Chapter 120 Summary after the war

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 120 Summary after the war

Zhang Yue did not stop people's actions. People needed to vent after the war, as long as not too many prisoners died.

Facing the beatings from the crowd, some Huns couldn't help shouting angrily.

But their roars only attracted more bricks and sticks.

"Beat them to death...kill them to death..."

Gradually, they became more obedient and stopped saying anything.

As for the captured mid-level and senior officers, Yang You took them into Qianniuwei's station.

Qian Niuwei will try their best to pry open their mouths in order to obtain more information.

After everything was settled, Zhang Yue gave the fighting soldiers a day off.

Later, he asked Li Si to write a victory letter to report the victory to the Second Division General's Mansion and Chang'an.

When Luntai's victory document arrived at Li Guangli's desk.

The Han army in Dunhuang is still gathering to prepare troops for rescue.

"Color! Good luck!"

Looking at the good news in his hand, Li Guangli praised him repeatedly.

"How is Marquis Yunyang doing now?" Li Guangli asked the primary school student who came to deliver the letter in a pleasant manner.

The primary school principal was also a smart person, so he naturally knew that although Li Guangli was asking about Zhang Yue on the surface, he actually wanted to know more about Li Si.

He paid homage and said, "My king is very good. This battle is all thanks to Li Junhou. If Li Junhou had not made a decisive decision now... to assemble the mountain country, Yuli Han army... there would never have been such a great victory..."

Although Li Guangli already knew Li Si's actions and results from military reports.

Hearing it now, he was still overjoyed, "Cai, you are worthy of being my Qilin!"

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Here in Luntai, Zhang Yue ordered the captured ordinary prisoners to be escorted to a prisoner-of-war camp, where they would first be screened by Yang You.

Low-ranking officers and soldiers were imprisoned in two different places in the city.

The ordinary soldiers were handed over to Li Si and Cai Ting three days later.

Some of these people will be sent to Tieshan City to mine.

Another part of the population is used in the construction of water conservancy facilities.

Their service period is five years, and Zhang Yue promised that they will be free after five years as long as they complete their work conscientiously.

Because they had hope in their hearts, these prisoners behaved docilely.

The lower-level officers played a greater role for Zhang Yue and the Han army than ordinary soldiers, so they were treated differently.

They first entered the cultural and educational camp managed by Cai Ting, where they first had to learn Chinese characters and Chinese.

As for those who resist, it is easy to deal with them. They starve them for two days and put them in confinement for two days.

As long as they don't die, they will basically cooperate obediently. As for those who are determined not to cooperate, then they have to...

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After finishing these things, it is time to summarize the battle.

Zhang Yue believed that this time the Xiongnu invaded, the Han army in Luntai had exposed many problems.

The primary issue is intelligence and early warning.

Originally, the Han army should not have been so passive in this battle, but because the intelligence and early warning work was not done well, the Huns did not find out until they had already arrived at the door of their house.

The Han army was completely passive at the beginning of the war and was almost defeated one by one.

If the Sun Chaser King had not chosen to attack Tiannan and Luntai, which had the strongest defenses, but had chosen to sneak attack Wulei or Yuli, the consequences would have been disastrous.

The investment and sacrifice of the Han army in these two places over the past few years will be in vain.

Secondly, there are also some unreasonable things in the current establishment of the army.

Zhang Yue originally reorganized the Luntai Han Army based on the organization of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty.

But he ignored an extremely important issue at that time: the enemies faced by the Luntai Han Army and the Anxi Army were different.

There are two main enemies of the Anxi Army: the Dashi Army and the Tubo Army.

The main enemy of Luntai was the Huns, who were composed entirely of cavalry.

As the enemies we face are different, the equipment and organization of the army must also change accordingly.

This time Zhang Yue decided to make major adjustments to the organization of the Han army in Luntai.

For this reason, he specially summoned all the officers above a hundred generals stationed in Luntai City this time.

When everyone arrived, Zhang Yue first ordered people to distribute the plans that had been written.

"Second and Third Son, let's first take a look at the slips in your hands..."

Zhang Yue first distributed the army reform plan to everyone.

After everyone had finished reading, Zhang Yue said, "What do you think?"

At this time, Pan Hong stood up and said, "I can't wait for you to be such a talented person, but I think... so I should replace them all with Huanshou swords!"

"What Commander Pan said is true. Swords are not resistant to cutting. We should use ring-headed swords instead..." Several other cavalry commanders also expressed support.

Just when everyone was discussing how everyone should change their armor.

Cai Ting stood up with an embarrassed look on his face, and he first bowed his hands to everyone.

"You all proposed to use the Huanshou Dao to completely replace the original Han sword. This is a good idea. However, our Luntai is poor and we really cannot afford to change the uniforms of the entire army."

Cai Ting said for a long time, but it was actually just one sentence: Luntai lacked iron and even more steel.

Forging the ring-shou sword not only requires the use of hundreds of tempered steels, but also requires the mixing of several steel materials, which can only be forged after hundreds of times of hardening.

The cost of a Huanshou sword is five to seven times that of a Han sword.

"Even if you kill someone, you still can't come up with so many ring-headed knives!"

Cai Ting spread his hands, showing a helpless expression.

Zhang Yue also realized that his plan was a bit taken for granted.

He asked Cai Ting, "How many ring-shaped heads can be produced in one month now?"

Cai Ting took out a silk book and said, "Now Luntai can produce more than 200 Huanshou swords, more than 600 Han swords, and more than 1,200 guns in a month..."

Zhang Yue frowned and asked, "Why is the output so low?"

Cai Ting smiled bitterly, "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!"

Zhang Yue nodded, "If we suspend the production of other weapons, how much can we produce in one month?"

Cai Ting smiled bitterly and said, "At most 300!"

Zhao Guanghan asked in surprise, "Why are there so few?"

Cai Ting sighed, "There's not enough steel!"

"Forging a piece of steel requires a craftsman to work hard..."

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "How many Huanshou swords are there in the Luntai arsenal?"

Cai Ting said, "Two months ago, Chang'an sent 220 Huanshou long knives; last month Dunhuang sent 170 Huanshou long knives; Luntai made 403 Huanshou long knives by itself... The losses in this battle... There are still 438 knives in stock in the arsenal..."

Zhang Yue was making calculations in his mind while listening.

In the end, he decided, "In this case, then all the troops will change their equipment and put the sword aside first, and let the cavalry in front and rear change their equipment first..."

"only!"

Cai Ting thought about it for a moment and then wrote it down.

The several military princes who failed to obtain the replacement uniforms had no choice but to hope that Tieshan City's iron output would increase or a better iron mine would be found.

Zhang Yue comforted several military princes, and then said, "Second and third sons, if you have any other suggestions, please share them with me..."

"Your Majesty, although it is difficult to popularize the Huanshou sword for the time being, many weapons of all kinds have been captured in this battle. Can you first equip the entire army with horseshoes?"

This time it was Zhao Guanghan who spoke first.

"good!"

"If you have any other good ideas, please feel free to speak out..."

With Zhao Guanghan taking the lead, everyone expressed their opinions one after another.

Zhang Yue ordered his people to write them down one by one.

We had a lively discussion for three days, during which everyone really put forward many good opinions.
To be continued...