The two thousand elite soldiers who were highly anticipated by Zhang Zhongming collapsed without even holding on for half an hour.

Faced with this expected result, the cavalry regiment did not stop at the battlefield.

Before he even cleaned the battlefield, he crossed the battlefield and continued to pursue Zhang Zhongming who had escaped more than ten miles along the official road.

More than a thousand iron cavalry have increased their pursuit speed to the extreme.

However, Dingbian County had already appeared in front of Zhang Zhongming. The mighty iron cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army cut off a tail from the 6,000 elite soldiers, and less than a thousand elite soldiers could only watch the other 5,000 soldiers fled into Dingbian County in a panic.

With less than 2,000 cavalry in the cavalry regiment, no matter how capable and courageous they are, they dare not attack Dingbian County, which is equipped with grenades and has more than 5,000 defenders.

The vast cavalry cavalry circled around Dingbian County and retreated directly.

Of course, the cavalry regiment that has regarded more than 5,000 riot soldiers as their own pocket does not intend to give up this military merit that is about to be obtained.

Less than three miles away from Dingbian County, the cavalry regiment stopped, built a camp, and monitored the every move of the rioters.

The Fifth Army of the Tiger and Leopard Army, facing the continuous war reports from various divisions, the face of the commander Sun Chengzong was directly covered with a strong smile...

As the commander of the First Army, although he looked down on the combat effectiveness of the riots.

However, there are so many riots after all... Even if there are tens of thousands of pigs, it is very difficult to eliminate them with their limited forces.

However, what Sun Chengzong did not expect was that even though he had calculated his own calculus, he did not even calculate the victory so quickly.

Just as Sun Chengzong was covered with smiles, the cavalry regiment commanders who had been driving dozens of miles in a row finally appeared in front of Sun Chengzong with exhaustion on his face...

"Captain, the regiment commander asked me to come back to report that the remaining 5,000 remaining soldiers of the bandits fled into Dingbian County, as if they were planning to defend Dingbian County... Because this remaining soldiers were equipped with a large number of muskets and grenades, in order to avoid casualties, our cavalry regiment did not launch an attack on Dingbian. They were only stationed in a high ground three miles outside the city, closely monitoring the every move of the scattered soldiers in the city..."

Sun Chengzong frowned, and his eyes shot out two surprised gazes.

After recalling the report of the commander, even though Zhang Zhongming is now his opponent, Sun Chengzong still couldn't help but sigh: "Now it seems that Zhang Zhongming, the commander of the rebel soldiers, is not only aware of the real thing, but also very smart, and has a high ability to command the troops..."

"Although the combat effectiveness of more than 5,000 soldiers is not very good... but with the city walls and grenades, it will become very powerful. Therefore, we must not underestimate the enemy in Dingbian County, which is defended by 5,000 soldiers..."

After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, some of the subordinates agreed and some disagreed...

But, no matter what, they were not afraid...

The commander of the Ninth Division, when Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he shouted: "Commander, cavalry is not suitable for siege, our infantry is suitable... Should I take the Ninth Division to Dingbian County, as long as the commander gives me three days. Within three days, I will definitely take Dingbian County and eliminate all the chaotic soldiers in the county!"

Sun Chengzong did not answer immediately. With several eyes on him, he asked meaningfully...

"I take over Dingbian County in three days. I believe...but, I want to know how many casualties the Commander Li plans to take over Dingbian County..."

The teacher who was still full of confidence and arrogant just now... After Sun Chengzong asked back, he was stunned on the spot.

After some thought, he replied solemnly with his face: "Captain, the enemy is equipped with muskets and grenades... If the opponent fights to the death, without the casualties of a regiment, he will definitely not be able to take over these riots..."

"After all, the rioters can put us into Dingbian County through close combat and fight with us with grenades... At that time, our musket advantages and artillery advantages will become gone..."

At this time, a sneer flashed across Sun Chengzong's face.

He asked the commander of the 9th Division with a sarcastic look on his face: "Very good. If we deal with more than 5,000 riot soldiers, we will lose a regiment's strength... If we deal with 50,000 or even 100,000 riot soldiers, how much casualties will we have to pay? Don't forget that in Shaanxi, in addition to this riot soldiers, there are two other riot soldiers..."

"If we spend a regiment casualties to deal with Dingbian County... Do you think the remaining riots will follow suit and directly occupy major counties, and continuously consume our limited forces through close combat and grenades until we are able to withdraw from Shaanxi..."

"It will definitely be like this... The riots are not fools, and it is impossible to see the huge benefits that tactics and tactics may bring to themselves... At that time, they will definitely follow suit... At that time, we will be in a dilemma..." The commander of the 10th Division stood up with a serious face and analyzed to Sun Chengzong...

At this time, the commander of the Ninth Division also realized the seriousness of the problem, blushed, and asked Sun Chengzong with a reluctance to ask...

"Then... Commander, we just let go of the more than 5,000 remnants of the riot army in Dingbian County..."

Sun Chengzong shook his head and vetoed in a firm tone...

"No, of course we can't let them go...but, the time to clean up them is not yet..."

"These chaotic soldiers fled so quickly that they even gave up their horses, let alone food... So, I'm sure these more than 5,000 chaotic soldiers will be in a crisis of food shortage in the latest few days..."

"At that time, maybe we don't need to take the initiative to attack, these hungry soldiers will take the initiative to surrender to us..."

"So, these riots have completely fallen into our palms... Even if they give them wings, they will not be able to fly away... And all we need to do is wait patiently and wait for these riots to collapse on their own..." However, during this waiting period, we did not do anything... After all, there are two other riots of the same size waiting for us to eliminate... ""I ordered the cavalry division to continue to stay in Dingbian County and monitor the every move of Dingbian County. If there is any situation, report to me immediately..." "The other soldiers of the Fifth Army will be commanded by me personally, and surround and eliminate the second riots in Shaanxi..."

"You all need to remember that only when we eliminate all these riots in Shaanxi can we easily occupy the three northwestern provinces..."

For soldiers, the greatest honor is to open up a vast territory...

And only this kind of honor can be called true military merit...

It can be imagined that if everyone really wins the three northwestern provinces and with this military merit, everyone's military rank will be less.
Chapter completed!