The drums are still playing.

Inside and outside the Great Xia Gate, the corpses of people and horses are staggered, and there is a feeling of hell in a pool of blood. Even the old warriors couldn't help but feel sick to their stomachs, they really had never seen such layers of flesh and blood, it was too miserable.

The kingdom army has already rushed out of the Great Xia Gate, cutting people when they see them, and killing them when they meet people, not to mention the Western Army, even their own routs don't dare to lean on this side, and they have avoided them.

Until He Lun came over with a few remnants of more than 100 soldiers......

"General He quickly entered the city and found the governor to restore his life." Shao Xun ordered the soldiers to get out of the way and let Sergeant He pass through.

He Lun thanked him in a low voice, didn't dare to look at Shao Xun's eyes more, and slipped into the city.

In the distance, there was the sound of horses' hooves, which were the cavalry of the Western Army who were unwilling to lose. They roamed far away, wanting to rush and kill, but they didn't dare.

In the fiasco just now, more than 600 horsemen were beheaded before and after, and the corpses stretched from the royal street to the outside of the city. Even the main general Zhifu was wounded, and the casualties were heavy.

After watching from afar for a while, they finally reluctantly withdrew after seeing that there was little opportunity.

There is no possibility of seizing the door, so wait for the main force to come, and then think about it in the long run.

Shao Xun has been standing outside the door.

More than 2,000 soldiers stood silently in armor and blades.

A hearty victory can easily mobilize morale.

This temporary burst of morale may be lowered in the near future, but at this moment they are indeed high-spirited and brave.

The messengers of the battlefield were all sent out, and they carefully galloped everywhere, looking for groups of three or five defeated soldiers, so that they could enter the city through the two gates of Guangmo and Daxia—Mi Huang had already taken over the city defense with four thousand troops, and the Guangmo Gate was ordered to be opened by him.

This time, a total of 13,000 riders rode in total, and in the end, only 3,000 came back, and the loss was still very large.

The remaining 10,000 people, not all of them are dead, maybe some are hiding everywhere, but there are not too many, at most about 2,000, but it is difficult to come back, unless someone is specially sent to search and contain.

It wasn't until the sun was setting west and the outside of the city was empty that Shao Xun led his troops back to the city.

The Great Xia Gate slammed shut, the drawbridge was slowly pulled up, and the entire battlefield returned to calm, all that remained were the wounded soldiers lying on the ground dying and groaning, and the crows croaking and flying in the sky.

On the way back, Chen Yougen reported in a low voice: Three student soldiers died.

Shao Xun just nodded and didn't say much.

Life and death are fateful, and wealth is in the sky. As long as there is a war, people will die, and this is unavoidable.

"Shao Langjun is really trying to turn the tide." Mi Huang and Wang Bing hurriedly walked over, their faces full of ease.

When Shangguansi's entire army was defeated, Mi Huang was really worried that the thieves would take advantage of the situation and attack Luoyang. At that time, he even wanted to give up his efforts to save the city and stick to Kim Yong Cheng directly.

Fortunately, he was not weak at the critical moment, and decided to "struggle" and do his best to defend Luoyang.

The results are naturally good.

Zhang Fang was so anxious that he sent cavalry to seize the gate quickly, but the Wang Guojun who was driven to the city learned a good lesson in the narrow streets and alleys and the city gate hole, and the situation turned from dangerous to safe.

This whole day, it was really unexpected and terrifying.

"Shao Sima." Another man came and saluted.

Chen ...... Checkmate? Shao Xun glanced at it, this gentleman's face was covered with blood, his hair was scattered, and it was Chen Yi, the general of the Left Guard, who almost didn't recognize it.

"Shao Sima has made a great contribution today." Chen Yi complimented him without being salty, and then pulled a general behind him and introduced to Shao Xun: "This is my old general Chen Yong." ”

"Shao Sima." Chen Yong bowed.

Shao Xun returned the salute and asked, "What does General Chen mean?" ”

Chen Yi sighed and said, "Today's defeat, there are only a few soldiers left who brought back, and there are still four or five hundred people. Chen Yong, you will bring your sons over in a moment and meet with Shao Sima. From now on, you will be his soldiers. ”

"No." Chen Yong responded.

Seeing what Shao Xun was going to say, Chen Yi preemptively said: "Shao Sima, these are all the old foundations of the Luoyang Chinese Army, some are from the left guard, some are from the right guard, and some are from the Xiao cavalry, and the skills are naturally not bad." Now my morale is a little low, so I will train well, and I will still be a strong soldier in the future. I--disheartened, I don't think about him at this time, I only hope that Shao Sima will be kind to everyone. ”

After that, he didn't wait for Shao Xun to respond, and staggered away.

Shao Xun was silent for a moment, and then asked Chen Yougen to take the teaching team to gather more than 400 people under Chen Yong.

Mi Huang leaned over and said in a very low voice: "Chen Yi heard about your arrow shooting at Guan Pu. ”

Shao Xun suddenly realized.

He thought that Chen Yi had experienced a series of fiascos and was disheartened. Now, it's hard to say what the real reason is.

Perhaps, Chen Yi was afraid that he would use him to cut him, so he simply handed over his military power to avoid trouble, anyway, there were not many people left, so it was better to sell it.

Luoyang City is full of human spirits, hehe.

"Where's Manfen?" Shao Xun asked again.

"Dead." Mi Huang sighed and said, "I was beheaded by the Western Army." ”

"There are more than 2,000 people in the city, right?" Shao Xun asked.

