Chapter 918 Heavy Casualties
Huangfu Chaobo no longer cared about how Huang Zhong arranged his defense. Under the escort of Gao Shun and Dian Wei, he rushed towards the direction of Yulou County overnight. This place is less than twenty miles away from Yulou. He has been camping in the wild these days. Huangfu Chaobo feels that he has not had a peaceful sleep for several days, so he just wants to rush to the county town as soon as possible and have a good rest. As for the defense of the county, let’s talk about it tomorrow.
After the army withdrew, Huangfu Chaobo led Huang Zhong and others who were still busy until late at night to rest. The duty of duty was handed over to the 10,000 wounded soldiers who had withdrawn from the city first. They entered the city first and had rested for most of the night. Their injuries were Most of them have stabilized, so these things can only be left to them.
As for the reorganization of troops and horses, Huangfu Chaobo plans to make a decision after convening the generals for discussion tomorrow.
The generals were busy settling the army, but Shi'a was busy getting in touch with the cities of Geyang in Huainan. Because there were shadow guards in Yulou, so after entering the city, Shi'a quickly got in touch with Geyang. Information about Anton Army's various locations during the day.
There was nothing to say all night. Early on the first day, Huangfu Chaobo summoned everyone to discuss the matter: "Everyone, we are very lucky. We finally got rid of Ji Ling's army and retreated into Yu County. Although Yu County is a small town, it is far from a camp. It can be compared, so we are safe for the time being, but it is only temporary. Our army has suffered very heavy losses in the continuous battles in the past few days. Let General Huang Zhong explain the specific situation to everyone. "
With that said, Huangfu Chaobo nodded towards Huang Zhong and motioned him to tell everyone the statistics he had prepared overnight.
Huang Zhong coughed slightly and stood up from his seat. He first saluted Huangfu Chaobo, then everyone around him nodded, and then slowly said: "My lord, the two military advisors, generals, As everyone knows, this time our Andong Army went south to attack Huainan. The total number of soldiers and horses used in the battle camps include two schools of Wang Ran's troops from Fenwu Camp in Yingchuan County, four battalions of infantry and one school of cavalry from Jianwu Camp in Runan County. There are also two schools of infantry from the Huben Camp of Huang Wudie's tribe, one school of infantry from Wang Yong's Shenwu Camp, and one school of infantry from the Xiongqu Camp of Zhang He's tribe, totaling more than 55,000 horse infantry."
"It's just that after successive battles, only Han Xian and Wang Ranshang now command the soldiers of the first school, and the remaining soldiers of the other departments have been seriously damaged. Now the remaining soldiers of the nine schools only have 19,769 people, except for General Zhang He's halberd warriors. In addition to nearly 4,000 soldiers, the other eight schools only have less than 2,000 soldiers, which means that the loss of combat soldiers of each school has reached more than 60%. "
Huang Zhong's words made everyone stunned. Everyone knew that their own soldiers and horses had suffered serious losses, but they only knew the situation of their own soldiers and horses. The situation of other schools' soldiers and horses was not well understood. After listening to Huang Zhong's words, they knew , It turns out that the losses of soldiers and horses in the army are similar.
"Fortunately," Huang Zhongcai continued after everyone calmed down again: "The Lord's Guards suffered little loss. General Zhao Cen's Yuanrong Crossbowmen were basically unscathed because they were long-range units. The other generals' The losses of soldiers and horses were not big. When the Guards Battalion went into battle, there were more than 18,000 cavalry troops, and now there are still more than 14,000. Especially the Yuanrong crossbowmen will be the largest force of our Andong Army in defending Yulou. Reliance.”
The Guards have always been the most elite troops of the Anton Army. Although there are less than 20,000 people in total (the three Dugu brothers' 5,000 soldiers were ignored by everyone), they are drawn from the entire Anton Army. Composed of the most elite soldiers. As long as the strength of the Guards is still there, even if the army is lost, nothing will happen to my lord.
Hearing this news, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. With these more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, plus nearly 20,000 soldiers, it is not difficult to defend a small city like Yulou. It only takes another 20 In a month, reinforcements from Yuzhou will be able to arrive in Huainan to provide support, and by then all problems will be solved.
After a brief pause, Huang Zhong continued: "Except for these soldiers and horses, the rest of the soldiers and horses are the Yuzhou garrison and the Yiren Lord soldiers and horses. At the beginning of the dispatch, there were a total of 70,000 troops.
Now there are only more than 17,000 people, including 7,000 defenders and 10,000 strangers. The total number of soldiers and horses is more than 52,000. "
When everyone heard this, they were shocked. A total of 120,000 troops were dispatched, but now only a little over 50,000 were left. The loss of troops was 70,000, which actually reached nearly 60%.
Not to mention the heavy casualties, among the remaining 50,000-strong army, there were approximately 30,000 injured soldiers, and the remaining 10,000-odd soldiers would need at least ten days to recover. As for the seriously injured soldiers, only a total of 10,000 were rescued. Thousands of people came back, but it is estimated that less than a thousand people will be able to survive in the end.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Huangfu Chaobo stood up and said: "This defeat was not caused by war, but because we underestimated the heroes of the world and never thought that Yuan Shu's subordinates had such great talents, so our army There was such a huge defeat, but it is useless to say more. Although our army lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, I believe that the losses of Ji Ling's army will not be too small. Moreover, nearly half of the soldiers and horses of Ji Ling's army are still alive. The most elite troops of Yuan Shu's army, such as the Yulin Army, heavy infantry and war barracks."
When everyone heard this, they all cheered up. Yes, their troops had suffered a lot, and Yuan Shujun would not be too happy either. In the several days of fighting, it is estimated that the losses of Ji Ling's army will not be less than 60,000 to 70,000, and especially in last night's battle, Ji Ling's tens of thousands of elites are estimated to have suffered heavy losses.
Huangfu Chaobo clapped his hands, suppressed everyone's comments, and said: "After talking about the losses, General Huang will talk about the situation of money, food and supplies!"
Huang Zhong bowed again and said: "Don't worry about money and food. When General Zhang He attacked Yulou, in addition to allowing our army to have a strong city to defend, another purpose was money and food. The 120,000 stones of grain and 20,000 weapons stored in Yulou County are all owned by our army. In addition, when we retreated from the camp, we brought back 50,000 stones of grain and more than 40,000 weapons and equipment. In addition, the equipment collected on the battlefield is enough to support my 50,000 troops for two to three months of war."
Hearing that there was enough money and food, the generals were relieved.
Seeing this situation, Huangfu Chaobo was also relieved. In the past few days, he was afraid that such a big loss would make his subordinates have some bad ideas. Now it seems that there should be no problem. Of course, what he was worried about was not these historical generals, but the middle-level officers such as the lieutenants, Sima, and Duwei in the various troops, because the An Dong army had never experienced such a big setback.