Chapter 615 Heavy casualties
Although Tian Yu sent another 5,000 infantry troops into battle, the 3,000 soldiers and horses drawn from other battalions on the Xianbei side also rushed over, with 3,000 soldiers and horses to help, and the situation once again fell into a stalemate.
As the battle continued, the clock ticked into the evening.
After a day of fierce fighting under the scorching sun, the soldiers of the Wei army were all exhausted, not to mention the soldiers who were the main attackers on the front line, even the soldiers who pressed the formation behind were dizzy from the sun, and their bodies were like washing.
Therefore, when it was getting late, the soldiers looked forward to being able to return to the camp to rest, so the morale of the soldiers gradually dropped.
Seeing this, Tian Yu ordered: "Hey, after a day of fierce fighting without gain, if it is getting late today, the soldiers are tired and want to rest, and their morale is very low, so it is quite unfavorable to our army to continue fighting." Let's withdraw to the camp to rest first. Cao Zhang, you lead the cavalry to break off! ”
Tian Yu has been using troops for many years and has rich experience, because the cavalry did not participate in the battle, he ordered Cao Zhang to lead the cavalry to break off, although Xianbei also had cavalry did not move, and did not dare to pursue the Wei army.
In the early morning of the next day, Tian Yu led his soldiers and horses to attack.
Since Tian Yu didn't really want to destroy Xianbei, he still used the same offensive method as yesterday. Tian Yu did not change his tactics, and Xianbei's side naturally maintained the original coping strategy.
In the blink of an eye, Tian Yu attacked Xianbei for three consecutive days.
Xianbei Royal Court.
Kebi Neng sat on the first place, looked at a general below with a gloomy face and asked, "How many casualties have our Xianbei warriors suffered in the past three days?" ”
The general replied, "More than 4,000 warriors have been killed, more than 1,000 are seriously wounded, and more than 3,000 are lightly wounded.
But there are not many of us here who are proficient in medical skills, and there are not many medicinal materials, and now that the weather is hot, there is no need to talk about those seriously injured warriors, the wounds of the lightly injured warriors have become inflamed and suppurated, and the situation is worrying. ”
Compared with the Central Plains Dynasty, the nomads were more than a little backward, and in terms of medicine, they were even more backward.
This is not only reflected in the medical means, but also in the aspect of herbal resources, after all, the grassland is barren, unlike the Central Plains, which is rich in products, all kinds of herbs are easy to find, and sometimes the wild grasses on the ground have certain medicinal value.
Now the situation of the more than 3,000 wounded soldiers in Xianbei is not optimistic, after all, the weather is hot now, and the heat will sweat, and if the sweat enters the wound, the wound will become inflamed and suppurated, thus causing other diseases.
Even in Dahan, in the face of this situation, many people have to die, not to mention Xianbei, who is medically backward, and it would be good if one-third of these 3,000 people could survive.
The 4,000 killed in battle, plus the 1,000 seriously wounded, and the 3,000 lightly wounded soldiers also had to lose most of them, so that in the past three days, Xianbei lost about 7,000 warriors.
Thinking of this, Kebineng's heart trembled in distress, he only had a total of 150,000 warriors under his command, which had been accumulated over the years, and now he had lost 7,000 people at once, could he not feel distressed.
Kebineng said angrily: "What does this Tian Yu want to do, does he want to break the net with me?" What can you do, Messenger? If this continues, the soldiers and horses I have accumulated over the years will be greatly lost. ”
Zhuge Zhan frowned, he was also puzzled by Tian Yu's behavior, although Tian Yu attacked Xianbei with an infantry army, but Xianbei had a camp to defend, Tian Yu's attack like this was completely to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.
The losses of the Wei State were definitely not smaller than those of Xianbei, but the Wei army had military doctors and sufficient medicinal materials to treat external injuries, and the survival rate of the wounded soldiers was greater than that of Xianbei.
But what did Tian Yu mean by doing this? At present, Xianbei reinforcements will soon arrive one after another, and Tian Yu is simply wasting his troops in vain.
Zhuge Zhan thought for a while, and said to Kebineng: "Shan Yu, Tian Yu knows that your soldiers and horses have been accumulated for many years, and he is reluctant to suffer casualties, and the Wei country has a great cause, so he doesn't care about these casualties, the reason why Tian Yu attacked so frantically is to make you feel distressed, so as to compromise with the Wei State."
I think that now that the war has reached this level, you can't weaken your momentum, and now the reinforcements can arrive one after another within three or five days, and then our army will have the advantage of soldiers and horses, and Tian Yu will not dare to do this.
When the root of Budu is destroyed in the future, you will unify Xianbei, and what you have lost now will definitely be able to be recovered a thousand times over. ”
Listening to Zhuge Zhan's words, Ke Bineng sighed and said: "Okay, now that I have a deep enmity with Wei State, there is no room for maneuver, since Tian Yu attacked me like this, I will continue, one day, I will return a thousand times more." ”
And the Wei army camp on the other side.
The first general reported to Tian Yuyu: "General Qiyu, in the fierce battles for several days, our army has suffered nearly 4,000 casualties, and thousands of soldiers have been injured. ”
Tian Yu sighed and ordered: "Hey, pass the order, let the military doctor treat the injured soldiers, don't be stingy with herbs, and then mobilize a batch of cold medicine from Youzhou, the weather is hot, and the soldiers need to drink cold medicine every day to relieve the heat to avoid the heat." ”
Cao Zhang got up and said, "General, the weather is hot now, if you continue to attack like this, it may cause a plague, and the casualties are too great, it is not a way to go on like this."
The current plan is either to find a way to reconcile with Xianbei, or to find a way to defeat Xianbei and not to attack. ”
Tian Yu nodded and said: "I have attacked Xianbei for three days in a row, Xianbei's losses are not smaller than ours, Kebi Neng must be also very distressed, tomorrow I will lead the army to negotiate peace with him." ”
Cao Zhang sighed and said: "Both of us have suffered a lot of losses, and we have made a real fire, I am afraid that Kebi will not easily negotiate peace, and the people of Shu will also make trouble from it." ”
Tian Yu was silent for a while when he heard this, and said: "This is also a matter of no way, Shu is well prepared, they know that Xianbei's strength is not as good as our Wei State, so the envoy sent is not an ordinary person, and now Xianbei has the help of the envoy of Shu, and it is very difficult for us to defeat Xianbei."
But it's man-made, how do you know if you don't try? Moreover, the purpose of our troops is to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, in order to defeat Kebineng and make the soldiers and horses of Hetao attack Budugen come back.
But His Majesty has made two preparations, and the state has been sent at present, and we can't win here, and there is still a state. Don't worry too much. ”
When Tian Yu said this, it can be seen that he does not have much confidence in tomorrow's peace talks.
Now that he is pinning his hopes on merging states, it can also be seen that he has no way to defeat Xianbei.
Although Xianbei's large-scale frontal battle is not the opponent of the Wei army, but Xianbei has a large number of people, and is based on the camp, and now Xianbei has the help of Zhuge Zhan, as long as he does not take the initiative to attack, Tian Yu wants to defeat Xianbei, it can be said that it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.