The result was exactly as Yan Liqiang had predicted. In the end, no one of the 40,000-strong Shatu army could escape. The Shatu man who ran the farthest was a noble from the Ebony tribe. He relied on the strength of his crotch The rhinoceros horse was a heterogeneous species with extraordinary leg strength. It escaped hundreds of miles away, but in the end it was blocked by a few rangers and their heads were cut off.
The place where the battle took place was called Yiniuping. After the battle, because the battlefield needed to be cleaned and temporary repairs were needed, Yan Liqiang stationed the army at Yiniuping.
If not many Shatu people were killed this time, there would naturally be no need to clean up the battlefield. The wild wolves, jackals and dogs wandering on the grasslands and the vultures flying in the sky would be enough to consume all the corpses. However, this victory directly wiped out 40,000 people. There are too many people in Shatu. If these 40,000 corpses are left alone, plague may develop over time. For the sake of the future, the battlefield must be cleaned up, especially to ensure that the dead are in the main place. The corpses on the battlefield must be buried.
All the corpses were counted, their merits were calculated, their ears were cut off, and they were buried in a hole dug nearby on the battlefield! Not only were Yan Liqiang's people busy, but many of the nearby rangers and militiamen also took the initiative to help after seeing it.
And many rangers and militiamen who came to help would inquire about the cavalry cavalry. The battle of cavalry during the day really subverted many people's inherent impression of war. There were more than 10,000 cavalry in the blink of an eye. With a single effort, he defeated 40,000 Shatu cavalry and fled in defeat. It seemed that he had not suffered any casualties. Such a result was simply a miracle on the battlefield. No one dared to imagine that it would happen. With such a result, I am afraid that even those storytellers would not dare to make it up like this. However, such a thing actually happened under the eyes of the rangers and militiamen. It was seen by an unknown number of people, so it was only in a very short period of time. Within a short period of time, this matter spread widely, and almost all the rangers and militiamen who followed Yan Li's powerful army knew about it. It was difficult for people not to be curious.
Outside the army camp, pits were being dug and corpses were buried, but inside the camp, it was equally lively, with an atmosphere even more lively than the Chinese New Year.
The rangers and militiamen who captured the heads of the Shatu people in today's battle rushed to the camp in batches and took out their captured heads. There were specialized officers and scribes in the camp. After counting and confirming, cut off the ears of the head, and then directly issue notes with military seals to the rangers and militia. Those rangers and militia can take those notes and return to Baishi Pass to exchange them for Caochang Gong. The title deed of the field suddenly saved a lot of trouble.
At least tens of thousands of the Shatu people who escaped today died at the hands of the rangers and militiamen. They were completely more successful than Gong Tieshan, Wang Naiwu and Zhao Dachuan who led their troops to pursue and kill them. Their contribution was not small.
It is easiest to defeat a drowned dog. The rangers and militiamen who came to the camp to collect the notes all happily received their first generous gift after following the army out of the border. Today's great victory not only made the soldiers led by Yan Liqiang The morale of the army was boiling, and the numerous rangers and militiamen who followed Yan Liqiang and the others suddenly had great confidence in the army led by Yan Liqiang.
Confidence is something that cannot be seen or touched, but in many cases it can have a huge and far-reaching impact on people's behavior.
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When the sun went down, Zhao Dachuan, Lei Meng and several other captains from the Ganzhou Army came outside Yan Liqiang's tent. Just then, Gong Tieshan and Wang Naiwu also walked over from the other side. Several people happened to be outside the tent. bumped into.
Wang Naiwu laughed, "What a coincidence. Mr. Zhao also came to see Mr. Supervisor for something?"
"That's right, the results of the Ganzhou Army's battle have just been confirmed and reported. I'm here to report it to the Governor. Do you two do the same?" Zhao Dachuan also smiled, feeling particularly comfortable. Although they were willing to win this big victory, The state army was not the protagonist, but a lot of heads were captured and harvested in the end. All the army lieutenants were happy, and his mood was naturally not bad.
"Um!"
"Then let's go together!"
"Okay, let's go in together!"
Several officers smiled and came to the door of the big tent together, asking Yan Liqiang's personal guards who were guarding outside the tent to go in and report.
"Sir, the supervisor is not in the tent!" The guard guarding the door of the tent shook his head.
"Ah, my lord is not in the tent, where did he go?" Wang Naiwu asked.
The guard pointed to the camp of the horse archers not far away, "The Lord Superintendent just left the tent and went to the camp over there. When he left, he told him that if a few adults come, he can bring a few adults there directly. , listen to the battle summary of the archers... "
It's okay if the guard didn't say it. After saying this, Zhao Dachuan and other officers looked at each other, and they were all confused. Combat summary, what is combat summary? This new term, several veteran martial arts practitioners have never heard of it. , Gong Tieshan's eyebrows moved, with a self-satisfied expression on his face. He turned to Zhao Dachuan and others and said, "Oh, it must be that today's battle was so beautiful. The Governor was commending the sergeant at the Archer Battalion. Come on, let’s go and have a look..."
