At dusk, the plain finally regained its tranquility, and the setting sun reflected on the broken flags, mottled with blood, and the land was stained with blood, and only the howling of the wind and the mournful cry of the war horse before its death could be heard.

Lu Zhi is a famous general of a generation after all, and he keenly noticed something unusual from the signs of Zhang Baojun's sudden acceleration of the march. He made a quick decision and sent all the remaining cavalry, about 800 men, to immediately track all the way. This made Ma Jun, who was looking for Lu Zhi's main force, overjoyed, and he did not hesitate to lead 800 cavalry to attack Zhang Bao's rear army, which was only 800 people, and it became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Zhang Bao's rear army was already stumbling in the face of Nanying's cavalry, and the sudden attack behind him caused the originally crumbling defense line to collapse immediately.

After a series of fierce battles for more than a month, the main army of Taiping Dao Hebei that had been in Jizhou was wiped out, and there were 35,000 men and horses of Yan Li, 20,000 defenders of Ganling, 20,000 Yellow Turbans of Guangyang, 20,000 Yellow Turbans of Xiaquyang and 100,000 main forces of Zhang Bao, a total of about 200,000 Yellow Turban Army were defeated or completely annihilated, of which at least 70,000 were killed in battle, 50,000 were captured, and about 10,000 Han troops were recruited, and the remaining 70,000 or so defeated troops either fled in all directions or fled into the Taihang Mountains, and could not make a comeback in the short term.

Although some areas in Hebei were still controlled by the Yellow Turban Army, they had fallen into the disadvantage of fighting on their own and being isolated, and it was only a matter of time before they were pacified by the officers and troops one by one. The only one who still has the strength to fight is Xia Quyang, which Zhang Liang is firmly defending.

The situation that the court had before was obviously wrong, and the figures reported from various places showed that there were only more than 300,000 Yellow Turban troops in the whole country, but from the fact that there were more than 200,000 thieves in Hebei alone, it can be seen that this number was either a false report or was artificially reduced.

And the heaviest loss of Taiping Road was the death of Zhang Bao, the general of the Digong. Although Zhang Jiao was the respected general of Tiangong, he rarely intervened in military affairs, and the Hebei Yellow Turban was almost always ordered by Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang. As soon as Zhang Bao died, although the main force of the Yellow Turban still had tens of thousands, it immediately fell apart and was in chaos without a fight.

In this regard, Nanying can be said to be at a loss, although the battle was a complete victory, but the Han army also suffered unprecedented heavy casualties. After 6,000 of the most elite cavalry killed 20,000 enemies, only more than 3,000 remained, and even half of Lu Zhi's 800 reinforcements were killed in battle, and most of them were wounded. The ability to barely hold on to 20,000 prisoners of war has reached its limit, and it is powerless to pursue the 20,000 routed soldiers who have fled in all directions.

What upset Nan Ying the most was Zhang Bao's last words, and he showed a weird smile in the face of Nan Ying's repeated questions: "You will never find a great sage and good teacher!" ”

Could it be that Zhang Jiao is not in Xia Quyang? So how can Nanying take him down and force him to find out the secret of the so-called immortals? The flame of hope in Nanying's heart has just been lit, how can it be extinguished again?

Nan Ying looked at the plain full of dead bodies, and his heart was like a boulder crushed, and he couldn't breathe. For the first time since he came to this era, he experienced the feeling of powerlessness of physical and mental exhaustion.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a Han knight stopped in the distance, and he jumped lightly from his horse, trotting all the way over.

"Captain Eagle Yang!" The soldier saluted respectfully, and when he raised his head, he did not hide the look of admiration in his eyes at all, "Lord Lu Zhi of Beizhong Lang has gone down to the village five miles away, please go to the big tent immediately to discuss matters!" ”

"Oh! Ben got it! Nanying nodded a little tiredly, "You go back first, and then Captain Wu and I will arrive!" ”

When the soldier rode away, Nanying suddenly grabbed Hulechi beside him and said viciously: "Go!" Let the brothers hurry up and collect all the horses that will be passed on to you, if someone dares to leak half a word, Lao Tzu will kill him! ”

Looking at the figure of Hule Chi hugging his head and scurrying, Nanying couldn't help but smile slightly, it seems that after this series of life and death, these brave soldiers can't escape their clutches in the end!

"The last general has seen Shogun Kitakaro!" Nan Ying and Wu Huan strode into the tent together, and saluted Lu Zhi together, "The last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, and I have come to give the order!" ”

Lu Zhizheng sat alone in the big tent, bowed his head and worked hard to write, stood up with a smile when he heard the words, raised his hand to throw the wolf in his hand, and said happily: "The two generals came just in time!" Ben has just written a handwritten sheet for you! ”

He suddenly stared at Nan Ying and Wu Huan covered with blood that had not yet been wiped away, and he was speechless.

After a long time, he sighed softly and said: "The general is ashamed, as the chief general of the whole army, he can't take the lead, and it all depends on the lives of the generals, which saved the situation in Hebei!" ”

Lu Zhi looked at Nan Ying in a daze and said, "Especially for Captain Nan, the general is even more ashamed!" ”

Nanying's heart was stirred, Lu Zhicai was really a gentleman, a Confucian general, and an elder with upright conduct! He can not be afraid of the contempt of the powerful, and he can confess his misunderstanding because he missees himself, and now he is even more frank and honest, which is indeed admirable!

