After rebirth, I tortured the scum and strived to become the empress

Chapter 158 Abnormal Casualties

Even so, even after hiding in the city, the imperial army stopped attacking, and his soldiers were still in panic.
"Is the imperial army so powerful? Is there any way for me to survive?" At this thought, Zhang Yuancheng couldn't help but look a little disappointed.

In fact, it was not because the imperial army was too powerful, but because his people were frightened. As long as someone could gather his men to resist during the chaos, he would not have been defeated so miserably!

After being melancholy for a while, he cheered up again, because he knew that he could not admit defeat. If he lost, he would die, and he would be executed in Lingchi!

To the imperial court, he was a rebel who had become king. He was officially known as a traitor, and he would not survive even if he surrendered!

Yes, he still has Shuntian City and the strength to fight. He will reorganize his troops and fight again.

After thinking about it, he looked at the chaotic crowd in the castle and frowned, "With such chaos, I'm afraid those families are about to make a move again..."

Immediately summoned his trusted clan members, "Zhang Ya, Zhang Quan, Zhang Shu, and Zhang Shuang, you four, take my tooth tags, bring your trusted friends with you, and immediately take over the military power in the city and straighten out military discipline."

At this time, the only people he could trust were his brothers and clansmen. Because of the crime of rebellion, if not the nine clans, he would have to punish the three clans. These people were among his three clans and could not escape.

"Sun Desheng..." After shouting for a while, no one responded. Then he remembered that his good nephew Sun Desheng had died in the chaos.

Previously, a large number of soldiers did not hesitate to frame each other and fight with swords in order to compete for opportunities to escape...

The terrifying imperial army rode on tall horses, wore fine armor, and held broadswords, rushing in like a flood...

As the leader of the bandit, Zhang Yuancheng knew that he did not have the ability to prevent the rout, so he gave up directly and chose to be coerced and fled to the rear for his life.

Sun Desheng was not as lucky as him. He accidentally fell off his horse, and soon thousands of pairs of feet trampled over him, trampling him to death.

He was lucky, he saw the opportunity quickly and was not trampled by the crazy crowd while riding his horse!
After Sun Desheng died, Zhang Yuancheng had no choice but to call another clan member, "Zhang Mazi, take your trusted brothers with you and guard those wealthy families and their eldest sons, and don't let them mess around."

At the end of his sentence, his tone couldn't help but become murderous: "When necessary, you can kill chickens to scare monkeys."

With Zhang Yuancheng's arrangement, the undercurrent in Shuntian City was temporarily suppressed.

While Zhang Yuancheng was trying to stabilize the situation in the city and preparing for a desperate fight, Shen Qingjun was sending troops to capture the bandits who were panicking all over the mountains and plains.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, we captured a total of 3000 rebels and 8000 women last night? What should we do with these people?" asked a Phoenix Army commander.

"First find two empty fortresses and imprison them all! Wait until the thief Zhang is defeated, and then deal with it." Shen Qingjun ordered, "Wait a minute. During the detention period, be sure to separate the thief army from the women and children. If you need food, give it to them in the morning." Cake and porridge at night, both are the same!"

"Yes, Commander." The Phoenix Army commander received the order and retreated.

"My lord, the women and children of the bandits have two meals a day, as well as cakes in the morning. Is such preferential treatment too much?" Fang Jiwei asked. It was Shen Qingjun's arrangement that was so good to the bandits. Under normal circumstances, the prisoners could receive one meal a day. A bowl of porridge is enough to kill one's life.Zhang Du, whose courtesy name is Ji Wei, is also one of the retainers given to Shen Qingjun by Shen's mother. This time he went north with the army and was responsible for the logistics and military supplies. As the logistics steward,

Of course he was concerned about this kind of thing. After all, when Shen Qingjun opened and closed his mouth, there were not just one pair of chopsticks and one bowl, but thirty-one thousand pairs of chopsticks and thirty-one thousand mouths!It’s a lot of pressure!

"Although these people are bandits, they are not as guilty as Liu Jinguang's men. Moreover, Ji Wei, I treat them like this because I want to select some of the prisoners to replenish the flying cavalry army!"

Because Fang Jiwei is already Shen Qingjun's retainer and will serve Shen Qingjun until death unless there is any major change, so Shen Qingjun does not intend to hide it from him and tell him his plans.

"Do you know Ji Wei, since I have gone on an expedition, how many casualties did the Phoenix Army have in the two battles? How many casualties did our Flying Cavalry Army have?" Shen Qingjun asked.

"I'm ashamed of myself! I usually only pay attention to the logistics and food supplies. I haven't paid attention to the statistics of the number of casualties and casualties. My lord asked me, but I really don't know!" Fang Ji bowed his head and said in shame.

In fact, as a retainer, the lord inquires about it, but he knows nothing about it. This is a dereliction of duty!

When Shen Qingjun saw Fang Jiwei receiving the gift, he was also startled. He quickly helped Fang Jiwei up with both hands and said,

"Ji Wei is not like that. It's because I didn't make my words clear. I'm not asking you to question you. This matter is not your responsibility. I want to tell you the reason why I give preferential treatment to the bandits."

Hearing what Shen Qingjun said, Fang Jiwei raised his head and asked, "I don't know, my lord has already gone on an expedition. How many casualties did the Phoenix Army have in the two battles? How many casualties did our Flying Cavalry Army have?"

"The Phoenix Army lost 150 and three people and injured 360 and seven people. Our Flying Cavalry Army lost 310 and [-] people and injured [-] people!" Shen Qingjun said.

"What?" Shen Qingjun's short words shocked the great butler Fang Jiwei, "Lord, why? Our army's casualties are twice that of the Phoenix Army?"

"This servant is in charge of logistics. He knows that the armor of our Flying Cavalry Army is no worse than that of the Phoenix Army! Even if the armor is not as good as that of the Wei Forbidden Army, there should not be such serious casualties when fighting a group of rebellious people! And I The overall number of troops is 6000 less than that of the Phoenix Army? Such casualties are not deserved!"

Fang Jiwei actually had nothing to say, because the Flying Cavalry Army is Shen Qingjun's private army, and its tasks are definitely lighter than those of the Phoenix Army, and the dangers it encounters are definitely less than those of the Phoenix Army!
Under the care of Shen Qingjun, the head of the family, and because his number is smaller than that of the Phoenix Army, the casualties of the Flying Cavalry Army must be much less than that of the Phoenix Army!
Fang Jiwei was shocked for a while, "My lord, our army has suffered such casualties because the generals in the army are incompetent. Please find a good general to lead the army!" he said solemnly.

"No, Ji Wei, the casualty difference is twice that of the Phoenix Army. It's not that the generals of our Flying Cavalry Army are inferior to the Phoenix Army, but that the overall quality of our soldiers is worse than that of the Phoenix Army!"

"Does Ji Wei know the ages of my flying cavalry soldiers? The youngest among them is 27, the oldest is 56, and the average age in the army is 42!"

Men in the Wei Dynasty reached the age of 60 and could perform military service and retire at the age of 56. Therefore, it is not surprising that there are 56 people in the army. However, as a private army of nobles, the Flying Cavalry Army should be the best among the elite. There are [-] old people in the army. , but it is abnormal.

After all, people's energy has its peak period, and men's peak period is between 25 and 35 years old. Therefore, as elite soldiers, their average age should be between 25 and 35 years old.

(End of this chapter)