The drums are still beating.
Inside and outside the Daxia Gate, corpses of people and horses were strewn all over the place, making it feel like a bloody hell. Even a veteran warrior couldn't help but feel nauseous. He had never seen such layers of flesh and blood before. It was so miserable.
The Imperial Army had already rushed out of the Daxia Gate, cutting down and killing everyone they met. Not to mention the Western Army, even the defeated troops on their own side did not dare to approach this side and fled away one after another.
Until He Lun came over with a few hundred remaining soldiers...
"General He quickly enter the city and ask the governor to return his orders." Shao Xun ordered the soldiers to make way for a passage to let Sergeant He pass.
He Lun thanked him in a low voice, not daring to look into Shao Xun's eyes, and walked into the city dejectedly.
There was the sound of horse hooves in the distance, which was the cavalry of the Western Army who were unwilling to fail. They were cruising far away, wanting to charge and kill, but they didn't dare.
In the tragic defeat just now, more than 600 horses were killed before and after, and the corpses stretched from the imperial street to the outside of the city. Even the general Zhi Fu was injured, and the casualties were heavy.
After watching from a distance for a while, they finally reluctantly withdrew after seeing little chance.
Since there is no possibility of seizing the door, let's wait for the main force to arrive and then make a long-term plan.
Shao Xun has been standing outside the door.
More than two thousand soldiers, wearing armor and holding swords, stood silently.
A hearty victory easily boosted morale.
This temporary burst of morale may decline soon, but at this moment they are indeed high-spirited and extremely brave.
The battlefield messengers were all sent out, running carefully everywhere, looking for groups of broken soldiers, and letting them enter the city through the Guangmo and Daxia gates - Mi Huang had taken over the city defense with 4,000 soldiers. It was he who ordered the opening of Guangmo Gate.
A total of 13,000 cavalrymen went out to fight this time, but only 3,000 came back in the end. The losses were still huge.
Not all of the remaining 10,000 people are dead. There may be some hiding here and there, but there won’t be too many of them, about 2,000 at most. But it will be difficult for them to come back unless someone is specially sent to search and contain them.
It wasn't until the sun turned to the west and the outside of the city was deserted that Shao Xun led his troops back to the city.
The Daxia Gate slammed shut, the suspension bridge was slowly pulled up, and the entire battlefield returned to calm. The only ones left were the wounded soldiers lying on the ground moaning and dying, and a group of crows flying in the sky.
On the way back, Chen Yougen reported in a low voice: Three student soldiers died.
Shao Xun just nodded and said nothing more.
Life and death are determined by destiny, wealth and honor are in heaven. As long as there is a war, people will die. This is inevitable.
"Shao Langjun really turned the tide." Mi Huang and Wang Bing hurried over, with relaxed expressions on their faces.
When Shangguan's entire army was defeated, Mi Huang was really worried that the thieves would seize the opportunity and invade Luoyang. At that time, he even wanted to give up his efforts to save it and just stick to Jin Yong City.
Fortunately, he was not weak at the critical moment and decided to "struggle" and try his best to defend Luoyang.
The result is naturally good.
Zhang Fang was so impatient that he sent his cavalry to rush to seize the gate. As a result, the Wang Guojun who was driven away gave them a lesson in the narrow streets and city gates, and the situation turned dangerous.
This whole day, there were so many surprises that it made people nervous.
"Shao Sima." Another person came over and bowed.
"General... Chen?" Shao Xun took a look. His face was covered in blood and his hair was disheveled. He was the left-back general Chen Jin, and he almost didn't recognize him.
"Shao Sima has made great achievements today." Chen Jin complimented him with both salt and mild, then pulled the general behind him and introduced to Shao Xun: "This is my old general Chen Yong."
"Shao Sima." Chen Yong bowed and saluted.
Shao Xun returned the greeting and asked, "What does General Chen mean?"
Chen Jin sighed and said: "After today's defeat, there are not many soldiers brought back. There are still about four to five hundred people. Chen Yong, you will bring your sons over here later to meet with Shao Sima. From now on. From now on, you will be his soldiers."
"No." Chen Yong responded.
Seeing what Shao Xun was going to say, Chen Jin rushed to say: "Shao Sima, these are all the old foundations of the Luoyang Central Army. Some are from the left guard, some are from the right guard, and some are from Xiaoqi. Naturally, their skills are not bad. Now my morale is a little low, I need to train hard, and I will still be a strong soldier in the future. I am very disheartened, I don’t want to think about it at this time, I just hope that Shao Sima will be kind to all of you."
After that, without waiting for Shao Xun's response, he staggered away.
Shao Xun was silent for a moment, then asked Chen Yougen to lead the teaching team to gather more than 400 people under Chen Yong.
Mi Huang came closer and said in a very low voice: "Chen Jin heard about your arrow shooting at Shangguan Pu."
Shao Xun suddenly realized.
He originally thought that Chen Jin had suffered a series of disastrous defeats and was disheartened. Now it seems that it is difficult to say what the real reason is.
Maybe Chen Jin was afraid that he would take action on him, so he simply handed over his military power to avoid disaster. There were not many people left anyway, so he might as well sell it well.
Luoyang city is full of human beings, hehe.
"Where's Man Fen?" Shao Xun asked again.
"Dead." Mi Huang sighed and said, "Beheaded by the Western Army."
"Does Man Fen still have more than 2,000 people in the city?" Shao Xun asked.
