Chapter 221

It took only a quarter of an hour to clean up the battlefield, and by the time the snow army was about to return with corpses, all that was left was mottled blood and mountains of corpses piled up on both sides of the long road where the two armies had fought.

The original camp of the border army has now become the garrison of the Snow Country army, of course, the Snow Country army will still attack the city, and the camp is still some distance from the city pass, and they will still advance. However, it will not be too close to the city pass, otherwise it will be easy for the enemy to find out the details, and it will not be too far away, otherwise it will wear down the spirit of your own army when marching, and you will be very particular about choosing a station.

When General Hong returned triumphantly with the vanguard troops, on the side of Huangyan Pass, the previous defenders of the border fortress had been arranged to rest. After such a defeat, the soldiers from the generals to the bottom are all so depressed and demoralized. If they don't win another battle, then these soldiers have nothing but fear for the Snowpiercer army.

There was a special residence for soldiers to rest in the city, and Lin Xuanzhong and the Da Niu brothers were divided into the same room.

After having a place to live, the three of them gradually relaxed. The big cow brothers are familiar with the situation in this area, and they have already brought some water and food. It stands to reason that after a night of travel, several people should be very hungry, but several people are not in the mood to eat, and those dry food have been placed on the table.

"Brother Niu, what's going on outside?" Since entering the city, there has been a commotion all around, and now staying in the house, he can still hear the constant sound outside, Lin Xuanzhong is very curious about what the situation is outside.

"There are a lot of people coming to the city, and they are claiming their relatives from the corpses that have been brought back, and I heard that 20,000 people died in our army last night. ”

"So many?" The huge number surprised Lin Xuanzhong, and even Ming Buregret, who had always been listless, came over in surprise at this moment, wanting to know something about the army.

"Well," Da Niu nodded affirmatively, "If the enemy hadn't given up the pursuit, maybe we would have sacrificed more soldiers, and Da Hu and I could come back alive, all thanks to you, Brother Ming." As he spoke, Da Niu glanced at Ming Bu who was lying on the bed gratefully.

It's been more than an hour since I came back, because of the pharmacist's explanation before, and because I have nothing to do when I'm idle, I don't regret just lying on the bed to rest.

"I heard that when they went to pull the corpses, those corpses were piled together by the snow army, piled up into several corpse mountains. On the one hand, they show their results, and on the other hand, blow the morale of our military. ”

Seeing Lin Xuanzhong's surprised look, Da Niu said more and more vigorously, of course, Da Niu never dared to speak loudly, only a few people in the room could hear Da Niu speak.

"Big brother, be quiet, the general forbids us to discuss these things in private. If someone else hears it, we may all be arrested and punished. Da Niu didn't speak loudly, but Da Hu still reminded him worriedly.

"Well, I know, I'll whisper," nodded, and then Da Niu explained to Lin Xuanzhong and the others: "The general does not allow us to discuss the affairs of the army in private, I hope you can understand." ”

"Of course," Qing Yi and Lin Xuanzhong nodded hurriedly.

What Da Niu said just now shocked Lin Xuanzhong, 20,000 people can form a large mercenary team of 200. Some scenes from last night flashed in his mind, and Lin Xuanzhong couldn't imagine that so many people would die in less than half an hour, and those people were all dead in front of his eyes. For the horror of war, Lin Xuanzhong has a new understanding.

The fight between Wu Xiu and Wu Xiu, just like when the three alliances besieged the Lin family, the strong lived, the weak died, there was no room for negotiation, everything was so cruel and real. Lin Xuanzhong did not know the cause of the war, and it is even more difficult to imagine how many people would die after the war between the two sides ended.

"Are those soldiers from this city?" After a short silence, Qing Yi slowly spoke.

"Most of them, and a very small number of outsiders, both domestic and foreign. ”

"What about the unclaimed corpses?"

"Find a place to burn it, this is a common way to dispose of corpses in wartime. ”

"Do you pile them up and burn them? How do you build graves for those people?"

"How can there be time to set up tombs for people in wartime, and it is already benevolent and righteous to not let those corpses be exposed to the wilderness," Lin Xuanzhong and Qingyi's questions made Da Niu very confused, but Da Niu still explained to Lin Xuanzhong truthfully. In fact, there are some aspects that Da Niu doesn't know, but he just repeats what he heard from others to the two of them.

Da Niu's rhetoric is unacceptable, but if you think about it carefully, Lin Xuanzhong feels that what Da Niu said is very reasonable. The situation was so urgent before, who was in the mood to care about those corpses.

Immediately after, Lin Xuanzhong thought of another question. If the army of the Snow Country was still there, how could their people go and pull the corpse back, and was it the same in the first battle before?

