Chapter 203: The aftermath of the war
More and more Xianbei cavalry were swept away by the waves of Liaodong soldiers, and the seriously wounded Duan Ji Lu dependents, under the protection of Duan Shi Fuchen, Duan Pipan, Duan Xiu and others, finally got rid of the entanglement of the Liaodong army and fled all the way to Liaoxi.
With the escape of Duan Ji and his family, the Xianbei people on the battlefield completely collapsed, except for a small number of Xianbei people who were unwilling to be captured and fled the battlefield when they saw the opportunity, most of the remaining Xianbei people chose to throw away their weapons and surrender to the Liaodong Army.
The sound of fighting on the battlefield gradually disappeared, and the Liaodong Army won a brilliant victory. On the battlefield, sporadic screams can still be heard, and the corpses of Hu people with missing arms and legs can be seen everywhere. The ground, the horses, were stained with bright red blood, and in some places there were still unextinguished fireworks.
In this battle, the Liaodong Army wiped out a total of 15,000 Xianbei people, captured no less than 20,000 people, and less than 10,000 Xianbei people really escaped. The Liaodong Army paid a huge price for this, with a total of nearly 8,000 casualties.
In particular, the three-compartment spearmen, who were responsible for sniping the Xianbei cavalry head-on, killed nearly 4,000 in battle, and seriously wounded 2,000, and the rest all had scars on their bodies
Wei Shuo walked on the battlefield, smelling the disgusting smell in the air, as well as the thick smell of blood. He endured his inner discomfort and took the guards to visit the soldiers who had just walked off the battlefield.
The Liaodong soldiers had only experienced a fierce battle, and they had long been so tired that their limbs were weak, and most of them were lying on the ground panting, and they didn't care about saluting at all.
Wei Shuo didn't care about this, he just kept greeting the soldiers he met along the way, and many ordinary soldiers were excited to see that the high-ranking county guard was so approachable.
However, this scene fell in the eyes of those big families, but it was a different idea. They expressed their disdain for Wei Shuo's pretentious gesture, and in the eyes of the family, ordinary soldiers were no different from pigs and dogs. It is not worth the upper class to bend down. This is a tradition since the Wei and Jin dynasties, and it was not until Liu Yu usurped the Jin Dynasty that the Hanmen clan showed their faces slightly.
It wasn't until Wei Shuo walked around the battlefield that Liu Yao hurried over with his guards.
"The end will be too late, please forgive your sins!"
"Hahaha, our great hero is here!"
Wei Shuo stepped forward and picked up Liu Yao, who was about to salute. Then he looked up and down, saw that there was blood on his body, and hurriedly said, "Zhengchang, are you injured?" ”
"It's fine, just a little injury." Regarding his injury, Liu Yao waved his hand indifferently.
"After this battle, the Liaodong Modao will definitely be famous and make the enemy fearful!"
Liu Yao was shocked when he heard this, and it can be said that this battle completely made him lose his psychological burden. Later. In Liaodong, the Modao team will no longer be an embarrassing existence, and its status as the number one strong army will no longer be questioned by others.
"Zhengchang, how are the casualties of our army?"
"Alas, I was about to report to the lord, the spearmen of the Sanfang Mansion Army have been completely disabled, and it will take a lot of time to train in the future to restore combat effectiveness."
After listening to Liu Yao's report, Wei Shuo was distressed, there were not many young people in Liaodong. As a result, the Duan clan lost thousands of people in the first battle, how not to annoy Wei Shuo?
Then Wei Shuo vented his anger on the wealthy family of Jicheng. It was all because of their secret troubles that the reorganization of the army progressed slowly, and they failed to catch up with this big battle in time, which eventually led to heavy losses in the Liaodong Army. When Wei Shuo's slightly murderous gaze stared at those family officials one by one, everyone couldn't help but shudder in their hearts.
Fortunately, after the war, there were a lot of things waiting for Wei Shuo to deal with, and he couldn't take care of dealing with the family's affairs for the time being. This battle allowed Liaodong to gain a firm foothold in Jicheng completely. The prestige of the Liaodong Army began to spread in the land of Youyan, and some unscrupulous people with different intentions who had not yet launched heard about it and died down.
And those who have colluded with the Hu clan to the big families, after seeing the strong combat power of the Liaodong army, they seem to be terrified, especially after the Xianbei army they rely on is defeated and fled, they dare not make trouble anymore.
Really. Without the constraints of some people, Liaodong's reorganization process of Youzhou soldiers was suddenly accelerated a lot. In view of Wei Shuo's distrust of generals at all levels in Youzhou, in the process of reorganization, he directly transferred all Youzhou generals from their original posts, and then transferred a large number of officers from the Liaodong Army to the new Youzhou Army to take up new positions.
