The first thousand four hundred and thirty-five chapters cross the river safely
Chapter 1435 Crossing the river safely
Ma Chao nodded and then rode forward, leading his bodyguard to chase down the collapsed Kushan soldiers and horses.
Soon Ma Chao's order was passed to the respective captains, and then the captains also distributed the news to their respective team leaders.
Immediately, the entire Xuanwei Army cavalry got the news, and their original running form also changed. They slowed down and sent out soldiers and horses to explore the surrounding situation.
The speed here slowed down, and the Kushan army over there ran even more happily. They all wished they had two extra legs and ran towards the city.
In this way, they chased and fled until all the Kushan troops returned to the city, and then the Chinese army gathered their troops and retreated toward the water village.
While the battle was going on in the front, the troop transport ships behind did not stop for a moment, and kept going to and from both sides of the Ganges, bringing troops and horses to the water fortress.
The 300,000-strong army will not be able to cross the river in a short time, but now that the Kushan army has been defeated, they will never dare to go out to attack themselves in a short time, and they can safely transport troops.
"I will cross the river first, General Gao Shun, and you will be responsible for transporting the subsequent troops and horses."
After looking at the current situation, Jia Xu left the place to Gao Shun for arrangements, while he crossed the river first to preside over the battle there.
"promise."
Under the escort of his personal guards, Jia Xu crossed the Ganges River and came to the water stronghold. Looking at the wounded on the ground and the dead bodies outside the water stronghold, he knew how tragic the battle just now was.
"Recruit the three generals Tai Shi Ci, Ma Chao and Xu Huang to come over."
Jia Xu stood in the navy general's mansion in the water village and asked the soldiers to summon several generals to discuss matters.
"military adviser."
"military adviser."
"military adviser."
The three generals came to Jia Xu together and saluted him with clasped fists.
"Well, thanks to the hard work of the generals, this battle was fought beautifully."
Jia Xu glanced at the three of them. To be able to win this battle, the contribution of the three of them was relatively large.
"It all depends on military planning and decisive victory thousands of miles away. If it weren't for your arrangement, all the soldiers in the water village might have been driven into the river by the Kushan people to feed the fish."
Taishi Ci's eyes were full of awe. The opponent was really powerful. If he hadn't planned the strategy and anticipated the enemy first, the current battle situation would have been different.
"I only make suggestions. The real contribution is made by the generals and the soldiers under their command. I will ask Your Majesty for your credit for everyone."
Jia Xu also shook his head. This credit does not belong to him, but to everyone, and he does not dare to take it all.
"Thank you, sir."
"Thank you, sir."
"Thank you, sir."
The three of them saluted Jia Xu again.
"Okay, now it's time to get down to business. Let's each report our casualties."
Now Jia Xu doesn't care about anything else. What he cares most about is the casualties of his soldiers. After all, these are the best of the best. Now they are on an expedition and there is no replenishment at all. It can be said that every one who dies is one less.
"Our unit has lost more than 7,000 people, and the injured are not counted."
After hearing Jia Xu's words, Taishi Ci was the first to stand up. As the mainstay of the Tiger Army, they had been fighting at the forefront, so they suffered the greatest losses.
"Seven thousand people, I understand."
Jia Xu nodded. The casualties were just a number to him, but the loss of 7,000 people was still beyond his imagination.
"The losses of our unit are close to 4,000, and there are countless injured."
After Taishi Ci revealed his casualties, Xu Huang immediately reported the number of his casualties.
He mainly played support and did not play the role of the main force. The losses were relatively small, but the loss of 4,000 people was not low.
"Well, I understand, General Ma Chao, your losses shouldn't be big."
Jia Xu nodded again, and then set his sights on Ma Chao.
"The Xuanwei Army's losses were indeed not large, with only a few hundred casualties."
Ma Chao glanced at Jia Xu and nodded at the other party. His loss was indeed not big. The loss of several hundred people was indeed dwarfed by the previous losses.
"Well, are there any other losses?"
After the three of them reported their losses, Jia Xu asked Tai Shi Ci again.
"The skirmishers lost almost 1,400 men, and the crossbows were broken into half."
As the commander-in-chief of Shuizhai, Taishi Ci is well aware of these things.
"Okay, I understand the general losses. The corpses outside the water village must be cleaned up. What should be burned should be burned, and what should be buried should be buried. There must be no plague, do you understand?"
Jia Xu also had a pretty good idea of the approximate losses. What they had to do now was to take anti-epidemic measures. If something went wrong in the meantime, it would be catastrophic for them, and it might be more serious than the attrition in combat.
"I have arranged for soldiers to dispose of the body, and military doctors are also carrying out epidemic prevention treatment. There will definitely be no problems."
Taishi Ci saluted Jia Xu, which he had already arranged.
"Well, that's good. Send out scouts to patrol the enemy's city. If there is any trouble, come back and report immediately."
