Li Ke, who was slumped in a chair, seemed to have been completely drained of energy. Hearing Qi Rusong's words, he just managed to squeeze out a smile and said with difficulty: "I am the King Yong of Wei, and I am the one who saves the people from fire and water." It’s my duty, not to mention that Gu is also saving himself.”
Li Ke didn't know why he was acting like this suddenly. Almost at the moment he heard that the Khitans were withdrawing, something seemed to be suddenly taken away from his heart. He lost all energy and couldn't even lift up any strength.
Later, when he thought about it, he realized that he might have been too nervous before and then relaxed instantly.
Then Li Ke fell asleep directly, and he didn't know how long he had been asleep. Anyway, by the time he woke up, it was already evening.
Li Ke quickly called the little eunuch who was with him and asked him to help him change his clothes. He wanted to go to the city to see how the aftermath was going.
However, as soon as the young eunuch heard Li Ke's words, a look of astonishment suddenly appeared on his face, and then he slowly said to Li Ke: "Master, you have been sleeping for two days. The aftermath has been completed long ago on the other side of the city wall. The city has also been Order was restored.”
"And since noon, Master Su and Commander Qi have been waiting outside for you to wake up."
Li Ke was really dumbfounded when he heard what the other party said.
Have you been asleep for two days?
Then he quickly asked the young eunuchs Xuan Su Xun and Qi Rusong to come in.
At this time, Su Xun and Qi Rusong had also recovered their previous vigor and vitality. When they saw Li Ke waking up, they both breathed a long sigh of relief.
Afterwards, the three of them chatted for a few words and then began to report the situation of this battle to Li Ke.
According to the statistics of Qi Rusong and Su Xun, after this battle, the Kunyang defenders suffered a total of 316 casualties, 43 serious injuries, 112 minor injuries, and zero civilian casualties.
As for the Khitans, they suffered heavy losses.
According to statistics, the number of casualties alone has reached more than 1,700, and a conservative estimate of the number of serious and minor injuries is around 2,500.
Even if we look at the entire history of the Wei Dynasty, there are only a handful of people who have achieved such great results at such a small cost.
Of course, the most important thing about this battle is to ensure that the Khitans will no longer dare to invade the border easily for at least one or two years.
Now, for Li Ke, the most important thing is a stable development environment. As long as he can get a stable development period, when he gradually opens the technology tree and has absolute strength, even if the Khitans come, Li Ke Ke was not afraid.
In addition to this, this battle also brought another good thing to Li Ke, and that was thousands of Khitan war horses.
War horses are extremely important strategic materials in any dynasty. The reason why the Han Dynasty in the previous life was able to defeat the arrogant Xiongnu in decades was not only because of the two powerful men Wei Huo who descended from heaven, but also the more important reason was that the Han Dynasty was able to defeat the Huns during the Wenjing period. Began to vigorously breed war horses.
As a result, from the founding of the Han Dynasty, there were no four pure white horses in the country. By the time of Emperor Wu, there were already established cavalry units.
There is also the great gift of later generations. The main reason why force is worthless is that war horses are scarce and it is impossible to build a large-scale cavalry force of their own.
And now Li Ke has obtained more than a thousand war horses at once, how could this not make him happy?
However, at this time, Li Ke did not want to use these more than a thousand horses to form his own cavalry unit immediately.
First, he is a vassal king. According to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, forming an army for a vassal king is tantamount to treason. Now the people in the court can't find an excuse to kill him. Of course, he can't be stupid and give others a thumbs up.
Secondly, even if the imperial court allowed him to form a cavalry, Li Ke would not be able to form one because Li Ke could not afford it with his current family background.
A cavalry regiment with a size of 1,000 people would spend as little as 10,000 taels a year on various expenses. Li Ke didn't want all the money he earned from selling soap to be spent here.
And now Li Ke has a more urgent need than establishing a cavalry unit.
That is to use these thousand war horses to make up for the shortage of manpower!
Now it is rare for Li Ke to have a stable development period, so the next step must be to develop as quickly as possible.
But the current manpower in Kunyang City is obviously not enough to support his ambitions.
And these more than a thousand war horses can barely make up for this gap.
In the future, whether it is plowing land or transporting various materials, these war horses will be the perfect choice, and compared to ox-carts, the speed of horses is several times faster.
Next, let the carpenters in the city build large quantities of carriages and horse plows.
Li Ke was thinking when he suddenly heard Su Xun say: "And your Highness, in addition to these more than a thousand war horses, I have another important harvest. I wonder if Your Highness is interested."
Li Ke frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked quickly: "What else has Mr. Su gained? Please tell me quickly."
Su Xun nodded and smiled, and said slowly: "Your Highness, do you remember that a few days ago, you asked me if there were any coal mines near Kunyang?"
Li Ke nodded doubtfully: "I remember, but Mr. Su replied to me at that time that there were no coal mines around Kunyang. Why did Mr. Su suddenly mention this?"
Su Xun laughed twice, and then said: "Your Highness, I will tell you the truth. After you said this, I have always kept it in mind. And this time, when interrogating the Khitan prisoners, I asked someone to ask I asked them if they knew about the coal mine, and guess what? One of them actually knew the location of a coal mine."
A look of excitement suddenly appeared on Su Xun's face, and he continued: "Besides, the coal mine is only less than a hundred miles away from Kunyang!"
Hearing this, Li Ke suddenly opened his eyes and asked excitedly: "Is it true? If it is true, that would be great!"
Li Ke simply didn't know how to express his excitement.
Coal is an important part of my future development. As long as I can obtain enough coal, I can put many ideas into practice.
Li Ke immediately made a decision and said: "Mr. Su, then you should quickly send someone to check it out. In addition, you must try your best to survey the size of the coal mine."
Hearing this, Su Xun just smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured. I have already sent someone as soon as I got the news."
Hearing this, Li Ke nodded with satisfaction, then turned to look at Qi Rushong and asked: "Commander Qi, how will the families of the more than 300 fallen soldiers be compensated?"
"Back to Your Highness, I have already reported this to the imperial court, and the imperial court will issue a pension soon."
Li Ke nodded, and then said: "Okay, Mr. Su, in my own name, I will give each fallen soldier a gold of ten taels of silver."
Su Xun nodded after hearing this, while Qi Rusong burst into tears of gratitude. Just as he was about to kneel down to thank him, he suddenly heard a voice coming from outside.
