In fact, although Cao Bianjiao scolded Qin Yu for being a mountain and wild grass coward, he still admired it in his heart.

It is not as dismissive or even contemptuous as the leaders of the other Wandering People's Army.

After all, this time the people were defeated in a dignified manner, and the Qin army, which had been painstakingly trained by the superintendent for many years, still completed its efforts in one battle.

That alone made him convinced.

And although King Xiaohua is young, his actions are completely different from those of the Eight Great Kings.

Not only did he never burn down his houses and destroy the fields, he forced the people to join, and he even returned the money for the purchases, and he didn't mention the last time he was hunted down.

From these, it can be seen that he is not only good at fighting, but also has extraordinary knowledge and is quite open-minded, and he can already be regarded as a heroic figure.

Even a loyal and righteous person like Guan Erye temporarily lived in Cao Ying, which was a precedent, so although Cao Bianjiao was unwilling to surrender directly to the thief, in order to take care of the lives of his brothers, he put down his weapons and did not resist, and let the other party kill him, he still did not have the slightest psychological burden.

As for being ambushed by Qin Yu last time, not to mention, he is also a person who has read military books, and he knows that soldiers are treacherous, and there is no shamelessness or shamelessness.

Even if you haven't read it, it was he who took the initiative to charge the battle with the cavalry, so he can't complain about it anyway.

"Haha, General Cao bravely crowned the three armies, this king has admired him for a long time, how lucky it is to see it today?"

"The general of the defeated army, how can he be brave?"

"It's King Hua's young hero, he knows how to fight and is good at fighting, and he has never seen it in the past, today's defeat, Cao has nothing to say, but there is something unclear and I want to ask for advice."

After Cao Bianjiao finished speaking, he clenched his fists, and his tone was quite sincere.

"Alas, General Cao doesn't have to be arrogant, this battle is not the general's fault, but that Hong Chengchou is incompetent, not only the generals, but also the three armies, the general has something unclear, although he said it bluntly."

Qin Yu waved his hand haughtily and put the pot on Hong Chengchou's head.

Cao Bianjiao knew that this battle was not due to the incompetence of the superintendent, but he did not defend himself, but asked: "Dare to ask how sure King Hua was last time that Cao Mou would definitely bring troops back to help?" ”

When Qian Bin on the side heard this, he also looked at Qin Yu directly, although his face was a little embarrassed, he obviously wanted to know.

"Haha, it seems that the two of you are worried about this matter, no matter what, in fact, I'm not sure if you will bring troops back to help, but it doesn't matter, my original plan was to transfer your Guanning iron cavalry away, if you return to help, I will ambush the cavalry, if you don't come back, I will raid the infantry, it's nothing more than a waste of physical strength."

Qin Yu explained with a smile.

The two of them immediately opened their mouths, speechless, and they both understood that the superintendent had already fallen by dividing the cavalry to rescue Nanyang, and the victory was already doomed.

Because yesterday's battle has proved that without cavalry, the 20,000 Qin troops of the superintendent will not be able to defeat the anti-thieves.

Qin Yu also knew that if he wanted Cao Bianjiao to follow him willingly immediately, I was afraid that it would be a little difficult, but he was not in a hurry.

People like Cao Bianjiao should not be impressed by women and glory and wealth, but he has the means to subdue, so he didn't say much.

Not only did he not even collect his weapons and horses, but he also did not send people to monitor and put him under house arrest, and he was completely in a posture that he could leave at any time.

Qin Yu is not afraid of him leaving, if Cao Bianjiao really broke his promise and sneaked away in advance, it means that it is not worth his bothering to solicit.

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When I returned to Ruzhou City, it was already afternoon.

The pursuit battle had ended last night, and yesterday the whole day was spent collecting and surrendering the routs and cleaning up the battlefield.

Hong Chengchou slipped away, and Qin Yu of the little Yiyang County was too lazy to fight.

It wasn't until three days later that the battlefield was completely cleaned up, and the battle losses and captures of both sides were finally counted.

In this battle, more than 30,000 enemies were killed and more than 10,000 people were captured, of which 10,000 were killed and 5,000 were captured, and the whereabouts of the other 5,000 were unknown.

The seized knives, guns, cotton armor were piled up like a mountain, hundreds of mules and horses, and 30,000 stones of grain and grass, all of which were collected by Hong Chengchou from all over the country.

And their own casualties have also reached the highest in history.

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More than 1,000 infantry soldiers were killed in battle, more than 2,000 young soldiers were killed in battle, and nearly 1,000 people were killed in other arms combined, and more than 5,000 were lightly and seriously wounded.

Although his heart hurts, Qin Yu knows that this must be experienced, always sneak attack, ambush and skillful battles, and he will never be able to become a peerless strong army.

This major battle will bring about a qualitative leap forward for the entire Chinese army, and the overall combat strength and morale will be greatly improved.

For example, for example, this time the soldier's casualty rate is 20%, but after making up for the battle damage and repairing, the next big war will reach 30%.

A peerless strong army is honed in this way in the bloody battles of great wars again and again, and other than that, there is no possibility of tricks.

This is also Qin Yu, although there are other ways to win against Hong Chengchou, but he has to choose this direct way.

In the future, although the young soldiers will mainly be armed with firearms, they must definitely have the courage to fight hand-to-hand.

Looking at the piles of corpses like small hills, Qin Yu was also emotional, and finally realized that the ancients, why did they say that sentence is dry after a success, how can this be more than ten thousand bones?

More than 30,000 corpses were dug in ten large pits with a diameter of 100 meters before they were buried.

The real fighting on the opposite side was not even less than 10,000 people, and the others were slashed and killed on the way to pursuit, thanks to the daily morning jogging training.

Qin Yu can't control this kind of slashing and killing of the rout, and it is absolutely unrealistic to let those red-eyed heroes stop and capture the prisoners.

After all, this is a cold weapon, but there is no long way to hold a gun and not move to speak, there are fewer people pursuing than those who escape, three or five big men are kneeling on the ground, one person, who dares to go up and tie up people?

Besides, I couldn't find the rope.

King Qin was busy licking his wounds, digging pits and burying people, holding memorial services, erecting monuments and carvings, and buying people's hearts.

Hong Chengchou was crying at the border of Ruzhou, because he waited for three days, but only 2,000 people escaped, and most of them were guards.

After staged another scene of wanting to kill himself and was stopped by his own soldiers in time, Hong Laogou took more than a thousand remnants of the defeated army and ran to Luoyang with a dead face.

went to Luoyang, Hong Chengchou was also worried that King Xiaohua would take the opportunity to wave his troops north and attack Luoyang.

Although today's Luoyang is long gone, it is still not comparable to other cities in the Central Plains.

Once it is broken by that Xiaohua King, it will definitely shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

And that Xiaohua Wang will also change from a rogue to a hero who is qualified to win the world.

At that time, the ambitious people who rushed to Luoyang from all directions will be like the carp crossing the river, and there are countless people.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou thought about going to Luoyang to strengthen the city defenses, actively prepare for war, and prevent Qin Yu from attacking, while waiting for Chongzhen's holy decree to ask for guilt.