The battle was over, Ling Yun was sitting by the river, Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin, two righteous sons, were unloading their heavy battle armor for him, and Cheng Mingzhen, Li Wenxiang, and Wu Guang, three young righteous sons, were standing guard on the side.

"A beautiful victory!" Wei Zheng carried his robe through the battlefield, and when he saw Ling Yun from a distance, he smiled and said to him, "Amazing victory, perfect victory." Today's longbowmen will inevitably become famous all over the world. Moreover, the marshal arranged for Dou to join the army to enter the Taoshan Army, successfully rebelled against the mountain carving, and helped us lock in the victory in advance. ”

Ling Yun also chuckled, although the victory in this battle had been predicted before the battle, it was still very surprising that Ling Yun himself was surprised to win so easily and win so completely. "To be honest, I didn't send Dou Jiande to infiltrate the coalition forces in advance, and I was as surprised as you when I saw the banner of the old knife handle fall. However, Dou Jiande's hand is really beautiful, if it weren't for him who rebelled against a mountain carving, and rebelled at a critical time, and directly cut the flag to capture the commander, although we can win, but it is a little difficult to win so easily, so thoroughly. ”

"Anyway, we won in the end, and it was a big win, 25,000 allied troops were defeated, and more than 3,000 people were killed by our army in the first battle." Wei Zheng said with a smile.

Ling Yun took the water bag handed by Cheng Mingzhen, poured a few sips, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with satisfaction: "I thought in advance that we would have to fight a positional battle and a hard battle. I arranged the cavalry on the flanks and the archers on the middle slope. The idea was to first use the longbow and heavy crossbow to consume them with a ranged wave, and then use the ditch and the horse rejection stake. Fight them again, attract them to rush with all their might, and they all rush up the slope. Then, when they were all in the fortified sloping position, he had the two wings of cavalry turn and come from the woods to their flanks, and use the terrain and fortifications to defeat them. ”

"It's going to be a hard fight, a hard fight."

"Originally, there was a meaning to train these bandits." Ling Yun replied, "Soldiers can't be trained without training, and they must go through hard training in actual combat." It's just blindly encircling and suppressing some small cottages, and the effect is limited. If there is such an opportunity, it should be fought or it must be played. There will be a few casualties, but it's definitely worth it. ”

"I didn't expect them to be so unbeaten!" Wei Zheng pinched his beard.

Ling Yun shook his head, "I can win at a smaller cost." Of course it's better. "Ling Yun is not the kind of person who deliberately increases the difficulty of combat for the sake of training, and the previous battle plan is also the best choice made after comprehensive consideration of various factors. And Dou Jiande turned against Xie Wendong. Xie Wendong decisively defected again during the battle. Gave the Allies a fatal blow, and these were outside the original predictions. When formulating the battle plan, Ling Yun still preferred to be conservative in order to be stable, but he was too careless to fail. As for the result, he was still very happy to see the result of this perfect victory in front of him.

At this time, several horses rushed over, but it was Dou Jiande and Zhang Jincheng who arrived with several horses.

"Dashuai!" Dou Jiande turned over and dismounted and saluted Ling Yun. Several people behind him also turned over and dismounted, and one of them was tall and thin. He has gray hair and wears bright light armor. Strips of white cloth were also tied around his head and arms. He knelt down on one knee in front of Ling Yun, "Heishi Village Xie Wendong pays a visit to Yi Shuai. ”

"Please get up, Lord Xie Zhai understands the righteousness, abandons the darkness and turns to the light, and has made great contributions in this battle." Ling Yun pulled up Xie Wendong, he didn't have much annoyance for this guy who defected before the battle. Those who know the times are handsome, especially those in the green forest cottage, and subordination to the strong is the way to survive. And this time Xie Wendong has indeed made a lot of contributions, and Yi Feng will not turn a blind eye. Ling Yun picked up Dou Jiande again and patted his arm, "Third brother also did a good job this time, where is the old knife handle?" ”

Dou Jiande replied with a smile: "Dashuai, a certain and Xie Zhai master smashed the old knife handle of the Chinese army and captured the old knife handle alive. In addition, many cottage leaders were captured. There are also two acquaintances of the handsome. ”

"Who?"

