This record, no matter where it is obtained, is not too ugly.
However, in Shen Yi's career as a leader, this record was definitely not a good one. It could even be said to be a huge loss that had never happened before.
This is only the loss caused by the war in Xiangshui County.
If we include the battle losses at Lingsu and Wanzhong on the Western Front, the losses in this battle may have exceeded 10,000!
Of course, Shen Yi's Huai'an Army accounted for less than 30% of the fighting here at Xiangshui Camp. Therefore, among the seven to eight thousand casualties, the Huai'an Army's casualties should be around two thousand if calculated in equal proportions.
Leaving aside the casualties of the Forbidden Army, this battle loss is acceptable to Shen Yi. However, the Forbidden Army are also human beings and are currently under Shen Yi's command. They cannot be completely ignored and not included in the battle losses.
Shen Yi was silent for a while, then slowly nodded and said: "The big battle is over for now, but the small battle is not over yet, and we still need to treat the wounded, so we cannot slack off."
He looked at the two generals of the Forbidden Army, Jiao Duan and Meng Lian, and said: "A few days ago, Shen asked Jiankang's company and Zhang Zhifu of Huai'an to collect wound medicine and recruit doctors, and now they are all being sent there one after another.
In Xiangshui Camp, there are probably quite a few injured brothers from the Forbidden Army, so we sent them all to Xiangshui Camp for unified treatment."
"When the injuries recover and they can walk, the two generals will send people to take them back to the Forbidden Army, or..."
Among these wounded, some were seriously injured. Even if they could save their lives, it would be difficult for them to serve in the Fifth Army Camp again.
Shen Yi paused and continued: "Or, the Fifth Army Camp will make other arrangements."
The two commanders of the Forbidden Army were overjoyed. They clasped their fists at Shen Yi and said, "Senior Minister Shen's arrangement is the best. I will take my officers and soldiers to thank you, Sir!"
Human vitality is not strong. Sometimes a person may be dead if he falls, but it is not weak either. For example, in this era of cold weapons, unless someone directly hits the vital point on the battlefield, even a broken arm will be broken.
The legs will never die.
At least he won't die for the time being.
A large part of the "casualty" list reported in the military report was just like these. Even if these people survived without losing their lives, they no longer had the ability to fight anymore, so they were considered attrition.
Shen Yi's move will undoubtedly help many wounded soldiers of the Forbidden Army survive.
After talking to these three generals, the two generals of the Forbidden Army left first. Su Ding followed Shen Yi and entered Shen Yi's tent. After the two of them sat down in the tent, Shen Yi looked at Su Ding's situation.
With red eyes, he sighed slightly: "You haven't slept for several days, right?"
"nor."
Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said: "When I really can't bear it anymore, my subordinates will find a place to lean on and relax for a while. In fact, the battle situation is not particularly tense. I have time to sleep, but I am too nervous..."
He smiled bitterly: "Can't sleep."
Shen Yi nodded silently and said: "This battle is a tough battle, a stupid battle, it will be difficult for you."
He asked: "What is the damage done to our Huai'an army in the battle?"
"Almost 1,890 people were lost."
Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said: "Among them, more than 1,500 people were killed in battle, and 300 to 400 were seriously injured. It is difficult to say whether they can survive these few days."
"As for minor injuries..."
Su Ding shook his head slightly and said with a wry smile: "There are already countless."
"This is only the battle damage of Qi people during the two days of general attack."
"If we count the casualties in the past few days, plus the casualties of thousands of households in the east, our Xiangshui Camp..."
"The reduction in combat strength will probably be more than 5,000 people."
Shen Yi patted his shoulder and said, "In a moment, you go to sleep for a while, and then report the specific number, and I will report your merits to you."
At this point, Mr. Shen's voice became hoarse: "The casualties of the Forbidden Army will also be reported."
Su Ding lowered his head slightly: "I understand."
After saying this, Su Ding did not move for a while and had no intention of leaving. Shen Yi looked at him twice and said silently: "Two drinks?"
Su Ding lowered his head, his hands were shaking slightly, and then he nodded firmly: "Drink two drinks!"
"If you don't drink, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep."
Shen Yi turned his head and shouted outside the tent: "Jiang Sheng!"
"Go and call Xue Wei!"
"Bring me two more jars of good wine."
Jiang Sheng outside the door responded and hurriedly went to do something.
On this day, in this temporary camp, the three top men of the Huai'an Army were so drunk that they lay twisted on the ground, unconscious.
After Mr. Shen got drunk, he finally fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, it was already afternoon.
When he woke up, he only felt a headache. He managed to open his eyes and saw a very familiar figure sitting in his tent.
Shen Yi rubbed his temples, then slowly sat up, first covering his forehead with both hands, and after waking up for a while, he spoke with a hoarse voice.
"When did senior brother come?"
"I arrived here at noon and brought some emergency gold sore medicine and anti-bleeding powder."
Zhang Jian poured a bowl of hot water and handed it to Shen Yi, then looked at him and sighed slightly.
"Look at what you look like now. You're just disheveled and unshaven. You don't look like a second-ranked Jinshi."
