After placing the surrendered troops, Liu Zhang dispelled the idea of inspecting the battlefield, and only relied on the tragic situation of the Xiliang Army told by Zhou Cang and Wu Ming after they came back, so that Xun You, Guo Jia and others couldn't help retching, but Zhou Cang's words were slapped on the head by Liu Zhang, and if he continued, he couldn't stand it, especially when he smelled the scorching smell that seemed to be everywhere......

If Liu Zhang insists on going on inspection, as the main father, he looks at the tragic situation on the battlefield and vomits, what do the soldiers who fought bloody and survived the catastrophe think? Besides, if he goes, do Xun Yu and these strategists want to go together? It's just that Zhou Cang and Wu Ming's narration made them like this, if they let them see it with their own eyes...... Liu Zhang doesn't want his important ministers to be scared out! Well, Liu Zhang gave himself a good excuse to dispel the idea of patrolling the battlefield!

The fire did not last long, but the temperature of the roasted trench could be cooked, and there was no way to clean it up, so Gao Shun had to order someone to clean the battlefield inside the trench first, and the trench did not completely cool down until the next day......

In the tent, Gao Shun took the statistical battle report and said respectfully: "My lord, in this fierce battle, our army suffered more than 6,300 casualties, of which more than 2,600 were killed, more than 700 were seriously injured and could not recover, and the rest were injured to varying degrees, of which more than 1,500 people can continue to fight after being bandaged, and the rest can basically recover within a month!" ”

Liu Zhang's brows furrowed slightly, more than 2,600 people are gone? You must know that the resistance on the front line is such an elite as the Tiger Guard Army and the First Independent Infantry Brigade, how many people are there in the two troops? The death of more than 2,600 people means that more than 2,600 families will be plunged into great sorrow, more than 5,200 parents will lose their sons, more than 2,600 wives will lose their husbands, and many children will lose their fathers forever......

Liu Zhang said in a deep voice: "The doctors who ordered them to do their best to rescue every injured person, but all those who have qi must do their best to treat them." Collect the remains of the sacrificed soldiers, use lime to gather, and wait until Dong Zhuo is defeated, and then build a Guanzhong Battle Martyrs Cemetery for them in Guanzhong, for future generations to admire, hang, and worship! Record the origin of each martyr in detail, and be sure to hand over the bereavement pension to their relatives after the war! ”

Liu Zhang's command, Gao responded by the way, after keeping Liu Zhang's instructions in mind, he praised Liu Zhang's love for soldiers like a son, only such people in the world deserve to have!

Gao Shun said: "Although our army has made great sacrifices in this battle, the results are also huge, including 24,645 prisoners, and more than 3,000 light and serious wounded among the prisoners, and the military doctor has begun to treat them!" ”

Liu Zhang said again: "Since they have put down their weapons, we must ensure their safety, and treatment should be done, but I still have to say that if the medicine is insufficient, give priority to treating the wounded of our army!" "Liu Zhang is not the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance Against Japan, he serves the captured Japanese soldiers like an uncle, if he chooses between saving one of his own soldiers and ten prisoners, he will not hesitate to choose to save his own soldiers, if there is only one ration, he will also leave it to his own soldiers, prisoners? It's good that it's not buried alive like Bai Qi!

"Yes, the Admiral understands! In addition to the prisoners, our army killed more than 23,800 enemy soldiers, and in addition, there are still some battle results in the trenches that have not been counted, and it is roughly estimated that there should be four or five thousand! ”

"How big is the result?" Liu Zhang couldn't help but stand up, and said in disbelief, the captive also said in the past, after all, the fire came down, and the Xiliang army, which had lost its way to survive, knew that resistance was a dead end, and it was natural for him to choose to surrender, but he didn't expect that after more than an hour of fighting, counting the deaths in the flames, there were almost 30,000 people?

"Back to the lord, except for the trenches that cannot be counted, the other battle results have been verified three times by the general, and they are correct!"

