"Thank goodness the one surnamed Qin is finally here......"

Ashina congli rejoiced while urging his subordinates to rush forward to kill, he didn't want outsiders to see the cowardice and weakness of the Hedong army.

Finally, under the combined attack from three sides, the Yan army could no longer maintain the integrity of the battle formation, and began to gradually show signs of collapse. However, it was only maintained on the verge of collapse, and Ashina was surprised to find that most of the Yan army was actually withdrawing from the battlefield in an orderly manner, while the Yan army, which was stuck with **, was still fighting to the death.

This situation was unexpected, and at least it was absolutely difficult for the Hedong Army to achieve such a level of freedom of advance and retreat. However, victory will still be inclined to **, Ashina shouted from the courtesy, and the soldiers under his command also shouted, and in an instant, the morale that had been low rose sharply.

Qin Jin stopped to watch the situation on the battlefield, he did not give the final order to attack, and only treated these seemingly collapsed Yan troops with an attitude of a chaser.

In fact, he knew that the ** battle had reached the end of the crossbow at this point, and if he forcibly urged the decisive battle, I was afraid that the casualties would increase exponentially, and Qin Jin would not be able to destroy the Yan army at such a heavy price.

Therefore, he could only choose to wave his flag and shout, beat the drum and rumble, and use this powerful momentum to drive the 20,000 Yan troops south of the city away from Hedong City. The Yan army has fought so far, it seems that it has reached the end of the strong crossbow, after experiencing the resistance of **three echelons, ** the tenacious combat effectiveness is far beyond imagination, and Hedong City is not as expected to be easily taken.

Under the influence of various factors, the Yan army began to retreat, and after more than half of the men and horses withdrew from the battlefield where they came into contact with **, Qin Jin finally issued the order to make the final impact. Obviously, Yan Jun's move is to give up some of the men and horses and save some of them, which is much better than everyone getting entangled in the melee and not getting out.

Seeing that it was about to get dark, Qin Jin didn't want to drag on the battle any longer, and he had to defeat and annihilate the remaining horses of the Yan army as soon as possible.

The afterglow of the setting sun reflects the inside and outside of Hedong City, which seems to have become another world, and the city is like a great enemy, and there are many swords and guns everywhere. Outside the city were corpses and armor, bows, knives and arrows scattered everywhere.

Qin Jin raised his foot and kicked away the half of the horizontal knife that was blocking his feet, and when he raised his eyes, his eyes were all fragmented flesh and blood, this battle was unprecedentedly tragic, and it was also the first time since he led the troops that the scale was so large, and it was a frontal battle. It has been half an hour since the Yan army retreated, and the Tongluo cavalry sent out to pursue has not yet returned.

The auxiliaries responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and cleaning up the corpses were busy rummaging around. They had to clean up as many useful armor, swords, and even bows and arrows as they could before sunset. These are the most scarce resources in the army, and they must not be thrown away with the corpse.

All kinds of leather armor and iron armor were stripped from the corpses of Yan Jun and ** who were mixed together, and they had been piled up into a mountain bag of considerable scale in the clearing.

As for the corpses left on the battlefield by the two armies, they must also be buried as soon as possible, and it is the height of summer, and the corpses can be stinky and rotten in one night. First of all, a rough search was carried out, and all the light and serious wounded soldiers mixed in it were cleaned out, and then all the corpses were divided into two parts according to ** and the Yan army.

**'s corpses were all cleaned up and put into coffins for burial on a later date, while the corpses of Yan Jun were piled up with firewood and grass, poured with fire oil, and burned clean.

Until it was dark, Pei Jing personally came to invite Qin Jin into the city.

"Envoy, the city has been settled, and the Shenwu Army has been stationed, so you can enter the city with confidence. ”

Qin Jin didn't plan to enter the city, he pointed to the two piles of sky-high fires burning in the distance.

"Wait a little longer, watch them finish burning ......"

Pei Jing shrugged his nose, and the smell of burnt skin and flesh that filled his nasal cavity made him can't help but gause. Originally, it was a mouth-watering charred smell of flesh and skin. At this time, it only made people's scalp tingle, and he couldn't help frowning at the thought of the corpses that had been thrown into the fire.

"How? can't help it?"

Qin Jin also resisted the urge to gag, and turned his head to look at Pei Jing, who had a strange expression on his face. Pei Jing nodded, "It's the first time I've seen a corpse burned like this." ”

According to Pei Jing's understanding, after the battle, after cleaning up the remains of his own soldiers, the corpses of the enemy can be abandoned in the wilderness and eaten by wild dogs and jackals, so why waste so much money and materials to dispose of?

"These corpses must be disposed of as soon as possible, it is the height of summer, and the corpses can stink in one day, rot and lose their shape in three days, and if they are discarded, in case of epidemic, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

The reason why Qin Jin chose incineration, rather than the usual pit burial, was out of consideration for saving manpower. Rather than spending some oil and firewood, he believes that saving manpower is the most correct choice.

However, Qin Jin ignored the inherent concept of the people of the time, thinking that people died in the soil and were peaceful, mixed together, what is the difference between burning a fire and breaking bones and scattering ashes?

