After the Zhao army withdrew from the battlefield, the sporadic resistance gradually fell silent. The Liangzhou soldiers, whether they laid down their weapons or resisted, were all killed according to the order. Under Han Ning's military order not to leave prisoners, even the soldiers of the Zhao army who were still struggling at the moment would turn into corpses that fell to the ground and bled for a long time in the next moment.

The battle is almost over. The elites of Liangzhou began to light torches and clean up the battlefield in the gradually dark night. Seeing this, Li Yanzhao sent a team of sentry horses to the valley to act as a guard for the army. Less than half an hour later, the sentry sent people back to deliver the news, and the remnants of the Zhao army had fled far away from the valley and fled to a distance of twenty miles from Jincheng County. The Xiongnu generals cleaned up the remnants and were already logging and setting up a village.

Li Yanzhao, who got the news, reported the news to Zuo Du Hu Han Ning. Han Ning looked at the deepening night, but sighed. Youyou said: "It's too late at this time. It's not easy to fight at night, so let's stop attacking. ”

Of course, Li Yanzhao himself thinks that this is a good time to chase after the poor. However, he also knows that in this era, it is not easy to fight at night. The organization and scheduling between the various departments is a big problem, not to mention that under the conditions of night battles, there is no command flag at all, and you can only command with the sound of golden drums. And in the night melee, the dogs and teeth of the enemy and the enemy are intertwined, and it is not at all possible to show the commander the battlefield situation very intuitively.

Therefore, it can be said that it was also a wise move for Han Ning to give up on pursuing the remnants of the enemy army after nightfall.

However, Li Yanzhao's mind turned carefully, and he still decided that even if the main general Han Ning decided not to attack, he would never let the remnants of the defeated Zhao army live so comfortably. So he stepped forward and hugged his fists and asked Han Ning for his life: "At this time, the Zhao army is newly defeated, has no foundation, and has an unstable foothold. Even if we do not attack and annihilate them, we can take advantage of the fact that they have not yet gained a foothold to attack and harass their troops and make them exhausted. The last general specially asked Du to allow me to lead my troops to attack and harass the enemy. ”

Hearing this, Han Ning pinched his chin with his right hand and thought for a while, and then asked, "Can your department detect where the enemy's rear team is?" ”

"The sentinels under the command of the humble post have found out that there are about more than 10,000 people in the rear of the enemy army, mainly Qiang warriors. Camp in the mountains a hundred miles away. Our sentry is still monitoring it, and if it makes any changes, it will be reported. ”

When Han Ning heard this, he nodded, and then said, "Since this is the case, your department will go on its own." Don't be greedy. Although the enemy's forward has suffered a small setback, its main force is still there, and it is not something that your troops can determine overnight. ”

Li Yanzhao lowered his head, clenched his fists and said lightly: "Du Hu advises, and the last general will keep it in mind." After that, he turned around and went back to gather his cavalry, and found Sima in the army, and asked for some gongs, trumpets and other things. The bamboo whistle is also a piece of hand, and it is threaded with a rope and hung around the neck of each horseman.

Li Yanzhao sent another person to the camp on the north bank and drove the rotating war horses of his headquarters here. When the battle was raging at the valley mouth, Li Yanzhao's troops entered and exited through the formation, and after several bloody battles, the horses were already exhausted. At this time, if you still barely control these horses, it is obvious that they will not last.

Taking advantage of the short time of leisure, Li Yanzhao gathered his subordinates and cavalry, and then counted them by the leaders of each team and the leaders of each team, but the casualties were surprising to him.

After the count, there are now less than 260 of the 300 people. Excluding the two Zhao armies that went to monitor the two Zhao armies and the sentry cavalry scattered and sent out to guard, there were only about two hundred and eighty people. Among them, many of the cavalry fought with minor injuries. The cavalry battalion is now full of 360 men, and after this battle, the number of cavalry soldiers in the headquarters who were killed or seriously wounded was close to 100.

Although Li Yanzhao worked hard to urge the soldiers of all departments to step up their training on the school field, there were still so many cavalry soldiers killed on this battlefield. couldn't help but make Li Yanzhao feel heartache. The weakness of the Guangwu cavalry's lack of combat formation training is also undoubtedly revealed here.

Li Yanzhao, who was thinking deeply, saw a group of dozens of cavalry soldiers with different uniforms slowly walking towards him, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked closely, but found that this cavalry was the Longxi cavalry rescued in the previous encirclement.

As soon as the war ended, Li Yanzhao had already sent two cavalry soldiers to send the injured and unconscious Feng Ding to Guangwu County for treatment.