"Okay, good ......" Liu Zhang couldn't help but smile and said, at this moment, the grief caused by his heavy loss was finally alleviated.

Xun You and the others all laughed happily.

Shan Fu said: "More than 50,000 enemy troops were eliminated in one battle, counting the previous battles, the front line of martial arts has eliminated nearly 70,000 enemy troops, how many soldiers and horses does Dong Zhuo have left at the moment?" Counting the wounded soldiers together with a maximum of 110,000 men, excluding the wounded soldiers, the combat strength should be 90,000 to 100,000 men, and the enemy army has been defeated again and again, its morale is low, and its combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced. Our army still has 55,000 elite soldiers, and the morale is like a rainbow under the successive victories, and 10,000 elite and strong men can also assist in the battle, and the situation has greatly improved! ”

Man Chong shook his head and said: "Yuan Zhi's words are wrong, although our army has achieved brilliant results, but this battle can no longer be replicated. Last night, our army has exhausted all the tung oil it carried, and this has achieved a brilliant victory, and the next time the enemy attackes, except for a small amount of tung oil in the sandy soil of the east, west and south gates, there is not a pound of tung oil in the direction of the enemy's main attack at the north gate. ”

Xi Zhicai also said: "Yes, this battle was a complete victory, one of the reasons is that Dong Zhuo underestimated the enemy, he knew that our army's earthen wall was low, only two zhang high, thinking that with archers and spearmen he could fully suppress our army, and even disdained to use the wells, after learning the experience of this defeat, next time he will definitely use a large number of wells to suppress our army, and our army will face a great threat at that time." ”

Mao Jue said: "After this defeat, Dong Zhuo's morale is completely lost, even if he has a good weapon, I am afraid that he is powerless!" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "No, after this defeat, although it will seriously hit Dong Zhuojun's morale, it will also put Dong Zhuojun into a situation of fighting against the water, which is like driving a dog into a poor alley, and the dog will jump under the wall in a hurry, I am afraid that it will pounce on the person who drives the dog!" Dong Zhuojun, who is trying to survive, is afraid that he will fight for his life, the so-called one man is desperate, and ten thousand people are hard to beat, not to mention more than 100,000 soldiers? We must not be careless! ”

Shan Fu nodded and said, "It makes sense, it's Fu who underestimates the enemy!" Today's Shan Fu is still young, and he has not gone through the precipitation of the years, so he can't help but be a little frivolous, but he can quickly realize this and have the courage to admit it, which is commendable, and with this lesson, he will be much more careful when thinking about things in the future.

Liu Zhang looked at Gao Shun and said, "Be cautious, the next time Dong Zhuo attacks again, can you be sure to hold the camp?" ”

Gao Shun said: "With the current strength of our army, it is not a big problem to complete the original goal of defending the city for one month. Although the Xiliang army still has 110,000 troops, but today's battle its infantry losses are very heavy, the last general carefully observed, although its cavalry fought on foot, but mainly outside the trench with bows and arrows to suppress our army, and did not participate in the ant siege, the Gain cavalry did not have long-term training, and the attack was weak. In the next battle, Dong Zhuo will have to send cavalry to participate in the ant attack, but the coordination between the cavalry and the infantry is unfamiliar, and the cavalry is not good at attacking fortifications, so the general will have the confidence to complete the set task! ”

Liu Zhang nodded and said "Okay", turned his head to look at Jia Xu, who was speechless, and said, "Wenhe, what is your opinion?" ”

Jia Xu bowed and saluted, "Grain and grass!" ”

"Grain and grass?" Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Guo Jia, Shan Fu and others were shocked, obviously thinking of something.

