Before dark, the pursuers returned to the camp one after another, and they all had a lot of gains.

Zhang Miao and Xu Shu greeted the villagers at the gate of the camp in person, welcoming the triumph of the villagers.

Zhang Ping and Zhang Qi led the troops back one after another, although they looked very tired, but their expressions were extremely excited.

"Ah Miao, it's so happy, haha, that thief only knows how to escape, and doesn't care about anything, we just need to catch up from behind and poke the spear into their backs, it's easier than killing a pig!" Zhang Qi laughed.

"Uncle Qi has worked hard." Zhang Miao said with a smile.

"It's just that the thieves fled too fast and scattered and fled, and we didn't dare to divide our troops because of our small numbers, but there were not many captured heads, but many people knelt down and surrendered." Zhang Qi pointed behind him.

Behind Zhang Qi, one hundred and ten township soldiers each held weapons, escorting the prisoners who were far outnumbered by them, and the number was as many as two or three hundred.

"What about our casualties?" Zhang Miao ignored the captives, but asked about the casualties first.

"Except for the two who died when they started fighting with the thieves, three others were slightly injured." Zhang Qi said gloomily, although the casualties were not large, most of them were relatives of Sanshui.

"The families of the dead are supported by the village." Zhang Miao said softly, "Don't be afraid if you are injured, Mr. Fan is a disciple of the divine doctor Hua Tuo, and with him, he will definitely be cured." ”

After a while, Sun Ji also returned with the Maocun soldiers, all the shotguns were replaced, and the messy weapons were gone, replaced by steel knives and spears, and many soldiers were holding two or three weapons, and they were not too heavy. Many people's clothes have changed, and a thick layer has been wrapped in the original clothes, I don't know if they were taken off the corpse, and the pockets around their waists are bulging, and I don't know what is inside.

"Brother Sun Ji has worked hard." Zhang Miao glanced at those Maocun soldiers and said with a smile.

"It's just that chasing and killing the water dog is not hard, the young patriarch, you broke ten times the thief, and the thief Zhou Cang fell into the water, it was really hard, really amazing, and his subordinates admired it." Sun Ji said very respectfully. This battle shocked him very much, he never expected that Zhang Miao would win so neatly, that Zhou Cang was known as a thief, poisoning Huyang for several years, even the Jingzhou soldiers were helpless to take him, he was easily defeated, and he didn't even have the ability to fight back, which made Sun Ji not shocked.

"Haha, if you can have this victory, Brother Sun Ji, your credit is not small, if it is not for the cooperation of your Maocun people, how can the thieves be easily fooled?" Zhang Miao said with a smile.

"Okay, Brother Sun Ji, you can quickly bring people into the camp to rest."

"Subordinates obey." Sun Ji said respectfully. At this moment, Sun Ji has completely regarded himself as Zhang Miao's subordinate and Maocun as a subsidiary of Sanshui Village.

Regarding Sun Ji's attitude, Zhang Miao was naturally satisfied. Although Sun Ji is a little slippery, his skills are not bad, and if he uses it well, he will be a big arm of his own.

The generals sent out to pursue came back one after another, but Deng Tu did not return for a long time, which made Zhang Miao a little worried.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, and when he was about to send someone to greet him, Deng Tu finally came back.

"Damn, I almost caught Zhou Cang's guy. That bastard, who didn't care whether his subordinates lived or died, escaped faster than a rabbit. Deng Tu scolded and scolded, looking very unhappy.

When Deng Tu was pursuing, he was very fast, and he knew from the mouth of the prisoner that it was Zhou Cang who fled in front. Deng Tu was overjoyed, and he didn't care about arresting the prisoners, so he launched a wild chase towards Zhou Cang. During this period, Zhou Cang tried to stop and collect the remnants of the army many times, but they were all dispersed by Deng Tu and his people.

Zhou Cang was furious and personally fought with Deng Tu, a big knife and Deng Tu's two plate axes fought equally, but the morale of the thieves under his command fell, no one dared to fight, and was killed by the villagers under Deng Tu. Seeing that the situation was irreparable, Zhou Cang jumped on a horse and fled, even ignoring the men who were being hunted down.

Deng Tu's subordinates were all infantry, so naturally they couldn't catch up, and seeing that it was getting late, they had no choice but to retreat.

Zhang Miao shook his head: "Father Deng Zhong doesn't have to be annoyed, it doesn't matter if Zhou Cang catches it or not, the Tongbai thieves can no longer be a threat to us." ”

Under the statistics personally led by the military advisor Xu Shu, the results of the battle have come out.

In this battle, more than 850 soldiers of Sanshui Township were beheaded, more than 1,400 people were captured, and there were only 5,000 people in Zhoucang's department. It can be said that this battle has completely crippled Zhou Cang.

Zhang Miao found that the Yellow Turban Thieves' combat power was very poor, and the soldiers of Sanshui Township surpassed them too much. Now Zhang Miao believes that even if it is a frontal battle, his 1,000 village soldiers can easily defeat 5,000 thief soldiers, and there is no problem at all.

After this battle, the soldiers of Sanshui Township have been greatly tempered, and these experiences are rare and valuable for long-distance marching, camouflage and sneak attacks, frontal battles, and tailgating and chasing. Compared to this battle, the previous bandits were nothing at all.

It can be said that after this battle, the soldiers of Sanshui Township have really had the appearance of a strong army, and on this basis, they will continue to expand their strength, and sooner or later, they will be able to train a real strong army, and Zhang Miao is very confident in this.

Of course, the losses were not small, according to the statistical results, the whole army added up to 21 killed and wounded 28, and the 400-strong team suffered 50 casualties, and the casualty rate was really not small. However, with Fan Azai, who is highly skilled in medicine, most of these wounded can be cured.

And compared to the results of the battle, these casualties are nothing at all. If nothing else, just the more than 1,000 captives, this is a huge fortune. This time the captives are all men, they used to be farmers, now there is too much barren land in Huyang, with these captives to open up the wasteland, this spring to open tens of thousands of acres of fields is not a problem at all, as long as the autumn harvest, Sanshui Village will have endless grain, and there is no fear of food shortage.

As for the return of the captives, it is even less of a problem, most of them choose to be thieves because they can't survive, as long as they are given two meals a day, they are eager to stay. After a while, and then select young and strong people from it to supplement the township soldiers, the strength of Sanshui Village will be even stronger.

In addition to the prisoners, there were also a lot of materials seized, although Xu Shu set a fire, but did not burn the entire camp, and there were quite a few left.

Although there is not much money and food, there are a large number of military supplies, tents, weapons, as well as more than 50 captured horses, 100 donkeys and mules, all of which are urgently needed in Sanshui Village.

Then there is the 2,000 stone grain and 100,000 yuan that Huyang ordered Cheng Qi to reward, which is a lot of wealth.

Of course, if you add other invisible benefits, as well as the military merits obtained from it, this battle can be said to be a very big gain!