The more than 1,000 people who surrendered were not spineless, nor were they greedy for life and afraid of death to stay behind, because there was no way to hide in hand-to-hand combat, and those who could survive to the end had some real skills.

They were exhausted, really tired, so tired that they were going to lie down. After accepting their surrender, they all staggered and lay down on the spot.

Killing people is very laborious, and killing brave soldiers who can resist is even more intense physical exertion, coupled with a high level of mental tension, that kind of tiredness will cause great physical and mental damage.

The rebel soldiers just wanted to rest, and the state of the counterinsurgency army in the imperial court was not much better, and the ability to maintain high morale was supported by faith, the belief that they belonged to the side of justice. Only by sticking to this belief can we fight desperately, and if we have the slightest doubt about the war, it will affect morale.

Therefore, the rights and wrongs of both sides of the war were left to the scholars to comment on after the war.

In fact, killing is not out of survival instinct, it is brutal. However, it is necessary for the soldiers to believe that their side is a benevolent and righteous army, so as to gather strength and stabilize the morale of the army.

The battlefield was quiet, and they were all recovering as quickly as possible. Those ceremonies of surrender and counting the spoils of war will be done after a while.

Hu Xianxian was not physically tired, but he felt tired. After the battle, there was not only blood on the ground, but also filth brought out by the wounded and exposed internal organs, and the smell of blood and foul smell reached the nostrils.

Her brain hurt, and she felt dizzy. But she couldn't rest yet, so she had to patrol around with some soldiers who were in very good shape and had not collapsed, and check to see if there were any unconscious wounded soldiers who were treated as dead.

After a pillar of incense, Zheng Tianba ordered more than 100 soldiers to bury the rebels killed in battle, while the martyrs who died on his own side were taken to the outskirts of Kuozhou to be repaired again.

After the arrangement, Zheng Tianba and Hu Xianxian escorted the captives forward for more than two miles, and then they officially met with Cheng Haofeng.

Cheng Haofeng was walking around, busy dealing with various follow-up matters, and only then turned to look at them when he heard Zheng Tianba shouting at him in a loud voice.

Seeing Hu Xianxian smiling next to Zheng Tianba, he immediately flew up and approached them.

When Hu Xianxian saw the blue figure approaching, she wanted to jump into his arms. After that, I didn't care about anything, didn't think about anything, and hugged him for a good night's sleep.

But no, although she is willful and can ignore the opinions of others, she can't ignore the overall situation.

Hu Xianxian took a deep breath and closed his eyes slightly, even if he was physically and mentally rested.

She didn't even hear what Zheng Tianba said when they joked about them, and when she saw him in front of her, she smiled at him.

He stared into her eyes, smiled lightly, and wanted to say something, but because it was inconvenient to tell in front of many soldiers, he rubbed his hands and said nothing.

Hu Xianxian waved his hand to him, signaling that he didn't have to say anything, he laughed twice and turned around and stood among the soldiers.

Then, he flew up in the air, and in front of all the soldiers, he expanded his voice with spiritual power and said: "All the soldiers participating in the war will be paid three times the original salary according to their rank; The meritorious person is promoted to one level in military rank; For those who have made outstanding contributions, the emperor personally rewarded them after quelling the rebellion; The martyrs who died are given generous pensions, and their families are exempt from hard labor. ”

Hearing these rewards, the soldiers thundered with joy, and Cheng Haofeng ordered to rest on the spot.

They rested for half an hour, ate some dry food, drank plenty of water, wiped their knives and guns, reassembled their formation, and set off again.

Cheng Haofeng asked them to go first, and he flew over to make the next arrangements for Zheng Huiliao, and then rushed back.

Zheng Huiliao almost completely annihilated the Middle Route Army, and Cheng Haofeng asked him to escort the prisoners to join Hu Yonggang and stabilize the camp. Hu Yonggang brought all the old, weak, sick and disabled, if the rebels found out and carried out a sneak attack, then even if they were victorious, they would have no way out.

The cloth is good, and Cheng Haofeng catches up with Zheng Tianba and them again. They marched hastily to the nearest fork in the trade road and the official road to meet the blood of the grain robbery.

It was almost dusk, and I searched everywhere, but there was no trace of the bloody and vengeless people.

When he was anxious, he suddenly saw blood without revenge jumping in, and when he arrived in front of Cheng Haofeng, he reported that "the grain and grass are in a small village ten miles away, just waiting to be transported." ”

They were a little puzzled, but after they followed, they learned that Blood Wuvenge used the method of half-stealing and half-robbing to get grain and grass, and did not alarm the main force of the rebels.

This operation reduced a lot of unnecessary casualties, but there was a bit of an awkward problem, because there was no victory in the battle, and there was no capture of vehicles.

The grain and grass were divided up about ten times, and it was only after they were piled up that they could not be transported to the camp.

Looking at the grain and grass piled up into several hills, Cheng Haofeng was also at a loss. The grain and grass must be transported to the camp as soon as possible, or the rebels will take it back when they come to their senses.

But the pursuers he led, as well as the army that Zheng Tianba brought to ambush, were all lightly armed and simple, and they didn't bring vehicles at all, so did they want the soldiers to march with a sack of grain and grass each? Not to mention slowing down the march, it would also allow the rebels to see their weaknesses and become passive in the war.

"I ...... There is a way to ...... not very reliable," Hu Xianxian said hesitantly when he saw that they were worried.

"Say it quickly, whether he's reliable or not, let's talk about it first." Zheng Tianba urged urgently.

"The mana of the national teacher and I can't carry so much food, but it's not a problem to carry a few carriages at a time. We can steal wagons to transport grain, and three times is enough to transport this grain......"

