Chapter 761 Summary after the war
On the barren grassland, the corpses that were originally everywhere have been piled up.
In this era, mineral resources were not easy to dig. Whether it was the Dali Imperial Guard or the Song Imperial Guard, the armor and armor of the dead were stripped down, even the generals were no exception.
Various armor, weapons, weapons, ordnances, etc. were also piled up.
It is difficult to have any exceptions in the war. Even among the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, the bodies of the fallen generals could not be transported back to the Song Dynasty.
The manpower is limited and unnecessary trouble is reduced, which is the norm among the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty.
Only the thousand-man commanders, that is, generals above the level of the chief and deputy regiment of the Song Dynasty, were able to be wrapped in urns after the remains were cremated. Then they were covered with national flags and brought back to the Song Dynasty with the army.
Ordinary soldiers can only be cremated in piles on the spot, which is no different from the Dali Imperial Army.
All they brought back was the nameplate on them.
If family members come to claim it after returning to the Song Dynasty, the nameplate will be returned to them and a tomb of clothes is built.
If there is no family claiming it, it can only be left in the military warehouse. It may not make much sense, but at least it can prove that this person existed in the military.
They sacrificed their lives for the future of the Song Dynasty.
As the sky gradually became brighter, the flames in Shanchan Mansion gradually faded. And in the wilderness outside the city, many piles of flames were ignited.
I don’t know how many people shed tears silently, and I don’t know how many people’s eyes are red.
Some robes have been with them for many years, but this time they have been together in the Song Dynasty, but they can no longer go back at the same time. This is a great sorrow.
The relationships established in the army are very deep, and some people have the same feelings as brothers. Before the war, they didn't take care of many things, but now, some people are on the verge of collapse.
Zhang Jue stayed in the commander's tent, and soldiers kept coming to report the losses of each regiment.
Some people from the Military Logistics Department stayed in the tent to count.
No one counted how many imperial guards died in Dali. But it was probably calculated.
The capital's imperial guards had more than 50,000, and the Shanchan Prefecture guards had more than 20,000. The total was about 80,000, and the number of escapees should be no more than a few thousand at most.
This is almost the same as the entire army being wiped out.
In this battle of attack on Li, the total number of Dali imperial guards destroyed by the Song Dynasty imperial guards was already more than 100,000.
This is naturally a brilliant result.
Perhaps if you fight like this a few more times, Dali will be no longer available. But this is not realistic.
Although the Song Dynasty was thriving, its national strength was still weak after all, and it was impossible to support several such wars. After all, there was a Yuan Dynasty in the north who was eyeing it.
If he could fight, Zhao Dongting would not have just let Zhang Jue and others attack the city without seizing territory. Now the Song Dynasty no longer has much energy to consolidate its new territory.
The Song Dynasty still needs to continue to accumulate strength.
When the number of casualties in each regiment was reported, the Logistics Department soldiers summarized and reported to Zhang Jue.
Zhang Jue, Zhang Hongwei, Miao Cheng and others in the tent finally showed a little smile on their faces.
The losses of this battle were smaller than what Zhang Hongwei and others had expected before.
The entire Song Dynasty imperial guards, except for Miao Cheng's rear army that had not yet arrived here, had a total of about 40,000 soldiers participating in this battle. However, the dead were only nearly 10,000.
Among them, the Flying Army suffered the most severe losses, with nearly 4,000.
The casualties of the other armies were not much. It can even be said that they were unexpectedly small.
The two special forces and the 4,000 imperial guards led by Miao Cheng reversed the entire battle situation, and they were in full swing, and there were only hundreds of soldiers who died.
Even he was surprised, and blinked his eyes and asked the logistics general, "Is it a statistics error? Our army's casualties are really so small?"
The general from the logistics department smiled and said, "I have calculated it several times, and it is indeed so correct."
"hehe."
Zhang Jue suddenly laughed out loud and said, "Actually, this kind of loss is not surprising. It even slightly exceeds my coach's estimate."
Everyone looked at him with surprise, even Liu Zhuwen was like this.
Marshal Zhang had already predicted that there would not be too many casualties?
How did he predict it?
At that time, the Imperial Guard of the Song Dynasty was indeed slightly suppressed by the Imperial Guard of the Dali. Logically speaking, the casualties should be quite large during that period alone.
"You guys haven't fully realized how powerful this new armor developed by the emperor is."
Zhang Jue smiled and shook his head, and then said, "At the beginning of this battle, our army was fierce. Just using the Shenlong gun, grenade launcher, sky thunder and other firearms, it cost the Dali imperial guards a huge price. You should have all discovered that after a long time of Mi Zhan, our army was a little tired, but this commander did not make any move to inspire the morale of the army. This commander intended to let the Dali imperial guards see hope, so that they could persevere until the Miao army commander arrived. We fought too hard, and they could not see hope, and they retreated soon and could not wipe them out."
Zhang Hongwei was puzzled, "Marson, we can see this now. But why did we suffer such little casualties during that period?"
"hehe."
Zhang Jue laughed again, "My Song Dynasty imperial guards have been trained for a long time, and most of them are old soldiers. They advance and retreat in moderation, and they are not panic when they are suppressed. They seem to be slowly suppressed, but in fact they are still preserved. We lack ammunition, so isn't Dali the same?"
Chapter completed!