A great battle had just ended, and the battlefield was littered with corpses and rivers of blood. www.biquge.info I saw that the soldiers of the Huainan Army were all tired, and many of them lay on the ground panting and scarred, but their faces showed the joy of victory.

After some counting, more than 1,000 soldiers were killed and more than 4,000 were injured on the Huainan Army side in the whole battle, which can be described as heavy casualties, but their results were also brilliant.

At present, Zhu Siqing and Hou Zhan, who are pursuing the enemy army, have not returned, but there are more than 3,000 enemy corpses left on the battlefield alone, plus more than 8,000 captured, and the enemy army has lost at least 11,000 people. This is not counting the results of Zhu Siqing and Hou Zhan's pursuit of the enemy.

And after Zhu Siqing and them returned, they also captured more than 3,000 prisoners, which means that 14,000 Xuanzhou troops were wiped out in this battle, which was completely a big victory.

Looking at this considerable result, Qin Peixi said: "Tian Yan was so aggressive when he first rebelled, but I didn't expect that today's battle was so embarrassed by our army, and the loss of troops was 14,000 people. His total strength is only 60,000 people, and 10,000 were wiped out by General Li in Jiyangji, plus today's losses, his remaining troops are not much, and it must not be far from annihilation. ”

Yang Wu said: "It's too early to be happy, even if our army has defeated Tian Yan many times, but he has been operating in Xuanzhou for many years, and the money and grain reserves are countless, and the remaining troops are more than us." If he urgently transfers back part of the troops in Wuhu, plus the troops left behind in Xuanzhou, there will still be a fight in the next battle, and you can't take it lightly. ”

Having said that, Yang Wu believes that Tian Yan will not be able to make any big waves in the future, and when he is at his most powerful and his troops are the strongest, he will not be able to win, so what hope does he have for next.

"Shizi is right, Tian Yan knows this old man very well, and he is by no means a person who admits defeat easily, and he will definitely mobilize a large army from other places to fight our army again. And this time he will not be fooled again, and the troops mobilized will definitely be much more than our army. And our army has just gone through a big battle, the casualties are not small, and the number of troops has been reduced a lot. Therefore, in the next battle, we must be prepared to outnumber. Tai Meng nodded in agreement.

The generals couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts when they heard this, and the little bit of contempt for the enemy that had just risen quickly put away, and their faces became much more serious.

Yang Wu smiled: "Okay, General Tai means that you don't underestimate the enemy, but you generals don't need to be so serious, we have a big victory today, everyone can celebrate, but you are not allowed to drink!" ”

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The next day, Yang Wuqin led a large army into the siege of Guangde, but the defenders in the city were less than 1,000 people, and they did not dare to resist at all and surrendered obediently.

Guangde is a county under Xuanzhou, after conquering here, Huainan also has an advance base in Xuanzhou, which can be used to transport grain and grass and settle the wounded, and the Huainan army has just experienced a big war and urgently needs a place to rest.

In the city of Xuanzhou.

Tian Yan, who had just recovered from the frustration of defeat, began to think about his next plan, and his staff members Shen Wenchang, Yin Wengui and others were planning for him.

"Marshal, now that the Huainan Army is pressing the border, we must transfer the defenders from other places back as soon as possible, otherwise when the Huainan Army enters the siege of Xuanzhou and isolates foreign aid, Xuanzhou will be in danger!" Yin Wengui said in a deep voice.

Although he did not approve of the rebellion at this time before the war, it had already happened, and he had no choice but to brace himself up and plan for Tian Yan.

"What Mr. said is very true, Ben Shuai actually sent someone to transfer troops a long time ago, but how to transfer the reinforcements back safely made Ben Shuai a little headache." Tian Yan gently rubbed his forehead with his fingers.

In the decisive battle three days ago, Tian Yan, who was not superior in all aspects such as morale, was defeated by the Huainan army, and after he fled the battlefield, his army completely collapsed.

At that time, he was full of fear, and without thinking about it, he led hundreds of cavalry under his command to escape. Later, in retrospect, he regretted it, and felt that he should stay and break off, at least he could receive more troops to evacuate, it was better than him fleeing back to Xuanzhou alone.

Fortunately, when the army collapsed, it was getting late, and the Huainan army was also very tired, so later there were defeated soldiers who fled back to Xuanzhou, after some counting, a total of more than 4,000 people fled back, and the rest of the army was either wiped out or captured by Huainan, or was scattered and scattered in the nearby countryside, unwilling to return to Xuanzhou. Such a heavy loss made Tian Yan want to cry without tears.

Fortunately, in order to prevent a sneak attack when the troops were dispatched, Tian Yan also left more than 10,000 troops in Xuanzhou, and now there are 15,000 people who have fled back, so there is no problem in holding Xuanzhou for the time being.

However, as a clear-headed person, Tian Yan knew that it was not enough to just stick to Xuanzhou, it was just a way to die, and since ancient times, few people who have held on to the lonely city in the case of foreign aid has been cut off. What's more, the purpose of his rebellion was to expand his territory, not to stick to a Xuanzhou, so he also wanted to fight Yang Wu again.

And if you want to fight with the Huainan Army, which is full of morale and comes with the power of a great victory, the troops in Xuanzhou City are definitely not enough, and you have to mobilize foreign troops.

Last time, he fell for Yang Wu's trick and misjudged the strength of the Huainan army, so that he only brought 20,000 troops to the battle. This time, of course, he wouldn't.

At present, the foreign troops he can mobilize are mainly concentrated in three places, one is the 20,000 army led by Wuhu Guo Shicong, Wang Jian, and Wang Tan, who is in a confrontation with Li Shenfu; the second is in the city of Xuanzhou; The third place is the Wuyong capital led by Xu Juan and Xu Zaisi stationed at the border of Xuanzhou and Hangzhou, with a strength of 8,000 people.

After Tian Yan returned to Xuanzhou, he did not hesitate to send messengers to transfer troops. He decided to transfer all the 8,000 troops of Wuyongdu back, after all, Huainan is now his great enemy, and Hangzhou Qian Biao is attacking Chen Xun in Muzhou with all his might, so only a small number of troops need to be left at the border.

What's more, this time Yang Wu's act of reading Yang Xingmi's edict in front of the battle also made him suspicious of the generals under his command, and felt that those former henchmen didn't seem to reassure him so much, but Xu Juan and Xu Zaisi had never had anything to do with Yang Xingmi, so they made him trust him even more.

In addition to the 8,000 men of Wuyongdu, Tian Yan decided to mobilize 5,000 troops from Wuhu to return, led by his brother-in-law Guo Shi, so that with the addition of the troops in Xuanzhou City, his strength could reach 28,000 men, which would definitely exceed the Huainan army.

However, the question now is how to transfer the reinforcements back, Wu Yongdu is okay to say, after all, the distance is close, but Guo Shicong is going to lead 5,000 people to return from Wuhu but may be intercepted by Huainan, which makes him have a headache.

"Now I can only hope that Master Guo can return safely!" After thinking about it for a while, there was no good way, so Tian Yan had to think to himself.