Chapter 31: Quelling the Bandits (6)

When night fell, Guo Qi left the City Lord's Mansion with Li Wu and a team of guards and went straight to the school. There were fire racks in front of the school platform, and on each fire rack lay a person, these people were all soldiers who had died in today's battle.

Guo Qi stood in front of the soldiers who died in battle, and said with a heavy face on everyone: "Before today, this king and you were still training and talking with these robe brothers, but today they died in this hundred miles of city;

Although they died in battle, they protected the homeland behind us, and saved our wives and children, fathers and brothers, from the infestation of bandits, and their deeds will live on forever, and their names should be remembered by future generations.

This king decided to establish a martyr's shrine in Yongzhou, and in the future, all the brothers who died in battle in our Yongjun army will be enshrined in the martyr's shrine for future generations to worship and enjoy the incense in the world forever......"

"Wang Ye Shengming, Wang Ye Shengming......" all the soldiers shouted excitedly.

Since ancient times, soldiers who died on the battlefield were basically hastily buried, and the better ones would give some bereavement benefits to their families, and the bad ones would die when they died, and no one remembered them at all; If the Yongjun dies in battle, he will not only have a generous pension, but also be able to enter the Martyrs' Shrine, which completely solves the worries of the Yongjun soldiers; This also made all the soldiers of the Yongjun army more brave on the battlefield and more loyal and reverent to Guo Qi.

"The soul is back, the soul is back......," Guo Qi shouted in the lead.

"The soul returns, the soul returns...... all the soldiers shouted in unison.

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son! How can you say that you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the son! How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Walk with the son! Guo Qi's voice trembled and sang the song "Qin Feng No Clothes".

At first, only Guo Qi was singing alone, and gradually everyone was singing, this song used to be in the training and rest when Guo Qi handed over all the soldiers of the Tooth Guard, so everyone could sing it; The loud singing lingered in the valley for a long time, and the atmosphere became very heavy, and many soldiers could not help but shed tears; There is no shame in crying, because they are flesh and blood people, not cold war machines.

"Li Wu, send the brothers on the road." Guo Qi said with moist eyes.

Guo Qi took the torch from Li Wu's hand, walked to the front of the fire, on the fireframe lay a young face, Guo Qi knew this soldier, his name was Wang Xizi only eighteen years old is a team leader, every training is very hard, the battle is also very brave, he is to protect one of his subordinates, was stabbed in the chest by a bandit and died.

"Brother, go all the way." Guo Qi lit the fire rack with a torch.

In the raging fire, all the soldiers who died in battle were reduced to ashes, and their ashes were put into the altar one by one, with their names on them; All ashes will be divided into three parts; The first ashes will be buried in the place where they died in battle, the second will be buried in the martyrs' mausoleum behind the Martyrs' Shrine, and the third ashes will be sent to the families of these soldiers and handed over to their families along with their bereavement.

After the funeral is completed, it is a celebration banquet, but the celebration banquet is very deserted, because you can't drink, ordinary soldiers each have two big buns and a pound of meat, and the officers above the captain are in the Juyi Hall in the city lord's mansion, but there is no wine here, there are three dishes on the table in front of each person, plus a plate of steamed buns and that's it, the celebration banquet is not so lively, at most a few people are chatting while eating.

The next day, Guo Qi came to Juyi Hall early in the morning.

All the civil and military officials were lined up on both sides, and Guo Qi said to everyone: "Yesterday, this king, let each of you go back to discuss the shortcomings in this battle, and tell you all about the combat experience!" ”

Tang Bi first said: "My lord, I feel that the reason why our army was able to win so quickly in this battle is that the key is that the lord killed the mountain eagle with an arrow, as the so-called capture the thief first captures the king, if there is no arrow from the lord, although our army can also win, but it will greatly increase casualties." ”

"That's your summary of the operation." Guo Qi asked with a dark face; "Zhuo Yidao, what about yours?"

"I think that the key to our army's victory this time lies in the cavalry, and the cavalry ...... from both flanks."

Next, Li Wu and Hu Qiong also expressed their opinions separately, but everyone basically said the same, how to win, and basically didn't see the flaws in the battle.

"This king asked you to talk about the shortcomings in this battle, and you can see what you are talking about? One by one, they have become a song of merit. Guo Qi said with an ugly face.

Hearing Guo Qi say this, Hu Qiong and Tang Bi lowered their heads; "Since you can't speak, then the king will speak; The first deficiency of this operation, the arrow rain is not dense enough, if our army can equip all the bows and crossbows according to the establishment, the arrow rain density can be doubled, and the enemy can be killed and injured more effectively, in addition, the crossbowmen will also be equipped with bed crossbows, repeaters and other equipment, bed crossbows can shoot the enemy commander at a long distance, and the crossbows can make the arrow rain more dense;

The second deficiency is that the distance at which the pikemen throw the short spear is too close, and it is necessary to focus on training in the future, and in addition, the craftsman must try to make the weight of the **** so that he throws it farther and increase the killing distance;

The third deficiency is that the sword and shield soldiers are chaotic in close combat, and they cooperate very well during training, but when it comes to combat, it is not the case, and they are all panicked, and most of the dead and wounded soldiers this time are lost in close combat;

The fourth deficiency is that during the cavalry attack, the line is very confused, and it only knows that it rushes forward from both flanks, and the bows and arrows in their hands are thrown away; In the next step, the cavalry will focus on training the horse archery kung fu, not only to be fast, but also to be accurate, the task of the light cavalry is mainly to use the advantage of cavalry and archery, constantly consume the opponent;

The fifth deficiency is that the pro-guard soldiers are too slow to move, and they also do not know how to cooperate in close combat, and only care about showing their personal bravery; In addition, a few of you also have problems commanding operations, as a general, don't only care about killing the enemy yourself, but also command your subordinates to fight. ”

The five points that Guo Qi said can be said to have exposed all the problems exposed in the first actual battle of the Ya Junwei, and found the key points for the Yongjun army in training in the future; With this good start, such a post-war summary meeting has been carried out in the Yongjun army, which has played a key role in the rapid improvement of the Yongjun's combat effectiveness and innovation of tactics.

Although the mountain carving was destroyed by Guo Qi, there were other bandits in Yongzhou, so the anti-bandit operation was not completely over; While Guo Qi was rearming in Baili City, he began to send people around to explore the nests of other bandits, preparing to completely wipe out the bandits in Yongzhou.