Why Su Jiao's reinforcements arrived so slowly was the first question that came to Hu Hai's mind after seeing this military report.
Regardless of the generals or soldiers of the various legions of the Qin Dynasty, Hu Hai never doubted their will to fight.
The Jiuyuan Army and the Longxi Army are the only two armies permanently stationed in the northwest border of Daqin. They are also the legions with the most actual combat experience among all the legions in Daqin. If the advantages in equipment are removed, Hu Hai believes that the 100,000-strong Jiuyuan Army will face any army in Daqin.
No legion will be at a disadvantage, and this naturally includes the five legions he created from the Bashang Camp.
Although the Jiuyuan Army has been reduced from the original 300,000 to 100,000 people after downsizing, Hu Hai knows very well that not only has the combat power of these 100,000 people not been weakened, but due to the change of uniforms and downsizing, the combat power has not actually been reduced.
How much has it been weakened? After all, the 100,000-strong Jiuyuan Army today are all young and strong soldiers, not the old soldiers who are forty or fifty years old like before.
This is also the reason why Hu Hai was not worried at all after receiving the news of the attack on Bijia City from Longwei Mansion. Another reason is because Bijia City is not alone outside the mainland of Daqin. There are two people behind him on the left and right.
There are more than 40,000 elite soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army on the side.
Hu Hai even thought that if Su Jiao's strategy was used properly and combined with the Jiuyuan Army defenders in Bijia City, they might be able to catch all the incoming Western Regions people. Although it is not yet time to advance westward, challenging the majesty of the Qin Dynasty will always require some sacrifices.
Isn’t the price of blood?
However, what Hu Hai did not expect was that the final battle in Beacon City would have such an unexpected result.
"Return to Your Majesty..."
"The military newspaper once said that the incoming foreign tribes launched a sudden attack since Chenshi. Didn't the defenders of Bijia City send out scouts to be on guard before? That's why they let those foreign tribes come to the door of the house to be caught off guard? Did they think that the Huns and barbarians had invaded the house?
The Qiang people and the Yuezhi people have all been driven away, and the Donghu people have surrendered, so our Great Qin will have no enemies? Can we just enjoy it? Huh?"
Hu Hai threw the military report in his hand heavily on the copper case and said calmly.
The three important military officials in the hall stood up and bowed, not daring to make a sound.
"The events in Bijia City will be reported to all armies as a warning. Tell the generals of all armies that if you forget to fight, you will be in danger! If something like this happens again in the future, you will be severely punished!" Hu Hai said and walked away.
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The next day, the cabinet reported the battle that took place in Beacon City to each county.
In fact, the Battle of Bijia City was nothing to the entire Qin Dynasty. After all, compared with the Longxi Army's attack on the Qiang territory, Li Xin and Xu Chuang went north to Goryeo, and the Fuyu territory, the Battle of Bijia City was really child's play. What's more,
, in the battle of Bijia City, all the Jiuyuan Army that defended the city were wiped out. Although the Western Regions people who finally attacked retreated, it could not be said that Da Qin won the battle from any point of view.
The original opinion of the cabinet was that it was still the same as before. It was enough that only some important ministers knew about it. There was no need to make it known to everyone. After all, this was not a victory, right? Why let everyone in the world know that the Jiuyuan Army was defeated? It was weak for no reason.
The majesty of the imperial court.
The cabinet document was drafted at the request of Hu Hai.
The text not only described the whole story of the Battle of Beacon City in detail, but also informed the people of the world that all the soldiers guarding the city of Jiuyuan Army were wiped out.
This kind of court writing naturally caused an uproar in both the government and the public, because this writing seemed to be just to tell the people of the world that the Great Qin Jiuyuan Army had suffered a defeat.
