Chapter 387 The beacon fire does not burn

Count the losses, clear the remnants of the enemy, extinguish the fire and inspect, and assemble the troops...... After all the trivial aftermath has been dealt with, the eastern sky has revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly.

The soldiers and junior officers were arranged to rest in tents that had been snatched from the fire. The core figures of the Qingzhou Army gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, which originally belonged to Yuan Shao, to summarize the results of the battle and discuss the next step.

Overall, in last night's battle, the Qingzhou Army achieved a brilliant victory.

More than half of the 60,000 soldiers, 100,000 auxiliaries and civilians before the Jizhou Army started the war no longer exist.

The corpses alone, the Jizhou army left more than 8,000, and the prisoners were five or six times that, because of Wang Yu's good reputation, and the auxiliary soldiers and people who encountered the Qingzhou army head-on, even if they all chose to surrender at the first time. Most of those who fled were unknown and ran away from the crowd. At this time, these people can't run far, and it is impossible to form combat power again.

Due to the large number of people, except for corpses and prisoners, other data cannot be counted. According to Wang Yu's rough inference, the loss of Jizhou's soldiers should be close to 40,000, plus the siege troops in the plains whose combat power and loyalty have been hit by a double blow, Yuan Shao's remaining soldiers and horses should only be more than 10,000.

In terms of generals, there was only one minister who was defeated in the war, but he took a lot of prisoners, including the eldest son of the trial and the son of the frustrated son.

There are many more generals, including Han Meng, the general of the guard, Ma Yan and Zhang Yi, the main and deputy generals of Dongying, and there are more than a dozen famous generals who were beheaded by Huang Zhong and Xu Huang alone. There were similar numbers of those who died in the confusion, or whose heads were cut off by pawns.

Half of the baggage of the Jizhou army was captured, the other half was burned, and Yuan Shao took only the rations he carried with him when he hurriedly retreated.

Although he narrowly escaped the end of the total annihilation. But it's also the end of the road.

In contrast, Qingzhou's losses were far less than those of its opponents. Only 800 soldiers were killed in the battle, and more than 500 were seriously wounded, but many were lightly wounded. Of the more than 3,000 people in the first five offensive sequences, more than four-fifths were slightly wounded; If you narrow it down to the first three offensive sequences, it's everyone's up for grabs.

The heaviest loss was Xu Huang's 400 guards, followed by Huang Zhong's 400 guards.

According to Wang Yu's original plan, ten offensive sequences. They should be attacked repeatedly and repeatedly, and there should be a response to each other. However, after all, this is a night battle, and the difficulty of deploying troops is far greater than that of daytime combat.

A combination of Xu Huang and Huang Zhong. The body is also very sharp, all the way to break the formation, like a bamboo, leaving the follow-up people far behind, and always rushing to the forefront.

In fact, if there was no intervention in the second general's decision-making, there would be no problem with the decision-making of the second general. The soldiers will be fierce. It is not difficult to cut through the Chinese army all the way.

As a result, the frustration came out, which not only delayed the impact speed of the second general, but also caused several times the loss of the second general. After Wang Yu defeated Jizhou Heavy Armor. Xu Huang's personal guards were able to stand on their own less than 100 people, and nearly 100 seriously injured people fell to the ground.

If in proportion. The heavy losses of the guard battalion were not under the Jizhou army.

Huang Zhong's four hundred guards were a little stronger. But the proportion of war losses is also more than half. It can be said that the main losses of the Qingzhou army were concentrated on them.

Wang Yu's heart hurt a little, whether it was the Shooting Battalion or the Urging Battalion, the core guards of these two battalions were all veterans who started from Luoyang and had been following him on his expedition to the east and west.

The core troops of the Shooting Battalion are still poor, most of them are selected from the Northern Sergeants after Xu Rong's defeat, but the four hundred guards of the Urging Battalion followed Wang Yu all the way out of Hedong.

These former Bai Bo are the most loyal warriors under their command, and they have never wavered in the slightest since they have been fighting. Only they can fight against an enemy army that outnumbers them in equipment and numbers without armor, and gain the upper hand.

"Pack up the fallen brethren and carry them back to the ...... another day No, it's buried here! Wang Yu's tone was a little low: "Summoning Zini, let him allocate an additional fifty acres of land to each family of the deceased from the public land that was reclaimed last year as a meritorious field." As long as the Qingzhou army is in one day, these fields will be exempt forever! ”

"Thank you, lord!" The second half of Wang Yu's sentence caused a burst of cheers. The generals are not as sentimental as the lords, they can achieve such a brilliant victory, keep the foundation of Qingzhou, and receive the land that will never pay taxes, even if they die on the battlefield tomorrow, everyone thinks it is worth it.

"Other meritorious soldiers, first record the merits, and take the other two Jizhou troops to clean up, and reward them together!" Wang Yu pressed his hand down and suppressed everyone's voices: "Medical Officer Zhang has already crossed the river, the seriously injured brother should be fine, let's concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shao first." ”

"Rest assured, Yuan Shao is at the end of his rope, and the last general is willing to lead his troops and horses as a pioneer, break through the enemy camp, and capture this man alive!" Xu Huang also had a lot of injuries, but he was in good spirits, and he made great strides to join the battle.

"There is no need to fight to the death, Yuan Shao fled in a hurry, there is no danger to defend at the moment, there is no food to eat, and in less than three days, his army will be defeated." Wang Yu shook his head, he didn't plan to attack, although Yuan Shao only had more than 10,000 people left, Mingshi Mountain was a small hill, far from being dangerous, but the trapped beast was still fighting, he really wanted to fight, and the loss might be worse than the night attack, he was reluctant.

