At this point in the war, the balance of victory has been completely tilted towards the side of Cloud City without any suspense, and the outcome is doomed from the moment the Hu cavalry stepped into the valley.

Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that in the art of war, there are scattered land, light land, land contention, land handover, disadvantaged land, heavy land, encircled land, and death land.

Those who enter are narrow, those who return from them, and those who can strike at our people are encircled. The road to march is narrow, the road to retreat is tortuous and long, and the enemy can attack the area where many of our soldiers are strong with a small number of troops, which is called encirclement.

Obviously, this valley is an enclosed area, and the Hu cavalry has fallen into it with only a few hundred people, where is there any hope of victory?

As the Yan Zan brothers abandoned their horses and fled with the Hu soldiers, the ambush soldiers on the mountain and the cavalry blocking the valley mouth also chased after them, and the arrows rained down, and there was no need to aim at all, and they shot directly towards the dense place of the Hu people, and a large area would fall immediately.

So far, the Hu people have suffered more than 300 casualties, and only dozens of them are still running in a hurry, and the Yan Zan brothers have taken advantage of the chaos and don't know where to flee.

"Your leaders have already run away, do you still have to resist?"

At this moment, the Hu people have been blocked by the ambush soldiers on the mountain, and in the rear, there is the cavalry of Yunzhong City who dismounted and chased, at this moment, they have no way to escape, Zhao Fan rode on the horse, held the spear horizontally, and said loudly with a solemn face.

He has a spear, a handsome face, a tall figure, and a heroic spirit.

Among the Hu people, there are many people who understand Chinese, their eyes are confused and frightened to scan the surroundings, seeing that the Yan Zan brothers have indeed disappeared, where is there still half a fighting spirit at the moment, and they don't even have the idea of escaping.

"Drop all your weapons to me and surrender immediately, or you will all end up dead!" Zhao Fan clenched the spear, and scarlet blood slowly fell on the tip of the spear.

The blood light was extremely shocking in the eyes of the Hu people, when even if someone threw away their weapons, they fell to the ground, and begged for mercy in a whisper that they didn't understand. Some people took the lead in surrendering, and suddenly, the rest of the Hu people also fell to the ground one after another.

"Tie them up!" Zhao Fan gave an order, and the soldiers of Cloud City immediately rushed forward and tied up all the Hu people who surrendered.

With the escape of the Yan Zan brothers and the surrender of the Hu cavalry, a battle that is big or small is almost over, and the valley is full of corpses, and the blood reflects the mud red, which makes people feel a little frightened.

In this battle in the valley, the Hu people were basically only in a situation of being beaten and defended, and after being besieged, they had no chance to attack at all, so the corpses on the ground were basically all Hu cavalry.

And the army of Cloud City, except for a few soldiers who were slightly injured, basically had no losses, only one soldier of the Blood Wolf Army was killed by Yan Dang when he entered the valley.

"Lin Hu, you leave three hundred people to clean up the battlefield and bury these dead Hu people on the spot. Zhang Zhi, we will lead the others to recapture the herdsmen and the cattle and sheep. Zhao Fan ordered again, and all the soldiers agreed with a bang.

Out of the valley, the Hu infantry who were guarding cattle and sheep and other things on the flat land had long disappeared, and there should have been Hu cavalry who escaped from the valley, bringing out the news of defeat, and then fled together.

In the first battle, cattle and sheep graze unharmed, while the herders were tied up and left in place.

From this, it can also be seen that the Hu people were frightened and fled in a hurry, and they did not kill these herdsmen.

According to the consistent style of the Hu people in the past, as long as they attacked the border towns of the Zhao State, as long as they succeeded, but they could not take away, they would all be killed and destroyed, and they would not be left to the Zhao people.

These shepherds and cattle and sheep are all fine, naturally it is very good, and Zhao Fan is still worried that they will be poisoned by the Hu people, but now it seems that he is too worried. After arriving here, there were naturally soldiers who went to untie these herdsmen, and the herdsmen originally thought that they were unlucky, and the joy of being rescued naturally did not need to be said.

Zhao Fan rode on his horse and looked around, after such a big battle, it was already afternoon, and Lie Yue was still hanging high in the air, and the empty field was desolate.

On the wasteland, the blood of the soldiers had long since dried up, and the dark red blood looked so heavy in Zhao Fan's eyes. These soldiers are the pillars of every family, and when they die, their families really don't know how to survive in this troubled world.

Zhao Fan silently flipped off his horse, although the war was won, however, the mood of the soldiers did not look very good. Some of the corpses on the ground were still alive in the morning, and they were still training together and laughing together, but now, they were all about to turn into a handful of loess and disappear into the world.

