jin Bing has obviously been planned for a long time and has been prepared for a long time. Since Zhaozhou is close to Zhending Mansion, Jin Bing chose to attack when the soldiers first arrived. Attack, so it caused a lot of losses. Fortunately, our artillery was prepared in time and caused as many casualties to the Jin soldiers as we did. This is a great blessing among misfortunes!"

Li Xingdao: "If the artillery commander Chai Dan hadn't been alert and prepared the artillery in time, we would have been killed out of the city that night. The losses caused are unimaginable. It's a pity that Chai Dan's ears were deafened by the artillery. It took me two days to recover, but I still haven’t fully recovered.”

Wang Xiaolie said: "Let Chai Dan rest carefully and recover well. He must recover as well as before!"

Li Xingdao: "I understand."

Looking at Li Xing and Song Geyue, Wang Xiaolie said: "Although there are victories and defeats, it cannot be considered a victory, but you achieved such a record when you were suddenly attacked. Such a record is worth it. Those who have been praised so much! Don’t feel sluggish or discouraged just because you were suddenly hit. You should see that when you are suddenly hit, you can discover your own strengths, carry them forward, and ultimately defeat the enemy!"

Li Xing and Song Geyue looked at Wang Xiaolie with their eyes shining.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Next, we must properly arrange for the injured and actively treat them. What makes us better than the enemy? It is treatment! The proportion of our wounded on the battlefield is much larger than that of the Jin Army. But our wounded can all receive proper treatment and care. It’s not that if you fight on the battlefield, or if you are injured or disabled, no one will take care of you. But as long as you join the army, you will take care of it for the rest of your life. Only by properly treating the wounded can combatants be given sufficient confidence to fight desperately!"

Li Xing and Song Geyue said yes together.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Those who died in the battle must be properly placed. Their bodies must be collected. The weather is hot now and cannot be left for a long time. They must be burned into bones as early as possible and sent back home. After they are sent back, they must be Policies related to martyrs must be strictly implemented and cannot be divided between the two. There is no military matter. We must make a good handover with the local martyr-in-charge yamen and ask them to protect the families of the martyrs."

Li Xing and Song Geyue agreed. Song Geyue said: "Please rest assured, Xuan Fu, I will definitely send someone to the martyr's home to carry out this matter."

Wang Xiaolie said: "After the war, the most important thing is these two things. You must take care of them first, so that the morale of the army can be stabilized and the war can be fought well. Song Geyue is the commander, and this is your responsibility. Take more care!"

Song Geyue crossed his hands and said: "I understand. The injured must be cured and the dead buried properly. Please rest assured, Xuanfu!"

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "After these two things are done, we can talk about how to reorganize the army and how to prepare for the next battle. It's not that our division's troops will collapse after being beaten once, but that we should The more you fight, the stronger you get!"

(End of this chapter)