Fortunately, Dian Wei, who accompanied the guards, was quick and copied Cao Cao. Dian Wei carried Cao Cao behind him and quickly left the battlefield. Cao Jun suddenly lost his main general, and he no longer had the determination to continue fighting. Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren hurriedly gathered Cao's army, slowly retreated, and retreated to the camp.

When He Xian arrived, the battle of Zhongmu had come to an end, and the Zhongmu fire had long been extinguished. The Yuan Cao coalition army withdrew to the camp, and the camp of the Nanyang army was full of holes, and it was better to rebuild it than to repair it. Jia Xu decided to move all the things that could be used in the camp to Zhongmu City. The houses in Zhongmu City were all burned down, but the city walls could still be used, especially relying on the city walls to build new camps, and the defense ability was much stronger than in the wilderness. And the people of Zhongmu City, fortunately, Wen Ping moved all the people to the area west of the Tiger Prison Pass to settle down before the war, otherwise, after the war, the most tragic people are probably these innocent people.

The Battle of Zhongmu was the heaviest casualty in the history of the Nanyang Army.

Zhang Liao's 15,000 flying cavalry killed more than 2,000 people, more than 2,000 people who were seriously injured and could not continue the battle, and more than 4,000 people with large and small wounds. The heavy cavalry was the worst, all 500 people were killed in the battle, and none of them were spared. Even the entire set of weapons and armor was only recovered from more than 350 sets, and more than 100 sets were estimated to have been taken away by Yuan Jun.

As the main force of this defensive battle, more than 4,000 Nanyang infantry soldiers died, more than 5,000 were seriously injured, and the remaining 10,000 people also had colors, but the size and severity of the wounds were unjust. Fortunately, the medical team of the Nanyang Army has been in charge of treating the seriously wounded in the camp, otherwise the death toll would have increased by at least fifty percent.

Wei Yan's Fucha Army was considered to have suffered the lightest casualties, except for the 5,000 soldiers led by Pang De at the beginning who were killed and wounded when they disguised themselves as grain transport teams, the Fucha Army has always been on high alert, but there is no real actual combat. Because the Yuan Cao coalition army did not choose to attack the more defensive Zhongmu City, but chose the Nanyang battalion, which was easier to attack.

After counting, plus the 4,000 flying cavalry and 4,000 Nanyang infantry brought back by He Xian, the Nanyang army now has 10,000 flying cavalry troops that can fight, 28,000 Fucha soldiers, and 15,000 Nanyang infantry soldiers hired by Wen, a total of 53,000 people. The first battle of Zhongmu was equivalent to the loss of three and a half layers of soldiers and horses.

Seeing the tragic situation of the Nanyang Army, He Xian's good mood after burning the black nest all disappeared. What's more serious is that enough grain and grass for 100,000 people and horses to eat for a month was burned in the Zhongmu fire, which made He Xian heartbroken. Jia Xu is ruthless, not only to the enemy, but also to his own people. A city of bread and grass! said that it would be burned, no wonder Yuan Shao would be desperate, even He Xian realized what despair was......

At this time, Jia Xu sneaked over and pulled He Xian, who was in a bad mood, to the front of a huge ruin. Before this area was burned down, it was supposed to be the area where the gentry of the Zhongmu City family lived, and the whole area was full of brick and wood ruins that had not been completely burned. Wei Yan personally led three thousand Fucha soldiers to clean up the ruins in full swing.

"What does this mean, could it be that there are countless gold and silver treasures buried under this ruin?" He Xian sarcastically said with a displeased face.

Jia Xu pretended to be surprised: "The lord is really a god!" Beneath the ruins, there are really countless treasures buried! ”

"Stop! In the land of the four wars in Zhongmu, the people are so poor that they are innocent, where is the gold and silver treasure for you to scrape? I also had to write to Feng Xiao and ask him to urgently dispatch 50,000 loads of military rations to Yangzhai City, and our army's existing grain stocks would not last long. You have to hurry up and arrange a breakout! He Xian replied with an irritated face.

Jia Xu grabbed He Xian and said mysteriously: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient!" Isn't it 50,000 quintals of military rations? Later, you will be able to see several times more than 50,000 quintals of military rations! ”

Jia Xu is not a vexatious person, He Xian suddenly realized that Jia Xu's current performance is very abnormal, and then carefully thought about the meaning of Jia Xu's words: "Treasure...... Military rations ......"

"Mo is not the so-called treasure of the military division, it is the military ration!" He Xian suddenly reacted.

Jia Xu laughed. This is, Wei Yan also cleared out a swarthy hole, and ran over to ask Jia Xu and He Xian, and asked the two of them to take a look.

When He Xian saw Jia Xu's reaction, he knew that he had guessed eight or nine. It turned out that Jia Wenhe hid the military rations of Zhongmu City underground!

During the garrison of Zhongmu, Wei Yan's more than 20,000 Fucha troops obtained Jia Xu's dense forest and dug a tunnel to connect Zhongmu City and Nanyang Daying. The purpose is to make Wei Yan's floating chacha army quickly reach the Nanyang camp through the tunnel to support in an emergency!

As the battle progressed, Jia Xu was keenly aware of the discord among the Yuan and Cao coalition forces. Compared to Cao Cao's attempt to firmly defeat the Nanyang army and kill and injure the living forces of the Nanyang army, Yuan Shao's thoughts were obviously much more complicated. Since Yuan Shao defeated the Nanyang army, he still wanted to properly preserve his strength, and if the grain and grass of Wuchao were destroyed, Yuan Shao also wanted to take the grain and grass of the Nanyang army for his own use...... After speculating on Yuan Shao's complicated intentions, Jia Xu decided to change the use of the tunnel. Wei Yan was ordered to transfer all the grain and grass in Zhongmu City to the tunnel, and then cover it with the ruins of the houses. In the Nanyang military camp, Jia Xu also ordered the Nanyang sergeant to seal the entrance of the tunnel with mud. Then Wei Yan was ordered to burn Zhongmu City, and Yuan Shao's idea of snatching grain was eliminated. At the same time, put on a posture of "either you die or I die" to force Yuan Shao to fight a decisive battle!

Sure enough, Yuan Shaozhong didn't dare to die, and chose to form a formation to defend himself. As soon as Yuan Shao retreated, it would be difficult for Cao Cao's army to break through the Nanyang camp.

After listening to Jia Xu's retelling of the battle of Zhongmu, He Xian couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for the Nanyang army.

"What if Yuan Shao didn't win the plan and chose to win or lose in a battle?" He Xian asked Jia Xu.

Jia Xu said: "Then our army may not be defeated!" Even if he was defeated, Yuan Shao would not be able to find the military rations underground. Without food, the Yuan Cao coalition army still struggled to move an inch. ”

"But there's a good chance you'll die in the chaos!" He Xian reminded.

"The way of the battlefield is ever-changing, who can say that it is foolproof and long-lived? Since you have become the commander of an army, you must have the consciousness of sacrificing your life at any time. Jia Xu is afraid of death, so he is extremely ruthless to others and to himself. Please forgive me for what you have passed! Jia Xu also understands that his plan this time is a bit big, and it is very likely that he will bury the Nanyang Army's family. But what Jia Xu did was for the long-term consideration of the Nanyang Army, without a trace of selfishness, so he had a clear conscience.