On the barren grassland, the corpses that were originally everywhere have been piled up.

In this era, mineral resources were not easy to dig. Whether it was the Dali Imperial Guard or the Song Imperial Guard, the armor and armor of the dead were stripped down, even the generals were no exception.

Various armor, weapons, weapons, ordnances, etc. were also piled up.

It is difficult to have any exceptions in the war. Even among the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, the bodies of the fallen generals could not be transported back to the Song Dynasty.

The manpower is limited and unnecessary trouble is reduced, which is the norm among the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty.

Only the thousand-man commanders, that is, generals above the level of the chief and deputy regiment of the Song Dynasty, were able to be wrapped in urns after the remains were cremated. Then they were covered with national flags and brought back to the Song Dynasty with the army.

Ordinary soldiers can only be cremated in piles on the spot, which is no different from the Dali Imperial Army.

All they brought back was the nameplate on them.

If family members come to claim it after returning to the Song Dynasty, the nameplate will be returned to them and a tomb of clothes is built.

If there is no family claiming it, it can only be left in the military warehouse. It may not make much sense, but at least it can prove that this person existed in the military.

They sacrificed their lives for the future of the Song Dynasty.

As the sky gradually became brighter, the flames in Shanchan Mansion gradually faded. And in the wilderness outside the city, many piles of flames were ignited.

I don’t know how many people shed tears silently, and I don’t know how many people’s eyes are red.

Some robes have been with them for many years, but this time they have been together in the Song Dynasty, but they can no longer go back at the same time. This is a great sorrow.

The relationships established in the army are very deep, and some people have the same feelings as brothers. Before the war, they didn't take care of many things, but now, some people are on the verge of collapse.

Zhang Jue stayed in the commander's tent, and soldiers kept coming to report the losses of each regiment.

Some people from the Military Logistics Department stayed in the tent to count.

No one counted how many imperial guards died in Dali. But it was probably calculated.

The capital's imperial guards had more than 50,000, and the Shanchan Prefecture guards had more than 20,000. The total was about 80,000, and the number of escapees should be no more than a few thousand at most.

This is almost the same as the entire army being wiped out.

In this battle of attack on Li, the total number of Dali imperial guards destroyed by the Song Dynasty imperial guards was already more than 100,000.

This is naturally a brilliant result.

Perhaps if you fight like this a few more times, Dali will be no longer available. But this is not realistic.

Although the Song Dynasty was thriving, its national strength was still weak after all, and it was impossible to support several such wars. After all, there was a Yuan Dynasty in the north who was eyeing it.

If he could fight, Zhao Dongting would not have just let Zhang Jue and others attack the city without seizing territory. Now the Song Dynasty no longer has much energy to consolidate its new territory.

The Song Dynasty still needs to continue to accumulate strength.

When the number of casualties in each regiment was reported, the Logistics Department soldiers summarized and reported to Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue, Zhang Hongwei, Miao Cheng and others in the tent finally showed a little smile on their faces.

The losses of this battle were smaller than what Zhang Hongwei and others had expected before.

The entire Song Dynasty imperial guards, except for Miao Cheng's rear army that had not yet arrived here, had a total of about 40,000 soldiers participating in this battle. However, the dead were only nearly 10,000.

Among them, the Flying Army suffered the most severe losses, with nearly 4,000.

The casualties of the other armies were not much. It can even be said that they were unexpectedly small.

The two special forces and the 4,000 imperial guards led by Miao Cheng reversed the entire battle situation, and they were in full swing, and there were only hundreds of soldiers who died.

Even he was surprised, and blinked his eyes and asked the logistics general, "Is it a statistics error? Our army's casualties are really so small?"

The general from the logistics department smiled and said, "I have calculated it several times, and it is indeed so correct."

"hehe."

Zhang Jue suddenly laughed out loud and said, "Actually, this kind of loss is not surprising. It even slightly exceeds my coach's estimate."

Everyone looked at him with surprise, even Liu Zhuwen was like this.

Marshal Zhang had already predicted that there would not be too many casualties?

How did he predict it?

At that time, the Imperial Guard of the Song Dynasty was indeed slightly suppressed by the Imperial Guard of the Dali. Logically speaking, the casualties should be quite large during that period alone.

