Liu Zhigan, Liu Kecheng, Yao Wenqian and others gradually converged in one place.

There were still three or four thousand defeated soldiers who had escaped around the generals, and some had already fled in all directions.

It is difficult to collect the scattered soldiers, of course, if the guest soldiers are from Shandong Town, they should still look for the general flag as much as possible, hoping to return to the establishment.

Based on what the guest soldiers did in Huai'an, the lone guest soldiers collided with the local people, and the result was unknown.

As for the newly recruited local soldiers and horses, they were either forcibly recruited or had already given a settlement fee, and after the defeat, these local soldiers and horses would not choose to return to the camp no matter how stupid they were, and most of them fled directly.

Coupled with the soldiers and horses that were lost on the side of Yunti Pass, the direct loss of soldiers and horses this time was about seventy percent, and the more than 3,000 soldiers and horses in front of me were afraid that most of the people could be brought back.

This made Yao Wenqian, Liu Zhigan and others all look ugly, and they felt that it was difficult to explain to Liu Zeqing.

The even more ugly thing is Liu Kecheng, most of his cavalry has been lost, only dozens of horsemen have run out around him, together with the two hundred horsemen left on the periphery, and now there are only three hundred cavalry.

The fact that 1,000 horsemen became less than 3,000 made Liu Kecheng's face look dead.

The cavalry is not those miscellaneous soldiers, that kind of miscellaneous soldiers lose thousands of people is nothing at all, the cavalry is from the old battalion, not Nedin but also a skilled veteran who is qualified to be selected as a cavalry.

These cavalry are also the most direct source of supplementation for Neiding, and many skilled cavalry will be selected by the generals one after another.

The loss of more than 700 at once is simply a massive hemorrhage.

If it had been two years ago, if Liu Zeqing had directly lost 700 cavalry, he would have been afraid that he would have been unable to vomit blood.

Even now, Liu Bu's war horses are not more than 10,000, and the cavalry is less than 5,000 people, and this battle directly lost 700, thinking of facing Liu Zeqing's anger after returning to Huai'an, Liu Kecheng almost wanted to draw his sword and commit suicide on the spot.

"It's still my responsibility as a manager." Yao Wenqian said to Liu Kecheng: "The army was defeated, of course, the sin is in the main general, how to use the cavalry is related to my military order, and it has nothing to do with Kecheng himself." ”

Having said that, Liu Kecheng still looked depressed, the anger of the big man is one thing, his own strength has been seriously weakened, this is that no one can help him.

"I'll go straight to my uncle when I go back." Liu Zhigan gritted his teeth and said: "We have to take revenge for the revenge of Yunti Pass." Please ask my uncle to directly send 30,000 foot soldiers, 5,000 elite cavalry, and use Neiding to go into battle, I don't believe that the more than 3,000 people here in Yunti Pass are still the opponents of our army. ”

Yao Wenqian, Liu Zerun and others all shook their heads with wry smiles, obviously feeling that Liu Zhigan was a little too presumptuous.

Liu Zeqing was furious, it was possible to take out tens of thousands of elites, that is, the old capital, thousands of inner Ding elite horses plus tens of thousands of foot soldiers, and the cloud ladder pass was unstoppable.

But if the opponent sees the army coming to avoid the battle, Yao Wenqian and others have seen several cities over there.

As long as a few more long trenches are dug, there are about 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers and elites garrisoned by the enemy, and the opponent in the field cannot win, so what can they do if they hold on?

Liu's soldiers and horses have not fought hard for several years, and the soldiers are on the enemy's territory, what should they do with the food, and how to ensure that the logistics and grain roads are fine?

Gao Jie in front of him and Liu Liangzuo on his side have been eyeing each other, waiting for an opportunity.

The four towns are not one piece, and they all have interests in each other.

Liu Liangzuo is mainly in Fengyang and other prefectures and counties, which are much poorer than Huai'an. Xuzhou is strategically important, but after a number of rebellions, the local area is ruined, and it is far worse than Huai'an in terms of wealth.

If Liu Zeqing dared to escort all the main forces to Yunti Pass, Gao Jie or Liu Liangzuo would make a move in less than ten days.

If you can't break through the enemy of Yunti Pass with one blow and drag the war to the point of protracted time, don't say that the food is difficult to support, even if the food is sufficient, when the front door rejects the wolf, the back door is afraid that the tiger will enter, and the two tigers in the west and the north will rush into the house and directly divide up a large area of Huai'an.

Even if Liu Zeqing is crazy, he will not act like Liu Zhigan thinks.

This kind of successful strong feudal marshal, although it is an opportunity only in the Southern Ming Dynasty, is far inferior to their predecessors, not to mention Qi, Yu This kind of famous generals and marshals, even if Jun Song, He Shixian, Cao Bianjiao, Cao Wenzhao, as well as Sanshun Wang, Zu Dashou and other generals, the four towns of Nanming are far inferior.

Zuo Liangyu was a junior before Chongzhen's early generals, and when Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui and others became famous, Zuo Liangyu was just a small capital, and he was almost beheaded because of the delay in the military plane.

To the Southern Ming Dynasty, these four towns have their own characteristics, Huang Degong is a general in Beijing, and the surface is really good.

Liu Liangzuo is a complete speculator, and Gao Jie is from a rogue background, and he has not been exterminated by officers and soldiers for more than ten years, nor has he been killed by Li Zicheng, the enemy, and he must have quite outstanding points.

Liu Zeqing can't be compared with the generals in the early and middle stages of Chongzhen, but he is also relatively outstanding.

When you need to work hard, such as the Dengzhou Rebellion, you dare to work hard, get military merits, and get opportunities.

