By this time it was approaching dusk, and the battle had been fought for a whole day.

When all the surviving soldiers returned to the team, the casualty statistics were also reported to Ren Rong's hands layer by layer.

Looking at the statistical results in his hand, Ren Rong's face became ugly, the number of casualties in this battle was far more than he had expected beforehand.

As the only big country in the world that could confront the Chu State head-on, once the Xiongnu made up their minds to compete and consume, the Dingshan army was also a little unbearable.

In this battle, the Dingshan army dispatched a total of 20,000 spearmen, swordsmen and shieldmen, more than 8,000 archers, and 3,000 cavalry, adding up to more than 50,000 soldiers. Although it is not a large-scale battle, it is only for the Blood Gate, this is already the largest force that can be taken out.

Of the more than 50,000 people, 8,000 were killed or wounded, of whom 40 percent died on the spot, and many of them were incomplete; among the remaining 60,000 adults, there were many seriously wounded, and with the medical conditions of the barracks, their chances of survival were really small.

After this battle, the Dingshan Military Commission at Xuemen Pass was really wounded, especially the cavalry under the commander Li Yan, who suffered heavy losses under the surprise attack of the Huns' heavy cavalry. There is no need to count on cavalry to fight in a short time.

Although the Huns suffered more casualties, it is difficult to say that this battle was won by the Joyama army.

Cheng Kun didn't know the casualties of the whole army, but eleven people in his own tun died at the hands of the Huns, and most of the rest were painted on them. Many familiar faces disappeared like this, and although it was not the first time Cheng Kun had experienced such a scene, he still felt very sad.

When he walked off the battlefield, Deng Xiaoxian was broken with one arm, Hong Chao had three arrows stuck in his back, and a guy named Zhao Ran fell asleep in the pile of corpses with seven wounds on his body. If he hadn't been discovered, he would probably have bled to death in his sleep.

Everyone's faces were cloudy, everyone was also born in Jinyang County and got along in a closed military camp for a month, and they had a deep affection for each other. But at the end of the day, yesterday's friends closed their eyes forever, and not everyone can withstand such a blow.

In the final analysis, staying in such a cruel environment for too long will inevitably alienate people's hearts.

For this, Cheng Kun has no good way.

Words of comfort are useless, if you want to get through this hurdle, you can only rely on yourself, and those who are too weak will definitely be eliminated. It's just that in modern society, such people may still be forced to retire, and in this era, they can only stay in the army, no matter how painful you are.

In Cheng Kun's previous life, an American psychologist put forward a theory that there are five stages of sadness: denial, anger, negotiation, and depression. Accept.

If it is peacetime, there is a lot of time for people to slowly come out of the pain caused by grief, but in an environment such as the battlefield, where death may occur at any time, it is impossible to spare time for soldiers to slowly heal the wounds in their hearts.

This leads to a result where people either become numb to death, indifferent to life, or crushed by the tremendous pressure that accumulates over time.

The former will eventually become a butcher, and most of the latter will go insane.

Cheng Kun didn't want any of his subordinates to come this far.

After a moment of silence, he got up and walked over to the bodies of the eleven dead people, and sorted out the bodies one by one.

If the eyes are not closed, they should be closed with their hands, and the broken limbs should be recovered as much as possible, and the knife wounds on some people's bodies are too long, and the stomach has been cut, and the intestines and internal organs have slipped out. Not to mention the irritation of the eyes, the unpleasant smell of blood and stench alone is a torture for the human nose.

But Cheng Kun didn't feel it, and calmly helped him stuff the intestines and internal organs back, and then found a thick needle and twine to stitch the knife edge one by one.

The people next to him looked at Cheng Kun's movements and looked a little moved.

Soon someone stepped forward to help, and everyone worked together, and after spending a lot of effort, the bodies of these eleven people were finally sorted out. The heads of two people were cut off, and everyone really couldn't find them, so Cheng Kun found two pieces of wood and cut out two wooden heads with a knife.

Although he had never learned to carve, with his subtle control of his body, he still carved out the facial features of these two people from memory. It can't be said to be vivid, but at least there are seven points of similarity.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but after settling down with the remains of their companions, everyone seemed to feel like they were pressing a thousand pounds of boulder just now, and their uncomfortable hearts were much easier, and some people began to cry in a low voice.

As if it was contagious, the rest of the people were also infected by this cry, and their eyes couldn't help but turn red.

In the midst of this crying, Cheng Kun said in a low voice: "I have decided to take out a part of the military salary every year to leave it to the families of these dead brothers." As the commander of everyone, I can't escape the blame for not being able to protect the soldiers under my hands. ”

Everyone was stunned, in the state of Chu, a soldier died on the battlefield, and it was very good for the chief to be willing to help collect the corpse. A person like Cheng Kun who is still ready to pay for his own death pension is as difficult to find as a three-legged toad, and the benevolent and righteous are simply a bit "rebellious".