Did the cabinet make a mistake? Or was the cabinet deliberately trying to embarrass Duke Jiuyuan? Or was the Jiuyuan Army deliberately defeated in order to express its disapproval of the emperor's dismissal of Duke Jiuyuan from the position of commander-in-chief of the Jiuyuan Army, and then the emperor
Humiliate the Jiuyuan Army in front of the world?
These are the many thoughts that arise in the minds of people all over the world after seeing this cabinet document.
Fortunately, this doubt did not last long.
Three days later, the second emperor of Qin officially issued an edict to the world.
Guan Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Jiuyuan Army, was killed in action and was awarded the title of General Zhongyong. He was awarded the title of Fifth Doctor (the ninth rank of the Great Qin title). The emperor personally awarded him the third-class Medal of Hundred Wars, a black ribbon and a thousand bounties. Four others, including Lao Wang, were killed in action.
The two to five hundred commanders of the Jiuyuan Army were awarded the title of Gongcheng (the eighth rank of the Great Qin title). The emperor personally awarded him the second-class medal of Hundred Wars, a black ribbon, and a thousand bounties; the rest of Guan Yi's first lieutenant of the Jiuyuan Army was five thousand.
Soldiers and generals at all levels have all been promoted to the third level on the basis of the original. The left and right ministers of the Ministry of War personally awarded the third-class war merit medal, awarded the green ribbon, and rewarded them with thousands of silver coins!
During the Battle of Bijia City, the Huns barbarians who died on the city wall were each rewarded with a hundred copper coins and a first-class medal of honor. The 20,000 Huns prisoners of war in Bijia City were all restored to freedom from now on because of their good deeds towards the Qin Dynasty, and were specially granted Daqin household registration.
, native of Hexi County.
The 2500-member Li Yue who was seriously wounded was awarded the title of Duke, and was awarded the title of General of Valor, the second-class medal of Hundred Wars, a black ribbon, and a bounty of 1,000 pieces. The remaining 433 surviving soldiers should be rewarded the same as above. The only difference is that
Yes, all the medals awarded to these 433 people will be awarded by the emperor himself.
After these 440 people recover from their injuries, they will be used as the basis to rebuild the Jiuyuan Army and give them the title of Yongwu. The brave general Li Yue will be the first captain of Yongwu.
This time the rewards for the fallen soldiers of the Nine Plains Army can be said to be extremely generous. The most important thing is that these five thousand people will be the first batch of soldiers of the Great Qin to receive the Medal of the Great Qin.
And the Yongwu Lieutenant is naturally the first and only one in the Qin Dynasty to be named by the emperor himself! This honor even exceeds the other rewards! This alone has made all the generals of the other eighteen legions of the Qin Dynasty.
Qi's eyes turned red!
That’s enviable!
Twenty thousand Xiongnu prisoners of war were granted Daqin household registration, which also caused an uproar among the people of Daqin.
This is the result Hu Hai wants.
The reason why the people of Da Qin know about the Battle of Beacon City, which is not a glorious achievement for Da Qin, is that Hu Hai wants everyone to know that Da Qin is not the only one in the world! There are things around Da Qin that have not been discovered but do exist.
enemy.
The pensions and rewards for the fallen soldiers and even the title of a captain, as well as the rewards for the 20,000 Xiongnu prisoners of war in Bijia City, naturally set an example among the Qin army and the other hundreds of thousands of Qin prisoners of war.
Let everyone know that the imperial court has never been stingy with rewards. Of course, the premise is that you must be worthy of Da Qin. As long as you have merit, whether you are a prisoner of war or a citizen of Da Qin, you will still get the rewards you deserve.
Hu Hai believes that from what happened in Bijia City, Wu Lu is still a foreigner to the Qin people, and many people will learn something from it. This is enough for Hu Hai!
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Whether it was for Hu Hai or Da Qin, the Beacon City incident was really not a big deal. In the feudal era, population was the most important part of the country; and human life was also the least valuable.
Therefore, after ten days of excitement due to the Battle of Beacon City, various places in Daqin gradually returned to their former peace. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)