"What are you doing? There are not many horses in the camp with tens of thousands of people?" The next day, after raining, Liu Tao had to count the spoils. After looking around, he found that there were only more than twenty horses in the camp, and his appearance was not very good.

"Even if it is a rebel, except for the Yicong of Huangzhong and a few people, even though there are more than 100,000 people, it is actually less than 5,000." Sun Jian had a little understanding of this, "not to mention setting up ambushes between mountains and forests, there is no need to use cavalry."

It may be used to win the pursuit, but it is more likely to surround the target very early, so it is difficult for the other party to escape, and there is almost no possibility of chasing.

"How is the situation of captives and beheadings?" Liu Tao had no choice but to focus on other places.

"Two thousand beheaded, more than four thousand prisoners were captured, and about three thousand were still scattered and fled in all directions. The situation at that time could not be pursued." Lu Bu replied, and the situation at that time, he might have to take him in.

"There are more than 6,000 people, Zhang Wen's side is an explanation." Liu Tao said casually. This thief is poor and his weapons and equipment are not complete. In the weapon reserve, he even has sticks, which is not a premeditated rebellion.

The real rebellion was the Yicong of Huangzhong, and the remaining were the soldiers of Jincheng County who were entangled. Later, the people of the surrounding counties joined the rebels, and their weapons and armor were probably seized.

There is not much food, so I guess I plan to seize it on my side, which is only enough for about three or four days for this 10,000 people. It is estimated that it is rationed regularly to avoid too much food and some people have to go back on the water.

From this we can also see that this ambush is actually not the main force of the enemy, but is simply a consumable.

"If you win, you have enough food and clothing, you will feel sorry for losing. These bandits are really good at calculating." Liu Tao walked around the seized materials and immediately complained.

"But this is also a good thing." Guo Jia laughed, "This means that the spy who informed the thieves may not be able to fully gain the trust of the other party. This ambush is actually mostly tempted."

"However, we won, will the other party suspect that there is something wrong with the spy?" Liu Tao asked back after hearing this.

"This is not the case. After all, even spies are unlikely to know where they set up an ambush. Instead, we came over to prove that their intelligence was fine. It was just that the thief themselves had no strength, but we destroyed it." Guo Jia shook his head. Not only would he not doubt it, but he probably trusted the spy who informed him more.

Sun Jian saw the conversation between the few people and thought to himself that Liu Tao really suspected that someone in the army was thieves, and he was sure that Dong Zhuo was suspected. However, after they said a few words, they analyzed the matter clearly...

Sun Jian couldn't help but think that he might also lack a military advisor. It's not that he can't think about problems, but no matter how powerful a person is, he can't think so comprehensively. But his subordinates, such as Guo Jia and Xin Pi, have nothing at all.

No, no, no, there is no civil servant under his command at all, okay? The logistics and documents are all under his charge by his younger brothers Sun Jing and Zhu Zhi. The problem is that neither of them is pure civil servants, and of course they are not very outstanding generals, which means they are not up or down.

"At present, we can only rest here for a few days..." Liu Tao summarized, "Before the horses arrive, we cannot go north casually. In addition, if necessary, give up some of the baggage and replace the five hundred horses, just to prepare at this moment, don't forget!"

"Here!" The generals responded one after another, and Sun Jian also responded slightly.

Coincidentally, the war horses under his seat were also Xianbei horses, and the Hun horses were fine. It was the group of war horses that Liu Tao defeated the Xianbei and sent to the court last year, but the court transferred them to Sun Jian.

In other words, the 500 cavalry under Sun Jian used the same horses as Liu Tao, and they can be supplemented by replaced horses.

"Speaking of it..." Sun Jian immediately realized a problem, "The war horses reserved in the rear are all Xiliang horses, right?"

The Xiliang horse is characterized by strong strength, fast speed, and strong explosive power. It is suitable for arming heavy cavalry and launching group cavalry charges. Relatively speaking, the endurance is relatively poor, and the feeding cost is relatively high.

The key is a cavalry unit, partly Xiliang horses and partly Xianbei horses, which makes it easy to cause problems. The rebels may not matter, but the regular army cannot ignore this problem.

"Of course I know this problem!" Liu Tao retorted, "The war horses sent to the front line will of course be used as pack horses for the time being to help us transport supplies. When the loss rate exceeds 500, just change the horses in full!"

Otherwise, why did he bring five hundred Xianbei horses as backup in one breath?

"This has been considered..." Sun Jian seemed to understand that it is not unreasonable for Liu Tao to win repeatedly. Is it too early to consider such a far-reaching matter as soon as he went south?

He didn't think about any accident, and then thousands of people came in. Instead, these preparations made the enemy cheaper? No, no, if you really defeated, or even accidentally died, then naturally nothing will make sense...

Sure enough, is what I lack the same kind of meticulousness and planning before acting? Sun Jian kept thinking about it, but it seemed that he was fooling himself.

The war report here was sent by the messenger who reported the news and took about a day to return to Meiyang and deliver it to Zhang Wen.

"This is this..." Zhang Wen looked at the military newspaper, even rubbed his eyes and looked carefully again. He confirmed that he was not wrong, but he was even more disbelief.

It is not news that four thousand cavalry defeated ten thousand infantrymen, but four thousand cavalry found an ambush on the mountain road, with the number of enemies reaching ten thousand, and when it rained, they launched an attack at night and defeated them.

If it weren't for the cavalry that reported the news, carrying 200 horses with broken hooves and carrying more than 2,000 heads, he really means that Liu Tao was falsely reporting his military achievements.

"There are really more than 6,000 prisoners?" Zhang Wen asked.

"Indeed, the general said that he could only help take care of him for three to four days. If he did not come to accept him, he would have to cut them all. After all, the seized food and grass are very scarce and he could not support them for too long." The messenger replied.

In fact, if it is rationed according to the standard meal per day, six or seven days is not a big problem. However, there are 6,000 people. In order to manage them well, Liu Tao ordered them to keep logging and building camps in the past few days. The original tent was also changed to a wooden house, and the comfort level naturally increased a lot.

These thieves are busy working every day to be able to eat. When they are allowed to rest, they are already exhausted and just want to sleep well. They have no idea about resisting or escaping.

"I will send someone as soon as possible, as soon as possible!" Zhang Wen said hurriedly.
Chapter completed!