Chapter 237: Heavy casualties

Tile Thorn, no, not only Tile Thorn, Xiongnu, Xianbei, and even many nomadic peoples, they wage war for profit, for slaves, for food, and are essentially a bandit group.

Of course, the army is profitable.

Military operations are for the sake of interests, and purely in terms of interests, it is natural to pay attention to costs, so when the number of casualties reaches a certain level, the issue of cost will be considered.

And most of the battlefields of the Han people are not for profit. But to protect the family and the country, they have their own families, their own parents and wives one step behind them.

When it comes to desperate efforts, their resilience is a little stronger than that of the Watts.

In the narrow space, the number of people on both sides involved in the battle never exceeded 5,000, and no more could be squeezed in.

But within two hours, the reinforcements on both sides exceeded 5,000 men, or even more, because the people were so dense that there were already layers of corpses on the ground, and the cavalry of the Tile Thorns also dismounted and fought on foot.

To tell the truth, although many Fujian soldiers are new soldiers, a little more than a year ago, I don't know that they are all Fujian refugees, and they have not fought such a vicious battle, but the Tile Thorn people fight on horseback, and dismount and fight, and their combat effectiveness is also greatly weakened.

The sun also seemed to be alarmed by the blood below, and accelerated to the west hill.

When the sun gathered and the sun was cast behind the West Mountain, both sides shouted gold and withdrew their troops.

Fighting at night has never been the choice of any sane general.

It's easy to say, but there's so much to think about

And at the moment, both sides are exhausted. In the past two hours, the white blades have been connected, and many reinforcements who have just gone up can't survive the first round of fighting.

The generals who presided over it alone have changed several times.

Even the command system of the Ming army has almost collapsed, and the main general is just protecting a flaming red flag.

It is difficult to say whether this battle will be won or lost, from both sides, both sides are heartbroken, and they don't even know who has more casualties, but the Ming army finally held the distance of 200 steps, which is no more than 600 steps wide, more than 200 steps deep, and the shallowest is only more than 100 steps of land.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty, this is an inch of land, and even some people's houses are larger than this space.

This is at this moment, but it has buried thousands of sons and daughters of the Ming Dynasty.

When the tile spurs withdrew for several miles, the Ming army once again took over the first line of defense, although this line of defense, only a high slope remained, as if it was a field in the middle of the field, and it might not have any effect.

But Fang Jin asked the soldiers to tidy up the place overnight and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

As for the casualties, the casualties were also cleared out.

Han Qing died in battle.

Perhaps it was not a death in battle, but a death caused by excessive bleeding.

It is rumored that Han

Qing has been rushing to the front, and met a tile spur general, and as soon as the two of them fought, they were injured one after another, and they wanted to send Han Qing back left and right.

But Han Qing knew that by this time, it could be said that on the battlefield, every soldier had already endured more suffering than they could bear.

It can be said that there is no one who does not want to run away.

However, because a strict order has been issued later, all the guns and artillery are ready, and anyone who dares to flee back will be killed.

If Han Qing retreats to recuperate, it is likely that the morale of the whole army will collapse.

So Han Qing refused, but he really couldn't fight, so he was placed behind, only about fifty steps away from the second line of defense, and he stood in this place with his sword stationed, seemingly supervising the battle. It's just that his wound was simply bandaged. But the wound kept oozing blood.

The bleeding that lasted for more than an hour soaked all the ground under Han Qing's feet.

When the troops were collected in the evening, Han Qing no longer knew when, the blood was exhausted, and he fell in a pool of blood.

Han Qing's death is certainly painful.

But Fang Jin no longer had the heart to be sad, he was already numb.

Although there are 30,000 Fujian soldiers, it does not mean that the level of 30,000 Fujian soldiers is the same, Fang Jin is most assured that he has followed them to encircle and suppress Deng Maoqi's men and horses, and these horses have seen blood.

Except for Yang Xin's department on the north bank, the rest are in the battlefield. It has been determined that as many as three or four thousand people died in battle, because the corpses are relatively intact and can still be seen, and some of them are no longer found

Maybe he died in that corner, because it was dark and no one could be found. Maybe mixed with the corpse of the thorn, in short, it is impossible to live.

