When Cao Ke finally let the straight knife in his hand slash into the neck of a Jing soldier with the help of his personal guards, the battle also came to an end completely, and the last small group of Jing soldiers was annihilated, and the Zheng army had completely controlled the situation, leaving only a few sporadic Jing soldiers who were still gritting their teeth and making desperate and fearless resistance.

Sergeant Zheng began to clean up the battlefield, collecting arrows, war horses that could also fight, and wounded robes.

More than a dozen military doctors sweated back and forth, and the wounded who were gathered together hissed from time to time, but they still forced themselves to squeeze out ugly smiling faces.

"Your Highness."

He Quan came over with a few personal guards, just in time to meet Cao Ke who wiped the blood stains on the straight knife with a cloth, and the dust on his face and the sweat and blood dripped down, leaving an irregular trace.

"Your Highness's bravery has the style of a sage!"

Cao Ke smiled and waved his hand and said: "General He has a good reputation, and he only slashed such an enemy, but thanks to the help of these guards, where did he come from." However, General He personally attacked the enemy formation, and all the sons and daughters under his command took one as ten, this is the real bravery, and it is not worth mentioning, it is not worth mentioning. ”

He Quan is very useful and humble.

"General He, how many enemies did our army destroy in this battle, and how many casualties did we inflict on them?"

Although Cao Ke sneaked out, he was obviously aware of the specific tasks of the Xiaozhou Army.

He Quan's face was a little ugly when he heard this, and he said after a while: "There are only more than 3,000 beheadings, and there are almost more than 1,600 prisoners, and most of them are wounded, and the rest have escaped." ”

"Lone remembers that the scout's report is seven or eight thousand, so less than thirty percent of the enemy army escaped, so it's not to be afraid, so it's already a big victory, right?"

He Quan shook his head and said: "Not really, although this is the territory of my Zheng State, most of Huizhou has been lost, and we can encounter such a large scale of Jing army here, which means that the battle situation is best for Qingcheng to be besieged and the enemy army sends people out to clean up the surroundings." Although less than thirty percent of the enemy ran away, it was completely possible to disrupt the mix, and the remaining soldiers in every battle were rare, and the enemy army was huge, and the loss of a few thousand people was nothing, but it may be because the two thousand people who survived strengthened the strength of a certain unit. ”

For these Cao Ke, who is obviously not on the battlefield for the first time, it can be understood, his cognition is not only the number of soldiers, but also the number of soldiers.

He laughed twice and asked, "What about the casualties of our army?" ”

He Quan's face became even more ugly: "Three hundred and sixty-six people were killed in the battle, two hundred and eighty-seven people were wounded, adding up to six hundred and fifty-three people, and then counting the three hundred people who were distributed to Zhang Xiyang's kid before, it is equivalent to a brigade with only 4,000 people left." ”

"In addition, more than 400 war horses have also been lost, if the equipment of the Jing army is similar to ours, I am afraid that the losses of the Xiaozhou army will not be able to see."

Cao Ke was also silent when he heard this, how could he, as the king of Zhao, not know how much it would cost to train a soldier of the Xiaozhou army, just money and food could top a few ordinary foot soldiers, and the Xiaozhou army was still a cavalry, the best war horse, even the good horses in the palace could not be compared, plus the armor and equipment, the cost of this was simply astronomical, and with the power of Da Zheng, he could only afford to raise these five thousand horsemen, and now it is equivalent to the loss of two layers, whether it is a soldier or a war horse, it cannot be made up in a short time.

The Fenzhou Army has been wiped out by the regiment for ten years, and every time a minister proposes to rebuild the Fenzhou Army, he doesn't need Cao Ju to speak.

"One brigade, all the soldiers of the Xiaozhou Army are not enough for five brigades, and the strong losses of the Xiaozhou Army are so big, it is conceivable that the Jing Army is capable, and it is difficult to resist it with the training of Huizhou Wei and the Xiang Corps in various places."

He Quan deeply agreed, and couldn't help but be a little heavy: "Yes, there are only more than 40,000 people in Huizhou Wei, and the Weizhou army of more than 5,000 people is not enough for 50,000 people, and now it has been nearly two months since the invasion of the Jing army, and I really don't know what the battle situation is ahead." ”

The two were a little silent for a while, the soldiers did not have these troubles, and after burying the corpse of the robe and mourning, it was to count the spoils, to put it bluntly, the tattered Xiaozhou Army of the Jing Army could not be seen, mainly because of the first-level military merits, which was a real pursuit, and the most directly realized thing.

"General He."

"Your Highness."

"You should know that the reason why Grandpa Huang didn't send light cavalry from Long Xiangwei or the elite of each guard to directly rush to help, but chose the heavy armored cavalry of the Xiaozhou Army as the vanguard, right?"

