Chapter 484: Heavy losses

This evening was the banquet for the soldiers, so King Li had a lot of time to recuperate during the day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The study room of the temporary mansion was antique, Wang Shuang and Wang Shouren stood on both sides, whispering something, while Li Wang pressed his brow with one hand and knocked on the table with the other, his eyebrows were full of sadness, obviously affecting his mood.

Wang Shouren hugged his fists and said: "A total of 180,000 people were invested in this battle, of which 30,000 were soldiers who escorted grain and grass back and forth, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses led by General Zhao were not counted, and our soldiers had archers and spearmen 50,000, and more than 16,000 people were killed in this battle. ā€

Saying that, Wang Shouren opened the second page of silk paper and said: "The dead soldiers invested 17,000 people, except for more than 600 seriously wounded, only 2,200 people were slightly wounded, and the rest of the men and horses were all killed in battle. ā€

King Li was a little heavy, paused when he talked about the dead, and said: "The dead soldiers who died in battle, in addition to three times the pension, will be issued with martyr tokens, and their families can receive three stones of grain and grass under the Gongyuan every autumn, and the heirs of their knees can get a chance to directly participate in the county examination." ā€

Wang Shouren silently wrote it down and continued: "In addition to the dead soldiers, the Yun convoy in this battle has a total of 10,000 personnel, 1,000 people died in battle, almost all of them were killed by bed crossbows, and there are 40,000 people in the wing army (Zhang Liao), and more than 6,000 people and horses were damaged in this battle, all of which have been recorded. ā€

King Li nodded and said: "Deal with it according to what was said in advance, let's not treat our brothers badly, try to be as perfect as possible, don't be honest, Wang Shuang, how about you." ā€

Wang Shuang hugged his fists and said: "There are 30,000 people in the cloud echelon, and more than 12,000 people were lost in this battle, and more than 2,000 people were unrecognizable, but we are internal soldiers, and we have a record in Yecheng, as long as we can collect the corpses, the corresponding characteristics, presumably the unrecognizable brotherhood will be reduced to less than a thousand." ā€

Li Wang snorted, as the first to board, many of them were burned or stoned to death, and it is rare to be able to count so many people.

Wang Shuang continued: "There are more than 10,000 soldiers in the rushing car formation and Jing Yan, and they are also suffering heavy casualties, but they are much less than the cloud echelon, and they are almost able to match their names. ā€

King Li waved his hand and said, "You can't treat the brothers badly in this matter, by the way, what about the loss of equipment?" ā€

Wang Shouren and Wang Shuang glanced at each other, and the former hugged his fists and said: "There is no loss except for the five catapults that were damaged by the bullet arm, half of the cloud carts were destroyed, and the rushing cars were destroyed by more than 100 bed crossbows because they were close to each other, and I am afraid that they will not be able to effectively participate in the next siege battle." ā€

Li Wang snorted: "Whether to start the war again, Rong is discussing, Yangming, you first repair a letter to Li Jing, order someone to speed up the manufacture of the iron core of the well, rush the car first slowly, I heard that Qi Wuhuaiwen and Ma Jun have made a breakthrough and progress, let's see if we can improve the equipment, let's put it first." ā€

Wang Shouren hurriedly responded, and then said: "I received a report from General Taishi this morning, the soldiers of Wuchao were lured out of the city, in addition to the one hundred and ten people who died in the firefighting, the casualties are hundreds of deaths and injuries caused by the king's return to help, and the amount of grain and grass is huge, it is difficult to count them one by one, it is estimated that the loss is about 400,000 stones, and a lot of grain and grass are distributed to the people later, and this number is also about 40,000 or 50,000 stones. ā€

"How many are left?"

Wang Shouren looked at the letter and said: "General Taishi didn't say it, but from just a few words, it can be imagined that it does not have much impact on the supply of the army day by day, but it is just that there is a sudden shortage of hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass, and we must find a way to deal with it, otherwise there will be an intermittent situation sooner or later." ā€

King Li snorted, and said contemplatively: "We are killing the enemy on the front line, and Zhuge Jin in the rear can't be idle, you can repair a book together, report the approximate loss, and let him find a way to make up for it for me, there can be no mistakes, okay, you go down." ā€

Wang Shouren hesitated for a moment and said, "The king waits, the minister still has something to ask for." ā€

King Li nodded and said, "Let's be blunt." ā€

Wang Shouren said: "There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses captured in this battle, and the initial estimate is that there are 40,000 or 50,000 people. ā€

King Li also said what was the big deal, waved his hand and said: "I already have a plan for this matter, let them stay in peace for a few days, and then return it to him when it is confirmed that Cao Mengde is serving me, and I will use it later." ā€

Wang Shouren smashed his mouth twice, but chose not to persuade anymore, after all, King Li once trusted him a lot, and he didn't know where his self-confidence came from.

King Li reminded: "You have reminded me that in addition to the prisoners, the corpses of the enemy and our army must also be dealt with in time, this matter is a top priority, the sooner the better." ā€

Wang Shouren hurriedly received the order, now that spring has just opened, it is the season when the earth is warming, these corpses are piled up in one place, not to mention the stench, if it causes a plague, it will be worth the loss.

The two of them hugged their fists and left, without saying much else, the loss of men and horses after the first battle was about to be nearly 100,000, and it was a little difficult for anyone to accept, so let King Li be quiet.

And after King Li and the others left, they immediately activated the blessing attribute of Tongquetai, this thing can be used once a year, and it acts in a designated state, and this state will not have natural disasters within a year.

When everything was done, he breathed a sigh of relief, and lay down on his chair, intending to take a nap, fighting every year, which was exhausting, but the soldiers had to set an example for themselves, so even if they were tired, they could not fall down, and they could not show their decadent side in front of others.

Many people envy the status of the superior people, but they only see the glorious scene in front of the people, but they turn a blind eye to the difficulties and obstacles that are several times or even dozens of times higher than those behind the people, which is really a pity.

I don't know how long it took, a person quietly walked in through the side door, and he could enter without knocking, except for Zhao Wushuang, who was favored, there were only naughty and cute Xiao Qiao and the rude and willful Sun Shangxiang, so this person is undoubtedly Zhao Wushuang.

When Wushuang walked to his side, Li Wangcai muttered, "Did the Lone King do something wrong?" More than 100,000 soldiers died because of me, and the war raged for days, and the people were brutally poisoned......"

Zhao Wushuang lazily lay down in King Li's arms, and his lips lightly opened: "Shuang'er doesn't understand this, but Shuang'er knows that if the king doesn't do it, there are other people who will do it, and today it is still the life of more than 100,000 soldiers, if it is someone else, I'm afraid it will be a million, or even more." ā€

King Li didn't say anything more, rubbing his flawless faces, and fell into thought.

The sorrow of the world, sacrificing some people to save another part of the people, King Li can't control such a thing, all he can do is to try to reduce this number to the minimum, since he has chosen to do it, he must bear the corresponding loneliness and go on the road alone. (To be continued.) )