Chapter 960: The attitude of the army of tigers and wolves
When he learned that his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan came to Gaolang through the southern mountainous area of Taiyue Mountain, Zhao Hongrun was very moved.???
You know, whether it is Taihang Mountain or Taiyue Mountain, the roads in the deep mountains of this era are very dangerous and difficult. Although it seems that the distance from Duanshi to Gaolang across the southern mountainous area of Taiyue Mountain is only about a hundred miles, but this
It is the straight-line distance between the two places. The actual distance may be two or three times higher, otherwise there would be no saying "looking at the mountain and running to death".
What's more important is that there are no so-called roads in this kind of deep mountainous area. You have to find your own direction. When you encounter mountains and rivers, you can build bridges.
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In addition to the dangerous terrain, venomous snakes and beasts in the mountains are also a huge threat.
In addition, it is very inconvenient to find water sources, so that ordinary generals will not be willing to operate in the mountains if they have the choice. Who knows what dangers lurk in those inaccessible mountains.
But his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan walked through the southern mountainous area of Taiyue Mountain without hesitation. This moved Zhao Hongrun but also gave him an inexplicable emotion: Brothers are brothers after all.
"Thanks for your hard work."
After the simple celebration that night, when Zhao Hongrun and his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan were sitting by the campfire, Zhao Hongrun finally spoke out the words that were deep in his heart.
Zhao Hongxuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
Vaguely, it seemed as if the estrangement between the two brothers had disappeared and the closeness they once had was restored.
The next day, early in the morning, King Su's army stationed in Weiqiu left the Weiqiu military camp and went to yesterday's battlefield to clean up the corpses of the enemy and our troops who fell last night.
When King Wei Qiusu's soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, Zhao Hongxuan followed his brother Zhao Hongrun and looked at the corpses scattered all over the battlefield.
When he saw the corpses of King Su's soldiers being carried aside by his colleagues, Zhao Hongxuan couldn't help but sigh.
Beside him, Zhao Hongrun was also silent.
The Battle of Weiqiu was the most brutal battle fought by King Su's army since it entered Shangdang County, and it also caused the greatest loss of troops. According to preliminary estimates, in this battle, Weiqiu's 20,000 Yanling Army and Shangshui
A total of about 6,000 soldiers were killed in the battle, and about 14,000 Korean soldiers were killed.
When Zhao Hongxuan learned this number of casualties, he gasped in shock.
Only then did he realize how powerful his brother Zhao Hongrun's army was. The 20,000 Wei troops were besieged by nearly 40,000 Korean troops and more than 20,000 Korean cavalry in Weiqiu for nearly ten days. Finally, he seized the opportunity to sink the ship.
They went out to attack with great momentum. Facing nearly 40,000 Korean troops, they killed 14,000 enemies and lost 6,000 themselves. What a powerful and tenacious army this was!
"Will the remains of these soldiers be returned to Shangshui?" Zhao Hongxuan asked.
Zhao Hongrun was silent for a moment, and finally said quietly: "The soldiers have decided to bury the ashes of these companions in Wei Qiu..."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan glanced at his brother in shock and hesitated to speak, but in the end, he said nothing and just nodded silently.
Because he knew that if possible, his brother would definitely send the bodies of the soldiers who died under his command back to Shangshui instead of letting them be buried in a foreign land.
Cleaning the battlefield lasted for a whole day. A part of King Su's army was responsible for collecting the corpses of the Korean soldiers. They peeled off the leather armor from the corpses of the Korean soldiers, along with the long swords and Korean crossbows scattered on the ground.
The spoils of war.
It is undeniable that the long swords of the Korean soldiers are still very good, not much inferior to the swords of the Wei soldiers. Therefore, the Wei soldiers are very happy to use this long sword as a secondary weapon or a substitute weapon.
As for the Han crossbows, they were properly kept by the Wei soldiers. After all, the sword and shield soldiers of King Su's army were not equipped with hand crossbows. Get one and hang it on your waist, and then get some arrows later. The sword and shield soldiers can also be regarded as hand crossbows.
Has a ranged weapon.
As for the light armor worn by the Korean soldiers, I believe that the Wei soldiers collected it purely with the idea of "something is better than nothing". After all, this kind of leather armor sewn from cowhide has some defensive power.
If it doesn't work, you can sell it for some money after returning home. For the King Su Army, which prohibits looting civilians under military regulations, clearing the battlefield is an opportunity for the soldiers to collect trophies. However, considering that the pension and treatment of the King Su Army are very high, so
For soldiers, collecting trophies after the war is actually just a tradition.
How much can a set of equipment for Korean soldiers cost? You know, after several large-scale wars, the soldiers of King Su’s army already had houses, fields, and even a few sheep.
A proper rich peasant class.
The income gained from clearing the battlefield is at best a few drinks, which is better than nothing.
It is precisely because of this that, except for the sword and shield soldiers who are interested in Korean crossbows, and the crossbow soldiers are interested in Korean long swords, the rest, such as the soldiers and armors of the Korean army, are purely collected as garbage. After all, King Su's army
The armor of the Korean soldiers is much better than the light armor of the Korean soldiers. Not to mention the heavy armor of the sword and shield soldiers, the relatively light and weak armor of the crossbowmen is better than the light armor of the Korean soldiers.
