With the surrender of this besieging rebel army, the entire battle was over.

Outside Xincheng County, the battlefield was littered with dropped banners and swords, and there were rebel prisoners tied up everywhere.

The tenants were busy on the battlefield, treating the wounded, packing up their weapons and swords, and carrying the corpses.

Squire Lu and the others were very active, running before and after directing the tenants to do their own trivial work.

On the contrary, Zhang Huangyan and his Praetorian Guard soldiers were idle, sitting against the city wall, enjoying a rare leisure.

Looking at the entire battlefield and thinking about the battle that had just taken place, all the Praetorian Guard soldiers were like a dream, and many people couldn't believe that they had won like this.

When Zhang Huangyan decided to lead the attack, many Praetorian Guard soldiers were very scared. After all, there were more than 100 people on their side, and the number of rebels outside the city was as high as five or six thousand. Attacking the enemy dozens of times with a team of 100 people, even if these Praetorian Guard soldiers have been on the battlefield for a long time, how can they not be afraid?

Then the Praetorian Guard has always been strict in military discipline, as long as the commander has made a decision, even if he knows that he will be sent to death, he must follow. So although there were doubts in their hearts, no one flinched, and they all followed Zhang Huangyan out of the city gate without hesitation.

However, instead of dying in battle, they easily defeated the rebels and won a brilliant victory. Thinking about everything that had just happened, everyone was suddenly like a dream, and their eyes looking at Zhang Huangyan were also full of incomparable respect.

The officers and men in the army are most admired by the generals who can bring them victory. Although Zhang Huangyan was young, he won the true support of his soldiers with his successive victories.

Won the battle, especially in the face of the disparity in the strength of the two sides, and it was the first city captured by the Fujian Praetorian Guard, with this merit, all the soldiers can get enough rewards, and they will be promoted to silver! How does this make them disrespectful to the Lord who will lead them to victory?

At this time, Zhang Huangyan did not think about the reward after the war, but calculated the gains and losses of the battle.

The results of the battle were basically counted, with more than 500 rebels killed and wounded, more than 2,850 prisoners, and the rest of the rebels fleeing the battlefield.

The losses of a hundred Janissaries were negligible, with one dead and five wounded. Casualties were all from the guns fired by the rebel archers.

Of course, there were also some casualties among the young tenants under the command of the gentry, and the squires told that more than 100 tenants were killed and more than 200 were wounded. The casualties were all from the rebel siege.

In order to compensate for the losses of the young tenants, Zhang Huangyan ordered that all the gold and silver seized from the rebels be rewarded to them. The wounded were each rewarded with ten taels of silver, and the dead were each given a pension of thirty taels of silver. For a time, all the tenants were excited, and they were all very happy, and they worked harder.

Although he won the battle, Zhang Huangyan did not relax, he was thinking about the twenty people who were ordered to hunt down the rebels. Seeing that it was getting dark, and Zheng En hadn't returned with anyone yet, could they successfully kill the rebel generals?

"General Zhang, do you want to send someone to pick up Zheng En's general and them?" One of his officers asked.

Zhang Huangyan thought about it carefully and shook his head: "Not for the time being." ”

With Zheng En's bravery, as well as the elite of his Praetorian Guard soldiers, under the complete rout of the rebels, there was not much threat to him at all, maybe the rebels ran too fast, Zheng En did not catch up and was unwilling to be reconciled, so he did not return for a long time.

"If you don't come back early tomorrow morning, it's not too late to send someone to look for it."

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It was already completely dark, and in a mountain forest more than 20 miles away from Xincheng County, Zheng En and his men finally stopped and stopped pursuing.

Chased and killed all the way, caught up with the rebels and defeated countless soldiers, some of them were killed on the spot, and more of them were let go by Zheng En after surrendering, and ordered them to lay down their weapons and go to Xincheng County. Zheng Eun led his men to continue the pursuit, vowing to capture the rebel general. However, after chasing for so long, it was getting dark, but I still couldn't catch up.

"His grandmother's is faster than a rabbit!" Zheng En said stupidly. chased and killed for more than 20 miles in a row, but he didn't catch up with the rebel general, which made Zheng En feel very frustrated.

"Mr. Put, it's already dark, do we want to go back to the county seat?" One of his subordinates asked.

"Do you still have the strength to go back?" Zheng En asked rhetorically.

The subordinate burst into laughter. After a whole day of fighting, and chasing for more than 20 miles, everyone was exhausted, and they didn't even bother to move, where did they still have the strength to go back?

