Deng Zhixik finally escaped, and there were about 10,000 cavalry who fled with him, and the guards led by Batu were delayed on the road, and when they just arrived, Deng Zhixike fled with the remnants of the horses, but he could not stop him.

After the battle, Qin Dong issued an order to treat his wounded and disabled soldiers, collect prisoners, count his casualties and spoils, and recover the scattered war horses and cattle and sheep, these cattle and sheep were brought by Deng Zhixike, and the Huns like to take cattle and sheep with them to fight, which is their logistical support, but Qin Dong does not like this, because the speed of cattle and sheep walking is very slow, which will slow down the march of the cavalry.

The fight lasted about two hours, when the sun was about to set the horizon, and after such a long fight, many of the people alive felt very tired and hungry.

It just so happened that the cattle, sheep and horses that ran away were quickly recovered, Qin Dong ordered to kill cattle and sheep to reward the soldiers, after learning the news of the evening meal, the soldiers cheered, when the army was marching and fighting, they generally ate the marching dry food, the dry food includes jerky, buns, steamed buns, soft bread, these things are good to eat one or two meals, but it is a bit tasteless to eat for a long time, there must be a dish to match, and meat is the best dish.

On the battlefield, countless soldiers carried the wounded by in a straight word, some were picking up broken weapons on the grass, and the seriously wounded enemy could only give them another knife to end their suffering.

Groups of captives were stripped of their armor and their weapons removed, and they were driven by the soldiers guarding them with their hands behind their heads towards the place where the captives were concentrated.

Qin Dong rode his war horse and stood nearby watching the captives pass by, followed by Tolon, Afard, Batu and others. There were also some guards, and suddenly one of the captives shouted: "General, this general." The villain has an important military intelligence report! ”

The soldiers guarding the captives next to him saw that some of the captives were shouting at Qin Dong's side, so they angrily reprimanded: "Don't want to live anymore? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu chopped you with a knife? ”

Qin Dong heard that sentence clearly, raised his horsewhip and pointed at the captive team and shouted, "Stop!" ”

"The king has an order, stop!" The herald repeated Qin Dong's order, and the soldiers guarding the captives told them to stop advancing.

"Generals, let's go, and go with this king. Listen to what the prisoner has to report! Qin Dongshuo rode his horse over, and the people behind him, Tolong, Batu and others immediately followed.

Approaching the captive team, Qin Dong stopped and asked, "Who was shouting about an urgent military intelligence report just now?" Now you can stand up and say it. If it is indeed a heavy military situation, this king will not only pardon you and release you, but also reward you heavily! ”

After Qin Dong's words were finished. The captives unanimously looked at one of them. This person is a little handsome, but his face is nothing, the key is that this person's eyes are very smart, and this agility is full of evil energy.

Qin Dong hated this kind of look very much, this kind of person is often opportunistic, cunning, and cunning, but in order to hear what this person knows, Qin Dong still waited patiently for this person's answer.

This person's face showed joy after hearing what Qin Dong said, and he completely ignored the way others looked at him. Immediately, he said: "The villain is Deng Zhixike's bodyguard, and he overheard a secret when he was on duty next to the big tent of the Chinese army this morning. A few days ago, Deng Zhixik ambushed the army of Itur, the king of the Northern Courtyard, and captured 7,000 people, the villain has been very curious about where the 7,000 captives went, and after hearing this secret, he realized that Deng Zhixik sent people to leave these 7,000 people in Bershad, which is sixty miles away from here, and there are 2,000 people guarding them, just now Deng Zhixik fled in a hurry, and Bershad is in the northwest direction of this place, he should not personally go to Bershad to take the 7,000 prisoners, he should send someone to inform the general who took care of the captives to bring the captives back to Oman, So, my lord, you have time to send troops to intercept those 7,000 captives, and even 2,000 more! And there are also a lot of booty there, which were captured after Deng Zhisik ambushed Itur."

Tolon, Afard, Batu and the others were all a little excited when they heard the news, they fought to the death, and only 7,000 people had been captured in this battle just now, but now they could capture 7,000 people again without much effort, and this kind of thing could happen a few more times.

Qin Dong didn't expect that this captive would break out such a heavy news, seven thousand captives is not a small number, and a few thousand more people can form a legion. Not only can you take over the captives, but you also have a lot of loot to give away, where can you come across such a good thing?

"Hahaha!" Qin Dong laughed, and then said: "This is really a heavy military situation, very good, what is your name?" ”

The man said, "The villain's name is Faun!" ”

"Faun, that's a good name!" Qin Dong said: "You provide good news, very good, this king just said that if you provide a heavy military information, this king will pardon you, release you, and give you a reward, this king has always been a good talker, from now on, you are free, in addition, this king will reward you with a horse and a hundred gold coins, you can leave after taking the gold coins and horses" After speaking, he waved his hand.