Cheng Kun looked at everyone's expressions and knew that he might have said the wrong thing just now. Although he has lived in this era for sixteen years, after all, he still remembers the 21st century Huajin Grandmaster and the chief instructor of the special forces. Although he has worked hard to adapt to this era, he will still unconsciously reveal his difference in some details.

But it doesn't matter, what he just said is what he really thinks in his heart.

After making sure that Cheng Kun was not joking, everyone became excited, after all, there are very few people who want to be soldiers, and the only son like Cheng Kun whose parents are still alive is an example of becoming a soldier. Or like Zhao Ran, the majority of people who will join the army when they are desperate.

If these people are still alive, they generally live in difficulty, and it is already a great sorrow for their sons to die on the battlefield as soldiers.

Even those whose relatives are no longer there feel hot in their hearts after hearing Cheng Kun's words, since they are soldiers, they have the consciousness of dying in the hands of others, but after death, the corpse can be collected by their brothers and buried in peace, they are already very satisfied.

Everyone believes that Cheng Kun will be able to do it, at this moment, I don't know how many people have secretly made up their minds in their hearts, even if they are desperate on the battlefield, they must protect the tun chief, as long as there is a tun chief, they will not become a lonely ghost when they die, and the people in the family will also be taken care of, which is enough.

Cheng Kun didn't expect that he only paid such a small price and gained the heartfelt love of everyone under him. In the final analysis, human life at this time is too cheap.

On the side of the Hun army, Hu Yanchu took advantage of the night to leave after collecting the corpses of the dead on the battlefield. After making sure that there would be no more fighting tonight, the gate of the Blood Gate was opened, and the exhausted people entered the gate, and everyone was ready to rest and sleep after eating.

Everyone first fetched water from the well in the barracks, and these people did not notice that the color of the water was a little different from usual, with a hint of blue in the clear, but by this time it was already dark, and this strange thing would be ignored as long as they were not careful.

Cheng Kun felt very thirsty after fighting for a day, so he scooped a bowl of water in a bucket with a coarse porcelain bowl and drank it.

But after a while, he felt that something was wrong, and the true qi flowing in the meridians suddenly became a little obscure, and his organs seemed to have been damaged.

This damage is very slight, if it weren't for Cheng Kun's "hum" and "ha" tones that have been preliminarily practiced to the viscera, and his perception of the inside of the body is much sharper than that of ordinary people, it would be impossible to find the problem so quickly.

"Everyone listen, don't drink any more water, there is a problem in the water, it is very likely that someone has poisoned it!" Cheng Kun immediately realized that something was wrong and issued a warning, and the voice spread throughout the camp.

When the others heard this, they were in an uproar.

The first reaction of these people was not to believe it, "Poisoning? What are you kidding, there are only some ordinary people living in the inner city in the Blood Gate Pass besides our Dingshan Army, who can poison the water in the barracks?"

Only Cheng Kun's subordinates trusted him unconditionally, and threw away the water as soon as Cheng Kun explained, even if there was smoke in his throat, he didn't drink it.

Except for them, the rest of the people took Cheng Kun's warning as a joke.

After a few more minutes, someone's stomach began to hurt. Soon, more and more people were experiencing the same symptoms. These people were all clutching their bellies, their faces were pale and languishing, and their faces were sweating profusely.

At this moment, everyone understood that what Cheng Kun just said was true, and everyone was scared.

No one knew if the poison would be deadly, and in the darkness, panic spread like a plague, and even those who were not poisoned began to lose their minds.

Everyone had just come down from the battlefield, and the tense nerves had not been completely relieved before this kind of thing happened, and if the situation continued to deteriorate like this, it was likely that whoever shouted would have a roar.

This is the most terrible thing in the ancient army, and under unprecedented pressure, the slightest thing can explode like a spark falling into an ammunition depot. I don't know how many people will die in the chaos.

At the critical moment, Cheng Kun stood up again and shouted: "Don't panic, this poison can't kill people, everyone calm down first, I have already sent someone to call a doctor, they should come over soon after learning the news." ”

Hearing Cheng Kun's voice, these people barely calmed down. Cheng Kun was the first person to discover that the water was poisonous, and everyone trusted him.

While waiting, Cheng Kun Yungong forced the toxins in his body out of his body.

He could feel that this poison was supposed to be very deadly, but after being thrown into a well and diluted by water, the toxicity had weakened a lot, so the damage to a master like him was not great, but it was not so simple for those soldiers who had not cultivated in their bodies.