Steel Dynasty - Chapter 799

[Chapter 798 Frontline]

Winter is turning to spring, and the weather is getting warmer day by day.

After receiving good news one after another, Xiao Ming was in a happy mood. He left the staff headquarters, and Niu Ben and Luo Quan followed him, saying yes as they walked.

Obviously, it is impossible to capture six cities in a short time. War takes time. It would take several months to walk around this vast land in the Northeast from south to north.

However, precisely because of this vast area, if the entire Northeast is under the control of Dayu, the rich resources and land of this land will provide a lot of help to Dayu’s industry.

The three of them climbed up the steps to the Shanhaiguan city wall. Niu Ben continued to ask: “Your Majesty, if this is the case, what will happen to Qi Guangyi?”

“Now that the barbarians are newly defeated, they must be panicked and have no intention of conquering Qi Guangyi. What’s more, the Luo Hong people have gone, which is equivalent to Qi Guangyi now has an impregnable camp, and he doesn’t have to worry about supplies and retreat. Therefore, he should stay in Jinzhou and continue to disrupt the barbarians’ spring plowing. However, this time he can expand his scope and go farther. Loot the place.” Xiao Ming said.

Luo Quan also said: “Yes, and Liaozhou and Hepingzhou are in our hands. Qi Guangyi can go to these two cities at any time. With these three cities connected, the life of this barbarian will be even more difficult.”

After that, the three of them shouted at the same time .

laugh it out.

After deciding on a strategy to occupy the Northeast, Xiao Ming, Niu Ben, and Luo Quan headed to Pingzhou City under the protection of their guards at noon that day. At the same time, Xiao Ming asked the accompanying newspaper reporters to pass back the news of the victory in Pingzhou City. Qingzhou.

This war has touched the hearts of countless people in the court, and it’s time for them to cheer.

At noon the next day, Xiao Ming and his party arrived at Pingzhou City.

After a day of busy work, the Pingzhou battlefield was basically cleaned up. Except for the blood stains on the ground, the place returned to normal.

When they learned that Xiao Ming was coming to Pingzhou, Lu Fei and the other three were already waiting outside the city.

“I will see you, Your Majesty.”

The three of Lu Fei bowed in front of the city gate which was being repaired.

“No courtesy!”

Xiao Ming looked at the ditch in front of the city gate. This scene made him frown.

The army rarely uses trenches in cold weapon battle formations, but this is not the case historically. After all, the trenches dug by the barbarians today are not comparable to the trenches during World War I.

To Xiao Ming, this was just similar to the trench battles in 627 years of history.

In this year, the Bedouin tribe of Otufan and the Jewish mercenaries of Khaybar, led by Abu Sufyan, besieged Medina.

With a huge disparity in numbers, the guardian Muhammad organized the enemy’s cavalry and infantry to siege the city by digging trenches around the outskirts of Medina to defend it.

Therefore, in his opinion, it is not surprising that this method was taught to the barbarians by the British. After all, Europe has been entangled in that area throughout history.

“Is this the trench of the barbarians?” Xiao Ming sighed with emotion.

Lu Fei nodded, “Exactly. If these trenches hadn’t stopped our attack, it wouldn’t have taken us so long to capture Pingzhou City.”

“Did you see the British during this battle?” Xiao Ming asked. road.

“I saw it. At first, this Englishman had been hiding in Pingzhou City without showing up, but after we entered the city, we saw him escaping on horseback in a hurry. This man’s appearance is very different from that of a barbarian. It’s unmistakable.” Lu Fei said firmly.

Lu Fei’s words once again confirmed that the British were involved in the war between Dayu and the barbarians. This was tantamount to a provocation to him. Because of the British malice, he now paid more than before to defeat the barbarians.

Clenching his fists tightly, Xiao Ming was itching with hatred. When he stabilized East Asia, it would be time for him to fight against the Western powers. At that time, he would definitely make the British lose everything.

As he spoke, Xiao Ming and his party walked towards the city. The soldiers along the road showed excitement when they saw Xiao Ming arriving at the city. They stood on both sides of the road and saluted Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming smiled and returned the favor with a military salute. Now he was the emperor of Dayu and the commander-in-chief of this campaign.

After the battle in Pingzhou City, the soldiers all settled in the city. In order to express condolences to the soldiers, Xiao Ming walked around the city with everyone.

When he came this time, he also asked Niu Ben to prepare a lot of mutton and pork. Everywhere he went, he would ask Niu Ben to distribute the meat to the leading generals, and let them cook meat porridge to distribute to the soldiers.

Along the way, Lu Fei and others were so happy that they couldn’t stop laughing.

The most chilling thing for a soldier is to have his body buried in a foreign land but no one cares about it. Now that the Emperor of Chongqing has personally come to Pingzhou City to visit the soldiers who are fighting this battle, how can they not be excited?

After expressing condolences to the soldiers, Xiao Ming went to the camp of Lu Fei and the others.

At this time, Xiao Ming asked a serious question, “How many casualties did the barbarians have in this war, and how many casualties did our soldiers have?”

When this question was mentioned, the joy of victory faded from everyone’s faces. Lu Fei was silent for a while and said: ” Yesterday we cleaned the battlefield. This time, the barbarian cavalry suffered losses of more than 40,000 people. Our cavalry casualties were about 8,000. In terms of infantry, the barbarians, including slave soldiers and barbarian soldiers, found a total of 170,000 corpses, and we lost 170,000 corpses. Thirteen thousand six hundred people were lost.”

Niu Ben heard this and said: “Your Majesty, this is incredible for the war.”

“Yes, Your Majesty, no one has ever been able to kill more than 20,000 people since the founding of the Chongqing Kingdom .

Killing more than 200,000 barbarians at the cost of human casualties,” Luo Quan said excitedly.

They thought the casualties would be huge, but the result was beyond their expectations.

Xiao Ming felt a little distressed, these were all his soldiers, but he also understood that people would die in war, and his soldiers could not be invulnerable.

“The bones of every fallen soldier must be returned home, and the families of the soldiers should not be devastated.”

Xiao Ming said solemnly that he understood that this battle loss ratio was extremely exaggerated. The comparison of losses between the two sides was basically ten to one. To achieve such a huge strategy with such few casualties, any emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom would probably laugh out loud.

But this is not enough for him. After all, this is just a barbarian in the cold weapon age. If he fights the Japanese country, he will suffer even greater losses in fighting the Western powers.

At this moment, he finally understood how much his ancestors had paid to win a peaceful and prosperous age.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Lu Fei responded, “According to what the Emperor said, each soldier now has his own soldier’s badge hanging around his neck. We will find their family members based on the soldier’s badge.”

Xiao Ming nodded, This soldier tag is also commonly known as a dog tag in modern times, and is used to identify soldiers.

Looking at the map that Lu Fei spread on the table, Xiao Ming’s expression became determined, “This time we must eliminate the border troubles in the north, and no longer let the people of Great Yu suffer the pain of massacre. The blood of the soldiers cannot be shed in vain.”

( End of this chapter)