"Zhou Fang and Xue Liang!" Dou Jiande said: "These two guys fled from the battle of Shihe last time, but they ran to the black tiger Zhang Cheng, and this time they stayed by the old knife handle, and they also acted as a dog-headed military advisor, but they happened to be captured by us." ”

Not long after, Shan Xiongxin also returned. He was no longer riding the same horse, but a black horse, his shield covered with cracks, almost shattered, with deep sword marks on it. However, although the red-haired little spirit officer was covered in blood, he was unharmed, and the blood belonged to his enemies.

Shan Xiongxin waved his hand and said to Ling Yun with a smile: "Look who I brought!" ”

A group of Huaihuang cavalry escorted a group of captives, and the group of captives were all wolves, tied up like rice dumplings, and most of their faces were bruised, and some of them were covered with colors. Lai Liulang and Huang Junhan pushed the old knife handle left and right, and they pushed him in front of Ling Yun and shouted loudly, "Green Forest Alliance Leader!" ”

The old knife handle was pushed and pushed to the ground, because his hands were tied behind his back, so he helplessly gnawed on the mud. The old man struggled to stand up, spit out the mud in his mouth to the side, and then looked up, "Yi Feng, meet again." When I was still in Huaihuang, you were just a flag-holding boy beside Brother Murong, and in a blink of an eye, you had become the lord of a town. Although the old man was defeated, he was convinced, and he was really impressed by the three days of Shibei. I thought you were extraordinary, but I didn't expect you to be so good. He stood there and said calmly, there was a wound on his head, and blood flowed down his forehead and one cheek, which made this good man in the north feel a little heroic twilight. Becoming a king or defeating a coward, killing or cutting, whatever you want, the old man has nothing to say. ”

"Third uncle, I won't kill you." Ling Yun stepped forward to sue him, while helping him untie the rope with his own hands, "You were also one of the nine founding elders of the Tiger Alliance, and you were also the sworn brother of my stepfather, speaking of my elders, when you were still nostalgic, I also received your guidance. This time, you and I fought each other, but the third uncle was deceived by the villain, and it would be okay if he said it. Originally, after I came back from Jiangnan, I also planned to go to Momoyama Flower to ask the third uncle to return to the helm. It's just right now, so come back to Huaihuang with me later. ”

The old knife handle looked at Ling Yun with some surprise, in his opinion. Success and defeat, just like the infighting in the Tiger League at the beginning, the fate of the loser is only one dead word. He didn't understand why Yi Feng wanted to let him go. However, I felt that Yi Feng did not seem to be lying. After some struggle, the old knife handle sighed, "That's it, I'm also an old immortal with an old bone about to enter the coffin, this river and lake belongs to your young people, and when I return to Huaihuang, I will wash my hands in a golden basin." After that, he sat and ate in the wilderness and waited for death. His words were very direct, and they could be regarded as reciprocating to Ling Yun. Yi Feng spared his life, whether it was to buy people's hearts or something. He's still very grateful. After experiencing this battle, he also saw Yi Feng's strength clearly, and then remembered the rumor that Yi Feng was Yang Guang's illegitimate son, and he couldn't afford to have any other thoughts of making a comeback. Wash hands of. That is, it shows the arrangement of the Lingyun of the people. is willing to be an elder who does not care about the world. With the status of the old knife in the rivers and lakes, he also recognized the fact that Yi Feng became the leader of the Huaihuang Alliance in disguise. His recognition is still very valuable.

Seats were arranged for the old knife handle, and Zhou Fang and Xue Liang were brought up. The two of them looked defeated, but they didn't expect that the 25,000 men and horses were finally destroyed by Yi Feng's 5,000 people, and they were almost crushed with one blow. They don't even have a chance to escape. Seeing that Yi Feng didn't kill the old knife handle, Zhou Fang and the others both had a hint of luck in their hearts. "Thirteenth brother, we know that we are wrong, for the sake of our father-in-law, please forgive us once."

Everyone saw that Ling Yun had spared the old knife just now, and he was so kind, and they all thought that Ling Yun would also spare the two Taibao, but Ling Yun shook his head.

"I'm really sorry, we were all righteous brothers, but what you did really made someone unforgivable. In the Battle of Shihe, you escaped from the battle, and then not only did you not return to the camp, but ran to Daqingshan, and even bewitched the Daqingshan coalition to attack Huaihuang, this kind of behavior of eating inside and crawling outside, do you still want to understand? Ling Yun said coldly.

