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Chapter 118: Captured

When Zhang Lang heard Zhang Liao's words, he became curious and waited for him to continue speaking.

Zhang Liao said: "The specific number has not been counted yet. Among them, there are 73 boxes of various gold, silver and jewelry stored in the mountain warehouse. In addition, a lot of gold, silver and treasures were found in all the tents, totaling 116 boxes.

There are also a large number of cloth, silk and other goods, and the number is amazing. It may take one day to fully count it. …”

Zhang Lang thought, "After defeating the Huns, a large amount of property was seized from them. The two may add up to 150 or 60 boxes of gold and silver treasures."

He then frowned and said, "But these gold, silver and treasures are definitely not from the Huns, they must have obtained the plunder of our cities and villages along the way."

Zhang Liao thought of this and his excitement disappeared most of his time. He only felt that since these property were plundered from the people, he just took it like this, which seemed inappropriate!

Zhang Lang saw Zhang Liao’s thoughts, patted his shoulder, and smiled and said, “Wenyuan doesn’t need to worry. These property are used to restore and rebuild and resettle the people, and it can be regarded as returning the goods to the original owner.”

Zhang Liao looked at Zhang Lang in surprise, then said excitedly: "General, wise!"

Zhang Lang looked at the busy officers and soldiers and asked, "What else can I gain besides these wealth?"

Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said, "In addition, there are at least more than 400,000 dan of food and grass, as well as more than 7,000 war horses, which should be left here by the Huns as a backup!"

Zhang Langxi said: "A total of 8,000 war horses were seized before, and these 7,000 war horses were captured in total! Haha, this is our real trophy! The Huns had nothing else, and only these war horses were good!"

Zhang Liaoshen nodded in agreement and said excitedly: "With these war horses, we can form at least 10,000 cavalry!"

Zhang Lang shook his head and smiled, "Most of these war horses must be handed over, so we can leave behind six thousand of them ourselves."

Zhang Liao was stunned and then understood and nodded. After all, Zhang Lang was just a general of the Yulin Army, with his father and the prime minister of the dynasty. Most of the seizures must be handed over to him.

Suddenly remembering another thing, he clasped his fists at Zhang Lang and said, "General, thousands of women who were captured by the Huns were found in the village. What should we do if we deal with it?"

Zhang Lang frowned, sighed, and said, "Send someone to send them back to Xuanshi County and hand them over to Yueying for resettlement."

Zhang Liao clasped his fists and agreed.

Zhang Lang thought for a while and said, "Send people to bring the nine thousand war horses seized, the heads and captives of the Huns, and return to Luoyang to offer victory!"

Luoyang.

Yuan Shao finally led a large army to set off. One hundred thousand troops drove out of Luoyang, crossing the Yellow River and heading towards Bingzhou. The huge team was like a long dragon, winding between mountains and rivers, and the scene was spectacular.

When the people along the way saw this scene, they all rushed to both sides of the official road to cheer, especially those who fled from Bingzhou, all of whom were filled with tears and excited eyes.

The 100,000 army and a large amount of supplies were very slow. It took about three days to cross the Yellow River.

At this moment, the Hanoi prefect Wang Kuang, who had been holding troops before, led 40,000 troops under his command to join. Yuan Shao saw that Wang Kuang had sent troops at this time, and although he was unhappy, he still encouraged Wang Kuang.

Then the army advanced northward and prepared to arrive at Shangdang first and then march into Dingxiang.

Now the main battlefield has been transferred to Dingxiang. In addition to the right wise king of the Xiongnu, several other Xiongnu princes gathered in Dingxiang. They obviously planned to concentrate their efforts to break through Dingxiang first and then continue to move south.

So now the strategy formulated by Yuan Shao is to arrive in Dingxiang as quickly as possible, and to fight the Xiongnu army before Dingxiang falls.

On this day, when the army arrived at the small town of Zhengxian dozens of miles away from the north bank of the Yellow River, it was already late and the army rested on the spot.

This county is more than 300 miles away from Shangdang City. At the current marching speed of fifty miles a day, it will take at least one week to arrive.

Countless bonfires lit up in the huge camp, and officers and soldiers sat around the bonfire to eat, drink and chat, and the atmosphere was calm.

In the big tent, Yuan Shao and others discussed military affairs in front of the map, and the atmosphere seemed a bit solemn.

Xu You frowned and said, "According to the news just now, a total of 160,000 Huns were besieging Dingxiang. Dingxiang was in danger. If it weren't for the Huns' cavalry, Dingxiang would have been defeated!"

Yuan Xi couldn't help swallowing and said, "I didn't expect that the Huns would have 160,000 troops, and our army had only 140,000 troops. How can we fight this battle?" Wang Kuang, who was standing beside him, also showed a frightened expression and remained silent.

General Yan Liang said angrily: "So what if there are 160,000? The fourth young master can annihilate the 20,000 Xiongnu army with just 8,000 people. We will never be worse than the fourth young master's army. Are there still afraid that there are 140,000 people who cannot defeat the Xiongnu?!"

Yuan Xi was dissatisfied and couldn't help saying, "I'm afraid my fourth brother is just lucky!"

Yan Liang was very displeased and said loudly: "The second young master said this is wrong! The fourth young master has made many military achievements and is obvious to all. Is it all based on luck? Why didn't I see the second young master having such luck?!"

Yuan Xi's face was flushed with a speechless expression. Although he was angry with Zhang Lang, he also felt annoyed at Yan Liang. However, Yuan Xi did not dare to say anything about this great general who was very important in front of his father.

Yan Liang clasped his fists at Yuan Shao and said, "Prime Minister, as the saying goes, the brave will win when we meet on a narrow road! Now that we have sent troops, how can we be afraid of our heads and tails? We should go north and fight the Huns to demonstrate the power of the great Han Dynasty!"

Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and said firmly: "Yan Liang is right! How can a large army be afraid of one's head and tail when going on a war? You should move forward!"

He glanced at everyone present and said coldly: "If anyone dares to make such words that disrupt the morale of the army again, he will be punished as a communist and will never be forgiven!"

Everyone was shocked and they all agreed to the promise. Yuan Xi was extremely depressed. He felt that his father seemed to be vaguely biased towards that kind of low-key person.

There were rapid footsteps coming from the door, and everyone looked at the door. An officer rushed over excitedly and reported urgently: "Report to the Prime Minister, the Fourth Prince sent someone to show his victory and brought a large number of captured war horses!"

Everyone's eyes lit up, and Yuan Shaoxi said, "It's worthy of being Maier! Let's go and see!" Then he quickly stepped out of the big tent. Everyone hurriedly followed.

Yuan Xi looked at the back of his excited father and sneered and murmured: "That bastard must have sent someone to send dozens of war horses, and he actually wanted to show off!"

Yuan Xi didn't think that Zhang Lang had the ability to seize a large number of war horses. In his sense, even if the Huns were defeated, wouldn't they still run away?

The Huns came and went like the wind, and were not something that infantry could catch up with, so he thought that Zhang Lang had luckily seized dozens of war horses at most.
Chapter completed!
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