Zheng En immediately gave the order and camped on the spot to rest. It was said that it was camping, but in fact, there was no camping at all, and there was nothing to camp in, so everyone chose a flat place to rest in the open air. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard were accustomed to carrying some dry rations all day long, so that they would not go hungry.

After hastily eating dry food, he took out a kettle and drank water, except for the two sentry posts dispatched, all the soldiers lay on the ground and began to sleep, and Zheng En was no exception. In a few moments, there was a snoring sound, and everyone fell asleep.

And just one mile west of Zheng En and others, Niu Yonggui, Ma Hou and others were also camping.

Of the more than 5,000 troops, only a dozen or so fled here. It was really Zheng En's pursuit that the speed of the chase was too fast, so that Niu Yonggui didn't have time to stop and collect the rout.

"It's getting dark, those damn Praetorian Guards shouldn't be chasing anymore, right?" Niu Yonggui sat on the root of the tree, leaning against a big tree, and said breathlessly.

"I don't think I'm chasing anymore. They are also human beings, and they should have run out of strength. Ma Hou gasped.

"Holy shit, don't let Lao Tzu seize the opportunity, Lao Tzu must eat these bastards alive." Niu Yonggui scolded while panting.

If you are defeated, you will be defeated, and you have already abandoned the army and fled. The Praetorian Guards bit themselves like mad dogs, forcing them to throw away their weapons, take off their armor, and finally escape the pursuit under the protection of a few henchmen. Thinking about the Praetorian Guards who chased and killed him, Niu Yonggui hated it so much.

Ma Hou didn't praise as usual, but sat there silently. At this moment, he no longer has the energy or mood to pat Niu Yonggui's sycophants.

Because this defeat was so miserable, the army of five thousand, now there are only a dozen or so people left, where is there a future, no matter how ruthless Niu Yonggui is, what he says is just.

At the beginning, Ma Hou had the intention of following Niu Yonggui to make a comeback. After all, Niu Yonggui is still a rebel general, as long as he can collect the defeated troops and flee back to Fucheng, there is no problem in controlling Fucheng. And when the Nanchang Imperial Court sent reinforcements to come, it was still very promising to block the attack of the Praetorian Guard.

And now, Niu Yonggui is almost wiped out, and there are not many troops in Jianchang Mansion City, so what else can you do to make a comeback? If the Praetorian Guard attacked, it was a question of whether the city could be defended. Niu Yonggui's future is worrying, what good will happen if he follows him?

At this moment, Ma Hou regretted it very much, regretting that he shouldn't have had a hot head, listened to the fools of others, and made a move to Tong'an Town. If he didn't go to Tong'an Town, even if the Praetorian Guards killed Xincheng County, even if the Praetorian Guards took the entire Jianchang Mansion, he could choose to surrender to the Praetorian Guards, so it was not impossible to keep the inspection position.

Their own attack on Tong'an Town is tantamount to enmity with the Praetorian Guards, can they still tolerate their surrender?

But if you think about it carefully, in the fight with the Praetorian Guard, it seems that you are the one who suffers, and the Praetorian Guard is not harmed. In this case, if they surrender, they may not kill themselves.

But the inspection department is lost, and he doesn't even have a subordinate now, so even if he surrenders, how can he be taken seriously, and if he wants to continue to be an inspector, it is estimated that it is impossible. And Ma Hou was unwilling to be a flat-headed commoner, thinking about it left and right, he felt very embarrassed.

Looking at Niu Yonggui, who was leaning against the big tree and scolding, Ma Hou's eyes rolled.

"Hey, do you have anything to eat?" After scolding for a while, Niu Yonggui felt very hungry, so he asked his subordinates.

A dozen or so soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, all shaking their heads. At that time, everyone was busy running for their lives, and there was enough food to be brought. Fleeing all the way, all the swords and weapons are lost, who would think about bringing dry food?

"Why don't I go find something to eat." At this moment, Ma Hou stood up and took the initiative.

"There's the Rauma brothers." Niu Yonggui nodded, and then ordered, "A few of you, go and follow Brother Ma to find food, go and come back quickly." ”

Under Niu Yonggui's order, several rebel routs had to stand up and reluctantly follow behind Ma Hou.

It's already completely dark, where can I find food in this case? I was tired all the way away, and I was ordered to find food, and these defeated soldiers were scolding Niu Yonggui's mother in their hearts.

Ma Hou walked a distance with these people, and when he turned around, he couldn't see Niu Yonggui and the others, and he felt that the other party couldn't feel his movements, so he stopped.

