Chapter 999: Cultivation and Recuperation
For Liu Zhang, in this battle of Hanzhong, he brought out tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and lost more than 40,000.
lost 40,000 people for no reason, and his father died when he went on his own expedition, and he didn't even see the last one.
Not to mention how sad it was, although in the end he joined forces with Liu Bei and took back some of the lost territory.
But this part of the territory did not come directly to him. Even if it is back in his hands, it is still under the jurisdiction of Zhang Lu.
So this time, apart from losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and killing one of his capable generals, he didn't get any benefits.
If there is really a benefit, it is that he and Liu Bei have abandoned their previous suspicions and cooperation.
At least in the short term, he no longer needs to face Liu Bei's attack, but can cooperate with Liu Bei against Liu Zheng.
In addition to Liu Zhang, another person who didn't get any benefits was Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's attack on Hanzhong this time also drew more than 60,000 troops under his command, and these people are the most soldiers and horses that Liu Bei can mobilize at present.
It's not that he can't mobilize more troops and horses, but apart from the soldiers and horses stationed elsewhere, only these horses and horses can be mobilized by him without affecting the garrison in other places.
Similarly, more than half of these 60,000 soldiers and horses were lost in the battle of Hanzhong.
It made Liu Bei's heart ache, after all, these soldiers and horses were all cultivated by him with great difficulty.
The more he died, the less likely he was to deal with Liu Zheng.
Fortunately, this war is not completely useless.
At least the lost soldiers and horses played their part.
wiped out the 30,000 or 40,000 elite troops of Liu Zheng stationed in the Hanzhong area.
It's a well-deserved death.
It's just that the only thing that makes Liu Bei feel regretful is that he didn't push Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses back because of this.
Today's Liu Zheng still occupies Shangyong City, and is constantly increasing his troops to Shangyong.
It would not be so easy for Liu Bei to attack Shangyong City again.
In addition, he also lost a lot of soldiers and horses this time, at least for a short time, he did not have the energy to start a war again.
First, there was not enough manpower, and second, the battle of Hanzhong also consumed a lot of grain and grass for him, and the grain and grass under his command were no longer enough to support him to launch a huge number of people.
Now it is almost time to be busy with farming, and in July and August, the weather is hot, and it is unlikely that they will take the initiative to start a war.
The tripartite forces, Liu Zhang and Liu Bei, are divided into peace.
However, the more Liu Zheng thought about it, the more angry he became.
Liu Zhang and Liu Bei still have some gains.
But the battle of Hanzhong this time was a blood loss, not to mention that the elite camp under his command lost more than 1,000 people. Even Gan Ning's soldiers and horses were completely lost and almost scrapped.
It will take at least a year to restore the glory of the past.
And because of the defeat in the Battle of Hanzhong, the soldiers and horses from other places under his command had to be transferred to Hanzhong, so the result of moving the whole body would lead to Liu Zheng's previous actions, and many plans were temporarily shelved.
Liu Zheng has been in the Hanzhong area for more than ten days.
Especially after Sun Jian's soldiers and horses arrived in Shangyong City, with enough soldiers and horses stationed in Shangyong City, Liu Zheng didn't have so much to worry about, so he let his men and horses arrange the defense line and did not hide his identity.
Within a few days, military doctors dispatched from Yangzhou arrived in Shangyong one after another to treat the local wounded.
In the last engagement, many soldiers were wounded, some were too badly wounded. For so many days, they have not carried it at all, and many have died in battle.
However, there are still some injuries, which are not too serious and require medical treatment.
There were not enough military doctors stationed near Shangyong City, so some people were transferred from some nearby places.
As the head of the military doctor, Huang Xu, after hearing about the battle in Hanzhong, he took the initiative to volunteer to lead a part of the military doctors to Hanzhong.
Because the person in charge of Hanzhong is his father after all, Huang Xu is still very worried about his father.
With Huang Xu leading a part of the military doctors over, he treated many people who were not seriously injured and saved them from death.
It can be regarded as saving Liu Zheng a lot of expenses, after all, if one less person dies, he can pay less for the pension.
This time, 30,000 or 40,000 people were killed in battle, and just a pension was enough for Liu Zheng to have a headache.
Huang Xu, a kid, came to Shangyong from Yangzhou in a hurry, and was relieved after finding that his father Huang Zhong was fine.
After a few days of busy work, and almost treating some of the major seriously injured people, I took a break.
Liu Zheng went to express his condolences to Huang Xu.
"Huang boy, how is the treatment of the wounded?"
"Your Majesty, everything is going well, some seriously injured people will be placed near Shangyong City for treatment, and many lightly injured patients have been arranged by our people to go to Jingzhou for recuperation, basically delayed for another month, and many people will be able to recover."
"It's just that there are still some people, because the treatment time is too late, I am afraid that they will be left with a disability in this life."
When Huang Xu thought of those soldiers who had broken their hands and feet on the battlefield because of the battle, he had a sense of compassion as a doctor, and when he thought of these people, he might have become a cripple in his life because of such a big war, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Hearing Huang Xu's words, Liu Zheng also had some emotion, although a military general like Gan Ning was not seriously injured, but these veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time would have some old injuries on their bodies, although these old injuries had been healed, but there would definitely be some hidden diseases on their bodies.
This is also the reason why most of the generals in ancient times were difficult to live long, on the one hand, because they died on the battlefield, and on the other hand, they had too many injuries on their bodies, and they were prone to recurrence of old diseases, and they died at a young age.
"Huang boy, why do I want to train a large number of doctors, and equip every unit with military doctors, the purpose is here, in fact, I hate war, war only brings pain, and only the people suffer, but there is no way, war is also the most direct and effective way to resolve disputes."
"This battle has also given me some enlightenment, the matter of medical school must be expanded, and at the same time, Mr. Hua Tuo's medical research must also be accelerated."
Liu Zheng's medical school, there will be some doctors graduating every year, but the medical skills of these doctors are uneven, and there are almost no doctors who can really reach the level of Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo, at most it is the level of Huang Xu.
This is also no way, after all, people who study medicine cannot be fast-tracked, this is a profession related to experience.