The battle ended before noon.

Except for a small number of officers and soldiers who were on the ship of the Navy Division Building in advance, Yu Yunzhou Ma Army chased and killed before the riverbank, and controlled the evacuation of the warships in time, and all 40,000 Northern Hu Rui soldiers died inside and outside Xihe City.

The soldiers who retreated from the north of Xihe City, including the elite cavalry who fought fiercely outside the city, because they could not get rid of the pursuit of the Yunzhou horse army, and the Beihu cultivators on the warship did not dare to let them get on the boat, so many people died by the river.

Blood stained the Yellow River red, and countless floating corpses floated down the river, with no end in sight.

This is a big victory, it is also a tragic victory, the Yunzhou army paid a huge price, more than 40,000 soldiers suffered nearly half of the casualties, especially the vanguard Chen Yi, Fang Moyuan, Yun Yong, Ding Yi and other departments, there are many dead in the battle, and almost all of the survivors are injured, and there are not a few who have broken hands and feet.

Standing in the Xihe City Tower, with the spring sun above his head and the river breeze, Zhao Ning raised his eyebrows and looked around coldly.

With Xihe City as the center, within a radius of more than ten miles, corpses are everywhere, blood is gurgling, swords and soldiers are scattered, flags are broken, corpses are piled up in some places, and there are sporadic torches burning in some places.

Many horses that had lost their masters wandered in confusion from place to place, occasionally letting out a desolate wail, and some horses that found their dead masters stayed by their masters' side and did not stay away, arching their master's corpse with their heads from time to time, as if hoping that their master would still stand up.

The location of the original Beihu infantry army in front of the city is the place where the corpses are most dense, covering almost every inch of the ground, and the soldiers on both sides are lying in a pool of blood.

Many people did not let go until they died, and the blades that stabbed into each other's bodies, their round eyes still glared at each other viciously, as if they had to fight with each other on the Huangquan Road, and then divide the strength and weakness of the superior.

Because of the proximity, Zhao Ning could see the colorful viscera in the corpse squad at the head of the city clearly, and the foreign bodies flowing out of the intestines were mixed in the pool of blood, and the smell emitted was particularly unpleasant.

There were already hordes of soldiers in the city, cleaning up the corpses that filled the streets, collecting the blades next to the corpses.

Some of the barracks were inhabited by many wounded, some of them sat in the courtyard and cried silently, some of them lay under the eaves and wailed weakly, and some of them opened their mouths to laugh even though they were covered in blood, and the laughter was either heroic or cold and strange.

After the war, Xihe City is still in hell, and there is a cold dead air everywhere, if you want this city to become a place on earth, it is far from enough to rely on the sun hanging in the sky, at least you need to wait until the corpses and blood stains inside and outside the city are cleaned up.

"Autumn goes to spring, it's been more than half a year, and we finally defeated the Beihu army head-on!"

When Wei Wuxian sighed at this sentence, his face was full of joy and excitement, "With 40,000 against 40,000, not only can you win the battle, but you can also take the city and almost completely annihilate its army, if it were placed before today, I would not dare to think of it." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Ning and said with a smile: "After today, Brother Ning's reputation for good fighting, I'm afraid there will be no Qi people who don't know." Completed this almost unattainable feat, reversed the decline of the national war in one fell swoop, and your reputation will be in the history books. ”

It wasn't just Wei Wuxian who was happy, in fact, Song Ming and the other Wang Jijing were all smiling with smiles that couldn't be concealed. The significance of this battle is so great that everyone present can understand it. As for Zhao Ning's various cleverness in this battle, Wei Wuxian could understand it, and others might not be able to fully understand it.

Song Ming stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This battle has proved that General Zhao is indeed a peerless general. The old man has also read some military books, but how we won this battle, in fact, this king still doesn't understand it very well.

"Before today, the Beihu army has always been invincible, and no one can shake its troops except for the Hedong army.

"In this battle, this army is led by Borshu himself, and he also quickly captured Xihe City before, and his combat power should be extraordinary, but how can he be defeated so quickly and irreversibly under the strong attack of these 40,000 miscellaneous soldiers in Yunzhou?"

