After the battle is over, the soldiers who died in the battle must be sent back for burial, and the injured soldiers must also be sent back to the rear for treatment and recuperation.
Taking advantage of various advantages, the Jin soldiers were killed. The Shengjie army itself also suffered more than 100 casualties and more than 400 minor and serious casualties. The casualties were not small.
In the end, the desperate fight of the Jin soldiers still brought a big impact to the slightly immature Shengjie army. It is conceivable that if they fight like this on the great plains, the losses of the infantry array will be even greater.
In the age of cold weapons, only cavalry can fight against cavalry. This is absolutely true.
But the torrent of cavalry from the victorious army was too early...
Su Yonglin first tasted the bitter consequences of the strategic disadvantage that the Song people had been unable to get rid of since Zhao Guangyi failed to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
Su Yonglin began to consider that in the future, he would use the advantages of terrain, intelligence and organization to carry out flexible operations with the Jin Army. Before he truly became a strong army, he could not rely on his own arrogance and would have to fight a decisive battle with the Jin Army at every turn.
The Jin Army can afford to lose, but Su Yonglin cannot afford to lose.
After the battlefield was cleaned up, this battle ended completely and became a thing of the past.
After the army was reorganized, they started to eat soon. This meal was very good, and it was all meat.
To be honest, the battlefield food at Huotou camp is relatively simple and rough compared to daily meals. It is simply cutting the meat into pieces, washing it with water, and then cooking it in a pot over high heat.
The meat is boiled in plain water, sprinkled with a handful of salt, and has no other seasonings and no means to remove the fishy smell. It actually doesn't taste very good.
The Huotou Battalion was still concerned about this, so a team distributed a bowl of sauce for the soldiers to dip into.
This is already considered a very good treatment.
After all, it is meat, no matter what kind of meat it is, as long as it is meat, the soldiers will always gobble it up with joy.
Sheng Jiejun's family is not big, and he doesn't have many opportunities to eat meat before he can take into account his appetite. Every time he eats meat, he is worthy of joy.
And even on meat-eating days, it is impossible to eat meat until you are full. It is enough to eat it as a side dish to trick your mouth and stomach.
This time, taking advantage of the convenience of the battlefield, they were allowed to eat as much meat as they wanted. One by one, the soldiers were as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year, laughing and chatting while eating, and the atmosphere was lively.
The level of cooking in the Southern Song Dynasty was obviously better than that in the Jin Dynasty. Su Yonglin grew up in fine clothes and fine food, and had eaten countless delicacies. In his opinion, many foods were no more delicious than modern cuisine.
Later, he left the gentle town of the Southern Song Dynasty and decided to start a rebellion. Of course, he could not eat or see the delicious food. Although he never regretted it, he could still dream of the signature dishes of the luxurious restaurants near the West Lake many times in his dreams at midnight.
In fact, if he wanted to eat, Huotou Camp could definitely satisfy his own needs, but that was a specialization. Su Yonglin couldn't make this mistake, so he could only suppress his appetite and eat a big pot of rice that was not to his liking.
Occasionally, I was entertained by Zhao Kaishan and others for banquets, and I was able to eat some good dishes, but compared to the dishes at Lin'an Restaurant, they were not even a bit worse.
After eating like this, he got used to it. Now he ate the same boiled meat with the same sauce as the soldiers, and he felt it was full of flavor and very satisfied.
The joy of surviving after winning the battle may itself be the best seasoning, which made the soldiers eat horse meat very deliciously, not only full, but also full.
Zhao Qiliang and Chen Youli sat together, biting and chewing horse meat, trash-talking each other while eating.
"Honestly, did you pee just now?"
"You just peed. I won't pee even if you wet a whole pair of pants."
"Hey, you look so brave. Your face turned pale at that time. You thought I didn't see it, right?"
"I'm pale? You're not pale? I managed to cut off the gold thief's spear, how about you?"
"It's like you have achieved something. Come on, let me see if you peed your crotch!"
"You are sick! If you want to pee, you have to pee! Let me see!"