Halfway through her speech, Cheng Haofeng interjected and vetoed: "Stealing the carriage will alarm the rebels, their part of the army has 60,000 people, and we didn't prepare in advance, so it will be more than worth the loss if we attract them to besiege them......."

Hu Xianxian raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I'm talking about 'stealing carriages', not capturing the enemy's carriages......"

When they heard that there were other meanings in her words, they all looked at her curiously, and she said slowly: "Kuozhou is a large grain-producing state, and many rich families here have the kind of big carriages and carriages that transport grain. ”

Cheng Haofeng lowered his head and smiled: "It's really 'stealing'...... For the time being, it is impossible to tell these people that the imperial court requisitioned the carriages, so as not to leak the military information, and then double the compensation for them after the war. ”

When he said this, he agreed to Hu Xianxian's proposal. Cheng Haofeng ordered Zheng Tianba to take most of the soldiers and rush back to Hu Yonggang's camp first, and then about 800 people led by Blood Wuqi to guard these grains and grasses, and then the two of them went to "steal the carriage".

At that time, more than 30 vehicles had been found, and the grain convoy set off one after another in the night.

Seeing that all the food was loaded, Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian flew over the convoy and escorted them.

The two flew side by side in the air, always paying attention to the movements below, no intimate movements, no sweet words, but occasionally raising their eyes to look at each other, they could see the deep affection and sweetness in each other's eyes.

They traveled day and night, and arrived at the camp at noon on March 12.

This camp is sixty miles south of Kuozhou City, and it is a tidal flat of a river bay. First of all, the river is gentle, and there are many bridges connecting both banks, which is open and convenient for camping, and convenient for taking water.

There is a road to Wanzhou next to the camp, and there are rebels in Anhui, but the prefect Cao Songlou has been resisting and is committed to the imperial court. If this road is unblocked, it will be possible to support each other with the military and civilians of Wanzhou in times of crisis.

Most of the troops were stationed here, but in order to confuse the enemy, Hu Yonggang also had more than 500 people stationed in the eastern suburbs of Kuozhou 30 miles and 50 miles in the northern suburbs, which at first glance seemed to be an encirclement of Kuozhou.

Zheng Tianba and Cheng Haofeng both praised Hu Yonggang, and used 10,000 cobbled together rabble to force Han Zecan to defend Kuozhou, not to mention, but also explored the surrounding terrain well, and made full preparations for a frontal attack in the future.

He also said that he not only chose the camp well, but also arranged the troops properly, and also had a good character. He did not rush into the army to attack the enemy army with his own merit, but did all kinds of miscellaneous things, and let others get the credit first.

Hu Yonggang was a little embarrassed to be praised, and after a few modest words, he said with doubts on his face: "I didn't have time to deploy troops here in the western suburbs of Kuozhou, so I let the rebels be stationed there first...... Well, they definitely didn't do this to rush to camp with us, it's strange, I don't know what kind of conspiracy they are engaged in. ”

They didn't understand what he meant, and Hu Yonggang explained it carefully. The part of the rebels who took the official road was attacked and suffered a heavy defeat, leaving about 10,000 remnants of the defeated army, and it was easy to reach the outside of Dekuozhou City, but Han Zecan actually did not allow them to enter the city.

Seeing that the rebels who came by water and by the trade route entered the city, this part of the rebels was even more unconvinced, and almost took the troops to join others.

Later, I don't know how Han Zecan persuaded the 10,000 rebels that they were willing to settle down ten miles away in the western suburbs.

The camp in the western suburbs was backed by a mountain, full of steep rocks that were difficult to climb, and there was no way back; In addition to the official road to the capital, there is no place to hide; And there was no other source of living water except a little closer to the moat.

The camp in the western suburbs was very unsuitable for garrisoning, and Hu Yonggang couldn't figure out why Han Zecan would let those 10,000 people be stationed there.

"This ...... It may be that Han Zecan saw that this part of the rebels had lost the battle before they arrived in Kuozhou, so he thought that they were unlucky, did not wait to see them, and left them in the western suburbs to die...... That's how it should be, right? Zheng Tianba said speculation.

"What about 10,000 horses, even if you lose the battle, you can't be angry and throw so many people out of the way, right?" Zheng Huiliao first refuted his father.

Zheng Tianba scratched his head, and couldn't find anything to say, so he looked at Cheng Haofeng.

Cheng Haofeng thought for a moment and said: "This matter is indeed strange, if Han Zecan is really prejudiced against those 10,000 rebels, it is impossible for these people to listen to his arrangement to be stationed in the western suburbs." We don't have to guess, and then send someone to carefully investigate the situation of the rebels in the western suburbs. ”

The people stopped arguing and went their own way.

On the afternoon of 13 March, the battalions of the advance army for counterinsurgency were set up, and the officers and men were finally able to rest for half a day.

At the time of Shen, the shadow of the sun was slanting in the west, and most of the soldiers were still in their tents to make up for the sleep they had owe a few days before they went to sleep. Hu Xianxian reminded the guards in front of the tent not to relax their vigilance just because it was daytime, and when he was talking, there was a sudden burst of fragrant wind.

The red, red, white and white falling flowers fluttered in the wind, and she felt a faint sorrow in her heart, and in a blink of an eye, it was the time when the flowers were left in the twilight of spring. In the spring of the first year of Jiaxiang, he has been tossing and turning in the beacon fire, and before he has time for a spring outing, the spring has gone.

Her daughter's mind couldn't be seen through by her subordinates, and she was about to enter the account and send her arms alone, but she saw Cheng Haofeng walking slowly towards her.