Chapter 460: Clearance

The desperate attack of the Beihu people turned into a one-sided massacre of the Beihu by the Great Zhou army.

Liang Xiao looked around the battlefield on the high ground, confirmed that his side was safe enough, and immediately ordered the 12,000 most elite men of Yanyun Iron Cavalry to pursue all the way.

However, there were too many cattle, sheep, horses, and Beihu deserters along the way, which had seriously interfered with the pursuit of the soldiers.

"Marshal, that Bei Hu Danyu may have only fled west with a few thousand people, leaving these people as bait......"

Mu Lingxiao and others came back to report.

Liang Xiao knew the situation on the battlefield, and in order to prevent the Yanyun Iron Cavalry from expanding casualties due to the chaotic battle, he could only order a normal pursuit, quickly clean up the battlefield, and kill the cavalry.

At first, most of the soldiers killed in Beihu were killed by the arrows of Yanyun's iron cavalry, and less than one-fifth of the people really died under the swords and guns.

With the rout of the army, the Liang family army can finally rest assured that they can come in and harvest, and the results continue to expand.

In addition, the Great Zhou side hoped to capture more surviving cattle, sheep and horses, so the bow and arrow were expected to be shot in the pile, avoiding the herd as much as possible.

The number of kills from knives, guns, and bows and arrows gradually tends to be split in half.

In this battle, from night to day, the Liang Jiajun and the Yellow River Naval Army in the rear were responsible for cleaning the battlefield and guarding the prisoners, and the Yanyun Iron Cavalry pursued and killed the Beihu cavalry all the way, in order to take as many heads as possible and reduce the enemy's future resistance force.

Liang Xiao wanted to personally lead the troops to pursue, but the Xuanwei were really worried that something would happen to him, so they reminded him one after another.

Considering his commitment to his relatives and friends, Liang Xiao had no choice but to appoint Mu Lingxiao, who had the largest military rank, as the main general, and Lei Hong, Chang Polang and others as deputy generals to lead the troops to pursue the Beihu people.

If nothing else, after this battle, Mu Lingxiao can at least be promoted to General Hou, and maybe even to General Wei.

Zhuge Ding followed Liang Xiao to the high ground and observed the battlefield, as if he was in another world.

Once upon a time, the Beihu cavalry was the enemy that made the Great Zhou soldiers smell it!

Today, the corpses of the Beihu people are all over the ground.

On the other hand, on the side of Da Zhou, the remains of the soldiers did not seem to be many, and the casualties were far lower than Liang Xiao's estimate.

The hearts and livers of Zhuge Ding and the others were trembling, forcibly suppressing the ecstasy in their hearts.

"Marshal, preliminary calculations show that the casualties of our army are around three thousand! The elite of the Liang family army suffered 1,800 casualties, and the Yanyun Iron Cavalry suffered 1,200 casualties! ”

Liang Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief when he received the report.

This is an acceptable casualty.

The darkness interferes not only with the enemy's line of sight, but also with a certain degree of inconvenience to one's own side, and more casualties are inevitable.

It's just that the disadvantage of the night to the Beihu army is much greater than that to the Great Zhou army.

"The seized grain and grass have not yet been calculated, and preliminary estimates show that there are about 140,000 usable war horses, 300,000 pack horses and pull horses, and 180,000 dead horses! There are about 1.8 million cattle and sheep surviving, which are extremely widely distributed, and our army is gathering them! ”

"There are 1,000 ladders, rushing carts, and catapults, and when our troops arrived, the enemy also tried to throw sand and soil with catapults to interfere with our troops!"

"In addition, 23,000 ingots of gold were seized from the enemy's warehouse, each weighing about a pound! 101,000 silver ingots, three catties per ingot, each ingot!! ”

When the marching master reported to him, the bruises on his forehead burst out, and he was so excited that he was incoherent.

"So many?" The crowd breathed sluggishly.

The military discipline of Liang Xiao's troops is very strict, and they are all collective large-scale actions, so there is no need to worry about the possibility of someone hiding it privately after clearing the treasury.

The inventory of the Beihu people exceeded everyone's estimates.

