The old tuyere, which is seven miles away from Tulong Liangzi, is Atai's camp.

At this time, Atai was slowly patrolling the camp with the butler and Anda.

Looking at the large pile of corpses in the corner of the camp, listening to the howls of the wounded soldiers from time to time, Atai's heart couldn't help but twitch.

The 60,000 elites of the Nailin tribe were almost wiped out in the Red Mountain, and only 7,000 escaped.

This time, almost all the young men in the Atai tribe brought it.

But in just two days, nearly 20,000 people have been lost.

Now, Atai felt like he was in a desperate situation.

Having paid such a big price and still hasn't defeated Jia Min, this makes Atai feel confused.

I crisscrossed the grassland for more than 20 years before I reunited the Mogu people, I thought that I could go south this time and take the opportunity to enter the Central Plains, but I didn't expect that before I started, I was hit hard here by Jia Min.

Now, the elite of his tribe has almost been lost, let alone going south to the Central Plains in the future, it is difficult to say whether other tribes within the Mogu people will listen to their own words.

When he withdrew his troops just now, the chief of the Hala tribe, Hataro, looked very unfriendly when he met him.

In addition to these allies, there is another thing that also worries Atai.

That is, when I go back in the future, how to explain to the elders of my tribe.

They handed over the children of the tribe to him, and as a result, these children all died, and the vitality of the tribe was greatly damaged, not only the young and strong labor of the tribe in the future was gone, but more seriously, without these warriors, the name of the first tribe of Nailin was gone. Other tribes may even have taken the opportunity to divide up Narin.

Just when Atay was in a state of distress, several other tribal chiefs arrived.

When I entered the camp and saw Atai, I didn't squeak, and went directly into the yurt. Apparently very dissatisfied with Atai.

"Great Chief, they're all here, let's go in."

And Anda reminded.

There is no need to tell Anda, Atai has already seen it, sighed, and entered the yurt.

"Chiefs, I have come to you to discuss what to do next."

"Great Chief Atai, you have always presided over this matter, we have listened to you before, what are your plans now?"

It was Hataro of the Hala tribe who spoke, and he said it very politely, and he didn't look respectful at all.

The 10,000 people who were annihilated in the Liangshui River before were his people. This time he brought nearly 20,000 more people, and now there are more than 4,000 casualties.

Such a heavy loss made him very annoyed, so he had a lot of resentment towards Atai.

"Yes, Grand Chief Atai, didn't you say before that there were no reinforcements for Gamin? Why did they come out for reinforcements today? You said he didn't have any firearms, why are there so many firearms today? ”

The Zamuduo of the Hulin tribe is also full of resentment.

"Don't be anxious, two chiefs, for though we have been frustrated for a moment, the eagle sometimes flies lower than the chicken. Although Jia Min has not been annihilated yet, he does not have many men left. With a little effort, we can defeat him in one fell swoop. ”

"Atai, we naturally want to defeat him, but, after two days of fighting, we have lost our troops and almost nothing to gain, so you say, how can we defeat him?"

Hataro looked impatient.

Atai couldn't help but feel a wave of resentment in his heart.

Good you hataro, you used to see me, and you wanted to kneel down and lick my riding boots, but now you dare to talk to me like this.

If it weren't for the fact that the vitality of the Nalin tribe was greatly injured now, I would have been able to do anything about you, and I would have slaughtered you with a knife and thrown it out to feed the wolves.

"Although we have some losses, but Jia Min also has losses, he doesn't have many people, as long as we add more soldiers and horses, we can defeat Jia Min."

"Great Chief Atai, we also want to increase our troops, but there are no more soldiers and horses in the tribe, so why don't you have more people from Nailin?"

Zamudo obviously didn't want to be out of the way.

"Great Chief Atai, even if he is out of the woods, what can he do? Jia Min still has tens of thousands of people, if we kill him all, we won't have many people left? Will the Tianshun Imperial Court fulfill its promise in the future? ”

"Atai, Hataro has a point. I think you are in the Tianshun court. They told us to fight to the death with Jia Min, and both sides were defeated, so they relieved themselves and wiped out us and Jia Min again. ”

Zamudo's argument is not new, and they had thought of this possibility when they were discussing it together.

It's just that they all thought at that time that they were sure to defeat Jia Min quickly, so they knew that the imperial court might have this intention, so they still accepted the conditions of the imperial court.

Now there are twists and turns, and Zamuduo is talking about this matter, but he is just pushing the responsibility on Atai.

"Chiefs, I have an idea, I wonder if you'd like to hear it?"

He Anda has not spoken, just thinking about how to solve the tricky situation in front of him.

After two days of fierce fighting, not only did Jia Min not be defeated, but suffered heavy losses.

Now that Jia Min has firearms and reinforcements, it will be even more difficult to defeat Jia Min in the future.

Even if he tried his best to defeat Jia Min, Mo Gu would not be able to compete with the Tianshun Imperial Court in the future, and in the next step, the imperial court would turn its hand to deal with the Mo Gu people.