"We know it's wrong, just give us a chance, and we'll fully obey your orders in the future!" Luo Fang's face turned pale, and he even couldn't imagine that Yi Feng would refuse to let them go.

"What a pity!" Ling Yun shook his head, unwavering.

For Ling Yun, it is necessary to combine grace and power, and he let go of the old knife handle, firstly, because the other party is an elder, and secondly, because the other party has a very high prestige. It is not necessarily the best to kill him rashly, but if he can control the old knife handle and control the handle without killing, it will undoubtedly allow him to better gather the people from all walks of life who have been defeated this time. In short, it is more advantageous not to kill the old knife handle than to kill. But the two Taibao are different, they have completely turned their faces before, and after the two escaped, they dared to string up the Daqingshan villages to attack him, which is even more unforgivable. For this kind of person, he must exert the power of thunder and let everyone know clearly that he Yi Feng will never show mercy to those who dare to betray him and challenge him.

The two must die, and no matter how much they beg for mercy, it is useless.

"Push down, decapitate!" Ling Yun said coldly, "After the beheading, pass the heads of each battalion to show the public, and then send the heads back to Huaihuang and hang them on the city gate to show the public for three months!" ”

"No, no" Zhou Fang shouted and struggled, but Xue Liang was very calm at this time. "Big brother, it's just death, what's there to be afraid of, after eighteen years, he will be a good man, there is no need to beg for mercy again, let outsiders see the joke."

Several guards stepped forward and dragged the two men down, and a moment later, the two human heads were already loaded in a tray. Ling Yun glanced at the head, waved his hand, and let him take it down.

Ling Yun asked people to set up a few tables by the river, and asked people to summon the generals and colonels of various ministries to make a post-war summary together.

"What a glorious victory!" Zhai Rang said excitedly, "San Lang, five thousand against twenty-five thousand, in the face of five times the enemy, we not only defeated them, but also defeated them in less than half an hour, and then it took less than half a day to completely defeat them." I've calculated that if there is one casualty on our side, there will be at least ten casualties on their side. On our side, more than 130 people were killed, more than 300 were wounded, and the total casualties were less than 500. However, we killed more than 5,000 people, not counting the wounded, and took more prisoners, except for the 5,000 killed in battle, the remaining nearly 20,000 people were all captured. There are more than 100 captured village owners, and the leaders of the thirty-six big villages have not missed one."

In fact, the biggest casualties of the Huaihuang army were caused by the Longbow Battalion, but they shot about 2,000, and many of the dead of the coalition army were actually trampled to death by their own people when they fled for their lives, and they were killed by suicide when they were fighting for their lives, and some of them died at the hands of the Huaihuang army during the pursuit.

However, the Huaihuang army died more than a hundred in battle. More than 300 people were injured, and Ling Yun actually regretted this casualty. Originally, the Huaihuang army could have suffered fewer casualties, after all, this battle had already been won and lost before it was really close combat. It's a pity that after all, it's still a new army, and when pursuing, many people are too careless and are killed. But on the whole, this result is still gratifying, 5,000 broke 25,000, 5,000 were killed, and 20,000 prisoners were captured. His own casualties are only a few hundred, which is enough to be proud of. In Zhai Rang's words, this is indeed a brilliant victory.

After the victory. Ling Yun also sent people to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time began to send people to escort the first batch of captives to Wild Fox City. After they sent the people, they had to return, and spread the news from here to Wild Fox City and the cities of Huaihuang. They also carried Ling Yun's orders with them. A group of people from each city were sent to come to Momoyama. 20,000 captives, Ling Yun is one who will not let go. For these prisoners of war, he had already made arrangements.

Lingyun had already had a preliminary plan for the new cities in Huaihuang before, and at the same time as becoming the first station on the trade road outside Huaihuang City, each city should also use its own resources to develop itself.

Salt Lake City is used to dry salt, process salt and sell salt, while Wild Fox City is to dig iron ore to make iron, in addition to various minerals such as coal mines and copper mines. Some of the non-mineral ones are arranged for grazing, cooking, handicraft processing, etc., in short. In Lingyun's plan, the dam is to develop in an all-round way and build a prosperous force. To do this, of course, you need people. Population is the most basic, without population, there can be no development, whether it is the development of border markets, handicrafts, or even military training, this needs to be based on a sufficient population. 20,000 young and strong prisoners of war are simply a relief for Ling Yun. Although these were all prisoners of war and would take some time to tame, Ling Yun was not worried about those.

