Seeing that the thief was about to run away, Wang Xu didn't chase after him, seeing that Yang Feng and Song Qian had already chased the scattered thieves and killed them, and the big thing had been decided, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and looked back at Zhou Zhidao, who was riding and standing: "How about the thief's martial arts?" ”

"It's okay, but it's not strong, I can kill him!" As he spoke, Zhou Zhi pursed his lips disdainfully, and then turned back in confusion: "Boss, why don't you allow everyone to behead the other party's main general?" ”

"Because they are still alive and useful, I plan to force them into Guiyang County. As for the intentions, you can figure it out for yourself! After speaking, Wang Xu smiled slightly, and then changed the topic: "I guess this person should be one of Zhou Chao and Guo Shi." Judging from the table just now, this person is not bad, and he even thought of a way to capture the thief and capture the king to reverse the defeat! If you can accept it in the future, you can accept it, it's not bad to let him be a military marquis. ”

"Huh!" Hearing this, Zhou Zhi immediately couldn't help laughing: "It's not bad to be a military marquis?" Boss, are you complimenting or sarcastic? ”

"Compliments, of course! Do you think it will be so easy to become a marquis under me? Otherwise, do you think they should be ranked with Song Qian and Yang Feng? After giving Zhou Zhi a blank look, Wang Xu didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he glanced around and said, "Let's go, let's take some people to clean up the battlefield, Yang Feng and Song Qian should be back for a while." ”

"Hmm!"

When Wang Xu and Zhou Zhi took the soldiers who were ordered to stay behind to clean up the nearby battlefield and settle the wounded soldiers, it was already the eve of dawn, and Yang Feng and Song Qian also returned. And Wang Xu saw that he had nothing to do, so he told him, and ran back to the big tent to rest first. However, Zhou Zhi was a little tired, as a gong Cao Peng, Wang Xu gave him the task of being responsible for counting the merits of the war, so it took a long time to coordinate with the various ministries to complete, and when he returned to the tent to rest, it was dawn.

However, the results of the night were extremely fruitful. According to the estimation of the generals and the sentinels in front, there were more than 5,000 people in the night attack of the thief army last night, but in the end, less than 2,000 people were left to flee back to the Liuquanpo bandit camp, in addition to the more than 2,000 people who were killed, more than 1,000 people completely became deserters. Moreover, when the thief battalion found that the night attack failed, it sent 3,000 men and horses to rescue it, but the vigilant Wang Fei seized the opportunity and led the only 500 cavalry in Lingling County to set up an ambush halfway, which caught the thief army by surprise and killed more than 700 people, which was an unexpected gain.

Wang Xu, who had just woken up and heard this kind of battle report, was even more energetic, and even ordered to add food to the soldiers of the whole army, and postponed the march time to the afternoon, so that the soldiers who had been tired all night could rest for a while. As for the soldiers who unfortunately died, Wang Xu also paid tribute very solemnly. And because it was in the homeland, he immediately sent a hundred sergeants to escort their bodies and more than twenty seriously wounded soldiers back to Quanling, and personally wrote down a generous bereavement measure for the responsible tun chief to take back to Liu Xian.

"My lord, the hour is not early, shouldn't we also wake up the soldiers and prepare to leave?" Not long after getting up, Yang Feng, who had been patrolling around the barracks, came over.

"Hmmm! All right! You go and inform everyone. Wang Xu, who was checking at the gate, looked at the sky and couldn't help nodding.

"No!" Yang Feng arched his hand and immediately walked away quickly.

Looking at Yang Feng's back, Wang Kai beside him couldn't help but smile, and said with some sighs: "Third brother, the world is really funny, I heard that General Yang was still a Yellow Turban General back then, but now he has worked for you, and he has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, it is really a little emotional to think about!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile and said, "Big brother, what's so strange about this." Everyone is just fighting for their beliefs, he followed the wrong person back then, and now he is on the right path, it's as simple as that, what do you want to do so complicated! ”

"Huh! Also. ”

"Alright! Big brother, let's go! We'll go over too, and we'll have to hurry when we're eating! With that, Wang Xu had already turned around and walked towards the camp.

"Hmm!" Wang Kai smiled and nodded, didn't say anything more, and immediately followed......

When the well-slept soldiers woke up and saw a sumptuous dinner, they were immediately elated. In addition, after winning the battle, each of them made meritorious contributions, and the atmosphere was warm for a while, some people gathered around to boast about how brave they were last night, some people were talking about which general was more majestic last night, and some people were blowing in the south and north of the world, and occasionally said two meat jokes!

Seeing that everyone's mental state was very good, Wang Xu was also very happy, and specially took the generals to eat with the soldiers and exchange feelings. He himself walked around with a rice bowl, listened here, looked there, and took the initiative to talk to the soldiers!

This move set off a craze, and it was the first time for Wang Xu to have such an intimate communication with the soldiers, which made everyone very excited, often wherever he went, there was a large circle of people. After all, in the past, Wang Xu was high in the eyes of the soldiers, and it was rare to see the last time. And every time I see him, it's when I have something serious, so I always thought he was a cold-faced general.

And the laughter and scolding at this moment made the soldiers feel more close to him, and this is exactly what Wang Xu wanted, he loved his soldiers very much. Moreover, being able to communicate more with them and communicate more can also help to better lead the army in the future. Of course, he also has a sense of proportion in his heart, and knows what kind of scale he should have, if he reduces his prestige, it will be worth the loss!

