When the war ended, it was noon. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ximen cleaned up the battlefield all over the place, and roughly estimated that more than 1,200 intact rogue's heads were obtained, plus 780 rogue's heads obtained in the previous siege battle, and 2,000 rogue's heads had been captured in this battle.

This is a huge victory, not to mention Kochi Prefecture and others, they can't help but be overjoyed.

When the news came out, the people of Suining City were also excited, and many people also set off festive firecrackers.

Yang He estimated that more than half of the thief foot soldiers had been lost, the special sword and shield men had been lost, and the horse team had also lost hundreds of people, so it was impossible to fight again.

He paid close attention to the movement over there, it was already lunch time, because there were many dead horses killed, more than a hundred, Yang He ordered the whole army to eat horse meat, and even the people who came to help clean up also got a large piece of horse meat, which caused everyone to cheer.

However, Yang He couldn't eat it, and he felt a little scared from the time he fled to the present, he had been eating horse meat.

In the afternoon, after learning the news of the thieves' camp, Yang He immediately led the soldiers to the south gate, except for a few horsemen to follow, Yang He instructed the cavalry team of the ninth master, and most of the sentinels who had encountered passed from the west gate and hung far behind the thieves.

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The dust covered the sky, and the mighty team came over, but compared with the flying and domineering atmosphere a few days ago, everyone in the team at this time was a little depressed, and the big flags such as "Chuang, Luo" and "Li, Yuan, Wang" and other generals were also weakly carried.

There are still a lot fewer of them.

Some elite horsemen dressed in iron-inlaid cotton armor walked ahead, and on a small road from the West Gate to the South Gate official road, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, and Wang Long were still walking side by side.

However, Wang Long's face was gloomy, Yuan Zongdi frowned, and Li Guo was riding on a horse, his expression was a little dizzy.

"Why did it fail?" Until now, Li Guo still couldn't figure it out.

However, the fact of the fiasco was certain, and after the defeat of the siege in the morning, their whole army retreated to the camp, and then a rough count was made, and everyone was taken aback.

The loss of infantry reached fifteen hundred, the loss of the elite cavalry team was nearly two hundred, and the hungry soldiers were fed, and five or six hundred died.

Not to mention the hungry soldiers, the loss of the infantry and horse team made the thieves feel heartbroken.

You must know that the foot soldiers who came to Suining in their two camps are all only 4,000 people, even the number of people lost a few days ago, 4,000 foot soldiers, the loss has been more than half, especially the sword and shield hands in the inner group are 800, and there are not many people left.

There are also horse team elite cavalry, each of which is very precious, they came to Suining, and the horse team and elite cavalry are all 2,000 cavalry, counting the battle a few days ago, the loss has reached more than 200 cavalry, so this battle can no longer be fought.

Li Guo was actually a little unwilling, but Wang Lung had already roared at him unceremoniously.

Yuan Zongdi also advocated not to be rash and retreat quickly.

Li Guo was no longer reconciled, so he had to retreat with everyone.

In order to lighten the burden and improve the efficiency of the march, the seriously wounded inside, as well as more than 2,000 women, young and old, were all thrown away.

Their team coerced the hungry people, bringing more than 5,000 people from Suining, who had died or fled a few days ago, and more than 3,000 people, and selected 1,000 young and strong people as starving soldiers, and the remaining 2,000 women, old and young. At this time, it is regarded as a burden and all thrown away.

Some of these people have families who are hungry soldiers, and some hungry soldiers have family members of old and young, and before leaving, they call for heaven and earth, and they don't want to separate, and the thieves cut down a lot before they are honest.

Decided to go, so he left quickly, and returned to Lingbi in a day or two, so before the time, the thieves had lunch, hurriedly packed up, and left the camp of Hanzhuang and Sunzhuang.

However, if you want to embark on the official road from Suining to Lingbi, you must also turn from the West Gate to the South Gate and return the same way.

The hooves were covered with weeds and dust, and there were disgusting, numerous ponds of reeds, many of which were stagnant, and there was a foul smell in the sun.

Li Guo was sleepwalking on his horse, and he wondered, if he did it again, how would he deal with Yang He, who had killed a thousand knives?

Just thinking about it, suddenly a sentinel rushed over, saying that at the intersection of the trail and the official road ahead, the township of Suining was densely covered with shield cars, which seemed to have the intention of intercepting the army.

At the back of the team, they were also followed by a team of horses, plotting against them.

Li Guo was furious: "They still want to fight again? It's too much of a deception! ”

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Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, and Wang Long rushed up, and dozens of elite horsemen followed behind them, and a cloud of dust rose on the trail.

