When Du Wei saw Gabri, the young brother's armor as a commanding officer had been dyed bright red. There was still a piece of minced meat hanging on his shoulder armor, and there was blood stains on his face.
However, Gabri looked very excited. As soon as he saw Du Wei, he strode up and hugged Du Wei fiercely. He didn't care that most of his blood was on Du Wei's body.
"Okay!" Du Wei pushed his brother away, looked carefully up and down, and was relieved after confirming that his brother was not seriously injured.
In today's first battle, out of selfish motives to protect his younger brother, Du Wei placed his infantry regiment relatively behind the army's infantry shield wall.
After all, this is Gabri's first battle. Even though he is a brave young man, it is better not to let him take on too dangerous tasks in the first battle. A little proper training is enough.
But looking at the blood all over Gabri's body, it was obvious that he rushed very quickly...
"Did you abandon your team and rush to the front alone?" Du Wei's face darkened and he glanced at his brother.
"I killed at least six orcs today!" Gabri looked excited. He didn't seem to notice Du Wei's darkening expression, and still said excitedly: "One of them is probably an officer, because I saw that he had a
The helmet he wears is different from other orcs."
"Let me ask you, did you abandon your team and rush to the front alone?" Du Wei lowered his voice.
"This..." Gabri then noticed that his brother's tone was weird. He quickly shrank his head and said with some anxiety: "I... after the fight started, the scene was a bit chaotic. I only knew how to rush forward... and didn't care about it.
."
Du Wei took a deep breath. He was about to scold his younger brother, but when he saw the excitement and excitement on the young man's face, and the eyes staring at him full of expectation, it was like a man who had made outstanding achievements and hoped to
Just like children who are praised by their elders.
Du Wei thought for a moment and felt that it was his younger brother's first time fighting. If he scolded him fiercely, it would probably damage the young man's self-confidence. Then he sighed and patted his shoulder: "Well done, you
You acted very bravely and did not disgrace our father!"
Gabri's eyes turned red. He lowered his head and wiped his eyes quickly. After raising his head, he looked at Du Wei seriously. But suddenly he lowered his voice and whispered: "Brother, I know... today
I shouldn't move forward recklessly. As an officer, I have neglected my duties... Although you don't have the heart to scold me, but..."
As he said that, he took the initiative to hold Du Wei's hand and looked into Du Wei's eyes eagerly: "I promise, I will never be so reckless next time!"
Du Wei smiled with satisfaction. His brother still understood very well in his heart, which was good. His painstaking efforts to love him were not in vain.
"It's just..." Gabri scratched his head again and said with a bitter smile: "I know you cherish me, but next time, don't put me at the back of the team. Brother... Of course you do it for my own good. But let me
When others see it, they will look down on me and just think that I am a useless pustule that you are protecting!"
Du Wei's heart moved, and he knew that his protective posture seemed vaguely inappropriate.
The two brothers looked at each other and laughed a few times.
The fire burned for a full day. The next day, after Du Wei sent out troops and magicians to put out the fire, the fire in the city was finally brought under control. It was not until the next night that the fire was completely extinguished.
What was left of this originally majestic fortress was only a ruin.
Trampling on the rubble, Du Wei walked on the ruins of the fortress and looked around. There was thick smoke rising from some places.
"It took three years, millions of gold coins, and tens of thousands of labor to build this magnificent city." He sighed.
Human infantry has crossed the ruins from both sides. Five thousand troops have been stationed in the shallows on the south bank of the river as an early warning to defend against attacks from criminals crossing the river at any time.
"Fortunately, although the fire was fierce and burned down the buildings on the ground, the foundations of most of the buildings are still there, and a lot of the outline of the city wall remains. Rebuilding should not be a problem. But... time is a thorny issue.
.During the construction of the city, criminals will definitely harass us non-stop."
Du Wei frowned deeply.
This battle basically achieved the strategic purpose he had conceived before. A great victory effectively made the general's army become numb and low-spirited, and the excitement became high!
Look at the soldiers who are working back and forth, cleaning up the battlefield and the ruins in the city. Each of their faces is filled with confident and proud smiles. That expression is similar to the numb and panic-stricken soldiers who were numb and panicked when I first arrived in Yajin City a few days ago.
There is a huge difference in the appearance of the land.
