A full night

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

A full night

Under Yang Min's encouragement, the horse thieves finally regained their spirits a little bit.

Yang Min was overjoyed when she saw this.

He quickly urged the horse thieves to board the camp and prepare to resist the next attack of the Han army.

Zhang Yue stood in front of the formation and waited quietly, and soon a quarter of an hour passed.

He sighed and slowly retreated into the formation.

"Second and Third Sons, prepare to attack!"

After his words fell, Li Si beside him waved his hand.

The horse archers quickly rushed to the front of the formation. Although their number was small, their uniform movements still put great pressure on the bandits on the wall.

"Dismount... wind up..."

Li Si issued two orders in succession.

The archers jumped off their horses and opened the big yellow crossbows used by the foot archers.

"It's the big yellow crossbow!"

On the wall of the village, the bandits screamed in surprise when they saw the weapons in the hands of the archers.

"wind!"

The archers who heard the order pulled the trigger, and powerful crossbow arrows flew towards the bandits.

"Ah...ah...ah..."

There was a scream.

The archers were preparing to continue the attack.

The gate of the camp suddenly opened.

Led by a bearded man, the horse thieves poured out of the village gate with Yang Min's head in their hands, and then knelt tremblingly at the gate of the village, waiting for the Han army to surrender.

Zhang Yue waved his hand, and the Yicong cavalry stepped forward first, controlling the gate and occupying the wall.

Then Zhang Yue led the remaining cavalry and rode forward.

After taking Yang Min's head, Zhang Yue handed it to Yang You.

With the overall situation settled, Zhang Yue handed over the prisoners to Li Si for disposal, while he led Jiatun into the stronghold.

As soon as he entered the village, Zhang Yue was shocked by the scene before him. Behind the village was a huge valley. A stream flowed through the center of the valley, dividing the valley into two.

The stream is crystal clear, and fish can be seen swimming in it from time to time. On both sides of the stream, there are patches of farmland, because spring sowing has just been completed, and the green fields are really beautiful, and it is really an idyllic scenery.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but recited a sentence: "Pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and leisurely see the Nanshan Mountain."

For a moment, Zhang Yue actually forgot that this was a horse thieves camp.

But soon his thoughts were brought back to reality, and a ragged slave appeared in front of him.

Their eyes were dim and they just sat on the ground quietly, their faces lifeless.

Zhang Yue sighed and turned his eyes elsewhere.

Not far away, the prisoners were all sitting on the ground, and there were only a few cavalrymen on the side, patrolling on horseback.

The cavalry from Jiatun went into the valley in groups of three to search for the escaping horse thieves. Not long after, soldiers on horseback, holding ropes, captured a horse thief who wanted to escape.

"General Bai, what should we do with so many prisoners?"

There were nearly 300 prisoners surrendered this time, and Yang You felt tremendous pressure.

Although the losses of the Han army were not large, the total number was only about 80 horses, so the risk of guarding these prisoners was still relatively high.

"What do you think we should do?"

Zhang Yue did not answer, but asked instead.

There was no expression on his face, and Yang You couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"Kill them all?"

Yang You didn't speak quickly. He wanted to appear calm, but his unsteady tone betrayed his thoughts.

"Send someone back to the fort and ask Guo Kai to recruit 30 Guining people." Zhang Yue shook his head.

"Killing prisoners is unlucky. People are not leeks. Don't kill people easily!"

"Although these prisoners are troublesome, if they are dealt with well, they will be a great help to us!"

"Alright, let's go down first and tell Uncle Li, asking him to quickly count the captures from this battle!"

"promise!"

Three days later, Cai Ting finally arrived at the mountain village with 30 conscripted Guining people. Due to lack of manpower, the various materials seized at this time had not yet been collected.

"Meet Baijiang!"

After Cai Ting arrived with his people, he immediately reported to Zhang Yue.

"Cai Shichang, thank you for your hard work!".

"Let the brothers take a rest first, and then the task of guarding the prisoners will be left to you!"

"promise!"

With the thirty people brought by Cai Ting, the work progressed much faster.

On the second day, Li Si finally finished counting the captures from this battle.

"What, there are so many!"

Zhang Yue looked at the list in front of him and couldn't help but be shocked. He never expected that this time he would get such a huge harvest from the gangsters.

"One hundred and eighteen levels were beheaded, 273 horse thieves were captured, and 392 slaves were rescued. 737 weapons of all kinds were seized, and 469 horses were captured."

These are nothing, what really shocked Zhang Yue was what happened behind.

"Seized one thousand and forty-eight gold, more than one thousand two hundred kilograms of iron, more than 12,000 stones of grain, 1,000 pieces of cloth, 2,000 kilograms of oil, 300 jars of wine, and 11,000 acres of fertile land!"

Looking at the list in front of him, Zhang Yue felt that his head was a little dizzy. These things were enough to consume a thousand Han troops for a year. No wonder Yang Min never escaped even though he knew that the Han troops were not far away.

It’s hard to let go of money.

"Quickly, prepare a military report quickly and submit it to Han Sima!"

"promise!"

Seven days later, at the Dragon Head Barrier, Han Feng's mansion was located.

"What, this letter is serious!" Han Feng stared in disbelief at Cai Ting, who came to deliver the letter.

"I dare not hide it from Sima. Due to time constraints, there are still some seizures that have not been counted yet!"

"Well, you should go down and rest first. When you get back, tell General Zhang Bai for me that you must take good care of your finances. I will be here in person soon!"

"promise!"

After Cai Ting left, Yin Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Sima, something big happened!"

Han Feng smiled: "You should also take a look!"

With that said, he handed Zhang Yue's military report to Yin Sheng.

"To have such a great victory, defeating 400 with 80, and so many captures, General Zhang Bai is truly a fierce general!"

"Well, it seems that General Zhang Bai will soar into the sky soon!"

Yin Sheng couldn't help but sigh, with a hint of jealousy in his tone.

Han Feng naturally heard the jealousy in Yin Sheng's tone, but he didn't take it seriously. This was inevitable. Even he couldn't help but feel a trace of jealousy in his heart just now.

But he was more pleased because Han Feng, who knew Zhang Yue's details, had long known that Zhang Yue would surpass him sooner or later.

However, the higher Zhang Yue climbed, the greater the rewards for him, Han Feng, because he was the first person to recommend Zhang Yue for promotion.

Han Feng was Zhang Yue's recommender. In the Han family system, the recommender and the recommended person were naturally a community of interests. They both prospered and suffered losses.

"Marquis Yin Jun, there is no need to think too much. General Zhang Bai has caught his eye. He is not something we can compare with. We can just report it truthfully!"

Han Feng gently tapped Yin Sheng. Yin Sheng was also a smart man, so he immediately put down the little thoughts that had just arisen in his heart.

Later, Han Feng called the scribe who accompanied the army and ordered him to draft a report of victory. After copying two copies, one was reported to Li Ling, the captain of the cavalry, and the other was sent directly to Chang'an.
Chapter completed!