"The three southeastern states have just been recovered, the west of Salen Chen more than 100,000 soldiers, the northwest three states are still in the enemy's hands, it is an eventful autumn, and when Yasukuni invades Huizhou, three policemen a day, if Huizhou falls, then Cao Cai and Xu Three Kingdoms will make a comeback, and then the more than 100,000 troops of the southern expedition may not be able to come back, and my Dazheng is likely to lose both the east and the southeast."

"In this case, someone must be able to block the movements of the Jing army as quickly as possible, this kind of thing is probably no one else except for me, Xiao Zhoujun."

Cao Ke lowered his head and acquiesced in what He Quan said.

"It's just that I pity these sons, charging the city with cavalry and attacking the city with cavalry, these are all things that have to be done."

"Da Zheng will not forget them, they are all Da Zheng's heroes."

He Quan smiled: "But who wants to be a hero?" Maybe they are willing at this moment, but at the last moment, they must think of the old lady of the family, the wife and the young son. ”

Cao Ke looked at the sergeants gathered below and sighed: "This sword soldier! ”

"Someone." He Quan did not answer, but called the sergeant next to him, the time was urgent, and there was no room for sentimentality.

"Your Excellency."

"Quickly pass the order, the whole army will leave a team of men and horses to take care of the wounded, and the rest will be immediately equipped, and after a stick of incense, the whole army will go east, Li Dubu will be the vanguard, Jiao Zizhen will be behind the palace, and the rest of the Chinese army will follow."

"Order!"

Then He Quan turned around and said to Cao Ke: "Your Highness, this place is only more than two hundred miles away from Qingcheng County, and it will take less than three days for the army to advance at full speed to reach the left near, Your Highness might as well stay here, and it is less than Ancheng County to the north, so you can temporarily settle down, and it is good to guide the way for the follow-up army." ”

Cao Ke smiled: "General He, how many troops can Ancheng County have?" And you are the most elite heavy-armored iron rider in the entire Da Zheng. ”

Qingcheng County.

Ono Hachitake rode his horse and stood in the center of the main array, and tens of thousands of people transported timber to the camp under the surveillance of the Jing army and the threat of knives and guns, and then made into siege equipment.

A group of Jing sergeants, led by the officer, walked under the city wall with swords and guns in hand, ready to replace the tired friendly troops.

Xiao Rugui was sitting on the city tower at this time, with a thick white cloth wrapped around many places on his body, and the whole person exuded a pungent smell.

The deep-set eyes made this middle-aged general add a trace of tiredness that was difficult to hide for the backbone of the entire Huizhou Guardian at the moment.

Dozens of ladder trucks were finally destroyed, at the moment is burning with raging fire, the unwilling Jing army began to carry the long ladder to rush over, the trebuchet behind the city wall occasionally threw out a bag of gravel and smashed down, so that many Jing soldiers screamed, now the entire Qingcheng County is almost exhausted even if it is not the ammunition and food, the arrows have been exhausted yesterday, the rolling wood is now purely by demolishing the house, by the way, it can also collect some gravel for the catapult that has no ammunition.

Deng Jishen, the former Qingtian master, has completely turned into a cool official at this moment, almost all the surplus houses in the city have become IOUs, the rockeries of individual families have been demolished, and the bluestone slabs in the yard have all been picked up and transported to the city wall, but Deng Jishen is trying his best to squeeze all the potential of Qingcheng County.

The attack of the Jing army was as always, but for Qingcheng County, which was short of equipment, it seemed that it was better than one day.

All the private households, the young and strong of the people, were all gathered and distributed, and if they were lucky, they could be divided into a set of armor, but the blood on it had not yet been wiped dry, and it was obviously the relic of a soldier who had just died in battle, and he had not even had time to repair the damage on it.

Zhang Xiyang and his soldiers slept from night to afternoon, and the sleepless fighting that had lasted for several days was finally alleviated.

The soldiers gathered one after another, and Deng Jishen even arranged meals in his busy schedule, boiling thick millet porridge and flatbread and steamed buns, as well as two large barrels of cabbage and tofu, and a pot of large pieces of meat flowing with oil.

When the people were almost all together, the fat cook smiled and helped to return to the pot to heat it up, saying that it was ordered by Lord Thorn Shi to ensure that all the soldiers ate it hot in their mouths.

In wartime, it was already very rich to have such a meal, and more than 60 people ate happily, bragging while talking about their gains, so lively, and accidentally being burned by hot porridge also attracted a burst of laughter.

The sound of killing outside was shocking, but whether it was Xiao Zhouwei's or Donggongwei's, they all said that they were trivial, and it didn't affect it at all, they could get into Xiao Zhouwei and Donggongwei, not to mention eating a meal when defending the city, or when they were fighting on the battlefield, they could talk and laugh and watch the fight from the gap in the military formation, and then eat the meal into their stomachs.