Seeing that Ma Hou stopped, several defeated soldiers also listened and looked at Ma Hou.

"Brothers, it's so dark, where should we go to find food?" Ma Hou asked.

"You ask us, you don't know what you're an official, how do we know?" There was an impatient way of the rout, and his tone was full of disdain for Ma Hou. Although Ma Hou is a nine-rank patrol, his identity is much higher than that of these defeated soldiers. But in addition to the big defeat, who the fuck cares if you are an official or not, and the inspection department can't control these routs. And Ma Hou's behavior of taking the initiative to find food in order to tie up Niu Yonggui also affected these defeated soldiers, and they naturally did not have a good attitude towards Ma Hou.

"It's my fault that the brothers have worked hard." Ma Hou said.

"Okay, don't be verbose, where can I find food?" There is a way of impatience with the rout.

If they can really find something to eat, they will naturally be able to eat their stomachs first.

"You can find something to eat, so come with me." Ma Hou thought for a while and said.

He is a native who has been leading his men around to catch thieves all year round, and is quite familiar with the terrain.

Then the moonlight walked more than a mile with these routs, and there was a sound of rushing water in front of them. The routs were immediately excited, and after walking a few quick steps, they saw a stream appear in the moonlight, so they pounced on it, and fell on the side of the stream and drank violently.

After drinking the water, his attitude towards Ma Hou was much better. Mahou then instructed them to catch frogs along the stream. Under the moonlit night, it is very quiet, and you can hear the continuous sound of frogs, and it is easy to catch when you touch it. It didn't take long for the big guy to catch a dozen frogs by himself, and when he was about to return with them, he was stopped by Ma Hou.

"Let's make a fire here, let's eat our stomachs first." Mahou Road.

The defeated soldiers, who had long been hungry, were naturally willing, and at this time, no one was still thinking about the general Niu Yonggui, who was also starving.

Some of the routs had fire folds on their bodies, looking for hay and firewood, and made a fire, and skewered frogs with branches and roasted them on the fire, and soon the smell of meat came.

"Brothers, which of you is General Niu's family?" Eating frogs, Niu Yonggui asked.

The defeated soldiers shook their heads, and one of them said: "Everyone is not, General Niu has more than a dozen family members, and when he fled before, he was ordered to intercept the pursuit of the Praetorian Guard, and he couldn't come back." ”

"Oh, then which of you has a better relationship with General Niu?" Ma Hou continued to ask.

"Master Ma, why are you asking this, if we had a good relationship with the general, we would have been selected as a family leader or promoted to an officer a long time ago." The routs said.

I see, Ma Hou finally put his mind at ease.

"Brothers, we have lost too badly this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to return to Fucheng." Ma Hou sighed.

"The above wants to investigate and investigate General Niu's crimes, what does it have to do with us little soldiers?" There is a way of disdain for the rout.

"Of course, the above will not pursue everyone, but what if the Praetorian Guards kill the city? Where else can you escape? Ma Hou asked.

All the defeated soldiers were silent, and they could naturally escape, and they could escape to Nanchang and other places. But the big guys are all locals, and their families are here, so what if they escape, what if they run away?

"Have you heard of it, the Praetorian Guard will divide the land for everyone when they come." Suddenly, a rout said.

"Didn't the generals say it, it's all rumors, the Praetorian Guard will kill all the rebels when they come." One of the routs retorted.

"I have a distant cousin from the next town, who participated in the Battle of Nanjing, was captured by the Praetorian Guards, and was released not long ago, and he said that the Janissaries would give everyone land. But not long after he came back, he was arrested by the government, and everyone didn't dare to spread it. The rout from earlier said.

"I know, you're telling the truth." Ma Hou said suddenly.

"Really?" All the defeated soldiers looked at Ma Hou, after all, he was an official and more authoritative.

"When the Praetorian Guard comes, they will divide the land, but not everyone will divide it, for example, if you are a rebel, even if the Praetorian Guard comes, even if they don't kill you, it is impossible to divide the land." Mahou continued.

The faces of the defeated soldiers suddenly turned ugly.

"But I have a way, as long as you listen to me. When the Praetorian Guards occupy the city, not only will they not embarrass everyone, but they will also divide the land for everyone. Mahou continued.

"What should we do, my lord?" The defeated soldiers suddenly became agitated.

"Follow me, kill Niu Yonggui, take his head to the Praetorian Guard, and make a contribution, the Praetorian Guard will naturally not be difficult for everyone." Ma Hou said slowly.