Three days later, Yun Zheng's troops returned to Weibian with the prisoners and the remains of the fallen soldiers.
In addition to those who died on the spot, there were also some seriously injured soldiers who did not hold on.
In total, the 10,000 men he led and the 1,000 Blood-Clothed Soldiers suffered nearly 7,000 casualties.
Six generals were killed, including Yun Zheng's favorite general Du Guiyuan.
Among them, there are still three or four hundred people who, even if they are cured, probably won’t be able to stay in the army.
By this calculation, there were a total of 11,000 people, but more than 7,000 were killed.
It can't be more disabled!
Although they achieved great results in this battle, they also suffered extremely heavy casualties.
Dugu Ce's troops failed in their raid on the Yanhui Mountain camp.
When they raided, the enemy had been retreating for a long time.
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However, when Dugu Ce led his troops in pursuit, he accidentally intercepted people from two tribes who were migrating towards the Beihuan royal court.
Dugu Ce simply packed up and captured all those people and their livestock.
After receiving the news sent by Yun Zheng, Dugu Ce rushed back to Weibian first, leaving more than 10,000 people to escort the prisoners and livestock to Weibian.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for your unprecedented achievement!"
As soon as he saw Yun Zheng, Dugu Ce congratulated Yun Zheng with excitement on his face.
Killing the Great Chanyu of Beihuan is truly an unprecedented achievement.
This was also Da Gan’s greatest victory in his many battles against Bei Huan!
After this battle, Beihuan will definitely need time to lick its wounds.
In the short term, there shouldn't be any major wars in Shuobei.
Unless the new Great Khan of Beihuan suddenly has a brain attack.
"Let's not talk about that for now."
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Let's go and see off those brothers who died in the battle!"
"good!"
Speaking of this, the smile on Dugu Ce's face suddenly disappeared.
There is no such thing as a war without casualties.
This is a truth that everyone knows.
However, unless one is too hard-hearted, one cannot remain indifferent when faced with the death of a large number of one's own people.
Soon, Yun Zheng and Dugu Ce brought all the able-bodied people from Weibian to see off the fallen soldiers.
As soon as he arrived at the scene, Dugu Ce was shocked by the scene before him.
"Your Majesty, this is..."
Dugu Ce stared blankly at the densely packed small pits in front of him.
There is a person in each small pit.
Correspondingly, there is also a simple wooden sign serving as a tombstone, which will be replaced by a stone tablet later.
Yun Zheng knew what Dugu Ce was thinking, and said seriously: "We have the conditions now, so we should try our best to bury the fallen soldiers separately! In the future, if the families of these soldiers want to move their remains back to their hometowns for burial, they will be able to tell who is who."
It is definitely too late to build coffins for these people.
This is all we can do now.
Listening to Yun Zheng's words, Dugu Ce couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty is so kind! I thank you on behalf of these brothers!"
"Please don't flatter me."
Yun Zheng shook his head and let out a long breath. "What I mean is, if we have the conditions, then let's do it! If we don't have the conditions, it would be good enough to prevent the bodies of our fallen brothers from being left exposed in the wilderness!"
This matter is not a question of whether it is righteous or not.
So many people have entrusted their lives to me. I can't save every one of them, so I have to at least do something for them.
If you have the conditions, do it.
If he wanted to bring back the bodies of these people and bury them separately like he did in the last raid on the enemy's rear tribe, it would be impossible!
"I understand!"
Dugu Ce nodded heavily, "But being able to do this is already extremely rare!"
In the past, they mostly buried the fallen soldiers in mass graves.
Even on the land of Sanbian City, he still remembered the locations of many mass graves.
Those places have long since turned into flat land.
When those who experienced the tragic battle six years ago died, future generations would probably not know where those soldiers who shed blood and sacrificed their lives for the cause were buried.
It is extremely rare that Yun Zheng thought of burying these soldiers separately.
In the past, only some middle and senior generals enjoyed this treatment.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."
Yun Zheng shook his head slightly, then turned to ask Yu Shizhong, "Have all the relics been removed from everyone?"
“All taken!”
Yu Shizhong immediately replied: "All the relics have been packed separately and their identity information has been left."
"good!"
Yun Zheng nodded and shouted, "Bring some wine!"
The people next to them immediately brought over several jars of wine mixed with alcohol and water.
Yun Zheng, Dugu Ce, Qin Qihu, Shen Luoyan...
All in all, there are nearly a hundred people.
Everyone took the jar of wine from others with a solemn look.
Yun Zheng picked up the jar of wine and held it high.
"My brothers, you are all my heroes!"
"I am here to invite everyone to drink a celebratory drink!"
"Go without worry. I will order people to deliver all your belongings and pensions to your family members!"
"I'm borrowing my father's words to say that if anyone dares to touch your pension, I'll chop off their heads!"
Yun Zheng's words were addressed not only to the fallen soldiers, but also to those who were still alive.
This is a warning to those who may have ulterior motives.
As he spoke, Yun Zheng slowly put down the jar of wine and slowly spilled the wine in the jar into a line.
The others did the same.
Yun Zheng put down the wine jar and said loudly: "Send off my great hero!"
After saying this, Yun Zheng knelt down on one knee and bowed his head in silence.
Seeing this, everyone followed suit and knelt down on one knee.
After a moment, Yun Zheng stood up, walked forward, scooped up a handful of soil and sprinkled it on the corpse in the small pit in front, and then shouted loudly: "Cover the body with soil!"
The soldiers who were kneeling on one knee in front of the small earth pit stood up one after another and filled the pit with soil using simple tools.
"General Dugu, order your men to fence off this place. From now on, this will be called the Martyrs' Cemetery!"
Yun Zheng turned around and told Dugu Ce, "Pass the order down. No matter if you are a king, a general or a minister, you can only enter the Martyrs Cemetery on foot! Anyone who dares to violate this rule will be killed without mercy!"
"yes!"
Dugu Ce accepted the order.
Afterwards, everyone performed a simple worship.
Weibian doesn’t have incense and candles now, so he can only hold a formal worship ceremony when conditions permit in the future.
On the way back, Shen Luoyan couldn't help but sighed: "I used to be unable to accept that my father and his family's graves were all cenotaphs. Now that I think about it, I realize that I thought the battlefield was too beautiful..."
A cenotaph?
For most of the soldiers who died in the army, their families have built cenotaphs for them, right?
On the battlefield, tens of thousands of people died.
How many people’s bodies can return to their homeland?
I’m afraid many people can’t even be buried in peace?
"Who says it's not?"
Yun Zheng nodded in agreement, and said with emotion: "One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. This is absolutely true."
Although they defeated the Northern Huan, they even killed the Hujie Chanyu.
However, they also suffered heavy casualties.
From last winter till now, the casualties in the war have been very heavy, probably around 80,000.
Eighty thousand people!
In any era or dynasty, this would have been heavy casualties.
The only consolation is that Beihuan suffered even greater casualties.
They didn't exactly calculate how many casualties Beihuan suffered, but it was at least twice as many as theirs.
It's time for a truce!
However, their feud with Beihuan is not over yet!
As the two were talking, Qin Qihu suddenly came over and said, "Brother, I suddenly thought of something."
"What's up?"
Yun Zheng asked curiously.
Qin Qihu touched his head and frowned as he said, "You said that anyone who dares to violate the rules of entering the Martyrs' Cemetery will be killed without mercy. What if the emperor's beloved son comes to Shuobei and rides directly into the Martyrs' Cemetery on horseback? What should we do?"
“…”
Yun Zheng's face twitched fiercely, and he was speechless for a long time...
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