Throne of Vientiane Civilization

At the same time, in Prairie Village, although Ye Jinghong and Li Ce could still move at the moment, Zhou Xu was not crazy enough to let the two wounded men work.

At present, he is handling all internal affairs of the village, which of course also includes the work of counting casualties.

This job was heavy for Zhou Xu. During the process of carrying the wounded, he had actually experienced firsthand how serious the casualties were this time.

He ignored the prairie elves for now. Considering Hilke's current mental state, it was obviously not convenient for him to ask. As for the centaurs.

Before the war started, there were only seven centaurs left in the clan headed by Drogo. This time, two more were killed in the battle. Of the remaining five, all were seriously injured, and two of them were seriously injured. It's a serious injury.

Casualties are basically clear at a glance.

As for their own side, they have to include the previous casualties.

In order to cope with this battle, a total of forty regular troops were assembled in their prairie village. Twenty of them were rattan armored soldiers, belonging to the elite team, and the remaining twenty were ordinary regular troops.

In the ordinary regular army, fourteen people were killed in the battle, and the remaining six were all seriously injured. Two of them died of serious injuries before they could make it back to the village.

Just now, when he was counting his own casualties, the medical team came to report that another regular soldier failed to rescue and died of his injuries. There were three left, two of whom had been rescued and had to continue to observe the situation. One Still under rescue.

It is not an exaggeration to say that these twenty ordinary regular army soldiers were completely wiped out!

As for the remaining twenty vine armor soldiers, the situation is much better. The vine armor on their bodies ensures to a large extent that the vine armor soldiers can withstand fatal attacks many times.

Of the twenty vine-armored soldiers, four were killed so far, seven were seriously injured, and the remaining nine were all seriously injured.

In addition, as for the war horses, the total number was seventeen, taking into account those who were killed in battle or seriously injured and could not be cured. During the chaos of the battle, five more horses were accidentally lost, and it is not known whether they can be recovered.

"call--"

Zhou Xu exhaled a long and heavy breath. After finishing the casualty statistics, Zhou Xu felt so heavy that it became difficult to breathe.

"Dong dong dong."

"Enter."

The next second, a member of the kitchen walked in.

"Chief, the hot soup is ready and I'll bring you a bowl."

"Thank you for your hard work, just put it aside."

"yes."

With a bowl of hot soup in his stomach, Zhou Xu felt a little more comfortable.

At this moment, all the matters at hand have been dealt with for the time being, and all the arrangements to be made have been made.

In fact, he could even sleep and rest.

But the worries in his heart kept him from sleeping at all right now.

In the end, he simply held his forehead with one hand and leaned on the chair, lost in thought.

Until that figure approached...

"Ouch~"

Hearing the voice, Zhou Xu, who was in a daze, came back to his senses slightly. Looking at Chitose, who had lying down at his feet at some point, Zhou Xu stretched out his hand to touch Chitose's head and smiled bitterly.

"Chitose, it's better for you. You don't have anything to worry about."

"Ouch~"

He has too many worries now and needs someone to talk to, but no one is the right person.

Too many people died in this battle, and people in the village are now panicked. If he reveals his anxiety again, it will only make the villagers even more panicked.

He is the leader, he must be strong! No choice!

This situation put a lot of psychological pressure on Zhou Xu himself, and finally his eyes fell on Chitose again.

"Chitose, why don't you just come and listen to what I have to say."

Although Chitose is very intelligent, he cannot speak, so he becomes his best confidant at this time.

The pressure that had been accumulated invisibly on weekdays suddenly burst out at this time, causing him to talk a lot to Chitose intermittently.

Chitose, on the other hand, lay quietly at his feet the whole time, nudging him with her head from time to time, as if to comfort him.

"Thanks, Chitose."

Zhou Xu would never have imagined that the little guy he picked up from the belly of Da Gu's corpse would now become his spiritual sustenance and confidant.

After venting the accumulated pressure in his heart, Zhou Xu's spirit improved slightly.

Rubbing his cheeks vigorously, he began to tell Chitose about his next troubles.

"Population is a big problem. Many people have died this time. If we continue to recruit soldiers, the labor force will be reduced. This is simply a vicious cycle."

Waging war is never an easy choice.

Throughout their Chinese history, it is not uncommon for the next emperor to work hard for decades or even a lifetime to make up for the losses caused by the war launched by the previous emperor.

Is such a huge dynasty still like this? What's more, Zhou Xu's small family and temple?

At present, the population problem needs to be solved. To put it bluntly, there is only one way, and that is to annex more tribes.

As for the option of having children within oneself, it is not feasible at present.

It has been less than two years since he was summoned.

In this process, the tribes in this world have experienced fleeing famine and cold winter. In this harsh environment, those who can survive are all capable young adults. The risk of death for the elderly and children is particularly high, and so are women. Not much left.

This undoubtedly further aggravates the difficulty of internal reproductive population.

And even if she was able to give birth, she was very lucky to be pregnant in October and gave birth to the child.

Can this little kid be able to work as soon as he lands on the ground?

Does not!

And he is at risk of dying before he grows up.

Taking the route of childbirth, it will take at least ten years for him to obtain a round of labor force.

Although Zhou Xu likes to make long-term plans, the things at hand are almost unbearable. Do you still have thoughts about more than ten years from now?

After talking about the troublesome problem of population, Zhou Xu turned around and talked about the lizard people.

Obviously, the existence of lizard people is his biggest trouble now!

"What bothers me right now is that I don't know what's going on over there with the lizard people, and I don't dare to approach them easily."

Whenever he mentioned this matter, Zhou Xu felt like his head was getting bigger.

During this period, Chitose shouted again. Seeing that Zhou Xu ignored her, Chitose stood up again and nudged him gently with her head, attracting Zhou Xu's attention.

"What's wrong? Chitose?"

Seeing Chitose's reaction, Zhou Xu was confused.

In the next brief exchange of glances with Chitose, he seemed to realize something.

"You want to say that you go confirm the situation on the lizard people's side?"

Hearing this, Chitose nodded.

"..."

Update sent, thanks to the book friend "Little Panda Who Loves Fish" for the tip!