After a night of revelry, Yang Ge and others had to face the copious bloodshed.
The Ming Sect, with five thousand followers, lost one thousand three hundred twenty-six and had over two thousand four hundred injured.
The recruiting camp with two thousand soldiers had seven hundred ninety-eight fatalities, with the rest nearly all wounded.
The nine hundred embroidered guards from the top-right division had seventy-nine dead and one hundred seven injured.
Lianhuan Fort, with over one thousand four hundred experts, lost two hundred fifty-seven and had three hundred thirty-six wounded.
The Xiang Family's three hundred kin-soldiers lost thirty-four, with thirty-three injured...
With less than ten thousand troops, facing over twenty thousand pirates, they annihilated the enemy at the cost of two thousand four hundred ninety-four of their own—an outcome that, detailed in any time or place, could be regarded as a great victory.
But human life isn't just a number.