Since there is nothing to say here, Jia Xu's next target is the enemy's base city.
"promise."
The army was transporting soldiers and horses across the river day and night. Their current mission was to transport all the soldiers and horses to the other side of the river as quickly as possible.
"General, what's going on?"
Seeing Hariwan's appearance, all the defenders in the city were stunned. They were fine when they went out, but why were they beaten like a dog when they came back?
"Stop talking, hurry up and set up city defenses to prevent sneak attacks by the Chinese."
Hariwan was really speechless now, so he attacked with great hope, but he didn't expect that it would turn out to be so miserable in the end. He was not worthy of his reputation as a general.
"yes."
After hearing Hariwan's words, the general who defended the city did not dare to ask any more questions, and directly ordered the city defense troops to impose martial law to prevent the Chinese army from attacking.
"General, what should we do now?"
Hariwan's new personal guard commander glanced at the other party. He had never expected that the battle would end like this.
"what to do?
I will burn incense if I can get 50,000 people back this time. Now all we can do is defend the city and defend it to the death. We can hold on for as long as we can."
Hariwan has nothing to say now. The only thing they can do is to stand firm and rely on the power of city defense to resist the attack of the Chinese soldiers.
"yes."
After hearing Hariwan's words, the captain of the guard also saluted him, and then went down to deploy the city's defenses.
As time went by, more and more defeated troops returned to the city. At the end of the day, the troops and horses were counted. Counting the 20,000 cavalry who left the city, the actual number of troops who returned was only 40,000, which means nearly 80,000 troops.
The horse was lost in the battle of Shuizhai.
The Kushan army here was beaten and was licking its wounds in the city. The Chinese army over there was also transporting troops and horses non-stop. The battlefield that was originally filled with smoke suddenly became much calmer.
"Your Majesty, a telegram from Lord Jia Xu."
Dian Wei came to Yuan Shu and saluted him.
"oh?
Bring it to me to see."
He hadn't received a telegram from Jia Xu for a long time, and he didn't have much hope for the situation there. After all, there was a Ganges River in the middle. That side was wider and more difficult to break than his own Amu Darya River, and Jia Xu didn't have any
Navy, it was hard for him to imagine how the opponent would fight.
After opening the telegram, Yuan Shu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
Seeing Yuan Shu raise his eyebrows, Dian Wei knew that something must have happened with Jia Xu.
"Jia Xu is indeed Jia Xu. He really made it clear that he was building plank roads openly and secretly cheating Chen Cang."
Yuan Shu smiled slightly and handed the telegram into Dian Wei's hand.
Dian Wei opened the telegram and looked at it carefully, his eyes couldn't stop being excited.
"It's amazing that Military Advisor Jia Xu could think of dismantling naval warships and assembling them on the Ganges River."
"Well, Jia Xuzhi's thinking is unparalleled and unparalleled. With him on the other side of the Ganges, the Kushan army is really blessed."
Yuan Shu nodded. He originally thought that the south would maintain an undefeated situation. After he captured the capital of the Kushan Empire, he could send troops south to attack Hariwan with him. Unexpectedly, the opponent had already broken through the Ganges River and was preparing to attack Hariwan.
Attacked.
"Your Majesty, shouldn't we speed up now? We can't be outdone by Lord Jia Xu."
Dian Wei glanced at Yuan Shu, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
"Don't be in a hurry. Marching and fighting are never won by rushing. Now that Jia Xu has made a breakthrough, we can't rush to fight here. As long as he can defeat the Kushan army's troops near the Ganges River,
Then go north along the way, first descend to the Kushan capital, and follow us in Laigao for a pincer attack, then Kushan will inevitably be destroyed."
Yuan Shu shook his head. Originally, he fought very hastily because he was afraid of any accidents. But now it's better. Jia Xu has made a breakthrough. His current task is to attract the main force of the Kushan army and give it to Jia Xu.
It would be good if Xu could create opportunities there. Anyway, if the two armies break through, Kushan will surely perish.
"Although that's what I say, the soldiers don't think so. Such words may weaken morale."
Although Dian Wei Wentao's military strategy is not top-notch, he can still see some things. The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses here are not here for tourism. If you just ignore the high skills and don't fight, it will be difficult to convince the crowd.
"It's okay. When I say slow down, I don't mean not to fight, but to let nature take its course. If you can win the high defense, you will naturally fight. If the defense is really strong, there is no need for us to attack by force. Do you understand?"
But Yuan Shu shook his head. In the current situation, he had to grasp the situation with both hands, and he had to be tough with both hands. Jia Xu's attack on the city could not be won in a day or two. Whoever had a chance would break through. There was no initiative at all.
Vice points.
"Dian Wei understands."
Although Dian Wei was still a little angry after hearing Yuan Shu's explanation, he could only clasp his fists and salute.
"Okay, let Tian Feng come over. I want to discuss with him how to fight next."