Soon, they were not far from the intersection of the trail and the official road, Li Guo and the others looked, sure enough, at the intersection to the north, about seventy or eighty steps later, parallel to the south polder wall, a large row of shield carts spread, placed on the official road, behind some pond reeds.

These shield carts seem to be light, and the shield carts used by the rebels during the siege of the city are too light, maybe only a few dozen catties, but the height of a person's shoulders is also quite thick, the fire preventer is not good, but the bow and arrow defense is more than enough.

In particular, there are hanging windows, but the position is only at the height of people squatting, this height, not to mention the useless direct shooting of bows and arrows, even if it is a firearm, it is difficult to hit the people behind the shield car.

At this time, Li Guo and the others looked behind the shield cart, and they couldn't see the figure over there at all, but after these days of fighting, Li Guo and the others knew that their guns with breech firearms must be hidden behind the shield cart. They all followed the perforations, aiming at everyone on this side.

Li Guo hated it, but Yuan Zongdi looked solemn, this kind of shield car, this kind of terrain, his bow and arrow are useless, it is difficult to say that the fire is hard, and it is extremely difficult to hit the artillery.

They cover it up like this, and although they can pass south, if all the men and horses go on the official road, they come from the rear and attack suddenly, and the consequences are unimaginable.

He called Sun Youdonkey's "Donkey Master" to ask, and when this lean and sturdy old bandit saw it, he exclaimed: "Back to the old masters, the heroes of my copper cottage attacked their military formation earlier, and Yang He, the talented man who killed a thousand knives, used this kind of shield car." They were squatting in two rows, and the brothers couldn't hit us, but they could hit us,...... The brothers are miserable, they have been beaten seven times......"

Yuan Zongdi's expression was even more solemn, Li Guo looked at it, and snorted: "You can send a horse team to rush up, there are only two shield carts on the official road, and they will disperse as soon as they rush." ”

Wang Long, who was thin and thin next to him and was dressed in red, said in a strange manner: "Master Li, the shield car next to the official road can also be beaten." Besides, they all have spears on their shield carts to resist horse pistols, not to mention that the horses are afraid, the official road is so narrow, shoulder to shoulder, they can only rush three or four horses. I'm afraid that our horse team will not be able to rush their shield carts after all the deaths. If I want to beat you, we won't accompany you. ”

After the fiasco, he was not polite to this "one tiger" that had been pleasing him, he said, and slowly sorted out the gray felt cloak he was wearing, and finally said: "We Lao Tzu said not to come to Suining, but to come to Suining, this is miserable, right?" Alas, consider yourself unlucky, and spend money to eliminate the disaster. ”

Li Guo's eyes flashed with anger, but he couldn't attack, Yuan Zongdi sighed: "Brother Li Guo, don't be rash, lest you be killed or injured in vain." ”

He looked at the shield cart over there and muttered, "Then Lian always shouldn't want to fight, he just wants some benefits, send someone to ask for the price." ”

Wang Lung immediately agreed, at this time, the relationship between the officers and soldiers and them was not a matter of life and death, and there was often a saying of "fighting a living battle."

At that time, Lu Xiangsheng commented: "Among the soldiers who came to the aid and suppression, only the Liao Ding under the command of Zu Dale and Zu Kuan was the strongest, and the most thieves were killed." "But the border army does not understand words, and every thief is killed, so there are many victories.

So Yuan Zongdi and the others discussed for a while, and then sent a horse soldier who could speak well to ask for the price.

The horseman rode over, about fifty paces away from the shield cart, and a horse from there also greeted him, and his riding skills were very vigorous, but it was Pei Pochuan.

They talked for a while, and then the horseman came back and said, "Go back to the three leading posts, and the head of Yang He Lian, and ask us for 200,000 taels of silver, 5,000 stone grain and rice, and 80 artillery pieces." Otherwise, he said that he would follow him all the way to Lingbi County. ”

Li Guo roared: "200,000 taels of silver, 5,000 stone grain and rice, and artillery, why didn't he grab it?" ”

Wang Lung pondered: "It's a bit expensive, but the price is good, it should be negotiable." ”

Yuan Zongdi said: "You asked, they didn't want our mules and horses?" ”

The horse soldier thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head: "I heard clearly, they didn't say it." ”

Yuan Zongdi and Wang Long glanced at each other and made a decision.

This price is actually within their psychological tolerance, and silver, grain, grass, and artillery are not what they value the most.

The most important thing for them is actually mules and horses.