The dispatcher did not come to escort the prisoners of war, but he would send troops to escort them. For the time being, after these captives are sent to the cities, they will be imprisoned for a period of time, which is also to boil their wild nature, after all, these people are all heroes of the green forest in various mountains and villages. Ling Yun sent these people over, first, to come and transport all kinds of seizures on the battlefield, armor, weapons, horses, and food, and all of them had to be moved back.

In addition, although Ling Yun won this big battle, it was not yet the time to withdraw his troops. Winning the coalition is only the first step. The next thing is the most important, Ling Yun will take advantage of the great opportunity of the annihilation of the coalition army, lead the soldiers and horses to sweep all the way over, and pull out all the mountains and villages of the coalition army. Move all their populations to Huaihuang, and remove all the money, food, and weapons from various cottages.

To put it bluntly, Ling Yun is going to a big sweep. Although there will definitely be some left-behind people in the mountains and villages, it is no longer a problem. More than 20,000 allied troops were wiped out in one fell swoop, and the remaining few mountain guards were nothing. The main reason for the transfer of people is to move things. Ling Yun had already made up his mind to move everything he could, and not a single grain of grain would be left behind.

However, for the leaders of the cottages, Ling Yun gave preferential treatment, and did not immediately send them to the cities, but took them all with him, nominally as Ling Yun's praise painting, to help the counselor in military affairs. In fact, firstly, it is to separate them from their subordinates, and secondly, it is also to take them to their respective cottages to surrender. Third, keeping it by your side is also the best way to control it and avoid any unexpected things. As for how to arrange them after this sweep returns, we will talk about it then.

In the afternoon of the same day, after lunch, Ling Yun took the pro-army in the tent directly to Taoshan.

The peach mountain, which has been lively for a long time, has regained its silence, and the more than 20,000 people and horses gathered here have all been wiped out, and the few people and horses who stayed in the camp have long since fled cleanly, leaving only the thousands of old and weak people in the peach blossom village on the peach blossom mountain. They already knew that the old knife was completely annihilated, and at this time they wanted to escape but there was no way to escape, and there was already a Huaihuang army blocking the road under the mountain. When Ling Yun came all the way to the door of the cottage with the old knife handle, they did not encounter any obstacles at all.

The old knife handle stepped forward and shouted very interestingly, "It's the old man who is back, open the door!" ”

A few minions looked up in surprise when they heard the sound, and sure enough, they saw that the old master had returned, and they were pleasantly surprised, thinking that the old knife had come back again. But when they saw the fierce cavalry next to the old knife handle, they were frightened one by one.

"You don't have to worry, the old man has returned to the Tiger League, and now he is a family with the brothers of the Tiger League. Quickly open the owner of the village and welcome the master of Yimeng into the village. ”

A few guards at this time, you look at me, I look at you, after a long time, or with a nervous mood to open the gate of the village, to welcome the Huaihuang army into the village.

All the way to the cottage, the old knife and the old wife saw each other, and they couldn't help but sigh.

Later, without waiting for Ling Yun to speak, the old knife handle had already taken the initiative to bring a book of accounts.

"San Lang, all the belongings of Momoyama are recorded on this, and now there are 7,536 stones of grain corn, 5,635 stones of wheat, 870 horses and mules, 3,500 sheep, 270 cattle, 2,460 knives and guns, 300 bows, and 30,000 arrows. Twenty-three thousand copper coins, eight hundred taels of gold, five thousand taels of silver, one thousand eight hundred pieces of silk, and eight thousand ends of cloth. In addition, there is "

Listening to the recitation of the old knife handle one by one, Ling Yun and other generals and colonels couldn't help but be secretly surprised, they didn't expect that a peach mountain would actually accumulate so much grain, grass, money, grain, horses and weapons. This old knife handle really deserves to be the top person in the green forests of Northern Xinjiang, and he has a lot of money. Thinking that hundreds of cottages in Daqingshan would be swept away one by one this time, Ling Yun couldn't help but be slightly distracted, how much food must be there.

It's sent! (To be continued......)