At the same time, humans have recaptured the south bank. Strategically, they no longer have to worry about the criminals using this fortress as a base to launch a southward invasion at any time. Although Luoxue said that it does not plan to move south in a large scale, after all, this is a war, not a play house, and the enemy is talking about it.
, even if it’s Luoxue, I can’t believe it all.
As for the third...
Du Wei suddenly sneered, the corners of his mouth curved a little, his eyes were cold...
Luoxue, you are indeed so generous and cruel!
Are you using the 60,000 orc army as cannon fodder?!
You "saint" are indeed crazy!
But okay, let me find out your bottom line. It's ridiculous to say that you said you wanted to be a saint? But now it seems that your so-called "saint" is just kindness to your elves!
After the battle, Du Wei quickly noticed a difference.
This battle was a brilliant victory, but in general, the remaining army of criminals who resisted were all orcs! But no one from the elves participated in the battle!
If there are elves participating in the battle, then even if you have griffon cavalry, the number of griffin knights is too small after all, so a sneak attack can be done. If you encounter a large-scale elven aerial army with a hundred griffin knights, even if you have Slay
With Trilin's name, if you want to deal with thousands of elves head-on, it doesn't take much. As long as the opponent has more than 3,000 aerial elf warriors, a mere hundred gryphon knights will have no choice but to retreat, even if they risk their lives and set fire to it.
Don’t dare to fight! It is absolutely impossible to achieve such brilliant results!
What's more, with air power, they also have dragons!
The elves did not participate in the war. Even after the orcs were defeated, the elves on the north bank of the river did not have a single soldier to support them. It was only when part of the human army was dazzled by the victory that they rushed to the river. When they tried to cross the river to pursue, the elves
The warriors of the tribe appeared to block it for a while, but then the human army retreated, and the elves also died down.
Originally, Du Wei brought magicians with him into the battle, and he was already prepared to bear considerable losses. He expected in his heart that if he encountered a large number of elves on his side, he would have one hundred gryphon cavalry and thirty magicians.
If the warriors defend the sky and the dragons help in the battle, their side will inevitably suffer huge damage. Even in the worst case scenario of risking death and setting fire, Du Wei even made the best plan to fight all the one hundred gryphon knights!
and……
…
"More than 37,000 enemies were killed, and less than 2,000 were captured?"
After Du Wei read the reported statistics, his face immediately darkened.
On the ruins of the fortress, a temporary camp was set up where the commander's palace in the city originally stood.
In the big tent, many generals gathered here to make post-war reports.
But when Du Wei saw the statistics, his face sank!
"Hmph. Less than two thousand..." Du Wei was about to say something, but when he saw the disapproving expressions on the faces of all the generals in the tent, he sighed in his heart. He had already buried his hatred.
This was not a battle of annihilation, but a battle of defeat. According to common sense, it is unlikely that the ratio of the number of enemies killed and captured would be so imbalanced, so the only explanation is that the people below concealed the actual situation.
:Hate. At the end of the battle, the human soldiers became red-eyed and slaughtered many captured orcs! Even... many officers acquiesced or encouraged this behavior.
Du Wei sighed. He knew that if he pursues this matter at this moment, it will arouse the resentment of his generals. After all, since the war began, the orcs have committed various indelible acts of hatred towards humans... For example, the orcs even regard humans as
Food! This alone is enough for humans to look at these enemies with extreme hatred.
As a coach myself
Compassion does not command troops!
Du Wei gritted his teeth, his face calmed down, and he deliberately threw the statistics aside: "What else is there? Where are our brothers' injuries?"
Seeing the solemn look on Du Wei's face disappear, the generals were relieved. Many people in this tent were involved in the massacre of prisoners of war. The remaining two thousand prisoners of war were those who had been captured by the enemy.
Some officers left behind.
But……
He couldn't help but feel a little complicated in Luoxue's heart. He has already forged such hatred. Do you still want to be a saint and seek peace?
Is it possible? Hum!
"Sir." The statistical officer handed over the second data.
Du Wei glanced at it and felt confused.
The casualties were close to just over 20,000, of which more than 15,000 were killed in action. The rest were seriously injured and disabled and had completely lost their combat capability. As for those who were slightly injured and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness, there were also close to 4,000.
Altogether, the number of men under my command now is close to 25,000 in one battle.
He set fire everywhere, blocked the opponent's escape route, outflanked him from both sides, and even threw in one of his trump cards, "Thunder Cavalry".
