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Chapter 133 Morale
This mediocre scene in Huaihuang City is everywhere.

Li Chongjiu rubbed Pingping's shoulder and let her cry bitterly.
Compared with the civilian households, the garrison troops are much better.They came to Huaihuang Town to guard the border, either because they were guilty of crimes, or because their lives were not settled, and they lived day by day.

But looking at the death of their companions, they felt a bit of exclamation on their faces, and immediately began to lift up the corpse.

What are you crying for?

Humans are dead and birds are up to the sky, and they have not died for tens of thousands of years. In the past few years, my soldiers of the Sui Dynasty have buried their bones in Liaodong and Mobei, and there are more than a million.

Where is it not that the corpse is lying thousands of miles away, crying ghosts every night, I am used to it, I am used to it.

An old garrison soldier sighed and spoke.

During the three expeditions to Goguryeo during the Great Sui Dynasty, there were millions of occipital bones, not to mention the Central Plains, where the people in the counties here did not wear mourning.

Li Chong looked at the people in the city with nine eyes. After the big victory, the generals and soldiers are depressed, which will not affect the morale of the army.

At that moment, Li Chongjiu ordered all the school lieutenants to form a team.

The corpses were removed from the battlefield in the south of the city, and an open space was cleared. The four regiments and the 25th brigade garrison all stood under the city.

The torches danced, and the soldiers stood in the bright light one by one with blood-stained armor.

Li Chongjiu put his sword on his hand and said: "Every regiment, every brigade, click here."

"Yes."

"One regiment, the original 45 people, 150 people died in battle, seven people were seriously injured, minor injuries are not counted, now there are [-] people and three people."

A regiment of deputy captains stood up and reported.

Li Chongjiu looked at a regiment, all of which were armored cavalry trained by him. Li Chongjiu said: "When the Erbu fought with the Khitan and Adibu, they charged forward with a strong and sharp head, and the whole army suffered two casualties. If you achieve more than that, you still don’t retreat, you are truly a warrior of the Sui Dynasty.”

At that moment Li Chongjiu drew out his knife and shouted, "Mighty!"

All the cavalry in the regiment raised their blood-stained swords and roared loudly, saying, "Mighty!"

"The Second Regiment, originally 38 people, 14 people were killed in battle, 150 people were seriously injured, excluding minor injuries, now there are [-] people." Wang Mahan said loudly.

These cavalry were originally brought out by himself from Shaolin Temple, Qiqianzhai, and Escorts. They have been battled for a long time, and Li Chongjiu would be very distressed if anyone was killed or injured.

Li Chongjiu looked at the second regiment, and said: "Erbu charged forward and beheaded the head of Ahdiaobu Tujin Ahdada. After [-]% of the casualties of the whole army, he still did not retreat. He is a warrior of the Sui Dynasty!"

At that moment Li Chongjiu drew out his saber again and said loudly: "Mighty!"

The cavalry of the second regiment also responded with mighty cheers.

"Third Regiment, originally 320 people, 110 six people died in the battle, 18 people were seriously injured, minor injuries are not counted." Inhofer said loudly.

Hearing this, all the soldiers gasped.The third regiment has always been composed of Xi people, and Li Chongjiu knew that the hundred riders before the forehead were merged into the third regiment, so the casualties were the highest.

Li Chongjiu said in Turkic language: "Erbu is the Fan army, but our Cangtou army treats everyone equally, and there is no difference between Hu and Han. You charge forward, dare to die and fight well. More than [-]% of the battles are dead, and you still don't retreat. The elite of our Cangtou Army, I allow you to use the Qingshan Banner, and from now on the designation will be changed to Three Regiments, which will be Qingshan Regiment."

Ying Hofer and Er Tuo looked at each other.

Forehead stepped forward and said: "General, how about we call Black Eagles the Black Eagles?"

Li Chongjiu nodded when he heard the words, and said, "It's called the Black Eagle Regiment."

