Zhou Ping sent someone to inform Sun Kang that Sun Guan was injured and asked him to leave the city quickly.
After getting off the city wall, Zhang Wu led the red rabbit horse to guard the city.
"Good shot." Zhou Ping walked over and smiled at Zhang Wu.
"Young Master, I want this horse!" Zhang Wu pointed at the red rabbit horse that was completely naked.
Zhou Ping seemed a little embarrassed: "You can use the horse first, and when the lord comes back, you can dedicate it to the lord, and then I will persuade the lord to reward you with the horse."
Zhang Wu had a look of disappointment on his face, thinking that Zhou Ping could make the decision and award the horse to him.
In fact, Zhou Ping can also reward it, but since this is a red rabbit horse, it is a rare and good horse, and it is Lu Bu's mount. It would be better for Liu Bei to reward it.
Zhou Ping wanted to leave all the power of reward and punishment in Liu Bei's hands, but he didn't want to use it arbitrarily, which would easily lead to suspicion. With Liu Bei's personality, he might not be suspicious of Zhou Ping, but if Liu Bei didn't say anything about this, others would not
There will be opinions.
If there are slanderous words at that time, it will not be good for Liu Bei or Zhou Ping.
"Don't worry, the Lord will reward you with this horse."
Zhou Ping could tell that Zhang Wu liked this horse very much.
Those who are good at shooting are also good at riding. Riding and shooting are one and the same.
The red rabbit horse, coupled with Zhang Wu's riding and shooting skills, can be regarded as making the best use of everything.
Based on Zhou Ping's understanding of Liu Bei, Zhang Wu shot Lu Bu this time and it was he who brought back the red rabbit horse. His contribution was not small. Liu Bei would definitely reward him with the red rabbit horse.
If Liu Bei is a man who is not willing to give a horse to a meritorious person, then he cannot be a good master.
After hearing Zhou Ping's words, Zhang Wu's face showed a hint of joy.
"This is called the Red Rabbit Horse. You can ride it and follow me out of the city."
Zhou Ping took Zhang Wu out of the city.
The survivors of Lu Bu's soldiers were all taken prisoner, but most of them died. Only five or six hundred of them were captured alive, and most of them were wounded.
"Zhou Sima, what should we do with those prisoners?" Xu Sheng came over and asked.
"Bring them back to the city to guard them first, and let the medical workers treat our people's injuries first, and then treat them."
"Promise." Xu Sheng accepted the promise and left.
Zhou Ping led Zhang Wu to Sun Guan, where many Taishan soldiers were surrounding him.
"How is Zhongtai?"
Zhou Ping quickly jumped off his horse and walked over quickly.
But the Sun Guan he saw was already dead, and his death was quite tragic.
"Zhongtai! Zhongtai!"
Zhou Ping knelt down, grabbed Sun Guan's hand and shouted, his tone urgent and his face sad.
"Zhou Sima, kill all those prisoners and avenge Captain Sun!"
Suddenly someone shouted loudly.
When the others heard this, they all started shouting, demanding that all of Lu Bu's captive soldiers be killed. The crowd was furious for a while.
Zhou Ping stood up and said to everyone: "Brothers, brothers, I am also very sad that Sun Xiaowei died. Liu Shijun has always been benevolent and righteous, and there are laws not to kill prisoners without permission, and Sun Xiaowei's brother Sun Bo'an is in the city.
You might as well listen to his opinion before making a decision on whether to kill the prisoner or not."
Zhou Wen'an didn't want to offend these Taishan soldiers. After all, Sun Guan was the second most important figure in the Taishan people. If he didn't do it right, he might break with these Taishan soldiers. At that time, it would not only weaken Liu Bei's power, but also increase the hostile forces.
As Liu Bei's counselor, Zhou Ping would not do this kind of thing to eliminate one thing and increase the other.
Now he puts the problem on Sun Kang because he knows Sun Kang well and feels that Sun Kang would not agree to kill the prisoners.
Everyone felt that Zhou Ping was right and gradually stopped shouting.
In a moment, Sun Kang rushed up on his horse, dismounted and walked to Sun Guan's side.
"Zhongtai! Zhongtai!"
Sun Kang held Sun Guan's body and screamed in pain.
"We will kill the prisoners and avenge Captain Sun!"
"Behead the prisoners."
"Avenge Captain Sun!"
"..."
When everyone saw Sun Kang, they started shouting again.
After a long time, Sun Kang stood up and looked at Zhou Ping.
Zhou Ping's face showed that he did not want to kill the prisoners, and he also saw Zhou Ping's expectations for him.
He nodded slightly to Zhou Ping, then turned to everyone and said: "Brothers, killing prisoners is the work of the weak. If you want to kill, we will behead the person who killed Zhongtai. Do you know who killed him?"
Zhongtai?"
"It's the enemy general named Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan."
The Taishan soldiers had already asked Zhang Liao's name from the prisoners.