As a result, in this great victory, the ratio of casualties to each other was about 1:15?
Even though they were defeated, the fighting power of the orcs was really strong! If they had not had thunder cavalry to overwhelm the opponent's formation, the casualty ratio of both sides in this battle would not have been much advantageous to humans.
Oh, by the way, there are also the casualties of Thunder Cavalry, this number is not included!
In this battle, the Thunder Cavalry rushed back and forth, and later defeated the opponent's Wolf Cavalry head-on. After the war, statistics showed that the Thunder Cavalry suffered over a thousand injuries. This result was not bad, but for Du Wei, it still felt extremely distressing!
Others are surprised when the Tulip family has such a strong and powerful army, especially these cavalry. The temperament they show one by one is undoubtedly a real elite soldier! But although the Northwest Tulip family has experienced Gilia
The special defense war and the war to annihilate the rebels of the Northwest Army. But in the former, as we all know, Du Wei only had two or three thousand cavalry at the time, and in the latter, the war lasted not long...
But only Du Wei and some core figures in the family know how much effort Du Wei spent on establishing this Thunder Cavalry!!
Everyone understands that elite soldiers are made by fighting, not by training.
The origin of this thunder cavalry is also mysterious: after Du Wei reached a cooperation agreement with Saladin on the grassland, Du Wei not only supplied Saladin with weapons and supplies, but also secretly sent troops directly into the grassland to join Saladin.
When fighting under his command, he only pretends to be Saladin's subordinates on weekdays.
For more than three years, these armies have rotated in groups almost every year. Gradually, Du Wei sent groups of troops from his family into the grassland. With the help of the melee area of the grassland, in the grassland, Saladin annexed tribes one by one.
In the process, they participated in the war and trained batches of troops into truly elite troops!
This is a very difficult job: the number of each batch of troops dispatched has been controlled. If it is too much, it will not work, and it will show traces. If it is too little, it will not work. If it is too little, it will be useless.
Don't help Saladin too much, lest this steppe wolf's power expands too quickly and exceeds his control.
Over the past three years, batches of elite knights have been trained on the battlefields of the grassland. They have also suffered injuries during this period, which once made Du Wei feel guilty. Is this kind of training too cruel?
However, objectively speaking, fighting like this also strengthened Du Wei's control over the grassland situation! Battle after battle aroused hatred among the various tribes on the grassland. As Saladin's power expanded, it also made the grassland more and more hostile.
More tribes united together to fight against Saladin.
As a result, such an elite thunder cavalry was created! These people were tempered in battles with the prairie people who are known as the strongest cavalry!
Of course, to carry out this extremely dangerous "actual combat training", the treatment of the cavalry of this thunder cavalry is the highest even in the Tulip family.
"Sir, we have won a great victory in this battle! What do you think should be written in the military report to the imperial capital?"
In the big tent, after a general spoke, many people looked at Du Wei eagerly. Such an unprecedented victory since the beginning of the war, the rewards in the imperial capital must be very generous!
You are all soldiers, so why are you fighting so hard? In addition to defending the glory of the empire and soldiers, who doesn't want to make great military exploits, win rewards from high-ranking officials, and provide rich food and clothing for their families?
Du Wei carefully observed the changes in facial expressions of each of his generals one by one and remembered them in his heart. He smiled calmly: "Don't worry, everyone, I will write a letter back to the capital today to ask for your credit!"
There was a cheer.
Suddenly many people were beaming with joy, and some even made loud noises, thinking that they should take advantage of this moment to rush across the river, defeat the enemies on the north bank, and gain greater fruits of victory.
After hearing this, Du Wei just smiled lightly and didn't say anything.
Before the war, many of these guys fiercely opposed this counterattack... But now, hum.
He was heartbroken and made some vague calculations...
Clean! Clean more!
If I want to truly control this army, then there are quite a few of these people who need to be purged! If I want this army to be firmly marked with my own brand... Then, among this group of people in front of me,
, we need to distinguish carefully! Some of them can develop into their own direct descendants, while the other parts can only be cleaned out by finding ways!
Perhaps, with this reward... we can get a batch of them away?
When he thought of this, he couldn't help but laugh at himself... He never thought that one day I would have such thoughts.
Luoxue, you are both a saint and a madman.
but I am not!
I, Du Wei, am neither a saint nor a madman!
I will only do it in my own way! Go in my own way!