When he was able to survive, for example, Chongzhen did not dare to fight in Henan after 14 years, and turned to protect Caoyun.

When you can not be cheeky, that is, when Chongzhen was in the seventeenth year, he attached great importance to Liu Zeqing, and Emperor Chongzhen, who was quite gracious, hoped that this town would be able to go north to save his life.

This kind of general is still above the middle, he can see the general trend, and he can also pull up the core part that cannot be dispersed, even if he fails for a while, he can make a comeback.

In addition, his skin is thick enough, he can endure a moment of anger, and he can ignore the face and law of the court, not to mention any favors and the like.

Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing are all the same kind of people, who can judge the situation and preserve the strength in their hands to the greatest extent.

Generals like Cao Wenzhao were even better, but the more they fought, the fewer they fought, and they always acted according to orders, and in the end they ended up with nothing.

As long as Liu Zeqing does not lose his mind, he will definitely reprimand Liu Zhigan, and he will never act like Meng Lang.

If you really want to clean up the Yunti Pass, I am afraid that you will have to wait for a large amount of money and food from the imperial court to support the money, grain, and wealth, and give the name, and Liu's troops and horses will be expanded again, at least at least about 100,000 people.

When the time comes, when thirty or forty thousand people are sent to crusade against Yunti Pass, it will be justified, and it will be able to prevent the other two towns from coveting and prying eyes.

However, Yao Wenqian, as the chief soldier, still has vision and experience, and he vaguely feels that the imperial court will not support it, and the money and grain promised by the imperial court have only been allocated a very small part so far, and it seems that each town still has to raise it by itself.

In this way, Liu Bu's idea of expanding his troops and horses can only be done slowly, and if he wants to crusade and regain the face he has lost today, it seems that it will be at least a year or two later.

Whether the strength of Yunti Pass will swell to more than 20,000 in a year or two, and whether 30,000 or 40,000 people will not be able to take it, Yao Wenqian feels that he is not sure at all.

Thinking of this, several veteran generals all looked worried.

Originally, it was a situation of peace and tranquility, and on the surface, Min Yuanqi, a guerrilla general, was still under Liu Zeqing's command, after all, Liu Zeqing was a marquis guarding Huai'an, and he was one of the four feudal clans of the imperial court.

For the benefit of the salt pool, Liu Zeqing opened his blood basin and bit down on Yuntiguan, originally thinking that it was a fat and moist delicacy that could be swallowed, but he didn't want to directly collapse his big teeth.

After that, I am afraid the situation will be extremely difficult.

Liu Kecheng barely bothered his spirits and arranged for more than 200 cavalry to be lined up as a column, divided into two parts for vigilance.

Liu Zhigan said disapprerovingly: "It's not far to go to Guanyun, just rush to the night tonight, and tomorrow you will walk for more than half a day, those mud legs really dare to chase all the way over?" ”

Everyone laughed bitterly, Liu Kecheng was just about to remind, but Liu Zhigan slapped his thigh and said, "I know, you must be worried about that crazy cavalry......"

Liu Kecheng was just about to answer, but Yao Wenqian's face had become extremely solemn and said, "They have come." ”

In the night, about two or three miles away, in the field, it was obvious that more than 200 horsemen had quietly set up a riding formation, and it seemed that they had been waiting for a long time.

Yao Wenqian felt a sense of despair in his heart, the enemy was really bold, and he didn't have to be on the battlefield to let this cavalry go, but he stayed on the periphery, waiting for himself and others.

This return journey, I am afraid that it will be quite difficult, and if you are not careful, your own main general will also die on the way.

The news of the defeat of the guest soldiers ended with the end of the battle in the area of Yunti Pass, and it also quickly spread throughout Huai'an.

It even spread to Yangzhou and Nanjing at a faster speed.

Yao Wenqian and the others were bitten by Min Yuan's straightforward 200 cavalry, and they could be said to be quite embarrassed all the way.

In fact, in terms of combat power and elite, Min Yuanzhi's 200 cavalry is far from being compared with the Neiding around Yao Wenqian and others, and most of the remaining cavalry around Liu Kecheng and Yao Wenqian and others are Neiding, and the level of cavalry and archery is much higher than that of Min Yuanzhi and others.

But the cavalry brought out by Min Yuanzhi was as sharp as himself, and even had a crazy spirit.

Coupled with the victory of the main force, the remnants of the guest soldiers became frightened birds, from the Yunti Pass back to Huai'an on the way to the more than 200 horsemen have been biting Yao Wenqian, Liu Zhigan and others, from the Yunti Pass to Guanyun on the way to make the guest soldiers extremely embarrassed.

Originally, Yao Wenqian planned to gather hundreds or thousands of remnants, but when he arrived near Deguanyun, he lost hundreds more than when he first left the battlefield.

Fortunately, there were more than 3,000 garrison soldiers and horses in Guanyun, including hundreds of horsemen, and Yao Wenqian and others were covered by the garrison soldiers and horses to enter the city.

Then it was all the way back to Huai'an.

When he came, he was extremely arrogant, and when he returned, he was depressed and depressed.

In addition to the loss of soldiers and horses that cannot be explained to Liu Zeqing, the loss is also everyone's troops, and the situation in Huai'an is very bad this time, and whether it can make up for the loss in time is a problem.

When the soldiers and horses returned, the urgent envoy also rode into Huai'an and brought back this extremely bad news.

Li Huajing and others, who heard the letter, also rushed to Liu Zeqing's mansion as soon as possible.

Everyone is cautious, the handsome is ruthless and cruel, although he is more tolerant of his henchmen and generals, but when the handsome eats his brain, although he scares outsiders, his eyes are also full of ruthlessness when he looks at his own generals.