Pei Jing reminded with a little worry: "The last general is only worried about doing this, and in the future, the prestige of the Emperor will be damaged." ”

In this regard, Qin Jin scoffed, compared to thousands of killings, what is the point of burning tens of thousands of enemy corpses? He didn't believe it, would anyone dare to make a big fuss about this matter?

"Is there an accurate number for the battle damage count?"

Qin Jin was reluctant to talk about this topic anymore, and instead asked about today's ** battle damage.

"The casualties under the command of the last general should be forty percent, and the combat strength of the Long Wu Army is indeed good. As for the Shuofang army under Huangfu Ke, it is still being counted, but it is roughly estimated that it will not be less than forty percent. ”

Hearing the approximate casualty ratio, Qin Jin's heart sank, such a high battle loss was completely beyond his estimate and ability to bear. If this proportion of battle losses is maintained in every vicious battle, will it not be that after three or five major wars, the army will have to completely change its blood? This proportion of casualties will not be able to bear under any circumstances.

Seeing that Qin Jin was silent in thought, Pei Jing explained: "It is not the descendants of the Shenwu Army who are fighting today, one is because they are not familiar with the subordinates, and the other is also due to insufficient training, and the casualties are higher, which is also ......."

He wanted to say "it's normal", but he couldn't say it anyway.

No matter what army the tens of thousands of dead and wounded belong to, they are all living human lives, and this kind of cold-blooded words at the beginning will be difficult to export no matter what.

"Ashina has also sent troops from Li, what about his casualties?"

Pei Jing's attitude towards Ashina's courtesy has changed considerably.

"This guy can send troops to flank the rebels at a critical moment, and he has a good heart......"

At this time, another rough voice sounded ten paces away, "He still has a heart? Now the intestines of the vertical man who are only afraid of regret are blue. ”

It was Huangfu Ke, Qin Jin turned his head, and by the flickering firelight, he couldn't find a trace of a smile on the veteran's face after winning the battle, on the contrary, his expression was heavy as if he had experienced defeat.

"The combat strength of the rebels is far beyond imagination, and the old man's command has suffered a lot of damage, and they are all good sons......"

A good sentence was followed by a long sigh.

"The old man took them out of Qinguan, but he couldn't bring them back, it's really shameless......"

Qin Jin knew that Huangfu loved his soldiers like sons, and this was not to blame himself for being at a loss or partial, but just that he could not bear the casualties of forty percent.

However, he did not say anything to comfort, but responded in a deep voice:

"Sacrifice your life for the country, seek benevolence, and have a good life and a good burial in the future, and be given preferential pensions, and you can live with them in the heavenly heroes!"

These words made Huangfu Ke look stunned, and then he repeated a sentence: "What the envoy said is very true, sacrifice his life for the country, seek benevolence and get benevolence, the old man has lost his temper!"

However, the generous burial and preferential bereavement pension made Huangfu Ke feel very embarrassed, and he did not even propose to report the stomach of the living, let alone the bereavement of the dead? But how could this kind of embarrassment be embarrassed to declare it? If it was a problem for the living, he could have the cheekiness to ask Qin Jin for it, and in a world when the deceased was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Huangfu Ke could not say a word.

These people were brought out by him, and he was kind to the dead, so how could he pretend to others?

However, Qin Jin had already made a plan.

"The war dead are the martyrs of the country, and they must not be treated hastily, Qin will ask the court for merit and mercy for everyone. Also, the old general can take advantage of this opportunity to announce his return to the Tang Dynasty, believing that this great achievement of beheading 10,000 people is enough to offset the rebellion. ”

These words made Huang Fu Ke extremely moved, even in the dull people can hear from Qin Jin's tone, this is to let Shuo Fangjun lead today's war, so that the soldiers who followed him to life and death have a good home, has always been Huang Fu Ke's troubles, today's words through Qin Jin's mouth, all the problems have been solved, how can you not be moved?

After being stunned for a long time, the emperor suddenly knelt down.

"Qin envoy Jun is gracious, and he will find a good way out for these tens of thousands of blood athletes. Please bow down to the emperor!"

Before he finished speaking, Huangfu Ke was already in tears. Qin Jin hurriedly stretched out his hand and helped Huangfu Ke up.

"Old generals don't have to be like this, they are all my Tang Dynasty athletes, if Qin Jin doesn't do his best to replace him, wouldn't he be a Tang Dynasty official in vain?"

These words are high-sounding, but they make the emperor even more moved, speaking of the Tang Dynasty officials, who is not selfish, corpse vegetarian meal? And which one is not only concerned with fighting for power and profit, seeking personal gain? For their own selfishness, there are many people who sell the country's public weapons, looking at the world almost everywhere Crows, today suddenly heard this kind of confession, he only felt that today's war was worth it!

Wuhu Huaizhong's cavalry did not pursue for a while before returning to the city of Hedong, although they were few in number, they followed the pursuit with great boldness, until they reached the north bank of the Yellow River, and then stopped moving forward.

Most of the rebels did not have enough time to cross the river, but followed the Yellow River, downstream from the north bank, to avoid the pursuit of the cavalry of Wuhu Huaizhong.