Zhang Yan's main force was transferred to Taihang Bacheng, and the number of combatable troops on the mountain was less than 2,000.

Yuan Jun chose to launch an attack late at night, and solved the sentry posts along the way in advance.

The defenseless Zhang Yanjun was caught off guard.

From Zhang He's leading the army up the mountain to the end of the battle, it took less than an hour.

In the house and in the open space, Zhang Yanjun's body was everywhere.

There was a thick smell of blood in the stockade.

More than 100 Yuan soldiers carried the corpses and threw them into the potholes in the mountains, and then shoveled soil to fill them up to prevent the corpses from decomposing and causing a plague.

Groups of old and weak women and children were escorted out of the houses by Yuan Jun.

The woman hugged the child tightly, and the old man supported each other.

The captured soldiers of Zhang Yanjun were like defeated roosters, drooping their heads one by one, dragging their heavy steps weakly, and mingling with women and children under the drive of Yuan Jun.

More and more people gathered in the open space, and under Yuan Jun's reprimand, they squatted next to each other and squatted on the ground.

One by one, they hung their heads, and fear prompted them to look at Yuan Jun more, but they didn't dare.

Fate was tightly pinched in the hands of Yuan Jun, and with just an order from Zhang He or Yuan Xu, tens of thousands of people would immediately turn into fertilizer in the verdant mountains and forests.

"This is Zhang Yan's army of 100,000?" Looking at the old and weak women and children gathered in the clearing, Ma Yi muttered.

Zhang He smiled bitterly.

It is true that the defenders were less than 2,000, but the number of old and weak women and children who were captured was as many as 60,000 or 70,000......

An army of 100,000?

If they are like the old and weak women and children who have been captured, what can they do even if they are millions?

The battle was over, and Zhang He instructed the soldiers behind him: "Please go up the mountain!" ”

Yuan Xu got the news that the battle was over, and it was already after the two pillars of incense.

Escorted by Li Jiang and several Yuan soldiers, he ascended the hillside.

Halfway up the mountain, Yuan Xu smelled a faint smell of blood.

Looking up, several Yuan soldiers were carrying the corpses into the mountain nest.

Seeing that Yuan Xu was coming, Yuan Jun put down his body and saluted him.

Nodding his head in response, he didn't say anything.

Following him several times, the soldiers of the Yuan army had developed the habit of burying the corpses of the enemy after the war.

It takes time and effort, but it is not to pay tribute to the enemy who died in battle, but only to avoid breeding the plague!

Zhang Yan's lair is located on the top of the mountain.

There are cliffs on three sides, and there is only one way up the mountain.

The terrain is dangerous, no wonder Zhang Yan only left 2,000 men and horses to garrison.

If you want to attack, don't say that 3,000 Yuan troops, even if 30,000 come, it will be difficult to break through without three or five months.

"Childe!" Before he reached the top of the mountain, a captain greeted him: "The general has been waiting for a long time." ”

"Tired to lead the way!"

"No!"

The captain walked aside, respectfully leading Yuan Xu.

Since he was halfway up the mountain, Yuan Xu kept seeing Yuan Jun carrying the corpse in front of him.

When he arrived at the camp, he even saw a group of Yuan soldiers piling up the corpses in one place, as if distributing grain and grass, and handed them to the soldiers carrying the corpses.

The enemy troops killed in this battle were more than four or five hundred, to say the least.

Entering the barracks, Yuan Xu saw at a glance the men and women in the open space with no end in sight.

Yuan's army did not carry out the massacre, but only gathered them in one place.

At first, there were people who could not hold back their weeping because they were worried about their fate, but by this time the crying had stopped, but the sadness lingered over the heads of tens of thousands of captives.

The elderly, women and children are all family members of Zhang Yanjun's soldiers.

Although they could not go into battle to kill the enemy, they also did some things such as cultivating mountains and forests, cultivating fields, and preparing food, grass and clothing for the army.

Yuan Jun and Zhang Yanjun have been fighting for many years, and the two sides have an intractable grudge.

After being captured, most people didn't think they would survive.

