Chapter 168 A War with Zero Casualties

Seeing King Beixian being shot to death by Lu Chen, Xiao Pengtian suddenly felt a chill running down his back.

It's exactly what he thought...

This strange stick-like weapon in King Bei's hand is as terrifying as the thunderous thunder.

Although King Beixian is older, he is still a master after all!

A grandmaster was killed so far away without even seeing the face of his enemy.

horrible!

terrible! ! !

At this time, Xiao Pengtian was a little lucky. Fortunately, he had surrendered to the Northern King. If he had had a wrong idea last time when he left Beijun and returned to the Heavenly Wolf King tribe, he would have directly proclaimed himself the king of the Heavenly Wolf King tribe and brought the Heavenly Wolf King with him. The Wolf King tribe ran away and did not come to Beijun.

Then maybe he will meet Bei Wang's army on the battlefield in the future, and maybe Bei King will shoot him like this.

Xiao Pengtian felt a sting in his chest when he thought of the huge blood hole in King Beixian's chest.

He didn't want to be bombarded by these terrifying weapons from North County again.

At this time, Lu Chen turned to look at Xiao Pengtian and said, "General Xiao, I will trouble you to clean up the mess."

After hearing Lu Chen's voice, Xiao Pengtian recovered from the shock. He quickly knelt down and said, "I obey!"

Since Xiao Pengtian joined Beijun, Lu Chen has recruited some barbarian soldiers from the Tianlang King tribe. There are not many, but there are seven or eight thousand.

Many of these seven to eight thousand people were scouts, mainly helping Lu Chen control every move in the entire northern grassland, but there were also five thousand people who were light cavalry.

Xiao Pengtian has surrendered to him after all. He can't leave any soldiers for Xiao Pengtian and let him be a bare general. How can he be loyal to him, so the five thousand barbarian light cavalry Lu Chen is handed over to Xiao Peng God leads.

Lu Chen also saw that Xiao Pengtian and the five thousand barbarian soldiers had always wanted a chance to show their loyalty to him.

Originally, Lu Chen could have just let the black cavalry rush in to end the battle, but Lu Chen finally decided to give Xiao Pengtian and the others a chance.

Only when their hands are stained with the blood of the barbarians can they feel at ease, and can also reassure others in Beijun. Only then will these barbarian light cavalry be able to integrate into the army of Beijun more easily.

After receiving Lu Chen's order, Xiao Pengtian jumped up and jumped directly from the city wall, and then led his five thousand light cavalry to charge directly towards the army of King Beixian.

At this time, the soldiers on the city wall no longer threw thunderbolts. Beijun's infantry phalanx began to surround them, but the black cavalry led by Wen Renlie and Xuanyuan Chen did not enter the battlefield.

The black cavalry they led stood guard at the city gate, watching everything that happened in front of them indifferently.

When the soldiers of King Beixian saw that their king was dead and soldiers from Beixian had surrounded them, they were all frightened and turned pale and at a loss.

At this time, they saw a light cavalry rushing out in the distance. As soon as they saw this light cavalry, the barbarian soldiers of the North Xian King knew that they could not escape.

Seeing that the five thousand barbarian light cavalry led by Xiao Pengtian were about to come into direct contact with the barbarian army of the North Xian King, a barbarian general of the North Xian King suddenly said loudly: "We surrender!!! Don't kill me!!!"

Hearing this, Xiao Pengtian's horse almost stopped. He was about to swing his sword directly, but the other party said he surrendered? ? ?

After hearing the words of the barbarian general, the other barbarian soldiers came to their senses instantly. They quickly discarded the weapons in their hands, then got off their horses and knelt on the ground.

this! ! !

Xiao Pengtian suddenly became angry.

It stands to reason that the surrender of the barbarians is a great thing for Beijun. After all, they can reduce casualties and don't have to die.

After all, it is a war. Regardless of whether the advantage on the battlefield is great or not, as long as it is a close-quarters battle, people will inevitably die. In the last battle in the Wanning Valley, Beijun still lost tens of thousands of people despite gaining such a huge advantage.

If the North Korean army had not surrendered, not to mention tens of thousands of people, thousands of people would have died for sure.

Lu Chen, as the ruler, was certainly happy to have such a large casualty reduction at once, but Xiao Pengtian and the five thousand light cavalry led by him looked unhappy.

Damn it, they were planning to kill the barbarians to show their loyalty to the Northern King, but these guys surrendered.

If they surrendered, how could they show their loyalty to the Northern King with the blood of the barbarians on their hands?

