Myriad Realms Free Mercenaries

Chapter 230 He seems to be very suitable to be the emperor

This battle was fought from Sishi to Shenshi, and the troops from all sides returned to the chariots one after another. At this time, the entire Langya camp had been burned.

This battle annihilated more than 2 Spikes, plus the previous [-], the total loss of the Spikes in the Battle of Taiyuan was nearly [-]. Except for the few Spikes who escaped into the dense forest, the rest All were annihilated by the Tang army.

Shi Siming fled to Fanyang with [-] cavalry and nearly [-] infantry. In other words, the siege of Taiyuan was lifted.

Finally counting the battle damage, more than [-] people were killed in battle by Tiance Army, more than [-] people were killed by Cangyun Army, nine people were killed by martial arts masters, and more than [-] soldiers of Tang Army were killed in battle. Such a casualty ratio can already be said to be a complete victory .

After everyone regrouped, they took the bodies of the fallen soldiers and returned to Taiyuan City. The scouts had already returned to Taiyuan City to report the news.

Ouyang Fei rode his horse and rode alongside Fang Qian and Li Chengen, but he was a little silent. Fang Qian glanced at Ouyang Fei in surprise and said puzzledly: "Little brother, this battle is a complete victory, why do you seem so unhappy?" meaning?"

"A complete victory?" Ouyang Fei sighed, shook his head, and said in a somewhat depressed mood: "There is no complete victory, in my eyes, only a battle with zero casualties on one's side can be considered a real complete victory. "

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Fang Gan looked at Ouyang Fei speechlessly, he didn't know whether to say that he was too naive, or that he was too kind, how can anyone not die in a war?What the Spike Army is holding is not a firestick. The so-called kindness does not command soldiers. It seems that this young man is destined not to be a leading general.

Li Chengen and the others on the side also had similar thoughts. They naturally felt uncomfortable when their brothers died in battle, but they did indeed win a complete victory in this war.

They didn't know that Ouyang Fei was used to winning with zero casualties in this world, so it was hard to accept so many casualties on his side.

When Ouyang Fei was in this world, his team often had to face dozens or hundreds of enemies, but in the end, their eight-man team was still an eight-man team. No one died, but almost all the enemies died.

So this made Ouyang Fei develop a cognition that only a victory with zero casualties is considered a victory, even if one of his own people dies, no matter how great the result is, it is not a victory.

This is just his subconscious cognition, not what he thinks in his heart. It's not that he doesn't understand that special operations in the age of hot weapons are very different from face-to-face combat in the age of cold weapons. He can understand all these.

But this subconscious cognition is not easy to reverse, and it is easy to be affected by it, especially when he saw the sadness in the eyes of Yan Wangqing and others when the soldiers gathered the corpse of Brother Paozhe, he was even more panicked.

This is still a frontal battlefield, a battle between the two armies, what if it is a siege battle?How many brothers will die?
"Damn it, next time I get a batch of mortars and bazookas, I'll ask your Spike Army to jump for me." Ouyang Fei gritted his teeth and muttered to himself in a dark voice.

But he didn't notice that he was surrounded by powerful martial arts masters, and his murmurs were heard clearly by everyone.

Li Chengen and the others were all moved. Although they didn't know what kind of mechanisms mortars and bazookas were, but seeing Ouyang Fei's ruthless appearance, they seemed to be more powerful than metal storms?
At that moment, everyone was secretly happy and excited. If Ouyang Fei could really create a hidden weapon that was more powerful than Metal Storm, then the defeat of Langya would really be just around the corner.

After two battles, they also saw the weakness of the metal storm, that is, the killing efficiency is not high. If there are ten or eight fighters launching together, it will naturally be a thousand troops and a million fighters.

But if there is only one, as long as the army is ordered to attack, it can rush over with the loss of hundreds of thousands of people at most, which is only equivalent to the losses caused by several waves of volleys from the crossbowmen.

These two victories were only due to the fact that the Spike Army had never seen a metal storm before, and they would naturally panic when they encountered it. To put it bluntly, the Spike Army was defeated by self-disruption in these two battles.

But with Shi Siming's perspective, it is impossible not to see the weakness of this metal storm. Next time we fight, the metal storm may not be able to exert the same effect as these two times.

In the future, the metal storm can only be used as a great weapon when defending the city, but it is not enough to attack.

But if Ouyang Fei can create a more powerful hidden weapon, or create a few more metal storms, then everything will be fine.

Everyone had their own thoughts, and the army hurried on silently. Taiyuan City was soon in sight.

After receiving the good news, Li Guangbi personally led the remaining city guards and lined up outside Chaoxi Gate to welcome them. The common people who helped defend the city were also allowed to go up to the city wall to welcome their heroes back.

When Ouyang Fei and his party appeared in the sight of the people, the people immediately became excited.

"Welcome to the triumphant return of the soldiers and heroes..."

"Welcome to the triumphant return of the soldiers and heroes..."

Tang Jun walked out of Chaoxi Gate amidst the cheers of the common people, and all the riders got off their horses, and Li Guangbi came up to meet him.

Ouyang Fei held the sword in both hands, walked up to Li Guangbi, showed a forced smile, and said: "Master Li, I'm lucky that I didn't break my promise."

Li Guangbi took his sword and patted Ouyang Fei heavily on the shoulder with his free right hand. Then he turned to the side and extended his hand to everyone, "Everyone, please come into the city. I have prepared food and wine. Please eat and drink well, and have a good rest." .”

"Welcome to the triumphant return of the soldiers and heroes..."

Seeing that everyone started to enter the city, the cheers that the people had stopped sounded again, Ouyang Fei raised his head to look at the people with grateful faces on the city wall, feeling filled with emotion.

Suddenly he couldn't hold it back and said in a deep voice: "The peaks and mountains are like clusters, the waves are like angry, the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road inside and outside. Looking at the Western Capital, I feel hesitant. Sad. Wherever the Qin and Han Dynasties traveled, thousands of palaces and palaces were turned into dirt. Xing, the people Suffering; death, the people suffer."

Li Guangbi, Li Chengen and the others were all shocked. They couldn't help looking up at the people on the city wall, and suddenly felt inexplicably heavy.

Fang Gan looked at Ouyang Fei more and more appreciatively. Regardless of his extraordinary talent, his perspective on problems is different.

Everyone wants to revive the Tang Dynasty and reappear the prosperous Tang Dynasty under the rule of Zhenguan, but no one has ever thought that for ordinary people, no matter in prosperous times or troubled times, they will always be the ones who suffer.

When a dynasty rises, it must build a lot of buildings, rebuild the city buildings destroyed by the war, build luxurious palaces for those in power, and build mansions for meritorious soldiers, which will bring huge burdens and heavy corvees to the people.

When a dynasty perishes, it is the people who suffer in troubled times. The land cannot be cultivated, and the people lack clothing and food, and the situation is precarious. Therefore, wars are usually accompanied by famine.

What a saying "prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer", really explained the root of the opposition between the court and the people.

Throughout history, which change of dynasty did not begin with an uprising of the common people?
It's really rare for this kid to think of this. He may not be suitable to be a general, but he seems...very suitable to be an emperor!

(End of this chapter)