Last night, when they fought with the Beihu King Extreme Realm, Song Ming and the others all focused on catching and fighting, and had no time to pay attention to the ground battlefield.

To tell the truth, at dawn today, in the absence of the possibility of defeating the masters of the Beihu King Extreme Realm, Song Ming and the others were not optimistic about the outcome of this battle, and they were even ready to withdraw to Yunzhou City in a disadvantageous battle.

So when they saw the scene where Borshu and the others retreated, the Yunzhou army had already entered Xihe City, and the Beihu army began to rout, they were all so surprised that they couldn't figure out why this group of miscellaneous soldiers in Yunzhou could win so quickly.

After listening to Song Ming's question, Wei Wuxian chuckled twice, "The army can win, of course, because of its combat strength. The number and strength of the cultivators among the 40,000 soldiers were already stronger than the Beihu army, which was fundamental.

"Brother Ning'er's cleverness or difficulty lies in how to arrange the troops, maximize the strength of the cultivators, and let a group of miscellaneous soldiers defeat a group of elites in a hundred battles.

"So far, the dynasty has not won the war, and the morale of the soldiers is not high.

"The army of the defense envoy, some of them are brave and brave, some are afraid of the enemy and afraid of death, and the strength of the righteous army is even better, this time because the Yunzhou horse army is limited, can only let all the horse army fight, the departments are not familiar with each other, and there is no sense of trust in each other, and it is even more difficult to cooperate with the battle and move forward. ”

Hearing Wei Wuxian say this, Song Ming and the others nodded again and again, the situation in this battle was indeed extremely dangerous, which was also the reason why they didn't expect this battle to win a big victory.

Wei Wuxian continued: "The four vanguard generals, Chen Yi, Fang Moyuan, Yun Yong, Ding Yi and other departments, although they are a righteous army composed of Jianghu cultivators and local wealthy clans, they have friendship with each other and trust each other.

"They are fighting this to protect their homeland, protect their parents, wives and children, and there is no way back, so they are resolute and not afraid of death, as long as they move LinkedIn forward, others will not hesitate."

"Of course, the most important thing is to be strong, let them charge at the front, you can give the Beihu army a head-on blow, as long as this blow is successful, it can open up the situation for the army and boost morale.

And that's exactly what happened.

"Although Geng Anguo's Liangshan Battalion was born as a bandit, he was undoubtedly a brave veteran after the two defeats of the official army.

"And they had received the fair treatment and favor of Brother Ning before, and the evil spirit that had been accumulated for several months, after receiving Brother Ning'er's recognition and respect, they were willing to fight for the country, so naturally there was no reason not to serve their lives.

"Their combat power is stronger than that of the defensive army, and it happens to be the second echelon of attack.

"As for He Ping's department, it was originally an elite department in Yunzhou, and it was entrusted with the important task of guarding the bridgehead, with a sense of responsibility and arrogance.

"And because they are very familiar with Xihe City, they are the most suitable for siege.

"Brother Ning didn't let them attack early, but pressed them twice, letting the two rebels rush first, and when it was their turn, it was the time when the fighting spirit, anger, and blood were accumulating, and it was not surprising that they could capture the city wall in one fell swoop. ”

After saying this, Song Ming and the others suddenly realized and expressed their admiration.

Song Ming hugged his fist to Zhao Ning, full of emotion: "A seemingly simple battle, there are so many essences, General Zhao is a young hero, and he deserves to be the most dazzling rising star of Daqi."

"It is really a great blessing for them to have General Zhao come to Yunzhou to sit in the town, and the dynasty can have a general like Zhao, so that this national war can have a chance to win!"

These heartfelt words of praise did not make Zhao Ning feel proud, but he smiled and said a few words modestly.

What are the essences, what Wei Wuxian said just now, but to block the mouths of Song Ming and others, and also to explain the reason for the victory of this battle to the people of the world, in fact, there is no real essence involved at all.

Zhao Ning and Wei Wuxian glanced at each other. They didn't say a word to each other, but they already understood their brothers' thoughts.

