Due to being too tired, Liu Chengyou felt that the sky was dim and the earth was dark, and the sun and moon had no light. When I opened my eyes drowsily, I realized that it was really late at night. However, you can see through the gap in the tent roof that the crescent moon hanging in the night sky is very bright, with wisps of clear light shining down along with the starlight, and the surrounding area is quiet.
His body was still full of sleepiness, and his mind was blank for a moment, just wanting to fall to the ground and sleep again. Also staying up late this time was much harder than the previous battle at Sheephead Mountain. The physical and mental stress alone was not of the same order of magnitude.
Liu Chengyou's current state is a bit like the feeling in his previous life. When he was still in college, he made appointments with his classmates to sit all night at the Internet cafe for five consecutive times on Friday. He would have breakfast at dawn, return to the dormitory and fight until noon, and then lie down until Sunday. . However, the current state is naturally much worse.
After a while, he regained consciousness, took a few deep breaths, and suppressed the desire to close his eyes and go back to sleep. Liu Chengyou stood up and shouted outside the tent: "Come here!"
"Your Highness." A soldier captain entered.
"What time is it?" Liu Chengyou asked, his head feeling dizzy and aching, he put his palm on his forehead and rubbed it.
"It's past Hai Shi," the captain replied.
Liu Chengyou was slightly stunned: "Didn't I tell you to wake me up at dusk?"
The captain lowered his head. Seeing this, Liu Chengyou asked, "Where is Li Chongju?"
"Li Dutou..." The captain hesitated: "Outside the tent."
A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. Liu Chengyou put on his shoes and stood up. He walked out of the tent and saw Li Chongju kneeling there with his head lowered.
"Why are you doing this?" Liu Chengyou asked.
Hearing the sound, Li Chongju raised his head, his honest face full of fatigue, and replied in a low voice: "Please punish me, Your Highness!"
Lifting his fingers to rub his swollen eyes, Liu Chengyou took some time off: "Oh? What crime do you have?"
"I resisted orders on the battlefield last night, and tonight I took matters into my own hands and disobeyed His Highness's orders..."
"As you said, the crimes you committed are all capital crimes. How do you think Gu Dang should be dealt with?" Liu Chengyou twitched the corner of his mouth and said.
Hearing this, Li Chongju blinked a little awkwardly, and after being silent for a while, Fang Weng said in a low voice: "No matter how Your Highness is convicted, he will have no complaints in his humble position."
After examining Li Chongju for a while, Liu Chengyou waved his hand to him impatiently: "If you feel uneasy, go to Guo Rong yourself and let him judge the crime and punishment. Well... As for now, don't kneel down. Come on, I’ll give you another mission.”
"Please give me your instructions, Your Highness." Li Chongju looked solemn.
Moving his fingers, Liu Chengyou said: "Go find someone and get me some food, I'm hungry!"
He was a little dazed at first, but then Li Chongju came to his senses, said yes, and turned around. Looking at his back, he was slightly staggering and looked like he had been kneeling for a long time.
Liu Chengyou then turned his attention to the surroundings. The camp was already very large. People from Longqi, Jin, Yan, officials, and people from all walks of life gathered together. Guo Rong, Xiang Xun and others arranged everything well and orderly. It’s orderly, and although there are a lot of people there, there’s no chaos. The defense has not fallen down, Yingzhalu Village is set up in a very organized manner, and the patrolling soldiers do not seem to be slacking off.
Liu Chengyou was basically in the middle of the entire camp. He walked around and inspected the area, lay down on a cart piled with thatch, and looked at the night sky. At this time, his heart felt a little empty.
I couldn't help replaying the events before and after the battle in my mind. No matter how I thought about it, it felt unreal. Suddenly, a gust of wind came from the southeast, and his already greasy hair was stirred up. Feeling the wind blowing, Liu Chengyou's head suddenly cleared.
There was some bad taste in my heart. Although no meteorite fell into the enemy camp during last night's battle, there was still something to be said for that fierce summer wind. I can barely be considered a wind wizard...
