In the era of cold weapons, what is the casualty rate of an army during combat, so that this army will collapse? Yuwen Wen has been considering this issue. At first, he tried to set the casualty rate at 10% according to the "most popular" point of view.

In other words, when two armies are in battle and one of them has a casualty rate of 10%, the army will collapse... right?

In fact, this is just a number and has no practical significance. The composition of the army is different and the degree of endurance of casualties is also different. A team composed of veterans or elite troops can even tolerate more than half of the casualties.

Those troops that have long-term owed wages, have serious shortages, have no good training, and even those composed of temporary recruitment of military service will be frightened and will collapse without fighting when they see the enemy's flags.

For the past nine years, Yuwen Wen has been collecting data with a "scientific attitude" and has to obtain an accurate "causing and casualty rate that leads to collapse", but it has never been possible to do it, because there are too many influencing factors and it is impossible to summarize it.

There is no exact extreme casualty rate at all. For example, in today's battle, the Yingzhou cavalry that sneaked into Xuanhu had about 1,000 troops, and 295 corpses were left when retreating, and the battle loss rate was about 30%, which is 30%.

According to rough statistics, about 100 cavalrymen fell or were injured because of tripping horses, and the rest were killed in battle. If the mechanical copy said that "the battle loss rate is 10% will collapse", the other party should turn around and run away after being tripping horses.

In fact, the reason for triggering the opponent's collapse was Yuwen Wen's crazy charge of forty cavalry. Although the number of people was small, the Yingzhou cavalry was intercepted by a tripping horse rope, causing the speed to plummet, and it was a mess. There were ambushes next to him, so he was stunned.

The Anzhou cavalry who finally arrived bluffed and tied the branches that had been prepared to the horse's tail to dust according to the long-standing "scaring the enemy". Sixty cavalrymen made hundreds of cavalry movements, completely dismantling the opponent's fighting will.

This is due to the combined effect of multiple factors that today's miraculous victory was achieved.

At this moment, in the meeting hall of the General Administration Office in Xuanhu City, Yuwen Wen was introducing to the emperor the meritorious official Xue Shixiong. If this person had not been the one who sacrificed his life to come back to report the news and charged in the subsequent battle, Yuwen Wen's victory would have been greatly reduced.

Emperor Yu Wen Qiankeng was very happy to see Xue Shixiong. A few days ago, he heard Yu Wen Wen mention the other party’s affairs and said that Xue Shixiong, who was born in the Xue family in Hedong, would rather die in order to protect his family’s life. Yu Wen Wen was very moved and released him.

Unexpectedly, Xue Shixiong came back to report the news today, and was considered a loyal and filial figure. The other party was born in the Xue family in Hedong, so maybe he could be supported by his relatives in the future.

Yuwen Qiankeng was doing nothing in the city today. Suddenly, he heard from outside that there were thousands of enemy cavalry stole the city. As a result, Yuwen Wen led more than 80 people to repel him. He was very excited for a moment, and Yuwen Wen said that Xue Shixiong was the first hero, so of course he had to receive him.

"Didn't General Xue go back to Hedong to settle his relatives? Why did he return halfway through?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I will finally release the day of the King of Xiyang to Yecheng to summon his servants to secretly return to Hedong, but I heard a large army heading south..."

Xue Shixiong was afraid that people would recognize him in the formation, so he used mud to apply mud on his face. At this time, he naturally saw people with his true face and had washed his face. Since the emperor asked, he told him all the latest experiences.

When he was captured by Yuwen Wen, he said that he was afraid of implicating his relatives and wanted to go back to settle his family and then come to serve him. It was indeed not an excuse, but after returning to Yecheng, he left without authorization, which was a behavior that was to escape at the last minute.

So after Xue Shixiong returned to Yecheng as a defeated soldier, he secretly organized the servants who followed the army to escape. Just as everything was arranged, he learned that another imperial army was about to arrive in Yecheng, with many cavalrymen, so he thought of reporting to Yuwen Wen.

Yuwen Wen let him go, and this kindness must be repaid. After weighing the pros and cons, Xue Shixiong asked his servants to rush to Hedong with his handwritten letter, and rode south alone to Xuanhu to report the letter.

As a result, not long after he set out, he found that a large number of cavalry were going south. Xue Shixiong liked to play marching and war since he was a child, thinking that these people were going to attack Xuanhu, and he did not dare to delay.

Fortunately, he was prepared to travel south day and night. When he was several miles away from Xuanhu, he happened to meet Yu Wenwen who was surveying the terrain. However, those cavalrymen followed one after another, and it was thanks to Yu Wenwen's arrangement of tripping ropes in advance. The two of them had an ambush together, so they had a great victory later.

Xue Shixiong underestimated the battle process, but Yuwen Qiankeng still heard the thrilling feeling from it. He admired the burly Xue Shixiong and couldn't help but suddenly feel the intention of recruiting him.

"General Xue, will you still want to go back to Hedong?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, you will send your servants to Hedong with letters. When your family sees the letter, they will seek good luck and avoid bad luck..."

When Xue Shixiong said this, he saluted Yuwen Qiankeng: "I am not talented, I am willing to be the front pawn of Your Majesty!"

"well!"

Yuwen Qiankeng was very happy that he had successfully recruited such a powerful general. He became confident in himself and signaled Mr. Liu to take a cushion and let Xue Shixiong sit aside.

Xue Shixiong was willing to stay this time, not because he was looking at the food. He was going to leave last time, and he really planned to take his servants back to Hedong. The servants had already taken the lead this time. He had delayed several days and could not catch up with him even if he chased him.

Although Xue Shixiong was skilled in arching and horses, he knew that it was very dangerous to travel alone and travel a long distance. Even if he could fight, he could easily be killed by others halfway through silently.

Who would attack? Maybe it was a horse bandit, a bandit, a villager who ran out to block the road and robbed, or a caravan that was both business and bandit. Xue Shixiong understood the sinister truth of people's hearts and would never go alone unless he had to.

Anyway, the servant already had his handwritten letter in his hand. After returning, his family knew what to do after reading the letter, so Xue Shixiong was relieved to stay in Xuanhu.

Yuwen Qiankeng talked with Xue Shixiong, but he did not forget the Yinshi Master beside him. Yinshi Master performed well in this battle and shot and killed more than ten enemy soldiers. So Yuwen Qiankeng was also very happy because Yinshi Master was very young.

In Yuwen Qiankeng's view, Zheng Shanguo, who is less than 20 years old, Yin Shishi Master in his twenties, and Xue Shixiong in his early thirties are all young and promising young talents, and are also reserved candidates for his trusted team. If they can be used well, they will definitely become his right-hand man in the future.

Dealing with these young people is much easier than dealing with those old foxes. Yuwen Qiankeng is in a better and better mood, so of course he has not neglected his relative Yuwen Wen.

"King of Xiyang, now the enemy is about to fight again, can we have a good solution?"

After hearing the emperor's advice, Yu Wenwen replied calmly: "Your Majesty, I have ordered people to summon all generals to the office to discuss matters, and we must make a complete plan to ensure peace and safety of the lunar gourd."

"Okay, I believe in King Xiyang!"

Yuwen Gankeng was sincerely happy. After two consecutive victories, his confidence in Yuwen Wen increased greatly. The King of Xiyang was so good at fighting, no matter how much risk he took, it was worth it.

"Your Majesty, I think that you cannot defend the city to the death. Even if your troops are not superior, you must take the initiative to attack, which will make the enemy unable to siege the city calmly."
Chapter completed!