What Wei Wuxian wouldn't mention was the origin of Chen Yi, Fang Moyuan, and Ding Yi's cultivators. This is not only Zhao Ning's secret, but also the common action of many families who secretly accumulated strength and watched the changes of the times before the national war.

"This king never imagined that the combat power of the Yunzhou Righteous Army would be so strong, the morale would be so high, and he would not turn his heels when he went forward and died, which is really an example of the king of the world!"

Song Ming, who had just won the big battle and had not yet passed his excitement, sighed here, suddenly paused, and began to think about some practical questions: "How can there be such a strong cultivator power in the local rebel army in Yunzhou?"

"In the previous battle of Yanping City, the imperial court also called on the righteous soldiers of Yanping to participate in defending the city, but why is the combat power they showed so much worse than the vanguard of this Yunzhou army?

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the other Wang Jijing were all tense.

Wei Wuxian snorted, "Your Highness has thought about it, this is just a clash of 40,000 people, and there are not many cultivators who need to be pioneers, and they can't be compared to the Battle of Yanping."

"Besides, since the national war, there are many people with lofty ideals who have joined the army, and Yunzhou, as an important military town, can gather some chivalrous guests from the rivers and lakes, isn't it natural?"

Song Ming nodded thoughtfully, noncommittal, he always felt that there was a problem, but for a while he couldn't figure out what the problem was, so he was speechless for the time being.

"In fact, this battle can be won, not by relying on thousands and hundreds of pioneer cultivators, nor by the deployment of troops by the generals, nor by the fleeting luck of the enemy's strength. Zhao Ning suddenly opened his mouth.

He looked at the cruel battlefield outside the city that had not yet been cleaned, his eyes were far away, his face was vicissitudes, and his deep voice sounded, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

When everyone looked at him, his gaze swept over the body of a soldier who was still standing with his sword standing or standing on his knees, or dead in the sea of corpses and blood:

"This battle can be won, relying on the joint efforts of the three armies, relying on the world of my great Qi, even if there is no fine clothes and jade food on weekdays, in front of the illustrious people, how much favor they have received from the imperial court, how many privileges they enjoy from the government, they are still willing to resolutely bid farewell to their parents, temporarily abandon their wives and children, carry food, knives and armor on the horse, leave their hometowns and rush to the battlefield, and fight with foreign invaders and ordinary people!

"Every Great Qi soldier who has fought on this battlefield is a great man who stands up to the sky, a true hero who protects the territory and the people, and the backbone of my Great Qi Dynasty!

"As long as there are enough such big husbands in this world, no matter how strong the foreign invaders we face, no matter how much land we lose at one time, no matter how many comrades we die in battle, my Daqi will definitely not die!"

When Song Ming and the others heard these sonorous words, they were all deeply shocked, and they looked at Zhao Ning in a daze and forgot to speak. Following Zhao Ning's eyes, they couldn't help but cast their eyes on the overwhelming corpses on the battlefield, and they were all speechless for a long time.

"Report the victory to the imperial court, and let the victory of this battle spread all over the world. After this battle, no matter how imposing the Beihu army is in the future, the soldiers of our Great Qi King Division will never be afraid of the enemy like a tiger again!"

After saying this, Zhao Ning flicked his sleeves and left the city tower.

In today's battle, fortunately, Chen Yi and others sacrificed their lives to fight, and the army won, which can achieve an unprecedented victory, inspire the morale of the world, and inspire the hearts of the people in the world;

If Chen Yi and the others were a little cowardly and hesitant in the battle array, this defeat would have caused the famous heir of the Zhao family to be the youngest top powerhouse of the dynasty to fail to stop the Beihu army, in the case of such a difficult situation in the national war, who else could the soldiers and civilians of Daqi count on, and what confidence could they have?

How will the national war be fought in the future?

Song Ming only knew that the army was incredible, and he only knew that the cultivators in the army were unreasonably strong, so how could he know how long Zhao Ning had been arranging for this battle, how much he had prepared, and what he had paid?

Now that the army has won, relying on tens of thousands of soldiers to bury their bones on the battlefield, the Yunzhou Theater has been saved, and the situation of the national war has been revitalized, Song Ming and others are happy, but Zhao Ning just wants to see Chen Yi and see those scarred soldiers.