Chapter 105 Battle Statistics
Li Yi was not angry when he heard this. He had seen many officials who remained stubborn even after being captured.
There were even many people who cursed at him.
It’s not that Li Yi doesn’t care, he just doesn’t want his character to collapse.
He also hopes that in the future he will be able to attract talented people to join him by virtue of his "courteous and humble" personality.
Li Yi took a deep breath and continued to speak with a smile.
"Mr. Xu is well-read and knowledgeable, so how could he willingly become a traitor?"
"Let's not talk about anything else. Just think about the rat tail hanging behind your head. If you are buried with it after you die, will you have the face to meet your ancestors and the Confucian philosophers in the underworld?"
"I have never read much since I was a child, and I don't have much cultural knowledge. How about you help me translate what is meant by the beauty of clothing and the greatness of etiquette?"
"You are really ashamed of your ancestors now!"
After Li Yi finished speaking, Xu Guangjin was speechless.
Because no matter how he argued, he could not say that the Golden Rat Tail was Chinese clothing.
When Li Yi was debating with captured Qing officials to persuade them to surrender, this golden rat tail was their biggest weakness. Once it was pointed out, they would be absolutely speechless.
Xu Guangjin opened his mouth, but finally spoke.
"You thief, I see that you were once a general in the Green Camp, and your Li family is also a hereditary military officer who has received the grace of the Qing Dynasty. What right do you have to humiliate me as a traitor?"
"If I am a traitor, then who am I?"
"Traitor!"
Li Yi heard this but was still not angry.
“You cannot choose when you are born, but you can choose the path you take after you are born.”
"My ancestors did do some wrong things, I will not deny that, but now that I have realized the mistakes they made, I will not continue to make the same mistakes again."
"Everything I am doing now is to make up for the mistakes my ancestors made before."
"I must cleanse the Central Plains of the barbarian evil spirits, I must restore the land of the Han people, let my Han people cut off the slave braids on the back of their heads, can stand up straight and live uprightly, instead of being slaves of the foreign race forever."
"I wonder if Lord Xu is willing to help me?"
After hearing this, Xu Guangjin still refused to surrender and just spoke with his neck stiff.
"I am a student of the emperor who graduated from a Jinshi degree. I am a tyrant and I should be loyal to the emperor. How can I kneel down and serve the enemy?"
"Thief, if you want to kill me, then kill me. If you want to rob me, then rob me. There is no need to humiliate me by trying to persuade me to surrender!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yi knew that Xu Guangjin had made up his mind and only wanted to be a slave of the Qing Dynasty.
He did not continue to persuade him to surrender, but just shook his head and said.
"Why is that, Master Xu?"
"How can you be addicted to being a slave of the Tartars?"
"Well, since Lord Xu is unwilling to surrender, I will not force him to surrender."
"But I still need Lord Xu to help me with the deployment of the Qing army in Guangdong."
"I hope Lord Xu can tell the truth and not make things difficult for me."
"You are old after all. If you are tortured again, I am afraid you will not be able to bear it. Then, it will be embarrassing for everyone."
Upon hearing this, Xu Guangjin just sneered.
"Thief, you are wishful thinking."
"Even if I die, I will never betray the Qing Dynasty!"
Li Yi heard this and said with a smile.
"No, you will."
After saying this, Li Yi signaled his personal guards to drag Xu Guangjin away for interrogation.
Whether it was torture or using truth serum, Li Yi had plenty of ways to pry open Xu Guangjin's mouth.
When faced with talented people who can be won over, Li Yi doesn't mind showing courtesy to them.
However, if the person is a diehard who is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, Li Yi will show no mercy when it is time to kill him.
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After Xu Guangjin was taken away, Li Yi continued to handle military affairs while waiting for the specific results of the Battle of Wuzhou to be counted.
Li Yi would definitely not be able to sleep tonight without seeing the detailed post-war report.
Li Yi didn't have to wait long before Ye Zhisheng came to ask for a meeting.
He presented a detailed post-war report to Li Yi.
"Grand Commander, the specific results and losses of our army in the Battle of Wuzhou have been calculated."
"Please take a look!"
Li Yi took the report, motioned Ye Zhisheng to sit down first, and then began to read it.
In the Battle of Wuzhou, the Restoration Army suffered 4256 casualties, including 1167 killed in action, 889 seriously injured, and 2200 slightly injured.
