The Battle of Baoxingzhuang was almost a complete victory for the "Southern Route Army," but whether it was Qian Yuanshan, Wang Feng, Tang Chao, Mutel, and other brothers, or the officers and men of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army" under their command, and even Xu Shao'an and Cheng Fei, they all had a feeling that the battle that lasted less than two hours was not enjoyable and inexhaustible -- some of the "Security Army" soldiers not only failed to engage the Liao army head-on, but even before they could see what the Liao army commander looked like, the battle was already over. The only exception may be the artillery regiments and the artillery of the regiments, battalions, and companies, and in a short period of time, the artillery units of the various artillery units have fired a total of 5 to 6,000 shells, which is far more than ten times the sum of all the shells consumed for all kinds of purposes after the rifled guns were developed. In some cases, artillery companies and platoons belonging to battalions and companies were even damaged because the firing frequency was too fast to exceed the capacity of the mortar barrels - fortunately, there were no casualties. However, for Qian Yuanshan and other traversers, it doesn't matter if they are exhausted, as long as they can achieve their goals, it doesn't matter if they don't spend a single shot on their side.

And the reason why it is said that this battle is almost a complete victory is because there are still Xiao Jixian and his seven or eight thousand Khitan cavalry that have not yet been annihilated, and the other party may still cause some trouble for the crossing team. Of course, without the support of the main force of the Youyun Liao Army, Xiao Jixian's department has become a rootless water and a tree without roots, although it can pull the hind legs of the crossing team through small actions such as raiding and sabotage, it is impossible to set off any big storms - in fact, since Xiao Jixian's main activity area is between Gu'an and Baoxingzhuang, it is likely to cause much more trouble to the Later Zhou Army than to the crossing team, even if the crossing team does not send troops to encircle and suppress, the Later Zhou Army will not let Xiao Jixian's troops do whatever they want in their rear. However, out of the consideration of destroying the enemy and taking the initiative into their own hands, Qian Yuanshan and others still decided that the Ranger Battalion would not go north for the time being, but would stay in charge of clearing Xiao Jixian and his seven or eight thousand Khitan cavalry. After this matter, he rushed to the front line of the Great Wall and threw himself into the battle to block the reinforcements of the Liao State.

In addition to the annihilation of Xiao Jixian's department, there are two other things that the brothers are concerned about now:

The first is to seize the time to clean up the battlefield and escort the prisoners to the designated place, so that they can adjust their deployment as soon as possible and move the main force of the "Southern Route Army" to the front line of the Great Wall to block the upcoming Liao reinforcements.

The second is how the crossing team should deal with the relationship with Chai Rong and the Later Zhou Army after this battle. With the main force of the "Southern Route Army" going north, the troops of the crossing team around Liangxiang will be relatively empty, and the 80,000 troops of the Hou Zhou Army are a hidden danger no matter how you look at it, and the relationship between the two sides must be handled as soon as possible, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble to yourself.

The first thing is relatively easy to solve. Although the Liao army had more than 30,000 prisoners, it didn't actually take much to guard these defeated soldiers who had been frightened. After telegraphing with the committee, Qian Yuanshan and others decided to divide the Liao prisoners into two parts, with a battalion of the "Flying Dragon Army" (three regiments and eight battalions) and a regiment of the "Security Army" (six regiments) to be responsible for escorting and guarding them. Among them, more than 500 Liao army generals and officials, including Xiao Siwen, all centurions and above will be escorted to the "Feilong Village" for detention, while other grassroots officers and soldiers will be escorted to several valleys where the terrain is very conducive to vigilance and guarding.

