At dusk, the whole hour of chaos finally came to an end. On the huge battlefield that stretches for five miles, there are corpses of war horses and soldiers, broken battle flags and weapons, and thick gunsmoke.

The heavy snow fell in spring, but it could not hide the smell of blood between heaven and earth.

Only thousands of cavalry surrounded Yuxi Timur and Lü Wenhuan and other Yuan generals and fled south, and the tired Tang cavalry pursued in two directions.

Many of the Coalition soldiers were exhausted.

Although the soldiers were tired and night fell, the coalition forces could only treat the wounded as soon as possible, capture the horses, hold the prisoners, and clean up the battlefield.

Li Luo used the tactic of sudden attack on the straggler line to surprise the Yuan army, and annihilated the Yuan army with 200,000 infantry and cavalry in a short period of time, which can definitely be recorded in military history.

The decisive battle of Jiangling, which was supposed to be fought for ten days and a half months or even longer, ended at such an unbelievable speed, and even Li Luo himself had not thought of it before.

This battle destroyed the cavalry of the Yuan army, so that the plot of Yuxi Timur and Lü Wenhuan to use the cavalry to launch guerrilla warfare was bankrupt as soon as it was born.

"King, our army has suffered heavy casualties in this battle!" Wen Tianxiang said with a sigh.

This strategy was suggested by him, and it did achieve excellent results, but in such a chaotic battle, the casualties of the coalition forces were unprecedentedly huge.

Xiao Yan was very happy and distressed, "Yes, General, the casualties of our Liang army alone are at least 50,000!" ”

In the entire Battle of Hengyang, because Li Luo adopted the tactics of dividing and encircling and breaking each one, the total casualties of the Liang army were only 50,000.

Li Luo nodded and said, "This is also a way that has no choice." The 90,000 cavalry of the Yuan army, once they are allowed to plunder and destroy everywhere, I don't know how long it will take to destroy them. Even if it can be exterminated, the south does not know how many people will die. ”

When he was in Hengyang, what Li Luo was most afraid of was that the king of Yunnan would not fight a decisive battle with him, but scattered the cavalry to fight guerrilla warfare. That's why he took great pains to plan and finally guide the king of Yunnan to use cavalry to fight a decisive battle.

But Yuan Jun is not a fool, how can he always suffer a loss? Although the enemy of Jiangling is not as strong as the enemy of Hengyang, they will sum up the lessons of the battle of Hengyang, and they will not use cavalry to charge the battle to let the Tang army use firearms to take advantage of it.

As long as he is a good general, he will definitely give full play to the mobility advantage of the cavalry, harass the rear of Li Luo and Xiao Yin, burn and loot.

Then Li Luo's best response is to take advantage of the fact that the opponent's cavalry has not yet left, and suddenly fight a decisive battle. No matter what the cost, the opposing cavalry must be crippled and deprived of the ability to fight guerrilla warfare.

"The casualties are larger, and the casualties of our Tang army are at least 50,000!" Li Luo said. Although the battle damage has not yet been counted, he knows it in his heart.

Not to mention the wounded, the Tang army will not be less than 30,000 killed in battle.

The number of casualties must be greater than that of Hengyang!

This is the price of the Great War.

You must know that once the Tibetan soldiers go down to the flat ground, they will become extremely fierce, and the combat power of the soldiers is very strong. Even Lu Wenhuan's Sichuan army also has a large number of Tusi barbarians, and the individual combat power of these soldiers is also good, and many of them are hunters in the mountains.

The Tang Army's military medical team was treating the wounded everywhere, but they were too busy to treat them, and every moment, seriously wounded soldiers died.

The wails of dying are heartbreaking.

Li Luo's eyes couldn't help but moisten. After the Southern War, the tablet of Lin'an Zhongwu Palace must not be able to be put down.

At this moment, the old guard Ah Shan came in with tears streaming down his face, knelt down and said, "King, Brother Guangxia... Killed! ”

What the?