Xiao Pengtian looked at the barbarian general in front of him with a dark face. Although he was very unhappy, Xiao Pengtian still said: "You have made the right choice!"

Having said this, Xiao Pengtian snorted coldly, and then said to the soldiers behind him: "Clean the battlefield!"

Seeing that the barbarian soldiers had put down their weapons, Mu Changtian and others on the tower couldn't help but sigh.

This is the change in warfare brought about by gunpowder.

If it were in the past, even if the hundreds of thousands of North Xian King's barbarian army were surrounded, they would definitely struggle desperately and find a way to break out of the encirclement.

But it's different now. After being blasted by Hongtian Lei, they only have fear in their hearts, and there is no will to fight.

Such a huge war ended with zero casualties in Bei County.

If such results were reported, the imperial court would definitely not believe it.

Not to mention that the court would not believe it, even the soldiers in Beijun felt like they were dreaming when they stood on the tower.

This is an army of hundreds of thousands of barbarians!

In the end, none of them died! This has never happened in history.

At this time, Mu Changtian came to Lu Chen and asked, "My lord, how should I write this battle report?"

If a battle report of zero casualties reaches the imperial court, the officials in the imperial court will definitely not believe it. Don't think too much about it.

Regardless of whether they believed it or not, if the court really knew that they had zero casualties, they would definitely try to find out how Beijun managed to achieve zero casualties in the face of hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops. This was not a good thing for Beijun.

So this battle report is not that easy to write.

After hearing Mu Changtian's question, Lu Chen pondered for a moment, and then said: "I took off the clothes of those barbarian soldiers and replaced them with the clothes worn by Beijun soldiers."

Having said this, Lu Chen turned to the Jinyi Guards Qianhu on the side and said: "Go to Yancheng and ask Lin Xiuming to come to Tianguang City with the court's 20,000 cavalry in half a month. Just say that the war is very tragic and we need their help."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As soon as the words fell, the Jin Yiwei Qianhu left the tower.

Listening to Lu Chen's words, Mu Changtian and others were a little confused. What did the prince want to do?

At this moment, Wen Renlie and Xuanyuan Chen jumped directly from the horses outside the city and jumped onto the city tower.

At this time, Lu Chen said to Xuanyuan Chen and Wen Renlie: "General Xuanyuan, General Wenren, you can directly take 40,000 heavy cavalry to escort these barbarian prisoners back to Yancheng garrison."

Xuanyuan Chen and Wen Renlie immediately said: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lu Chen continued: "The King of North Xian led an army of 200,000 people to the south. I led 50,000 black cavalry and fought fiercely with the barbarian army. The black cavalry suffered more than 40,000 casualties, and the ordinary soldiers suffered countless casualties. In the end, I managed to defend Beijun. King Xian led the remaining troops back to the grassland."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, everyone immediately understood Lu Chen's intention. Lu Chen was planning to conceal military information!

Everyone look at me, I look at you.

Others concealed military information because they wanted to report their military exploits to the world. They wanted to say that they had killed hundreds of thousands of barbarian soldiers.

But they concealed military information and instead faked the massive casualties among their own soldiers.

Lu Chen sighed at this time and said: "If there are no enemies in the North, my life will not be easy in the future."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen glanced at the barbarian prisoners of the North Xian King in the distance.

The tribe of the Sirius King in the North is gone, and now the North Xian King's army has also been defeated. Now there is no big enemy in Beijun.

If Beijun has no enemies, does Beijun still need an army of 150,000?

Once they report that the King of North Korea has been destroyed by them, the next thing the court will do is to find a way to reduce the number of soldiers in Beijun.

Therefore, this battle achievement cannot be reported truthfully.

After hearing Lu Chen's words, Mu Changtian and the others also understood what Lu Chen meant.

Indeed, if Beijun does not have the enemy King Beixian and the threat of barbarians, then Beijun's 150,000 soldiers will become a thorn in the side of the court and a thorn in the flesh. From now on, the court will try every means to reduce the number of troops in Beijun.

Of course, they could also choose to hide the army and conceal the number of the army, but Lu Chen didn't plan to go to such trouble. Even if he kept hiding it, as long as there were no enemies in Beijun, the court's attention would be on him.

The focus of other people's attention is on you. It's useless no matter how much you conceal the number of troops. The best way is to let those in the court who are full and have nothing to do stop staring at Beijun's army.

Now that 40,000 heavy cavalry have been reported dead in Beijun, the court will definitely no longer think about the tens of thousands of heavy cavalry in Beijun.

Even if their heavy armor is still there, it takes a lot of time to train heavy cavalry. It does not mean that you can exert the combat effectiveness of heavy cavalry just by putting on heavy armor.