After about a few hours, the corpses of the Korean soldiers were first gathered into a pile, and then some wood, branches and dead leaves were collected from the nearby forest, and the pile of corpses of the Korean soldiers were burned with these firewood.
While burning the corpses, Wei Bing dug a deep pit next to it. After the corpses were burned, they moved the ashes into the pit. This could prevent the corpse water caused by the rotting corpses from contaminating the soil and water sources to the greatest extent.
The birth of the plague.
As for the corpses of King Su's soldiers, they were all moved to Wei Qiu by the Wei soldiers. There were no carriages, so the soldiers simply carried them or carried them on their backs. After all, they were all compatriots who lived and died together, and no one would go there.
If you think about blood stains, you won't worry about other gods and ghosts.
Around dusk, the bodies of about six thousand soldiers of King Su who died in the battle were moved to Wei Qiu by Wei soldiers.
The Wei soldiers cut down a lot of forest trees on Weiqiu Mountain, built a huge bonfire with the wood, and placed the corpses of King Su's soldiers, stripped of their weapons and equipment, on the bonfire.
At that time, the 14,000 soldiers of King Su's surprise attack force who had survived the battle were all sitting around the pairs of bonfires, silently bidding farewell to their fallen comrades.
A moment later, Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, and Sun Shuke, the general of the third battalion of the Yanling Army, each held a torch and lit the huge bonfire.
Afterwards, the two of them retreated among the soldiers, sat on the ground with the other soldiers of King Su's army, and watched quietly as the bonfires crackled and burned.
At this time, Zhao Hongxuan was suddenly surprised to hear a burst of grass flute sound from all around.
Zhao Hongxuan looked around for a few times in confusion, and then realized that while all the soldiers of King Su were sitting down, there were about hundreds of soldiers still standing, looking solemnly and blowing the blades of grass.
A soft and melodious tune.
He was puzzled and wanted to ask, but when he saw his brother Zhao Hongrun and the nearby Su Wang soldiers all looking solemn, he could only bury this question deep in his heart.
In fact, this is a unique tradition of King Su's army.
I remember that two years ago, during the Battle of Sanchuan, the Shangshui Army suffered heavy losses when they resisted the siege of the Jiejiao tribe in Luocheng.
At that time, the Shang Shui soldiers who had first surrendered to Wei felt very confused and confused as to why they were fighting. As a result, the atmosphere in the Shang Shui army that night was very bad and the morale of the soldiers was shaken.
At that time, Zhao Hongrun played a piece of music on a grass flute, which somehow calmed the agitated Shangshui soldiers.
From then on, this incident became the tradition of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army. Whenever a soldier died in the army, the remaining soldiers would play this tune on the grass flute to pay homage to Tongze who died in the battle.
Because this is the only thing they can do.
It is precisely because this is tradition that no one will make a noise at this time. The 14,000 Suwang soldiers listened to the song quietly and watched their fallen comrades turn into ashes in the fire.
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Looking at the solemn expressions of the generals and generals of King Su's army present, Zhao Hongxuan suddenly understood. He finally understood why his brother's two armies were so powerful.
Is it because this army has a tradition? Or is it because these soldiers have a sense of honor? Or is it because they have condensed the so-called military soul?
Zhao Hongxuan couldn't explain clearly. He only felt as if a voice was trying to make him understand: This is the posture of a strong army, a tiger and wolf division.
There were no tears, no superfluous words to boost morale. There was no confusion in the hearts of the soldiers and generals in the army. They all knew why they fought and sacrificed, and they knew that all sacrifices were meaningful.
For the first time, Zhao Hongxuan was so oppressed by the potential momentum of the friendly forces that he could hardly breathe.
Once upon a time, he was confused as to which army the Northern Army should follow as an example, but now, he is no longer confused, because he has witnessed and experienced with his own eyes the appearance of a tiger and wolf army.
About an hour and a half later, the bonfire burned down to ashes. The soldiers of King Su's army dug a deep pit next to it and placed all the weapons and armors of their fallen comrades in the pit. Then, they placed them in the pit.
The ashes of soldiers who died in battle were dumped into pits and buried with soil.
Wei's latest weapon, armor, was buried deep in a pit at the foot of Weiqiu Mountain, but Zhao Hongrun didn't feel bad. Maybe it would take a lot of money to build those 6,000 sets of weapons and armor, but so what?
On the side, Zhou Min, the military division general of the First Army of the North, watched this scene and suddenly realized in his heart: The reason why the army under His Royal Highness King Su has such strong cohesion is indeed inseparable from the commander.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, a certain King Su gave his soldiers everything they wanted. Under such circumstances, how could the soldiers under his command not be willing to die for him?
"Ha, compared to the object of admiration, it seems that my Highness still has a long way to go..."
Glancing at Zhao Hongxuan beside him, he saw that he was looking at the soldiers of King Su's army intently, and showing expressions of surprise from time to time. Zhou Min, who had guessed what he was thinking, secretly said in his heart. 8