"Come on! Great Chu will be victorious! Overlord will be victorious!"
"Kill, brothers, don't let them escape!"
Following Zhang He's defeat, the Hebei army was suddenly leaderless.
Without unified command, the Hebei army, which fought independently, was gradually divided by the Chu army and then eliminated.
In just one day, the Hebei Army no longer saw the heyday it had when the 200,000 troops left Jizhou.
Now, all the Hebei soldiers have only one thought in mind: escape!
As the saying goes, defeat is like a mountain falling.
Morale has been frustrated one after another, the cavalry on the left and right flanks have been defeated one after another, and the frontal battlefield is still losing ground. Now the Hebei Army has completely fallen into a state of collapse and chaos.
Countless people fled behind them desperately, countless people waved their sabers at the friendly forces blocking them, and countless people cried loudly at a loss.
Different from the chaos of the Hebei army, the Chu army, whose momentum was like a rainbow and whose morale soared into the sky, arranged in neat queues, constantly divided the fleeing Hebei army, and occasionally killed prisoners.
After all, this is the Hebei army of 200,000 people.
Even with the fighting till now, the number of the defeated Hebei army is still no less than 100,000.
If the pursuit of the Hebei Army causes chaos in one's own formation, and the Hebei Army takes advantage of the situation and launches a counterattack, it would be a joke.
Naturally, the generals of the Chu army would not let this happen.
Now, Taishi Ci is commanding the Chinese army, which is constantly dividing and compressing the space against the fleeing Hebei army.
As for Gao Lan, who commanded the Canglong Cavalry? He led the Canglong Cavalry to gallop on horseback, constantly chasing the Hebei Cavalry.
You must know that for the Chu army in this battle, the biggest gain was not the annihilation of the 200,000 troops in Hebei.
But these fifty thousand cavalry.
These are the best war horses!
As long as these Hebei cavalry can be kept, even if they don't surrender, as long as their horses can be captured, the Chu State will make a lot of money this time.
It is impossible to have 50,000 war horses. After all, there are always Hebei cavalry who are injured and sometimes escape.
But if I capture half of you, twenty-five thousand horses is not too much, right?
Even if some of the last 20,000 horses were too injured to fight, as long as 10,000 usable horses could be left, Chu's cavalry strength would be greatly increased.
If others don't know, how can Gao Lan not know?
Now, King Xiang Ji of Chu is planning to form one or two cavalry teams.
Gao Lan was very enthusiastic about this.
Who wants to command infantry when he can command cavalry?
Even if the cavalry team established in the later period is not as powerful as the Canglong Cavalry, it is still a cavalry force and is a high-end unit of this era.
Therefore, Gao Lan led his Canglong Cavalry like crazy, chasing every escaping horse and every fleeing Hebei cavalry.
The pursuit lasted for a whole day and night.
"Overlord! Our army has won this battle!"
Of the 200,000 troops in Hebei, our army annihilated more than 70,000 and captured 50,000, including 20,000 cavalry and nearly 30,000 horses.
Our army lost more than 20,000 people in battle, including 10,000 from the Qingzhou Army, 6,000 from the Pengcheng reinforcements, 3,000 from the Xiang Family Army, and 2,000 from the Canglong Cavalry.
There are a total of 40,000 wounded soldiers, of which more than 3,000 are too seriously injured to return to the battlefield."
After some statistics, an excited Pang Tong came to Xiang Ji and became a secretary.
A great victory, this battle is truly a great victory!
You know, this is a 100,000 Chu army versus a 200,000 Hebei army!
This is not Liu Bei's peasant army with poor combat effectiveness, this is a regular army!
Now, the Chu army only suffered more than 20,000 casualties and completely defeated the Hebei army. How could Pang Tong not be excited?
The impact of this battle on the Chu State was absolutely profound.
You must know that although Yuan Shang, the King of Qi in Hebei, is known as a million-strong army, the only truly effective soldiers and horses under his command are only the more than 300,000 original Hebei soldiers inherited from Yuan Shaona.
The rest? They are just some peasant soldiers with poor combat effectiveness.
It's okay to fight downwind, but if it's a fierce battle like this one, it's doubtful whether those peasant soldiers will be able to take up arms.
Now, after this battle, the Chu army had directly broken the backbone of the Hebei army.
Yes, the backbone of the Hebei Army is broken.
You know, this 200,000-strong army is the most combat-effective unit in the Hebei Army.
Today, this 200,000-strong army has completely lost its organizational structure. The number of those killed in battle and captured is 120,000. It is lucky that half of the remaining 80,000 soldiers can return to Hebei in the end.
You know, most of these soldiers who flee in battle will take advantage of the situation and return to their hometowns to hide their names.
After all, the fear of defeat cannot be eliminated. The tragic death of the companions around them and the desperate cries will always exist in the hearts of these defeated soldiers like a shadow.
Many defeated soldiers will develop fear of the battlefield from then on, making it impossible for them to pick up weapons again in their lives.
This, in modern terms, is war trauma syndrome.
It will make people feel war-weary, avoid war, and even fear war.
If others don't understand, how can Pang Tong, as a wise man, not understand?
After this battle, Chu State had completely established its position as the overlord of the East.
The entire east has no opponents of the Chu State, and in the near future, it will also become the territory of the Chu State.
This can be regarded as occupying half of the entire world.
How could Pang Tong not be excited to be a member of a country that was so powerful and even had the best chance of becoming the world leader?
Hum hum, Kong Ming, you think very highly of yourself, and you look down upon the Chu State and our overlord Xiang Ji.
But how could you imagine that this world, sooner or later, will belong to our country of Chu, to our overlord!
You should know that although Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang came from the same school and were known as Wolong and Phoenix, their relationship was not as friendly as it appeared.
Competition is everywhere, especially for such resourceful people.
Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, this sentence is not just a saying.
Likewise, Pang Tong was not the only one to see this point.
"Very well, military advisor, please pass the order and order Gao Lan to lead 10,000 soldiers here to take care of the sick and wounded, and to take care of the prisoners.
As for everyone else…
Tell them to rest for a day, reorganize immediately, and cross the river with King Gu, and we will go to Jizhou!"
Yes, Xiang Ji decided to march directly into Hebei with the power of this great victory.
After all, Hebei's war potential is too huge. If they are given enough time to adjust, they may cause more trouble.
Instead of doing this, why not take advantage of the Chu army's great victory and high morale to send troops directly to Hebei to have a decisive battle with Yuan Shang!
As Xiang Ji's order was issued, the wheels of Chu's war began to turn again.