In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that although they were temporarily safe in Qingcheng County, they could not be idle, and they would soon return to the battlefield again, and this meal would be the last meal for many people.

Recruits may be scared, they will think a lot, they may not be able to sleep and eat, but veterans will not, veterans know how to have a greater chance of surviving, how to survive on the battlefield hungry and unable to hold the knife steadily? If you don't sleep well, your eyes are all flowers, how can you survive?

Who doesn't want a father and a mother and a baby at home? But you can only see them when you are alive, and there are many last resorts to wear this armor, but the robes and brothers around you, the people behind you, and the land and mountains and rivers under your feet have no choice but to be presumptuous, so they can only be silently pressed in their hearts, and then survive as much as possible, and then military merit.

Some people say that after death, they can glorify the township, and many people in the background give a thumbs up, and the incense in the Loyal and Righteous Shrine is continuous.

But there are so many names and surnames in the Loyal and Righteous Ancestral Hall, it has been more than 200 years since the founding of Dazheng, and there are countless good sons and daughters of good families who have died in battle, who can remember?

The plaque of the House of Loyalty is hung there, and some of the others sigh and some admire, but the sadness of the father and mother is real, and the children will not be bullied without their father?

The veterans understand a lot of things and think a lot of things, but in the end, they wake up with a full meal, put on their armor, clench the straight knife in their hands, and there is still only the front in their eyes, and the blood is still boiling.

Just like at this moment.

After eating, Zhang Xiyang took the few remaining subordinates to take his good brothers out of the stable, and then put on each other's armor, turned over and got on the horse, and the murderous spirit was released instantly, and the invincible iron army, the divine soldiers that penetrated deep behind the enemy line appeared again in the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of Qingcheng County.

Let's go, maybe there will be a chance to return.

The straight knife was unsheathed, still flashing with a dazzling cold glow, Xiao Rugui stood on the city wall, looking at Xiao Zhoujun who was lining up in another direction, and couldn't help but pull out the straight knife on his waist and salute it on his chest.

Outside the city, hundreds of thousands of enemy troops were still frantically attacking the city, like a demon that had fallen into complete madness was smiling.

Zhang Xiyang smiled at the soldiers at the city gate, but the mask had been put down to hide the goodwill, but the soldier nodded slightly, with both admiration and regret in his eyes, and made the greatest efforts to defend the city with less than 100 people out of the city, which could almost be said to be going to death, but no one flinched, everyone waited silently, as if death didn't matter.

The heavy gate creaked and slowly opened with the combined force of several soldiers.

The Jing army outside the west gate is the least, but there are thousands of people, at this time seeing the suddenly opened city gate are a little puzzled, the leader of the general even sat in the rear and sat on the dismounted horse and tasted sake, yesterday a team of cavalry broke through from here, and then he was whipped by General Ono, at this moment drink some wine to suppress the shock, completely unaware that the misfortune is about to be repeated.

With the opening of the city gate, the appearance of Zhang Xiyang and others was also revealed.

"It's those from yesterday!" A sharp-eyed soldier of the Jing Army immediately shouted.

Dozens of people broke through the line of thousands of people and burst in, and it was impossible not to be impressed.

The corners of Zhang Xiyang's mouth under the mask were slightly upturned, and the smile he showed was so kind and sunny, but the straight knife raised in his hand was so penetrating.

"Brothers!"

"Yes!"

Dozens of men shouted in response with all the breath in their chests.

"Do you dare to capture the flag with me?"

Zhang Xiyang stared at the enemy army in front of him and asked loudly with a smile.

"Kill! Kill!! Kill!!! ”

He was responded to by a shout of killing.

Zhang Xiyang smiled, smiling so chic and secret.

At this time, the city gate was finally fully opened, and the enemy's general was turning over his horse, apparently aware of what was happening here.

The straight sword looked extremely dazzling in the sunlight, and all the soldiers of the entire Simon looked at it with reverence.

"Heaven for Zheng Dao! Kill! ”

Then he slapped the horse forward, and he wished to return! There is no return!

[Until now, I've basically been writing on a single machine, but I blame myself for not writing enough, my thinking is not good, and I don't know when there will be the first reader, haha.

2023.3.25,Modified some typos in this chapter.,To keep a memorial.,It's been broken for a long time.,Start again in these two days.,I hope 2023 will have a good result.,May there be no more disasters in the land of China.,I also hope that I can turn over the salted fish.,Give the girl I love and love me a wedding that doesn't leave regrets as much as possible.,It's really ashamed to be mixed like this in the first year.。

I hope it can be more than a stand-alone machine, haha! 】