Chapter 38 Summary and Preparedness

This battle was not over until it was dark, and it was only then that the Liangshan soldiers, whose blood had subsided, realized what a heavy price they had paid. Less than half of the companions who went out of the camp together in the morning are still standing, and there are companions lying on the ground wailing everywhere, and many people who have lost too much blood have no strength to even **, so they can only lie on the ground and wait for the last time with their godless eyes open, even if they are saved under this medical condition, their lives cannot be saved.

When they came, they were dense, and when they went back, they knew that the cruelty of the war was not comparable to the experience of robbing homes and houses that they were proud of before, and now they looked at it, and it was a child's game before, and they suddenly became depressed.

Dong Ping had expected this, and even he was pushing behind it, a group of soldiers who did not listen to the command were worthless, if they could make them sober up with blood, Dong Ping didn't care about letting them shed more blood.

The musketeers who also collected their troops and returned to the camp suffered only a few dozen casualties, but the Red Armor General did not show the slightest sense of joy.

"In one afternoon, the musketeers fired all the thirty rounds of ammunition they carried, and three hundred people were nine thousand rounds, but the hit rate was only one-tenth, and the enemy who really lost their combat effectiveness was only three or five hundred people, except for those who were blocked by protective gear, and this was still the result of special class bonuses." After calculation, the Red Armor General was disappointed with his usual precious musketeers, the cost performance was too low, and he even began to hesitate whether to give up and re-choose the original special class.

"The power and future of the musketeers are unquestionable, just look at the achievements of the West in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, dozens of musketeers can deal with more than ten times the natives, and cause a large number of casualties." The Black Armor General was not disappointed by the defeat of the musketeers, after all, their musketeers had only been trained for half a year, and it was already good to have this level, but the Red Armor General still needed to be dismissed.

"I also know that otherwise I wouldn't bother to train musketeers, but as you can see, when is the head? This thing is a bottomless pit, and the five hundred muskets alone make us owe Tang Long a great favor, and we have also put a lot of money into it. The Red Armor General was also bitter, and he would not give up the hard-trained musketeers unless he had to, but the jingle in his pocket reminded him whether such a price was necessary. You don't have to put existing special troops, you have to train new ones, and if you perform well, it doesn't matter, but this performance can't be called good.

"Actually, it was our mistake, the musketeers were better at defending, and it was natural that we would not have much success if we participated in the siege without artillery. Moreover, the other party is standing on the city wall, protected by a chest wall and sword and shield soldiers, and there are archers behind him to suppress and cannot get close, so it is very good to be able to support it until now. "General Heijia also discovered these problems later, but he couldn't withdraw his troops at that time, so he could only endure it.

"What you said also makes sense, it's my problem, it's me who takes it for granted, no class is suitable for all situations, if we switch and we defend, three hundred musketeers are enough to suppress the siege of three thousand." The reluctant Red Armor General quickly convinced himself, and then wanted to see his musketeers, and then think about any new tactics, but was stopped by the Black Armor General.

"Since you've made one move, it's my turn this time." The Blackarmor General looked up at the slowly rising mist and said to him.

"This weather is really suitable, I'll help you do it!" The red-armored general immediately became happy, thinking about making the black-armored general make a bigger fuss to vent his anger, and at the same time commanding his subordinates to open the altar.

There were thousands of casualties in Hantan County in one afternoon's battle, but fortunately, these guys who were afraid of death did not waste so many layers of armor in vain, only about 100 people really died, and the number of seriously injured was also this number, and there were more lightly injured, there were more than 700 people, most of them were because of musketeers or were close to Liangshan soldiers.

"Even if these wounded soldiers are slightly wounded, they will not be able to continue fighting for half a month, so if we lose one-tenth of our troops in a battle with little intensity today!?" Yan Xu didn't expect the forbidden army to be so watery, generally the besieging side does not have five times the strength of the army and will not even attack, but the number of soldiers on the other side is comparable to his own, and he still fights like this, how can Yan Xu not be disappointed.

"My lord, things are not so bad, much better than I expected." Yan Yi was not in a hurry, after dealing with the affairs at hand, he took a sip of hot tea, and only after seeing Yan Xu finish reading it did he speak.

"Oh, tell me about it." Yan Xu is not a person who can't hold his breath, but this time the safety of the entire county is on him, personal force is of little use, and the forbidden army has another problem that he can't rely on, so he is naturally a little anxious, so he needs a person who is familiar with the military to explain to him.

"My lord, although the forbidden army has all kinds of problems, I have to say that their foundation is still good, after all, they are young and strong selected from millions of soldiers, and some of them are still children of good families, and their physical fitness is better than that of ordinary soldiers, otherwise they can't wear three-layer armor to fight." Yan Yi was still quite satisfied with the personnel of the forbidden army, much better than the soldiers composed of homeless people and prisoners, and at the same time, she couldn't cry or laugh at their fear of death.

