Children's food is Sun Ce and the others are rings are Cai Mao naturally didn't know that Zhang Xiu's department was so appreciative, because of the installation of two small things, these two small things were too inconspicuous, and not the whole army was equipped, so a few people didn't notice it. And the one who really saw the power of these two little things was the soldiers of the Ji Ling Department who directly fought against Zhang Xiu's department, but many of these soldiers died, even if the knowledge level of the soldiers who did not die, they would not have thought that it was these two small things that caused the combat power of Zhang Xiu's cavalry to increase greatly.

Obviously, the little secret of the horseshoe and the bilateral stirrup can be kept for a while, but of course it can't be too long. As long as the opponent who has fought with Zhang Xiu a few times, he should be able to see the subtlety. Zhang Xiu didn't care about this, because only three states in the entire Han Dynasty produced good horses, namely Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou. According to Zhang Xiu's strategic planning, Liangzhou will be in his pocket sooner or later, and the two states will not conflict with it in a short period of time, and when it comes to conflict with the masters of these two states, I am afraid that the secret of horseshoes and bilateral stirrups has spread all over the world, and he also has a certain territory, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the battle will not only rely on a cavalry alone to sweep the world.

Let's say that when Zhang Xiu returned to his camp, the sky was already light, Zhang Xiuqiang held back his exhaustion and waited for Jia Xu to count the casualties. When the sky was bright, Jia Xu had already sorted out the data of this battle, and saw Jia Xu come to the tent and report to Zhang Xiuyu: "Lord, in this battle, we have broken thirteen catties of local camps", of which there are dozens of Yuan Shu camps. Eleven were broken by our army. There were five camps in Jingzhou, which were broken by our army by three catties. The exact number of enemy casualties is unknown, but a rough estimate is that the losses of Yuan Shu's troops should be more than 40,000, while the losses of the Jingzhou army are relatively small, probably only a few thousand. And one of the enemy's dead generals was killed by the lord, and after speaking, he looked at Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu nodded after listening. "What are the casualties of our army?" ”

Jia Xu still said in his calm tone: "Our army has more than 3,000 dead and more than 4,000 wounded, with a total of about 8,000 casualties, of which half of the wounded are seriously injured and can no longer go to the battlefield, and the remaining injuries can go to the battlefield after recovery, but according to past experience, I am afraid that only 12 out of 10 of the injured can return to the battlefield."

Zhang Xiu secretly pondered for a moment and said, "Military Division." He ordered the army to use all the cloth strips used to bandage the wounds to be boiled in boiling water before they could be used

Jia Xu heard it and said strangely: "Lord." The consumption of firewood in this way is not,"

Zhang Xiu said: "And do what I say." It doesn't hurt to consume more firewood.

Jia Xu nodded, indicating that he had written it down.

At this time, Zhang Xiu said again: "Military division, the casualty ratio of the two sides in this battle is five to one, which can be regarded as a big victory, but the number of our army is not as good as the combined army of Yuan Shu and Liu Biao after all. And this is definitely an irreproducible war, after this time Yuan Shu and Cai Mao will definitely learn from the teachings and come up with a way to deal with such an attack by our army, and if this battle continues, I'm afraid

Jia Xu nodded and said, "The lord is reasonable. If this battle continues, our army will be able to win. But I'm afraid it's also a crushing victory, if the lord consumes the army here, I'm afraid it won't be conducive to capturing Guanzhong and Xiliang in the future

Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "Yes, Xiu didn't expect that the opponent this time would be so difficult, did the military advisor think that Xiu should fight the battle last night?" Obviously, Zhang Xiu began to regret her impulsiveness last night.

Jia Xu smiled and said: "It should be fought, and this great victory of the lord has laid the foundation for our army to take the north of Hanshui."

After Zhang Xiu heard this, he said curiously: "What do you mean by what the military advisor said?" ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Last night's battle, our army was the winner, and it was a big victory, although the loss was not small, but counting the army defended by Pei Yuanshao in Deng County, there were more than 30,000 people. And judging from the combat power that the lord showed last night. More than 30,000 elite cavalrymen, Yuan Shu and Liu Biaodang, had to use more than three times the force to win. Yuan Shu suffered heavy losses, leaving only more than 30,000 people, and Cai Mao only had more than 20,000 people left. And Liu Biao can no longer gather troops from all over Jingzhou, so only Yuan Shu can recruit troops from all over Yuzhou and Yangzhou. If there is another big war between the three sides, our army will certainly be defeated. But Cai Mao's department may not have much left. At that time, Jingzhou will only be cheaper, occupy most of Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and have a stable rear Yuan Shu. I'm afraid Liu Biao's heart is also wavering at this time

Zhang Xiu listened to it. Suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "What does the military advisor mean to unite with Liu Biao to discuss Yuan Shu?" ”

Jia Xu saw that Zhang Xiu understood, so he nodded and said, "The lord is wise." In fact, the strategy of uniting Liu Biao to discuss Yuan Shu had already been set when he was in Chang'an. It is only because of the repeated changes in the calculation of profits that it cannot be implemented. Now is the time to tie Liu Biao

Zhang Xiu heard it and asked: "What does the military advisor think should be said to be an alliance between Liu Biao and Xiu at this time."

