Chapter 178: Guilty of Guilt
After getting the dog-headed army division also auspicious point, he had already ordered the whole army to gather all the soldiers and horses before it was dark, and set off straight to Wuluo Mountain City, which was eighty miles east of Fuyu City. The remaining 10,000 or so mòhé cavalry, like bandits crossing the border, shouted and roared away after their own clan leaders.
In the city of Fuyu, at this time, Luo Lin and Wei Shanhu had already cleaned the battlefield, collected the spoils, and mended the mòhé cavalry who did not die, even if it was only a minor injury, and fell into the hands of the Sui army, at this time, no one was willing to capture them, but directly gave a knife, cut off the head and prepared to take it to the reward. It has always been true that the head of an enemy is worth ten cents, and a war horse is worth five cents, and as for the property of other enemies, although they must be seized and returned to the public, they can get half of it after registration.
But how much is a prisoner worth, but no one has told these cavalrymen, besides, killing people is just a head, they can bring seven or eight at a time, and prisoners, a cavalryman on the battlefield, can't take a few at all. It's better to kill a ten-run refreshing, which is light and trouble-free, and valuable.
Huā spent most of the day cleaning the battlefield, collecting the spoils of war, and collecting the corpses of some of the dead Sui horsemen, some of whom were lucky to be injured but not dead, and someone immediately bandaged them temporarily, and then sent them back to the city urgently.
"My lord, preliminary statistics show that in this battle, 1,247 cavalry were annihilated, 113 of our independent regiment were killed, 89 of the reconnaissance battalion of Lord Wei were killed, and there were more than 30 wounded, but none of them were seriously wounded. In addition, more than 800 mòhé cavalry horses, more than 1,000 swords, guns and shields, and no armor were seized. The soldiers thought that the knights' boar skin armor was too poor and ugly, so they did not collect it. ”
An officer reported the results of the battle to Rollin, and Rollin nodded, the number of dead in one to six was already a very good result. As for the wounded, they are all minor injuries and not serious injuries, it is also easy to understand, in this galloping battle, the seriously injured will fall off the horse, on such a battlefield, serious injuries are equal to death, not compared to foot combat.
"Send a team of people to find out the movements of these wild boar skins, and report back to the city as soon as there is any movement!" Rollin ordered to a captain, a cavalry company commander beside him.
"Take our loot and head back to the city! ..., after participating in the battle this time, Luo Lin's originally uncomfortable heart finally calmed down a little.
As soon as he returned to Fuyu City, Li Benlei also immediately convened a military meeting of all officers.
"In today's battle, although we have dampened the spirit of the Mòhé cavalry, we have also killed them and retreated. But at the moment we have only 4,000 men and horses, and although the enemy has temporarily retreated, he has not withdrawn his troops.
If the mòhé people come again, then even if we stay at that time, we will have a hard fight. Our purpose here this time is only to take advantage of the emptiness of Buyeo City to take advantage of the city's money, food and population. In order to oppose the strong wall and clear the wilderness, in order to cope with the northward movement of the Liao people in the future. This fight with the mòhé people was a complete accident, what do you think of it now? Luo Lin said coldly, "It doesn't matter if he is a mòhé or a Khitan, he actually wants to take advantage of the fire to rob." If they dare to stretch out their hand, we will cut off his hand. Who have we been afraid of in the Northeast Army, even the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Goguryeo, we have never been afraid, so why should we be afraid of these wild boar skins? General, please rest assured, although the number of those wild boar skins is large, there are more than 10,000 people, but they are just some nomadic people, today we have more than 2,000 people, with their own small losses, but the enemy is 1,200 horses.
In this way, it can be seen that the combat power of these wild boar skins is not high, and the siege equipment outside the city today has been destroyed by us, in the face of such a strong city as Buyeo City, what will they use to attack? If they had known each other, it was estimated that they would have withdrawn their troops after suffering such a defeat today. "It's not that simple!" Li Benlei shook his head and said, "These barbarian clans like to plunder the most, but this time they not only did not plunder money and grain, but they lost so many men and horses. If they don't gain something, it's impossible to just withdraw their troops. ”
The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.
Originally, they had nothing to do with these Mòhé people, but now that they have 4,000 people in Fuyu City, these Mòhé people must have been greedy. Greedy yù together, I want them to retreat like this, unless the Sui army can show a strong deterrent. If they had come with tens of thousands of people, these Mòhé people would not have dared to brush the tiger whiskers of the Northeast Army, but now, there are only 4,000 of them.
