The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Chapter 277 Gathering the morale of the army

In Ning Yi's first battle against the barbarians, except for his own trusted 10,000 soldiers from the Beijing Camp stationed in the city, all the others went up.

Eighty thousand infantrymen and more than thirty thousand cavalrymen all came out to participate in the battle.

Fortunately, tens of thousands of soldiers were in the military camp outside the city, otherwise they were all inside the city and there would be no time to send out troops.

Eighty thousand infantrymen attacking thirty thousand infantrymen, including several cities and infantrymen who surrendered on the border, it is easy to control them.

Moreover, seeing that the barbarian cavalry was entangled by the Northwest Cavalry, the Beijing troops were so excited that they no longer had to worry and ran forward with all their might.

The rebels were attacked directly from the flank, and thousands of the 30,000 rebels were killed, with some even deserting.

But on the entire battlefield, where could they run? They were surrounded on three sides at once.

When the 3,000 criminal cavalry received the order, they rushed directly into the rebel army from the flank, causing the already unstable rebel army to fall into chaos.

More than 20,000 rebels completely collapsed and fled to the north.

There were not many people left to defend the city, but they were being chased by the Dawu army everywhere, so where could they run to?

Especially in the north, there were cavalrymen who had taken a detour to the rear. Only a few thousand cavalrymen were enough to block their retreat.

The barbarian cavalry were fighting fiercely, but after killing for a while, they found that this group of Dawu cavalry were also very fierce and numerous, and they were no match for them.

They had no choice but to give up, especially when they saw that the 30,000 rebels had collapsed and the barbarian general led his army to break away from the entanglement of the northwest cavalry, and chose to leave in the northwest direction.

But when they had only run a few miles, they discovered that tens of thousands of cavalrymen had come from the side and had been waiting for them.

They were all veterans of the battlefield, so they naturally knew that once these barbarian cavalry chose to leave, they would definitely head northwest, because the north and northeast directions were full of messy infantry.

As a result, the barbarian generals had been fighting fiercely and were all exhausted and sweating.

Now they were facing the waiting cavalry, which was no match for them. However, they were intercepted by the enemy and had no choice but to grit their teeth and attack.

Tens of thousands of cavalrymen again forced these exhausted barbarian cavalrymen to fall off their horses.

Finally, the barbarian general personally led the army, forced his way through the densely packed cavalry, and fled without looking back.

The departure of the barbarian cavalry meant that the war was over.

There was excitement on the battlefield, some were chasing deserters, while others were still killing people.

Ning Yi immediately ordered: "Stop killing, quickly clean up the battlefield, and escort the prisoners back to the city."

Qin Haifeng was very excited. He had originally thought that the battle would be difficult and would take at least half a day to end. However, from the time they left the city and formed the battle line to now, it was all over in just an hour and a half.

Is this barbarian army too easy to deal with?

Now the army is convinced of Ning Yi. His Highness is indeed powerful and can easily defeat the barbarian army.

The army, having received the order, quickly escorted the surrendered prisoners back.

As for the wounded soldiers who were unable to get up, they were killed with a single blow.

This time even the miscellaneous soldiers ran out. This group of defeated soldiers was even more excited. They waited until the end of the war and were quickly organized to clean up the battlefield.

Bring back all the useful things, and just dig a pit and burn the corpses and the like on the spot.

Qin Haifeng asked, "Your Highness, thousands of wounded barbarian soldiers have surrendered. How will they be dealt with?"

This kind of thing is very common. In previous years, there were many wars between the Dawu Kingdom and the barbarians, and many barbarians surrendered.

However, the Dawu Kingdom expressed benevolence and righteousness and rarely executed people directly. They were usually released after the war.

Ning Yi said calmly: "Is there any need for further discussion? Just chop them all off."

Qin Haifeng frowned: "Your Highness, although the barbarians were defeated, this is only a small part of their forces. Hundreds of thousands of cavalry are still there, and the barbarian captives will be an important bargaining chip in future negotiations."

"Nonsense." Ning Yi said disdainfully, "Negotiation relies on strength."

"If they are strong enough, there is no need for negotiation. They will kneel down and surrender. If they are not strong enough, it will be useless even if you beg them."

"Why keep them? It's a waste of food. Kill them all."

Ning Yi has no good feelings towards the barbarians, and killing them all is better than anything else.

After the entire battlefield was cleaned up, Ning Yi began to have people screen the tens of thousands of refugees who had been captured.

They cried and said that they were just ordinary people from various cities and villages and had no intention of fighting at all.

The settlement of these people was to put them into slavery.

They were given food to eat and guaranteed to be let go as soon as the war was over as long as they worked hard.

But those who dared to run away would be charged with treason and wanted nationwide. They would have nowhere to run. If they won, they would even get some money for the trip home.

Ning Yi asked the miscellaneous soldiers to carry back all his wounded soldiers.

No matter how seriously injured the soldiers are, they must be treated, even those who are criminals will not be spared.

This made many of the criminal soldiers, who were already worried that they were injured and would die, cry and thank His Highness, and vowed to continue following His Highness to kill the barbarians after their injuries healed.

This is called military morale. In the feudal era, many people were afraid of getting injured, because once they were injured, it meant they had stepped into the underworld.

However, Ning Yi collected a large amount of medicinal herbs this time and also recruited many doctors with good medical skills.

In addition, he asked the medical soldiers in the base to come and teach these doctors how to use suturing techniques.

Suturing techniques have long been implemented in the base.

Now these doctors think this is outrageous. How can they sew people like clothes? However, the effect is surprisingly good when treating seriously injured soldiers.

Moreover, large quantities of various spirits were used to feed the wounded soldiers, as were the finest grains.

This made the soldiers of the entire army envious of the treatment of the wounded.

However, no one would blame His Highness for favoring the wounded. After all, who can guarantee that they will not be injured on the battlefield?

If you are injured and receive this treatment, you will naturally be happy.

As for those who died in battle, Ning Yi had their names recorded, and except for their armor, nothing else on their bodies was allowed to be moved, and they were all buried.

He also asked his firearms battalion to fire its muskets properly.

This made many soldiers watching wonder, what was that crackling sound?

Ning Yi announced on the spot that once the war here was over, all soldiers' pensions would be sent to their families. If there was any corruption or the families did not receive the pensions, he, as the prince, personally swore to get to the bottom of it. A martyrs' cemetery would be built here, and all the soldiers who died and were buried here would be carved on the monument.

It will be revered by people from generation to generation, and the Great Wu Kingdom will never be destroyed and its incense will continue to burn.

Ning Yi's successive actions moved all the officers and soldiers who participated in the war. These days, the purpose of serving in the army and eating food is to earn the salary to support their families.

Who wouldn’t be moved by Ning Yi who arranged so much for the soldiers?

Someone immediately shouted, swearing to follow His Highness to the death.

The shouts were deafening, shaking the entire Hushan Pass.

Ning Yi now has a much higher status in the hearts of all the soldiers in Hushan Pass.