Although this battle seemingly ended with the grassland forces retreating first, the losses suffered by various princes were not small. Although it seemed to have a slight advantage, the casualties among the soldiers of the princes were higher than those of the grassland forces.
Li Xiang's casualties this time were also very high. A total of five princes joined forces, but their casualties were nearly twice those of Temujin's men.
The reason why the casualties were so heavy this time has to do with Li Si's stupidity in the early stage. If it weren't for the idiot Li Si, the battle at the beginning wouldn't have been a mess.
The casualties suffered by the generals and the losses suffered by the princes were also not small.
Li Xiang naturally lost the most generals, losing six generals, including two peerless generals, but who made him unlucky enough to meet such a fool as Li Si!
At the very least, Li Xiang fought back in the end and also killed six Temujin generals. Among these six generals, there were even three peerless generals, one more than Li Xiang's side.
In the battle between Li Shimin and Qin Zheng, although the archer Wang Bodang played a huge role in the early stage, shooting arrows at Qin Wuyang and Qin Kai, but during the retreat, the two generals Jin Jia and Yin Huan were unable to get away. E Lai and Fei Lian, who were overtaken, were killed by their horses.
In addition to these two, Li Shimin had three other generals who died in this battle. However, these three were not figures born in System Balance, but local Goguryeo figures.
As for the battles between Tuoba Tao, Nurhachi, Yelu Abaoji and other princes, they were also quite fierce, and each suffered casualties.
For example, among the camps of the Central Plains princes, Su Jian, You Junda, Dugu Shun, Xu Shang, Li Feng, Yu Wenling, Wang Wei, Mao Dezu, Shi Fei, Zi Fan, Wu Lu, Bai Rao, Dai Zong, Wang Men, In Tiankaijiang..., almost every prince had a general who died on the battlefield.
Some of them were killed by enemy generals, some were mistakenly targeted, and even more tragically, they were killed by small soldiers. On such a large-scale battlefield, if too many soldiers attack you at the same time, even the generals will not be able to hold on for a long time.
The coalition of princes and generals suffered a lot, and the grassland forces were not much better. Among their dying generals, there were not only local characters they conquered, but also summoned characters balanced by the system.
Since the second alliance of the princes, the coalition forces of the princes have fought two wars with the grassland forces.
However, after two major battles, the hearts of all the princes sank. The first time the two sides seemed to have a draw, but the second time it was the grassland forces who took the lead and could not hold on and retreated. It can be regarded that the Central Plains forces had a slight advantage. However, since the two wars, the situation has not been as optimistic as it seems on the surface.
The casualties of the coalition of princes were far higher than the casualties of the grassland forces camp. On average, for every one of the enemy's cavalry they killed, they themselves almost lost nearly two soldiers.
If the fight continues like this, even if they repulse the attack of the grassland forces, they themselves may not feel comfortable by then.
In fact, according to normal circumstances, in the past, when the Central Plains forces faced attacks from forces like the Grassland, where all the members were cavalry, they relied on the strong city fortresses for defense. In this case, no matter how powerful the enemy's cavalry is, can they still ride over the city wall or break through the city gate with their war horses?
But now, they have gathered 800,000 troops in a mighty alliance with nineteen princes. It is said that a million troops have gathered in Youzhou. If they huddled in the city wall as soon as they came up, wouldn't it be ridiculous and generous.
What's more, with a total of 800,000 troops, even if they wanted to shrink into the city for defense, which city could hold so many people?
It was due to various factors that the princes and the grassland forces chose to conduct field battles. But after two battles, it was discovered that the effect of this field battle was not obvious.
Therefore, this time, the atmosphere in the big tent was quite solemn. Even the princes or representatives of princes and forces such as Hong Xiuquan and Zhu Yuanzhang, Cao Cao and Zhang Dingbian, etc., all restrained their anger.
This alliance of princes is related to the safety of the Central Plains. In the face of such a major event, the petty grudges among the princes should be restrained when it is time to restrain them. After all, the princes who can survive to this time are all more or less capable, at least they know what to do and when.
If the nineteen princes gathered in Youzhou, but were defeated by the cavalry of the grassland forces, or even driven into the Central Plains by the grassland forces, at that time, these princes would not have to think about it, they would probably be nailed to history. On the pillar of shame, it will be infamy for thousands of years.
"My princes, I have a plan that may solve our army's current predicament!" I saw that on the seat that originally belonged to Xiang Yu, the person sitting on the seat now was not Xiang Yu, but an old man in his fifties.
Xiang Yu did not appear at this meeting of princes. Instead, Fan Zeng took the main seat. When Xiang Yu is around, Xiang Yu is naturally the one sitting on the seat. But now that Xiang Yu is gone, no one is qualified to compete with Fan Zeng for this position, not even Yu Ji.
Even Xiang Yu would not be qualified to sit in front of Fan Zeng if he lost his title as the young master of the Xiang clan. Among the status of the Xiang clan, Xiang Yan is the only one qualified to be above Fan Zeng.
But facing this old man, Li Xiang was more cautious than he was with Xiang Yu. Li Xiang never looked down upon Xiang Yu's most powerful force in the world. Xing Tian and Li Cunxiao were no worse than him. If these two people join forces, killing Xiang Yu will definitely not be a problem.
As for Xiang Yu's ability to lead troops, Li Xiang even ignored him. When it comes to the level of luxury of his commanders, Li Xiang ranks second, and absolutely no one dares to rank first.
Since the Soldier Immortal Han Xin can teach Xiang Yu how to be a man, then there is absolutely no problem for the God of Killing Bai Qi, Wu Mu Yuefei or the God of War Li Jing to take care of Xiang Yu.
What's more, Xiang Yu's character shortcomings are really too great. These shortcomings are the most powerful weapons against Xiang Yu in the future.
But Fan Zengke is different from Xiang Yu. This person's threat is far greater than Xiang Yu's. Who can reach the level of a god-level counselor? Who is Yi Yu's generation? You know, at this stage, even under Li Xiang, there is only Liu Bowen, a god-level counselor.
Fortunately, Xiang Yan is now old and can no longer support the Xiang family for much longer. Once the Xiang clan is without Xiang Yan, no matter how good the configuration of his men is, if the lord fails to do his best, it will be equivalent to at least half of it being useless.
"Oh, I wonder if Mr. Fan has any clever ideas?"
Hearing Fan Zeng speak, all the princes present had different expressions.
Liu Che and Liu Yu, although they did not show anything on the surface due to their current relationship with the enemy, they were very unhappy with Fan Zeng in their hearts.
The two of them were neighbors with the Xiang clan, and they happened to have conflicts with Xiang Yan and the others. In the hands of Fan Zeng, both of them suffered losses more or less.
As for other princes, although they have not experienced Fan Zeng's power, they have heard of Fan Zeng's name to some extent. If they don't even know Xiang Yan's first counselor, then they, the princes, don't have to mess around.
Among the princes here, although they don't know exactly how much wealth others have, they still know a thing or two about the famous people under their control.
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