This figure includes the casualties incurred by the Restoration Army when it defeated the Qing army's detachment yesterday, as well as the casualties in the battle on the Guijiang River.
The total number of casualties was more than 4,000, which was definitely not a low casualty rate for the Restoration Army, which had a total strength of only 20,000.
Of course, the 20,000 people only refer to the current number of troops deployed by the Restoration Army in the Wuzhou battlefield.
If we count the troops in Xunzhou, Yulinzhou, and Xinyi, as well as the troops stationed in Cenxi, the total number of troops in the Restoration Army has now reached about 30,000.
The results of the battle were equally brilliant.
In the Battle of Wuzhou, the Restoration Army annihilated more than 31,000 Qing troops, including those killed in battle and captured.
Among them, the number of people killed in battle was about 10,000. The reason for this was mainly because the Restoration Army made up for the wounded of the Qing Army after the war.
These people were also counted in the number of kills in the battle.
The number of prisoners was even greater, about 20,000.
Although a considerable number of Qing troops still took advantage of the chaos to flee the battlefield, no matter how you look at it, the fact that the Restoration Army was able to achieve such amazing results in the Battle of Wuzhou can definitely be said to be quite glorious.
In addition to the results and losses of the battle, there are also the spoils of war that the Restoration Army seized in this battle.
The most valuable items were the several Qing warships seized after Fang Haiyang led the navy to raid the Qing army’s water fort, as well as the food and wages seized after breaking through the Qing army’s camp.
In this battle, the Restoration Army seized 130,000 taels of official silver, 70,000 shi of grain, 10,000 jin of medicinal materials, and some other supplies.
After the Battle of Wuzhou, the Restoration Army's originally somewhat urgent financial pressure was instantly relieved.
In addition, the most noteworthy thing is that the Restoration Army seized a batch of war horses.
There are not many of them, only about seven or eight hundred.
But for the Restoration Army, which was currently seriously short of horses, this solved an urgent problem.
Taking a deep breath, a very obvious smile appeared on Li Yi's face.
After thinking for a while, Li Yi looked up and said to Ye Zhisheng.
"We need to pay special attention to our army's wounded soldiers camp."
“Doctor, please don’t be short of medicinal materials. Mr. Ye, please try your best to help raise them.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhisheng nodded to show that he understood.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, Li Yi looked up and said again.
"By the way, didn't our army pick up a lot of dead horses on the battlefield today? Don't waste them. Prepare them and use them to make soup."
"Give priority to the wounded soldiers camp. The wounded soldiers will get better with more good food, and they will recover faster."
"The soldiers fought for me and were injured. I will not treat them unfairly."
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhisheng nodded to show that he understood.
"Don't worry, Grand Commander. I understand."
After hearing this, Li Yi went on to explain the calculation of military merits and the handling of prisoners of war.
After explaining all this, Ye Zhisheng took his leave.
Li Yi continued to deal with military affairs.
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In the wounded camp, the wailing of the wounded could be heard one after another, and doctors could be seen coming in and out busy. In addition, there were also auxiliary soldiers helping to clean the bloodstained gauze and helping to take care of the wounded.
Zhao He was lying on the hospital bed, his face pale.
The throbbing pain from the wound made sweat break out on his forehead.
Zhao He was now a little amused and confused. He didn't know whether to say that he was lucky or unlucky.
He said he was lucky because after a day of fighting, although he had charged with the team several times, he remained unhurt, not even a scratch on his skin.
If this is not considered good luck, then who dares to say that they are lucky!
As for the bad luck, it was because the war was finally over and the Qing monsters surrendered.
However, Zhao He accidentally slipped while cleaning the battlefield with the team and broke his ankle.
What the hell is going on?
It will take a hundred days for his broken bones to heal. For the next hundred days, he won't be able to continue to fight on the battlefield and make contributions.
Just as Zhao He was complaining to himself, a doctor carrying a medicine box came in, briefly checked the injuries of several wounded soldiers in the room, took out a medicine bottle from the box, poured a pill for each of them, and then spoke.
"Your injuries are not serious. Just take good care of yourself. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, remember to report it."
"This is painkiller. Take one pill per person. The wound will not hurt as much after you take it."
Zhao He didn't doubt it when he heard it. He reached out to take the pill and then swallowed it with water.
He didn't feel anything when he first took it, but after a while, Zhao He found that the pain in the wound was indeed not so obvious.
