After Kebineng came to his senses, the cavalry sent out to counterattack galloped fifty miles on both sides and did not see the end of the fire dragon, they couldn't help but be surprised, and sent someone back to report to Kebineng. Kebineng sighed, knowing that the Han army had made careful arrangements and that he had lost the opportunity to counterattack, so he ordered the counterattacking cavalry to return.

This is the second mistake he made in this incident, this order made him completely lose the opportunity to fight back, in fact, if the cavalry insisted on chasing a little more on both sides, it was very likely to catch up with the end of the fire dragon, so as to bypass and fight the Han army, but unfortunately they did not understand the truth that holding out to the end is victory, and in the end they could only drink hatred on the spot.

The soldiers of the 1st Brigade continued their arson business after a morning rest. Because they had gone too far, they did not dare to disperse their forces any longer, and one regiment on each side was gathered together to engage in the work of arson, in fact, one platoon was more than enough for the people who really lit the fire with torches, and the rest were responsible for the guard.

The 3rd Regiment was in charge of logistical supplies, after all, everyone had only brought out three days' worth of dry rations, and if the promising work of setting fire was to continue, they had to be fed. It is not so easy to go deep into the grassland to replenish food, and you have to guard against a sudden sneak attack by the Hu cavalry at any time, so you need to be armed and escorted.

The third regiment was divided into two parts, each responsible for the transportation of grain on the side of the dragon. The horses that had been intended to be used to pursue the Xianbei scouts were all gathered and used as camels to transport food, while the soldiers of the 3rd Regiment followed the horses and served as bodyguards.

As the fire dragon continued to prolong, a century fire that swept through the entire grassland was artificially created. Some tribes far from the tent were also affected, and they were forced to leave their homes and flee south. During this period, it is not known how many people were burned to death because they could not escape, and although many escaped the fire, their property damage cannot be calculated.

In particular, without the flock of sheep, which they relied on for their survival, even if they were able to escape the fire, they would face the fate of freezing to death and starving to death in the coming winter. The blow to this fire was all-round, and the intensity of the blow was unprecedented. Whether it was soldiers or civilians, whether it was the elderly or children, all of them were affected, and from this point of view, the Second Division was indeed brutal enough.

The 2nd Brigade had been staying on the edge of the Outer Great Wall, intending to pick them up in time to withdraw when the 1st Brigade's arson operation was unfavorable, but the 1st Brigade's arson work went unexpectedly smoothly (thanks to the two mistakes made by Kobineng), so the 2nd Brigade could not sit still, and they began to move.

The 2nd Brigade did not follow the 1st Brigade to set fires, but followed the wall of fire to the south. The purpose of going south was not to pick up the roasted whole sheep, of course, they did pick up a lot of roasted whole sheep, which greatly eased the logistical pressure, but their main purpose was to clear out some Xianbei people who had escaped the fire, and in some places where the fire was extinguished, they had to rekindle the fire.

Not all grasslands are grassy, there are other terrains, such as rivers, wetlands, and the Gobi Desert, where no grass grows, and the fires will naturally be extinguished after advancing to these terrains. It was with the help of these terrains that many Xianbei people escaped the fire. At this time, the Second Brigade came, and they crossed these terrains, cleared out the escaped Xianbei people, and continued to set fire to the south of these terrains, so that the walls of fire that had been extinguished by these terrain could continue to advance south.

It was under these circumstances that the Kobi Neng were driven south, during which they also organized some counterattacks, and some skirmishes broke out between the two sides. The 2nd Brigade was a company unit, clearing the steppe for the enemy, and when they encountered a small group of the enemy, they could destroy it themselves, and if there were many enemies, they would hold on and wait for reinforcements. They have an advanced communication system, and a firework will burst into the sky, and the surrounding troops will soon come to their aid and encircle and annihilate the invading enemy.

With the deepening of the troops, the strength of the Second Brigade also became strained, and Guan Xing immediately made a decision and transferred two regiments of the Third Brigade at the bottom of the box to join the clean-up operation. The Third Brigade was originally very depressed because it had to stay behind and had no chance to go to the front line to kill the enemy, but the two regiments that received the order were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and rushed to the place along the Great Wall as fast as they could, and quickly joined the clean-up operation.

However, in this way, the pressure on logistics and transportation has also increased by several parts. Originally, the convoy was composed of thousands of Wei surrenderers, who had surrendered from the Second Division when they took over the territory, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and had no combat effectiveness. They are only barely able to do the hard work of transportation, and now that there is a supply pressure of thousands of people, they seem to be insufficient.

Guan Xing had no choice but to temporarily hire some civilians to fill the baggage team to do transportation work. If you change to other warlords, where you need to be hired, you can just requisition the people, and you don't need to pay wages at all, and you don't even have enough to eat.

But the Hong army could not do this, there was a discipline on this point, and the people had to pay for their work, so to speak, Liu Hou had basically abolished the conscription. Fortunately, Guan Xing took over the land all the way, and also looted a lot of silver money from the treasury of these counties, although most of it had to be handed over to the state treasury, but there was still a part of it reserved for military expenses, Liu Hou took care of his descendants and troops very much, and the part of the money left behind was still a lot, enough to pay for the cost of this operation.

The army of the second division here advanced smoothly, and the Xianbei people were miserable, they were forced to retreat by the fire, one by one they were as anxious as a lost dog, desperately fleeing to the south, and occasionally there were people who took advantage of the terrain to escape, and they were also wiped out by the subsequent clearing troops, and the 100,000 troops that Kebineng had finally gathered collapsed in this fire. The worst were the civilian population of the tribes, who were killed and wounded several times more than the army.

After all, the army is made up of young and strong young men, and there are sturdy war horses, and they are much faster to flee for their lives. The remaining old, weak, sick and disabled, with little strength and slow speed, and have to be dragged down by all kinds of property and guys, and the escape is naturally much slower, and many people are burned to death because they are reluctant to put down their belongings and fail to escape in time, which has to be said to be a very sad thing.

There are also those small tribes scattered in the grasslands, which can be said to have suffered from the disaster of pond fish, and they are also included in this extermination fire due to the continuous extension of the fire dragon by the first brigade. The strength of their tribe had been mobilized by Kebineng to assemble in the Shuai tent before, and most of the remaining were old, weak, sick and disabled, and it was particularly troublesome to relocate due to the lack of strong labor.

If the fire was close to the tribe during the day, it would be better for them to spot the fire from a distance and still have some time to escape, and some of the unlucky tribes encountered the fire when it was dark and the people of the tribe were sleeping. Because they didn't know that the war had broken out, they didn't expect the tribes to be attacked, and these small tribes were very unvigilant, so many people were burned to death in their dreams.

The fire burned for ten days and ten nights, sweeping almost the entire shuttle-shaped area. Many Xianbei people ran outside those cities to ask for help, but the city guards of each city were strictly ordered by Guan Xing, and all the city gates were closed tightly, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.