Coupled with the fact that there are still barbarians in the North, the imperial court will naturally no longer take North County into its eyes, and people will soon shift their attention to other places.

Mu Changtian said at this time: "My lord, Lin Xiuming may be able to tell that those people wearing Daxia clothes are barbarians."

Mu Changtian thought that Lu Chen had changed all the clothes of the corpses of the barbarian soldiers, and then asked Lin Xiuming to bring an army of 20,000 people to clean the battlefield and clean up the corpses.

If this was the case, wouldn't Lu Chen's plan be exposed?

Although the barbarians and Daxia people look similar, there are some slight differences. People like them who are good at fighting barbarians can tell at a glance whether this person is a barbarian soldier.

Although Lin Xiuming was young, he had fought several battles with the barbarians in the North. Even if he took off the barbarian's clothes, he could still identify whether the person was a barbarian.

If Lin Xiuming sees this and writes a battle report and sends it to him, wouldn't Lu Chen's plan be ruined?

Hearing Mu Changtian's words, Lu Chen said with a smile: "General Mu, do you think that this king asked Lin Xiuming and the imperial court's 20,000 troops to collect the corpses?"

Mu Changtian was stunned for a moment?

Is it not?

If Lin Xiuming, a general sent by the imperial court, was not allowed to see the dead people in person, how could anyone believe their battle report?

Mu Changtian thought that Lu Chen deliberately asked Lin Xiuming and the imperial army to clean the battlefield, and then let them know that many of their soldiers died.

Lu Chen said calmly: "No need to go to such trouble, just bury all these corpses."

"I asked Lin Xiuming to come here just to let the court know that the situation in Beijun is not optimistic."

"The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and there is snow everywhere. Lin Xiuming and the imperial court's 20,000 troops are coming to Tianguang City. It is impossible for less than ten days and half a month. In addition, I have given Lin Xiuming half a month. Come to Tianguang City later, it will take a month for Lin Xiuming to arrive at Tianguang City."

"When they arrive at Tianguang City, the corpses of these barbarian soldiers have been frozen into lumps of ice. How can they be allowed to clean the battlefield? When they want to verify whether Beijun's battle report is true or false, let them dig graves. I will not I believe they can still identify the bodies that have been buried for a month as those of barbarian soldiers.”

Although the decomposition rate of corpses will become very slow when winter comes, the corpses buried in the soil will eventually undergo some changes.

If Lin Xiuming and the others really dig graves, they will dig out the corpses of barbarians. The surface of the corpses has been damaged or contaminated with soil. Originally, there is not much difference between barbarians and Daxia people. If they really dig graves, After digging out the corpse of the barbarian, does Lin Xiuming dare to say that it is the corpse of the barbarian?

Moreover, death is a big deal, not to mention that these soldiers are nominally from Beijun and died fighting for Daxia. How could Lin Xiuming dare to dig their graves.

At this time, Lu Chen turned to Wen Renlie and Xuanyuan Chen and said, "When the two generals are escorting the barbarian prisoners back to Yancheng, try to march at night so as not to let the people of Yancheng notice your actions."

Xuanyuan Chen said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will disguise these barbarian captives as the original barbarian captives in Yancheng, making them look like they were sent to mine."

Lu Chen felt relieved after hearing what Xuanyuan Chen said. He continued, "By the way, remember to take off your heavy armor when you go back so that no one will see you."

Xuanyuan Chen said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Chen immediately said: "Okay, that's it, everyone does their own thing."

After Lu Chen finished speaking, Mu Changtian and the other generals returned to the soldiers they led and ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

Half a month later.

A restaurant in Xuanyue Palace.

Lin Xiuming was sitting in a private room of the restaurant, drinking a small drink alone and looking at the heavy snow outside the window.

As a general who supported Beijun in resisting the barbarians' march south, he had no idea what the situation was in Tianguang City now. He felt that he was just traveling at public expense to see the snowy scenery of Beijun.

Lin Xiuming sighed. If he had been allowed to lead an army to fight against Dawu, he would have already achieved many military exploits by now.

Letting him come to Beijun is really an insult to his talent.

There is the King of the North's heavy cavalry in Beijun, and he is still needed there.

Just when Lin Xiuming sighed, a mature woman's voice sounded behind Lin Xiuming.

"I feel wronged by asking you to come to Beijun. You come to the restaurant to drink every day."

Hearing this, Lin Xiuming turned around and found that it was Lin Wanyun.

Lin Xiuming asked curiously: "Sister Yun, why are you still in Beijun? Hasn't the master of Xuanyue Palace gone back?"