Following the wind, I looked northwest and saw a large dense forest. Although it was far away, I could clearly hear the rustling of the wind and the chirping of summer insects.
Then, it should be "Kill Hu Lin".
Liu Chengyou thought this in his mind, and at the same time secretly decided to order someone to erect a monument tomorrow. By the way, I will find another Jin minister to write an inscription about this battle and engrave it on it.
When Liu Chengyou returned to the military tent, the food was ready and cold. However, he was hungry, and he was not a picky person. He didn't care about the food and wolfed it down to satisfy his hunger. When wiping his mouth, he wiped his chin and felt the numb and itchy feeling. Liu Chengyou discovered that in these two days and two nights, his stubble had grown like crazy.
After eating and drinking, Liu Chengyou began to disturb people's sleep. He ordered officers above the military level of the Longqi Army and two horse army commanders to be summoned for a post-war summary.
Two old faces suddenly disappeared. Sun Li, the commander of the Second Army, was still in a coma. He was still hanging on for his life after so long. It should be possible to recover.
Fortunately, Zhang Yanwei, Guo Rong, Xiang Xun, Ma Quanyi, and Murong Yanzhao are still there.
"How is the situation of the Liao army?" Liu Chengyou first asked Han Tong who returned.
"The Liao army retreated to Zhending and gathered the defeated troops to reorganize." Han Tong replied: "Your Highness, Zhending is only more than fifty miles away from Luan City. Once the army is reorganized, I'm afraid it will come south to take revenge!"
"How can it be so easy to recover from collapsed morale?" Liu Chengyou said, "However, we have to take precautions, strengthen our vigilance, and send people to keep an eye on Zhending City!"
"yes!"
At the moment, Liu Chengyou is really not afraid of the Liao army coming back, at least not the real Liao army.
After pondering for a moment, Liu Chengyou glanced around and said, "Tell me, what was the damage in the battle? What was the result?"
After hearing the inquiry, Xiang Xun presented a book to Liu Chengyou, and the general situation was basically calculated. Liu Chengyou flipped through the pages and listened to his dictation.
The casualties suffered by the Longqi Army can only be described as heavy. There were 8,000 soldiers before the war, but only 5,000 returned to the camp after the war, and half of them were carrying soldiers of varying severity. There were people in the camp who died of serious injuries one after another. The rest were all lost in the battle formation, either killed or missing, and it was impossible to recover all the bodies.
The losses among the officers were not small either. One of the two army commanders was killed and one was injured. One-third of the battalion commanders at the lower level were lost, and even more officers of the capital and brigade were lost below. The second and third armies, or simply some troops, no one returned alive...
Along with Xiang Xun's narration, several generals in the tent couldn't help but look sad, and the atmosphere gradually became dull.
Regarding the battle losses, Liu Chengyou actually had some idea. He put on a relieved face and said: "No matter how high the price is, the bet will be won after all. We are the winners. The soldiers fought bloody battles, and their blood was not shed in vain."
Liu Chengyou can basically imagine how the battle against Luancheng will be described in future history books. It will probably be mixed with phrases such as "outnumbered enemies", "founding battle", "strategic victory", "historical turning point" and so on.
Not to mention other effects that cannot be seen for the time being, the Longqi Army's battle losses are insignificant compared to the fruitful results.
The exact number is that there were more than 110,000 Khitan, Xi people and other Hu soldiers who left the Yan army and the Liao army. Half of them stayed here and died in the chaos. Nearly 20,000 war horses, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, hundreds of thousands of ordnance, and countless goods were captured...
Successively won the surrender of Jin soldiers and Yan soldiers.
Of course, nearly half of the Yan soldiers were killed and wounded; less than half of the Jin soldiers survived; as for the common people, the situation was even more tragic. There must be upwards of a hundred thousand corpses on the banks of the Lishui River, which can be described as extremely tragic.