"Zhang Liao." Sun Kang turned to Zhou Ping and asked for instructions, "Zhou Sima, I want to lead troops to chase and kill the bandits."
"Okay." Zhou Ping couldn't refuse.
"Zhongtai will trouble Zhou Sima to take him back to the city first, and then come back to pay homage after I behead Zhang Liao."
Zhou Ping nodded and said: "Okay, I will send someone behind to deliver food and grass to you."
Sun Kang also called out the 500 Taishan soldiers in the city, and the 3,000 people Sun Guan brought. Now there are still more than 2,500 people capable of fighting, a total of more than 3,000 people, and they pursued westward.
Zhou Ping first asked people to carry Sun Guan's body into the city, and then asked Xiahou Bo to lead a thousand soldiers to escort the grain and grass to the west for the pursuing soldiers.
Zhang Fei, Tian Yu and Xu Chu all led people to chase them.
Zhou Ping came to Cao Bao's body again and said sadly and angrily: "Master Cao Fu, I will definitely kill Lu Bu to avenge you!"
In this battle, the Danyang soldiers suffered the greatest losses. Only about 200 of the 1,000 soldiers were left, and only 36 of them were uninjured.
They were the first to fight against the enemy soldiers. The ambush had not yet appeared at that time, and the enemy generals and soldiers were very brave, so they suffered the greatest losses in battle.
For Zhou Ping, the person who deserved to die in this battle was Cao Bao.
With Cao Bao dead, Liu Bei has one less hidden danger, and those Danyang soldiers can be used by Liu Bei from now on.
As for Cao Cheng, we can slowly weaken his military power, or let him serve as county magistrate and no longer command the army.
Speaking of which, Cao Bao's death was mainly due to what Zhou Ping shouted.
But now that Cao Bao and Xu Dan are dead, no one knows that Cao Bao really wanted to betray Liu Bei and join Lu Bu.
Now the Danyang soldiers only know that Cao Bao went out of the city to pretend to surrender to Lu Bu. The reason why he was killed was because Lu Bu saw through his plan to surrender.
Some people may complain that Zhou Ping shouldn't have shouted those words so early, but Zhou Ping had already thought about it. If someone asked, he would say that he was just too impatient and wanted Cao Bao to kill Lu Bu earlier. However, he didn't expect that.
When Lu Bu made a move, Cao Bao didn't even fight back or run away.
Don't drive Mi Zhu to recruit the people of Xiapi to go out of the city to clean up the battlefield. Xu Sheng will command all the soldiers and horses in the city to be responsible for the defense of Xiapi.
Zhou Ping sent people to Xuyi to report to Liu Bei what had happened in Xiapi, and then went to inform Zang Ba and inform Sun Guan of his death in battle.
He proposed to Liu Bei that if Yuan Shu did not retreat, they could immediately march to Huai Ling and surround him in Huai Ling, but Zhou Ping believed that Yuan Shu would definitely abandon the city and retreat.
If Yuan Shu retreats, Li Jia can lead three thousand soldiers to garrison Huai Ling, Liang Lu can lead three thousand soldiers to stay in Xuyi, and then Liu Bei and Zang Ba can lead their troops back to Xiapi to besiege Lucheng.
Although Lu Bu was stabbed by Zhang Fei, he was rescued by Zhang Liao, and his life or death is unknown.
Only when he is truly dead can Zhou Ping feel at ease.
If he doesn't die, then kill him and never let him leave Xuzhou.
After clearing the battlefield, statistics showed that more than 700 Danyang soldiers died in the battle, more than 500 Langya soldiers led by Xu Sheng died in the battle, and more than 500 soldiers led by Zhang Fei and Sun Guantianyu died in the battle. According to current statistics, a total of more than 500 soldiers died in the battle.
people.
More than thirty knights from the Hushi Camp led by Xu Chu were killed in the battle. Xu Ding was also wounded in the leg and did not join the others in chasing the enemy.
The total number of injured was nearly a thousand.
There were more than 4,000 corpses of enemy soldiers that were cleared out.
They were ambushed on three sides and besieged on four sides, and so many people were lost. The main reason was that Lu Bu's generals were too brave, and Gao Shun, the commander of the army, fell into the camp and rushed to kill them.
But this time in the battle of Xiapi, coupled with Xuyi's victory over Yuan Shu last time, not only can Xuzhou be stable now, but it may also frighten the hearts of those who covet Xuzhou, so they dare not easily fight for it.
Of course, Liu Bei's display of power this time will also make people fearful and hostile.
Xuzhou will eventually become a place of contention, and whoever has the last laugh depends on who is stronger.
Tian Yu sent people to report that they had chased him to the gate of Lucheng and surrounded the city on three sides.
Zhou Ping ordered Xu Sheng to guard Xiapi, and told Mi Zhu and Jian Yong some things. He left Xiapi with Zhang Wu and dozens of guards and rushed to Lucheng.
