Chapter 273: Gong
The fourth man returned from his horse, took a string of heads from the saddle and strung them together with his hair, and threw them on the ground in a pile, at least six or seven. "Damn, these Goguryeo barbarians escaped faster than rabbits, but unfortunately they were not completely annihilated."
Luo Cheng glanced at the infantry brought back by the third and fourth men, because half of the infantry had horses, and they were mounted infantry, and last night's pursuit played a big role, almost acting as a light horse, and they followed Lao Jia to chase and kill for ten miles.
Almost every infantryman had one or two heads hanging from his saddle, and one or two horses were led behind them.
"It's already a blessing to have this result."
Shi Meng admired it very much, even if Luo Yi came to fight this battle in person, it would be impossible to say that all three thousand light horsemen would be annihilated. After all, a light horse is not a foot soldier, even if it is defeated, it can run very fast on a horse. If it weren't for Luo Cheng's hundreds of light cavalry and hundreds of mounted infantry, it would not have been possible to have such a big battle last night.
"The crossbow arrows outside the camp killed about 500 or so, and more than 1,000 thieves were killed and pursued out of the camp. Victory! ”
"Brother, three of our heavy cavalry battalion were killed, two were seriously wounded, and two horses died." Luo Shixin said with some frustration.
A heavy cavalry charge, with a hundred rushing more than 2,000, ended up with only three dead, two seriously wounded, and the other two were a little relieved by the death of their horses. This damage can be said to be insignificant, but Shixin is very distressed, and there are only a hundred brothers in total.
"Shixin, your charge last night laid the foundation for our victory, the brothers killed and wounded in the battle are all good, we will remember their sacrifices, ask for merit for them, and give their families enough compensation."
"I'll pick five brothers from the light cavalry to replenish you, and the lost war horses will also be given priority to you." Luo Cheng patted his brother on the shoulder and said.
Last night, this heavy cavalry can be said to have made Luo Cheng very satisfied, if it weren't for them, it would not necessarily be a rout for the Goguryeo people. It was their hundred horsemen and a heavy hammer that made the Goguryeo people panicked and frightened, and only then did they have the great victory behind.
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After a night of fierce fighting, the wasteland was still filled with blood.
But the soldiers of the Sui army were very happy, although many people still hung up the lottery, but it was still difficult to hide their excitement. Having won the battle and still alive, it is enough to be happy.
What's more, it's still such a big victory.
According to the Sui army's military merits, they fought yesterday with 2,000 against 3,000, which was to fight with fewer strikes and more.
Kill four out of ten, for the top.
On the battlefield, he won five turns.
The five turns of military merit, this battle is the five turns, which can be said to be the highest in the collective merit.
And if Shixin led the heavy cavalry to charge last night, there must be a jumping skill, as the so-called arrow stone is not handed over, trapped in the strong and sudden crowd, the enemy is defeated, said to jump.
Lao Jia and Qi Fatzi led light cavalry to chase the enemy and kill them, and they would definitely be able to get the first credit of the vanguard.
The other soldiers who beheaded and captured the flag could basically get a third- or fourth-class personal merit.
If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and you may also be promoted and ranked.
Isn't this what the soldiers are pursuing, so after a night of bloody fighting, they are all very excited, because if they win the battle, even if they don't behead and capture the flag, they can still have collective military merits.
Luo Cheng never left the barracks from beginning to end last night, let alone rode a war horse to charge, not because he was timid, but because he was the chief general of the whole army, he had to sit in the camp and guard the military flag, after all, there were still thousands of people in the camp and a large number of supplies.
Guo Xiaoke and the other five King Kong Sanyi didn't get the opportunity to go into battle, Luo Cheng didn't move, they had to guard Luo Cheng. The military regulations of the Sui army, if the guards are lost, the main general and the military flag will be beheaded.
The soldiers of the Sui Dynasty are not like the Qin Dynasty with military merits, there are many levels of knighthoods, and they can be knighted by beheading, and the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty are a combination of soldiers and farmers, and the court grants land for cultivation, and does not pay rent, but they bring their own weapons. Although it is not possible to get a knight by killing the enemy and beheading, it has merit, and if there is merit, there will be a reward, and if the merit is high, you can get the official rank.
The most tangible of these rewards is the field. This is also the most common reward of the imperial court for meritorious soldiers, a field can be passed on to the family business of the children and grandchildren, and the second point is also a reward for silk and copper coins.
In the Minfu camp, there are several doctors who have been recruited to accompany the army, and they are also busy at this time.
Fortunately, along the way, Luo Chengcheng paid more attention to the battlefield emergency medical treatment, organized these doctors early, let them select a group of people, set up a battlefield hospital, with a stretcher team and a first aid team, and also taught them the first aid grading method.
A batch of red, yellow and green cloth belts were prepared, and some people were injured on the battlefield, and after the initial examination, a rope was tied around their arms according to the injury. The red rope is urgent, and it needs to be rescued first time, and the yellow rope is the second level. As for the green rope, it is a minor injury.
Doctors will treat them according to these grades.
He also asked them to boil gauze, salt water debridement and disinfection, and other medical methods, so although there were many injuries after the battle last night, the situation was quite optimistic.
The serious injuries were treated as soon as possible, and the minor injuries were also treated by the simply trained debridement team nurses, and then lined up for follow-up treatment.
They can even get together to chat and report to each other their results and exploits yesterday.
There were no Goguryeo wounded soldiers.
It's not nothing, there were some, last night there were some who were injured by the arrow crossbow and didn't escape and were captured, but these people Luo Cheng didn't have any good treatment for them, and the seriously injured were directly ordered to be executed by him, too lazy to waste medicine. As for the minor injuries, these Luo Cheng stayed, but he didn't arrange a doctor for them to be treated, but just sent a few nurses to bandage them simply, whether they can survive depends on whether their lives are hard or not.
On the battlefield, sometimes it is so cruel, there is a shortage of medical treatment, and if you use a little for the prisoners, you may have to save one less brother of your own next time.
Coming out of the medical camp, Luo Cheng was in a good mood.
Although the battle last night was fierce, nearly 1,000 enemies were killed, but they themselves were killed less than 300, about 100 were wounded, and many were slightly wounded.
Fortunately, last night's battle was mainly a pursuit, so their battle loss ratio was far greater than that of the Goguryeos.
"General, a few deserters were caught by the guards in charge of patrolling the camp and supervising the battle last night, and they are still locked up in the tent over there, how to deal with them?"
The prince who joined the army held this scroll and reported in a low voice.
"Shut them up first, then clean them up when you get back." Luo Cheng's tone was cold, fleeing on the battlefield, this is the most unacceptable behavior, it must be severely punished by military law, and it will be difficult to restrain military discipline if it is not severely punished when encountering deserters. Especially if this kind of head is made, in the event of a bad situation in the future, it is inevitable that there will be a large number of escapes.
"Do you want to kill?" Wang Ziming asked.