Chapter 53 Night Attack

At the same time.

Wang Wu cleaned the battlefield full of corpses over and over again, and at the same time he helped the White Lotus soldiers who were still alive.

There were many soldiers like Wang Wu who cleaned the battlefield.

They collected the weapons and armor that were still intact, and at the same time moved the bodies of both sides to the roadside.

If it was the body of their own soldiers, they would be sent back to the camp to wait for General Lin to deal with it later.

As for the bodies of the White Lotus thieves, their heads were cut off as military merits, and their bodies were thrown into a big pit for burning.

The weather is hot now, and if the bodies are left to rot, epidemics will definitely occur.

"My lord!"

At this time, Yang Zhixing, who was wearing blood-stained armor, ran over with a smile on his face that he couldn't hide.

Because he had killed a general of the other side in the battle before.

After asking the White Lotus captives, he learned that the young general was one of the guardians of the sect and had a high status.

At present, Yang Zhi ranked first among the generals because of this merit.

Wei Cheng and others were naturally envious.

However, Wei Cheng and his group also knew very well.

With such a great victory, they would definitely be able to share a lot of military merits and be satisfied.

"How much did our army lose?" Lin Chen heard Yang Zhi's movements and asked without turning his head.

"The casualties were about 800 people, 300 killed in battle, 200 seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured."

Hearing Yang Zhi's words, Lin Chen frowned slightly.

Considered seriously injured, his army lost 500 people in this battle.

"After all, they are still new recruits."

Lin Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This kind of great victory and pursuit should not have such a large number of casualties.

Yang Zhi didn't know what his general was thinking.

If he knew, he would probably criticize Lin Chen in his heart.

After all, in his opinion, killing more than 20,000 bandits with 500 casualties was a great victory!

Not to mention, there were thousands of cavalry among them.

However.

Lin Chen thought of another thing.

"How many war horses were seized this time?"

You should know that the number of war horses in Lin Chen's army is not large, and they are in urgent need of replenishment.

Yang Zhi's face was also excited when he heard this.

"A total of 3,000 horses, which can be used after a little training."

Yang Zhi was a little surprised by this.

You should know that the war horses used by these White Lotus thieves are not some poor horses!

They are real war horses!

There are also a total of 7,000 sets of iron armor seized, and countless other leather armor and cotton armor.

As the saying goes, throw away the armor and armor.

The White Lotus thieves naturally fought for their lives in order to escape.

Lin Chen heard this, a cold color flashed in his eyes, and he immediately went to the place where the spoils were piled up.

Picking up a piece of iron armor still stained with blood, Lin Chen looked at the mark on the inside of the armor.

Liaodong Supervision!

Lin Chen looked at these small official script characters, and then put down the armor, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Liaodong, Liaodong!

In this world, the Li Tang Dynasty built Liaodong border defense and set up nine passes in Datong and Jinzhou to guard against the rise of the Jurchen tribes outside the northeast.

The permanent Liaodong governor commanded the nine passes and hundreds of thousands of border troops.

Perhaps it was some kind of historical inertia. The current governor of the border troops guarding the Liaodong border was named Zu Dashou.

This man had a nephew.

His name was Wu Sangui.

There were 30,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry in the Liaodong border troops.

Did this group of White Lotus thieves also involve the Liaodong generals?

Of course.

Lin Chen could probably imagine the style of the border generals according to the style of the military honors of the Beijing Camp.

These weapons were most likely stolen and sold to the White Lotus.

This is really...

Lin Chen, who didn't know what to say, could only shake his head.

This White Lotus was well prepared for this uprising.

Lin Chen thought of something, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He had reason to suspect that the White Lotus had been planning for this uprising for a long time.

But.

What Lin Chen didn't understand was why the White Lotus was only active near the capital this time, instead of expanding its scale everywhere.

Even the Yellow Turban Army knew that they were divided into 36 generals, leading believers in various states and counties to kill officials and rebel.

Lin Chen felt that there must be a conspiracy that he didn't know about.

But at the moment, he didn't have many clues in his hands, and he couldn't figure it out.

However.

Lin Chen looked at Yang Zhi and asked softly: "Have the defeated White Lotus army moved into the second camp?"

"My Lord, that's right!"

Ha.

Lin Chen's eyes flashed with a hint of amusement.

For Wang Wu and other low-level soldiers, today is a festival.

There is plenty of free horse meat.

You have to know that they killed thousands of war horses in this battle.

Although horse meat doesn't taste as tender as beef and mutton, it is a delicacy for ordinary soldiers.

And.

Unlimited meat!

This is undoubtedly a surprise to boost morale for the soldiers who have just fought a great battle.

"Is there enough food and grass?"

"Reporting to the lord, the food and grass in the camp can be used by the army for two months."

In the military tent.

The captains who won the battle were all jubilant.

Even Mu Guiying, who had been complaining about Lin Chen for some time, sat quietly on the right side of Lin Chen.

Yang Zhi, Wei Cheng and others thought that Lin Chen would reward them for their performance today.

Unexpectedly, they heard Lin Chen say with a serious expression:

"You all go back to the camp immediately, select 5,000 elite soldiers, recuperate, and attack tonight."

Night attack? !

The generals couldn't help but take a breath of cold air when they heard this.

Dare you love your own general? Are you still not satisfied with today's victory? !

"Master Lin, the bandit army may be on guard." After hearing this, Mu Guiying couldn't help but tried to persuade him.

After all, they had just suffered a disastrous defeat today. As long as the opponent's general was not a loser, he would know to strictly guard the camp.

"It doesn't matter." Lin Chen looked indifferent, but there was an inexplicable smile on his lips that no one present could understand.

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At night.

People hold coins in their mouths, and horses chew them in their mouths.

Lin Chen looked at the dark and dead night, covered by dark clouds.

As the saying goes, the moon is dark and the wind is high at night, it is nothing more than this.

These five thousand selected elites slept all afternoon and were in high spirits.

"It's weird, I can actually see at night!"

in ancient times.

Most ordinary people at the bottom often suffer from night blindness, also known as blindfolded eyes, due to insufficient vitamin intake.

Therefore.

Night raids in ancient times were extremely difficult!

There are often cases where night attack teams leave the stronghold and most of them disperse before they reach the place.

But once a night attack is successful, it can often achieve amazing results.

High investment, high return.

Therefore, ancient generals liked to play tricks like night raids.

However!

Tonight, through the faint starlight, these soldiers could actually see the silhouettes of their companions several meters apart!

Lin Chen smiled and said nothing when he saw this.

This is the reason why the great sergeant is asked to boil pine needle water.

You must know that during the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea.

Likewise, many soldiers suffer from night blindness.

When conditions didn't allow it, I was forced to come up with this simple method.

It turns out.

Boiled water with pine needles is useful in treating night blindness!

This was one of the reasons why Lin Chen dared to attack at night.

"Set off!"

At Lin Chen's order, five thousand soldiers followed him out of the stronghold.

nature.

Lin Chen also arranged for Wei Cheng to stay behind to prevent his home from being robbed.

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