As the sixty-five cavalry led by Wei Long joined the battle, bringing a subtle change to the entire battlefield, the fighting spirit of the dragon clan was stimulated again, and Xiao Yiran saw that the soldiers of the northern clan had a tendency to leave the battlefield.

Xiao Yiran hated to end this battle quickly, although he didn't understand why the other party still had an advantage in troops, why there was a move to end the battle, he still planned to let the only remaining Wei Lu around him go to give an order to Xiang Lin and the others, so that there was no need to pursue the soldiers of the northern tribe.

Wei Long in the battlefield also noticed the movement of the northern tribes, thinking that the news that the station was attacked by himself should have come back. Wei Long was reluctant to let them go. Hurriedly turned the horse's head and galloped towards the chariot where the emperor was. When he arrived, Wei Lu was just about to get out of the car and go to convey the emperor's order to Xiang Lin and Lin Zhan and others. After being stopped by Wei Long, who rushed to the scene, he stood by the emperor's side and waited for the emperor's next instructions.

"Emperor, I have found Xuan Liang, but he is seriously injured and has been unconscious. In addition, before leaving, I led eighty-three cavalrymen to attack the northern tribes' garrisons, shot and killed the soldiers who had resisted stubbornly, and drove all their horses back. Seeing that the other party has plans to break away from the battle, it should be that the news of the attack on the station has already arrived, and they must not be let go at this time. ”

Xiao Yiran pondered for a moment, if it was really as Wei Long said, the other party was the time when the morale of the army was shaken and morale was at its lowest, and it was also the best time to eliminate them. immediately changed his decision and said to Wei Lu:

"Send an order to Xiang Lin, Lin Zhan, and Li Yu, bite them tightly and prevent them from leaving the battlefield. At the same time, the order was sent to the guard platoon, which went around to the bank of the large river and prevented the other party from crossing the river. Weilong, you lead the cavalry and go to assist the guard platoon. ”

Wei Lu and Wei Long took the order, and Xiao Yiran also commanded the chariot next to him, continuing to entangle with the soldiers of the northern tribes, not letting them leave.

The battle was fought to this stage, and it was completely carried out by the obsession in the hearts of the soldiers. Whether it is the soldiers of the dragon clan or the soldiers of the northern tribe, they have reached the limit of what they can bear, and it depends on who can hold out to the end. Although the northern tribes still have the advantage in terms of troops, it is only after they received the news that the garrison was attacked by surprise, the morale of the army has long been shaken. The entire battlefield form has instead become a dragon clan with few troops, chasing the northern tribe with a large number of troops.

The fierce battle continued, and the earth-shattering war drums on the dragon clan's side have not stopped from the beginning, and at this time, the drummers who saw hope spared no effort to beat it. For a while, the entire battlefield once again emitted the deafening shouts of the dragon soldiers.

Suddenly, all the soldiers on the battlefield felt the ground shaking slightly under their feet, as if some large animal was rushing towards the chariot. Many of the soldiers in the fight even stopped to look around.

I saw more than a dozen elephants rushing out of the dense forest in the southwest direction, and each elephant was sitting with four or five dragon soldiers armed with bows and arrows and imperial crossbows. The soldiers of the dragon clan recognized that it was a hundred soldiers stationed at the Mengyue River garrison, and they had come to reinforce them.

Xiao Yiran, who was standing on the chariot, saw the elephant at the same time, and also saw Xiao An sitting on the leading elephant, and Cao Ying on the elephant following closely behind. The excitement and joy in Xiao Yiran's heart were difficult to describe in words for a while, he raised his hand and waved Xiao An vigorously, leading the chariot to devote himself to the battle of pursuing the deserters of the northern tribe.

The soldiers of the northern tribe, when they saw the elephant that suddenly appeared, had long since stopped entangled with the dragon soldiers, and ran towards the bank of the big river.

How could the dragon soldiers who saw the dawn of victory let them go, not only the dragon soldiers, but also those ordinary clansmen, who also took up arms and participated in the pursuit of the soldiers of the northern tribe. As the saying goes, defeat is like a mountain, and although they still have the advantage in numbers, once the soldiers of the northern tribes begin to flee, they can no longer organize effective resistance, and can only be slaughtered by the pursuers behind them.

The soldiers of the northern tribe who ran to the bank of the river in one breath were intercepted by the guard platoon that had been waiting here for a long time, as well as the sixty-five cavalry of Weilong. In the face of the dense rain of arrows in front of them and the pursuers closely chasing behind them, the soldiers of the northern tribe only symbolically resisted, and most of them surrendered with all their weapons, except for a few who ran up and down the riverbank.

By the time Xiao Yiran's chariot arrived on the shore, accompanied by Xiao An's elephants, the battle was over.

"Wei Long, immediately lead the cavalry, and the guards to send reinforcements to the Eastern Front of Bear Mountain. Lin Zhan stayed to clean up the battlefield, and Cao Ying led your soldiers, followed Weilong, and also went to reinforce Xiongshan, and they must not be allowed to escape. ”

It was only at this time that Xiao Yiran had the opportunity to talk to Xiao An.

"Ann, how did you find out about the war here?"

