Seeing that the Thunderbolt army ambushed the way into the mountain, Xiong Ben and his own soldiers were also killed by grenades and random guns, so frightened that they no longer dared to rush to the mountain pass, but turned around and fled to the east, but they had just run not far and were cut off by a group of soldiers. This group of soldiers was the soldiers of the Teaching Company, and they had already been ordered by Cao Ergou to return here to block the way for the defeated soldiers to flee to Chongqing Mansion City and Qingcheng County. Seeing that there was a blockade in front of them and a pursuer after the defeat, these defeated soldiers knew that the stubborn resistance would definitely be blown up by grenades, so they simply knelt on the ground and surrendered. And before that, the defenders in Yongkang City who had not yet escaped also surrendered.

Xiong Ben and his most elite soldiers were killed, announcing the end of his bandits. Although dozens of remnants of the army still fled into the mountains to fall back into the grass, they have neither money nor food, and it is unknown whether they will survive the cold winter. Organize to grab food from the mountain people? Not to mention, with these dozens of people, if they want to capture the strong stockade in the mountains, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties. The mountain people will definitely resist desperately with the fortified village to keep the food rations for survival. Not to mention that these mutually dissatisfied minions will end the leaderless state of the dragons and reorganize, and they will inevitably have to fight among themselves, and they will definitely lose their strength at that time.

After cleaning the battlefield, it was almost dusk, so Cao Ergou arranged for the soldiers to rest and go to Hengyuan Village tomorrow morning. There were a total of 500 soldiers in Yongkang City, and in addition to the dozens of people who fled, 200 were killed and wounded, and the remaining 200 or so were captured. On the one hand, it was a family of soldiers and bandits of the new army attached to Yongkang, who were brutal and harassed the people everywhere, and the people were extremely angry; On the other hand, Ouyang Xuan wanted to deter traitors by killing the killer. The captives were to be taken to Hengyuan Village and then to the mountains for labor reform, along with all the civilians of Yongkang City. There were about 300 households and about 1,000 people in Yongkang City, including merchants, doctors, teachers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and stonemasons in addition to farmers. After a short rest in Hengyuan Village, these civilians will be taken to various villages in the mountains for resettlement. These civilians had been killed and oppressed by Xiong Ben, and they had also heard that the people in the mountains were living a stable life, and now that the Thunderbolt Army promised them that they would be fed and clothed, they all entered the mountains happily.

As for the production and living materials in Yongkang City, they were all packed and taken away by the Yuzhu garrison camp. In this troubled era when supplies are scarce, the Thunderbolt Army will not let go of anything useful, and even the corpses outside the city have to be pulled into the mountains to be used as fertilizer. The wounded soldiers were given three days' rations and then driven out of the city, leaving them to fend for themselves. It's not that Ouyang Xuan's heart is cold and hard, but that the Thunderbolt Army has no food left, and it is merciful to let these wounded soldiers who have done a lot of evil a way to live. Of course, the nitrate on the walls of the houses in the city must also be scraped, but most of the nitrate on the walls has been scraped by Xiong Ben, and there is not much left.

On the 14th day of the first lunar month, Ouyang Xuan took Cao Ergou and Huang Dagen to Chongqing Fucheng, accompanied by the 2nd, 4th, and 6th companies of the field battalion and the teaching company of the garrison battalion. The day before they set off, the scouts of the two squads had already sneaked to Chongqing Mansion City by land and water, and Yu Laodu, the liaison officer of the Xinjin Naval Army, was also among them. Since the ships in Hengyuan Village had already sunk or broken and most of them were unusable, Yu Zhu had already ordered someone to make a raft, and Huang Dagen would lead the teaching company down on the raft and be responsible for escorting grain and other baggage. Ouyang Xuan and Cao Ergou took the three companies of the field battalion by land. The reason is that if the current Thunderbolt army does not have artillery, it will be extremely passive when encountering the Mongol cavalry in the plains, and fall into the dilemma of being "punished by the station" - it can only be defended by the turtle, and the giant shield cannot protect everyone, and there will always be people who are shot by the arrows of the Mongolian army from time to time. Even if he relied on the superiority in numbers to fight with the Mongolian army in the field, he could not catch up with him, but was kited by the cavalry. Marching with artillery, although slow, but once set up with spears and huge shields, it is definitely a nightmare for any cold-armed army.

It was noon when Ouyang Xuan and his entourage arrived at Yongqu Township, and the teaching team was already waiting here. The waterway was quick, but it also ran into minor troubles - dozens of bandits were following the nuisance. These bandits rode light boats and followed far behind in search of opportunities. Two of them were killed by muskets during their attempt, and several more were killed by grenades when they tried to overturn the raft, and they were so frightened that they never dared to come any further, but they refused to give up, after all, the raft was loaded with a large amount of valuable food and other supplies. The rampant nature of the water bandits really annoyed Ouyang Xuan a little, these water bandits have repeatedly attacked the ships and scouts of the Thunderbolt Army, and now many Thunderbolt Army personnel have died at the hands of the water bandits, Li Shuang is also disabled by the attack of the water bandits, but now is not the time to deal with them. Ouyang Xuan knew in his heart that in order to completely eradicate the water bandits, there must be a water army, so he combined with the recent land reclamation, he had ordered people to cut down trees suitable for shipbuilding in the mountains, and asked Le Quanan and Liao Loach to start selecting people to prepare the water army.

When resting in Yongqu Township, the scouts in front reported back two pieces of information, one good and one bad, and the good news was that the Mongolian cavalry hundred-man team had retreated to Chengdu the day before yesterday, and now only the new annex army was defending the city. After Yongkang City was defeated, the soldiers of the new annex army in Chongqing Mansion City panicked. The bad news is that the Xinjin City Navy has not been traced for a long time, and no one has been sent to contact Yu Laodu.

In the evening, the Thunderbolts set up camp two miles outside the north gate of the city. A deep trench was dug around the camp with sappers and shovels, and the excavated earth was built into a breastwork, behind which the artillery positions were arranged. When the Thunderbolts set up camp, the Mongols in the city did not come out to raid, but fired indiscriminately with the ballistas and trebuchets that set up the city. It's just that the arrows fired by the ballista at the head of the city can't hit the camp of the Thunderbolt army, and the occasional crossbow arrow floats to the camp along the wind, and it has long been dead. As for the trebuchet, although it is powerful, the range is too far behind. After the camp was built, Cao Ergou sent people to move the food and other logistical materials escorted by the teaching team to the camp. The teaching team had already arrived, but they did not dare to dock for fear of a surprise attack by the defenders, but docked on an island in the middle of the river. After the field camp was set up, Huang Dagen ordered someone to park the raft next to the pier outside the west gate.

At nightfall, another fire was lit in the Perak camp. The Perak army did not have much timber, but there was a lot of coke, and this coal product was light in weight and had great calorific value, and the flame was blue, and it was used for steelmaking, and it was really the best fuel for marching and fighting. The Perak soldiers used the coke to make a fire, and it was very satisfying to eat crispy flatbread and steaming rice on winter nights, accompanied by a large piece of grilled bacon. The aroma of the barbecue also reached the noses of the defenders, and they swallowed their saliva with hunger. Standing at the head of the city on a cold winter night, smelling the smell of meat in the cold wind, the belly was even more hungry and thundering, and I inexplicably felt that even if I was a prisoner, it was not impossible.