Zhao Dachuan nodded, "Well, that should be it. At this time, the Governor is probably happy and has no intention of staying in the big tent!"
The guard who spoke just glanced at a few officers and did not explain what a combat summary was. Instead, he took Zhao Dachuan and others directly to the bow cavalry camp.
As soon as they arrived at the Gongqi Battalion's camp, they didn't go far. Just after turning around a few tents, they saw Yan Liqiang and a group of officers from the Gongqi Battalion who were summarizing the battle on a grass field. A few people in Dachuan were startled. More than a hundred people were sitting in a circle on the grass, as if they were having a meeting. The lowest number of participants were all officers above the small flag in the bow cavalry battalion. Many young small flag officers were sitting on the grass. On the ground, he still held a notebook in his hand, and while listening, he was recording something with a pen made of carbon core.
Shi Changfeng, Shen Teng and Shi Dafeng were sitting on the ground like the others. The person standing in the middle of the circle and speaking now was Yan Liqiang with a serious face. Next to Yan Liqiang, there was a simple wooden folding blackboard. There were some words written on the blackboard and some arrow-like diagrams drawn. In his hand, he also held a white gypsum pen...
"... I have just mentioned the merits worthy of praise. Next, I will talk about the problems exposed by this victory. There are two main aspects of the problem. One is a tactical issue and the other is a psychological issue. Let me talk about it first. The latter, this great victory revealed that one of our biggest problems is underestimating the enemy. Why do we say this? Because of this battle, the number of injured people in our five archer cavalry battalions was 56. Among them, these 56 people were actually killed in the battle. Only 35 archers among the Shatu people were injured by shooting, and none of them were seriously injured. The other 21 people were injured. They were injured while cleaning the battlefield. Many Shatu people were pretending to be dead or were injured. It is not heavy and has the ability to fight back. However, some of our sergeants, after a great victory, underestimated the enemy when cleaning the battlefield and did not fully follow our past experience, so they were killed by those who were slightly injured or pretended to be dead. When someone is suddenly injured, we have said many times before that there are two rules to follow when cleaning the battlefield. The first rule is to clean the battlefield at least as a team, and to prevent a single person from leaving the team. The second rule is When cleaning the battlefield, if you see that there are no arrows or obvious fatal wounds on the vital points of the fallen enemy, or you see overlapping enemies that have fallen to the ground, do not approach easily. You should replenish your arrows first, and then get closer. , the 21 soldiers who were injured while cleaning the battlefield today were all the result of not paying attention to these two rules. Originally, such a result could be completely avoided... "
"Zhao Zhigang, as a commander and a veteran student of the Kyudo Club, when you were cleaning the battlefield this time, of the 21 injured people, 5 were from the tribe you led. This number was among the five battalions. It’s the highest, do you have anything to say?”
Following Yan Liqiang's roll call, a young cavalry officer in his twenties stood up with a face of shame, "This is my problem. I don't emphasize it in normal training. I discovered it when I was cleaning the battlefield during the previous missions. Some of my subordinates did not strictly follow the rules, but because nothing happened, I did not correct them in time. If something happened this time, I have nothing to say, please punish me!"
"I have emphasized many times that as an officer of the Longya Army, if you cherish your brothers, the first thing you have to do is to be responsible for their life safety. Responsibility is the strictest requirement. In the military, you should be lenient to your brothers. Look, It seems that you are good, I am good, and everyone is good, but that is not cherishing, but harming them. In view of this problem, I will give you a demerit, and your merit qualification will be reduced by one year. I hope that after this time, your department will hold a battle summary During the meeting, you can seriously reflect and summarize, and don’t do it again next time. If you die on the battlefield, that is an honor. If you die while cleaning the battlefield, that is stupidity!”
"Yes, I have remembered this. This time, I will lead my troops to reflect and summarize carefully, and strive to never make the same mistake again!"
"Well, sit down..." Yan Liqiang said, turned around, took out an eraser and erased all the words on the blackboard, and then began to draw sketches on the blackboard with the gypsum pen on his hand. , "Now let me talk about the tactical coordination issue of several battalions when chasing the Shatu people's defeat in this battle. This issue is actually not outstanding today, but I bring it up this time in the hope of attracting everyone's attention. You can think about it, when the enemy's strength is several times that of mine and they are fleeing, when is the best time for the cavalry to outflank and divide the tactics..."
(End of chapter)