I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 229 A Successful Ambush
The flowing blood dyed the grass all over the ground into blood red, the fallen war horses were panting heavily, their stomachs heaving less and less, and the painful wailing of countless wounded soldiers echoed in the valley.

This is war.

After a war is won, the ruler can expand his territory and achieve his own political goals; the general can obtain military exploits, rewards and prestige; the businessman can resell materials in the rear and earn huge wealth.

Only the soldiers who fight, no matter the war wins or loses, they suffer.

If the war fails, they will probably become nameless bones in the mountains, and their souls cannot return to their hometown.

But after a war is won, the soldiers are not relieved, and they still have to continue to fight with the army, and go to the next war where they don't know whether they will win or lose.

Therefore, in order to satisfy ambitious civil wars, the morale of soldiers often collapses halfway.The struggle against the brutal foreign aggression and the uprising war for survival allowed them to grit their teeth and persevere to the end.

This is the fundamental reason why the morale of the army can be divided into high and low.

Standing on the hillside with some understanding in his heart, Chen Luo sighed deeply as he watched the scene of corpses strewn all over the field.

"I'm still inexplicably sentimental." He rubbed the center of his brows, his performance was really out of tune with the excited soldiers around him.

It's just that this kind of thinking is not harmful. You can put yourself in a comprehensive perspective and consider the problem more comprehensively.

However, Fan Kuai's loud voice sounded behind him, interrupting his thinking, "Jiang Ning, we won a big victory this time.

Those Huns on horseback were not as fierce as imagined. After falling into an ambush, they were similar to tied hogs. They seemed to be struggling fiercely, but in fact they had entered the stage of slow death.

Hahahaha, not to mention that they are vulnerable, at most they are barely. "

"It's thanks to General Fan who took the lead and rushed forward with incomparable bravery, deterring those Huns." Chen Luo praised with a faint smile.

In terms of seniority, Fan Kuai is Lu Zhi's brother-in-law, and he should call him "uncle and father-in-law".

It's just that the army doesn't pay much attention to it, not to mention that Chen Luo had a good relationship with Fan Kuai before marrying Liu Le, so they get along more like peers.

"Jiang Ning, what you said sounds better than Lao Xiao." Fan Kui patted Chen Luo's shoulder heavily.

Chen Luo stroked his chin and asked, "Has General Han calculated the battle damage?"

Han Xin designed this battle of annihilation to be perfect.

He used [-] falsely defeated soldiers to make the Huns relax their vigilance. At the same time, he calculated the appropriate distance so that those Huns just stepped into the ambush circle.

However, in order to wipe out all the elite Xiongnu, the Han army paid a certain price.

After all, they were able to run rampant in the territory of the Great Han for more than a month. Their combat power was not low. Under the command of Hu Yantuo, they tried to break through five times. The Xiongnu still relied on Qianchang and Baichang to form a scattered team and tried to escape.

It has to be said that these Huns did not have sophisticated equipment, but their desire to fight was quite strong, like bloodthirsty beasts.

Fan Kuai recalled for a moment and said: "Now the overall final statistics have not yet come out, I only know some approximate data.

The 500 armored soldiers used to lure the Huns have only gathered more than [-] people so far, and there may be hundreds of people who were dispersed, but most of them should have been killed.

The westward team I was in lost about [-] soldiers, and the eastward army was the main direction for the Huns to break through, and the losses would probably be heavier. "

Listening to the data he provided, Chen Luo was able to estimate the approximate damage ratio of this war.

The part that acted as a bait killed about 2000 people, the part that intercepted westward killed 2000 people, and the part that intercepted eastward had even higher casualties. Then the total number of infantry killed was about 5000. The [-] cavalry led by Chen Luo charged directly. More than seven hundred people were lost.

Therefore, after this battle, the total loss of the Han army was almost 8000 people, and the battle loss ratio was close to one to one.

In fact, this is a pretty good record.

They ambushed the elite of the Xiongnu's headquarters in the first battle, and they were not a bunch of nonsense.

Even though Chen Luo felt that the commander-in-chief of the other side looked and behaved a bit too smart, he had to admit that this team of Xiongnu soldiers was very capable individually, not to mention they were cavalry.

If you want to use infantry to annihilate nearly ten thousand cavalry on the Great Plains, the price you need to pay...

I am afraid that doubling the number of casualties in this battle will not be able to stop.

Looking at Chen Luo's solemn eyes, Fan Kui comforted and said, "The result of this battle is already very good. In the past, many soldiers were afraid of the reputation of the Huns' cavalry, thinking that they were like..."

"Like what?" Seeing that Fan Kui stopped abruptly in the middle of his speech, Chen Luo turned his head to ask in doubt.

Fan Kuai coughed dryly and said, "They used to think that the cavalry of the Xiongnu were as brave as King Xiang, and that they would be difficult to defeat in a charge, but after this battle, they felt that the two were not comparable at all."

Chen Luo was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"This misunderstanding is like someone who wanted to drive from Wei to Chu, but ended up heading north, and told the admonitor that his horse was strong and the driver was superb. The two things are equally outrageous." The corners of his mouth raised, his tone Lightly, "Brother Yu and the Xiongnu seem to use cavalry, but in fact they have nothing to do with each other at the tactical level."

I rode my horse down from the hillside, just like Xiang Yu, and I used the rushing tactic of beheading the general and capturing the flag.

The Huns were obviously caught off guard, and they never thought that the cavalry could still play like this.

"If King Xiang can be here, he will definitely do better than me." Fan Kui said with a smile. He seldom feels inferior to others, especially in terms of bravery. Even Cao Shen can't completely convince him. The degree of reluctance is even worse, but Xiang Yu is an exception. Fan Kui tried to confront Xiang Yu, but failed miserably.

Chen Luo shook his head and said: "These soldiers have followed General Fan to conquer countless cities. They trust you from the bottom of their hearts and are willing to follow you to charge. This is something Brother Yu can't do."

After all, it was the Han army who came to resist the Xiongnu, not the Chu people who swore to follow Xiang Yu to the death, and what I said was correct.

After chatting for a few more words, Fan Kui turned his head and saw a personal guard of Han Xin trotting over, so he smiled and said: "General Han sent someone here to invite you, it seems that there is something important to discuss, then I will Don't bother me any more."

"It's quite pleasant to talk with General Fan." Chen Luogang replied politely, and Han Xin's personal guard stopped beside the two of them.

Fan Kui guessed right, this personal guard was indeed sent by Han Xin to invite Chen Luo.

(End of this chapter)