The war is over. The battlefield is filled with blood and corpses are scattered everywhere. There are also groups of exhausted soldiers, including the Western Army who are also exhausted from fighting. The signing soldiers are sitting on the ground in groups, too tired to move.
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The tenacity of this signing army was really beyond the expectations of the Western Army. They suffered nearly 50% casualties before they completely collapsed. Usually the casualties were 20% or 30%, and the soldiers lost their fighting spirit.
However, this signing army persisted until half of the casualties were suffered, and completely collapsed as the coach escaped. Of course, what defeated them was their own exhaustion. Everyone was exhausted, and in the end they could only escape for a few miles before being unable to escape.
They moved, so they had no choice but to kneel down and surrender.
Of the 50,000-strong army, more than 7,000 were killed and nearly 19,000 were injured. Finally, Han Chang fled north with more than 3,000 cavalry. All the soldiers who were not killed, including the wounded, chose to surrender.
The Western Army also suffered nearly 9,000 casualties, with more than 3,000 killed and more than 5,000 wounded.
Although this battle was tragic, the number of casualties on both sides was not high. This was mainly due to the Panax notoginseng in the wound medicine, which had a very good hemostatic effect.
In the era of cold weapons, armor would protect vital parts. As long as the head was not chopped off, most injuries were almost flesh wounds. Deaths in battle were mainly caused by excessive bleeding or wound infection.
The Western Army's Jinchuang Hemostatic Cream and Feilong Life-Saving Pill are designed to stop bleeding and remove decay in time and disinfect wounds. After the formulas of these two military medicines were leaked, the Jurchen Army and the Jurchen Army also equipped them in large quantities. Soldiers quickly rescued themselves after being injured, making
The number of casualties was greatly reduced.
The infantry was cleaning the battlefield and escorting captured soldiers to Wei County for temporary resettlement. The temporary camp of the Western Army was arranged in Wei County. Of course, it was not inside the city, but outside the city, mainly to get some manpower and material support from the county.
After daybreak, the armies of Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao were assembled. The army escorted the prisoners of war and continued to march eastward.
The total destruction of Han Chang's army had no impact on the Jin soldiers in Daming City, and was even calm. At noon the next day, at Cui Jiu's suggestion, the Jin soldiers opened the city gate and let the people out of the city. Suddenly the whole city was boiling, and Cheng
Groups of people supported the elderly and the young, and fled out of the city with their families.
Cui Jiu's suggestion is very reasonable. Too many people will not only consume food, but also easily cause plague outbreaks. Release a large number of people, not only greatly reduce food consumption, but also reduce the population and reduce the possibility of plague outbreaks.
This suggestion was approved by Wan Yanchang, especially the worry about the plague, which touched Wan Yanchang's heart.
He immediately ordered the city gates to be opened to let the people out of the city, and at the same time sent someone to deliver a message to Chen Qing, hoping that the war between the two sides would not harm the people and let the people leave the city smoothly.
Hundreds of thousands of people fled Daming City, more than half of the city's population, causing the once prosperous and bustling Daming City to suddenly become deserted, with shops closed and the streets sparsely populated.
Of course, Cui Jiu's suggestion was selfish. He actually asked his son to take his family to escape Daming City.
Chen Qing approved Wan Yanchang's release measures and never sent troops to harass him.
The city gate had been open for two days, and the people who wanted to leave had almost left. At this time, the 150,000 Western Army led by Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao arrived and began to build a plank military camp ten miles away to the west. The city gate was immediately closed completely.
There is a medicine shop near the east gate of Daming City, called Renhetang. The shopkeeper is the wealthy Liu Zhen, the scout commander of the Western Army. He was originally the shopkeeper of Yuanhe Restaurant. After the restaurant was exposed, they evacuated Daming City, but
Soon he came back and opened a pharmacy.
Liu Zhen also knew some medicinal materials. After introducing two doctors and several subordinates for training, he also transformed into a medicine clerk and began to sell medicines and treat patients in a decent manner. The business was very good, and there was a long queue of patients every day.
Although the business in Daming City is stagnant and most of the population has disappeared, causing most shops to close, some shops are still open for business normally, such as rice shops, vegetable shops, grocery stores, and then pharmacies.
Related to the normal life of the people, these shops are in need, so they have not been closed.
In the afternoon, a military civilian official came in, followed by several signing soldiers. They were 20,000 troops that had withdrawn from Hejian Prefecture to Daming Prefecture. The Jurchens also needed an auxiliary army to run errands and patrol to maintain order.
Guarding the city gates during the day and night, carrying items, etc., the 20,000 signature troops were fully utilized.
"Which of you is the big shopkeeper?" the civilian officer walked into the door and asked.
Liu Zhen quickly stepped forward and said with a smile: "That's the villain!"
"Where is your proprietor? Let him come out and speak."
"The proprietor left with his family a few days ago and left the pharmacy to a villain to take care of."
"You ask everyone to stop what they are doing and concentrate on it. I have important things, so don't waste my time!"
"Everyone, including the old man guarding the medicine warehouse at the back?"
The civilian officer was dissatisfied: "Don't you understand what I say? Everyone except cats and dogs, including women, children and the elderly, come here!"
Liu Zhen quickly asked his clerk to call the old clerk from the medicinal material warehouse. After a while, everyone arrived, a total of eight people, four young clerks, an old warehouse clerk, two sitting doctors and the shopkeeper Liu Zhen.
The civilian officers registered their names and place of origin one by one, and naturally they were all from Damingfu.
"Listen, Marshal Du wants to recruit a group of useful civilians to serve the army. The money will not be small. If you know medicinal materials and can treat diseases, you are useful people. I will give you a quarter of an hour. Go and pack your things.
, and then follow me to the military camp."
Liu Zhen was stunned, "What about the patients outside?"
The civilian officer was dissatisfied and said: "Life and death are determined by destiny. Where can I control them now? Pack your things quickly and close the shop and leave in a quarter of an hour."
The patients clamored one after another, but to no avail. A quarter of an hour later, all eight people were taken away, and the pharmacy was closed by the soldiers. Liu Zhen apologized to the patients again and again, and then followed the civilian officers to the military camp.
"What is this general's name?"
Liu Zhen quietly put a piece of ten taels of silver into the hands of the civilian officer. The heavy amount of silver calmed the civilian officer's anger. He immediately changed his face and said with a smile: "I am not a military general, I am a logistics officer in the army.
My surname is Shi. Just call me Shi to join the army. You don’t have to worry. Thousands of people have been recruited this time, and you are just one of them. I will take care of you when I work in the military hospital from now on."
They came to the southwest corner of the military camp. Here was the military barracks, which was composed of dozens of large tents. There was a serious shortage of military doctors, so they were temporarily detained as villagers. Two sitting doctors became military doctors, and four clerks continued to be in charge.
After grabbing the medicine, Liu Zhen and the old man were sent to the medicine warehouse to take care of the medicinal materials.
The old man's name is Jiang Tao. He looks to be in his fifties or sixties, but in fact he is not that old. He is only forty, but he has an old look. He is also a scout of the Western Army and one of Liu Zhen's subordinates.
They entered the medicinal material warehouse and Jiang Tao asked in a low voice: "Big shopkeeper, what should we do now?"
Liu Zhen said calmly: "It's a good thing to enter the military camp. We just need to listen more, watch more and pay more attention. We will definitely get important information!"