Those who came to more than 10,000 mòhé people would not be willing to do so easily. ,
"Although we are not afraid of these mòhé people, we will inevitably suffer from injuries in the face of the fight. Even today, although we have annihilated more than 1,200 of the Mòhé people, we ourselves have lost 200 of them. I often remember the words of the great general, military is to serve politics, and the purpose of politics is interests. At the end of the day, the purpose of fighting a war is profit. At the moment, our purpose in Liaodong is to defeat Goguryeo. "Even if we are in Buyeo City now, it is also because we want to take the money, food and population of Buyeo City, weaken the strength of the Liao people, and work hard for our goal of defeating the Goguryeo people. And where did this mòhé person come from? We have no feud with them, no land disputes, and we fight to the death with them, and in the end we lose our troops, what do we gain? Li Benlei and Chen Kefu have been together for so long, and gradually under his influence, they have slowly transformed from a simple military general in the past to a general-level figure who can consider the entire strategic level. At this time, in his opinion, fighting with these mòhé people was a complete accident.
Winning the battle will not help them in the slightest about their current situation in Liaodong, and losing the battle is not worth it. And if one is not good, not only will you have to bear the losses of the war, but you will also have a high probability of provoking an enemy that does not exist in the first place.
"But those mòhé boar skins have taken the initiative to hit us on the head, should we be captured? I don't understand what the generals often talk about strategy and interests, I just know that now it is the mòhé people who are the first to strike at us. Then we can't be ninjas, soldiers will block, water will cover the earth. If he dares to come, I will dare to fight. Luo Lin didn't buy Li Benlei's account at all, and because of his father's death, the whole person was even a little nameless at this time.
Li Benlei also understood Luo Lin's emotions today, and didn't care, and said with a smile, "I'm not saying that we should let them bully, but that we should consider the essence of this matter, so that we can find better countermeasures, instead of fighting in such a daze, and fighting a battle that is not half beneficial to us." ..., "Essence? What else can it be, things are clear, Fuyu City's Yuan Tai Gu went south to fight us, but he never returned. His neighbors, the Mòhé people, wanted to pick up the bargain and took the opportunity to attack Buyeo City, hoping to rob the city's people of money and food. When I came, I found that we were here, and of course he came to us. Rollin sat down and said.
"That's right," Li Benlei said, "the purpose of the Mòhé people is to Fuyu City, not to attack us. Now they are fighting with us, but they just want the goods in the city. So I don't think there's any need for us to fight to the death with the mòhé people. The general will soon be able to come north, now, as long as we hold the fortified city, when the general leads the army north to advance, do you think those mòhé people are willing to fight with us for a Buyeo city that will never reach the hand?
They're just here to pick up the bargain, and as long as we don't give them a chance, they'll naturally withdraw. "And what's the point of you thinking that if we're here to fight these mòhé people with no head or brain, even if we wipe them all out? Not only will we not get the slightest benefit, but we will definitely have a lot of damage to ourselves, won't we weaken our own strength at that time? One is not good, then the mòhé people will become hostile to us, in case they join forces with Goguryeo to deal with us, it will not be a big deal for the great general? Luo Lin was speechless by Li Benlei, so he had to say, "You are the lieutenant general and deputy commander, you have to make up your mind about these things, I am just a colonel and regimental commander, and I am only responsible for fighting." Now, what do you say? Li Benlei smiled, "This matter is very simple, the people of Mòhé will not withdraw their troops now and leave him alone, anyway, after suffering this defeat, and without siege equipment, it is impossible for them to take Buyeo City in a short time." Even during the time they were remaking the siege equipment, the general had already arrived with his troops. Therefore, Ben decided that before the arrival of the general, we only need to rely on the city to hold on, and there is no need to fight again, it will just be a useless war. "In addition, immediately send a few messengers to the city of Gaimou to deliver the message, believing that the general has arrived in Gaimou, and when the general receives the letter and leads the army to arrive, those mòhé cavalry will naturally be clear. Wouldn't it be better to surrender without a fight, even if we avoided the casualties of our soldiers, but also did not add an enemy to us for no reason? Rollin nodded, "What you say makes sense, but I don't know if the people will be as you say." I don't care about the rest, anyway, if the Mòhé people come to attack the city first, then I must lead my troops to fight back. This Buyeo City is the spoils we deserve after winning the battle against Yuan Taidi, why should we give those dirty mòh dressed in wild boars, and get up and leave.
Wei Shanhu said a little unhappily, "General, why did this Luo Lin eat gunpowder today, and he didn't understand the humility at all, he has been following the general for so long, it's too unusual." "He just learned the news of his father's death in the war, and all his emotions were a little unstable, everyone just understands, he wasn't like this before." Li Benlei said disapprerovingly, "Battalion Commander Wei, you immediately transfer a few messengers to send a letter to Gaimu City, this matter cannot be delayed." ”@。