After that, nearly two hundred Xi people all drew their knives, pursed their lips and whistled.

Next, the garrison troops of each brigade reported the number of casualties.

"The first brigade of the garrison army, originally one hundred and two people, three people were killed in battle, and one person was seriously injured."

"Second Brigade of the Garrison Army, originally [-] people, two people died in the battle, and Zhang Brigade was seriously injured."

……
"The Twelfth Brigade of the Garrison Army, originally 99 people, five people were injured, and no one was killed."
"The thirteenth brigade of the garrison army, four people died in battle."

……

The voice on the field is getting lower and lower.

Compared with the 5.00-[-]% casualty rate of the Fubing, except for the few brigades guarding the south gate at the beginning, the casualty rate of the other brigades of the Garrison Army did not exceed [-]%. Hit and crash.

At the end of the battle, the casualties of the strong men, women and children among the civilian households were not inferior to those of the garrison army.

Hearing this, Tan Zong couldn't help but look ashamed, and said: "Senior brother, it's my fault."

After all, the more than 25 garrison troops of the 2000th Brigade knelt down and said, "Please forgive me, General."

"Stand up, there is gold under the man's knees, how can such a dignified man kneel down so easily."

Li Chongjiu said loudly.

After hearing this, all the garrison soldiers stood up with a bang.

Li Chongjiu pressed the knife in his hand and said: "What are you guilty of? If you hadn't built a strong city, how could I have kept my city safe? With your flesh and blood, you will face the five thousand Khitan army and hold on to the city. One day, hundreds of enemies would be killed, and if it weren’t for you, the seven thousand people in the city would all have suffered.”

Hearing Li Chongjiu's words, the garrison soldiers at the scene were all ashamed, and said in unison: "General."

Li Chongjiu said loudly: "You sacrificed your blood for my Cangtou Army. I, Li Chongjiu, Huaihuang Town, and Tai Sui will never forget you. Hold your head up, you are my Cangtou Army, an upright soldier!"

"Yes, General!"

Thousands of garrison troops under the field let out deafening roars.

After Li Chongjiu's lecture, the morale of everyone in Huaihuang Town was boosted.

The corpses of the fallen soldiers were collected, put on the cleanest and decent clothes, and then buried in the ground.

As for the Xi people, the way they disposed of their bodies after death was to wrap the body in a circle with a reed mat and hang it on a tree (Note [-]).

Li Chongjiu ordered the Han people not to be surprised and to respect their customs.

In this battle, Li Chongjiu paid homage to more than 600 soldiers and civilians who died in battle to comfort the dead.

Afterwards, Li Chongjiu sent the head of the fast-riding general Adida and the Khitan's Qingniu banner, and wrote the battle report on Lubu, and went to Yanmen to report victory in Jinyang.

Although the casualties in this battle were not small, the capture was equally huge.

There were 700 Khitan and Turkic prisoners of war, and Li Chongjiu was going to dedicate them, together with more than 800 beheaded heads, to Que Dongdu.

As for the war horses, more than 3000 horses, 5 cattle, and more than [-] sheep were seized.

First of all, including the capture, there are more than [-] war horses in Huaihuang Town, and there are many excellent horses among them.In normal times, it must be a joy to have so many war horses.

But right now there is not enough hay for the winter, and although they have collected a lot from the Abbe, it is not enough to raise these war horses.

You must know that the hay that a war horse eats in a day is enough for five sheep, and the better the war horse, the less resistant it is to rough feeding. In addition to hay, oats, black beans, etc. are mixed together, which is more expensive than human food. .

So in order to survive the winter, Li Chongjiu decided to slaughter four or five hundred wounded and weak horses first, and save some hay first.

As for the slaughtered horse meat, it was used as food to reward the three armies, so that the whole town could eat meat for three days.

Note [-]: "Book of Zhou. Biography of Foreign Lands. Kumoxi": "The dead were shrouded in thin reeds and hung on trees.

(End of this chapter)