"Report to my lord, a letter from the front line of Yuzhou!" Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe came to Liu Mang's mansion and sent a letter that he had just received.
"Take it here!" Although Liu Mang stayed in Jingzhou for the past few days without incident, he was also worried about the battle situation in Yuzhou. Whether Yuzhou could be taken down was related to Liu Mang's ability to return to Yangzhou. Go, take Yuzhou, and have half of Xuzhou that is slowly progressing under the command of Chen Deng. It can be said that Liu Mang's land also has two and a half states. He can be regarded as the overlord of the Central Plains, so that he can develop steadily and wait for the north. Cao Cao went south.
And in this generation south of the Central Plains, a stable triangle has been formed, Jiangdong Sun Ce, Jingzhou Liu Biao, and the Central Plains overlord Liu Mang. At that time, as long as Liu Biao does not want to break this stable three-legged trend, then he must let go. Let Liu Mang go, otherwise, once Yangzhou joins forces with Jiangdong, Jingzhou will be hard to protect, so in the end Liu was able to let Liu Mang go.
Thinking about taking Yuzhou and going back, Liu Mang's mood is extraordinarily excited.
"The Battle of Nandun, more than 14,000 casualties?" Liu Mang frowned and looked at the battle report. Fourteen thousand Yangzhou troops died under the city wall of Nandun, and there were dozens of city management troops inside. soldiers.
With the help of ballistas, there are also such battle losses, which shows that this battle is very tragic.
Liu Mang continued to read. Although more than 14,000 Yangzhou troops fell on the battlefield, this battle also laid the foundation for the Yangzhou army to become an elite trilogy. The 50,000 Yangzhou army, their predecessors were Reserves, Liu Mang only used them as second-line troops at the beginning. Later, it was solved because of food and grass. So this reserve force really began to become the main station force. Although the hundreds of generals inside are all commanded by those who have experienced many battles in the urban management army and have already been taught the art of war.
But in any case, the 50,000 Yangzhou army is also a recruit. Naturally, it is difficult for recruits to compare with the already famous elites, such as the Qingzhou army and Xiliang cavalry in the hands of Liu Bei. Help the recruits with the task.
Of the 50,000 people killed and injured, more than 14,000 people were killed, more than 11,000 people died, and the remaining more than 2,000 people were seriously injured. It is basically impossible to return to the battlefield.
"Send a letter to Shouchun, engrave the names of the more than 10,000 soldiers who died in the battle on the Hall of Heroes, and then properly arrange the two thousand seriously injured brothers, and don't miss any of the good land rewards. "Liu Mang said to Jia Xu below.
"Yes!" Jia Xu nodded, and he looked at Liu Mang. Jia Xu had a different opinion about such a soldier who was killed or seriously injured in battle. In Jia Xu's view, the most worthless in this troubled world I'm afraid it's human life. Wasn't it just to make a living as a soldier, Jia Xu who died in battle didn't matter. Because those who died in battle only need to have their names engraved on the Hall of Heroes, but these seriously injured soldiers, in this era, generally, as long as they are not generals, they will be given a ride to make them die more comfortably. Those who have a little conscience are just letting them destroy themselves, because once they are seriously injured, not only will they be unable to fight, but they will also be delayed.
Because a person is seriously injured, you must at least send someone to take care of them, and you need to take medicine, and the wailing sound of these seriously injured soldiers and horses will affect the morale of the army. It will be a drag, even if the war is won. , but also responsible for their future lives, this one or two are okay, this war is more chaotic, there are no less than 10,000 seriously injured people in Yangzhou, all retired from the war, they are not missing Arms are missing legs, and some even have no arms and legs, leaving only the body. This is a burden for Yangzhou.
But Jia Xu also knew that no matter how much he tried to persuade Liu Mang, he would not change this appeasement system.
Jia Xu could only shake his head and smile bitterly. Fortunately, with Liu Mang doing this, the soldiers of the Yangzhou Army are basically less greedy for life and fear of death, because you are disabled in battle, and Yangzhou will support you. If you die in battle, no There are only pensions for your family, good land and tax reduction policies, and even engraved names on the Hall of Heroes in Shouchun, so that the people can worship you, so this Yangzhou Army can be regarded as the most fearless army .