There were also a large number of wounded soldiers.

The number of wounded soldiers is so large, even if Zhu Qizhen has rectified the medical system led by the Tai Hospital, and even Fang Jin's army has a lot of Tai Doctors, and there are many students.

But it is also impossible to take care of the thousands of wounded

Fang Jin personally estimated that thousands of wounded would die tonight. The army that has lost its combat effectiveness should exceed 10,000 people.

And they are all elite soldiers, and the loss of the entire combat effectiveness is not a third, but half, or even more.

In a word, the Ming army was crippled.

Fang Jin secretly sent someone to report the situation to Jingshi.

He knew that the capital division was depleted, and even most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as new recruits. But there was no way for him to do it, if the Tile Thorn army dared to fight for three days with such intensity. Fang Jin was only looking for a feng shui treasure here in advance. After the war was killed, there was nowhere to bury.

He has done everything he can. The rest will depend on the decision between God and Beijing.

When Fang Jin was secretly planning for the worst.

The Assassin is also adding to the wounds.

His firstborn was after nightfall

, has left the world.

Yes, his eldest son is the general of the tile spur who almost died with Han Qing and was then snatched back by his own soldiers.

It's just that he slashed Han Qing and made Han Qing hurt the major arteries and died of excessive blood loss, but Han Qing's sword that stabbed him was not given in vain, it almost pierced through the chest, and the intestines were pierced, although there was no heavy bleeding. However, there was a lot of internal bleeding. So much so that he kept vomiting blood before the temporary, and vomited several plates of blood in one breath.

If there is a general trauma, there are some ways for the Tile Thorn Witch Doctor. But this kind of internal hemorrhage, at the level of Vassi's medical care, is just waiting for death.

The Assassin had aged several years almost overnight.

The Assassin followed Tuhuan, and he didn't know how many battles he had fought before, and he was used to seeing life and death, whether it was an enemy or his own people. He has long been accustomed to the death of his generals.

But the person in front of him is none other than his own son.

The grief in his heart was hard to suppress.

The cronies around him also persuaded one after another: "My lord, if we fight again tomorrow, we will definitely avenge Taiji?" ”

"Avenge Taiji."

Countless generals, whether they want to or not, are shouting like this at this moment.

It's just that although the Assassin Prefecture is sad, it has not lost its mind. Even in the saddest moments, he didn't let his emotions affect his decision.

The Assassin said: "I want to kill the Ming general on the opposite side more than anyone else, but how to fight?" How to fight? What do you say to fight? ”

"Tomorrow's battle, is it still like today's battle?"

"Today's casualties in all departments are more than 10,000 people, and all departments are broken and broken, tomorrow for another day, I will fill in the second child, can I open the Bauhinia Pass?"

"And what is Bauhinia Pass? It is the gateway to the metropolis. The emperor of the Southern Dynasty in Beijing, even if he was a fool, knew the importance of this place, and transferred troops from everywhere, at most three days, at least five days, and it would arrive. ”

"Don't say it, three days, let's say five days, can it not be defeated, if it can't be defeated, the casualties are so large, when the Ming army counterattacks, how many of us can get out of this valley?"

"It's my son who died, I'm sadder than anyone else, but I'm the general of Dayuan, and I have the heavy responsibility of the Taishi, and I must not pay for it for private purposes, Weiyuan Bo Fang Jin, I will definitely avenge this revenge, but not today."

"Command the whole army to withdraw."

Ah Zhiyuan looked up to the sky, couldn't help but burst into tears, and said: "The son of the prairie, dying on the battlefield is the best end, not dying in bed like the Han people, this is his best ending." ”

The generals also breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, as the Assassin Governor said, there were many casualties in their headquarters, and many people had the intention of retreating, but they didn't dare to say it because of the mood of the Assassin Governor's Academy.

At this moment, after listening to the order, he immediately said in unison: "Obey the order of the Ping Zhang." After saying that, they all retreated.