"Suddenly, I didn't go to the wagon to pull the ore for a few days, and I wondered if something was going on here. He immediately ordered Cao Ying to send someone to investigate, only to learn that the emperor was fighting with the northern tribes. Only then did the organization organize people to come day and night, but fortunately, they finally arrived in time. The emperor should have sent someone to sue me earlier. ”

There was obviously a hint of resentment in Xiao An's tone.

"One is that you are pregnant, and the other is that you only have a total of a hundred soldiers there, and I thought that even if you came to reinforce it, it would not be of much use, but would leave the Mengyue River in an undefended situation, so I didn't inform you. Unexpectedly, you have become the most critical force in defeating the northern ethnic groups. ”

At this time, Xiao An had already held his stomach, and with the support of the soldiers, he got down from the elephant and sat in Xiao Yiran's chariot. Leaving Lin Zhan here to clean up the battlefield, Xiao Yiran drove Xiao An back to the Wangshan station. Find Xuanyun immediately:

"Immediately organize all the people of the Ministry of Health, including the Ministry of Textiles, the Ministry of Education, and the adult women of the tribe, to go and treat the wounded. It is necessary not only to rescue the wounded of the dragon clan, but also to the wounded soldiers of the northern tribes who surrendered. ”

Xuan Yun was just about to raise his feet to leave, Xiao Yiran suddenly remembered Xuan Liang and asked again:

"How's Xuan Liang?"

"When I came back, I cleaned the wound and fed him to go, but he is still not awake. However, the temperature has already started to drop, and if nothing else, I should be able to wake up tomorrow. ”

"Okay, remember to leave someone to serve, you go."

In the face of the countless wounded in this battle, although Xiao Yiran was very concerned about Xuan Liang's injury, he couldn't show that he cared too much about his man.

Soon, on the Western Front, the casualties of the Dragon Clan soldiers were reported to Xiao Yiran. Faced with a long list of war dead, especially when he saw the name of his man's personal guard in the list, Xiao Yiran instantly cried. Wei Fu and Wei Shou died in front of their eyes, in addition to this, there are:

Wei Wu, Wei Quan, Wei Kun, Wei Yu, Satellite, Wei Ri.

Since the Eastern Front has not yet been reported, Xiao Yiran still does not know the situation of Wei Fei, Wei Zai, Wei Tian, and Wei Long. In addition to the eight people who had already been reported dead in battle, Li Yu, Wei Wen, and Wei Qian were also injured in different ways.

What shocked Xiao Yiran even more was the number of casualties among the dragon soldiers.

Battle killed: 984 people.

Seriously wounded: 225 people.

Minor injuries: 434.

There were a total of 1,800 soldiers on the Western Front of the Dragon Clan, and only more than 150 were intact.

After the casualty list of the Eastern Front was sent, Xiao Yiran burst into tears again.

Killed: Thirty-three.

Seriously injured: six.

Minor injuries: 18 people.

In the list of the dead in the battle, Wei Zai and Wei Fei are prominently listed.

So far, only fourteen of Xiao Yiran's twenty-four personal guards, that is, Xiao Yiran's twenty-four men, are left, among which Xuan Liang is seriously injured and unconscious, and Li Yu, Wei Qian, and Wei Wen are also injured.

After the list of casualties, it is the harvest of this battle.

Captured soldiers of the northern tribes: 3,850, of whom 1,200 were wounded.

Killed soldiers of the Northern Tribes: 3,634.

War horses captured: 1,300 horses, 700 captured from the battlefield, 600 brought back by Weilong.

Xiao Yiran calculated that the total number of troops invested by the northern ethnic groups was that at the beginning, there were 3,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry on the western front, 2,000 infantry on the eastern front, and later reinforcements came in less than 1,500, a total of less than 8,500. Then in this battle, there were more than 1,000 soldiers who fled.

These soldiers must not be allowed to escape back to their lair, or they will soon pose a threat to the dragons. In particular, the generals of the northern tribes who commanded the battle this time, their military ability to lead the troops to fight far exceeded Xiao Yiran's expectations. If it weren't for the powerful bows and arrows and imperial crossbows of the dragon clan, as well as the Five Elements Bagua Array and chariots, it would be really hard to say who would have killed the deer. Especially the move of leaving people to surround Xuan Liang, as well as the ability to conceal nearly half of the troops, made Xiao Yiran have to improve his assessment of the other party again.

Ignoring the death of the grief and personal guard, and not taking care of rest, Xiao Yiran decisively sent to Lin, Lin Zhan, and Weilong.

"The fleeing dragon soldiers and generals must not be allowed to return to the clan station, and they must not be allowed to have a respite. Xiang Lin immediately led the soldiers who could participate in the battle, especially the cavalry of Weilong, to cross the river to pursue them, and smashed the lair of the northern tribes. It is necessary to destroy them in one fell swoop.

When attacking their station, try not to kill innocents indiscriminately, especially the general who led the soldiers to attack the Wangshan garrison this time, and try to capture me alive.

Your purpose is to subdue the entire northern tribe. ”

Xiao Yiran also knew that the battle had just ended, and the soldiers were already very tired. However, in order not to give the other party a chance to breathe, he also had to be ruthless and give an order.

"Don't delay on the march, and when you encircle the northern ethnic groups, you can let the soldiers take turns to rest. The soldiers brought by Cao Ying, as well as the hunting troops in Xiongshan, and my guard platoon, are all at your disposal. ”

In order to boost morale, Xiao Yiran also sent his remaining ten intact personal guards to Xiang Lin.