"What? In a camp of tens of thousands of people, there are not many horses? The next day, after the rain and the sky was clear, Liu Tao had to count the spoils, but after looking around, he found that there were more than 20 horses in the camp, and the quality was not very good.

"Even if it is a rebel army, excluding Huangzhong Yicong and a few people, don't look at the more than 100,000 people, in fact, it is definitely less than 5,000." Sun Jian had a little understanding of this, "Not to mention setting up an ambush between the mountains and forests, there is no need to use cavalry." ”

It may be used to win the pursuit, but it is more likely to surround the target very early, and it is difficult for the opponent to escape, and there is almost no possibility of a pursuit.

"How's the situation with the capture and beheading?" Liu Tao had no choice but to focus on other places.

"Two thousand were beheaded, more than 4,000 were captured, and more than 3,000 scattered and fled for their lives, and the situation at that time was impossible to pursue." Lu Bu replied that in the situation at that time, he might have to put himself in the rash pursuit.

"There are more than 6,000 people, and Zhang Wen can be regarded as an explanation." Liu Tao said casually, this thief is poor, and the weapons and equipment are not complete. In the weapons stockpile, there are even sticks, and it is not a premeditated rebellion on a large scale at all.

The real rebel was Huangzhong Yicong, and the rest were the soldiers of Jincheng County who were coerced. After that, he coerced the people of the surrounding counties to join the rebels, and the weapons and armor were probably mainly captured.

There is not much food, it is estimated that it is intended to be seized on his side, and it is probably only enough for about three or four days of food for these 10,000 people.

It can also be seen from this that this ambush is not the main force of the enemy army at all, but purely consumables.

"If you win the battle, you will have plenty of food and clothing, and if you lose, there is nothing to feel sorry for, these thieves will really be careful in their calculations." Liu Tao turned around on the side of the seized materials and immediately complained.

"But it's also a good thing." Guo Jia laughed, "This means that the spy who gave the thief the news is estimated to not be able to fully gain the trust of the other party." This ambush army is actually mostly tempting. ”

"However, if we win, will the other party suspect that something is wrong with that spy?" Liu Tao asked rhetorically when he heard this.

"Not really, after all, even if you are a spy, it is unlikely that you will know exactly where they are ambushing. On the contrary, we came over and proved that their intelligence was fine, but the thieves themselves were not strong, and we eliminated them. Guo Jia shook his head. Not only will he not doubt it, but he probably trusts the spy who reported the news even more.

Sun Jian saw the conversation of several people. Secretly, Liu Tao really suspected that there were thieves in the army, and he was sure that it was Dong Zhuo who was suspected. But just look at their words, and analyze the situation clearly......

Sun Jian couldn't help but think that he might also lack a military advisor. It's not that he can't think about problems, but no matter how powerful a person is, he can't think so comprehensively. But under his command, there are no such as Guo Jia and Xin Bi.

No, no, no, there are no civil servants under his command at all, right? The logistics and clerical work are all handled by younger brothers Sun Jing and Zhu Zhi. The problem is that neither of them is a pure civilian official, and of course they are not very good generals, which is a bit of a sense of not being up or down.

"At present, we can only rest here for a few days......," Liu Tao concluded, "Before the horses arrive, we can't go north casually, and when necessary, give up part of the baggage, and replace the five hundred horses, just to prepare for this moment, don't forget!" ”

"Whoa!" The generals responded one after another, and Sun Jian also responded slightly.

Coincidentally, the war horses under his seat are also Xianbei horses, and Hun horses are also good, which are the war horses that Liu Tao defeated Xianbei last year and captured and sent to the imperial court, and the imperial court allocated them to Sun Jian.

In other words, the five hundred cavalry under Sun Jian used the same horses as Liu Tao, and they could be supplemented with replacement horses.

"Speaking of which......" Sun Jian immediately realized a problem, "Those war horses in the rear reserve are all Xiliang horses, right?" ”

The West Cool Horse is characterized by great strength, speed, and strong explosiveness. It is suitable for arming heavy cavalry and launching a group cavalry charge. Relatively speaking, the staying power is relatively poor, and the cost of raising is on the high side.

The key is a cavalry unit, part of which is Xiliang horse and part of Xianbei horse, so it is easy to have problems. The rebels may not matter, but the regular army cannot ignore the problem.

"Of course I know that!" Liu Tao retorted, "The war horses that will be sent to the front line at that time will of course be temporarily used as pack horses to help us transport supplies and supplies. When the loss rate exceeds 500, it is a direct and comprehensive change of horses! ”

Otherwise, why did he bring five hundred Xianbei horses as a backup in one go?

"This has already been taken into account......" Sun Jian seemed to understand that it was not unreasonable for Liu Tao to win many battles. It's just that you've just gone south, isn't it too early to take things so far into account?

He didn't think about it, what kind of accident happened, and then thousands of people got in, these preparations made the enemy cheaper? No, no, no, if you really lose, or even accidentally die, then naturally nothing makes sense......

Sure enough, what I lack is this kind of thoughtfulness and planning before acting? Sun Jian kept making up for his brain, and as a result, he seemed to be fooled and lame.

The battle report here, by the messenger who reported the news, took about a day to return to Meiyang and deliver it to Zhang Wen.

"This, this, this, this ......" Zhang Wen looked at the military report, and even rubbed his eyes and read it carefully again, confirming that he was not mistaken, but he was even more incredulous.

It is not news that 4,000 cavalry defeated 10,000 foot soldiers, but 4,000 cavalry found an ambush on a mountain road, the enemy number reached 10,000, and it was raining, so they attacked at night and then defeated them or something......

If it weren't for the cavalry who reported the news, with 200 war horses with folded hooves and more than 2,000 heads on their backs, he really meant that Liu Tao was falsely reporting his military exploits.

"Are there really more than 6,000 captives?" Zhang Wen asked.

"Indeed, the general said that he could only help take care of them for three or four days, and if he did not come to receive them at that time, he would have to cut them all, after all, the captured grain and grass were very scarce, and they could not support them for too long." The messenger replied.

In fact, according to the standard ration of one meal a day, six or seven days is not a big problem. However, in the end, there were 6,000 people, and in order to manage them well, Liu Tao ordered them to continue to cut down wood to build camps in the past few days, and the original tents were also changed into cabins, and the comfort level was naturally improved a lot.

These thieves are busy working every day to be able to eat, and when they are allowed to rest, they are already half tired to death, and they just want to sleep well, and they have no idea of resisting or escaping.

"I'll send someone over as soon as possible, as soon as possible!" Zhang Wen hurriedly said.

This Liu Tao is too capable of fighting, others are ambushing, do you understand ambush? It is also possible to defeat 10,000 in a good fight, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of ambush soldiers! You are so capable of fighting, why don't you just destroy the rebels? If it goes on like this, what am I going to fight?!