After the cavalry returned to Shanbao, they did not continue to attack, and after Cao Bianjiao received Hong Chengchou's order, he also gave up the idea of capturing the flag.

The battlefield, which had just been noisy and slaughtering, suddenly became quiet, and only occasionally there were one or two groans of pain.

Hong Chengchou was busy gathering the retreating soldiers and horses.

Qin Yu was also busy adjusting the formation to prevent the opponent's cavalry from charging again.

After some counting, more than 2,000 of the 5,000 men and horses were killed in the battle, and the 2,000 standard battalion also lost several hundred.

In fact, there were only more than 1,000 people who really died in the fighting, and the others were hacked to death by the other party when they retreated.

But it is very rare to be able to withdraw so many people, and if it were not for the cover of cavalry, it is estimated that there would be no one in ten.

Looking at the retreating soldiers, with the frightened looks on their faces, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to take them back to the camp, and then under the cover of the cavalry, he hurriedly pulled out the camp and retreated for more than ten miles.

Qin Yu didn't chase after him, and only then did he order someone to clean up the battlefield and count the casualties, if the other party was guarding the big camp, he might even attack it.

As a result, the corpses of both sides were about the same, nearly 2,000 of the 8,000 heroes were killed in the battle, and the first infantry battalion only lost more than 300 casualties, adding up to dozens of seriously wounded and more than 200 lightly wounded.

It was a good victory, but because those heroes didn't listen to orders, they just made it a lose-lose situation.

However, Qin Yu didn't pursue it anymore, believing that after this lesson, those heroes had already experienced the end of disrespecting orders.

And that's exactly what happened.

The huge contrast in casualties, both infantry and soldiers are aware of the difference between cooperating with each other and fighting alone on the battlefield.

Almost all of the soldiers relied on their personal bravery, fighting indiscriminately and killing indiscriminately, resulting in nearly 1,000 dead and wounded.

The infantry, on the other hand, was based on a unit, and the sword, shield, and pikemen cooperated with each other, resulting in only more than 300 casualties, more than three times less than the soldiers.

Of course, the 1,000 people who were trampled to death by the cavalry are not counted, in fact, these people are also enough, and basically everyone caught up with them.

Usually shouting a hundred sentences can't match the effect of a real battle.

After resting for the night, the next day, seeing that the cavalry did not come to harass again, Qin Yu led the army to Xichuan to kill.

But Hong Chengchou could only stare dryly, let alone chase and kill, and he didn't even dare to follow up and enter the mountain.

Field battles can't be won, once they enter the mountains, after the cavalry can't give full play to their advantages, they will definitely have to be killed by the other side in the mountains, not to mention that they are familiar with military books, and Hong Laogou, who has been in battle for a long time, even ordinary soldiers understand.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou had to choose to rest in place, wait for Zuo Guangxian's army to arrive, and then march.

Originally, Hong Chengchou planned to transfer the 5,000 soldiers and horses from Zhushan, but after thinking about it, he gave up after all.

After all, once the 5,000-strong army in Zhushan was withdrawn, the entire Yunyang would have to be turned upside down by the Eight Kings and Cao Cao.

At this time, the Eight Kings and Cao Cao were completely panicked under the city of Baokang, and the army of Zhushan entered Fang County, and the old and weak in the city did not dare to defend it, so they had to flee to Baokang in a hurry.

Also facing the attack of Chen Hongfan's army of more than 10,000 people, Sun Kewang also had to abandon Gucheng and flee to Baokang.

Because the 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command have just annexed the rest of the leaders, and half of them almost do not obey him, and the people are not in harmony, how can they defend it?

So although Zhang Xianzhong was shocked and angry, he only whipped two times and did not punish him more.

"Brother Zhang, it's over, we were all sold by that kid from King Hua, he took people to attack Junzhou, but I hate him for sneaking up on Junzhou, but he took everyone away, Zhushan didn't leave a single soldier, and he didn't notify him in advance, and now he sent Orion to send a letter, how could he do it like him?"

Luo Rucai waved the letter in his hand, so anxious that he was about to cry.

"Brother Luo, don't you understand? That kid obviously didn't have a good heart and wanted to kill us! ”

Zhang Xianzhong snatched the letter over, just glanced at it, and then ripped it to pieces, gritting his teeth and yelling.

"King Hua is too unrighteous, what can I do now!"

"Yes, Gucheng is lost, Fangxian is also lost, Baokang can't be attacked for a long time, and the grain is about to bottom out."

"Alas, kill people."

All the leaders of the rebel army beat their chests, and they were all as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

"For today's plan, only by desperately capturing Baokang County can we have a way to live, otherwise I am afraid that I will have to follow in the footsteps of the king."

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Baokang City in front of him and said with a resolute face.

"Yes, the left thief doesn't have many soldiers and horses, let's work harder, I don't believe that we can't attack it."

The big leaders also knew that now it was time for life and death, and if they didn't capture Baokang, even if they made a detour, they would have to starve to death in the deep mountains and old forests.

After all, they are not one or two people, but there are thirty or forty thousand people in total, and half of them are old and weak women.

Immediately, the siege battle that had been suspended for a few days started again, and this time the thieves were not shirking each other, preserving their strength, and they were much more desperate than a few days ago.

Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo frequently took the lead in climbing the city, and the old thieves with parents, wives and children were also released.

Zuo Dashuai saw these anti-thief dogs jumping off the wall in a hurry, and he was so anxious that he was about to cry.

Seeing that the reinforcements were delayed, they persisted for a morning, and finally gritted their teeth, and abandoned Baokang with more than 2,000 remnants of the defeated army and fled to Nanzhang.

There is no way, if he keeps it any longer, although he can insist on it again, but his family has to be completely folded here, there are no soldiers and horses in his hands, even if he keeps Baokang, I am afraid that the credit will not fall on his head.

When Zuo Liangyu left, although all the grain and grass in the city were set on fire, the time was in a hurry and the thieves still saved a small part, almost about 1,000 stones.

Although this thousand stones of grain is small, it is undoubtedly a lifesaver for tens of thousands of thieves.

Everyone didn't dare to stay too much in Baokang, had a full meal, rested for the night, and fled into Huguang in a hurry with the remaining food.

As long as you go to Huguang, you can grab a big family at will, and you will have food and everything.

And almost Zhang Xianzhong and they just left in the morning, and Chen Hongfan arrived with a large army in the afternoon.

At dusk, Hong Chengchou's 5,000 army also arrived, seeing that the thieves had broken through Baokang and broke into Huguang, leading the team to join the generals, and the next day they went north to Gucheng, crossed the river to meet Hong Chengchou, and was too lazy to care about the mess of Huguang.

Chen Hongfan had no choice but to follow the traces of the thieves while reporting to Xiong Wencan.

And Xiong Wencan learned that Zuo Liangyu abandoned Baokang and put the thief into Huguang, and immediately spurted out a mouthful of old blood and fainted on the spot.

After waking up, although he wanted to break Zuo Liangyu's body into thousands of pieces, he had to reprimand him and let him and Chen Hongfan lead the troops to continue the pursuit.

At the same time, the prefectures and counties of Huguang were on strict alert to prevent thieves from stolen and stealing the city.

For a time, the news of the thief army infiltrating Huguang spread to all parts of the country like the wind, and countless gentry, landlords, civil officials and military generals were shocked.

The whole Huguang was shocked and in an uproar, and the same impeachment of Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, also flew to Beijing like a snowflake.