Chapter 745

In the battle of Jiuli Chuan, Chen Wuji and the Qiang People committed nearly 140,000 troops.

After the great battle, even the grass in this narrow stretch of the northern border changed color.

The army stayed here for a full three days to clean up the battlefield.

As a true enthusiast of victory monuments, Chen Wuji erected another huge victory monument here, and on the empty ground beside it he set up two stone steles, left and right, inscribing the names of the Qiang Alliance and Yu Ren respectively.

This is the place he left for the remaining Qiang and Yu Ren, and he deliberately left it for them to see.

Whenever there is a chance to anger the enemy, Chen Wuji would certainly not want to miss it.

The post-battle tally has also come out.

In this battle, Chen Wuji's losses were not small, with over five thousand soldiers and officers lost.

Surrounded on six sides, each unit having its own tactics and with superior numbers, losing this many troops is not many, but neither is it few.

In this battle, Chen Wuji enjoyed overwhelming advantage.

The Qiang people began a desperate flight as soon as they met the enemy, only engaging in a hard fight at the final decisive stage. This was the easiest battle Chen Wuji had ever fought, even giving him the feeling of a spring outing.

Thus, even if the enemy army was annihilated, losing this many troops still counts as a lot in Chen Wuji's view.

Perhaps in others' eyes, this is an absolute great victory.

With losses of over five thousand, wiping out fifty thousand enemy cavalry, such a record could be bragged about for a lifetime; if reported to the court, it would surely be exaggerated.

But Chen Wuji does not compare himself to others; he compares himself to his own past.

In previous, more difficult battles, the losses were never this proportion.

After receiving the military merit scroll, Chen Wuji ordered each unit to hold discussions, conducting a very systematic summary of this battle, to find out what he did well, what he did poorly, and where the cause of such troop losses lay.

On the fourth day of the army's stationing at Jiuli Chuan, all units closed their doors to hold discussions.

Only Chen Wu Yin was an exception.

His cavalry battle was fought splendidly, and his losses were the smallest, with only over three hundred killed in action.

So while everyone else was busy with discussions, he took his subordinates to observe Shi Er and his uncle, and over the course of three days he tried many things.

"General, I say, stop torturing us; if General Chen wants to know something, I will tell him everything!"

Shi Er's uncle suddenly lunged forward, clutching the wooden fence, and cried out wailing to heaven and earth.

In three days, Chen Wu Yin turned a very spirited and steady uncle into a tramp who couldn't even hold back his snot, the flesh on his face visibly shrinking.

Chen Wu Yin immediately excitedly thrust his hand toward his subordinates, shouting, "Come on, come on, produce the silver; damn it, I knew this old brat wouldn't last three days, hehehe, hurry up!"

One subordinate said, "General, you seem to have made a mistake; this is the fourth day!"

"You brat, are you trying to weasel out? Didn't I say beforehand that twelve shichen make a day?" Chen Wu Yin shouted, "When were they locked up here? You figure it out carefully for me."

The subordinate counted on his fingers for a while, then helplessly produced the silver.

If calculated that way, it really seems still less than three days.

Chen Wu Yin excitedly gathered a round of silver, the corner of his mouth splitting into a grin, "This thing is still good, really good!"

After collecting the silver, he glanced around and cursed, "Don't all hang your heads like you've lost your wives; it's only a few hundred taels of silver, not like you lost a woman."

"When the army enters Zhuque City, we'll treat you to food, drink, and fun, find a brothel, rent the whole place, and play however we like. We've earned so much reward silver—if one is reluctant to spend and another reluctant to buy, what use is all this silver you've earned?"

"Damn it, even this trifling matter needs me to worry about it for you; I might as well be your father."

One subordinate sighed, "General, it's not that we're unwilling to spend; I was planning to use this silver to build a house and take a wife and concubine—how could it be useless?"

"Then don't go to that brothel!" Chen Wu Yin shouted.

"Go, go, go; the general is treating us, how could a deputy general not go? I'll definitely show up."

"Get lost, you calf!"

"Hehe..."

Shi Er's uncle suddenly shouted at the top of his voice, "I give up, I'll say anything! Speak!"

His mindset collapsed.

Chen Wu Yin glanced at him displeasedly, "What's the rush? Can't you see we're busy?"

"I have very important military intelligence to report to General Chen; you are being so negligent that I, I will regret it!" Shi Er's uncle shouted fiercely.

He now only wants to escape this hell where he cannot live nor die, and then die once and for all, but these people are busy using him as a betting stake, and nobody pays him any heed.

His already shattered mindset is now completely fragmented.

He is really about to go mad.

Chen Wu Yin gave a cold laugh, "Regret? No problem, go ahead and regret. We have nothing else here but plenty of warhorses; if I'm displeased, I can make you receive warhorses nonstop all day long!"

Shi Er's uncle shuddered violently and quickly shouted, "No, no, no, I just spoke a little too loudly; I don't regret it, and I ask you all to take me to see General Chen."

"My military intelligence is truly important; it is certainly something General Chen does not know, concerning the secret cooperation between Yu Ren and our Qiang Alliance."

These words finally moved Chen Wu Yin a little: "Old Zamao, you'd better be telling the truth, or you'll know the consequences. I'm not joking; there really are plenty of warhorses."

"I dare not, I dare not!" Shi Er's uncle hastily said.

He dare not now; he only wants to find an opportunity to quickly kill himself.

He has already received warhorses, and not just one; that experience he truly does not want to go through again.

He also dares not doubt Chen Wu Yin's threat.

These beasts are truly capable of doing anything.

"Take him out, clean him up, then I'll take him to see the lord." Chen Wu Yin ordered.

"Yes!"

Shi Er's uncle finally walked out of the cage.

At this moment, his tears were about to fall.

In this temporary camp, there is not a single room.

The place where they are detained is simply a cage made of pieced-together wood, or in other words, a horse stable.

During these three days, he kept going back and forth with Shi Er, with wild boars, with horses...

Even more horrifying and unbearable to watch, when they were doing these things, around them there was also a large crowd of curious soldiers watching; that bunch of damned bastards even taught them how to cooperate.

He once arrogantly believed that the Dayu People were no different from the livestock they raised.

But after three days, he developed a deep fear of Da Yu, of Chen Wuji.

This fear was completely branded into his bones, pressing his arrogant waist so that he could no longer straighten up.

He was thoroughly terrified!