Li Deyi and Xiao Liu, the head of the regiment, did not know that the Tuliao Emperor had responded at this time, and they still withdrew to Dingbei County with the garrison regiment according to the original plan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Back in Dingbei County, although the total annihilation of 20,000 golden wolf cavalry in the first battle is currently a first-class victory in the whole world. But unexpectedly, Xiao Liu, the head of the regiment, did not set up a flowing water table to celebrate the victory as before, and Li Deyi just asked people to give some silver coins to the people of Beixian County.

After the soldiers and horses were placed and the wounded soldiers were sent to the wounded barracks for treatment, the two brothers rushed to see the master together. Entering the door, Old Doctor Sun was sitting upright behind the square table, waiting for the two apprentices who had returned from the great victory.

After entering the house, Old Medical Officer Sun found that the two apprentices did not have the joy of a great victory on their faces, but were a little sad. Old Medical Officer Sun's heart was steady, and he didn't rush to speak, still sitting there and waiting for the two good apprentices to speak first. Old Medical Officer Sun didn't know about the battle damage at this time, and the soldiers who came back from Commander Xiao Liu to report the victory only reported a big victory and wiped out 20,000 golden wolf cavalry. Although the three generals have transported grain to the front line, the saddle horse has been tiring in the past few months, which has really tired the three of them. As soon as the three of them finished the battle, they rested directly, and the old doctor Sun didn't bother. Therefore, Old Medical Officer Sun didn't know why the two beloved disciples were in grief at this time.

Li Deyi and Senior Brother, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, it was Head Xiao Liu who opened his mouth.

"Master, although we destroyed 20,000 golden wolf cavalry this time, more than half of our soldiers and horses were damaged. There were 7,329 soldiers killed in the battle alone, more than 2,000 seriously wounded, and countless minor injuries......" The more Commander Xiao Liu spoke, the heavier his tone became, and in the end, he could only stop, choking and unable to speak any more.

Most of these soldiers who died in battle were first-class soldiers. These first-class soldiers were all trained by Regiment Commander Xiao Liu from the recruits, and he taught them to be excellent soldiers along the way, and their feelings were extraordinary. At the foot of Yecheng, including on the way back, Regiment Commander Xiao Liu was talking and laughing, and kept telling the soldiers how powerful this victory was, which was the first in the world. But he did so to maintain the morale of the army. Now when he arrived in front of the master, the hidden sorrow in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he directly turned red circles and choked his throat.

The Dingbei Garrison Regiment has been established for so long, and it is the first time that so many robes have been killed in battle. These soldiers were all slowly trained from the recruits by Commander Xiao Liu, and watched them gradually grow into elite first-class soldiers. has gone through ups and downs all the way, but now he is watching them die in front of him, and Captain Xiao Liu's heart is really as uncomfortable as a knife.

Li Deyi was also uncomfortable, more than half of his cavalry were killed in this battle, and almost the entire establishment was destroyed, even if he won in the end, how could he be happy.

Old Medical Officer Sun looked at the two dejected apprentices, slowly picked up the celadon teapot in front of him, placed two teacups for the two apprentices, and slowly poured the tea. Putting the teapot down, Old Doctor Sun picked up his cup, raised it to his mouth, took a sip slowly, and let out a long breath before he spoke: "What? Can't stand it? ”

Li De opened his mouth, and stopped talking.

Commander Xiao Liu said straightforwardly: "Master, after this battle, our garrison regiment is broken, and it has not been a year and a half, and we don't want to recover our combat strength." Master, why did you ...... in the first place?"

Old Medical Officer Sun put down the teacup in his hand without hurry, looked up at his eldest apprentice and said, "What? Can't figure it out? Since ancient times, there has been no reason for the immortal to fight wars. But since the establishment of the North Garrison Regiment, with the iron egg that your junior brother made, we will attack the city and pull out the village, as if walking on the ground. Even under the city of Luodu, against the 60,000 elite cavalry on the Tuliao West Road, there was no danger. Now your junior brother is even more ingenious, using this iron egg to successfully restrain the 'explosive arrows' of the Tuliao people. ”

Speaking of this, Old Medical Officer Sun deliberately paused to see the reaction of the two apprentices, but he found that the two apprentices were not impressed by it in the slightest.

Sighing in his heart, Old Doctor Sun continued: "Since we have this iron egg, in several major battles, our Dingbei garrison regiment has almost all been bloodless and won easily. Under the city of Luodu, this iron egg injured more than 10,000 Tuliao war horses, which greatly damaged the strength of the Tuliao cavalry, and it was impossible to concentrate all the troops to fight in a short period of time, which gave you the two of you an opportunity to defeat them. Even later, when you led your troops to attack Yecheng, you were all very strong. If this kind of big city was left in the past, how could it be captured without experiencing a tragic siege battle. But with the help of this iron egg, you actually went down in a day. Have you ever thought that in the long run, our soldiers will become weak due to the lack of blood and fire training? Let's determine that the combat power of the North Garrison Regiment will be consumed because of this? ”

Old Medical Officer Sun said so much, nothing more than worrying that the two little apprentices would overuse the iron egg, which would make it easier to fight with soldiers and pay a lot of casualties, and in the long run, it would lead to a decline in the combat power of the soldiers of the Dingbei Garrison Regiment.

Head Xiao Liu heard the doorway in Master's words, sat there without speaking, and kept thinking about words in his heart.

