It was dark, and countless torches illuminated the inside of the col.

The battle was over, Zheng Xunrui had already walked down and came to the battlefield, the smell of blood around was unbearable, and the ground was full of mutilated corpses.

Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xintao and Hong Xingui stood on the side, all of them became bloody, and the blood stains on their bodies had turned black.

Sleeping on the ground was the captured Luo Rucai, alias Cao Cao, who was the new leader of the Liukou.

Standing next to Luo Rucai was Su Congjin.

"Su Congjin, you have done a very good job, you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and make great contributions, this official will ask for credit for you, from now on, you will follow General Yang He's side, but you have to remember that the military discipline and military rules of the Zheng family army are very strict, and they must not be violated, otherwise even if you have great merit, you will still be dealt with by military law."

Su Congjin knelt in front of Zheng Xunrui.

"If you say something about your lord, your subordinates will remember it, and your subordinates will definitely work hard."

"Okay, you get up, Yang He, I handed over Su Congjin to you, train him well, and let him become the most courageous soldier in the Su family's army."

An hour passed, and Luo Ru on the ground finally woke up.

It was at this time that the herald came to report.

"Report, Zheng Jiajun killed 16,378 Liukou, captured 4,075 alive, no, captured 4,076 alive, 3,547 killed in the army, and seriously wounded 621......

Luo Rucai, who woke up, happened to hear it, and his face was like ashes.

Zheng Xunrui frowned, this number is a bit big, although compared with the casualties of the rogue, it is very small, but this is an ambush after all, it seems that this kind of tragic fighting, heavy casualties are unavoidable.

"Got it, pass the order, Zheng Jiajun and Yulin Border Army, quickly count the names of the fallen soldiers, each fallen soldier, give his family a subsidy of one hundred taels of silver, and quickly treat the seriously injured soldiers in the army, if they can't participate in the battle, stay in Fengyang Mansion City to recuperate, and then make arrangements after they recover."

"Zheng Jinhong, lead the law enforcement battalion to count the gold and silver seized, and the one hundred taels of silver for the fallen soldiers, and wait until the battle is completely over, all the distributions will be in place, the war is tense, these fallen soldiers, it is impossible to return to their hometowns to be buried, cremated on the spot, and bring back all their ashes, the law enforcement battalion must register the name of each soldier clearly, and there must be no omission."

"In addition, the rogues who were killed were all buried on the spot, and they could not be allowed to be violently corpsed in the wild, no matter what, they were also born to their parents and raised by their parents."

"Yang He, you take Su Congjin and go to screen the surrendered rogues, I won't say much about what to do, before dawn, all the screens must be completed, and all the captured war horses will be equipped with the Zheng family army and the Yulin border army."

As he said these words, a layer of mist appeared in Zheng Xunrui's eyes.

Zheng Jinhong went to set it up.

Luo Rucai, who woke up on the ground, finally attracted everyone's attention.

Zheng Xunrui looked at Luo Rucai on the ground and spoke expressionlessly.

"Luo Rucai, alias Cao Cao, the hero of the Three Kingdoms, the official Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Yansui."

Luo Rucai looked at Zheng Xunrui, opened his mouth, and did not speak.

"You have just been elected as the general leader of the Liukou, probably did not expect that after only a few days, you will face such an ending, the number of Liukou who died in the hands of this official is quite large, Shen Yikui, Bu Mu, Zijin Liang, King Chuang, etc., were once prominent figures among the Liukou, plus you are not much, this official has nothing to say to you, you don't want to live, go down to see your brothers."

After saying these words, Zheng Xunrui waved his hand, and the soldiers around him quickly escorted Luo Rucai away.

"Hong Xintao, order all the soldiers, after cleaning up the battlefield, rest on the spot, gather as much as possible, there is still a battle waiting for us behind, hundreds of thousands of rogues are coming towards Fengyang Mansion City, I don't want them to be too comfortable."

"Hong Xingui, supervise the logistics aspect, cook quickly, all the soldiers must eat hot rice and cooked meat, a whole day of fighting, not a drop of rice, and the iron body can't bear it."

By Zheng Xunrui's side, there are still Xu Wanghua, Liu Zeqing and his own soldiers.

At this time, Liu Zeqing suddenly came to Zheng Xunrui and knelt down.

This action surprised Zheng Xunrui, Liu Zeqing is the chief soldier of the second rank, he is just the fourth rank of the left Yushi and the governor of Yansui, in terms of rank, Liu Zeqing is higher, but Liu Zeqing is a pure military attaché.

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to join the Zheng family's army, please fulfill it."

Zheng Xunrui hurriedly helped Liu Zeqing up.

"General Liu Bing, you are the chief soldier of Yulin, this is appointed by the imperial court, this official does not dare to change at will, your mind and this official knows, after the battle is over, this official will write to the imperial court to fulfill your ideas."