His words sounded like reproach, but in fact they were concerned about Shen Yi. After Master Shen took a sip of hot water, his body felt much relieved. He exhaled a breath of hot air, shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "In this situation, I
Being safe and sound is already a blessing from God, how can I even bother to describe it?"
After saying this, Shen Yi looked at Zhang Jian and asked: "Brother, have all the medicinal materials I sent from Jiankang to Huai'an arrived? Have you brought them to Xiangshui?"
Zhang Jian sighed again: "It started arriving one after another the day before yesterday. I know you are fighting a big war. In the past two days, some doctors in Huai'an and I have been preparing some emergency medicines and sending them to the front line for you."
"Now, those who are seriously injured and cannot move will be treated on the spot, and those who can move will be sent to Xiangshui County or Huai'an Prefecture for slow treatment."
Having said this, Zhang Jian paused, looked at Shen Yi, and said angrily: "In addition to the medicinal materials, those people also rushed a large number of pigs, cattle and sheep and sent them to Huai'an City. There were hundreds of them.
There is no place to go, so I can only arrange it near the government office, but I really can't let it go. Now, even the backyard of my government office has four or five pigs and seven or eight sheep, making it stinky.
"
"Your sister-in-law is at odds with me because of this matter."
When Shen Yi met Xu Fu a few days ago, in addition to asking him to transport gunpowder and arrows and asking for money, he also asked him to buy some medicinal materials to stop bleeding and treat injuries, as well as some pigs, cattle and sheep to send to Huai'an.
The medicinal materials are naturally for saving lives, and the pigs, cattle and sheep are for giving teeth to these brothers who have fought in the war.
Hearing Zhang Jian's words, Shen Yi's inner depression dissipated a lot, and he immediately smiled and said: "It's really not a good idea to offend Mrs. Sister-in-law. I'll go back to Huai'an and ask someone to go to the government office and give it to my senior brother."
Clean up the government office."
Zhang Jian shook his head slightly and did not answer.
After a while, Shen Yi drank a bowl of hot water. Zhang Jian then poured him another bowl. Then he looked at Shen Yi and said, "Zi Heng won another big victory this time. He returned to Jiankang this year.
Kang, those old men have nothing to say about you anymore."
After Shen Yi took a sip of water, he put the bowl aside and shook his head slightly: "To be honest, I would rather not have such a big victory."
"Too many people died."
"When it comes to war, there's no way someone won't die."
Zhang Fuzun was very calm. He looked at Shen Yi and said quietly: "Zi Heng said earlier that this battle will be the last battle before the Northern Expedition. Now that this battle has been won, Zi Heng's Northern Expedition should not
What's the obstacle?"
Mr. Shen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It depends on how the court decides, and if we really want to go to the Northern Expedition..."
He said slowly: "The strength of the Huai'an Army is definitely not enough."
Zhang Jian narrowed his eyes and said, "In my opinion, His Majesty will probably send you a Forbidden Army. Firstly, the Forbidden Army is ready-made and there is no need to train new recruits. Secondly..."
Shen Yi looked calm and said: "Secondly, if you use it, the court can rest assured."
Zhang Jian nodded: "That's the truth."
After thinking for a while, he said: "Since ancient times, temples and battlefields have not always been the same. Ziheng, you may have won on the battlefield this time, but you may not have won in the temple. After returning to Jiankang this year, you still have to worry about going there.
Argue with them."
"I will naturally fight for what should be fought."
Mr. Shen lowered his head, straightened some of his scattered clothes, and said slowly: "Besides, I am no longer what I used to be. If we really fight, my voice may not be lower than theirs."
Zhang Jian nodded slightly, then smiled and said, "In the final analysis, it still depends on the Holy Will."
"The Holy Will has become clear."
Shen Yi said calmly: "Otherwise, there would be no Huai'an Army."
Having said this, he looked at Zhang Jian and asked: "Brother, after this battle, Huai'an will no longer be the front line. Do you still want to stay in Huai'an?"
"It's natural."
Zhang Jian said with a smile: "Now that I'm here, I have to finish this term as prefect. As for whether we are on the front line or not, it doesn't matter that much."
"The most important thing is to be able to benefit the people of one place."
He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Where are you, Ziheng? When will you return to Jiankang?"
"Just before the year."
Mr. Shen thought for a while and said slowly: "We have just finished this battle, and there are still many things to deal with. Besides, the people of Qi may not be willing to suffer this boring loss, and they may make a comeback. I still have to spend more time in Huai'an."
Arrangement.”
"But before this year's New Year, I must return to Jiankang. Firstly, I will tell His Majesty the war situation in Huai'an in detail and discuss the Northern Expedition. Secondly..."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Brother's marriage has been postponed again and again. Now it has been postponed to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. I can't delay his marriage any longer. I always have to go back and have a look."
"Well."
Zhang Jian nodded and said, "In a blink of an eye, Zichang will also get married."
He was thoughtful.
"After getting married, it's time to fill the vacancy and take up the job, right?"
"yes."
Shen Yi nodded lightly.
"Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Zichang has become an official..."