"I just sent people to their camp, and two generals, Hou Hu and Fan Cheng, expressed their willingness to obey orders." Mi Huang said.
"Where did these two people come from?"
"They are all veterans of the Luoyang Central Army. They are over fifty years old and retired at home. Sikong hired him out before the Northern Expedition and brought dozens of veterans with him to train the new soldiers."
Man Fen and Miao Yuan have a total of 5,000 soldiers, all of whom were recruited more than three months ago. At that time, many old Chinese soldiers were invited to help with training.
"Find a way to gather them together." Shao Xun whispered: "There can't be a second army in Luoyang City. The governor doesn't want Miao Yuan to let people into the city without authorization 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, causing a great disturbance and almost destroying Luoyang. Mi Huang was also a little scared. Therefore, although I felt that it was not good to annex friendly forces, I finally agreed.
"Shangguan may have run away." Mi Huang said: "Some people saw him fleeing south with his personal entourage, and the Western soldiers could not catch up. Miao Yuan came back and hid directly in the military camp."
"Ignore him for now." Shao Xun said: "The top priority is to repel Zhang Fang and save Luoyang. Have the defeated troops who entered the city gathered up?"
"Except for Chen Jin and Miao Yuan's personal entourage, the remaining 2,300 people have been gathered together."
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 uncertain, and he suspected that Shao Xun was testing him.
"General Wang, don't think too much." Shao Xun said with a smile: "I have a lot of soldiers, and I really can't bring them here. I know you still have many old acquaintances from the East China Sea and fellow countrymen in the army. General He, I'll tell you which one you want, and he will release them. How about you leading these two thousand defeated troops?"
Wang Bing was a little moved.
He had been ignored by Shao Xun for a long time. He originally wanted to find a job in the Forbidden Army to avoid this plague god. But now that the Forbidden Army is gone, all plans are in vain. Now that I heard that I could regain control of the military, I would be lying if I said I wasn't moved.
After hesitating for a moment, he bowed and said, "If Sima has anything to do in the future, just say so."
"There will be this opportunity." Shao Xun helped him up and said, "How about I return to the army as a subordinate?"
"It's all right." Wang Bing said, "But where is the original soldier?"
"Of course I will use the Chinese Army as my nickname." Shao Xun said without hesitation.
Mi Huang was a little surprised, but said nothing.
Only large countries have three armies: the upper, middle and lower armies. The middle army has two thousand, and the upper and lower armies have one thousand and five thousand each, for a total of five thousand.
East China Sea is not a big country, and according to the system, it cannot have a Chinese military.
But then again, what time is it now? It's a confusing account, let's wait until the enemy is defeated.
Wang Bing left quickly and happily went to see his new subordinates.
Mi Huang stood for a moment and finally couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Langjun, are you planning to proclaim yourself the general of the Chinese army?"
"It's all for Sikong's great cause. We just obey the authority in urgent matters." Shao Xun sighed and said: "In the future when Sikong returns to Luoyang, everything will be decided by his old man. If he deprives me of my duties and responsibilities, I will definitely comply and will never do anything. Two words."
Mi Huang had nothing to say.
After Wang Bing left, the number of troops that Shao Xun could directly control should be about 4,000, including 3,000 combat soldiers and 1,000 auxiliary soldiers. If we include the more than 400 people under Chen Yong's troops who were gathered together today and the 300 troops who were defeated, it would be more than 4,700.
Of course, he believed that Shao Xun's ambitions went far beyond that.
Hou Hu and Fan Chengna still have more than 2,000 new soldiers, but he has not assigned them...
In fact, Shao Xun has indeed planned these soldiers: most of them will serve as auxiliary soldiers, and another four to five hundred people will be selected to merge with the three teams of Wang Queer, Jin San, and Lu Heigou from the original army to form a team. Building.
Shao Xun thought about it.
Now that we have recruited troops, is it still necessary to set up a corps commander?
During the Tang Dynasty, the imperial military system collapsed, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ushered in an era of large-scale recruitment of soldiers. The specialization and skill level of soldiers became higher and higher, and they became more mature in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.
At that time, many vassal and town armies abolished the establishment of corps commanders. Because the army's organization level had improved, there was no need to set up this level of officers.
The East China Sea Kingdom Army is now a de facto recruiting force. Although it has been in the army for a short time and is generally still immature, the intensity and frequency of their training are higher than that of ordinary soldiers, and their degree of organization is naturally high.
So, is it possible to seriously consider eliminating the rank of sergeant?
Shao Xun was not sure, but he decided to observe for a while.
In the three corps of Wang, Jin and Lu, all student soldiers and officers were promoted to one level. The corps leader served as the captain, the captain served as the team leader, and the team leader served as the superintendent. The vacant corps commander will be elected by the recruits themselves.
Shao Xun himself concurrently serves as the leader of this newly formed building, while Jin San and Lu Heigou serve as superintendents.
Chen Yougen currently has 100 people, which will be immediately expanded to 200 and organized into a building. Chen will be the leader of the building, and Wang Queer will be transferred to serve as the superintendent.
These two troops were close to 800 men, and they were vaguely outside the royal army system.
Shao Xun did this deliberately to avoid unnecessary trouble when "dividing property" in the future.
He would rather manage fewer soldiers, but he must also be "pure".
He can command some soldiers, and Sikong can also command them.
Some soldiers can only be commanded by him.
The latter is obviously more important.