"Subordinate Lord Xie is complete."

Xu Wanghua on the side looked at Liu Zeqing's actions and did not speak, such a strong army, which general does not want to join it, the battle report just now shows that the combat effectiveness of the Zheng family army is by no means ordinary, close to a day of fighting, mainly the Zheng family army, with no more than 1,000 casualties, and the Yulin border army, which is mainly responsible for defense, has almost three times the casualties of the Zheng family army, reaching 3,000 people.

Zheng Xunrui's expression became stern again.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Liu, the next battle, there will not be so cruel, this battle, I have made up my mind, I must completely annihilate the vanguard of the Liukou, more than 20,000 Liukou, all of them have experienced the battle of Chezhou Gorge, they are the absolute main force of the Liukou, no matter when, no matter how dangerous the situation is, it is impossible to let them go."

"Yang He has already gone to screen the rogues who surrendered, according to my expectations, it would be very good to be able to leave about a thousand people, and all the rest will be killed, I don't want to leave any hidden dangers."

"The victory of this battle is of no means ordinary, the Xingyang Conference of Liukou, the seventy-two battalions of the thirteen families, it is impossible to have one heart, they elected Luo Rucai as the general leader, and they can achieve a temporary union, but this is based on the fact that Luo Rucai is alive, we killed Luo Rucai, so that the union of the Liukou Xingyang Conference is basically in vain, and they have lost the general leader, and they have lost the foundation of the great alliance."

"Luo Rucai was killed, Lao Huihui, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others, they must be thinking of gathering again and electing the general leader, but unfortunately it's not that simple, I won't let them succeed, Zheng Jiajun and Yulin Border Army must be prepared for the next battle in the shortest possible time."

"It's a pity that Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, the two thieves, were not among the 20,000 rogues, otherwise they would have been killed by the Zheng Jiajun and the Yulin border army like Luo Rucai."

"Mr. Xu, I will work hard for you to give the Imperial Court, and after we defeat the brigade behind the Liukou, the Songhui will be sent to the capital, and the Liukou cannot be united, so they can only fight separately, in this case, they will be vulnerable, I hope Lord Hong can seize this best opportunity."

When Zheng Xunrui said this, Xu Wanghua spoke.

"My lord, my subordinates thought that after the imperial court received the setback, I am afraid that the important task of exterminating the Liukou would be handed over to the adult, Lord Hong is obviously underestimated this time, if it is not for the adult to accurately predict the movement of the Liukou, once Fengyang City is captured by the Liukou, the consequences are unimaginable."

Zheng Xunrui shook his head, Xu Wanghua had followed him for so long, and saw that his predictions were very accurate every time, so he thought that the imperial court might hand over the people who exterminated the Liukou to him, but the adults in the court didn't know, and the emperor didn't know, the wanton raiding of the Liukou had become a big problem for the imperial court, and the imperial court attached great importance to it, how could it hand over the heavy task of exterminating the Liukou to him, a young man who was just in his early twenties, unless the emperor made up his mind, there was no possibility.

Zheng Xunrui led the army to attack, not only to exterminate the Liukou, he needs to fight and fight in the actual battle, constantly temper and cast the Zheng army, the 30,000 army, after this battle lost nearly 4,000 people, the remaining Yulin border army, he will not hesitate to join the ranks of the Zheng army, and only after such a cruel fight, through the test of blood and fire, the Zheng army can really grow up, and eventually become the most powerful army in the Ming Dynasty.

In this battle in the mountain pass, the loss is not small, but the harvest is also huge, more than 18,000 war horses captured, this is not an ordinary wealth, the war horses owned by the Zheng family army have been as many as 34,000, forming such a huge cavalry, after hard training, then there will be no fear of any strength.

Of course, the number of Zheng Jiajun has increased, the number of war horses has increased, and the cost has also risen significantly, to maintain such a large army, it is impossible to have money and food, Zheng Xunrui is not in a hurry for the time being, just this battle, the gold and silver captured are close to two million taels, as for the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng led the army, how much gold and silver can be obtained, it is still unknown, but the number is definitely a lot.

In other words, in the next battle, one of the main purposes of the Zheng Jiajun is to capture the grain, grass and money of the Liukou army, as for how many Liukou are killed, it is secondary.

Before dawn, the grain and grass personally escorted by Zheng Kaihua arrived.

The two brothers haven't seen each other for two years, Zheng Kaihua has grown taller, his body is stronger, and his face also shows a mature atmosphere, after all, he presides over such a big industry of the Zheng family.

According to Zheng Xunrui's request, Zheng Jinhong selected 500 horses from the war horses and asked Zheng Kaihua to take them home.

The brothers have not met for a long time, Zheng Jiajun still has the task of fighting, it is the spring ploughing season soon, and the family is inseparable from Zheng Kaihua, after a short conversation between the two, Zheng Kaihua left with the escort and returned to Jiangning County