Li Yanzhao deeply felt what it means to "plan can't catch up with changes". Originally, he crossed the river this time to eradicate this enemy cavalry that repeatedly attacked his sentinels. However, because of the premature encounter between oneself and the enemy, it was limited by the backward communication conditions of this era. The plan to encircle and annihilate this enemy cavalry eventually came to naught.

When Liu and Shao led the cavalry to rush to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy cavalry, they only saw the man led by Li Yanzhao sitting on the grass. Tired and running for most of the night, I experienced a life-and-death struggle that was thrilling and dangerous, but quite physically exhausting. The horsemen, both men and horses, were exhausted.

The cavalry led by Liu and Shao also ran around for most of the night, and the horsepower was already poor. Presumably, even if they kept chasing after them at this time, they would definitely not be able to catch up with the enemy sentry that had been withdrawn for a long time.

did not complete the set mission objectives, which can't help but make the two teams feel regretful. After resting for a little half the night, when the sky was light, they got up again, divided into several small teams, and went forward for dozens of miles to search for the enemy cavalry team that had fled last night, but found nothing.

Although the search for the enemy cavalry team found nothing, Shao Lei, who had gone out to the bank of Taoshui, conveyed a major news to Li Yanzhao after returning: The Qiang army on the bank of the Taoshui River had set up camp.

When Li Yanzhao heard this, he immediately got up calmly and asked Shao Lei in detail about the whereabouts of the Diqiang army and other information. Shao Lei replied like a stream, saying that after the Qiang army pulled out the camp, it was indeed from the river valley to the upstream, which was the road to the east, and there was no intention of going north.

Even so, Shao Lei was still not at ease, and when he returned to report, he also left two cavalry guards near Taoshui to monitor the movements of the Diqiang army, and ordered him to report immediately whenever the situation changed.

After listening to Shao Lei's arrangement, Li Yanzhao was also satisfied. When he first became the commander of the hundreds, this Shao Lei still contradicted himself in public, and he didn't want to think that now, even this chief, who was quite unruly in his eyes at the beginning, has grown into a rough and fine cavalry leader. Li Yanzhao couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Since the plan to encircle and annihilate the enemy's sentry cavalry failed to materialize, Li Yanzhao sat down, looked at the military map he had drawn on the ground, and then thought about it for a while, and made arrangements for the next affairs of his side.

First, to reconnoiter the movements of all Chen An's subordinate troops in the Longxi area of Henan. Second, each reconnaissance cavalry squad is led by a commander or above. Wherever you go, be sure to draw a detailed map. Third, the sentinels came out in all directions, and in addition to the reconnaissance and mapping, they paid attention to finding the remains of the generals of the Chen team and the Lin team who had died here before. In addition, he also assigned Liu Jiwu to send a person to send the wounded Zhang Xing back to the camp for treatment.

After getting the arrangement of the new task from the 100 captains, these captains led the orders one after another. Li Yanzhao also got up, led Cao Jian's men and horses, and began to find a temporary station for his cavalry.

Zhao Duwei's sharp soldiers had contacted before, and after learning the news that the enemy sentry had fled, they did not come again. Li Yanzhao sent someone to contact him again and suggested that Zhao Duwei's troops withdraw first. After all, the plan of encirclement and suppression has failed. Now that he is carrying out the reconnaissance and other tasks, it is obvious that he is not the head of the infantry led by Zhao Duwei.

Zhao Duwei soon replied that his troops would withdraw to the north bank in batches, but they would still stay on the north bank for a few days. Let Li Yanzhao just send someone to seek support if there is an emergency.

After Li Yanzhao settled down on the business, he led his men and horses to settle down in the temporary station he had just found, which was a slightly flat half-hillside, lush with vegetation, concealment and good vision. There are also several caves near the left, which can be used as a place for the garrison to rest. At the foot of the mountain there is a mountain stream that flows into the river in the distance. Li Yanzhao personally checked it, and the water quality was still good, which was a good choice for a temporary camp.

The horsemen led the horses to drink water and graze near the mountain stream. At this time, it was not long after the beginning of spring, and the grass and trees were still not green. But it can't be done. Li Yanzhao's horse was physically exhausted yesterday, and the horse's hip was hit by another arrow. Later, although the arrow was taken out and the wound medicine was put on to raise it, it was not suitable to ride again at this time.

After the people were settled, they went out in search of firewood, prepared hay and other things, and built shelter in the cave. It didn't take long for the caves to be in good order. The cavalry who went out to scout the sentry could use these caves as shelter when they returned.

Yishi cavalry was in full swing, and even Li Yanzhao was holding a sharp blade, went to the mountains and forests to cut a handful of dead branches, and carried them back to the cave. Just as he was about to go again, he heard that not far away, Cao Jian, who had climbed to the tree as a guard, blew the bamboo whistle in his mouth. One short and three long whistles should be the return of the horsemen who have gone out.