"And Anda, what do you have in mind, tell me quickly."

Atay was a little impatient.

"Let's make peace with Jia Min."

"Peace talks? And Anda, you're right? He killed so many of our children, and he wanted to make peace with him? ”

"Yes, it's peace talks. Now Jia Min is besieged by us, and he is also badly injured and exhausted. If he tries to defeat us, he will end up with no one. Even if you are lucky enough to escape, you can't escape the hands of the court in the end. ”

"And Anda, we all know this, but will Jia Min make peace with us?"

"Then it's up to us to give him what benefits."

"What good can we do him?"

Hataro was still puzzled.

"We can give him Tianshun's country."

"Jiangshan? And Anda, what exactly do you mean? Let's get it straight. ”

And Anda glanced at Zamudo, his heart full of contempt.

This idiot, I've talked about it, and I don't understand it yet.

"We cooperated with Jia Min to overthrow the Tianshun court and make Jia Min the emperor, and then Jia Min gave us the benefits that Tianshun promised us. Let him divide the world equally with us. ”

"Hahaha, and Anda, this is a good idea, but will Jia Min agree?"

"He is also in internal and external difficulties now, you might as well talk about it, if he doesn't agree, it's not too late to fight."

This account, a few chiefs will naturally calculate.

At this time, they have already been difficult to ride the tiger, if this plan can be successful, it can be regarded as achieving the goal of sealing the king and tearing the soil.

As for who is the emperor in the Central Plains, it is actually not that important. As long as you can get what you want, who cares who is the emperor.

After discussing together for a while, they reached an agreement and decided to temporarily truce today and negotiate with Jia Min tomorrow.

Taking advantage of the truce, Jia Minjun began to bury the pot and cook, which was the first meal of the day.

The food brought before has been almost consumed. Later, some grain was seized in the battles of Hongmiaozi and Xishuitang, and there were a large number of dead and wounded war horses, so there was no shortage of food at present.

At present, the biggest problem is actually mainly in heating.

It turned out that the charcoal brought with me was getting less and less. The sea buckthorn trees around Tulonggangzi have been cut down.

Although it was cold during the day, there was no fire, and the purpose was to save the limited charcoal for use at night.

Today's battle damage has been counted.

On the side of the Beihai Volunteers, more than 600 people died, more than 100 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and more than 800 were slightly injured.

So far, the 3rd and 4th Brigades of the Beihai Volunteer Army have reduced their strength from nearly 8,000 at the time of departure to nearly 2,000 people, and the battle loss rate is as high as a quarter.

It is not only this ratio that is distressing, but also because of the loss of highly qualified, experienced middle and senior commanders in this battle.

In just this morning's battle, Jia Zhi and Chen Yetong were lost.

They are not only high-ranking officers in the Volunteer Army, but also the core children of the Jia family and the Chen family.

The losses of the cavalry in South and North Vendura were also heavy, even worse than those of the Volunteer Army.

Compared with the departure from Bukui, the current attrition has been reduced by nearly a third.

Such battle losses are not only a direct decline in combat effectiveness, but also have a huge negative impact on the morale of living soldiers.

The return of Chang'an's reinforcements and Shi Liu is of great significance for reversing the tide of today's war.

The soldiers had a brief period of excitement and strong anticipation for their arrival. However, when they knew that only 2,000 people from Chang'an had come, and that it was the Guangfu Army that was not strong in combat, and Shi Liu did not bring much ammunition, people's excitement was gone.

Fortunately, knowing that someone was delivering ammunition, it made the soldiers feel a little hopeful.

For the Beihai Volunteer Army, Jia Min is still confident.

This is a team that he personally trained, and since the day it was formed, it has been marked by him, and it has been a tough battle, and basically it is more with less.

The tenacity of this team is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

However, the cavalry of North and South Windula is different.

It's not that they lack fighting spirit and poor quality. Rather, it is determined by the nature of an army.

They are all tribal armed forces, both soldiers and civilians, producing in peacetime and fighting in wartime. Although the military quality of the individual is good, it is not a professional army like the Volunteer Army.

The biggest feature of tribal armament is that when fighting a favorable battle, the more you fight, the stronger you become, and you can give full play to your personal ability.

However, when fighting against the wind, especially when there is no hope of victory for a while, their fighting spirit can easily collapse.

Once the morale collapses, even the officers can't control the army, and it is easy to stage a big rout and flee for their lives.

Even in such a lonely situation where there is no future for individuals to flee for their lives, they will choose to flee in order to escape the immediate threat.

Although this has not yet happened, if the fighting like the two days were to occur again, such a major rout is likely to occur.

In fact, the performance of the Wendula cavalry this time has exceeded Jia Min's expectations, and he is already very satisfied.

However, this does not mean that there will be no problems in the future.

It was under these circumstances that Jia Min convened a meeting of the officers to discuss future military operations.