Generally, only elite iron cavalry is equipped with multi-layer armor, after all, the opponent is riding a horse, and the physical strength consumed is not much, but they are doing this to use themselves as heavy infantry. For this reason, he had to frequently mobilize troops to replace the defense, in case they were physically exhausted, and it would be a joke to fall off the city wall at that time.

As for stopping them from wearing multi-layer armor, Yan Yi didn't think about it at all, if they did this, it was estimated that they wouldn't even dare to go up to the city wall, so it was better to let them wear it to add a sense of security.

"And the forbidden army is very familiar with armor and all kinds of weapons, after all, although the salary of the soldier is deducted, there is still no shortage of all kinds of ordnance. At the same time, in order to meet the needs of a glamorous army, the forbidden army is very good at queues and formations, and the group action is tacit, which is very rare, and the disunited army is not qualified at all. ”

Yan Yi listed a lot of advantages, even Yan Xu didn't expect that the forbidden army, which was a little better than the scum-like van soldiers, had so many advantages, and thought that they were all a bunch of good-looking, tofu scum with a smooth surface, but he didn't expect that he still had some ability.

"Although the losses are a little bigger today, but we have sent most of the forbidden army to the city wall to feel the atmosphere of war, and the real death is only more than a hundred people, they can fully accept this death ratio, not to mention that the casualties of the forbidden army have additional silver subsidies, and at the same time, the last general has already ordered dinner and dinner, and individual brave soldiers have been rewarded with wine and meat, plus the wine and meat that the county order brought the rich families in the city to reward the army, which is enough for them to eat and drink, which is enough to ensure their morale."

"If there is another war, will the casualties increase?" Although it was all good news, the loss of one-tenth of his troops in one day still made Yan Xu unable to relax.

"It will be lowered, after all, a soldier who does not know how to learn to save his life on the battlefield is not a good soldier, as long as he goes through two or three more battles, they will become qualified soldiers, and they can be of great use when the time comes." I don't know where Yan Yi's war experience came from, so he explained to Yan Xu with an indifferent look, which made Yan Xu's mood a lot better, at least not so nervous.

"And the slight injuries of the lord can also be counted in the combat power, and only the serious injuries that cannot swing the knife can be regarded as the loss of this combat power." Yan Yi's inadvertent coldness made Yan Xu understand the cruelty of war even more, for real generals, casualties can only be regarded as simple numbers, and rewarding the army or something is just a means to ensure morale, and their hearts are still as hard as iron and stone.

Seeing that the lord fell into deep thought, Yan Yi smiled, the lord has a very high understanding, as long as he experiences more battlefield achievements in the future, he is still above himself, all he has to do is to make the lord familiar with war.

"Lord, according to Liang Shan's usual behavior, there is a high possibility of a sneak attack tonight, I will arrange a night defense, don't let them take advantage of the loopholes." Yan Yi looked at the time, he deliberately arranged for a group of soldiers to eat and rest early, but he couldn't be careless before they woke up, and the gang of Jianghu scattered people hired by the adults were not so peaceful, and there were no people with enough strength to sit in charge, and they didn't know what was going on.

"Take my own soldiers with you, those people are restless, your actions are irreplaceable, once the other party knows about it, it is easy to become a target." Yan Xu nodded, and by the way, he asked him to bring his own personal soldiers.

As a trialist, he naturally knows what virtues the trialists are, and they will sell them if they give money, as long as they have enough benefits, they will not have any pressure at all if they kill their own people and then go to the enemy.

The real commander of Hantan County is not him, but Yan Yi, once he has an accident, Yan Xu can't find someone who can replace him.

"Your safety is the most important thing!" Yan Yi clasped his hands into fists, although he was grateful, he still refused, after all, the safety of the lord came first.

"Haha, the person who can kill me will still care about this personal soldier? They are more useful to follow you than to follow me. Yan Xu laughed, with his strength, his own soldiers also helped block the small soldiers when they broke into battle, and if they really wanted to meet a strong enemy, they didn't know who would protect whom.

"Don't refuse again, I won't go out in the camp, so you can take the soldiers away." Yan Xu saw that Yan Yi was still refusing, so he shook his head and let him out.

Yan Yi no longer refused, hugged his fists and saluted, and turned to leave the big tent.

Not far from the big tent, Yan Yi called Wang Bao, who was in charge of the camp tonight, and carefully instructed him to lead the troops out of the camp, including a hundred personal soldiers.

Pro-soldiers are not available to every general, each pro-soldier level is at least forty, although there are only a hundred people, but it is difficult for even a super-first-class general to break through the blockade in a short time, and it is the last line of defense for generals to save their lives.

Yan Xu used the dropped card to have a pro-soldier, and so did Yan Yi. However, Yan Xu single-handedly killed more than 1,000 enemies, including many masters, and he had already recruited his own soldiers, and his personal soldiers were Suo Chao's axe cavalry. Yan Yi's personal soldiers are ironclad swordsmen, because they are only commanding today and not going into battle in person, so they can only recruit twenty people, and they are all left to Wang Bao just in case.

Although twenty ironclad swordsmen are not worth mentioning to the lord, as a courtier, you can't alarm the lord with a little thing, and a little insurance is a must.