"Just now I sent people to his camp, don't send Hou Hu and Fan Cheng to express their willingness to obey the order." Mi Huang said.

"Where did these two come from?"

"They are all veterans of the Luoyang Chinese Army, more than fifty years old, retired at home, hired them before the Northern Expedition, and brought dozens of old soldiers to train new soldiers."

There were a total of 5,000 soldiers in Man Fen and Miao Yuan, all of whom were recruited more than three months ago, and many old people from the Chinese army were invited to help train at that time.

"Find a way to put it away." Shao Xun said in a low voice: "There can't be a second army in Luoyang City, and the governor doesn't want Miao Yuan to let people into the city happen again, right?" ”

Mi Huang nodded hesitantly.

This time, Miao Yuan took matters into his own hands and put the prince, Shangguan Si and others into the city, which caused a great turmoil and almost made Luoyang recover. Mi Huang was also a little afraid. Therefore, although he felt that it was not good to annex the friendly forces, he finally agreed.

"Shangguan Si may have run away." Mi Huang said: "Someone saw him fleeing south with his relatives, and the western soldiers couldn't catch up. Miao Yuan came back and hid directly in the barracks. ”

"Ignore him yet." Shao Xun said: "The top priority is to repel Zhang Fang and keep Luoyang." The rout army that entered the city has all been gathered, right? ”

"In addition to Chen Yi and Miao Yuan's personal entourage, the remaining 2,300 people have all been gathered."

Shao Xun thought about it and said, "I want three hundred people." The rest - General Wang, do you want to lead troops? ”

Wang Bing was startled, his eyes were cloudy, and he suspected that Shao Xun was testing him.

"General Wang, don't think about it." Shao Xun smiled: "I have a lot of soldiers, I really can't bring them." I know that you still have a lot of old acquaintances from the East China Sea and the township party in the army. On General He's side, I'll go and tell you, which one you want, he will release him. These two thousand defeated soldiers will be led by you, how about it? ”

Wang Bing was a little moved.

He has been vacated by Shao Xun for a long time, and originally wanted to go to the forbidden army to seek a job and avoid this plague god. But now that the forbidden army is gone, all plans have come to naught. At this time, I heard that I could still regain military power, and it was false to say that I was not impressed.

After hesitating for a moment, he bowed and said, "If Sima is sent in the future, just say it." ”

"There will be this opportunity." Shao Xun helped him up and said, "The subordinate will return the number of the army, how about it?" ”

"You can't do it." Wang Bing said: "It's just, what about the original army? ”

"Of course, it's the Chinese army." Shao Xun said unyieldingly.

Mi Huang was a little surprised, but didn't say anything.

Only a big country has three armies, including 2,000 in the middle and 1,000 in the upper and lower armies, and 1,500 in each of the upper and lower armies, for a total of 5,000.

The East China Sea is not a big country, and it is impossible to set up a Chinese army according to the system.

But then again, when is it now? It's a mess, let's talk about it when the enemy is repulsed.

Wang Bing quickly took his leave, and happily went to see his new men.

Mi Huang stood for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking: "Xiao Langjun, are you going to proclaim yourself the general of the Chinese army?" ”

"It's all for the great cause of the commonplace, and it's just a matter of urgency." Shao Xun sighed and said, "In the future, Sikong will return to Luoyang, and everything will be decided by his old man." If he robs me of all my duties, I will obey them. ”

Mi Huang had nothing to say.

After Wang Bing left, Shao Xun could directly control about 4,000 troops, including 3,000 soldiers and 1,000 auxiliaries. If you count the more than 400 Chen Yong's troops and 300 defeated troops gathered today, it is more than 4,700.

Of course, he believed that Shao Xun's ambitions were much more than that.

Hou Hu and Fan Cheng still have more than 2,000 recruits, and he didn't assign them......

In fact, Shao Xun has indeed planned these soldiers: most of them will serve as auxiliaries, and another four or five hundred people will be drawn out to merge with the three teams of Wang Qi'er, Jin San, and Lu Heigou in the original army to form a building.

Shao Xun thought about it.

It's all conscription, is it still necessary to have a military commander?

During the Tang Dynasty, the government military system collapsed, and Tang Xuanzong opened the era of large-scale recruitment, and the professionalism and skill level of soldiers became higher and higher, and tended to mature in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

At that time, many feudal town armies abolished the establishment of military commanders, because the army was more organized, and there was no need to have officers of this rank.

The East China Sea Kingdom Army is now a de facto recruit, although it is still very immature because of the short time it has been in the army, the intensity and frequency of their training are higher than that of ordinary world soldiers, and the degree of organization is naturally high.

So, is it possible to seriously consider abolishing officers of the rank of captain?

Shao Xun wasn't quite sure, but he decided to observe for a while.

In the three teams of Wang, Jin, and Lu, all student soldiers and officers are promoted to the first rank, and the captain is the chief, the captain is the team leader, and the team leader is the governor. The vacant captain is elected by the recruits themselves.

In the newly formed army, Shao Xun himself served as the owner of the building, and Jin San and Lu Heigou served as the governors.

Chen Yougen now has 100 people, and it will be expanded to 200 immediately, and it will be organized into one, Chen will be the owner of the building, and Wang Qi'er will be transferred to serve as the governor.

These two forces were close to 800 men, and they were vaguely outside the kingdom's army system.

Shao Xun did this deliberately, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble when "dividing property" in the future.

He would rather have fewer soldiers in charge of it, but he must also be "pure".

There are some soldiers, he can command, and Sikong can also command.

There are soldiers that only he can command.

The latter is clearly more important.