The rising sun was rising in the east, and its golden rays shone on the messy camp. There was not a single soldier around, only Ming soldiers who were collecting war horses were scattered throughout.

Zhou Shixian was riding on a horse, holding the recognition flag high in his hand. The big flag with the word "Zhou" representing him fluttered high and rustled in the cold wind in the early morning.

When he arrived at the battlefield, Wu Xingye and Xue Lao'er were besieging the Chinese army camp of Shun Army. Although Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi had fled, they left two groups of cavalry to block the attack.

The surrounding Shunjun reacted, and the situation was once very tense.

At this time, the Ming army's military disadvantage became apparent. When Wu Xingye and Xue Laoer rushed to the Shun Army's central camp, there were only less than a hundred cavalry left around them.

However, their enemies were not much better. The Shun army almost completely lost their command. The two groups of cavalry left by Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi only had a few dozen cavalry, but there were only a large number of skirmishers gathered from the surrounding areas.

The two armies were fighting to this point, and they were already holding on for their last breath. The Ming army fought all the way, and was almost exhausted. The Shun army was in panic and fear, and had no morale at all. They were only fighting based on instinct and inertia.

Ever since, when Zhou Shixian personally held the flag and led a dozen personal guards to suddenly appear, and even charged suddenly towards the two warring armies, the situation suddenly changed.

On the battlefield, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted. Xue Laoer and Wu Xingye were shocked when they saw the prince-in-law personally charging into the battle. They immediately hit their horses and rushed out.

As a result, even the soldiers and horses under their command rallied their courage and charged away desperately.

Opportunities cannot be missed, and they will never come back. Fighting on the battlefield is a narrow escape, but there are not many opportunities to perform like this!

Xue Laoer and Wu Xingye understood this, and the soldiers under their command naturally understood this too.

In the end, before Zhou Shixian could join the battlefield, the Shun army was directly defeated under the fierce charge, and was chased for several miles by troops led by Xue Laoer and Wu Xingye.

On the battlefield, sometimes morale is the key to victory or defeat.

"Consort, the Shun army has been completely defeated, we have won!"

When Zhou Shixian heard this, his face was still calm. He just took out his binoculars again. To the north, he could vaguely see a few Shunjun cavalry scattered in the fields, running away with him on their backs. Hundreds of cavalrymen from Xue Laoer and Wu Xingye were pursuing them.

, they all have red ribbons on their shoulders, making them easy to identify.

"Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, what's going on with Kong Tao?" Zhou Shixian put down the telescope, thought for a while, and immediately ordered: "Let all the ministries gather their troops and horses immediately and withdraw as quickly as possible."

Several messengers took the order and immediately rode out. Zhou Shixian looked around and saw that Xue Laoer was riding towards him, but the ground was full of corpses and a mess, and his speed was not fast.

In the camp, most of the horses that were originally in a frenzy have now calmed down, and more than a hundred soldiers who stayed in the Shunjun camp are searching for war horses.

However, after last night's melee, and the collision and trampling of each other, the losses of these war horses were very heavy. Thousands of them fled to the surrounding areas without being traced. They were eventually captured by the Ming army. Only more than 800 of them could go south with the army.

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Xue Laoer had already collected the trends of various ministries on his way back. He came to Zhou Shixian and reported:

"Prince-in-law, the Shun army has been completely dispersed, and the remaining remnants have no intention of fighting. When they encounter our army, they are afraid and can't avoid it.

After the cavalry attack last night, most of the troops fled to the north, and were immediately blocked by Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, and Kong Tao who were ambushing in the north. After most of them were killed or injured, they scattered and fled for their lives.

The ambushed soldiers and horses in the north captured more than a hundred war horses. After a short rest, they are now returning. They suffered few casualties and can basically maintain their combat effectiveness.

However, our troops, Wu Xingye's troops, and Zhang Hong's troops all suffered considerable losses in the fierce battle with the counterattacking Shun army, and I'm afraid we must immediately gather them and reorganize and recover."

"Yes." Zhou Shixian nodded, and Xue Laoer and he basically thought together. "The order to gather the troops has been given by my consort. Do you know the whereabouts of Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi?"

"They must have all escaped. Among the captured traitors and horsemen were Gu Kecheng's personal soldiers. He saw Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi each leading dozens of cavalry and fled to the north.

These two men are very cunning. Before our army could attack the central army, they had already started to take action. They were surrounded by plains. They were riding horses and fighting in such a melee. It is estimated that Sun Hu and the others would not be able to stop them."

Based on the report of the messenger, Zhou Shixian also roughly knew the casualties of his headquarters. More than 100 of the more than 500 cavalry were killed and injured, more than 40 people were killed and injured in the "Wu/Wei camp", and the damage of Sun Hu, Weng Dajie and Kong Tao was 100,000.

Even smaller, less than 10%.

The Shun army suffered more than a thousand casualties. The number of corpses in the camp alone exceeded 700, but a large number of them were killed by being collided and trampled by war horses.

"Don't worry about the remaining remnants of the Shun army. Take the captured war horses and collect some intact armor, and then return to the city immediately. After resting for half a day, we must go south immediately."

"What should we do with those prisoners?" Xue Laoer nodded in agreement, and then asked again.

"How many prisoners are there?" Zhou Shixian asked with a slight frown.

"Less than a hundred, many of them are from the border army." Xue Laoer said excitedly. He really wanted to gather these soldiers and horses under his command to make up for the losses.

"Those who can follow Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi and pursue hundreds of miles with three horses and one man are most likely traitors with more than two years of experience. These people cannot be easily accepted."

"But if you don't take them in, just kill them or let them go..."

Before Xue Laoer finished speaking, Zhou Shixian immediately interrupted:

"Let them identify each other, find out the leaders among the prisoners, and those who are closely related to the leaders, and kill at least ten of them. The rest, those who are willing to submit, should be kept and dispersed to each group. Those who are unwilling can also be killed.

Kill."

"Yes!" After hearing this, Xue Laoer didn't dare to say any more, and immediately said with his hands cupped in his fists.

In this world, Zhou Shixian was extremely merciful by not killing everyone. Moreover, he really couldn't think of a better way. Although these soldiers are all good soldiers, they are also experienced thieves.

If you ask them to kill some of their own people, you can't believe it, and you can't suppress it at all.

Zhou Shixian naturally had more considerations. Killing prisoners was not a good reputation, and would also cause the enemy to resist desperately in future wars. This was something he did not want to see, not to mention that as a person from later generations, in his heart

There is also some resistance in my heart to the act of killing all the prisoners.

Of course, if it's a Tatar, it's different, and it's not just the leader.
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