Li Luo's body shook in shock, suddenly grabbed Ah Shan's shoulder, and asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you talking about?" ”

"Guangxia, he was wounded several times, and he died in battle, king!" Ahsan cried.

Li Luo's heart ached, and tears immediately rolled down, "Kill me, Guangxia!" ”

"King's Day mourning!" Wen Tianxiang and Ma Zhiyuan and others persuaded together, "The general will inevitably die before the battle, and the king must not be too sad!" ”

Du Lie, Utu, Yang Xu and other generals all wept and wept.

After a while, Li Luo saw Guangxia's body, and sure enough, it was full of blood and armor, and it was miserable.

Guangxia's subordinates cried: "King, General Guangxia connected and killed a few Tubo generals, but because the war horse was injured and fell to the ground, it was trampled to death, and I can't wait for rescue!" ”

Wanyan Guangxia is brave, and he must take the lead in every battle and charge ahead. Although it can greatly boost morale, it is inevitable that there will be a day when the horse leather shroud.

But seeing Guangxia's body at this time, Li Luo was still sad.

Guangxia, Hugu, as well as Dulie father and son, Utu father and son, are his earliest team, Yuan Cong in Yuancong! At that time, Li Luo had not officially become the capital village, and Guangxia followed him.

Li Luo still remembers that Guangxia and himself went to Jianghuashan City to meet the county guard, and after receiving the official seal and weapons of the capital village, Guangxia was happy. At that time, he and Guangxia were more like brothers.

Guangxia is Hugu's partner, he has always been a cavalry general, and he has been in every battle since he started to kill and kill, and his military achievements are great. Although he was a Jurchen, he was upright and loyal, deeply trusted by Li Luo and Cui Xiuning, and contributed to the development and growth of the Tang cavalry.

"Guangxia, the widow's cause has not been completed, the Central Plains has not been recovered, why did Qing die first!" Li Luo wept and cried, "Kill me, kill me!" ”

Although Li Luo's grief has an element of disguise, most of it is still true feelings.

He really deplored Guangxia's death.

This is also the first time Li Luo has cried since coming to this era.

Du Lie and other generals bowed down together to consol: "Mourn on the King's Day! If Guangxia's death caused the king to grieve excessively, it was Guangxia's sin! The king is the king, Guangxia is the minister, the minister dies for the king, and he dies as he deserves, and the king can't do this..."

Li Luo said: "Zhu Qing doesn't understand! Zhu Qing doesn't understand! Guangxia and I, named Junchen, are actually brothers! died early this summer, and Wu An can not be in pain! ”

The military generals of Wenchen were relieved together, that is, Xiao Yan, the king of Zhao of Liang State, also asked Li Luo to mourn.

However, Xiao Yan was slandering in his heart: Li Luo, the king of Tang, would buy the hearts of his subordinates, and this crying was better than that of high-ranking officials.

If it was his father, if the important minister died, it was estimated that he would sigh a few times at most, and he would definitely not be able to cry in public.

Hugu, who was chasing Yuxi Timur, came back and heard that Guangxia had died, and howled and cried: "Guangxia! My brother! ”

Du Lie and the others said: "The king is grieving Guangxia's death, you just bear with it, don't make the king sad again." ”

Hu Gu had no choice but to accept his sorrow, tears welling up.

Li Luo wept and said: "Ma Zhiyuan, passed on the widow's edict, posthumously crowned Yan Guangxia as the Marquis of Jiande, called Zhongwu, and buried in Lin'an, and his son took the position of marquis. ”

Guangxia was originally an earl, and after his death, he was made a marquis. However, with his military merits and qualifications, if he does not die, he will definitely be crowned a marquis in the future, even if he is a duke, it is also very possible.

What is rare is the nickname. Loyalty, but the best name for a general.

Although Wen Tianxiang had the heart to advise, he thought about it. Although Zhongwu is a little high, with Guangxia's qualifications and military merits, he is not completely unworthy.

