In the eighth year of Zhide, on the third day of the sixth month, Zhang Yunlong, who had already received the news of the victory, did not march fast, and even had a little mood to travel slowly and leisurely, because he had already predicted that the imperial court might have to revise the strategy of conquest.

Sure enough, when Zhang Yunlong came to Guozhou, a holy decree came, telling Zhang Yunlong to rest in place and stand by.

With nothing to do, Zhang Yunlong asked the general secretary Lang to count the number of casualties and began to calculate military merits.

When there is no war, calculating military merit is a great thing, because it involves everyone's vital interests, and some people may soar from an obscure low-ranking officer to a superior person because of a good performance; Some people have been deprived of their positions, demoted, or even dismissed because of their faults, and even sent to prison to wait for the emperor's whereabouts.

First of all, the casualties are counted.

Lin Chongyang's 60,000 troops, 32,164 killed, 912 severely disabled, 3,269 lightly disabled, 12,698 seriously wounded, minor injuries are not counted (collective merit, minor injuries are not counted, but the captains and captains know in their hearts that for the brave soldiers, there will be promotions and rewards at the lower level), 2,130 people are missing, 9,739 people are left in the end, and 320 people are captured. It is estimated that about half of the seriously injured will survive, and the lightly disabled soldiers can continue to serve, and generally speaking, Lin Chongyang's strength is now close to 20,000. In other words, after a battle, Lin Chongyang lost 40,000 troops. It's not tragic.

Zhang Yunlong, the reinforcements on the east road, the casualties of 100,000 reinforcements can not be accurately counted, because Huang Ying is still near Yunting Mountain, can only be approximately, about 48,000 killed, about 1,800 seriously disabled, about 6,000 lightly disabled, about 20,000 seriously injured, not counted, more than 8,000 missing, more than 20,000 prisoners, the captives were dismissed, beheaded, enslaved, and detained, and 12,000 people were recruited as soldiers. In the end, there were still more than 50,000 people left in Zhang Yunlong's army.

Tang Xiao's reinforcements on the north road, 43,000 reinforcements, fought the worst, it is difficult to count, and in the end there were 6,000 people left, and the rest were all counted according to the battle death (obviously, this is taking care of the mood of the deputy marshal Tang Xiao).

In other words, now in the hands of the handsome Zhang Yunlong, there are still a total of 76,000 people. In this battle, the Liang army invested a total of 200,000 troops, and now less than half is left, and instead of collapsing, the enemy army was repulsed, Zhang Yunlong was quite satisfied with this result.

Tang Xiao felt disgraced, and did not come to Guozhou to attend the conference, but only sent a congratulatory note, congratulating the generals on their great achievements, and saying that he was injured, so he was removed from the post of deputy marshal and let the second deputy marshal Zhang Zhikui continue to fight in his place.

"Can you get Shu Han's casualty statistics?" Zhang Yunlong looked at the battle report submitted by the secretary Lang and said.

"There is no exact number, but there is a rough estimate." Secretary Lang said respectfully.

"Write it out."

"Yes!"

Secretary Lang estimated the situation of the enemy army in this way, when the enemy army retreated collectively, Xingzhou 3 Taibao Guan Jinghong, 4 Taibao Guan Jingcheng remaining 8,000 people, besieging Dingjun Mountain Guanxiong troops remaining 35,000, and 5,000 people running back from the ancient city of the city, and the Liang army was missing, half of the missing Liang army in the Dingjun Mountain area was captured by the enemy, and Zhang Yunlong's reinforcements of 8,000 missing people were mostly afraid of the battle and fled.

This number of escapes is indeed very large, and it has already touched Zhang Yunlong. You can't let the old man lose his temper, just say that half of them were captured. In the end, the battle report of the enemy army submitted by the secretary Lang showed that about 45,000 soldiers were withdrawn by Shu Han, about 20,000 were wounded, and 6,000 were captured.

Zhang Yunlong looked at it and scolded: "Are you old and confused? How could there be so many captives? The reason why 8,000 missing reinforcements on the east road is that I have an unshirkable responsibility, when I broke away from the large army and guarded the grain road in Yunting Mountain, I knew that there would be no fewer deserters this time. ”

Secretary Lang wanted to ask in his heart, then why don't you let others break the queen, instead of breaking the queen yourself?

But of course he wouldn't be so uninteresting, to brush the old handsome tiger whiskers.

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Luoyang, Empress Dowager Cao received an urgent report from the general Cao Dingbang in Zhennan, Sima Wuci, the eighth prince of the Southern Jin Dynasty, gathered heavy troops, from 100,000 to 200,000, please make a decision as soon as possible, in the battle report, Cao Dingbang speculated that the reason why the enemy army suddenly gathered heavy troops may be to contain our army, and not let our army attack Shu Han, if Cao Sheng goes west at this time, the Southern Jin Dynasty will fight, if Cao Sheng leads his troops back to Luoyang in the north, the Southern Jin Dynasty will also withdraw his troops.

After Empress Dowager Cao received the battle report, she was silent and summoned Emperor Zhao Ce, Dazhuguo Min Yue, Prime Minister Tang Zhen, and 8,000-year-old Tang Su into the apse to discuss major matters.

Empress Dowager Cao's original intention in her heart was to continue fighting, but this time she was already going to overthrow Shu Han, if she waited for Liu Xun to retreat, it would be even more difficult to attack again.

However, this time, Min Yue of the Great Pillar State raised a rare objection, saying: "The Southern Jin Dynasty has not fought for decades, and its economic strength and population have long surpassed that of the Liang Dynasty. This is only the regular army, and the combined strength of their militia and reserve army is probably already more than one million. The reason why they didn't come to fight us was because of Sima Zhen's character, after he became the emperor of the Southern Jin Dynasty, he didn't seek reunification all his life, but just enjoyed peace, watching us fight with the barbarians from all directions, even if my Liang Dynasty was in danger, he didn't come to intrude, so as to ensure that our Huainan grain producing area gave us the ability to feed so many soldiers. Now, judging from the situation, my Great Liang, Shu Han, and Southern Jin Dynasty have formed a trend similar to the three kingdoms of the late Han Dynasty, and Sima Zhen likes this situation very much, and he will not allow the balance to be broken. If we forcibly attack Shu Han, Sima Zhen will never agree. At the same time, I also believe that if Liu Xun marches all the way, Sima Zhen will not sit idly by, and maybe he will also march Liu Xun from the south to contain him and not overthrow the Liang Dynasty. ”

Tang Zhen said: "Dazhuguo's words are reasonable, Sima Zhen never fought when he was young, and now he is an old man in his eighties, so he is even more stable." It's just that Sima Wuci, the eighth prince of their family, is not very peaceful, and letting him be stationed in Jingzhou makes people feel uneasy. I have a feeling that if Sima Xin dies, Sima Wuci will soon enter the army. So I think the defense of Xiangcheng is only 60,000 people, I'm afraid it's not enough. ”

The two ministers of the humerus both raised objections, and at this time, the opinions of Emperor Zhao Ce and the eight-thousand-year-old Tang Su were no longer important, and the Queen Mother did not ask, but said: "Since the two Aiqing said so, then let Cao Sheng withdraw his troops." It's a shame to miss this opportunity. If Liu Xun's 200,000 troops do not come out, it is really unimaginable to attack it. ”。

Tang Su said: "Actually, as long as we fully control Jingzhou, there will be a relatively easy way to go, and it is the best policy to go up the river." ”

Dazhuguo Min Yue smiled and said, "This is also the main reason why Sima Zhen wants to occupy half of Jingzhou. ”