Chapter 469: Casualties
Seeing the presence of Wang Dou and others, Hong Chengchou first expressed his condolences, and then impatiently asked about the results of the battle, and couldn't help laughing when he heard the number of beheadings reported by Chi Dacheng. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Qiu Minyang, Cai Maode and others beside him were also extremely happy.
However, Hong Chengchou is more concerned about one thing: "Zhongyong Boyan killed the slave chief Azig, is this matter serious?" ”
He sincerely hoped that this was true, as soon as the Jinzhou War began, he killed a general soldier in battle, how could he explain to the government and the opposition? However, then killing a county king is not only worth the merits, but also has great merit.
Wang Dou nodded, Zhang Ruoqi looked proud, and said reservedly: "Naturally it is true, I saw with my own eyes that Azig was killed by the artillery of my Jingbian army!" ”
Hong Chengchou looked around and said expectantly: "Can Master Wang have the banner of winning Azig's corpse?" ”
Zhang Ruoqi's expression immediately became extremely regretful: "I didn't win it." ”
Alas!
Everyone in the audience sighed in unison, especially Wu Sangui and others, who looked annoyed.
Although the killing of Azig is conclusive, there is no corpse banner, and in the future, it will inevitably be suspected of being a melon field and a plum.
Because in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there are countless things to report the beheading of the enemy, from the end of Wanli, among the Qing monarchs and ministers who will be killed by various officials, from Nurhachi to Huang Taiji, from Dolgon to Abatai, they have died dozens of times, and they are still alive and well.
Although there are supervisors Wang Chengen and Zhang Ruoqi here, this can be well confirmed, but in the future, there will be disputes between the government and the opposition, and disputes between officials and officials will still be inevitable.
Zhang Ruoqi said coldly: "Although I didn't capture the corpse of the slave chief. But slay the enemy chieftain. It is absolutely true, it is expected that the saint and Chen Gong will have a holy judgment, and they will not chill the hearts of loyal and brave soldiers. ”
Wang Chengen also said: "Our family will truthfully play to the saint and ask for credit for the front-line soldiers." ”
Hong Chengchou was extremely enthusiastic about this matter, and saluted Zhang Ruoqi and Wang Chengen, and said earnestly: "In this way, please ask the two prison guards." ”
He has been an official for many years, and he can naturally see how old he is. When it comes to military exploits, Zhang Ruoqi, the superintendent, is extremely anxious, and he doesn't need to say it himself, he will also be active. Although Wang Chengen, the overseer, was cold. But if you are loyal to the emperor, the things on the front line should also be played truthfully.
However, this still needs to be done by yourself, and it is expected that these officials will give some money.
After that, everyone was talking about the future merits, seeing that they were overjoyed, Wang Dou asked Chi Dacheng: "How many casualties did our army have in this battle?" ”
Chi Dacheng said: "General, the casualties of friendly troops have not been counted, but our Jingbian Army has a total of more than 600 casualties. Among them, 165 were killed in battle, 98 were seriously wounded, and the rest were slightly wounded. ”
The people who fought with Wang Dou were Wu Sangui, and they didn't care much about the casualties under their command, only Wang Doujing's border army counted the casualties of their own family for the first time.
Casualties of the Jingbian Army, the battle dead and the seriously wounded. Most of them were concentrated among the cavalry, and most of the lightly wounded were concentrated in the infantry battalions.
Because the cavalry on both sides rushed to kill with cold weapons, in the blink of an eye, it was the difference between life and death, and the moment of lightning and fire was not death in battle. It was a serious injury and fell under the horse. And in the infantry positions, there are sharp guns. The Tatar cavalry was difficult to approach, and in the face of the Tartar bows and arrows, the Jingbian army was also covered with fine armor, and the arrows were difficult to shoot into.
Even if they were hit by multiple arrows in their bodies, they only paid the price of minor injuries, and only those who were hit by javelins and other guns, and some second-class spearmen fought in battle, so they could be seriously injured or killed.
However, many of the heads captured by the Jingbian Army were concentrated in the cavalry, and even some of the corpses and wounded of the Qing soldiers killed by the artillery and rockets of the Ming army in the distance were also captured.
In the infantry formation, relatively few heads were captured, and when the Qing cavalry fled, many people pulled some of the dead and wounded onto their horses, and the officers and men of the Jingbian Army in each chariot formation were mostly infantry, and they could not catch up. The Qing cavalry attacking the formation really wanted to escape, and it was difficult for the Jingbian army to stop it, after all, the car formation was on each side, but there were dozens of birds. …,
What made Wang Dou happy was that, according to Chi Dacheng's statistics, although the Jingbian Army had casualties, no dead soldiers had their heads cut off by Tartars, and they became the object of their merits.
The intelligence came, in order to deal with the rise of the Jingbian Army, Huang Taiji specially issued a military discipline, beheading the head of the Jingbian Army, ordinary sergeants, immediately promoted to specialization, and even allocated Shiku, the clothed person, can immediately carry the flag, it can be said that the military merit of beheading the Jingbian Army is extremely heavy.
Fortunately, the war has been fought so far, and no Tartar has obtained the head of the Jingbian Army.
After listening to Chi Dacheng's words, Wang Dou was silent for a while and said, "Take me to see the wounded and the martyrs." ”
Hong Chengchou also sighed: "The soldiers fought on the battlefield and sacrificed their lives for the country, it is incumbent on the governor to visit and condole!" ”
Everyone around him agreed, and when everyone came to the rear of the hill of the Chinese army, tents were erected here, and it had become a small field hospital.
