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 horrific 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 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 was different now. After being blasted by Hongtian Lei, they only had fear in their hearts, and there was 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, "Your Majesty, how should this battle report be written?"

If the battle report of zero casualties was passed to the court, the officials of the court would definitely not believe it, no need to think about it.

Let's not talk about whether they believe it or not. If the court really knew that they had zero casualties, they would definitely find ways to find out how Beijun could achieve zero casualties in the face of hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops, which would not be a good thing for Beijun.

So this battle report is not so easy to write.

After hearing Mu Changtian's question, Lu Chen pondered for a moment, and then said: "Strip the clothes of those barbarian soldiers for me, and change them all into clothes worn by Beijun soldiers."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen turned his head and said to the Jinyiwei Qianhu beside him: "Go to Yancheng and ask Lin Xiuming to bring 20,000 cavalry of the court to Tianguang City in half a month, saying that the war is very tragic and needs their help."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After the voice fell, the Jinyiwei 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 wall.

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

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

Lu Chen continued: "The King of Beixian led an army of 200,000 to the south, and I led 50,000 black cavalry to fight with the barbarian army. More than 40,000 black cavalry were killed and wounded, and countless ordinary soldiers were killed and wounded. In the end, I struggled to defend Beijun, and the King of Beixian led the remnants to retreat to the grassland."

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

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you.

Others concealed military intelligence because they wanted to exaggerate their military achievements and say that they killed hundreds of thousands of barbarian soldiers.

But they concealed military intelligence and fabricated a large number of casualties among their soldiers.

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

At this point, Lu Chen glanced at the barbarian captives of the Northern Xian King in the distance.

The Tianlang King tribe in the North is gone, and now the Northern Xian King's army has also been defeated. Now there are no major enemies in the North County.

If there are no enemies in the North County, does the North County still need 150,000 troops?

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

So this time's military achievements must not be reported truthfully.

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

Indeed, if Beijun was no longer an enemy of the King of Northern Xian and no longer threatened by the barbarians, the number of Beijun's 150,000 soldiers would become a thorn in the court's eyes and flesh. In the future, the court would try every means to reduce the number of Beijun's troops.

Of course, they could also choose to hide the army and conceal the number of troops, but Lu Chen did not intend to go through so much trouble. Even if he concealed it again, as long as Beijun had no enemies, the court's attention would be on him.

Others' attention is on you, and it is useless to conceal the number of troops. The best way is to let those people in the court who have nothing to do after eating and eating not keep staring at Beijun's army.

Now that 40,000 heavy cavalrymen have died in Beijun, the court will definitely not think that Beijun still has tens of thousands of heavy cavalrymen.

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

In addition, there are still barbarians in the north, so the court will naturally no longer take Beijun seriously, and it will not be long before people shift their attention to other places.

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

Mu Changtian thought that Lu Chen had changed the clothes of the barbarian soldiers' bodies, and then asked Lin Xiuming to bring 20,000 troops to clean up the battlefield and the bodies.

If this is the case, then Lu Chen's plan would be exposed.

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

Although Lin Xiuming is young, he has fought several battles with the barbarians in the north. Even if he strips the clothes of the barbarians, he can still recognize whether this person is a barbarian.

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

After hearing what Mu Changtian said, Lu Chen smiled and said: "General Mu, you don't think that I asked Lin Xiuming and the 20,000 troops of the court to collect the bodies?"

Mu Changtian was stunned for a moment?

Isn't that the case?

If Lin Xiuming, the general sent by the court, is not allowed to see the dead in person, how can anyone believe their battle report?

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

Lu Chen said lightly: "Don't bother so much, just bury all these bodies directly."

"This king 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. It will take at least ten days or half a month for Lin Xiuming to come to Tianguang City with the 20,000 troops of the court. In addition, this king originally asked Lin Xiuming to come to Tianguang City in half a month, so it will take at least a month for Lin Xiuming to reach Tianguang City."

"By the time they arrive in Tianguang City, the bodies of these barbarian soldiers have been frozen into ice lumps. How can they be asked to clean the battlefield? When they want to verify whether the battle report of Beijun is true or false, let them dig graves. This king does not believe that they can still tell that the bodies buried for a month are the bodies of barbarian soldiers."

Although winter has arrived, the decay rate of the corpses will become very slow, but the corpses buried in the soil will eventually change.

If Lin Xiuming and his men really go to dig graves, they will find the bodies of barbarians. The surface of the bodies has been damaged or contaminated with soil. There is not much difference between barbarians and Daxia people. If they really dig up the bodies of barbarians, will Lin Xiuming dare to say that they are the bodies of barbarians?

Moreover, death is the greatest, not to mention that these soldiers were nominally from Beijun and died for Daxia. How could Lin Xiuming dare to dig their graves?

Lu Chen turned his head and said to Wen Renlie and Xuanyuan Chen: "When the two generals escort the barbarian captives back to Yancheng, try to march at night and don't let the people of Yancheng notice your actions."

Xuanyuan Chen said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will disguise these barbarian captives as the barbarian captives originally in Yancheng, so that they look like they are sent to mine."

Hearing Xuanyuan Chen's words, Lu Chen was relieved, and he continued: "By the way, remember to take off your heavy armor when you go back, so as not to be seen by others."

Xuanyuan Chen said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Chen then said: "Okay, that's it, each of us will do our own thing."

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

Half a month later.

A restaurant in Xuanyue Palace.

Lin Xiuming sat in a private room in the restaurant, drinking alone and looking at the heavy snow outside the window.

As a general who supported Beijun to resist the barbarians from the south, he had no idea what was happening in Tianguang City now. He felt that he was just here to travel on public funds and see the snow scenery in Beijun.

Lin Xiuming sighed. If he had led the army to fight against Dawu, he would have made so many military achievements.

It was a waste of talent to let him come to Beijun.

Beijun has the heavy cavalry of the King of the North, and he is still needed there.

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

"I'm sorry to ask you to come to Beijun. You come to the restaurant to drink every day."

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

Lin Xiuming asked curiously: "Sister Yun, why are you still in Beijun? Didn't the Palace Master of Xuanyue Palace go back?"