Before dying, people will hope for a miracle to happen, but the chance of a miracle happening is very slim.

Maybe the next moment, Yuan Jun will raise his butcher's knife at them......

"Childe!" Bypassing the place where the prisoners were held, Yuan Xu was walking, and Zhang He came over.

"Congratulations to the general on his victory!" Seeing Zhang He coming, Yuan Xu arched his hand: "I saw a lot of corpse-carrying soldiers on the road, and this battle should have beheaded a lot." ”

"Three or five hundred." Zhang He's response was very light: "Most of the enemy troops were killed in their sleep, and our army almost did not meet resistance. ”

"The enemy army has only 2,000 soldiers to fight, and there are quite a few women and children captured in this battle." Zhang He said: "I am planning to discuss with my son how to deal with it. ”

"What else can I do!" Yuan Xu smiled slightly: "Let it go!" ”

"Released?" Zhang He's face was stunned.

"If we want to annihilate, our army only needs to burn the grain and grass with a fire earlier!" Yuan Xu said: "It's so hard to go to great lengths, just to recruit Zhang Yan. ”

"But......" Zhang He hesitated and said, "If there are no prisoners, how can Zhang Yan be willing to come back to help?" ”

"I didn't plan to ask him to come back. Tu was halfway to block, and Zhang Yan had to do his best to win. After getting the Taihang Eight Mountains, how could he be willing to return for the old and weak women and children? Tu Ge is just a roadblock placed on his way back! ”

"So-and-so wants to win them over!" Without waiting for Zhang He to ask, Yuan Xu continued: "It's useless to kill the old and weak women and children, but if you let it go, can it shake the hearts of the enemy?" ”

"Why?"

"Zhang Yanjun, a lieutenant general, is mostly from a yellow scarf. When they participated in the rebellion, they had already lost their homes and land, and if they let their parents, wives and children go, they would be allowed to reclaim the wasteland in Taihang. The general thinks that how many people will follow Zhang Yan? ”

"In this way, the enemy army will be in chaos!" Zhang He suddenly realized.

Yuan Xu nodded.

"Little lady, good teeth!" was talking to Zhang He, and Zhu Gongdao's indignant voice came into Yuan Xu's ears.

Following the sound, he saw that Zhu Gongdao was leading two Yuan soldiers, and he was holding a woman who didn't know where to go.

Zhu Gongdao scolded him, and the woman turned around and glared at him fiercely.

This scene was watched by Yuan Xu.

"Justice!" After a call, he asked Zhu Gongdao, "What are you doing?" ”

Hearing Yuan Xu's voice, Zhu Gongdao hurriedly looked over.

Seeing that it was him, he trotted to the front.

With a bow, Zhu Gongdao asked, "When will Gongzi go up the mountain?" ”

"Just go up the mountain." When he replied, Yuan Xu's gaze fell on the back of his left hand.

The back of his hand was red and swollen, and there was a round circle of tooth marks.

The tooth marks were fresh and apparently not long after being bitten.

"What's wrong? Was bitten in the middle of the fight? ”

"Don't mention it!" Lifting the tooth marks on the back of his hand, Zhu Gongdao was full of depression: "It's not that little lady, she was escorted out of the residence, but she was bitten." ”

Looking at Zhang He and smiling, Yuan Xu said: "Such a spicy woman, she dares to bite justice, is she going to be escorted out and killed?" ”

"It was just a bite, and it didn't hurt very much." Touching the tooth marks on the back of his hand, Zhu Gong said: "Lock her up in a dark room, and she will stop." ”

With a playful smile, Yuan Xu suddenly asked, "Fair, to be honest, you have a crush on that woman?" ”

PS: I went out today, I was delayed for some time, and the third chapter hasn't been written yet, so I'll send two chapters first. Wait for everyone to go to bed first, and read the third chapter tomorrow morning, I'll write it if I stay up late, everyone rest assured.

I don't have so many reasons to talk about the time I have delayed, I say three chapters a day, just three chapters a day, and no matter how many reasons I have, it's better to stay up late and code out a chapter. Chapter 3 update is a little late, sorry!