System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

Most of the more than 500 people who died fell from exhaustion in the chaos and were then trampled to death.

Because of the armor protection, there were not many injured, only about forty people.

This also shows the advantage of armored cavalry. Among the casualties, there will be very few wounded, unlike ordinary armies where there are few deaths and many wounded.

Many people think that in a war, there will be many soldiers killed on the spot.

In fact, the number of injured people is the highest.

However, because the wounded cannot receive good treatment, a large number of them will die during the subsequent recuperation.

Tetanus, wound infection, etc. are the main causes of death.

"The Hebei army suffered 721 casualties and 1,782 wounded."

"Five hundred and seventy-three Xiyuan soldiers were killed and one thousand five hundred and twenty-eight were injured."

"The White Wave Army suffered 2,566 casualties and 4,829 wounded."

Among the four armies that participated in the battle, the Baibo Army suffered the heaviest casualties.

Because the Baibo Army had weak overall quality and poor equipment, it suffered the greatest casualties.

However, all four armies suffered nearly half of their casualties.

The fact that they did not collapse despite suffering nearly half of their casualties was already a miracle in the war.

Perhaps this has a lot to do with Dong Yu’s heroic declaration at the beginning of the war.

When people are faced with a life-or-death situation, if they are hanging on to their last breath, most people will grit their teeth and persevere.

In most of the wars in history where the outnumbered side won, it was because the side with fewer troops was forced into a desperate situation that they gritted their teeth and persevered, and then turned the defeat around.

Whether it is a fight to the death or a desperate fight.

Only with persistent belief can you turn defeat into victory.

"The remains of the fallen soldiers will be buried on this mountain range."

"The wounded must be taken good care of."

Dong Yu rolled up the bamboo slips again and made arrangements with a sigh.

"promise!"

Wang Fang bowed and agreed.

Why Dong Yu did not mention the issue of post-war compensation? This is due to the current conscription system.

Today's military recruitment system is a recruitment system, where the imperial court or the princes buy out a soldier with money, unlike the conscription system in the Western Han Dynasty.

Since the recruitment money was paid at the beginning and soldiers received monthly salaries, there was no pension for those who died in battle.

Dong Yu naturally would not break this rule just for the sake of so-called sympathy.

At least for now, he cannot change it, otherwise the Dong family will become the target of public criticism again.

The Dong family's current situation is such that they cannot withstand a second attack by the princes, even though the last attack did not cause any substantial damage to Dong Zhuo's army.

"Young Master, these are the spoils of our army's battle."

"Please review."

Xu Zhubu handed another bamboo slip to Dong Yu.

"Ah."

Dong Yu took the bamboo slips, spread them out and began to examine them.

The spoils this time, in addition to human heads, were war horses and weapons.

Because of the underdeveloped ironware, the Han army could not use the Xianbei people's weapons directly, as most of them were defective in quality.

Compared to the weapons he obtained, Dong Yu was probably most interested in the war horses.

As the Central Plains entered a period of civil war among the princes, the price of war horses soared. Now the price of a good war horse is as high as hundreds of thousands of coins, and there is still no demand for it.

Because the princes who control the horse-producing areas will not trade their war weapons and horses to their opponents for a little money.

Just like Dong Zhuo, he would not sell his war horses to Yuan Shao and others, as this would be tantamount to aiding the enemy.

"War horses... 16,210!!"

Dong Yu looked at the number of war horses recorded in the book and couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

Get rich in one battle!!

Sure enough, risks and opportunities coexist.

The Xianbei people are simply a gift from nature.

Ten thousand war horses were captured in one great battle. This harvest was definitely huge.

It's a harsh but realistic thing to say.

Exchange the lives of these soldiers for these war horses.

Very profitable!

Human life is the cheapest thing these days.

Ten thousand coins can make a civilian become a soldier and fight for you.