23,000 catties of gold, plus 33,000 catties of silver, if calculated according to the market price of gold and silver to 1:10, the value is about 5,330,000 taels of silver!!

On the contrary, Liang Xiao was not surprised.

"This is Beihu! Emperor Feng came with a large army, apparently also emptied the treasury and brought gold to facilitate the encouragement of the soldiers at any time. ”

The excited crowd was right when they thought about it, and suddenly felt that more than five million taels of silver was really nothing.

That's the gold and silver of the whole Beihu!

The assets of a Duanmu family are more than this!

They vaguely remembered that the Tuoba clan was not rich enough for the Duanmu family, and before and after the fall, the assets seemed to be 12 million taels of silver!

"It's really not a ......"

The soldiers touched the back of their heads and smirked, as if they had a big appetite.

"With such a seizure, why worry that Your Majesty can't reward him heavily?"

Liang Xiao's words made the soldiers laugh.

Now this marshal is the absolute authority.

His words definitely carry weight!

Now that he has spoken, the wise saint will never hesitate to reward!

The soldiers began to look forward to it.

On the contrary, Liang Xiao was a little worried.

More than two million cattle, sheep and horses were seized, and a Yanzhou would definitely not be able to raise so many cattle and sheep, so they could only be grazed in this vast prairie, and there were not so many herdsmen in Dazhou.

This means that a large number of troops and herders must be deployed in the north to shepherd sheep in this area until the situation stabilizes.

There may still be a Beihu army on the side of the mouth of the Great Wall, which must be expelled.

After that, a large garrison was required at the mouth of the Great Wall in case the Beihu cavalry threatened herders and livestock.

"Master Hou, to raise so many war horses and 200,000 troops, the food and grass required is immeasurable......" Zhuge Ding suddenly remembered something, and his brows tightened.

Liang Xiao's eyes lit up: "There must be families and businessmen in the country who secretly transport grain for them, go back and investigate thoroughly!" ”

Zhuge Ding smiled at this time.

Based on such a seizure of livestock, grain and grass is definitely an unimaginable figure.

Yanzhou does not lack rations for soldiers, what is lacking is forage for these livestock!

Now that it is autumn harvest season, wheat straw and wheat straw can also be used to feed livestock.

"Master Hou! Hou Ye is brave! Defeat Beihu and pick a good time......"

The generals dismounted one after another to pay homage and were very impressed.

If it weren't for the military order prohibiting the five-body throw to the ground, only one knee was allowed, and now they can't wait to throw the five-body body to the ground!

There is no doubt that this battle will become the highlight of their careers, and it will also allow countless soldiers to become famous, return to their hometowns, and return home!

Long Wushuang's family general and mentor Shifang, because he was over half a hundred years old, did not participate in the pursuit of the Beihu people, which was quite regrettable, and he couldn't help but feel emotionally moved when he witnessed the seizure with his own eyes at this moment.

He was brave and resourceful when he was young, and his sword was not old when he was old, but he was mainly responsible for calculation.

Now he completely understands that Zhao'an is a gift to the soldiers of the Northern Hebei Army!

Now, Long Wushuang and the soldiers of the Northern Hebei Army have made meritorious contributions with the army, and they can block the stinky mouths of those big families, and they can also retire with dignity in the future.

He was tired, and Long Wushuang was also tired.

But they also have a belief that supports them to grit their teeth and persevere to this day.

Defeat Beihu, enter the desert, sweep the royal court, and take revenge!

There has always been a secret in Shifang's heart.

The backstab of the Beihu people, he had expected it, and probably knew that most of it was the Beihu people who blamed the Great Zhou, or the family.

With Zhuge Hui's assistance, it is unlikely that Shizu would have committed such an atrocity.

But before Zhao'an, he never told Long Wushuang about his guesses, for fear that Long Wushuang would contribute to Da Zhou in disguise.

Now, Liang Xiao has broken Beihu, which makes them even more convinced!

While Liang Xiao led the troops to clean up the battlefield, he also immediately sent people back to the camp, so that the military camp could send flying pigeons to Yanzhou, and at the same time sent Pegasus back to the city to report the victory.