Chapter 67: A Brief Silence

Victory is in sight, maybe when Zhang Quan and they rushed to Zhan County, the battle in Zhan County may have stopped, there are no scruples, the mood is relaxed, and I don't feel that the raging cold wind is so annoying, facing the cold wind, open my arms, think of the song of the Phoenix Legend, and shout with my mouth wide open: "I want to fly"! The wind was blowing in his ears, and the two horses couldn't hear each other's words side by side, maybe only the cold wind could understand Zhang Quan's shouting. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Intermittently, finally in the afternoon, Zhang Quan came to the camp in Zhanxian County, and sure enough, the war was over, and the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, with broken limbs and broken arms, broken flags, and discarded weapons scattered all over the place, and the Shangdang soldiers were busy cleaning up the war and burying the corpses.

Luo Tong and the others saw Zhang Quan from a distance, and they all greeted him, bowed down and said, "The lord is here."

"Hmm", nodded, got off the horse, handed the reins to the guards waiting on the side, came to everyone and looked at Yang Zhi and asked, "This battle is going well, right?"

"My lord, the 10,000 Black Mountain Army, except for a few thieves who ran away and annihilated more than 1,000 people, all the rest were captured, please decide on it", Yang Zhi stepped forward and said.

nodded: "Well, yes, the prisoners are still treated in the same sentence, we are now nervous, try our best to transform into a member of our party army, and those who are heinous and stubborn will be severely punished to set an example."

Zhang Quan's words were loud and deafening, and the crowd was agitated when they heard it, and they all said loudly: "No"

"When I came, I thought that Zhang Yan might come, even if you don't come, you won't be able to break through this turtle shell", and returned to his usual state, Zhang Quan asked with a smile.

Seeing that Zhang Quan was not serious, and everyone returned to their usual state, Li Dingguo stood up and said with a smile: "This is a huge trap, Zhang Yan didn't dare to come at all, the Montenegrin army may have been scared by us, just about to surround the Montenegrin camp, the leaders inside have already noticed that the things over there in Huguan have been exposed, and they are rushing out one by one, and we don't need to attack at all, just wait outside and wait for the rabbits, and the few thieves who slipped away were also because we were not surrounded in time and they took the opportunity to escape."

Waving his hand, Zhang Quan said, "It's just a few small shrimps, it's harmless."

At most, a few thieves will send Zhang Quan a few summoning points, and it doesn't matter if they can't catch it, and if they are put back, they may be able to cause some trouble for Zhang Yan, so why not.

It's not a matter for tens of thousands of people to stay here, as the main general, Yang Zhi must think of these problems, and asked, "Lord, the county is done here, next, what do you think we should do?"

Now the weather is very cold, so cold that I can't sleep at night, the battle of Zhanxian may be the latest war in the first year of the first peace, the princes of the Central Plains should have already put their weapons into storage, and the horses are put in Nanshan, and they start to enjoy life leisurely.

Now there is no possibility of war, tens of thousands of people stay in Zhan County, people eat horses and chew a lot of grain and grass every day, from the eldest son to Zhan County two or three hundred miles away, the consumption of transportation alone is not small, and the winter is cold and abnormal, the day is short, the consumption of transportation will increase, the party can not afford it, besides, tens of thousands of horses stay in Zhan County, the one in Taiyuan is afraid that he will not be able to sit still, and he will have to have a war of words.

After thinking about it, Zhang Quan said: "Leave a small number of people in Zhan County to garrison to prevent the Montenegrin Army from going crazy and retaliating, and the rest will wait for the eldest son to move to the eldest son, and then make other arrangements in the spring of next year."

After several battles, the menacing 40,000 Taihang Black Mountain Army was wiped out in Shangdang County, with nearly 20,000 prisoners, and the rest except for Zhang Yan and a few leaders fled to Taihang Mountain in a hurry with a few scattered people, and the rest were all killed, leaving a bunch of corpses in Zhan County, with broken arms and legs, and they couldn't bear to witness, and the blood flowed into a river that stained most of the Zhanghe River.

"Yes", Yang Zhi also understands that the biggest possibility now is to return to the eldest son, and it is very small to stay in Zhan County, unless Zhang Quan braves the criticism of the people of the world and the danger of the princes pointing their fingers at the party, stationed in Zhan County, and attacks Taiyuan next year.

In the early morning of the next day, the warm sunshine spread over the earth, and the battalion, which had always been busy, was still asleep, and fought hard for more than a month, winning more with less and defeating the strong with the weak, which not only successfully blocked Zhang Yan's retaliation, but also beat Zhang Yan and left tens of thousands of soldiers to hug their heads and run away, extremely embarrassed. With such brilliant achievements in front of him, how could Zhang Quan suffer these brave and fearless soldiers who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, and shed blood for Zhang Quan, and returned to the eldest son, and was not in a hurry for the next day or two, so let the soldiers rest for a few days, nourish their spirits, and step into the eldest son triumphantly with a full attitude.

A few days later, a team of neat, mighty armor slowly walked on the official road of the party, the pennant in front of the day to cover the day, hunting and fluttering in the cold wind, a black flag faintly stood in it, on which the dragon flew and the phoenix danced with a Zhang word, followed by several small flags, Shi, Luo, Yang, hidden in it, this huge team is the triumphant return of Zhang Quan.

When he returned, the prisoners were disrupted, placed and integrated, and after being reorganized, Li Dingguo was left to lead 3,000 foot soldiers to be stationed in Zhan County, which was not only used as a barrier against Taihang's surprise attack on Shangdang, but also as a springboard for the conquest of Taiyuan.

The reason why Li Dingguo was left was also to give him a chance to lead the army alone, and having him with him all the time not only buried talents, but also disrespectful to a generation of famous heroes.

Shangdang is located in the Central Plains, but the population is sparse, not even as large as Nanyang Runan and other large counties, and not very rich, raising more than 10,000 soldiers and horses can still be supported by careful calculations, but now with the capture of the Montenegrin army, the total number of soldiers and horses owned by Shangdang has doubled, close to 30,000 people, and immediately the bitter Xie Jin, Jia Kui, the two political bulls screamed, if it were not for the extermination of Taihang Mountain and the receipt of some money, the Shangdang economy would have collapsed long ago, and it could not support Zhang Quan to completely annihilate Zhang Yan in Zhan County.

Shangdang is surrounded by strong enemies, the only way out is to go north to Taiyuan, Taiyuan is not only the political center of the state, has a huge advantage in political speech, and Taiyuan is much richer than the party, although there is still a big gap than the Central Plains county, but it is still more than double the party, the strength of occupying Taiyuan Zhangquan will have a blowout development, and the combat power has directly risen to a level, therefore, if Zhang Quan wants not to be encroached upon by others, to participate in the stage of hegemony in the world, Taiyuan is the first step that Zhang Quan must take, which is very important.

At present, Zhang Quan is not ready to occupy Taiyuan, and when he has thoroughly digested the fruits of the victory in this war, it will be much safer to occupy Taiyuan by then.