When Yun Zheng woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
"Have we figured out the casualties?"
The first thing Yun Zheng did when he woke up was to ask Miaoyin about the casualties.
Miaoyin nodded slightly and reported the casualties to Yun Zheng truthfully.
In this battle, the vassal troops suffered the greatest casualties.
Of the 15,000 vassal troops, nearly 7,000 were killed or wounded.
Of the 15,000 cavalrymen, more than 4,000 were killed or wounded.
Among Yun Zheng's 5,000 personal guards, more than 1,000 were killed or wounded, but most of them were people Tong Gang had temporarily recruited.
The Blood-Cloth Army also suffered heavy casualties.
Although the Blood-Clothed Army soldiers were all wearing heavy armor, they were not invincible.
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Among the three thousand Blood-Clothed Soldiers, more than two hundred were killed or wounded.
The total number of casualties among the soldiers and civilians of Beimodo was more than 6,000.
The total number of casualties and seriously wounded soldiers was nearly 20,000.
As for those who were slightly injured, they were not included in the statistics.
As for the enemy's casualties, they had no idea.
A rough estimate is that the enemy's casualties were at least twice as much as theirs.
This does not include those who were burned to death in the enemy camp.
Upon learning about the casualties on the battlefield, Yun Zheng couldn't help but sigh.
Damn it, even though they were defending in a dangerous place, there were still so many casualties.
Fortunately, we still have the vassal army and the people of Beimoduo to hold on.
If those who died were all elite troops of the Northern Army, he would probably die in great pain.
As the two were talking, Tong Gang came running over with an excited look on his face, "Your Highness, General Deng and his men are back, and they brought back a lot of prisoners!"
"How many prisoners are there?" Yun Zheng asked interestedly.
Tong Gang: "I heard there are at least 20,000 to 30,000 people!"
"not bad!"
Yun Zheng sat up quickly, "Go pick some people first! These people have just been captured, and if they are not properly managed, there will be trouble. Don't be too greedy, just recruit a thousand people first!"
"Also, tell Fu Tianyan and Huo Gu that they can also select 3,000 people from the captives to supplement the vassal army!"
“Send another thousand captives to Beimo… Forget it, we won’t give Beimo captives. Give them more spoils of war, they might be happier…”
Although we need to recruit prisoners to surrender, we also have to be on guard.
Aliens are still aliens after all.
The number of prisoners should be much smaller than the original number of each tribe.
Only in this way can the captives be deterred from harboring any rebellious thoughts.
After the new recruits are assimilated, we will slowly recruit more people.
"yes!"
Tong Gang took the order and left with excitement on his face.
Yun Zheng asked him to recruit four thousand guards, wasn't it just to prepare for this moment?
Tong Gang had just left when Deng Bao, who had arrived earlier, hurried over to find Yun Zheng.
"Your Highness, the enemy has not been completely defeated!"
Deng Bao's face looked a little bad, and he spoke breathlessly.
"Not completely defeated? What do you mean?"
Yun Zheng didn't understand.
Deng Bao immediately replied: "Our scouts discovered that the enemy had been fleeing for a night and had regrouped 40 miles away from us to build a defense line with the defeated soldiers. They also slaughtered a large number of horses and livestock, as if they wanted to use them as military rations to hold their ground! The prisoners we captured were all the defeated soldiers who ran slowly..."
Yun Zheng couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Deng Bao's words.
Kill war horses as military rations?
Before this, the enemy commander had charged into the battle formation with his flaming horses!
Damn it!
Is the enemy's commander Jia Yao's apprentice?
Why are these all the moves that Jia Yao has left over?
However, complaints are complaints.
The enemy's move was indeed somewhat beyond Yun Zheng's expectations.
Even in this situation, the enemy army has not yet fled and is still continuing to defend?
What? The enemy is planning to defeat Guifang and his men so that they can support them?
As he was thinking about it, Yun Zheng's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He seemed to have guessed what the enemy was going to do!
This may be the enemy’s last chance!
After thinking it over in his mind for a while, Yun Zheng immediately gave the order: "Come here, order the commanders of each division to come to discuss the matter immediately! Call Zulu as well!"
After receiving Yun Zheng's order, the commanders of various departments rushed over quickly.
When they saw Yun Zheng, Fu Tianyan and Qin Qihu quickly apologized for their previous argument with Yun Zheng.
"This kind of thing will never happen again!"
Yun Zheng glared at the two of them unhappily, "As for the reason, think about it yourself! If you figure it out, tell me. If you don't, wait until the war is over, go get thirty military sticks, and then come back to ask me the reason!"
The two of them laughed dryly and agreed.
Yun Zheng didn't dwell on this matter and asked Deng Bao to explain the situation to everyone.
When Deng Bao finished speaking, everyone was surprised.
Obviously, no one expected that the enemy had not been completely defeated under such circumstances, and was still gathering the defeated soldiers to rebuild the defense line.
"The enemy will most likely send troops from Tianqiong Pass to attack our garrison at Tianqiong Pass."
Yun Zheng said in a deep voice: "If things go wrong, the troops of the two countries will attack from Tianqiong Pass. We must send troops to support General Dugu and his men!"
support?
Listening to Yun Zheng's words, the generals couldn't help but be a little dazed.
They had just experienced a hard battle and had just won it. All the soldiers were exhausted after fighting in turns.
Moreover, their losses were also heavy, and Yun Zheng also had further offensive plans.
Do they still have the strength to support Dugu Ce and his men now?
"I will lead the Blood-Cloaked Army to provide support!"
Qin Qihu was the first to jump out and said with a grin, "It just so happens that we didn't have enough fun last night!"
"good!"
Yun Zheng nodded and looked at Deng Bao again, "Your unit should also dispatch 5,000 cavalry!"
"yes!"
Deng Bao took the order and said with some concern: "But Your Highness, if we withdraw so many people, it will be difficult to fight in the Suole River Plain! Your Highness wants to break through the Suole River Plain, quickly go around the back of Tianqiong Pass, and cut off the food supply of the Tianqiong Pass defenders, right?"
This plan was the first one they decided on.
They prepared so much dry food just for this plan.
When they also suffered heavy losses, it would be difficult to implement this plan if they transferred so many people away.
"Plans cannot keep up with changes. Who would have thought that the enemy army would not be defeated?"
Yun Zheng smiled helplessly, "We should focus on defense for now! Since the enemy is out of food, they will not be able to hold on any longer! We can also take advantage of this time to prepare our troops!"
"If that's the case, then I'll be fine!" Deng Bao laughed.
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, his eyes fell on Zulu again, "Big man, if I give you enough weapons and armor, can you organize an army of 10,000?"
Although they did not seize much food or horses in this battle, they did seize a lot of weapons and armor.
In this situation, Yun Zheng also became generous.
“Yes, yes!”
Zulu nodded vigorously and said tentatively: "But we don't have that much food, Your Majesty, look..."
"What kind of food do you want?"
Yun Zheng glared at Zulu with a smile, "With so many dead horses, how can yours be missing? In addition, I will give you another 1,000 slightly injured horses and 500 intact horses! This is a reward for your heroic fighting!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zulu was so excited that he knelt on one knee.
There are people in Beimodo.
It’s just that Beimotu’s smelting technology is not good enough, and there are not enough weapons and armor.
In addition, they were not good at farming and could not afford to support too many soldiers.
As long as we give them weapons, armor and food, preparing an army of 10,000 will be a piece of cake!
"You deserve this!"
Yun Zheng laughed, "After this battle, I will give you a reward!"
Are there any rewards?
Zulu's eyes lit up again, and he happily thanked Yun Zheng...
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