Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Your Majesty, we have won, a complete victory! Da Xu's army suffered few casualties, and it is useless to capture the enemy's army!" A general came over and clasped his fists and said excitedly, his voice trembling.

Guo Shao was riding on the horse, looking at the mountains of corpses and the sea of ​​blood, for some reason, he couldn't be happy.

There was very little wind in the air, and the smoke from a large number of artillery and matchlock guns could not dissipate for a long time, and the entire hillside and valley were covered with fog. It is clearly sunny, but it seems that the sky is covered with haze.

The places that can be seen are all corpses. The loess is almost invisible in the core of the two main battlefields. Weapons and broken flags are everywhere, and even the execution ground is not so tragic.

Guo Shao fought many battles, but he never took pleasure in slaughter, never hated life. Pain and killing will only make him uncomfortable.

However, deep down in his heart, he faintly felt that this was right. He persistently wanted to grasp the sense of justice brought by the massacre... It was much better than defeat!

What Li Yueji said was remembered again: Why must they kill each other?

Guo Shao looked back at the battlefield where the gunpowder smoke was slowly surging, and said to the left and right, and perhaps to himself: "Everyone has seen the harassment and massacres in various parts of Hebei with your own eyes. If I don't kill them today, they will kill the soldiers and civilians of the Great Xu Dynasty in the future!"

Li Chuyun bowed and said calmly: "As warriors, it's only natural for me to kill people in battle. It's fine if I don't kill women and children."

Guo Shao glanced at him, and said seriously: "The founder of the country is right."

Wang Pu stared into the distance, unable to see the scene of chasing and killing. He clasped his fists and said, "Dangxiang dispatched more than 100,000 people in this battle, and there are no other troops to transfer. Take advantage of this victory, and wipe out its troops!"

After hearing this, Guo Shao accepted Wang Pu's suggestion, and said: "The order is that Cao Bin's troops keep an eye on the remaining cavalry in the south. The infantry of the imperial army ride on horseback and take turns chasing the fleeing infantry. The cavalry mainly focuses on destroying the retreating Khitan cavalry."

"I obey the order!" Wang Pu bowed in relief. Somehow, the civil servants were still worried that Guo Shao, who was a martial artist, was soft-hearted, but Guo Shao did not let them down.

Guo Shao suppressed his unfavorable emotions, pondered for a moment, and said, "Don't let Shi Yanchao chase after you, let Dong Zunhui lead the main cavalry force of the First Army."

Sometimes wisdom has nothing to do with age. Dong Zunhui is relatively young, but Guo Shao discovered during the Northern Expedition that this guy is actually very good at judging the situation. He was also very willing to give Dong Zunhui a chance to make meritorious service, he was a relatively high-ranking young general.

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The infantry of the imperial army dismounted when fighting, but after several expansions of war horses after Daxu Liguo, the number of imperial troops dispatched this time was not large. For the sake of mobility, a large number of infantry were mounted.

Even if the infantry were given horses, horse warfare was not very good. Guo Shao's first Northern Expedition after he came to power proved it. However, it is still possible to do things like chasing rebels. If defeated soldiers organize resistance, they will dismount and fight. Anyway, if you run on foot, you can't run past a person on horseback in a short time.

After Dong Zunhui in the north received the military order from the Chinese army, the main force stopped chasing instead. On the one hand, he sent a small group of people to follow the retreating Liao army cavalry, and on the other hand, he sent people back to the barracks.

After some delay, Dong Zunjiao's troops followed unhurriedly, changing horses after a while, and followed until night, but the distance from the defeated army was getting farther and farther away.

... In the cavalry brigade of the Liao Army, Yang Gun has disappeared. The Liao army had about 10,000 Khitan cavalry and 10,000 Xibing infantry as reinforcements. At that time, the cavalry was charging on the northern battlefield, and Yang Gun was on the west mountain. After the cavalry was defeated, they each fled. Many people died in the battle, and some ran away along the way. Now there are only a few thousand horsemen left in the Liao army, and there are also a large number of party horsemen. Although the entire horse herd is much better than when it was defeated, it is still a mess.

In the evening, the war horses ran after a charge, and then ran for a whole day with people on their backs, and some horses continued to die of exhaustion.

All the cavalry were defeated and ran away from the battlefield, they had nothing, food and fodder were in short supply; what's more, there were no tents and other things... It was impossible for everyone to charge into the battle with a tent on their backs! You can't even bring too many extra horses.

After a large number of people stopped one after another, they soon shivered from the cold.

It is now the first month of the month, and it is spring according to the season, but people can still freeze to death in the early spring nights in the northwest! In less than half an hour, the party cavalry had quietly fled.

The Khitans seldom ran away privately. They were from the Liao Kingdom, and their only thought after the defeat was to go north and return to the Liao Kingdom. For a long journey, it is obviously the best choice to go with a large group of people. Most of the Dangxiang cavalry are herdsmen on the grassland north of Xiazhou, and they don't want to stay here in Suizhou.

Everyone was shivering from the cold, the wilderness was pitch black, and the mountains were very barren. To cut trees, they had to use weapons such as horse|knives, because they did not bring tools such as axes and hatchets. It can't meet the needs of the army at all.

The Khitan generals and the Dangxiang generals had difficulty in communicating, so they had to find someone who could speak Chinese to translate.

The generals gathered around a fire that was finally raised, and the surroundings were crowded with people. Everyone discussed, and someone said: "Hurry up, you can go to Suizhou tomorrow, and go to Suizhou to supply."

But the Khitan general disagreed: "If this battle is defeated, the entire Pingxia land will not be able to stop Xu Jun. We are exhausted, even if we reach Suizhou, how do we get there?"

Another person said: "After arriving in Suizhou, if Xu Jun also follows, shall we defend the city?"

The general of the party Xiang couldn't help but said: "You want to go, Pingxia is over, where should we go?"

After hearing this, everyone sighed, and there was a hopeless atmosphere.

Some people even suggested to take a breather and find Xu Jun's chasing troops for a decisive battle, because Xu Jun's cavalry was not many. However, this approach was quickly rejected.

After some discussion, a group of people had no choice. Finally, all the ministries set off one after another to continue walking. Fortunately, the dark valley can be determined by observing the Wuding River, otherwise you will have to get lost.

Many Khitan cavalry began to dismount and walk, and everyone led their horses on foot in the same way. Everyone knew that if the horses they rode were exhausted, no one would give them to them, and they might stay in this wretched place forever in the end!

All the way to dawn, it was exhausted. At this time, the Khitan people found a few thatched houses by the roadside, and were about to send people to get some supplies, but they saw that some party soldiers had already arrived first. They drove out some women, children and old people in rags, and they were asking where the food was hidden.

Suddenly, those soldiers stabbed an old man several times with their knives, then pointed their sabers at a child, and shouted loudly.

The Khitan people watched silently, and didn't bother to ask, when the rebels passed by, they didn't care if they were their own. Besides, the Dangxiang cavalry and the farming tribe here are not all the same. ,

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