Li Luo's words were not finished: "The widow wants to follow Taizong's example, set up Chang'an Pavilion in the palace, and draw the portrait of the hero, which is displayed in it for future generations of monarchs and ministers to remember." Regardless of martial arts, all ministers who have made outstanding contributions and are loyal to the king can be like entering the Chang'an Pavilion. ”

Li Luo personally took the battle flag to cover Guangxia's body, "Let Guangxia become the first hero of Chang'an Pavilion." Ma Zhiyuan, you have seen Guangxia many times, may you paint it? ”

Ma Zhiyuan is a great talent, of course, painting is not a problem, and said: "The king can rest assured, although the minister's painting skills are low, he can also paint Jiandehou lifelike." ”

Li Luo nodded, "Then I'll leave this matter to Brother Qianli." ”

Ma Zhiyuan hurriedly said: "The minister is panicked. The king was serious. ”

Li Luo's handling of the events after Guangxia's death completely achieved the glory and sorrow of life and death. The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who accompanied him was very moved when he saw this.

The minister will repay him with a national soldier, and the king will repay him with a national soldier. The king is so sympathetic to talents, and that is also a blessing for the courtiers.

Then, Li Luo gave Guangxia his own saber to accompany the funeral, and sent the coffin back to Lin'an to prepare for the state funeral.

It was only at this time that Hu Gu held back his grief and asked Li Luo to pursue the results of the Yuan army generals.

Because Yuxi Timur and others were in a hurry to escape, they could only have one person and one horse, and were finally caught up by the Tang cavalry with one person and two horses.

The remnants of the Yuan army resisted desperately and were surrounded and annihilated. Yuxi Timur and Lu Wenhuan raised their knives to kill themselves. Amadas was captured.

Before his death, Lu Wenhuan shouted: "I bear the Great Song Dynasty, and I will not live up to the Great Yuan!" Although he is a second minister, he is not a slave of the third surname! ”

Li Luo heard Hu Gu's report and said angrily: "He just wants to be a slave with three surnames, that's also an extravagant hope!" ”

Soon, the captured deputy marshal of the Yuan army, Da Ma Dasi, was escorted to the big tent.

Seeing that Li Luo was not afraid, this plateau man took the initiative to speak: "King Tang, I replied that Ma Dasi is your prisoner. According to the rules of our Tibetans, I can let my people redeem me. My people will exchange gold and yaks for me back. ”

"Really?" Li Luo said coldly, "The widow needs your yak, which is a good animal for plowing the fields." However, the widow's humerus general died in battle, so the widow must kill you and pay tribute to the widow's general. No amount of gold or yak you have will be able to get your life back. ”

Amadasi nodded, and said proudly: "Okay Li Luo, it seems that I have bad luck in answering Madasi." Since you're going to kill me, give me a good time. ”

"Take it out and behead it." Li Luo ordered unceremoniously.

Amadas laughed: "I shouldn't have come, I shouldn't have come!" However, the Tibetans could not disobey the will of the Great Yuan Emperor. After he finished speaking, he turned and walked out of the tent, calmly going to die.

Li Luo looked at the back of this Tibetan nobleman, and felt sad for them in his heart. They really can't resist the Yuan court. Entering the Tibetan Plateau from the Mongolian Plateau was an easy task for the Mongol cavalry. This is also the reason why the Mongol aristocracy has occupied Tibet many times in history.

It really can't get rid of the shadow of the Mongolian cavalry for hundreds of years.

However, the poor ones are definitely not the Tibetan nobles like Answering Madasi, but the vast number of poor Tibetan people: the poor and the poor.

More than 200 serfs in the three major snow areas were in dire straits. Not only did they have to pay heavy taxes and labor, but they also had to serve in the military, and their lives and deaths were in the hands of the lords and monks.

The rule of the Yuan court in Tibet established a tax system for the head of the people, which exacerbated the suffering of the Tibetan people and made it more difficult for them to resist.