Li Yanzhao walked out of the cave and followed Cao Jian's police post to look down the mountain. In the middle of the valley, a team of horsemen, about a dozen men and horses, came in a circle. Squinted, the leader was actually the new cavalry leader Shao Lei.

What made Li Yanzhao a little puzzled was that none of these horsemen were riding horses. All of them are leading the horse. On horseback, it seems that people are still lying flat. Seeing this, Li Yanzhao was anxious, and hurriedly spread his legs and ran towards the cavalry team in the valley.

When he got closer, he saw the horseman, carrying a headless corpse on his horseback. The armor is incomplete, but looking at the color of his clothes, he looks like a sergeant of the Guangwu Army.

Shao Lei, who was in the lead, saw Li Yanzhao rushing towards him and got closer. Shao Lei has already hugged his fists as a salute: "The captain of a hundred people, his subordinates are fortunate not to be dishonored, and the remains of Tongze, who died in the previous battle, have been recovered." The words were choked with sadness, and the headless corpses on the back of the ten horses in front of him made Li Yanzhao feel a sour nose and tears.

I saw that I was still getting along day and night before, but now I have been separated by yin and yang. Even after death, these subordinates did not even leave their entire corpses. Li Yanzhao couldn't control his emotions anymore, and suddenly burst into tears.

When Shao Lei saw this scene, he couldn't control his emotions, the tall and strong, like an iron tower, suddenly knelt on the ground and cried. Many of the horsemen behind him were also in tears. In this small valley, with the return of this horseman, there was suddenly a lot of mourning.

Li Yanzhao forcibly suppressed the sad emotions in his heart, and then stepped forward and patted Shao Lei on the shoulder, signaling to go up the mountain first, and then make a plan.

Shao Lei choked and nodded. Then, wiping away tears, he led the horse and continued to walk up the mountain. The cavalry also suppressed their grief and followed Li Yanzhao and Shao Lei towards the mountain.

The horses carried the remains on their backs, and it was inconvenient to go up the mountain. Li Yanzhao had already beckoned Cao Jian and the others, removed the remains from their horses, and carried them up the mountain. Then Shao Lei's cavalry carefully led the horse and walked towards the mountain.

There were eleven corpses in total, all of which were headless. Li Yanzhao personally led Cao Jian and others to carry these remains into the cave. It is placed on a mat made of hay. After thinking about it, he sent Liao Rulong back to the north bank quickly, looking for Zhao Duwei, and asking him to buy twenty coffins and transport them here for the purpose of collecting the remains of the fallen soldiers.

The remains were all headless, and identification was undoubtedly a problem. Don't talk about any distant DNA identification at the moment, that is, there is not even an identity tag.

After thinking about it, Li Yanzhao still decided that these remains would be identified by the rest of the soldiers who were also in the same team. The matter now is undoubtedly to clean up the bodies of these former Tongze. He ordered Cao Jian to lead his cavalry to fetch water from the mountain stream with his own bowls and basins of water bladders, and then scrubbed the dirt on the corpses of these Tongze.

Seeing this, Shao Lei, the new team leader on the side, also spontaneously led his subordinates to fetch water together, and then returned to the cave to wash away the dust and dirt of these Tongze who had been separated by yin and yang.

Due to the season, the bodies did not decay. The people carefully removed the clothes from each corpse, and then carefully scrubbed the corpse. Due to the beheading shortly after his death, he lost too much blood in his body, so there were no obvious corpse spots. Except for the corpse, which was still partially stiff, the skin was as smooth as ever, except that the blood had been drained and the complexion was slightly pale.

And when the sun was sinking in the west, the horsemen who had gone out returned one after another. Li Yanzhao summoned the chiefs of each branch and came to the cave where the remains were displayed to identify the corpses. Under the faint light of a torch, the elders who came to the cave saw the eleven bodies placed in the cave. Each of them grieved, needless to say.

Soon, the elders were able to identify nine of the bodies. The two bodies that were disputed were twin sons. The body size or something, it's almost exactly the same. It undoubtedly made it difficult for everyone.

Li Yanzhao took the clay and paper and wrote the names of the nine undisputed remains. After that, the two bodies that had the controversy were not moved again, and they planned to be transported back to the camp and asked their families to come and identify them at a later date.

Zhao Duwei, who received Li Yanzhao's request, did not let Li Yanzhao wait too long. At dawn the next day, dozens of subordinates were sent to cross the river and bring 20 coffins that were made overnight for Li Yanzhao. Li Yanzhaoguan saw those coffins, although they were a little simpler, they were obviously made by soldiers in the army who were proficient in carpenter's craftsmanship, but they finally gave the sacrificed Tongze a place to live.

The eleven robes who were killed were packed into coffins, and the team that led the team to deliver the coffins was entrusted to escort the heroic souls home. Li Yanzhao personally led Cao Jian's subordinate cavalry to escort them all the way to the river, and looked at a few ferries returning to the other side of the river, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.