At this point, the initial reorganization of the Youzhou soldiers was completed, and the original 24,000 Youzhou soldiers eliminated nearly 10,000 before and after, and finally a total of four-box infantry and one-box cavalry were reorganized, which greatly alleviated the problem of Wei Shuo's shortage of troops in Youzhou. After mastering the knife handle, Wei Shuo was finally free to clean up some of the family members who had died before.
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The outcome of the Battle of Jicheng was a complete nightmare for Duan Xianbei, and the 50,000 tribal cavalry before the expedition finally followed Duan Ji and his family back to Yangle City, but it was only about 10,000 people.
At this time, Lu Jian had completely sobered up, and he looked at the several brothers around him who were extremely embarrassed, and couldn't help but feel sad, it can be said that this battle completely extinguished the Duan clan's ambition to dominate the world.
"Ahem!" Duan Ji Lu struggled to stand up, pointed to Duan Shi Fuchen and said with difficulty: "From today on, Shi Fuchen will succeed Da Shan Yu, Duan Hu will be the king of Zuoxian, Duan Piyan will be the king of Youxian, Duan Wenyang and Duan Mobo will be the king of Gu Li, and all important military and political matters will be decided by you. ”
The first thing Duan Jilu did when he woke up was to pass the throne to Duan Shi Fuchen, in fact, he didn't want to abdicate just yet, but reality forced him to make plans early. Duan Ji Lu Yan's body had long been dead, and now that he had suffered another fiasco, his body was completely finished.
Originally, the most qualified to inherit the position of Da Shan Yu were Duan Piyan and Duan Mobo, but one of these two was expelled to Lingzhi, away from the political center of the Duan clan; The other is ambitious and talented, if it weren't for Duan Piyan's demagogy this time, the Duan clan would not have suffered this catastrophe.
When Duan Wu Bechen died, he intended to pass on the position of Da Shan Yu to him, but Duan Shi Fuchen insisted on letting his nephew Duan Ji Lu family succeed him, which is also the reason why Duan Shi Fuchen was deeply trusted by Duan Shi Lu family.
Duan Jilu's insistence on letting Duan Shi Fuchen succeed to the throne was nothing more than for the sake of his own son, Duan Hu was too young and had a poor reputation in the tribe, and his sudden ascension to the throne would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among other brothers, and might even bring him death. He hoped that after his death, Duan She's Fuchen would be able to take on the burden of supporting the young master.
"Big order is ......"
Duan Jilu's decision was beyond the expectations of too many people, especially Duan Piyan, who was bound to win the position of Da Dan Yu before. Duan Piyan looked at his brother Duan Ji Lu with a look of astonishment on his face, and couldn't understand why his brother didn't choose a young and promising handsome man like him, but chose an older and incompetent uncle!
"Say no more, it's settled. Da Shan Yu took over from his uncle, and now the Duan clan is experiencing the biggest crisis in several years, and you must do your best to assist him and tide over the difficulties together. ”
"Big Order!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Ji and Lu Yi fainted again, which immediately caused another exclamation. Some people naturally do so out of sincerity, while others have strange thoughts in their hearts when they see this.
Seeing that the big order that was about to be in hand was gone, how could Duan Piyan be willing, but the matter of seizing the throne needed to be considered in the long run. He looked at the back of Duan Shi Fuchen, who was crying on Duan Jilu's body, and his eyes were full of cold light.
Within a few days, Duan Ji Lu was dead!
As soon as he died, there was no one to suppress the internal contradictions of the Duan clan, and because he was very dissatisfied with Duan She's succession to the position of Da Shan Yu, Duan Piyan withdrew from Liaoxi with his subordinates and came to Beiping County. Without Duan Pipan's obstruction, Duan Shi Fuchen was finally able to ascend the throne smoothly.
Duan Shi Fuchen knew that he was not Duan Piyan's opponent, so he invited Duan Mobo, who had moved to Lingzhi, back in the name of mourning. It's a pity that Duan Shi Fuchen didn't know that if Duan Piyan, who had just left, was a man-eating tiger, then the new Duan Mobo was a sinister and cunning wolf.
The reason why Duan Mobo agreed to return to Yangle naturally had his own plans. He is also full of covetousness for the position of Da Shan Yu of the Duan family, but he is good at forbearance, and he has never shown his ambition to covet the position of Da Shan Yu in front of outsiders, so he has concealed most of the people in the tribe. (To be continued.) )