After a few days, the soldiers at Yanmen Pass slowly recovered.
All the brothers who died in battle have been buried, and Long Chen wants to take them back to their hometown.
The injured soldiers were treated with all their strength, but many soldiers still did not survive.
The final count showed that more than 35,000 soldiers were killed, more than 40,000 were wounded, and more than 10,000 were unable to fight anymore.
After one battle, the Long family army lost nearly 50,000 people.
Everyone was shocked by this casualty figure.
Since the establishment of the Long Family Army, it has never suffered such heavy casualties.
The situation on the barbarian side was not much better, with 10,000 killed and more than 20,000 injured.
After Tuzhi's persuasion, the barbarian warriors regained their energy, and more warriors were willing to join the war.
In the meeting hall, the empress sat in the middle, Long Chen sat on the left, beside him were Tu Zhi, Miao Yin and Gan Xin, and Mo Lin sat on the right.
Zhang Qian and other generals sat down one after another, Feng He, Yu Fuguo, Meng Yidao, and Zhuang Ling'er sat down one after another.
The barbarian general sat in the row behind.
The empress glanced at the generals, took a deep breath, raised her tone a little, and said: "Generals, we experienced our first fierce battle a few days ago. We have all seen the strength of the ghost clan."
"This is a war with no retreat. We can only choose to defeat the ghosts, otherwise the Central Plains will never have peace, and the grasslands will be the same."
The empress looked at Tu Zhi and the barbarian general behind her.
Tu Zhi nodded slightly, and the barbarian general behind him also agreed with the empress' words.
The grassland was the first place occupied by the ghost tribe, or in other words, the ghost tribe's stronghold is in the grassland.
Hundreds of thousands of barbarians have become victims of the ghost tribe. If the ghost tribe is not defeated, their grasslands will be lost forever, and the barbarians will cease to exist.
"This time, we paid heavy casualties. The Long Family Army lost more than 35,000 people and the Wolf Clan lost more than 10,000 people."
"This is a tragic sacrifice that we have never experienced before. On behalf of the world, I would like to thank all the soldiers for their bravery in killing the enemy and risking their lives for the common people in the world."
"Our sacrifice is not in vain. The five thousand elite soldiers of the ghost tribe have also been killed. Gan Xin, Mo Linzhan and General Dugu killed the ghost general."
"This battle also shows that the ghost tribe is not invincible. Even if Gao Qinhu, the general from four hundred years ago, led his troops, we can defeat them."
"In this Yanmen Pass defense battle, we are the winners, we have won!"
Everyone agrees on this.
Although they paid a heavy sacrifice, Yanmen Pass was defended and the ghost army was wiped out.
It was also because of this that everyone's morale slowly recovered.
"Yanmen Pass has become the gateway to the Central Plains and the people of the world. This is the place where our humans and the ghosts fight. We must defend it to the death."
The empress's tone was heavy and resolute. After hearing this, the generals secretly made up their minds that they must defend Yanmen Pass in order to defend the Central Plains.
"The ghost tribe is fierce, and we have already suffered a big loss."
"We must change our combat strategy. This matter will be arranged by King Wu."
The empress looked at Long Chen, and everyone's eyes also turned to Long Chen.
Long Chen cheered up and said: "Brothers, I am very grateful for your efforts in the battle. If not for everyone's desperate fight, the ghost tribe would have captured Yanmen Pass."
"The Holy One just said that the ghost tribe is fierce. If we continue to fight according to the current fighting method, we will suffer greater losses."
"What I mean by this king is to implement the elite soldier plan to improve the individual quality of the soldiers."
Long Chen glanced at everyone and continued: "In the past, we only focused on improving the cultivation of generals, and did not pay attention to the cultivation of soldiers and low-level generals."
"This battle exposed a problem. Generals alone are not enough to defeat the ghost clan. We must improve everyone's cultivation."
"My king wants to select 30,000 people, 15,000 from the Long family army and 5,000 from the Wolf family."