"Yes, it's grain and grass!" Jia Xu mentioned grain and grass again, and Liu Zhang immediately reacted, as Jia Xu said, grain and grass are really a big trouble at the moment. Originally, the grain and grass accumulated by Liu Zhang's army was for 70,000 people for a month, but now there are more than 23,000 more prisoners at once, counting the prisoners of the first two wars, there are a total of 25,000 prisoners, and the grain and grass is definitely not enough to support a month! If the rations are cut, I believe that there is good military discipline and my soldiers will be able to grit their teeth and persevere, but the more than 20,000 prisoners are afraid that they will make trouble, and if there is a riot in the camp, Dong Zhuo will attack the outside again, and the camp will be trapped internally and externally, and there is a possibility that the camp will be lost. Moreover, the detention of more than 20,000 prisoners also requires a lot of troops, which will make the already unsustainable forces even more empty. Of course, this problem is easy to solve, just kill all the prisoners, that is, you won't waste food and grass, and you don't have to bother with guarding, but Liu Zhang can't do it, that's almost 20,000 lives, not pigs and dogs!

"Is there any way for Wen He to solve this dilemma?" Liu Zhang said.

"At present, our army's back road has been cut off, and it is impossible to obtain food and grass from outside, and there are two ways that subordinates can think of, but I am afraid that the lord will not agree!" Jia Xu said.

"Oh, Wen He, say quickly, if it is feasible, Lone must be as good as a stream!"

"First, kill prisoners; Second, kill the horse! ”

"What?"

"What?"

Liu Zhang and Hua Xiong exclaimed in unison.

Sure enough, as Jia Xu said, the two methods are not acceptable to Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang also thought of the method of killing prisoners, but he couldn't do it, as for killing horses, he couldn't bear it, the horses of the Yizhou Army were not easy to come by, and it was too late to love, so he had to kill and take meat? And the horse is the second life of a cavalry, and the long-term relationship between people and horses has already cultivated a strong feeling, let them kill their beloved war horses, kill their own comrades, Liu Zhang can't do it, he believes that all cavalry can't do it, just look at Hua Xiong's expression.

"No, no one can kill my horse, if you want to kill a horse, it's better to kill me first!" Hua Xiong glared at Jia Xu and shouted, if it weren't for Liu Zhang's handsome tent, maybe he would have raised his fists and fought with Jia Xu.

Jia Xu didn't seem to see it, and said calmly: "The subordinates said it, and the subordinate lords will not be able to agree!" But the subordinates still have to say that in the past, Qin and Zhao fought for hegemony, Wu Anjun slaughtered 400,000 Zhao soldiers in one battle, and Qiang Zhao has been in a slump since then, and none of the six countries in the Kwantung region can independently resist Qin, the world is unified by Qin, and the lord is determined to be in the world, so there can be no women! ”

Liu Zhang looked at Hua Xiong's appearance of choosing people to devour, and said: "The killing of prisoners is against the peace of heaven, and these people are all my Han people, since they have laid down their weapons, they can't be tortured and killed by no matter what." In this way, from today onwards, the soldiers' rations will be cut by a quarter, and the captives will be given only half a pound of food a day to hang their lives, and in order to prevent them from making trouble, they will be divided into teams of 1,000 people, and 3,000 soldiers will be sent to guard them, and the soldiers will be authorized to kill all those who gather a crowd to make trouble...... It may be difficult for 3,000 soldiers to effectively guard them, so let's collect the weapons of the Xiliang army and give them to 10,000 soldiers and civilians, so that they can assist the soldiers in guarding the prisoners! ”

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Dong Zhuo was also thinking about how to carry out the next battle, originally he thought that the two-zhang high earth enclosure would be defeated with a charge, but who knew that he had cut such a big heel, but with vigilance, this kind of trick of fire attack will not work next time. However, he was still faced with the fact that there was not enough rough infantry, and the next time he might have to attack the city with cavalry......

Dong Zhuo, who had learned from the pain, decided to take a day of truce, and made a large number of wells that he disdained to use before, and then he would clear the Yizhou army one by one from a high place to avenge today's arrow!