The two laughed and cursed at each other, asking each other to check each other's crotches to see if they were so scared that they peed their pants.
While he was moving, a short but stocky soldier came over and smiled at Zhao Qiliang.
"Brother, do you still remember me?"
"You...are you the spearman just now?"
Zhao Qiliang recognized at a glance the spearman who had killed a cavalry of golden soldiers without fear of death.
"Let me introduce you, I am Wang Yongde, from Linyi."
"Zhao Qiliang, from Laiwu."
Wang Yongde smiled and nodded, and said: "I would like to thank you very much at that time. If it weren't for you, I would have shot the gold thief to death. You deserve half of the credit for killing the gold thief."
"This... the main thing is you. I didn't expect you to be so brave."
"Somewhere, I felt like my brain was twitching for a moment. Now that I think about it, I'm so scared. My legs are weak and I can't walk easily. I'll probably have nightmares for several nights."
"IM about the same."
The two burst out laughing.
Then Chen Youli also joined the chat group, and the three of them chatted about what had just happened. They talked and laughed happily and munched on horse meat. They were so happy.
The soldiers of the Victory Army ate with open appetites, but in the end they couldn't eat many horses.
A horse weighs hundreds of kilograms of meat, which cannot be eaten in one meal anyway.
In the current hot season, if this horse meat is left like this, it will rot quickly. It would be a waste if the precious protein and high-quality source rot.
Thinking like this, Su Yonglin thought of the pickling and preservation method, so he ordered the whole army to do it together.
The soldiers worked together and quickly processed the horses. According to Su Yonglin's order, they selected the good meat from the horses and cut them into long strips and handed them to the Huotou camp. The Huotou soldiers rubbed the meat with salt and loaded it into the vehicle.
The horse meat will then be returned to the Tai'an Prefecture base camp with the troops returning to Tai'an Prefecture for drying.
After drying, the cured horse meat can be stored for a long time without worrying about rapid decay.
At that time, these pickled horse meat will be distributed to the soldiers during the march. They can be eaten steamed or boiled. It can supplement protein and fat, and is a good ration for the army.
This is generally what the prairie cavalry did. They brought dairy products and dried meat with them every time they invaded the south. The calories and protein were guaranteed, and then they supported the war with war, so the demand for logistics was very low.
The Central Plains dynasty is really far behind in this regard.
If we can master the grasslands, conduct large-scale grazing, optimize the logistics configuration of the army, and increase the proportion of meat and milk, we can imagine that the demand for simple food can be greatly reduced.
Su Yonglin was in Shandong, and his thoughts had drifted to the distant prairie.
This bacon curing operation lasted until dusk, and the entire army was preparing for dinner and rest. Su Yonglin convened a meeting with officers above the battalion commander to discuss the next course of action.
"There should have been more than 2,000 Golden Thieves cavalry. Now that 1,500 cavalry have been destroyed, only five or six hundred are left at most. In addition to the infantry, which is mainly composed of Han people, although they are large in number and can be regarded as the main force, their combat effectiveness is How is already self-evident.
I judge that the main force of the gold thieves is now insufficient. I think we should take the initiative to attack before they know that the cavalry has been wiped out, try to defeat their main force, completely defeat this group of gold thieves, and relieve the crisis in Tai'an Prefecture. "
Su Yonglin put forward his own opinion, which was strongly supported by the officers.
After this battle, they seemed to be full of confidence in themselves. They felt that this golden soldier was already defeated and it would not be difficult to completely defeat them.
Although this was true, Su Yonglin did not want the officers to be blindly confident.
"Don't think that winning a battle means that the golden thieves are weak. That's not the case. Not to mention how stupid this golden army is. Just talk about our preparations so many days in advance and the terrain. It greatly restricted the cavalry's maneuverability, which is why this victory was achieved.
If you change the terrain, on the Great Plains, you don't need heavy cavalry. You only need light cavalry to surround the military formation without attacking. They will hang you from a distance and make you unable to escape no matter what. What are you going to do at that time? "
