In this battle, the imperial army suffered heavy casualties. The number of defeated troops who finally escaped back to Huangsha City was only five to six thousand. This was because Li Letian ordered the withdrawal in time, so that the fate of being completely annihilated was avoided. But despite this,
Still, three to four thousand people fell on the battlefield.
Such heavy casualties meant that the entire team was defeated. By the end of the fight, the Imperial Army had actually lost its ability to resist. They could either choose to escape, or hold their heads high and be hacked to death.
Of course, among the casualties this time, the Qingzhou soldiers suffered the most casualties, while the Liangzhou soldiers suffered very few losses. This is because the Liangzhou soldiers had already had many encounters with the Toad Army, and it was impossible to defeat them, but they could only escape to save their lives.
But this is what they are good at.
The Liangzhou soldiers, known as the strongest army in the northwest, are worthy of their name in this respect.
Cheng Dalei did not order the troops to pursue him, which proved everyone's initial suspicion: he just wanted to trap everyone in Huangsha City.
After the war, there was supposed to be a military meeting to analyze the gains and losses of the battle. What were the strengths of the Imperial Army and what were the weaknesses of the Toad Army. But surprisingly, no one proposed to convene a meeting, and everyone left the city in dejection.
The reason may be that, through this battle, no one discovered the weaknesses of the Toad Army, nor did they feel that the Imperial Army had any strengths.
Li Letian, Yu Chili, Cui Xiang and others all have their heads buzzing. There are too many things for them to digest in this battle.
There are many knowledgeable people in the imperial army. They are very knowledgeable and think hard about how to improve the combat effectiveness of the imperial army so that they can win the battle with the Rong people. However, the results are always disappointing.
Today, the toad army led by Cheng Dalei taught them a solid lesson. It made them understand that through good cooperation, soldiers can exert unimaginable combat effectiveness.
Li Letian witnessed this battle with his own eyes, which shocked him greatly. It turns out that the war can still be fought like this. If you give yourself some time to train such a strong army, then you will be more powerful in the face of this empire with many princes.
Be confident. If you give yourself some more time, you may not be able to clean up the old country and reorganize the Li family.
However, who will give themselves time...
Thinking of this, Li Letian let out a long sigh, feeling quite powerless.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
A personal guard ran into the room, interrupting Li Letian's thoughts. As soon as he came, he knelt down and said: "Your Highness, the Qingzhou soldiers and the Jingzhou soldiers are fighting."
"What to hit?" Li Letian asked curiously.
"The Qingzhou soldiers said that the Liangzhou soldiers were afraid of war and death, and the Liangzhou soldiers said that the Qingzhou soldiers were a bunch of stupid pigs, so they started fighting."
"I think they are all stupid pigs!"
Li Letian was furious. Even now, there was still internal strife. He wanted to rush to deal with it immediately, but after thinking about it, he stopped. There were some things that he did not need to personally intervene in.
"Okay, I understand, let General Yuchi handle it."
"Well... General Yuchi has gone, and Prime Minister Cui is also here. It was General Yuchi who asked me to invite His Highness."
Li Letian cursed and rushed to the scene immediately. He saw both parties glaring at each other on the street, and the leading men were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen.
"The Qingzhou soldiers were too reckless, otherwise they would have caused so many casualties." Song Bokang.
"Song, if you still say sarcastic words, you can run fast!" Zhou Huanjing said.
Seeing that the two men wanted to take action on the spot, Cui Xiangli stood behind Song Bokang and Yu Chili stood behind Zhou Huanjing, neither of them commented on this scene.
When they saw Li Letian appear, everyone became quiet.
"Your Highness, please tell us why our brothers died so miserably. The man surnamed Song did not work hard and even made sarcastic remarks."
"Your Highness, please seek justice. I will tell you the truth. The performance of the Qingzhou soldiers in this battle was really poor."
Li Letian's face was extremely ugly. He looked around and saw that some people in the Qingzhou and Liangzhou armies were injured. There were hundreds of people involved in this internal strife. If it was not stopped in time, the situation would be out of control.
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"Who made the move first?" Li Letian said suddenly.
No one among the Qingzhou soldiers spoke. A man from the Liangzhou soldiers stood up and pointed at the centurion: "It's him!"
"Okay, come out here. Tell me how he did it." Li Letian pointed at the centurion again: "You come out with me too."
Both of them stood in front of Li Letian. The centurion held his head high and said, "Your Highness, you must make the decision for me..."
Li Letian didn't wait for him to speak, and suddenly drew his sword and pierced his throat with the sword. Before the Liangzhou soldier could be happy, Li Letian slashed him with his sword again.
Two corpses fell to the ground, and the sword in Li Letian's hand was dripping with blood. There were thousands of people on the field, but no one spoke.
"The war is about to begin. If there is another private fighter, talk to my sword!"
Wherever he looked, no one dared to meet his eyes. Li Letian sheathed his sword and strode away from the scene.
At this time, Cui Xiang slowly raised his head, stared at Li Letian's back, and an idea came to his mind: Li Manzi had some intentions.
Li Letian didn't want to kill anyone to establish his authority. An imperial prince, currently the person closest to the imperial throne, didn't need to use such methods. He was just not very happy. The internal strife between the two armies made him aware of an uneasy fact: the morale of the military was already in chaos.
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The soldiers were trapped in an isolated city, without food and grass support, and they fought a disastrous battle. This situation made everyone feel uneasy, even big shots like Li Letian, let alone the lower-level soldiers.
What the big shots want is the whole world, but what the soldiers at the bottom want is just to survive.
In the evening, something even worse happened. Mu Yanglin in Yuzhou actually opened the city gate privately and tried to escape overnight.
When the news was reported to Li Letian, Yang Lin had already retreated and fled. They fled through the south gate, which was the shortest distance to escape back to Yuzhou.
Yuchili had personally led the troops to pursue them, but it did not have much effect. Cheng Dalei exercised the power to deal with deserters on his behalf.
Three thousand Longzi cavalry pursued the Yuzhou soldiers, and corpses fell one after another on the grassland. The Yuzhou soldiers had no will to resist and suffered a major defeat.
In the end, although a group of people escaped, the cost of casualties was huge.
This made Li Letian's mood even worse. Except for Yang Lin in Yuzhou, he was afraid that other princes would not want to fight anymore.
He analyzed the situation in front of him, thought about it, and feared that there was only one way. It was to go out of the city and fight decisively, with 80,000 hungry men against Cheng Dalei's 10,000 elite troops. Of course, he would suffer heavy casualties, but he could still get out of this predicament.
However, who should be sacrificed and whom should be allowed to live... I am afraid that all the princes have their own thoughts.
Li Letian suddenly understood how Ming Emperor felt. Facing such a group of people, it was easier to be a foolish emperor than a wise emperor.