At this time, a large number of Jingbian military doctors came and went, nervously treating the wounded officers and men of various armies, because there were many Jingbian military doctors and outstanding methods, so the Ningyuan Army, Shenji Battalion, Guo Yingxian and other departments, the wounded soldiers were all carried here, of course, the wounded soldiers of the Jingbian Army must be the first to be treated.
Although the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion on the left flank of the special army formation had a short time of engagement, under the rain of arrows from the Qing cavalry, there were many wounded, and their tofu scum armor could not even prevent the Qing soldiers' riding bows.
When everyone arrived here, they heard the moans of the wounded one after another, and the smell of blood, alcohol, and powder.
A large number of soldiers and civilians served as stretchers, commanded by some Jingbian military doctors, who continuously carried the wounded soldiers here, and outside the tents, a large amount of boiling water was boiled for disinfection.
Fortunately, the armies did not fight against the artillery units in the Qing army, so most of them were only wounded by arrows. As long as it is not in the critical place and the rescue is timely, most of the injured can still survive.
However, the Qing army's bows and arrows were poisonous, and it was not easy to deal with these wounds.
Their arrows are so large and heavy that they have several deep blood grooves, and the wounds are difficult to suture, and some of them even have barbs, if they dare to pull them out, they will die of heavy bleeding, so when digging out these arrows, they need to cut the wound wide on all sides before they can pull out the arrows.
At this time, there were no drugs such as anesthetics, and when many wounded people were cut into meat, they cried for their fathers and mothers, howling for themselves. When the officers and men of the Jingbian Army were being treated, they would still endure the pain, but those soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and other units were desperately crying, and they were upset when they heard it, and the blood flowed like an infusion, which made others tremble and chill.
Hong Chengchou and the others watched it for a while and were amazed by the Jingbian Army's medical methods.
Before they were treated, they first cleaned their bodies and wounds with boiling water and salt water, and washed them several times, and also used large balls of white cotton, boiled some things called alcohol, and constantly wiped the blood clots from the wounds.
There is also the alcohol, according to Wang Dou, which is purified from liquor, which can effectively prevent wound infection in the future. Of course, these are all good things, but it costs so much to treat an ordinary sergeant, how can this soldier afford it?
In this era, unless some family guards or sergeants in the main barracks may bandage the wound with a cloth belt, or clean the wound with salt water and liquor, because the generals are reluctant.
Everyone thinks that with this healing method, for the sake of worry, it is no wonder that the Jingbian Army dares to fight so much, but only Wang Dou is willing to spend so much.
Moreover, this is only the preliminary, after cleaning the wound again and again, it is necessary to apply medicine, and finally use a thing called gauze to wrap the wound tightly, and change the dressing regularly in the future, as well as oral medicine, until it is healed. …,
Looking at the different expressions of Hong Chengchou and the others, as well as the whispers of those bystanders, all of them looked envious, Wang Dou didn't think so.
Although for the officers and generals of this era, the casualties of their subordinates are numbers, but for Wang Dou, behind each number is a life.
Life is precious, and now how much time does it take to build guns and cannons on the East Road? But a human life, from their birth to the prime of life, is at least eighteen years.
How long is eighteen years? How much energy does it take for a person to grow to such a big size? Although the lives of the Ming Dynasty are not worth much at this time, for Wang Dou, human lives are valuable, especially those injured sergeants are even more valuable, if they recover and return to the team, a strong warrior is born again.
There were many doctors and soldiers in the Jingbian army, and the wounded generals of all the armies at this time were properly treated.
Many wounded soldiers who felt that they were going to die were all grateful and grateful after receiving treatment. At this time, many people in the various departments of the Ming army gathered in Liaodong may be jealous of the Jingbian army, but only the doctors in the Jingbian army will never be dissatisfied and jealous.
Wang Dou's group of people passed through the tents one by one, and the wounded Jingbian soldiers were lying quietly. Seeing the officials passing by, they looked at Hong Chengchou and the others indifferently, and when they saw Wang Dou, they showed excitement and reverence.
Wang Tianxue, the chief medical officer, came over and reported to Wang Douyu: "Among the casualties of our Jingbian Army, all the lightly injured can be treated and healed, and nearly half of the seriously injured can be treated and recovered!" ”
Wang Dou nodded, in this way, the Jingbian army may have killed more than 200 people, but this battle killed thousands of enemies, and the results were remarkable. Fortunately, this battle was against the bows and arrows of the Qing army, and if it was against their guns, perhaps the result would not have been so good.
However, Wang Tianxue continued, after the injured soldiers are treated, there should be a good place to recuperate, and it is best to move to a shady place in the current hot weather.
Wang Dou nodded, Songshan Fort is located in a low-lying area, the terrain is shady, it is best to transfer the wounded to the fort to recuperate. Wang Dou also planned to set up a sanatorium in the fort to recuperate for wounded soldiers.
Speaking of this matter, Hong Chengchou sighed: "Loyal and brave but rest assured, this governor will definitely do it!" ”
When passing a tent, Wang Dou stopped, and there was a seriously injured Jingbian soldier here, who was hit by a javelin, and came out of his chest, even if he was a doctor, he could not do anything.
A consolation officer of the ministry held his hand tightly, and several healers stood solemnly next to him.
The soldier lay on the improvised bed, intermittently, trying to sing, but his voice grew lower and lower, and finally became inaudible.
“…… Loyal and brave soldiers, through thousands of calamities without dying, the heaven and earth are yellow, and the true spirit will always exist ......" (to be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )