In the early morning, Zhao Kaiyong and others finally got rid of the pursuit of the Luger cavalry and stopped to rest in a leeward valley. Zhao Kaiyong's helmet was tilted and he was in a state of embarrassment. Not only him, but also the generals and soldiers behind him, all of them were dejected.
, panting.
"General!" A deputy general walked over quickly and reported the number of people counted in a hoarse voice. "The number of people has been verified. We have 20,000 remaining men and horses, including 3,000 on horseback and 6,000 disabled!"
There were only 20,000 people left out of 50,000, and 30% of them were disabled. This battle was truly tragic.
Of course, not all the remaining troops were wiped out by the enemy. When they fled in panic yesterday, many infantrymen were chased by the enemy's cavalry and escaped.
"Father!" Putting the water bag in front of Zhao Kaiyong, Zhao Jun quickly waved his hand to the deputy general, then sat sideways beside Zhao Kaiyong and asked in a low voice, "What should we do?!"
"Hey!" Zhao Kaiyong sighed helplessly, "Send someone back to report, take a short rest, and we will rush to Qingcheng immediately!"
There are 20,000 horsemen, most of whom are disabled infantrymen. In this vast northwest county, they cannot compete head-on with the cavalry. The only way now is to rush to Qingcheng, more than a hundred miles away from Wangguan City, as soon as possible to fight with them.
The Qingcheng garrison tried their best to prevent Luge's army from continuing to march eastward.
"But..." Zhao Jun frowned, "If we go back like this, I'm afraid the little princess will take advantage of it!"
Zhao Kaiyong never thought of this, but what could he do? It would be a pure dream to take back Wangguan City with 20,000 troops!
"Father!" Zhao Jun looked around and moved closer to Zhao Kaiyong, "If we go back like this, we will probably die, so we might as well defect to Luger!"
"Damn it!" Zhao Kaiyong slapped his son on the face, "Let me bow to those prairie masters. Don't even think about it. Have you forgotten how your uncle died?!"
Standing up abruptly, he looked around, with a bit of a man's blood on his face, "Everyone line up, we will take a detour to Qingcheng immediately. When the time comes, I will apologize to the princess, and I will bear all the faults!
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Zhao Kaiyong still has some persistence in the end. He can fight with the little princess, but it is absolutely impossible for him to surrender to those grassland people!
When Zhao Kaiyong's army set out, Lu Ge had already led his troops into the city.
In this battle, he only lost a few thousand troops and captured a city with abundant food and grass. Luge was very satisfied with this result, but he was not satisfied with it. As soon as he entered the city, he immediately sent out cavalry to continue searching for traces of Zhao Kaiyong.
, wanting to annihilate all the remaining soldiers, and the remaining troops burned, killed and looted in Wangguan City.
The Third Prince Yue's attempts to dissuade him failed, so he simply stayed in the camp outside the city. Luge knew that his brother had always been "fakely compassionate" and did not force it.
In the courtyard outside Loulan City, Chu Tianjiao was still asleep when he was woken up by Lan Nuo because she had promised to notify him immediately if there was a battle report from the front no matter how late it was.
"Last night Luger made an attack in the east and in the west. He offered supplies to the northwest and actually broke through the east gate. Wangguan was lost. Our army lost more than 10,000 people. Now, the general is searching everywhere for stragglers who have escaped pursuit!"
The secret letter was written by Long Xiang and delivered by letter eagle, but it arrived in the middle of the night.
Chu Tianjiao stood on the floor with his bare feet and ordered in a deep voice, "Reply to Long Xiang and try to preserve the strength of our army. I will lead the Red Flame Regiment to the expedition immediately!"