With unprecedented solemnity, he respectfully bowed again, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency the general is serious! All for the Han River and the people of the world! ”

"Well said!" Lu Zhi clapped his hands, "If someone else said this, I was afraid that I would laugh and break my stomach, but if you Nanying said it, Ben Jiang would be convinced!" ”

Nan Ying smiled bitterly: "My lord, please don't raise the last general again, otherwise the last general will really fly into the clouds like a flying eagle!" ”

Several people laughed in unison.

Lu Zhi laughed for a while before he said: "It's not that I don't think of you fighting hard and tired, and urgently summoning you here, the situation is really pressing!" ”

Nanying and Wu Huan were shocked at the same time, and blurted out: "Just won a big victory, how can the situation be pressing?" ”

Lu Zhi smiled: "Not bad! It is because of the great victory, so the capture of Quyang will be the last major battle of our army in Hebei, and then our army will definitely move south and fight side by side with the east and south armies! ”

Nan Ying was even more shocked in his heart, and said, "Could it be that the war between the two roads is tight?" ”

Lu Zhi's smile gradually faded, and he said solemnly: "Although the general has not yet received a detailed battle report, there is no doubt that these two armies are fighting hard against the enemy!" ”

Nanying was anxious for a while, and the Southern Route Army was just that, even if Huangfu Song and others were all dead, they had nothing to do with him, but the Eastern Route Army was Qiang Tong and Zhao Ming were fighting the enemy with a small number of soldiers and horses, and the prospects were not optimistic, and these two people were their own people, once there were three longs and two shorts, how could they live?

He hurriedly said: "General, I don't know when our army is ready to attack Xiaquyang?" The last general will go to war first! ”

"You!" Lu Zhi waved his hand, "Anything is good!" But this kind of character is to be reaped! Of course, the general also wants to attack Quyang, but firstly, our army has just finished the war and is in urgent need of rest, and secondly, there is no information about Quyang at all, so how can he attack lightly? ”

Nanying came to his senses and said abruptly: "It's the last general who is sloppy!" I don't know how the general intends to collect information on Xia Quyang? ”

"Finally got the point!" Lu Zhi smiled, "Otherwise, why would Ben have come to you two?" You have fought fiercely with the enemy army continuously, and captured a large number of prisoners, I wonder if you have any understanding of the situation in Xiaquyang? ”

Nan Ying and Wu Huan glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

Wu Huan suddenly sneered: "Speaking of military intelligence, shouldn't Vice General Dong be personally responsible?" Why didn't you see his figure? ”

Nan Ying nodded, although he was also temporarily promoted to deputy general, but Dong Zhuo's deputy general was personally appointed by the court, and Lu Zhi had no right to be dismissed. It is Dong Zhuo who is still in charge of the military aircraft with Jia Xu as a deputy general. By the way, why didn't you see Jia Xu?

Lu Zhi seemed to see their thoughts, and said with a wry smile: "Dong and Jia are not in the army now, they have traveled dozens of miles to welcome the angels!" ”

"Sent an angel again!" Wu Huan glanced at Nan Ying, and said with a smile on his face: "I want to congratulate Captain Nan in advance, it must be because General Lu reported for your surprise attack on Ganling, and the court sent an envoy to reward you again!" ”

Lu Zhi shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not just that, I heard that this angel is Xiaohuangmen Zuofeng, this Xiaohuangmen is still a scholar, I'm afraid that the purpose of coming here is also to supervise!" ”

"Phew!" Nanying sneered, "He's a fart!" The first one who should be supervised is Dong Zhuo, why should he supervise if we win the battle? ”

Wu Huan suddenly glanced at Nan Ying with a worried look, Nan Ying couldn't help but move in his heart, could it be that Wu Huan knew something secret that he didn't know?

Lu Zhi was stunned for a moment before he said, "Don't worry about him!" Let's discuss the matter in front of us first, how can we quickly grasp the military situation of the Yellow Turban Army in Xiaquyang? This is related to our final result in Hebei! ”

"Not bad!" Wu Huan also spoke, "Now that Zhang Bao has died in battle and the Yellow Turban Thieves have been defeated, all the nearby remnants should retreat to Xiaquyang." However, in this case, this city must be well defended, and with Zhang Liang's cunning and resourcefulness, it is impossible for our scouts to have a chance to infiltrate the city! ”

Nanying's eyes lit up, speaking of this latent infiltration, isn't it his own specialty? And this is definitely a godsend, he can sneak into Xiaquyang City and find out Zhang Jiao's whereabouts.

He smiled lightly and said, "If General Lu can trust me Nanying, how about the last general personally handle this matter?" ”

"What!" Lu Zhi and Wu Huan's eyes widened in surprise, "What do you mean by doing it yourself?" I have to go into the tiger's den! ”

"What's the matter!" Nanying shrugged his shoulders lightly, "Maybe the two generals still don't know me Nanying." I'm not afraid to confess to telling the two of you a secret, when it comes to leading troops to fight, it's actually a bit embarrassing! ”

"But when it comes to spying on the military!" He looked at the eyes of the two of them that were getting wider and wider, and couldn't help but smile: "I believe this is the housekeeping ability of the next generation!" ”