"Carry back the bodies of these dead brothers and go to Cloud City, I will apply to the county keeper for a thick burial, and their families, I will also ask the county keeper to pay a pension!"

Zhao Fan glanced at the people in the clearing, and then said in a low tone.

The voice was not very loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears, and there was an incredible expression on their faces, and then, in their faces, a touch of joy that could not be contained.

Most of them entered the barracks because they had to serve in the military, and military service was the obligation of every Zhao person, if you killed the enemy and made meritorious contributions, you would naturally have a reward, but if you were defeated or killed in battle, it was impossible to have a pension.

Imagine, during the Warring States period, there were tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of wars at every turn, how many people died in that death, and if every soldier who died in the war was given a pension, the country would not collapse immediately?

Therefore, Zhao Fan's words just now greatly shocked the hearts of the soldiers.

The members of the Blood Wolf Army still have a cold expression, which is certainly related to their mentality, but part of the reason is that the members of the Blood Wolf Army are different from those ordinary soldiers, to be precise, they are recruits.

In addition to the conscription system based on counties and counties, Zhao also established a conscription system, that is, a standing army system. On the one hand, it is to recruit more soldiers and strengthen the army; On the other hand, it can also be said that it is more important to improve the quality of soldiers and enhance their combat effectiveness.

Recruiters, not like ordinary soldiers. The relationship between them and the leader is not the relationship of rights and obligations, but the relationship between money and contract, and every recruit enjoys preferential treatment, but these people also need to undergo rigorous training, not everyone can do it.

In "Gou Zi Yibing", there is a detailed record of the situation of the selection of recruiters: "The armor of the three genera of clothing, the crossbow of twelve stones, the fifty arrows of the negative service, the crown and the sword, the grain of the three days, the middle and the hundred miles." ”

The conditions are extremely strict, but once selected, the whole household can be exempted from taxes and taxes on the farmland, and every month, there is also an extremely considerable amount of money and food.

The performance of the Blood Wolf Army in this war is a good illustration of their difference, and it also shows that their martial arts and skills deserve these generous treatments.

These ordinary soldiers all know the perversion of the Blood Wolf Army, and naturally they will not compare with them. Zhao Fan's promise just now greatly encouraged them, the reason why the soldiers feel some fear of war, of course, is partly because they are afraid of death, but also partly because they are worried that their families will not survive if they die.

Zhao Fan's words made them less worried, and at the moment, their mood was much better.

Seeing this, Zhao Fan's heart was also a little relieved, he was their leader, and their death, although it was not his own doing, but he still had some guilt in his heart, and doing so was a good thing for Zhao Fan.

Zhao Fan and the soldiers personally carried the corpses of these soldiers in Cloud City to the horse, and then, out of pity in his heart, Zhao Fan then ordered to dig a pit and bury the Hu people in the violent corpse wilderness.

After being busy for about half an hour, there were more than forty corpses in total, all of which were placed on the horses, and the corpses of those Hu people were all buried.

After all, he has lived in the 21st century for 20 years, and he can't be like some ruthless people in the Spring and Autumn Period, to the point where he doesn't even let go of corpses.

A group of hundreds of people, after dealing with the matter, also ran in the direction of Cloud City. At this moment, the second battlefield in the Yishan Valley, under the guidance and leadership of Lin Hu, was almost completed, and the only soldier of the Blood Wolf Army who died in battle, the severed head and body were all found, ready to be brought back to Cloud City, and the dead Hu people were buried on the spot.

Zhao Fan, Lin Hu, and Zhang Zhi walked in front, behind them were the surrendered Hu people, as well as the captured war horses, and behind them, the soldiers of Cloud City and the Blood Wolf Army.

Yang Yu and the three of them were tied up with those Hu people, and their faces were full of remorse and resentment at the moment, especially Yang Yu, who had a vicious look on his face, looking at Zhao Fan's eyes, as if he wanted to eat the former alive.

When they resented Zhao Fan, they never thought that the reason why it would be such an ending was completely caused by themselves.

A group of hundreds of people walked out of Yishan and headed in the direction of Yunzhong City, and the sunset in the distance shone on them like blood, looking so solemn and depressed.

Not long after they left, on the top of Yishan Mountain, behind an old and dense tree, two figures came out, their eyes full of endless sadness and remorse.

"Zhao Fan, the blood of our Hu warriors will not be shed in vain, next time, I will use your head to pay tribute to our warriors!" Yan Dang's face was resentful, he stared at Zhao Fan's figure in the distance, and gritted his teeth.

Yan Zan, on the other hand, stood silently in place, and the breeze blew, making his figure look so thin......

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