The cold sweat that kept coming out of his forehead gradually stopped.
Zhao He licked his lips and asked.
"Doctor, do you have any more of this pill? Give me another one!"
The doctor heard this and shook his head.
"No, each person can only take one pill a day. This is the order of the Grand Commander, and I dare not disobey."
To put it simply, this painkiller is a typical morphine-like drug extracted from opium.
It has a good analgesic effect, but is also highly addictive.
Of course, if you use less, it’s not a big problem.
Therefore, Li Yi strictly controls the use of painkillers by his subordinates.
It is only provided to wounded soldiers and in strictly limited quantities.
I’m afraid that someone might become addicted to drugs.
After hearing this, Zhao He stopped talking instantly and said with a wry smile.
"The doctor is joking. I wouldn't dare to do that."
Since it was the order from the Grand Commander, he would definitely do it.
As for the reason?
Zhao He actually didn't care.
He only knew that he would follow whoever gave him land.
Seeing this, the other injured soldiers gave up the idea of asking for another painkiller and lay down to rest.
The doctor turned around and left the ward.
After the doctor left, a man in Zhaohe Clinic suddenly grinned.
"Hey hey! Hey hey black!"
"I'm going to make it big. This time I'm really going to make it big!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao He turned around and asked.
"What's wrong, brother? Why are you so happy even though you're injured? Are you possessed?"
Upon hearing this, Tian Erniu waved his hand and said.
"What the hell."
"I'm really fucking happy."
"Today on the battlefield, I charged into the battle formation three times with the army, which is three points of merit. During this process, I killed four Qing monsters, which is another four points of merit, plus one point of merit as a reward for being injured."
"Total of these is eight points of merit, enough to exchange for eight acres of good farmland!"
"Hahahaha, this is eight acres of land. Before I joined the army, I never dared to think that I would be able to earn eight acres of good farmland for my family in a day!"
Tian Erniu's family was not well off.
Therefore, in order to get ten acres of military land, he resolutely chose to join the army and fight for wealth on the battlefield.
But he didn't expect that once he went to the battlefield, wealth and honor would come so quickly.
After winning a battle, he was able to seize eight acres of land.
This life is worth it!
You should know that during the Xianfeng period, the per capita land ownership in our Qing Dynasty was less than two acres.
And due to land mergers, most of the already small amount of land is concentrated in the hands of a few people.
You can imagine how precious land is now!
Upon hearing this, Zhao He and others began to think silently.
A moment later, several strange laughs were heard throughout the ward.
Everyone was a little excited.
For a moment, even the injuries on my body didn't seem to hurt so much.
At this moment, a team of auxiliary soldiers walked in from outside the ward again.
This group of people were pushing a small cart with iron lunch boxes on it.
Zhao He also recognized the leader, who was his platoon leader Li Yiwen.
However, after the Battle of Wuzhou, based on his own platoon leader's merits, he could at least be promoted to company commander, or even deputy battalion commander.
Li Yiwen took a few lunch boxes from the cart, gave one to Zhao He and others, and then spoke.
"You are in for a treat today."
"There were many dead and injured horses on the battlefield. The Grand Commander ordered them to be processed and made into broth, which was shared with the soldiers."
"Freshly cooked horse meat soup, one bowl for each person. The Grand Commander specifically instructed that the meat should be eaten by you wounded soldiers first. Once you are full, the others can eat later."
Upon hearing this, Zhao He and others began to speak.
"Thank you, Grand Commander!"
"The great favor of the Grand Commander, we will never forget it."
"I am willing to die for the Grand Commander..."
Although Li Yi was not in front of them, it did not prevent them from expressing their loyalty from a distance.
Then they opened their lunch boxes and prepared to eat.
The aroma of meat filled the air, and many people couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
Although horse meat is difficult to handle, it will have an unpleasant smell if not handled cleanly.
However, people these days only eat meat a few times a year, and having meat to eat is the happiest thing for them.
As for whether the meat has any peculiar smell, it is actually not important at all.
Poor people don’t have so many requirements!
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That night, the stars and the moon were high in the sky.
The light was still on in Li Yi's study, with tea and snacks on the table.
Just as Li Yi was busy dealing with military affairs, there was a knock on the door.
Li Liang came to see Li Yi with Xu Guangjin's confession.
Li Yi took the confession and flipped through it. After a moment, his expression changed. He subconsciously took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth and lit it...
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