What was even more important was that Hua Tianxiong repeatedly emphasized that the horses of the Xiongnu army must not be killed at will. Therefore, after more than a month of hunting down the enemy grain-search parties of the Xiongnu army behind enemy lines, over 10,000 Blood-Sweating Steeds of the Xiongnu army were rounded up by the Iron Stone Guards after battle. This was mainly because the Xiongnu army basically averaged more than three horses per soldier, which was the only way to ensure their long-range, high-speed lightning attacks and withdrawals. After all, a running Xiongnu army was invincible; unless intercepted on the spot, killing Xiongnu soldiers was as difficult as finding a needle in the ocean.
Although some of these more than 10,000 Blood-Sweating Steeds sustained injuries, as long as the injuries were not fatal and incurable, they were sent back to Shicheng in batches under the pretext that they had been intercepted at the border by Wu Tian and the others. Those capable of continuing to serve as military horses were incorporated into the Bohai Legion, while those no longer fit to serve as military horses were sent to assist in the construction of New Tieshi City, maximizing the contributions of these horses.
However, for Hua Tianxiong and the Iron Stone Guards, the greatest harvest was that through this past month, every single Iron Stone Guard had participated in the test of actual warfare, with each of them taking no fewer than five Xiongnu soldiers' liv…
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