In yesterday's battle, although Wen Chou and Sun Jian had a great advantage, the elite of Dong Bing, Yi Wen Chou, Sun Jian, and Zhou Lu also suffered quite a lot of casualties, with a total loss of nearly 200 people, nearly 100 serious injuries, and more than 500 minor injuries. Wen Chou ordered: "Bury those who died in battle, write down their names, and give them a pension to their families after returning to the army in the coming day." If he was seriously injured or lightly injured, Li Dangzhi was ordered to take the military doctors to treat them carefully, and he must not be lazy. ”

The generals promised.

Wen Chou asked again if there was anyone who was afraid of the enemy and did not advance or did not obey orders last night.

Xia Houlan, who was in charge of the leading army in Wen Chou's army, was present at this time, replied to Wen Chou, and said, "There was no one who violated the order last night. ”

The three divisions that participated in the battle last night were all elite, and they ambushed and killed the enemy, and they had the upper hand, but they did not fear the enemy and did not advance, nor did they obey military orders.

Wen Chou nodded, and asked about the generals' exploits last night.

The person in charge of the credit book in his account is now Tian Chou, which shows Wen Chou's trust and dependence on Tian Chou. Tian Chou has clearly recorded the achievements of the generals and presented them to Wen Chou for viewing.

Wen Chou looked at it and saw that in the first battle last night, Zhao Yun and Zhou Lu were the first to make the first contribution, Liu Qing was the second, Yan Liang and Wen Ba again, and then Dian Wei, Dong Zhi and other generals, -- although Liu Qing did not participate in the ambush on the main battlefield, he was lucky, and he beheaded Yang Ding, the main general of the Dong soldiers, so the military merit was only below Zhao Yun and Zhou Lu, and above Yan Liang and others.

He nodded, returned the merit book to Tian Chou, and said, "Write down all the merits first, and when the battle is over, you will be rewarded together." ”

After asking about casualties, military law, and military exploits, Wen Chou finally asked about last night's capture.

On behalf of the generals, Zhao Yun replied: "More than 2,000 enemies were killed and more than 2,000 enemies were captured. ”

Wen Chou knew the news of Yang Ding's death in battle, so he didn't ask about his whereabouts, but just asked, "Where is the captive now?" ”

"All placed in a prisoner camp."

After asking about everything, Wen Chou asked the generals to go back to rest first, and after Sun Jian finished dealing with the post-war affairs of his headquarters, he invited the other two Yuzhou lieutenants who came with him and Sun Jian. The four of them gathered together to discuss the next military affairs.

Wen Chou said: "I learned from the captives that Yang Ding sent a horse to Yique Pass to ask for help yesterday, and Hu Zhenru sent reinforcements to rescue, and he could arrive tomorrow, when the battle was late." I sent Liu Sima to lead the cavalry to the hills thirty miles north to ambush in order to prevent the defeated Dong soldiers from escaping back to Yique and blocking the news of our army's victory. I thought that destroying Yang Ding's first department would not be considered a victory, and if the reinforcements that might come could be defeated again, this battle would be a complete success. ”

After speaking. He looked at the generals and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Sun Jian had no objection and said, "That's exactly how it should be. ”

Sun Jian is also accustomed to killing, although he is happy about last night's victory, he is only happy, and the two captains are different, except for the Battle of the Yellow Turban many years ago, the two of them have not seen such a "big scene" for many years. And during the Yellow Turban War many years ago, neither of them was the main general, but this time they both participated as one of the main generals. It's even more exciting.

After listening to Wen Chou's words, the two of them said in unison: "We are only the general's horses, and we obey the general's military orders." ”

There are no opinions, and the matter is so decided.

Wen Chou immediately ordered all the departments that participated in the war last night to seize the time to rest, and also told Wen Ba not to rest first. Together with Liu Qing, he led the cavalry to the hills thirty miles to the north, on the one hand, he scattered the sentry horses and went north to find out if there were any reinforcements from Hu Zhen, and if so, where they had arrived, and on the other hand, it was also to prevent Hu Zhen's reinforcements from arriving early. At the same time, the positions were first set up for the main army that would arrive later.

Wenba and the others are all tiger generals, although they fought all night, but after receiving the military order, they were all in good spirits, and they were not tired at all.

The departments rested for half a day, and went out after lunch, this time except for leaving only Zhao Yuntong with more than 10,000 people to stay here, half into Yang Ding's original camp, half in the outer horns echoing, one to take care of the wounded, guard the prisoners, and the other is also in the reserve, including the two Yuzhou captains also took the remaining more than 10,000 new soldiers to the northern hills with Wen Chou.

In Yingchuan, when attacking the enemy's elite thousand cavalry, it is a battle, last night set up an ambush to lure the enemy, it is a risk, these two battles must use elite soldiers, but this time go back to the northern hills to set up an ambush, it is to wait for work, the enemy is not prepared, the victory is in hand, but there is no need to use all the elite pawns.

Although the new pawn is not good at fighting, if he does not go to the battlefield, he will always be a new pawn, Wen Chou sent troops to attack Dong this time, and originally saved a little bit of the meaning of taking the opportunity to practice a soldier, and now, it is an opportunity.

There were more than 20,000 elite and new soldiers, and the elite soldiers first hurried to the hilly area, and then the new soldiers also arrived, and soon after nightfall, the whole army arrived.

Wen Chou arranged the ambushes and cantonments of various armies before he came.

Wenba and Liu Qing also made some preparations for them in advance.

Therefore, the entry and ambush of various ministries went smoothly.

Wen Chou and Sun Jian personally led 5,000 elite soldiers to ambush on the left side of the hill, Yan Liang and Zhou Lu led 3,000 elite soldiers to ambush on the right side of the hill, Liu Qing and Wenba led the cavalry to ambush in the south of the hill, and the two Yuzhou captains took more than 10,000 new soldiers to ambush Wenba and Liu Qing five miles behind.

Wen Chou's entire operational arrangement was: when the enemy entered the encirclement, he and Sun Jian would attack, Yan Liang and Zhou Lu would lead their troops to the rear of the enemy, cut off their way back, the enemy would rush forward, Wen Ba and Liu Qing would intercept in front, and the troops of Yuzhou would go into battle.

According to Wen Chou's estimate, if Hu Zhenru sends reinforcements, at most he will send two thousand horsemen, and it is impossible to have more. This hill is a necessary place, the enemy rode into it, although there is a road in the middle, but the road is not wide, both sides are rugged areas, first lost the advantage of the cavalry, and then do not occupy many people, and then it is a hundred miles to run, has been tired, with more than 20,000 people on their own side to attack it, the victory is as easy as a hand.

In fact, whether Hu Zhen will send reinforcements, and how many people will be sent, this is no longer Wen Chou's estimate.

The sentinels scattered by Wen Ba had just come to report not long ago: they had seen Hu Zhen's reinforcements more than forty miles ahead, about 2,000 horsemen.

At this time, it was already night, and the reinforcements sent by Hu Zhen were running all night, because of the blurred vision, it was difficult to travel fast, more than 40 miles, and when they arrived here, it was probably almost dawn, or it was already dawn.

Because of this, after arranging the positions of each army, Wen Chou ordered all troops to rest first and wait for the arrival of Hu Zhen's reinforcements.

The night is quiet, the weather in mid-spring in March is quite warm, and the night breeze blows, carrying the fragrance of the trees and the fragrance of the earth in the distance, and the water vapor on the Rushui is also mixed with it, which is particularly refreshing

It's just that although the spring night is beautiful, the city of Liangxian at this time is full of tense atmosphere. (To be continued......)