Li Yan asked the troops to collect the prisoners, and sent people to inform the surrounding villages that there were escaped thieves nearby, and asked them to be on guard and start a net search after tomorrow.

Sun Sifu agreed, and said with a smile: "In this big year, it will be a boom." ”

Li Yan only remembered at this time that it was the third day of the first lunar month, and it was the time to string relatives. So he nodded and said: "Inform them, pack up all those horses, and give one or two horses meat to each of the villages that have been plagued by war along the way, according to the size of the population, which can be regarded as a little holiday gift for them." ”

"The general is benevolent." Sun Sifu praised.

Li Yan looked at the prisoners who were tied up, how can I say that there are one or two thousand people. These people can be used to build roads, and his artillery and baggage troops have high requirements for roads, and the roads have not been maintained for a long time, so they should be repaired.

As for how long these captives will work for him, it depends on their reform. As long as they are truly convinced and can live with peace of mind, they can be put back. Of course, the leaders were a different story, and he was now wondering if he should subdue them and serve him. But these guys seem to have become wild and untamable, not only murderous, but also completely disrespectful of discipline, which really makes him contradictory.

After a while, Sun Sifu came back and asked, "General, the leader of those thieves, or do you deal with it according to the previous method?" ”

Li Yan waved his hand and ordered: "Don't use it for the time being, separate them from the soldiers, and deal with them later." ”

"No work?" Sun Sifu asked in surprise. They don't have the practice of keeping idlers.

"Make them a separate camp and work alone." Li Yan commanded.

Sun Sifu clenched his fists and said, "Well, I'll notify you of my humble position." ”

"Wait a minute," Li Yan instructed, "pick two hundred people from the middle, pick those fierce ones, pick a suitable time, take them outside the two stockades that were slaughtered, and give an explanation to the people." The other captives were taken to Suizhou for temporary detention. ”

"Humble duty understood."

Li Yan next had to settle the wounded soldiers, clean up the battlefield, and by the way, he also rested in Suizhou City for the night, and then went to the front to catch up with Li Zhong and their troops. Li Zhong and the others have nearly 5,000 people, even if Luo Rucai attacks reflexively, they can deal with it.

And Luo Rucai ran all the way to Chenliu County before stopping. Running all the way, it was terrifying. One is afraid that their war horses will not be able to support it, and the other is afraid that they will be caught up by the officers and cavalry behind.

When their horses became more and more unable to run, the cavalry of the official army became more and more unscrupulous. The officers and soldiers would suddenly rush up and pass by them, dropping two bombs on their ranks and inflicting some casualties on them. But there are so few of them who can shoot on horseback, and even if they shoot feather arrows, it doesn't seem to have much effect on those officers and soldiers.

When they finally approached the county seat of Chenliu, the cavalry finally stopped the pursuit and retreated to the territory of Qixian County.

After entering Chenliu County, which was four or five feet high under him, Luo Rucai and the others were a little relieved. Originally, there were 1,000 people left here, but later there were 200 cavalry sent to find Minzhuang, but because they couldn't find them, they also retreated. The point is that there is still some food here, and there is also this wall to defend against the enemy.

"It's good that it hasn't been demolished," said the black bull as he entered the rubble of the county, "or I have to run again." As soon as he finished speaking, his mount let out a grief and slowly knelt down.

The black bull got off the horse, stroked the big black horse, and said, "Black Wind, you are good, thanks to you you can run back." Don't worry, I'll bury you. ”

At this time, the war horses in the team seemed to be infected, and the war horses kept screaming and falling to the ground, unable to stand up again.

Luo Rucai ordered: "Go and take a rest, send people to guard from afar, and be careful of the sneak attack of the officers and soldiers." If you dare not do your best, I will not only kill you, but also your whole family!" ”

The men stationed in the city did not dare to say anything, so they could only carefully send people to guard.

Hei Niu knew that Luo Rucai was still angry with him. But he had no choice, who would have thought that the official army would come to sneak attack? And they fired from a distance, scaring their men into bombing the camp, where could they resist. He knew it wasn't his time to speak, so he glanced at the leader next to him.

The leader clenched his fists and said, "General, let's go to Kaifeng earlier." After all, this place is close to Li Yan's territory, and we can't stop Li Yan's troops. ”

Luo Rucai roared angrily: "What are you going back to do now?!" Let Li Zicheng see our jokes?! ”

"Then you can't stay here for long." The black bull finally couldn't help but say.

Luo Rucai continued to roar: "You guys clean up for me, cheer up!" Wait and see if there is anyone back, the day after tomorrow, no, tomorrow afternoon, and then go back to Kaifeng. ”

"Big Head LinkedIn."

"Obey the orders of the great general."

……

The subordinates finally reassured and praised them. As long as it's not a hot head, let them stick here. Although they suffered heavy losses this time, they still had some subordinates in Kaifeng. They are not barefoot now, and they can fight for their lives as long as they grit their teeth as they did back then.

Luo Rucai also knew what his subordinates were thinking, knew what to do, or wouldn't be their boss. He commanded, "When you leave, take all the people here with you." Give the men armor and weapons, control their families, and give us a façade. ”

All the leaders smiled and said, "It's still the big boss who has a way." ”

Three days later, Li Yan came to Qixian with his troops, and at this time they already knew that Luo Rucai had left Chenliu with the defeated soldiers and returned to Kaifeng.

"Finally beat them away," Li Zhong said self-deprecatingly: "Originally, I thought that we were solid here, but when I let this Luo Rucai stir up, I realized that it was a big-eyed fishing net." ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "We have a lot of plains here, and there is no terrain to guard against. However, even if there is a well-established line of defense, the defense is at a loss. People can attack wherever they want, and they are fighting fires everywhere, and the soldiers are not enough. ”

"I can only hope that the thieves will leave Kaifeng soon, so that we can rest for a while." Li Zhong said with a sigh.

Li Yan sneered and said disdainfully: "Zuo Liangyu has not moved in the south, how many soldiers can Yang Wenyue who fled back to Hebei?" Chen Yongfu can only shrink in Kaifeng City to deal with it, if you want the thieves to leave, it is better to rely on them than on us. ”

"By us?" Li Zhong looked at Li Yan in surprise. He knew what Li Yan meant, but he couldn't believe it, there were hundreds of thousands of thieves.

"Yes!" Li Yan nodded and said, "Rely on us!" Fight out, let's attack, they defend. Fighting on the outside line, you don't have to worry about the pots and jars at home being broken. ”

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