Jia Xu smiled and said, "When it is the land south of the Han River in Shangyong County." Zhang Xiu listened to Jia Xu's words, thought for a while, and then said: "This matter is not unavoidable, in Chang'an, the strategy of fighting with Liu Biao Hanshui has already been set, and as long as our army captures Hanzhong and gets the upper reaches of Hanshui, then Liu Biao is also under the threat of our army's soldiers." This is a nuisance, but so easy with him, I'm afraid I will guess. Our army is majestic, and there are six orange cherry blossoms! Detest. ”

Jia Xu said: "Don't worry, the lord, just say that the land south of the Han River in Shangyong County will be exchanged for Wancheng and Fancheng, and that's it." Wancheng is the emperor's hometown. It was once the seat of Jingzhou, and Fancheng was a strategic location, and the value of these two places was not much better than that of the land south of Hanshui in Shangyong County. Although Wancheng is already in the applause of the lord, it can be exchanged with Liu Biao, which can also reduce the number of people lost by our army in the siege of the city, and can also make Hu Feng's troops devote themselves to the battle against Yuan Shu. In this way, our army will not fall into prestige, and it can also form an alliance with Liu Biao, and it can also enable Hu Yi's troops to join the battle and strengthen our army.

Zhang Lu smiled and nodded, agreeing, and then asked, "In that case, who should be the envoy?"

Jia Xu replied: "I am afraid that there is only one person under the command of the lord. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded helplessly, it is true that he only has Jia Xu as a scribe under his command, if he sends a military general to see Liu Biao, it is obviously a kind of disrespect to him, I am afraid that Liu Biao did not wait for Zhang Xiu's envoy to speak, and immediately drove him back. Since this is the case, Zhang Xiu said: "Don't be careful, the embroidery sent Zhou Cang and fifty elites to accompany him. Close protection of the military division. ”

Jia Xu bowed and said, "Thank you for your love." ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and asked, "When is Mr. going to come out?" ”

Jia Xu thought for a while and replied: "Tomorrow, I still have to wait for Cai Mao's war report to reach Liu Biao before I can act, after finishing speaking, Jia Xu quit and quit the big tent, he obviously saw that Zhang Xiu was very tired after a night of fighting.

Zhang Xiu's victory was naturally overjoyed, and in the evening, Zhang Xiu also ordered the army to add food, which made all the soldiers very excited. On the other hand, Yuan Shu and Cai Mao's camp are very bleak. The soldiers were busy collecting the corpses of the robes, and dug a large pit behind the camp to bury the corpses.

And Yuan Shu in the big tent heard the shouts of killing outside last night, and he was outside the camp where he was recently, but fortunately, the camps were guarded by the most elite soldiers, and Zhang Xiu's troops were beaten back according to the battalion. There was a lot of war. Yuan Shu didn't sleep all night, and Liu Biao sent to Cai Mao's camp as a military advisor to help with a plan, wanting to trap Zhang Xiu, how did he know that Zhang Xiu easily retreated after defeating Ji Ling's department.

Yuan Shu was very angry when he heard that Ji Ling's troops were defeated, but when he heard that Ji Ling didn't know whether he was alive or dead, he became panicked. Ji Ling is Yuan Shu's most important general, if he dies, the blow to the morale of Yuan Shu's army can be imagined. Yuan Shu came to Ji Ling's camp and saw the feather arrow that Zhang Xiu shot into Ji Ling's back heart pulled out by Lang Zhongwang, and stopped the injury. After Yuan Shu visited Ji Ling, he asked the soldier Lang Zhongdao, "How is Ji Ling?" ”

Sui Jun Langzhong replied: "General Ji Ling has been practicing martial arts for a long time, and his conductor is strong, although he is seriously injured this time, he should be able to recover if he wants to recuperate for a period of time."

After listening to the words of Sui Jun Langzhong, Yuan Shu breathed a sigh of relief. After rewarding Na Langzhong, he ordered the guards to take care of Ji Ling before returning to his tent. At this time, the number of casualties after the war has been sorted out, and the casualties of Yuan Shu's department are as high as more than 47,000 people.

On the other hand, Cai Mao also received the news of casualties, and the Jingzhou army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, accounting for one-tenth of the total strength. As soon as Cai Mao sorted out the battle report and sent it to Xiangyang, he received a letter from Yuan Shu, the content of which was roughly due to the heavy casualties, and he was afraid that the army would not be able to hold the camp and would be attacked by Zhang Xiu again, resulting in the annihilation of the whole army, so his army would now cross the water and return to Xinye and Zaoyang to wait for reinforcements from Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and then cross the river to fight Zhang Xiu to the death after the reinforcements arrived.

After Cai Mao read it, he angrily said on the spot: "Yuan Shu is this catty." A villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He actually left our army and retreated, hum

At this time, after listening to it, he picked up the letter, read it carefully, and said: "General, at this time, you should retreat to Fancheng and hold on to the city, and you can't be found by Zhang Xiu

Cai Mao heard it and asked, "How can Jean retreat?" ”

Jing Yue immediately replied: "Take my army back to Fancheng with the water army." ”

After hearing this, Cai Mao asked, "What about the camp built along the way before?"

Jing Yue smiled bitterly and said, "I can only give up."

Cai Mao could only sigh when he heard it: "Okay, and let the navy come to pick up my army and return to Fancheng, it must be fast, and Zhang Xiu can't take advantage of Cai Mao's order, and someone will naturally be ordered to go."

Here, Zhang Xiu had already received the news of the retreat of Yuan Shu and Cai Mao's army, and immediately led the army to rush there, how did he know that both of them had arranged a certain number of troops to rely on the battalion to defend, and the ferries where the army retreated were built in the camp, and Zhang Xiu had no water army, so he could only watch the two lead the army to retreat.