The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 761 Post-War Summary
On the barren grassland, the corpses that were originally scattered all over have been piled up.

Mineral resources are not easy to mine in this era. Whether it is the Dali Forbidden Army or the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, the armor of those who died in battle was stripped off, even the generals were no exception.

All kinds of armor, weapons, ordnance, etc., were also piled up in piles.

It is difficult to have special cases in wars. Even among the imperial guards of the Great Song Dynasty, the remains of generals who died in battle could not be transported back to the Great Song Dynasty.

Manpower is limited to reduce unnecessary troubles, which is already the norm among the Imperial Guards of the Great Song Dynasty.

Only the commander-in-chief, that is, generals above the level of the main and deputy regiments of the Song Dynasty, can be preserved in the urn after the body is cremated.Then cover the national flag and bring it back to Song Dynasty with the army.

Ordinary soldiers can only be cremated in piles on the spot, no different from the Dali Forbidden Army.

The only thing you can bring back is the nameplate on them.

If after returning to the Song Dynasty, family members come to claim it, then these nameplates will be returned to them, and a clothes tomb will be set up.

If there is no family member to claim it, it can only be left in the warehouse of the military region.Maybe it doesn't make much sense, but at least it can prove that this person once existed in the army.

They gave their lives for the future of Da Song.

As the sky gradually brightened, the flames in Shanchan's mansion gradually extinguished.And in the wilderness outside the city, there were many piles of flames blazing.

I don't know how many people weep silently, let alone how many people have red eyes.

Some Paoze have known them for many years, and this time they both came out of the Song Dynasty, but they can't go back at the same time.This is a great tragedy.

The relationship established in the army is very deep, and some people feel like brothers.Before the war did not end, there were many people who could not take care of it, but now, some people were on the verge of collapse.

Zhang Jue stayed in the commander's tent, and soldiers kept coming to report the losses of the various regiments.

There are people from the logistics department of the army staying in the account and counting.

No one counted how many Dali Forbidden Army died in battle.But it can probably be figured out.

There are more than [-] imperial guards in the capital, and more than [-] guards in Shanchan Mansion.The total is about [-], and the last survivors should be no more than a few thousand.

This is almost tantamount to annihilation.

In this battle of attacking Li, the total number of Dali Forbidden Army destroyed by the Song Dynasty's Forbidden Army has exceeded [-].

This is naturally a brilliant result.

Maybe if you fight like this a few more times, Dali will have no more soldiers and horses to use.However, this is not realistic.

Although the Great Song Dynasty is thriving, its national strength is still weak after all, and it is impossible to support a few more such wars.After all, there is still a Yuan Dynasty in the north watching.

If they could fight, Zhao Dongting wouldn't just let Zhang Jue and the others attack the city without seizing the territory.Now Da Song doesn't have much energy to consolidate the new territory.

Da Song still needs to continue to accumulate strength.

When the number of casualties of each regiment is reported, the soldiers of the logistics department will summarize and report to Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue, Zhang Hongwei, Miao Cheng and others in the tent finally showed some smiles on their faces.

The loss in this battle was smaller than what Zhang Hongwei and others had expected.

The entire imperial army of the Song Dynasty, excluding the rear army of Miao Cheng who had not yet arrived here, had a total of about 4 soldiers participating in this battle.And the number of those killed in battle turned out to be nearly ten thousand.

Among them, the Flying Army lost the most, with nearly [-] people.

The casualties of the rest of the armies are not too many.It can even be said that it is unexpectedly less.

Miao Cheng led two special forces and [-] imperial troops to turn the tide of the battle. They came fiercely, opened and closed, and there were only a few hundred soldiers killed in battle.

Even he himself was surprised. He blinked his eyes and asked the general of the logistics department: "Is it a statistical error? Is the casualty of our army really so small?"

The general in the logistics department smiled slightly and said: "I have calculated it several times, and it is indeed so correct."

"Ha ha."

Zhang Jue laughed out loud, and said, "Actually, this kind of loss is not unexpected. It even slightly exceeded my estimate."

Everyone looked at him with surprise, even Liu Zhuwen.

Marshal Zhang had already estimated that there would not be too many casualties?

How did he estimate it?
At that time, the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty was indeed slightly suppressed by the Imperial Army of Dali for about half an hour.It stands to reason that during that time alone, the casualties should not be small.