In the camp of Cao Ying, the camps are more obtained, and the horses and mules are rewarded, the bow is second, the coin is second, and the pearl and jade are the next. exchanged useless silver for a safe retreat, and preserved his strength, even if the king heard it, he would also praise it and deal with it decently.

The price of grain and grass is only 5,000 stones, which is still less than their overall army of millions.

Many battalions encountered hard-boiled "live battles", and the amount of silver and grain and grass that was taken away was far more than that.

It looks like there is still a bargain here.

Artillery, too, is only a small cannon, as long as the gunner does not lose, and then break some cities, it will come back.

The most important thing is that the horses and mules are not lost, which is the root of their rogues.

This time they came to Suining, there were about 4,000 horses and mules, and to be honest, Yuan Zongdi and the others didn't want to lose any of them.

However, when they came to Suining, they only carried half a month's grain and grass, and "borrowed" grain everywhere, all of which only had 6,000 stones of grain and grass, and they had eaten more than 1,000 stones these days, and they had to eat it on the way back.

So Yuan Zongdi said to the horse soldier: "You go and bargain, we can pay for the road, but they ask for a high price." On our side, we can produce a maximum of 4,000 stone of grain and rice, and 150,000 taels of silver, beyond which we can only fight. But artillery can give them all. ”

The horse soldier went again, Li Guo just watched helplessly, in fact, the other party was coerced, and they also had a way to deal with it, that is, to use the horse team to ride behind, so that they were not afraid that the other party would come according to the official road.

It's just that this is impossible, they fight in the righteous army, and they have always been the first to run first in the old battalion, and they have never been behind in the baggage, and there has never been a reason for the old battalion to be delayed.

So in the current situation, Li Guo is helpless except for anger.

Soon the horsemen came back and said that Yang Helian had agreed, and they were now handing over the silver, grain, grass and artillery.

Artillery, especially grain and grass, fell behind the ranks, and people dragged oxen and pulled them, and countless vehicles, mules, donkeys, oxen, and other animals were transported, and they were thrown in the vicinity one by one, and were collected by the cavalry and sentinels on the west gate.

Silver, Yuan Zongdi and others brought some, some empty horses, one by one horse blankets, generally used to buy fine work, or to a certain place to "borrow" grain, and there is no grain and grass in the army, so they use silver to buy from the nearby fortified city and thick village.

Yuan Zongdi and others came to Suining and also brought some silver, but it was not much, only about 50,000 taels.

Fortunately, there is still a lot of silver on the fine cavalry soldiers, at this time, there is no "people can not pocket a gold" regulations such as breaking into the camp, usually laying down the city, there are often silver pearls and jade rewards down, so each riding jacket, there are generally dozens of taels of silver, a hundred taels.

There are even two or three hundred taels of silver in some fine riding jackets.

Let them give out the silver, each of them take out fifty or sixty taels, but Yuan Zongdi made it clear that after returning to the camp in Lingbi County, the soldiers and horses who gave the silver would be returned twice as much.

It's a matter of whether you can leave quickly, and you will have double your income after you go back, so not only the horsemen are fine, but also many foot soldiers are out of silver.

Soon, the 150,000 taels of silver for the road were prepared, and the silver ingots were piled up, and they were transported to the vicinity of the west gate one by one, and they were also collected by the cavalry there.

In the end, Yang He's side got the news, the silver and goods were in order, and the artillery was in place, and they slowly retreated to the south gate under the cover of their shield carts, and finally the heavy polder gate was closed.

Li Guo looked at it hatefully, and couldn't help but say: "It's really a poor ghost, the officers and soldiers of Suining County are too poor, and with a little silver, they have to fight for their lives." ”

Wang Lung was also relieved when he saw that the shield cart was far away, and said disdainfully: "Indeed, a group of hillbillies have never seen the world. ”

Yuan Zongdi sighed and said, "Let's go, go to Hongxian and other places to have a look, maybe you can cross the Huai River and see all the prefectures and counties on the south bank." ”

Soon, they departed, with the elite cavalry in front, their hooves rumbling, stirring up a large cloud of dust on the official road.

However, Li Guo galloped, but couldn't help but turn back frequently, when Yang He rode away, he saw his eyes, calm breath, seemed to be burning with flames, and his eyes seemed to be unscrupulous, full of coldness and ruthlessness.

There is also an inexplicable taste.

That kind of terrible eyes and high-spirited demeanor, even after many years, Li Guo can't forget it.

He will always remember this day, and he will probably never forget it for the rest of his life.

In the end, they disappeared into the official road, whether they were horses or baggage.

Only a corpse remained, and the places where it passed were depopulated.