Li Deyi didn't understand what Master meant by this, he opened his mouth without thinking and said: "Master, after the Tuliao people invented the 'explosive arrow', they immediately tried every means to expand the production. Not to mention the kind of boulder cannon they made recently, which is even more of a siege weapon. The Tuliao people frequently used these two sharp weapons to attack the city, and I did not see much weakness in the combat power of their cavalry. The golden wolf cavalry carried a large number of explosive arrows and boulder artillery craftsmen with the army, and their combat power was still difficult to defeat in the world. This time in Yecheng, I used all the means I could, but as a result, the Tuliao Golden Wolf Cavalry counterattacked to the death, and still killed and injured nearly 10,000 of our brothers. If we don't have the iron egg in my hand in this battle, the Tuliao people will let go of the 'explosive arrows' against us, and if we don't get it, we will have to die there." ”

Old Medical Officer Sun was stunned when he heard this, but he forgot that now the Tuliao people have used two sharp weapons, "explosive arrows" and boulder cannons, on a large scale. It was used both in siege and field battles, and thus greatly improved the overall combat power of the Tuliao people.

Hearing Li Deyi say this, Old Doctor Sun pondered. Although he is old, he is not stubborn, but his thinking is a little slow for a while, and he does not realize that the mode of this war has gradually changed. But after all, he is an old man who has fought all his life, and after being reminded by the little apprentice, he thought about it for a while, and immediately thought of the crux of the problem.

Yes, it was the Tuliao people who took the lead in using the more powerful and difficult to resist "exploding arrows", and if the Dingbei garrison regiment did not have iron eggs, it would not be able to compete with the Tuliao cavalry with "exploding arrows". Now the Tuliao people have made that kind of boulder cannon, which is simply invincible for siege. If the Dingbei garrison still sticks to the old rules and refuses to respond, it will end up in the end, and it will only be defeated in the hands of the Tuliao people, and there is no possibility of turning the tables.

Thinking of this, Old Medical Officer Sun slowly stood up and said slowly: "In this battle, our garrison regiment has suffered huge losses, and the responsibility is all on the division. Before the battle, the division should not have set a strategy for the two of you to attack head-on with the Tuliao Golden Wolf Cavalry, which eventually led to the loss of so many brothers in this battle. That's it, and when the requiem festival is tomorrow, it will be presided over by the teacher himself, so as to comfort the heroic souls who have lost their robes. The teacher will prick blood and confess his mistakes at the great sacrifice to comfort the souls of the brothers who died in battle. ”

In the battle of Yecheng, the reason why Li Deyi did not use iron eggs to blow up the war horses of the Liao people was that before the war, he had to be told by the master not to use iron eggs excessively, and to exercise the soldiers' ability to fight tough battles and fight hard with the golden wolf cavalry. What the old doctor Sun thought was not right, what the Dingbei Garrison Regiment would face in the future was 100,000 golden wolf cavalry, and it could not always rely on Li Deyi to win by these opportunistic methods.

However, after this battle, although the Dingbei garrison team won, it suffered heavy losses, and it was only a tragic victory. This battle wiped out all the efforts and development of the Dingbei Garrison Regiment in the past two years. More than half of the elite first-class soldiers were lost, and it was difficult for the recruits to support the beams in a short period of time.

If they continue to fight so hard, the Dingbei Garrison Regiment, and even the Weibei Battalion, will sooner or later consume themselves alive. Thinking about this section, Old Medical Officer Sun closed his eyes and said nothing.

And now, the Tuliao people have taken the lead in adopting new weapons in warfare. The Dingbei garrison must also follow up, otherwise it will be even more impossible to fight in the future.

Head Liu and Li De looked at each other, and they didn't know why the master stopped talking.

After a long time, Commander Xiao Liu said softly and tentatively: "Master, the Tuliao people are already strong and strong, and now they have the siege weapon of the boulder cannon, if we want to win, we must use whatever means we have." I've figured it out now, as long as this battle can be won, it doesn't matter what means are used. If we are defeated, we, the millions of Li people in Dingbei County, and the last bit of incense in our Weibei Camp will probably be wiped out immediately. ”

Old Doctor Sun still didn't open his eyes, just nodded, and then waved his hand lightly, signaling that he needed to be quiet for a while. At this time, the old doctor Sun remembered the brothers who had lost in this battle, and the great grief instantly shattered the old man's psychology. In front of the two apprentices, in order to maintain the dignity of the teacher, he endured it. When the two apprentices closed the door, the old doctor Sun burst into tears.

"Senior brother, I just saw that the master was a little wrong, his old man will be fine, right?" Li De said worriedly as he walked.

"Don't talk about Master, with so many casualties in this battle, even now, my heart is uncomfortable. Go back and talk to the three generals, this time we have to come up with money to compensate the widows, young sons, parents, and brothers who died in battle. If you can't afford to raise your children, you can take them into our garrison, let them go to school, and teach them to read and write. Captain Xiao Liu spoke with sadness, and slowly said his arrangements for the aftermath of the brothers who died in the battle.

"Senior brother, when you say this, you remind me. The Pingzhou Dynasty had long since collapsed, and there was no public examination of the imperial court, and the only school in Dingbei County had long since been dispersed. I thought it would be better to take this opportunity to set up a new bookstore to teach children to read and write. This first batch should be the children of the soldiers of our Dingbei Garrison Regiment, as long as they are of age, they should come to this bookstore to study. As soon as Li De heard his senior brother's words, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly had an idea.

(To be continued.) )