"You guys haven't fully realized how powerful this new type of armor developed by the emperor is."

Zhang Jue shook his head with a smile, and continued: "At the beginning of this battle, our army was fierce and fierce. Just using firearms such as Shenlong guns, grenade launchers, and thunderbolts made the Dali Imperial Army pay a great price. You too You should have discovered that after a long battle, our army was a little tired, but this commander did not take any action to encourage the army. This commander intends to let the Dali Imperial Army see hope, so that they can persist until Miao The army commander arrived with his army. We fought too hard, they couldn't see any hope, and they retreated quickly, so they couldn't wipe them out."

Zhang Hongwei looked puzzled, "Marshal, we can see this now. But during that time, how did our casualties be so small?"

"Ha ha."

Zhang Jue smiled again, "My Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty has been well-trained, and most of them are old soldiers. They advanced and retreated slowly, and they didn't panic when they were suppressed. They seemed to be suppressed slowly, but in fact they still retained their combat effectiveness. Our ammunition Insufficient, why is Dali not like this?"

As he said that, there was a bit of sneer in his eyes, "How many soldiers can we kill with their swords, guns and arrows?"

Everyone in the handsome tent was stunned.

Yes!

Although the ammunition was used up and the army was exhausted before, they were pressed forward by the Dali Forbidden Army, but the brothers under their command seemed to be in good order, and they always maintained the general formation.

Those guys in Dali don't have many thunderbolts anymore. With their cold weapons alone, they really can't easily kill the soldiers of the Song Dynasty who are wrapped in new steel armor.

Looking back now, it seems that when the two sides clashed fiercely before, more soldiers died in battle.

As for the Qi Tian Army in the sky.

Those guys were blocked by the flying army, and were blown out of their wits by the sky-rocketing artillery array, and they didn't seem to be able to drop many thunders.

Thinking about it, more and more people began to grin.

And Zhang Jue said at this time: "But everyone, don't be proud. In this battle, we seem to have won a big victory, but in fact it is not a big victory..."

He looked around at the people in the tent, "The emperor implements a system of elite soldiers, and all of our Imperial Guards in the Great Song Dynasty were selected through strict selection from Xiang armies from all over the country. The food and clothing expenses of each imperial army were much higher than those of the Xiang army. , much more than these Dali Forbidden Army. Counting Shenlong Gun, Armor, Thunderbolt, Weapons, etc., the imperial court's investment in each Forbidden Army soldier is probably enough to allow Dali to support five Forbidden Army. This time, although we have wiped out more than [-] Dali imperial troops, our loss is also close to [-]. Calculated in this way, we actually did not take much advantage."

Everyone in the tent was slightly moved.

What Zhang Jue said was absolutely correct, the Imperial Guards of the Great Song Dynasty were powerful, but the cost of training these soldiers was far from comparable to those of the Imperial Guards of Dali.

To put it bluntly, the Imperial Army of the Great Song Dynasty was able to have such a strong combat effectiveness, all of which were piled up with money.

Every forbidden army is a baby bump!
Thinking about it this way, nearly [-] people were lost in the battle of attacking reason, which is really heartbreaking.

How many forbidden troops did Song Dynasty have in total?
How many are there in the Zhennan Military Region?

If the emperor had not implemented the policy of elite soldiers, at the same cost of training [-] imperial troops, he might be able to train more than [-] soldiers.

Of course, the combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable.

Inside the tent, Liu Zhuwen suddenly said with emotion, "The emperor is really... foresight..."

The elite soldier policy naturally has advantages.

Although the cost of training more than 20 Forbidden Army is enough to train more than one million soldiers like the Dali Forbidden Army, and the overall combat effectiveness may not be much different.But recruiting less than 80 soldiers in the army is equivalent to having more than 80 civilians. How meaningful is this to the community?
Now this era has a small population, and every extra soldier is equivalent to an extra small waste.But one more commoner is equal to one more labor force.

These days, labor is not productivity?

Zhang Jue patted the table lightly, and said: "Order, prepare to break out of the camp! When the soldiers who died in battle are cremated, we will set off to return to the court."

Liu Zhuwen and the others nodded one after another, and then walked out of the tent.

The steps are generally easy.

This is inertial thinking.

In this era, at a cost of less than [-], annihilating more than [-] enemy troops and destroying three big cities in a row is a big victory no matter how you look at it.

(End of this chapter)