Although there were 14,000 casualties, the remaining 36,000 people are already elite, they are no longer recruits, and they are commanded by soldiers of the Urban Management Army. But it's really not small.
"Nandun City has been taken!" Liu Mang said to Jia Xu who was next to him after reading.
"Now there is only Dingcheng left. After taking Dingcheng, the army can gather in Runan at last, and the world will be determined in one battle." Nandun and Dingcheng are equivalent to two acropolises. Nan is difficult to break, and if he is captured, Liu Bei will either abandon Yuzhou and leave, or he will have to live and die with Runan, because he has no way out.
Nandun City was taken down, the nail was pulled out, but Liu Mang's face showed no joy at all. "My lord, you?" Jia Xu was a little confused. Could it be that some general died in battle? ? still
"Dead in battle? No!" Liu Mang explained that only Zhang Liao was injured in the battle report, but it was still a minor injury, because he was a little tired after taking down Nandun City, and he just needed to rest. .
The reason why Liu Mang was unhappy was because the battle report also stated that Nandun City had 120,000 people, more than 80,000 were killed and injured, and less than 30,000 people remained in the city.
A huge city is so dilapidated, the whole Nandun City is full of corpses, if these are foreigners, Liu Mang will not be sad, but these are Han people, real people.
Liu Mang will really feel heartbroken, because it was Liu Mang's order to break through Nandun City.
Liu Mang's eyes closed, and it took him a while to react, and he opened his eyes full of murderous intent, "Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, named Uncle of the Han Dynasty, are actually a traitor of the Han Dynasty."
Liu Wei was more angry with Liu Bei than he was with Cao Cao and Sun Ce, because he was benevolent and righteous because of his hypocrisy. In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, if Liu Bei was not around, Cao Cao would have died in his lifetime. After the world is unified, life and death will be fought for so many years in the end, what is the Three Kingdoms, what is the Jin Dynasty.
Cao Cao unified the world long ago, and the people in this world will still appear in chaos in the end.
It’s okay for you to be ambitious. Liu Wei has come to this era. The ambitious people have seen a lot. If you have the ability, you can use your army and your generals to conquer the world. But Liu Bei is different. He takes the people and confuses People, let innocent people die for him. In the battle of Xuzhou, Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao. In order to make himself retreat successfully, he even used hypocrisy and hypocrisy, saying that Cao Cao would massacre the city and kill the entire Xuzhou people, and let countless Xuzhou people follow him escape.
In name, he is doing good for the people, but in fact he wants to use a large number of people to hide the retreat of his own main force. Cao Cao is not a fool, he is also a hero, how could he massacre the common people in the Xuzhou that he has already owned? The war not only fights food and grass but also people.
It is precisely because of those people that it is difficult for Cao Cao to annihilate Liu Bei. Liu Bei escaped, but he knows that tens of thousands of Xuzhou people left their homes along the way, starved to death and froze to death on the road.
That's not enough, now it's even said that Liu Mang will massacre the city, confuse people's hearts, and let the people of Nandunding City go to the city wall to fight for his ambition and the Yangzhou Army.
Among the more than 80,000 people who died, most of them died in battle on the city wall.
"Pass my military order to take Yuzhou, Liu Bei must not stay. Kill him immediately!" Liu Wei has never been so murderous towards a person. Before attacking Yuzhou, someone from Xudu sent a secret letter. The puppet Han Emperor in Xudu, Liu Mang still gave face to this Han Emperor, because Liu Mang wrote several times to make him a Marquis, and he gave him permission.
The letter sent by Emperor Han was to let Liu Mang win Liu Bei's life even if he took Yuzhou, after all, everyone is the clan of the Han family.
At the beginning, Liu Mang still had the heart of silhouette, so it would be nice if he captured Yuzhou and put Liu Bei under house arrest. Liu Mang still thought about Liu Bei's two generals, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, especially Zhang Fei is now a martial artist.
But because of Nandun's battle report, Liu Wei completely gave up the idea of leaving Liu Bei alive.
Even if he killed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei couldn't stay. (To be continued... )