"Your Majesty, in this battle, our army lost more than 9,300 soldiers and injured 4,600 people. Among them, the Poshen Camp and the Shenji Camp were completely wiped out. Among them, the guerrilla generals Chen Lan and Xiang Chong were killed in the battle... …”
A few hours later.
Fu Youde then led a group of military officials to tally the casualties.
More than 100,000 soldiers and horses, more than 10,000 casualties at one time, and two named generals died in the battle.
It can be called the most disastrous loss since the rise of the Huai Army.
Coupled with the losses suffered during the continuous defense of the city these days, and in the process of fighting with the Sui Army and Zhang Shicheng's army, the total losses were nearly 30,000 to 40,000.
If it weren't for Yangzhou's continuous replenishment and timely replacement of injured soldiers on the front line, the Huai army, no matter how elite it was, would still be unable to bear it.
In a battlefield where cold weapons are fought, if an army loses just one out of ten, its morale will plummet. If it loses 20% or 30%, even an elite unit in history will collapse.
Those who were annihilated during the war were basically ambushed and passively annihilated.
There are few examples in the entire history of actively fighting to the last man and being destroyed.
Fighting with a knife in person is different from the musket shooting in the source world. The musket shooting is too fast, kills people too quickly and the distance is too far, but cannot be affected by blood and evil spirits.
Therefore, in the age of muskets, there were often examples of soldiers dying in battle until the end.
"Chen Lan, Xiang Chong..."
Wang Jing's expression moved slightly and he sighed. He was running fast enough, but Yang Shuang personally climbed onto the city wall and still caused great damage.
If he had arrived a little later, not only Chen Lan and Xiang Chong, but also generals such as Tang Shengzong and Wang Bi would have suffered in the battlefield.
Chen Lan was originally a general under Yuan Shu.
Xiang Chong was the leader of Liangshan who came to seek refuge with Wu Yong.
According to their abilities and reputations in history, Chen Lan's potential should be at level six, and Xiang Chong's potential at level five. When he first arrived, he could still fight in all directions with his bravery.
But at this time, the sixth-level generals are top-notch.
When encountering seventh-level generals, they are no different from ordinary households. They are all killed in one move.
"Yang Shuang, I will kill him alone and avenge the generals and soldiers who died in the battle!"
Wang Jing said in a deep voice.
His eyes showed a fierce murderous look.
"In addition, the bodies of the soldiers and generals who died in the battle will be collected and buried properly, and an additional 20% will be allocated to their pensions! If there are children in the family, the palace guards will personally allocate food until they reach adulthood!"
Fu Youde said with emotion: "Your Majesty is so kind and provides such compensation. Even if he dies in battle, it will not be in vain!"
He knew that the Huai Army valued its soldiers the most. It was the first princely force in the Jianghuai River to open up military training methods to ordinary soldiers. Soldiers from other forces would die if they died in battle, and there was no such thing as pension.
Once killed in battle, the family will lose its backbone.
At the end of every war, all major forces must promptly reward their soldiers to stabilize military morale. Even in top dynasties such as the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, only soldiers who have made meritorious service and can survive can divide the fields.
Only the Huai Army, in addition to giving land to soldiers after they died in battle, also provided pensions to ensure the survival of the families of soldiers who died in battle.
This kind of pension requires the Huai Army to ensure that it cannot be defeated. Once defeated, the pension alone will be a huge number.
Of course, this measure also ensured that the Huai army always had strong morale.
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The Huai army lost more than 10,000 soldiers, and two named generals were killed in the battle, but their vitality was not lost. After some adjustments and a group of soldiers were transferred from Yangzhou, they could quickly regain their strength.
But the Sui army and Zhang Shicheng's army were weakened.
As many as 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and generals have died in these days. It is all thanks to Yang Shuang's continuous boost of morale that the soldiers of the army can hold their breath and persist until now.
Many of the soldiers were so distracted by the brutal fighting and evil spirits that they almost turned into beasts that only knew how to fight.
In a short period of time, sixty or seventy thousand people could be lost by attacking a city. This does not include the losses this time. Some people may say that this is impossible. Sixty or seventy thousand people were able to run rampant in the history of the source world. How? Could so many people have died?
But sometimes, the fighting is so brutal.
In the original history, Gao Huan, the Shenwu Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was the northern overlord in the middle and late Northern and Southern Dynasties. He was a world hero after Er Zhurong. In his heyday, he could mobilize 400,000 to 500,000 elite troops for war.
But such a hero commanded an army of four to five million to besiege Yubi in the Western Wei Dynasty. He also besieged a city and could not attack it for a long time. During the siege, he directly lost a hundred thousand troops.
While sending Wei Xiaokuan to the martial arts temple, he was so angry that he died of illness shortly after he retired from the army despite being in his prime.
This is a typical example of heavy casualties in siege warfare.
The Huai Army's more than 100,000 troops lost 10% of their troops and their morale fluctuated. However, Yang Shuang and Zhang Shicheng's troops and horses, including the losses in this battle, were already more than 20%.
When Yuwen Chengdu first arrived, they could hold on with a glimmer of hope of winning the war.
But now.
After witnessing with his own eyes that King Huai controlled the wind and thunder like a god, the divine dragon bowed his head with such overwhelming momentum, and that Yang Shuang was blown away with one move, forcing him to turn around and run away.
The soldiers from Yang Shuang to the lowest level all lost confidence in winning.
The morale of the entire army became flagging.
Both sides fought a great battle, each suffering losses.
For four or five consecutive days, they were licking their wounds. The Huai army did not take the initiative to attack, and Yang Shuang and Zhang Shicheng did not attack the city again.
On the sixth day.
The two messengers, whose armor was torn and covered in blood, rushed to the camp located in the northeast of the camp, where Yuwen Chengdu and thousands of his cavalry were stationed.
"Major General..."
"The situation is bad. The Huai army suddenly sent troops from Gaoyou and is besieging Xinghua City. The master of the family sent us to break out and asked the major general to lead the troops back quickly!"
These two messengers are generals of the Yuwen clan.
As soon as he saw Yuwen Chengdu, he rushed towards him and started crying.
"Xinghua City is under siege?"
Yuwen Chengdu was shocked, and without hesitation, he immediately asked people to pack their bags, carry the gilded phoenix wings, and prepare to return with the cavalry for reinforcements.
But he hasn't left the camp yet.
Yang Shuang and Zhang Shicheng, who also received the news, rushed there in person.
"General Yuwen, you must not act rashly on this matter!"
Zhang Shicheng shouted repeatedly.
Seeing that Yuwen Chengdu had not set off yet, Zhang Shicheng breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the morale of the army was on the verge of collapse.
If Yu Wen Chengdu leaves at this time, the Sui army and his troops will definitely be greatly affected, and a sudden collapse is possible.
"If you leave now, you are playing into Wang Jing's hands. If you stay here, we can jointly block the Huai army. If you leave, we and the Yuwen clan will be defeated by the Huai army..."
"By then, both us and your Yuwen clan will be destroyed!"
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