All this is in the eyes of the Longxi cavalry. Li Yanzhao went out to fight against the order before, decisively attacked the encirclement of the Zhao army's infantry and the Xiongnu cavalry, and bravely rescued their remnants and Feng Ding from the danger, and they had already heard of it from the Liangzhou cavalry beside them.

Therefore, these Longxi horsemen are now grateful to Li Yanzhao. If there is no such person desperately to save him, if he is half a minute late, the only remaining people will have to be buried in the chaos. Not to mention General Feng Ding, who is almost certain to die.

The group of Longxi cavalry, at this time under the leadership of one of the generals, rode slowly to Li Yanzhao and Guangwu cavalry, and then the general Zuo turned over and dismounted, a cadre of Longxi cavalry also followed the turn over and dismounted, more than 20 people were clenched fists and knocked on the ground, and the leading general Zuo said respectfully: "General Feng of the Longxi Army led a hundred people to Tao Heng, and led 26 Longxi cavalry, willing to drive for General Li!" ”

Tao Heng's voice fell, and more than 20 cavalry soldiers behind him said in unison: "I am willing to drive for General Li!" Although their voices were not very loud, there was an undeniable firmness between the words. This resolute attitude made Li Yanzhao, who was unexpected, panicked.

Li Yanzhao turned over and dismounted, hurriedly stepped forward to help Tao Heng, and then said in a calm voice: "The athletes of Longshang have defected here, but they have forced you to wait for a hard battle, which is not what we want, but the situation is like this, it is really a last resort. Please forgive me for the please. Now that you are so sleepy, how can you be driven again? Please take the brothers under his command to repair it by themselves. ”

Li Yanzhao bluntly said that he didn't want these soldiers who were fighting hard to go with him anymore, but at this time, in Tao Heng's ears, he was even more moved, he was helped up by Li Yanzhao just now, but at this time he clenched his fists and knocked on the ground: "Just now, we have invited the general of Handu to protect the general." All of them allowed us to be assigned to General Li's command and went with the general. Please don't give up on the generals! ”

Li Yanzhao heard Tao Heng's resolute attitude, and his heart of war was fully revealed, and he sighed in his heart, and no longer forced these Longxi horsemen to rest, and after struggling to help Tao Heng up, Li Yanzhao said: "Tao Bairen will wait for a while, I have ordered my subordinates to drive the horses forward, and the strong men will rest for a while, and then go out after I wait for the change of horses." ”

When Tao Heng heard this, he knew that Li Yanzhao had allowed them to attack the Zhao army with the Guangwu cavalry, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him: "General Gaoyi." Thanks to the general's refusal to give up, we are willing to fight to the death for the forerunner! Tao Heng was both surprised and happy at this time, so his words were also loud and sonorous.

When Li Yanzhao heard this, he smiled and said: "Captain Tao Bairen doesn't have to be anxious, I'm waiting to go, not to find Zhao Jun to fight to the death, and listen to me and you slowly." ”

Holding Tao Heng's shoulders and walking to the side, Li Yanzhao then turned his head to the middle of the formation and said, "Liu Jiwu, order your brothers to bring some dry food and water, so that the brothers under Tao Bairen's command can have a full meal!" ”

Tao Heng originally wanted to make this small request to Li Yanzhao, but the Longxi pawns had run out of food yesterday, and they had been fighting bloodily for a long time. If there is no more food, I am afraid that it will not be able to support it. At this time, when he heard Li Yanzhao's order, he saw a sword-eyed general in the cavalry team turn around and give an order. At his command, a group of horsemen around him untied the bags of dry food that were tied to their waists or carried cross-legged over their shoulders.

Soon after, the Longxi cavalry on the side all got a good amount of dry food. The Liangzhou cavalry also untied their water bags from their waists and handed them to them. Tao Heng also got a share, and at this time, he was holding the dry and hard Hu cake in his hand and munching it heavily, chewing a few times, and then brought the kettle handed over by Li Yanzhao to his mouth and poured it down.

Looking at Tao Heng sitting on the ground and gobbling up, only stuffing his two cheeks high, and then drinking water and chewing and swallowing hard, Li Yanzhao couldn't help but smile, and then moved slightly in front of Tao Heng, and said: "Tao Bairen don't have to be anxious, and eat slowly." ”

Tao Heng swallowed the Hu cake, and made a muffled sound in his mouth, and then he reached into the dry food bag with his right hand stained with mud and dried blood, grabbed a handful of fried soybeans and stuffed it into his mouth, and then took Li Yanzhao's water bladder, chewed it a few times, made a gurgling sound, and brought the water bladder to his mouth, poured it down, and with a burst of up and down in his throat, Tao Heng, who took the kettle away, wiped his mouth with his right hand full of mud and blood, and then let out a satisfied sigh.