"Our army has suffered approximately 2,000 casualties. For other details, several generals are making statistics."
After hearing the soldier's report, Shen Tang let out a sigh of relief. If Jiulong could not be captured, all subsequent plans would be affected. Now, Jiulong City is finally in his hands!
"Okay! Let the army in the city continue to clean the battlefield, and order the entire army to break out of camp and enter the city!"
By the time Shen Tang entered Jiulong City, the entire battlefield had almost been cleaned up! However, the scattered blood stains in the hidden places and the burning smell still floating in the air still witnessed the battle not long ago!
"I've met the handsome man!"
Xin Qiji and others came together to greet him!
Shen Tang nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work! You have all made great contributions in this battle! Secretary, please complete the merit list. When the army returns, I will report to the court again and ask for merit for the generals!"
"Thank you, Marshal!"
Everyone drank in unison.
Xin Qiji and others accompanied Shen Tang around the city. Jiulong City was really not big, much smaller than an ordinary county town. The entire city was less than two miles square, and all the people who still lived in the city were Behind closed doors, no one showed up.
In these troubled times, the people have almost accepted their fate. No matter who occupies the city or territory, as long as they can survive, they actually don't care! Whether it is the Song Dynasty or Tubo, in many cases, there is not much difference.
They are unable to change this situation, they can only pray to survive in this battle. This is their greatest wish.
Fortunately, although the Tubo people occupied many state capitals on Chengdu Fulu Road, due to their unstable foundation, although they looted and oppressed these people, they did not carry out mass killings.
After the Song army entered the city, they had already been ordered by Shen Tang, and of course they would not harass these people.
"The generals gathered their soldiers, Ji Rong, and sent five thousand soldiers and horses to guard the north and south gates and patrol them day and night! After half an hour, discuss the next step of the advance!"
Taking Jiulong is only the first step to go south! Moreover, Shen Tang does not have much time to waste. After all, the city of Chengdu is now in danger.
Therefore, after repairing the situation, he must continue to go south as soon as possible to relieve Shao Hongyuan of Chengdu Prefecture.
The commander-in-chief's mansion that originally belonged to Suolang Wangdui had been cleaned up long ago, and Shen Tang settled in it.
After waiting for half an hour, Xin Qiji and others arranged things in the city and gathered in the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion, waiting for Shen Tang's next order!
Afterwards, everyone first reported to Shen Tang again the course of the battle and the injuries on both sides!
Generally speaking, the Song army's damage was very small! Moreover, most of them were caused during the frontal battle at the city gate.
Although there were many Tibetans in the military camp, there was a large fire burning inside and a pair of cavalrymen shot and killed them, but they did not cause much harm to the Song army at all.
Therefore, in this battle, the Song army suffered only more than 2,300 casualties in total.
Compared with the Song army, the Tubo people suffered heavy losses.
In addition to the fact that most of the soldiers in the military camp were killed or wounded, the final battle on the north wall also saw more than half of the soldiers killed or wounded. In the end, the remaining Tibetans had no hope and had to surrender.
In addition, the victory in this battle has greatly reduced the pressure on Shen Tang's food and fodder operations.
Shen Tang and others carried very little food and grass along the way. After all, the court's food and grass were still on the way and had not yet been completely transported to Shen Tang.
Fortunately, when we first entered Lizhou West Road, we resupplied in Xihezhou.
Later, in the land of Mianzhou, Tang Shen ruthlessly dealt with those grain and rice profiteers and gained a lot, so he persisted until now.
But this Jiulong City is extremely wealthy!
Not long ago, there were 50,000 troops stationed here, and even after they were mobilized, there were still 30,000 troops.
Therefore, the Tubo people hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in Jiulong City in order to reduce the number of trips in and out of the city and seal Jiulong City for as long as possible.
However, this battle was so sudden that Jiulong City fell into the hands of the Song army before the Tubo people could fully react, and their hoards naturally became Shen Tang's spoils.
After counting, the food and grass in Jiulong City is enough to ensure that Shen Tang’s army has food and grass for a month! This is of course good news for the Song Army...
After everyone reported, Shen Tang nodded slightly, and then said, "Now, Chengdu Mansion is in danger.
Therefore, we must go to the boundary of Chengdu Prefecture as soon as possible and disperse the Tubo army in Chengdu Prefecture! Because our battle was launched very suddenly, so the Tubo people will not be too prepared. It’s more advantageous for us.”
"The rest of the army will be repairing for a day.
At midnight on the day after tomorrow, the whole army will set off and continue southward!"
"However, before that, there is one more thing that needs to be done! Our location is about two hundred miles away from the capital city of Chengdu.
Fortunately, the terrain around Chengdu is much flatter than other places, so traveling is much easier.
But from here to Chengdu, you have to pass through Pixian County!"
"The terrain of Pi County is very ordinary, it is located on a plain, so there is no need to plan like here in Jiulong.
Moreover, since Jiulong is an important checkpoint for their garrison, then there is probably no Tubo garrison in Pixian County.
However, this was before.
Now that Jiulong has been lost, if the Tubo people want to delay our steps, then their best position is in Pixian County.
After all, it is much easier to guard a city to stop us."
"It will take a day for the defeated soldiers of Jiulong to deliver the news to Chengdu. In addition, they will mobilize their troops and generals. Therefore, they will have at least a day and a half for us to operate! Therefore, we must ensure that If Pixian County is unblocked, Pixian County cannot be completely allowed to fall into the hands of the Tubo people.
Otherwise, not to mention the damage caused by the siege, time will also be delayed.
Therefore, I need a vanguard to set off immediately and go to the Pixian area!"
"The purpose of this vanguard army is not to start a war with Tibet. However, once the Tibetans come, they need to be delayed as much as possible to give our army enough time to take over Pixian County."
"As long as we capture Pixian County again, then we can march directly to the capital of Chengdu without any hindrance!"
After Shen Tang finished speaking, and after a moment of silence, Xin Qiji and others stood up, "Commander, I'll go! Before our army takes Pixian County, the general will not let the Tibetan reinforcements enter Jiulong City."