Li Luo even thought about when he would take Tubo into his pocket and attack the Mongolian Plateau with Tubo soldiers.

"King, the number of casualties has been counted, and the casualties of our army are indeed not small." Ma Zhiyuan presented a booklet and took out another booklet, "This is a seizure." ”

Li Luo didn't look at the seizure, he directly opened the casualty statistics, and when he saw it, he felt a chill in his heart.

Not counting the wounded, there are 70,000 people killed in battle alone!

The Liang army participated in the battle with only one-third of its troops, but as many as 38,000 were killed. The Tang army lost 32,000 casualties, of which more than 5,000 were killed by veterans of the Guanghaidong era, and the rest were recruits.

As of today, since Li Luo started the army, more than 30,000 veterans have died in battle, plus those who are disabled and retired, one-third of the veterans are gone.

As the backbone of the samurai, more than 700 people were killed in this battle.

The cavalry of the Don Army, down to 30,000 people.

More than 120,000 coalition troops were killed and wounded.

The casualties have already surpassed the Battle of Hengyang!

How not to be scary?

This is the consequence of the chaotic battle, and it is also the evil result of the lack of cavalry in the Tang Army.

With 120,000 casualties, the annihilation of the 200,000 yuan army was a great victory, but it was also a tragic victory. This was the fastest battle Li Luo fought, and it was also the battle he lost the most.

Xiao Yan learned that Liang Jun had died 38,000 in battle, and his face changed.

When Wen Tianxiang learned the casualty figure, his eyelids jumped, and he bowed down and said: "The casualties in this battle are so large, they are all the fault of the ministers!" ”

Li Luo sighed and helped Wen Tianxiang up: "Mr. Wen has meritorious advice, and An is at fault." The fault of this battle lies in the lack of cavalry in our army, so we can only make this decision. ”

This is the sadness of the lack of cavalry.

No matter how powerful your firearms are, how good is the quality of your infantry? The enemy does not fight with you, but specializes in poisoning your rear and fighting guerrilla warfare with you. Even if you can win in the end, how long will it take, how many people will be killed or injured?

Li Luo secretly decided that he must use the large number of captured war horses to train a strong cavalry. Not to mention fighting tough battles with the Mongol cavalry, at least don't be so passive.

Li Luo ordered the bodies of the soldiers to be properly collected, registered, and brought back to Lin'an for burial together, so as to compensate the families according to the system.

Then, Ma Zhiyuan read the list of seizures:

"Captured 36,000 intact war horses and 420,000 stone of military rations..."

A lot of them were captured, but because of Guangxia's death and heavy casualties, Li Luo was not happy about the capture at all.

Before the Battle of Hengyang, the total strength of the Tang Army was 400,000, but now it has dropped to 270,000. Of the 130,000 people who were reduced, except for those who died in battle, they had to retire because of serious disabilities.

The post-war pension and aftermath alone was a huge expenditure, which was enough to reduce the treasury of the Tang State by 30%. That is, Li Luo has money, and if he changes people, he will not be able to cash out the pension according to the system.

"General, now that the battle is over, please ask the general to distribute the capture." Xiao Yan was in a hurry to return to Jiangling City, so he had to be reminded.

At the same time, because the Liang army was extremely miserable at any time, he was very afraid that Li Luo would take advantage of the fire to rob and annex the Liang State, so he hoped that Li Luo would leave Huguang as soon as possible.

Li Luo glanced at Xiao Yan meaningfully, "The gold and silver are all yours, and the livestock are mine, how about it?" ”

Xiao Yanqiang smiled and said: "General, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, my Liang country is also in urgent need of ploughing cattle and mules and horses now, this gold and silver are not very important." ”

He's not stupid. At the end of the war, the most important thing was to recuperate before the Yuan court launched a new offensive. And to resume production, ploughing cattle and mules and horses are crucial.

Silver? Today's south is full of devastation, food is expensive, materials are scarce, and gold and silver are of a fart use?