Long Chen turned to look at Tu Zhi. Tu Zhi already knew about it beforehand, but the barbarian general behind him didn't.
Tu Zhi looked back at the barbarian general, nodded slightly and said: "I agree, the ghost tribe occupies the grassland, if the wolf tribe must join the war."
The barbarian generals behind him didn't know what was going on with the elite soldier plan. Tuzhi agreed, and they didn't have any objections.
Thirty thousand elite soldiers, fifteen thousand of the Long family army, five thousand of the barbarians, where did the other thousand come from?
The generals looked at Long Chen in confusion.
Long Chen looked at the two people at the bottom and said: "Old general, there are many people in Nanliang. At this critical moment, you must contribute."
They are talking about Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai.
Nanliang has just been unified and the people's hearts have not yet surrendered. It is not easy for Long Chen to directly command them. Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai are the most suitable leaders.
Logically speaking, Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai should not participate in today's discussion. It was Long Chen who personally notified them to attend.
The two veterans were not stupid. They knew Long Chen's intention and immediately stood up and said: "No problem, we will return to the capital today."
There are still 200,000 Nanliang soldiers in the capital. They don't need to go back to Nanliang to recruit troops. They only need to command the Nanliang soldiers.
Long Chen took out a booklet and continued: "The plan is divided into two steps. After the 30,000 elite soldiers are gathered, I will personally train them. The other soldiers will be reorganized to restrain the ghost clan with military formations."
"The training method has been formulated, and the generals will execute it according to the king's plan."
The generals nodded slightly, relying entirely on Long Chen's command.
After talking about the army, Long Chen looked at Meng Yidao and Zhuang Ling'er, and said: "Back then, I gathered people from all walks of life in Linhu City and gave them the secret of longevity and the Long family's mental method. These people should have learned something."
"You two are responsible for contacting people in the martial arts world. Anyone who is willing to come can come. As long as they come, I will have better skills as a reward!"
The cultivation of people in the martial arts world is much better than ordinary things. The problem is that it is difficult to control them.
But now I don’t care about that much, everyone who can fight is all.
Meng Yidao and Zhuang Ling'er stood up and worshiped: "The last general takes orders."
Long Chen looked at the empress and said, "These are the things. Does the Holy One have anything else to say?"
The empress shook her head slightly and said, "No more, that's all. You act according to King Wu's plan."
Everyone stood up and worshiped: "I obey the decree!"
The empress got up and went back, and everyone walked out.
Long Chen caught up with Tuzhi in two steps and said, "You go back to the camp, I will come down to find you later."
Tu Zhi nodded respectfully and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you to come over."
Both of them were kings in name, so Tu Zhi couldn't be too respectful in front of the barbarian generals.
Long Chen patted Tuzhi on the shoulder and sent him out.
After Tu Zhi left, Long Chen called Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai to the room.
After closing the door, Long Chen sat down and said: "The two old generals are the same generation as my father. I am the junior. The current situation is critical and we need the two old generals to help. The soldiers of Nanliang also need the two old generals to convince them.
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Hu Feiyang sighed slightly: "No need to say more, we have all seen it." www.八一zw.????m
"Before coming here, we were unwilling to give in and wanted to see Li Chengdao again. Now that we have seen him, our hearts are cold."
"We know exactly what to do, you don't need to say anything."
Long Chen nodded, Qiu Kuohai patted Long Chen's shoulder and said with emotion: "Back then, among the five brothers, you were the most noisy, and you were also the most qualified."
"A few years have passed and you have become the King of Wu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the burden of dealing with the ghost tribe has fallen on your shoulders."
The two veteran generals can understand how heavy this responsibility is.
"When the sky collapses and the earth collapses, someone must stand up and resist. Where justice lies, do your duty!"
Long Chen said it was a bit tragic. No one knew what the subsequent battle would be like.
Long Chen felt that his cultivation had come to an end, but the Martial Saint and the Ghost Girl had not appeared yet.
When Martial Saint and Ghost Girl woke up, Long Chen felt that he...should not be able to defeat them.
