Du Qi looked around at the soldiers under his command. After the fierce battle yesterday and last night, the fighting spirit of the soldiers under his command was not affected at all. On the contrary, their fighting spirit was high. Although countless people had died in the battle, these soldiers did not lose their fighting spirit because of the death of countless soldiers.
The soldiers were of one mind.
This was what Du Qi was most satisfied with.
The morale of the soldiers could be used.
Du Qi took a deep breath and shouted, "In yesterday's battle, more than 14,000 soldiers died on Xia Xia's side. This loss can be said to be huge. For Xia Xia, it's a great loss. But without exception, they are all heroes. Because they used their flesh and blood to block the attack of the Tang dynasty. Because of their fierce fighting, Xia Xia's side killed more than 58,600 soldiers of the Tang Army, allowing us to hold the Changbai Slope. "
"All of them are heroes."
"They are Xia Xia's heroes."
"They are indeed Xia Xia's people."
Du Qi looked around the mountain and looked at the place where the fire was still burning. He pointed at the fire and said, "Right now, they are resting underground, resting here in the Changbai Slope. Although they died, they died a heroic death. "
"I am proud of them."
"I have gathered all of you to bow and mourn for your dead comrades."
"Bring me wine!"
Du Qi ordered.
The soldier on the side immediately fetched a jar of wine and filled Du Qi's wine cup with wine. Du Qi held the wine cup and looked at the raging fire at the foot of the mountain. He suddenly shouted, "My sons and daughters, you were born to protect Xia Xia and died to guard the border. I am proud of you. We hereby swear that we will not fail to live up to your efforts. Please rest assured that I will definitely take care of your families so that you will not have to worry about the future. "
"Here's a toast to the hero."
As he spoke, the wine bottle in Du Qi's hand flipped over and the wine spilled onto the ground. Du Qi's hand trembled and he threw away the wine bottle in his hand. He turned to look at all the soldiers and shouted, "Bow."
As Du Qi spoke, he also began to bow.
At the same time, all the soldiers bowed.
At this moment, the surroundings were extremely solemn. Even the heavily injured soldiers were clenching their teeth and enduring their wounds. Their expressions were solemn as they bowed respectfully.
Du Qi continued to stand with his body bowed. After a long while, he shouted a salute and all the soldiers stood up straight.
Emotions were growing in everyone's hearts.
It was the emotion of battle.
It was a sentimental emotion.
It was also the feeling of having a common enemy.
Although the soldiers in the army were in Xia Xia, they were actually treated very well. Furthermore, the compensation for the families of the soldiers who died in battle and the rewards for the soldiers were extremely generous. But no matter what, soldiers were soldiers. They were the lowest level soldiers with very ordinary identities. Most of the time, they were cannon fodder who specialized in killing on the battlefield.
What Du Qi did at the moment warmed the hearts of the soldiers. Because they were valued by Du Qi. Because they were not forgotten after dying in battle.
Du Qi looked around at all the soldiers and continued, "I, Du Qi, have always been an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and blood for blood. If someone punches me once, I will punch back ten times or a hundred times to take revenge. Today, the Tang dynasty killed more than ten thousand of my comrades. Tell me, should I take revenge? "
"Revenge!"
The soldiers shouted in unison.
"Revenge!"
"Revenge!"
…
Shouts rose and fell one after another, reverberating in the air.
The sound was deafening.
In particular, the shouts of tens of thousands of people became more and more orderly and resounding, as if forming a mighty torrent, surging with an extremely powerful momentum. Although the sound was deafening and even made Du Qi's eardrums hurt a little, he was happy in his heart.
The morale of the army was completely raised.
This was the result Du Qi wanted.
This time, when they stopped Li Shimin at Changbai Slope, his side had fewer troops and was on the defensive side. In fact, it was easy to affect the morale of the army if they kept defending. However, after Du Qi's arrangement, the morale of the soldiers was even higher, and they even wanted to counterattack, so they could continue to fight in the next step.
Du Qi let the soldiers shout. After a long while, everyone stopped talking and looked at Du Qi, waiting for Du Qi to speak.
Du Qi said, "Li Shimin of the Tang dynasty led his army to invade Xia Xia several times. From the beginning to the end, Xia Xia has never invaded the Tang dynasty, but the Tang dynasty has approached us again and again. It's really abominable. "
"If I don't take revenge, I'm not a man."
"I won't stop until I destroy the Tang dynasty."
Du Qi raised his hand and shouted, "I hereby swear that I will definitely break into Chang 'an and take revenge. I will also seek justice for the thousands of soldiers who died. I will also seek justice for the Xia Kingdom's merchants who died."
"Take revenge and seek justice."
Someone in the crowd shouted again.
Shouts rose and fell again. The voices continued to ring out and reverberate in the air for a long time.
Du Qi waited for everyone to stop shouting, then waved his hand and said, "Dismissed."
Only then did the soldiers disperse.
Xue Rengui took over the army and began to dispatch the soldiers who didn't participate in the war. They quickly arrived at Changbai Slope and stationed there to ensure the safety of Changbai Slope.
Du Qi didn't go to rest at this time. Instead, he went to the army to visit the wounded and injured soldiers. In this war, many soldiers were seriously injured. In addition, a group of soldiers were slightly injured. Du Qi visited them one by one.
Just this alone took up an entire afternoon.
But the effect was obvious.
Because all the soldiers knew that Du Qi would advance and retreat with them. While they were fighting on the front lines, Du Qi was sitting on the hillside and had never left from beginning to end. They didn't rest, and Du Qi also didn't sleep for two days. The soldiers admired Du Qi even more and respected him from the bottom of their hearts. Du Qi walked around before returning to his tent to rest.
On the other side, after Li Shimin's army set up camp, they did a headcount. When Li Shimin learned that they had lost 58 thousand men, with many heavily injured and many lightly injured, his heart sank.
In the first battle, they had lost so much.
Li Shimin immediately gathered the generals under him to discuss how to take down Changbai Slope. In the end, the outcome of the discussion was that they were unable to use their wits. That was because Du Qi's army was camped at Changbai Slope, and it was difficult to use their wits. Unless Li Ji's side won and attacked Du Qi together with Li Shimin, they could easily win.
Apart from that, Li Shimin could only forcefully attack.
After some discussion, Li Shimin could only order the army to rest up and adjust their morale. Once they rested up, they would continue to attack Changbai Slope to try to forcefully take it down.
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