It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 483

In this battle, the imperial army suffered heavy casualties, and finally the defeated troops who fled back to Huangsha City were only five or six thousand people. This is because Li Letian ordered the troops to retreat in time, so as to avoid the doom of being completely wiped out. But despite this, three or four thousand people fell on the battlefield.

Such a large casualty is the rout of the entire team. After the fight, the Imperial Army has actually lost its resistance. They either choose to run away, or hold on to their heads and be hacked to death.

Of course, among the casualties, Qingzhou soldiers suffered the most casualties, while Liangzhou soldiers suffered very few losses. This was because the Liangzhou soldiers had already had a lot of dealings with the toad army, and it was impossible to win against the other side, but they were good at escaping to save their lives.

Liangzhou soldiers, known as the strong army in the northwest, are worthy of the name of strong soldiers in this regard.

Cheng Dalei did not order the troops to pursue them, which proved everyone's initial guess: he wanted to trap everyone in Huangsha City.

After the war, there was supposed to be a military meeting to analyze the gains and losses of the battle. What are the strengths of the Imperial Army and what are the weaknesses of the Toad Army? But surprisingly unanimously, no one proposed to hold a meeting, and everyone left the city head down in dejection.

The reason may be because, through this battle, everyone did not find the weakness of the Toad Army, nor did they feel that the Imperial Army had any strengths.

Li Letian, Yu Chili, Cui Xiang, and the others all have their heads buzzing now. In this battle, they have too many things to digest.

In the imperial army, there are many people of insight. They are exhausted, thinking hard, and thinking about how to improve the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, so that they can win the battle with the Rong tribe. Yet the results are always disappointing.

Today, the toad army led by Cheng Dalei has taught them a lesson. Let them understand that with good cooperation, soldiers can exert unimaginable combat effectiveness.

Li Letian witnessed the battle with his own eyes, which shocked him a lot. It turns out that you can still fight like this. If you give yourself some time to train such a strong army, then you will have more confidence in the face of this empire with many princes. Give yourself some time, and you may not be able to clean up the old mountains and rivers and rebuild the Li family.

However, who would give themselves time...

Thinking of this, Li Letian let out a long sigh, feeling quite powerless.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

A personal guard ran into the room and interrupted Li Letian's thoughts. He knelt down recently and said, "Your Highness, Qingzhou soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers are fighting."

"What?" Li Letian asked strangely.

"The Qingzhou soldiers said that the Liangzhou soldiers were afraid of fighting and died, and the Liangzhou soldiers said that the Qingzhou soldiers were a bunch of stupid pigs, and they fought."

"I think they are all stupid pigs!"

Li Letian was furious, and even now there is still internal strife. He wanted to rush to deal with it immediately, but after thinking about it, he stopped. There are some things that you don't need to do yourself.

"Okay, I understand, let General Yuchi handle it."

"That... General Yuchi has already gone, and Cui Xiang is also at the scene. It is General Yuchi who asked me to invite His Highness."

Li Letian scolded and rushed to the scene immediately. Seeing the two sides glaring at each other on the street, the first few people were beaten with bruises.

"Qingzhou soldiers are too reckless, otherwise why would they cause such heavy casualties." Song Bokang.

"Song surnamed, if you still say sarcastic words, you are running fast!" Zhou Huanjing.

The meaning of seeing the two was to act on the spot. Cui Xiangli stood behind Song Bokang, and Yu Chili stood behind Zhou Huanjing, and neither commented on the scene.

When Li Letian appeared, everyone was quiet.

"His Royal Highness, you can give us a comment. Brothers died so tragically, and the surnamed Song did not work hard and said slander."

"I also ask Your Highness to preside over justice. I will tell the truth. The Qingzhou soldiers performed very poorly in this battle."

Li Letian's face was extremely difficult to see. He looked around for a week and saw that both Qingzhou and Liangzhou armies were wounded. The infighting involved hundreds of people. If it was not stopped in time, the situation would have spiraled out of control.

"Who moved the hand first?" Li Letian said suddenly.

No one in the Qingzhou soldiers said a word, and one Liangzhou soldier stood up, pointed at the centurion, and said, "It's him!"

"Okay, come out for me. Tell me how he moved his hand." Li Letian pointed to the centurion again: "You also come out with me."

Both of them stood in front of Li Letian, the centurion raised his head and said, "Your Highness, you have to decide for me..."

Li Letian didn't wait for him to speak, but suddenly he drew his sword and stabbed him in the throat. Before the Liangzhou soldiers were happy, Li Letian swung his sword and slashed at him again.

The two corpses fell to the ground, and the sword in Li Letian's hand dripped with blood dripping down. There were thousands of people on the field, but no one spoke.

"The battle is imminent, and there are private fighters, talk to my sword!"

Wherever his eyes swept, no one dared to meet his gaze. Li Letian retracted his sword and sheathed it, and strode away from the scene.

At this time, Cui Xiangcai slowly raised his head and stared at Li Letian's back. An idea popped up in his heart: Something Li Manzi meant.

Li Letian didn't want to kill people and stand up for power. An imperial prince, who is currently the closest to the imperial throne, does not need to use this method. He was just not very happy. The infighting between the two armies made him realize an uneasy fact: the military's heart was already in chaos.

The soldiers were trapped in the lonely city, without food and grass to support, and they fought a disastrous battle. This situation makes everyone feel uneasy, even big figures like Li Letian, not to mention the soldiers at the bottom.

What the big man wants is the whole world, and what the soldiers at the bottom want is just to survive.

In the evening, a worse fact happened. Yuzhou Muyang Lin opened the city gate privately and tried to escape overnight.

When the news was reported to Li Letian, Yang Lin had already fled. They escaped from the South Gate, so the closest they could get to Yuzhou.

Yuchi Li had already led his troops to pursue them, but it didn't play a big role. Cheng Dalei exercised the power to deal with deserters in his place.

The three thousand dragon-character cavalry chased and killed the Yuzhou soldiers. One after another corpses fell on the grassland. The Yuzhou soldiers had no will to resist and suffered a great defeat.

In the end, although a group of people escaped, the cost of casualties was enormous.

This made Li Letian's mood even worse. Except for Yang Lin of Yuzhou, he was afraid that the other princes would not want to fight.

He analyzed the situation in front of him and thought about it, afraid that there was only one way to do it. It is a decisive battle out of the city, with 80,000 hungry husbands against Cheng Dalei's 10,000 elite soldiers, of course there will be heavy casualties, but they can also break free from this predicament.

However, who should be sacrificed and who should be kept alive... The princes from all walks of life are afraid that they have their own thoughts.

Li Letian could suddenly understand the feelings of Emperor Ming. Facing such a group of people, it was easier to be a dazed emperor than to be a bright emperor.