The situation on the battlefield has deteriorated drastically. This is not surprising to the Tang Dynasty soldiers, because we have seen many similar things while following our Highness in battle. It's just that you are not used to it.
These people from all over the country who joined the fight were also filled with joy. Although they had been forced to serve in the army by the Tang Dynasty court before and were unwilling to do so, they now knew what a good thing this was. The danger on the battlefield was not great. As long as you worked a little harder, you would be able to win and gain some benefits on the battlefield.
This was the first time that Li Xiang had gathered people from so many tribes to participate in the war. After all, they all belonged to different nationalities and had different ideas in their minds. Pulling them onto the battlefield would require taking huge risks. So far, it seems pretty good, and the risk was right.
The training of the Changsun brothers' army was definitely not in vain. After Li Xiang gave the task, they quickly seized two checkpoints and blocked the largest evacuation road. Although there were some small roads around, many soldiers came from the south and they were not familiar with the area around Wa City, so even if there was a road, they didn't know how to run.
What's more, the other troops under Li Xiang were not vegetarians. They started to capture prisoners at this moment.
The cavalry on the grassland captured the most prisoners. They rode tall horses back and forth, and if anyone resisted, they would swing their scimitars and chop off your head.
All kinds of heads were rolling around in the southern part of Wa City. When the remaining soldiers saw these heads, they didn't dare to run around. At most, they would enter the Tang Dynasty's prisoner-of-war camp, which at least gave them a chance to survive.
But if you run around, those grassland cavalry will not listen to you. When the sound of horse hooves appears behind you, your head is actually saying goodbye to you.
The Pyu soldiers were not very willing to resist to begin with, and now that they saw that their main force had been defeated, many of them simply gave up running. They had nothing on them, so what could they do even if they could run into the mountains?
From the day they were born, they knew that the mountains and forests were not a place for ordinary people to stay. If you have a lot of skills, you will naturally survive after entering. But if you have always lived in a town, you will just be delivering food to the poisonous snakes and beasts there, and you will not survive at all.
So these people did not obey the orders of some generals and retreat into the mountains, but stayed where they were, threw their weapons aside, and then entered their camp under the surveillance of the Tang army?
The Tang army has just been promoting in the local language that as long as you do not resist, your personal safety will be absolutely guaranteed.
Moreover, this was an imperial decree issued by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. They all knew that the Tang Dynasty was a great empire. Could their Emperor not keep his word? Moreover, our lives were not worth much.
General Mithong must not surrender. If he surrenders, his family members in the capital will die. It is the same as other countries here. When you lead troops to fight, your family members must be sent to the capital. This is also to prevent these generals from starting a rebellion.
The same was true for General Mipeng. His entire family of more than 30 people were in the capital. If he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, none of these 30 people would survive. So he had to run back at the risk of his life, even if he was beheaded in public when he returned to the capital, but his family members could save their lives.
As for the people in the surrounding border areas, the news has already reached them. When their armies are defeated, the first thing these armies will rob is the people. Therefore, the people around the war zone hurry back home and hold their doors tightly. They must not let these soldiers get in. Otherwise, losing some food will be a small matter, but the soldiers may even lose their lives. Without any discipline, they can do anything.
After five or six days of busy work, there were no large numbers of Pyu troops on this open space. There were only a few scattered kittens, and the rest had all been taken to the prisoner-of-war camp.
When General Mibong brought his men, there were nearly 130,000 of them. Now, there are more than 20,000 people killed in the battle, and another 80,000 people have entered the prisoner-of-war camp. The remaining 6,000 to 7,000 people have retreated into the surrounding mountains and forests.
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Li Xiang nodded with satisfaction. If tens of thousands of vehicles were to enter, it would pose a huge threat to our logistics line. Now there are only six or seven thousand people, so we can let them go for now.
"According to the information you have received, how many people are left in the entire Pyu Kingdom who are capable of fighting?"
On the eleventh day after the war, the outside world had calmed down. Li Xiang raised his flag and summoned his generals to a meeting in the tent.
"Your Highness, there are at least 40,000 more troops in the entire south. However, more than 10,000 of them are temporary recruits who have not received any military training. Aside from Wang Cheng's 13,000-plus troops, the rest are not a concern. These people are the elite of the entire Pyu Kingdom."
Cao Lian has collected a lot of information about the south. Now a large number of troops have been captured, and the entire Pyu Kingdom is in a trembling state.
"It seems they don't have many cards left. So why is the Southern Imperial Court still silent?"
Li Xiang said with some surprise, you know, in this situation, they would basically send people to ask for peace in a humiliating manner. If that was the case, Li Xiang didn't mind preserving their royal family, but he would exercise military control over the entire Pyu Kingdom.
"Your Highness, the war has only been over for ten days. Naturally, those defeated soldiers dare not return to the capital. Although some have returned to report the news, they have taken the small paths in the mountains and may not have reached the capital yet."
Cao Lian estimated the time it would take to travel south. If he rode south at full speed, he would naturally be able to reach the capital.
"It seems I'm a little impatient. Our army will rest for a few days, but your men must not rest. Immediately send them to the major cities in the south to gather firsthand information."
After receiving the order, Cao Lian immediately went down to make arrangements. He had not been idle during this period in the Pyu Kingdom. His subordinates had established a powerful intelligence network. Although he had suffered trauma some time ago, it was still no problem for him to get information.
"What are our losses?"
Li Xiang saw many corpses being cremated in the distance. They were all vassal troops of the Tang Dynasty.