At this meal, all the officers and men of the army were in a good mood, and they were still very excited when they left the camp and set off. However, Wang Xu didn't care, he smiled and shook his head, and let them go, anyway, there would be no more war today. After all, last night's victory was a heavy blow to the thieves, although the number of their dead was less than 3,000, plus the more than 2,000 people who fled, they were only reduced by 5,000, and the remaining 12,000 of the opponent still occupied an absolute advantage in terms of numbers. However, the blow to morale is extremely heavy, and the soldiers who flee back will bring anxiety and fear to the entire barracks, causing a significant drop in morale.

If it is an elite division with a hundred battles, coupled with a talented general, it may be able to quickly get rid of the shadow of defeat. But with that rabble, it would have been impossible to recover and reorganize the attack in just one day. For the combat power of these thieves, Wang Xu had a very deep understanding last night, although the other party was in a state of chaos at that time, but the personal battle was obvious. Compared with the few elite Yellow Turban troops they fought back then, these people are more than one or two grades worse.

To be precise, he was very dissatisfied with the county soldiers under his command in the first place, if it was the soldiers he brought back then, the results of last night's battle would only be more brilliant, and it would be easy to turn all the soldiers who fled back into prisoners. As for those thieves, not to mention, they are just a group of ordinary people with weapons, and only a small number of elites can be regarded as having some combat effectiveness. This also made Wang Xu make up his mind, as soon as the matter of Guo Shi of the Zhou Dynasty was resolved, he would immediately carry out large-scale military training, and draw materials as much as possible as a guarantee. However, he has Gao Shun under him in this regard, so he is not too worried, what really gives him a headache is the cavalry, the fact that he has gathered more than 9,000 county soldiers, but only 500 cavalry makes him not ordinary pain!

Although he knew that it was difficult to get good horses in the south, and it was normal for there to be few cavalry, he still found it difficult to accept. After all, I was used to fighting that kind of cavalry charge in the north back then, and I had seen that kind of devastating might, but now I am all foot soldiers running on two legs, and I can't be happy in my heart. Moreover, the advantage of cavalry in flat areas is too great, and it is absolutely impossible to do without a strong cavalry team.

Thinking of these messy things, Wang Xu was very silent along the way, and did not join the small talk between Zhou Zhi and Wang Kai. It wasn't until it started to get dark that he began to pay attention to his surroundings.

After a while, he turned his head and asked the guide who followed behind: "How far is it from Liuquanpo here?" ”

Hearing this, the guide officer did not hesitate at all, and immediately replied: "General, there is still about an hour to go, and there are two big corners in front, and the road will be narrowed after passing, and a slope between the two mountain roads is Liuquan Slope." It was also the intersection of three official roads, and from our direction, it was just north of it. ”

"Hmm!" Nodding, Wang Xu didn't ask any more questions, and immediately said to the herald behind him: "You go and inform Yang Feng in front to slow down the march, let Song Qian in the back speed speed up the march, and our Chinese army will also speed up the pace slightly." ”

"No!" The three heralds behind him immediately answered loudly, and then they jumped out from both sides, and the horses galloped and shouted.

"Pass the general's order, and the Chinese army will speed up! Pass the general's order, and the Chinese army will increase ......"

And a herald shouted back and forth around the army, and the speed of the entire Chinese army array increased sharply. The two heralds had already galloped away, and disappeared in the blink of an eye......

Not long after nightfall, the army finally met Wang Fei, who had come to meet him. After roughly inquiring about the situation in this area, Wang Xu quickly found a high slope near the mountain and settled down. And this location is also relatively good, located in the northwest of Liuquanpo, just not far behind the thieves who curbed the retreat of Guanhai and Zhang Jing. The intention is to force and curb the thieves who retreated from Guan Hai and Zhang Jing.

Retreat and join Guan Hai and Zhang Jing. And if the other party does not retreat, or has other moves, then the next battle revolves around this thief!

Set up a tent and discussed with the generals about how to deal with it, Wang Xu asked the generals and most of the soldiers to rest, and he personally took Yang Feng and a small number of soldiers to patrol the night, and lit more torches, creating a brightly lit appearance.

"My lord! There is something I want to say! Walking to a place where no one was, Yang Feng paused, and his face faintly showed some worry.

Seeing him so solemn, Wang Xu couldn't help but look back and smile: "What's so tense?" You can say it! ”

"Lord, this matter is very important, because I was worried about disturbing the morale of the army, so I didn't dare to talk about it in the tent just now." As he spoke, Yang Feng raised his head and looked at Wang Xu before he arched his hand and said, "Actually, Guan Hai and Zhang Jing should have run out of food!" ”

"What? Out of food? As soon as Yang Feng's words came out, Wang Xu was really scared half to death, and his eyes widened in an instant. How come no one has ever told me about this? ”

"Hey! Lord, Guan Hai and Zhang Jing were in a hurry at the beginning, and they set off overnight. And in order to be in a hurry, except for some camping things, I only brought six days' food, and after all, I should have run out of food today. And even the general's wife didn't know about it, because it was Liu Xian who was in charge of allocating grain and grass at that time, and he didn't understand military affairs at all, so no one ever mentioned it. And I only learned about this situation because I sent them at that time, and I suddenly remembered it on the road today, but I was afraid that saying it in public would disturb the morale of the army, so I only reported it to the Lord alone until now. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu was already unable to control himself, and he was stunned for a moment. Out of food? God, when you are surrounded, you will run out of food?