In addition to the different places where they were held, the treatment of the two groups of prisoners was also different. The captives who were escorted to the "Feilong Village" were some people with status and status, and the crossing team collected some tents, beds, bedding and other items that were not destroyed from the Liao army camp for them to use, and the usual three meals a day could also be provided on time. As for the junior officers and soldiers who were held in the valley, they were not so lucky, not only did they have to sleep with the stars every night, but they also had only one meal a day and one night, one meal and one dry meal -- to ensure that no prisoners would starve to death, and that they would not be allowed to think of ideas and do things that they should not do because of their excessive physical strength and energy -- but fortunately, it was already the beginning of the fourth month of the lunar calendar. Although it is still a little cold in the mountains, there are two meals a day, and in the evening a few people huddle together and light some bonfires, so that they will not starve to death or freeze to death. …,

After solving the problem of prisoners, the "Southern Route Army" can also free up their hands to go north to the front line of the Great Wall and concentrate on dealing with the reinforcements of the Liao State. In particular, while capturing more than 30,000 Liao troops, more than 10,000 still usable war horses were captured in this battle, so that the infantry of the "Southern Route Army" was basically able to achieve one person and one horse, thus greatly speeding up the speed of its transfer to the battlefield -- although the vast majority of the soldiers in the infantry had very poor riding skills and could not be compared with the cavalry units, these Han people living in the north had more or less come into contact with horses, and even if they could not ride like the cavalry troops, most people could still do it by riding at an average speed. In this way, Qian Yuanshan and others were still very confident that the "Southern Route Army" would arrive at the Great Wall in time and intercept the Liao reinforcements -- even if the most elite ranger battalion could not go north for the time being.

However, before the whole army went north, the "Southern Route Army" had another problem, and it was also the second thing they needed to face now that they had to solve as soon as possible, that is, how to deal with the relationship with Chai Rong and the Later Zhou Army. If the relationship between the two sides is not handled well, then the "Southern Route Army" here will go north, and Chai Rong over there will probably become angry because of annoyance, and lead the Later Zhou Army to harass the "Southern Route Army" back road, or obstruct the "Northern Route Army" from capturing Youzhou City, or threaten the base camp of the crossing team, that would not be beautiful - although the crossing team is also full of confidence in defeating the Later Zhou Army, but before they really gain a foothold in the Land of Hidden Clouds, the brothers still do not plan to tear their faces with Chai Rong and the Later Zhou court for the time being.

It's just that I don't want to tear my face, but the brothers have different opinions on who to do with Chai Rong and Hou Zhou Jun, and it is difficult to reach a consensus for a while. In the end, after heated discussions, under Xu Shao'an's repeated requests and struggles, the committee still agreed to his suggestion, and decided that he would personally go to the Houzhou army camp to have face-to-face communication and exchanges with Chai Rong, so as to stabilize this untempered emperor as much as possible, and buy enough time for the crossing team to implement and complete the Jihua behind the "Zhuji No. 1 Operation" - at the very least, to win time for the crossing team to capture Youzhou City and repel the Liao reinforcements. In the words of several members of the committee and the brothers of the military department, it was necessary to at least buy time for the crossing team to be able to free up one hand -- the "Northern Route Army" or the "Southern Route Army" -- to deal with the Later Zhou Army.

Of course, for security reasons, the committee will not let Xu Shaoan go to the meeting alone, and the preparations that should be made must be sufficient. According to the arrangements of the committee and the Military Department, while Cheng Fei was still leading a personal army company composed of personal guards, rangers, and elite infantry in his capacity as the leader of Xu Shao'an's personal army, Tang Chao and Wang Feng led the seventh battalion of the Third Infantry Regiment of the "Flying Dragon Army," the first artillery regiment, and the fourth regiment of the "Security Army" to set up camp three miles north of the camp of the Later Zhou army, and were ready to respond to Xu Shao'an, Cheng Fei, and others at any time -- it can be seen that if the situation was unfavorable to Xu and Cheng, the crossing team would not hesitate to fight with the Later Zhou army.

The plan has been decided, on the second day of the battle of Baoxingzhuang, early in the morning of the fourth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar in the ninth year of the calendar (the sixth year of Xiande), Xu Shaoan and Cheng Fei led more than 100 personal guards from the camp of the "South Route Army" and went to the camp of the Later Zhou Army in the south. Behind them were nearly 4,000 soldiers and horses led by Tang Chao and Wang Feng to cover and respond. At the same time, after handing over to Yang Xin, who came overnight to escort the prisoners, Qian Yuanshan and Mutel also led the main force of the cavalry regiment of the "Flying Dragon Army", the main force of the artillery regiment, and all the first regiments of the "Flying Dragon Army", as well as the first and third regiments of the "Security Army", to the north and to the front line of the Great Wall.