Then, Da Niu told all the news he knew, but it was still difficult to solve Lin Xuanzhong's problem. As for the part that can't be explained to Lin Xuanzhong, Qing Yi and Da Hu next to him also don't know, Qing Yi has never been a soldier in the first place, and Da Hu is the first time to fight, and he doesn't know those details.

In fact, in terms of corpse disposal, these methods have been handed down from the past. As long as there is a war, there will be people who die, whether it is a human or a ferocious beast, if no one disposes of the corpse for a long time.

The corpse will slowly decay, and the decomposing corpse will produce a lot of healing substances, which may eventually cause a plague, so it is very particular about handling the corpse. As long as the battle is not a decisive battle, then after the battle, the victorious side will first clean up the battlefield, separate the corpses of its own soldiers, collect all the weapons on the battlefield, and then the defeated side will clean up the battlefield.

If there is no winner or loser, both sides can clean up the battlefield at the same time, but usually the people responsible for cleaning up the corpses will not be those elite soldiers, usually old and weak soldiers, so that the two sides will not have conflicts when cleaning up the battlefield.

If it is a decisive battle, whether the defeated side is completely wiped out or some people flee, a large number of corpses will be left on the battlefield. Those corpses will rot on the battlefield if no one cares, and generally the victorious side will separate the corpses of their own soldiers, and the remaining corpses will either pile up the corpses together like the Snow Country army to show off their might, or they will be burned to prevent the rotting corpses from causing harm to their own soldiers.

As for how to deal with the corpse best, it depends on the situation, of course, it depends more on the will of the victorious general, the benevolent general may burn the corpse, and the murderous general may build up the corpse to demoralize the enemy, such as General Hong's practice.

Generally, the corpses transported back from the battlefield, if they send troops on an expedition like Snow Country, they will be burned directly, or find a place to dig a pit and bury them, and it is impossible to store them in the camp, which is not good for the entire military camp, unless it is the corpse of some generals, the army will preserve the corpse through special means, and then send someone to send the corpse back in time.

If it's like the Night Country, you can burn it first and let people claim it. There are not many ways to dispose of corpses, and now that the war has begun, there will be more corpses. As for what to do with the corpse, the average soldier would not have known about it at first. But when they fight a few more times, they will slowly learn a lot of things.

Several people discussed some things in the room, and at the same time, the discussion of the generals in the council hall became more intense. The generals of the defending army and the generals of the border army were divided into two rows, and the brothers of General Zhao sat facing each other.

At this moment, Zhao Xu had already made the situation on the fortress clear, from the stationing of the Snow Country army to the ambush last night, and now the key to the question is back to who is the gap.

In addition to Zhao Xu, after those corpses were pulled back, the bodies of seven generals were found from them, counting the current seven generals, fifteen generals were not less.

The seven generals present all understood their current situation, and before they found out in the gap, even if they worked hard for the night army last night, they couldn't get rid of suspicion, so they were all worried about what Zhao Wu would do with them.

Changing generals has been a taboo for soldiers since ancient times, and if all seven of them are removed from their posts, then those border troops who have fled back will need a long time to adjust to the new generals. Although there are not many border troops still alive, they are all soldiers who have experienced war when it comes to honest employment, so their generals cannot be removed from their posts casually.

Besides, without evidence, Zhao Wu couldn't impose Zhao Xu's guilt on those generals, otherwise it would only chill the soldiers of the army. In addition, the military ranks of the seven generals were not conferred by Zhao Wu, and all of them were accepted by the royal family of the Night Kingdom, so Zhao Wu had no right to remove them from their positions, and he had no clue about relying on normal means to check the gap at the moment.

"General, how should you deal with the gap?" When the real discussion was made, Zhao Xu changed his name to Zhao Wu.

"The matter will be put aside for the time being, and when the meeting is over, the generals can go back to rest. Zhao Wu had already thought about it, and there was no way to find out who the gap was for the time being.

"General, in case ......" I didn't expect my brother to press down the gap, Zhao Xu was very puzzled, and glanced at the seven subordinates coldly. According to Zhao Xu's intentions, they should all be locked up until they find out who is the gap.

"It's nothing good, the failure of the border army to evacuate in time is related to the order of the royal family, I don't blame you," the words changed, Zhao Wu said with a serious face: "But you have no way to discipline your subordinates, which led to the leakage of military aircraft, so many sergeants died because of you, you can avoid the death penalty, and the living crime cannot be escaped." ”

"Once the Snow Country army is overwhelmed, Ben will specially order you to be the vanguard, and if necessary, go out of the city to face the battle, and allow you to make meritorious contributions, I don't know if you have any objections?"

"Don't dare, your subordinates should act according to orders," Zhao Wu was right, the casualties of the army were indeed related to himself, and Zhao Xu did not dare to admit his guilt despite his anger.