"You guys haven't fully realized how powerful this new armor developed by the emperor is."

Zhang Jue smiled and shook his head, and then said, "At the beginning of this battle, our army was fierce. Just using the Shenlong gun, grenade launcher, sky thunder and other firearms, it cost the Dali imperial guards a huge price. You should have all discovered that after a long time of Mi Zhan, our army was a little tired, but this commander did not make any move to inspire the morale of the army. This commander intended to let the Dali imperial guards see hope, so that they could persevere until the Miao army commander arrived. We fought too hard, and they could not see hope, and they retreated soon and could not wipe them out."

Zhang Hongwei was puzzled, "Marson, we can see this now. But why did we suffer such little casualties during that period?"

"hehe."

Zhang Jue laughed again, "My Song Dynasty imperial guards have been trained for a long time, and most of them are old soldiers. They advance and retreat in moderation, and they are not panic when they are suppressed. They seem to be slowly suppressed, but in fact they are still preserved. We lack ammunition, so isn't Dali the same?"

As he said that, a little sneer appeared in his eyes, "How many soldiers can be killed with their swords, guns and arrows?"

Everyone in the entire tent was stunned.

yes!

Although the ammunition was used up before, the army was exhausted and was suppressed by the Dali imperial guards, the brothers under their command seemed to be in trouble and always maintained a rough formation.

The guys in Dali don’t have much thunder. With their cold weapons alone, they really can’t easily kill the soldiers of the Song Dynasty wrapped in new steel armor.

Looking back now, it seems that when the two sides were in a fierce hedge, there were more soldiers who died in battle.

As for the Qitian Army in the sky.

Those guys were blocked by the Flying Army and were blown away by the Sky Cannon formation, and it seemed that they could not throw away many thunder.

As I thought about it, more and more people began to grin.

Zhang Jue said at this time: "But don't be proud either. We seem to be a big victory in this battle, but in fact we can't be a big victory..."

He looked around the tent and said, "The emperor implemented a system of elite troops. All our imperial guards in the Song Dynasty were selected from the wing troops in various places after strict selection. Each imperial guard costs much more than the wing troops, and it is also much more than these Dali imperial guards. Including the dragon guns, armor, sky thunder, weapons, etc., the imperial court's investment in each imperial guard soldier is probably enough to allow Dali to raise five imperial guards. This time, although we destroyed more than 100,000 Dali imperial guards, our losses were close to 20,000. In this way, we did not actually take too much advantage."

Everyone in the tent was slightly moved.

Zhang Jue is right. The imperial guards of the Song Dynasty are powerful, but the price spent on training these soldiers is far from comparable to those of the Dali imperial guards.

To put it bluntly, the Song Dynasty imperial guards can have such strong combat power, and they are all piled up with money.

Every imperial guard is a treasure!

Thinking of this, the battle of attacking and liability is nearly 20,000 losses, which is really heartbreaking.

How many imperial guards were there in the Song Dynasty?

How many are there in Zhennan Military Region?

If the emperor did not implement the policy of elite troops, and at the same price as training 20,000 imperial guards, more than 100,000 soldiers might be trained.

Of course, combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable.

In the tent, Liu Zhuwen suddenly sighed, "The emperor is really... far-sighted..."

The elite military policy naturally has advantages.

Although the cost of training more than 200,000 imperial guards is enough to train more than one million soldiers like the Dali imperial guards, and their overall combat effectiveness may not be much different. However, recruiting more than 800,000 soldiers in the army means that more than 800,000 people are more than 800,000 people among the people. How much does this mean to the country?

In this era, there is not a large population, and every additional soldier is equivalent to a small amount of money. However, more people is equivalent to a more labor force.

Nowadays, isn’t labor force just productivity?

Zhang Jue gently patted the table and said, "Give me instructions and prepare to detach the camp! When the fallen soldiers are cremated, we will set off and return to the court."

Liu Zhuwen and others nodded one after another, then walked out of the tent.

The steps are generally easy.

This is inertial thinking.

In this era, at less than 20,000 enemy troops were destroyed at a price of less than 20,000, and three major cities were destroyed in a row. It was a great victory no matter how you look at it.
Chapter completed!