Dead?
A large body of soldiers could be called an 'army'.
The soldiers of our body are called white blood cells. They help defend the body against infections and foreign invaders by detecting and eliminating them.
White blood cells could be metaphorically described as the soldiers of the body, who repel invaders.
Troops
The immune ssystem could be called the soldiers of the body.
To divest of the body or corporeal existence., To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers.
Army
Individual soldiers do not, with the exception of snipers. After an engagement, units will take a body count, though.
return it to Achilleus's soldiers.
militia
too many as no body can count
Soldiers shot the body, and if they didn't die, they were dead.