"What the lord said is, but ......" Jia Xu reminded solemnly: "The lord can't be careless, Yuan Shao doesn't help frustrated, and he doesn't escape at night, but tries to consolidate himself by risk, which is probably a bit mysterious." ”

"What else can he rely on now?" Because of the death of frustration, Huang Zhong despised Yuan Shao the most.

"What is this......" Jia Xu groaned slightly.

"Report ......" Before he could speak again, someone outside the tent reported loudly: "Lord Qi, wolf smoke has been lit on Mingshi Mountain, and the smoke is very thick, as if he is asking for help!" ”

"Asking for help? At this time, who else can he turn to for help? The generals looked at each other.

Where are there soldiers in Jizhou? That is to say, there are still thousands of soldiers in Wei County, which can be regarded as guarding the back road and maintaining the supply of money and food, and in other counties, even the county soldiers have been almost transferred, where can there be soldiers to rescue?

"Could it be...... Is he asking for help from the army under the Plains? Zhang Fei suddenly interjected.

"They? Hum! You Heng snorted. He said disdainfully: "It's useless, General Tian's soldiers are no less than those people, not to mention that the troops there have all gone through Gaotang City, after the defeat, even if the leader wants to fight, who will listen?" They didn't retreat for a long time, just to keep some money and bargain with the lord. ”

Your words are not good. But the truth is true.

Whether it is Yuan Shao, Zhang Jaw and others, the reason why they did not flee at night is to ensure that the troops do not disperse. Yuan Shao was beaten until dawn and let out wolf smoke for help. There may be some back-up move to turn the tables, but Zhang Jaw neither attacked, nor did he think about it to Yuan Shao, obviously he had other plans.

Surrendering with a team and surrendering alone are of course treated differently.

"Lift, over there in Beiying. I'm going to have to make a trip for you. Wang Yu nodded, agreed with You Heng's statement, and then turned to Kong Rong.

"Serve yourself." Kong Rong bowed down to receive the order.

It is best for this matter to be done by Tian Feng. It's a pity that Tian Feng went to help Xu Shu fight against Zang Ba, and he could only let Kong Rong go to explore the wind first. After thinking about it, Wang Yu took the letter out of his arms again, "Together with this letter." Bring it to Zhang Jaw together, since he has already saved his mind. After reading this letter, I think there will be no more doubts. ”

"Lord, this is not a good matter, is it?" Kong Rong was taken aback, he is also a core figure in Qingzhou, and of course this letter is also qualified to read it. This letter to Zhang Jaw can indeed dispel all the doubts of the other party, but at the same time, there will be many side effects.

Leaking secrets alone is already a big problem. Jaw Chang is now a fish on the chopping block, what other way out can he have than surrender? It's not worth spending such a price for such a person.

"There's nothing wrong with saying anything to people." Wang Yu smiled faintly: "Fu Gong and leaving a letter to the general, maybe he has such a thought, and this letter is used to help persuade the Jizhou generals, and at the same time, with the help of the latter, it is a strategy to kill two birds with one stone to ensure the implementation of the requirements and promises in the letter." ”

“…… Since the lord said so, he should obey the order. Kong Rong couldn't figure out for a while, whether the lord was sympathetic to frustration, or he attached too much importance to Zhang Jaw and others, anyway, he was iron-hearted, and he couldn't be entangled in this matter. What's more, the early drop of the open jaw was also a very heavy blow to Yuan Shao.

"Then what the hell is this wolf smoke for?" Zhang Fei and Zhang Jaw are also a bit of a feud, but he has a rough temperament, and he doesn't care about these. What made him obsessed with it was Yuan Shao's wolf smoke.

"Ask for help." Wang Yu sneered: "Hebei generals, he can't count on it, but he still has two allied ......" paused slightly, and then his voice became colder: "Maybe it's three roads, I don't know." ”

"Allies? Cao Ren and Zhang Yang? However, wasn't Zhang Yang blocked by Ziyi? Cao Ren hasn't appeared until now, is it because he is afraid of difficulties and retreats? Xu Huang lost his voice.

The eyes of the generals turned to Wang Mo, who had been in Gaotang City and knew the pre-war movements of the Jizhou army best.

Wang Mo was slightly embarrassed: "Cao Ren's banner has never appeared, but ......" He hesitated slightly: "Yuan Shao's main force has never shown signs of dividing troops. ”

"You mean ......"

"Cao Ren is likely to go north halfway and go with Zhang Yang to attack General Ziyi." Wang Mo expressed his judgment.

"It's not good, Ziyi is in danger!" Xu Huang was shocked. The generals were also shocked.

Obviously, the two allied forces merged into one, and the strength of the army increased to nearly 20,000 at once, no matter how much Tai Shici could fight, it was impossible to withstand so many enemies. After these two partial divisions defeated Tai Shici, they came to the aid with the victory, and the battle situation was bound to be repeated.

All eyes were focused on Wang Yu, and Qin Feng was even more impatient to stand up and ask for battle.

Cao Ren turned halfway, it was likely that it happened not long after Zhang Yang asked for help, and now it is likely to be too late to save Tai Shici, only the light horse to help is still a little bit of hope.

"You don't need to worry too much, Ziyi will be fine." Wang Yu looked serious and shook his head slowly, although what he said was the conclusion that everyone was looking forward to, he did not put forward any arguments, and he could not completely dispel the doubts in his heart.