One tael of silver can't buy two buckets of rice.

What he wanted most was grain, cattle, armor.

Li Luo said: "King Zhao, come, you sit down and say." You see, our army has seized a total of 820,000 grains, all of which are given to you. and silver and gold, and half of the armor and weapons. The widow has only cattle. The widow doesn't want to bargain over this, how about it? ”

Xiao Yan smiled bitterly and said: "King Tang, there are more than 90,000 cows and 100,000 mules, this is more than 200,000, all for King Tang, this... I won't be able to go back to Gangneung. ”

Li Luo said: "There are more than 180,000 captives and slaves, and half of them are divided into you, and the widow is the most generous." ”

Xiao Yan hurriedly waved his hand, "King Tang, don't take prisoners below, my Liang Kingdom is now in great shortage of food, and there is no food to feed the slaves at all." Otherwise, more than 200,000 livestock can be dispensed without, but please ask King Tang to send another 1 million stone of grain to Liang State for emergency relief. How is it? ”

Li Luo was also worried that Liang Guo would starve too many people to death, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then it's decided." ”

The matter of the livestock is solved, and the next thing is the most important war horse.

After several major battles, the coalition forces captured more than 115,000 war horses. This is what both countries want. In addition to the more than 10,000 horses that have been divided by the Song Kingdom, there are about 100,000 horses.

Li Luo wanted to distribute according to the number of troops and contributions, because the Tang Army sent the most troops and contributed the most.

And Xiao Yan wanted to distribute according to the number of casualties, because the Liang army suffered more casualties.

Li Luo wants to take seventy percent.

And Xiao Yan hopes to split five and five.

"King Tang, our army has nearly 200,000 casualties, how can we only get thirty percent of war horses? If I agree, my father will not bypass me. ”

Xiao Yan was also very helpless. The distribution of the spoils of war was originally discussed with Li Luo by his father. However, his father was afraid of Li Luo and did not dare to come to the Tang camp, so he had to work for him, the king of Zhao.

"King Zhao, if it weren't for my Tang Army, would Da Liang be there? The Tang Army is really the pillar of the Anti-Japanese War, why can't you take more war horses? Li Luo said a little aggressively.

Suddenly, several Liang generals stood up together, bowed down to Li Luo and cried: "King Tang, my Liang soldiers and horses have suffered heavy losses, how many robes and blood stain the field, and I am lucky to survive, if we only take thirty percent of the war horses, then the dead robes, wouldn't I be ashamed of Jiuquan, King Tang!" Woo-"

Li Luo smiled bitterly: "General Dong, General Shao!" How you are here, why are you here! ”

Dong Huchen and other Liang army generals said: "I, Liang Chen, should share the worries of His Majesty and King Zhao for my family, and please don't blame the king." These three percent of war horses are too few, and they will hurt the diplomatic relations between the two countries. ”

Xiao Yan was moved in his heart, and spoke for Dong Huchen and others: "Tang Wang is not strange, they are all upright men. Hey, if you only take thirty percent of the war horses, I'm afraid that the military spirit of my big beam will also be scattered. ”

Li Luo sighed and said: "This is a loyal and righteous person, how strange is it that there are few people. ”

Hu Gu and other Tang army generals said angrily: "My Tang army is the main force to resist the Yuan!" contributed the most, even the general Guangxia died on the battlefield, why can't he take seventy percent! ”

Dong Huchen and others defended: "General Wanyan's words are wrong! Didn't my Liang army have a general killed? ”

Li Luo sighed and said, "Okay, okay, General Dong, the widow will give you an extra percent." Just four or six points, no more. ”

Xiao Yan also knew that it couldn't be any more. Before, his father told him that it would be very good to get forty percent of the war horses.

"I haven't thanked King Tang yet." Xiao Yan said to Dong Huchen and others.

"King Xie Tang!" Dong Huchen and others thanked him.

"That's it, you are all loyal and righteous, get up." Li Luo said a little helplessly.

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