Naturally, someone gave Faun a horse and a small bag of gold coins, but Faun did not take it, but knelt on the ground and said: "It turns out that you are the respected Lord Regent, the villain Faun is really honored to see you, the villain does not want to reward, but is only willing to follow your side to serve you, please take the villain in, the villain swears to swear eternal allegiance to His Highness!" ”

The most important thing now is to send someone to intercept that group of prisoners, and for the two thousand guards of the soldiers, if they can be captured, they will be captured, and if they can't be captured, they will be eliminated, Qin Dong turned his head and said to Batu: "Batu, just now your guards and iron cavalry came late, causing Deng Zhixike to flee with more than 10,000 people, this is Yan zhòng's behavior of delaying the fighter, how do you think this king should punish you?" ”

Although Batu has been by Qin Dong's side for a long time, it can be said that the relationship is much closer than that of others, but Qin Dong cannot show favoritism in this matter, and he does not allow himself to show that he likes a certain general alone, which will give others a certain signal, which is not conducive to his control of his subordinates.

Batu also knew that he had made a very strict mistake, and that this battle could have left Deng Zhixik and all his troops behind, but it was because he and his guards had overrun when they were detouring to the right flank, and when they found out, they could only turn around and come back, but it was still too late, and if they arrived a few minutes early, they could have left Deng Zhixik behind.

"The king, the minister is responsible for the crime, and the delay of the fighter plane caused Deng Zhixike to flee with more than 10,000 people, and he should be beheaded according to the military law, and the minister has nothing to say, please order the king to behead the minister's head to correct the military law, so as to warn others and so on, and let others take the minister as a warning!"

Qin Dong stared at Batu, it was really painful, Batu is a very loyal person, although he is not flexible enough in making decisions on the spot, but there is no doubt that he is a loyal general, no matter what lord likes such a fierce general, but between military law and Batu, he must choose the same, you can't have both, leaving Batu can only discard military law, without military law to bind generals and soldiers, can the army still improve its combat effectiveness? Not to mention improving combat effectiveness, it is difficult to say whether it can be maintained; And to choose military law, he must kill Batu, and he is reluctant, he is really in a dilemma.

However, after all, it was a choice, Qin Dong turned his head to look away, gritted his teeth and said, "Come on, drag Batu down ......."

"King, please keep people under the knife!" Tolon, Alfalde and other generals all knelt down, and Tolong said on behalf of the others: "King, although military law cannot be violated, General Batu has been loyal since he followed the king, never thought of anything else, and can fight habitually, he is a rare fierce general, please allow General Batu to make meritorious contributions!" ”

"Guilty of meritorious service?" Qin Dong snorted coldly and said: "Meritorious service is said by those who have no military law in their hearts and are lucky, even if such a person can occasionally win a battle by commanding the army, but after all, he will be defeated, merit is merit, and passing is wrong, you think that merit can be offset by merit!" ”

Qin Dong's words made these kneeling generals tremble, as the saying goes, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, the reason why they do this, on the one hand, is that the relationship with Batu is very iron, everyone and colleagues for so many years, under the leadership of Qin Dong, from nothing to now have an army of 200,000 troops, the territory controlled from Pannonia Budapest in the west, east to the west coast of the Black Sea, north to the northern end of the Balkha Thousand Mountains, and south to the Macedonian border. Although it is only one-third the size of the territory controlled by Attila in its time, it is much larger than the territory of any country in Obaro except the Eastern Roman Empire. The relationship established in this situation is not comparable to ordinary feelings.

On the other hand, they are also leaving a way out for themselves, today Batu made a mistake, Qin Dong wanted to kill him, they interceded for it, if any of them also made a mistake in the future, others would also intercede for them and help each other. But Qin Dong's words were like a basin of cold water suddenly pouring down from the top of their heads, making them sober up, don't think about the protection of officials and officials, don't think that merits and demerits can be offset.

Qin Dong sighed at this time and said: "The war has just begun, and it is indeed unlucky to kill the generals in battle, but it cannot be exempted from Batu's guilt, however, since ancient times, there has been a saying of 'killing people to pay for their lives, and paying off debts', Batu, you can exchange your life for your life, and exchange the lives of the seven thousand prisoners and two thousand guards for your life, are you willing?" ”

Others may not know, but Batu only knew at this time that Qin Dong actually loved him very much, otherwise he would not have come up with such a way to save him, he immediately said: "Yes!" Willing to do so! ”

Qin Dong nodded: "Okay, remove the post of commander of the Batu Guards, demote him to a small soldier, and let Batu temporarily act as the commander of the three thousand guards here, and lead the three thousand guards to Bethel to bring back the seven thousand prisoners and two thousand guards!" Once the mission is complete, remove Batuu from commanding the army! ”

Batu bowed his head and said, "Command!" (To be continued......)