At the same time, Zhao Huan successfully passed through the Shahe County Pass after repelling Shuhu Hulu.
The next day, he met up with the Taiyuan soldiers who came to meet him.
With the protection of Taiyuan soldiers, we can rest easy on the next journey and successfully arrive at Taiyuan Prefecture two days later.
Out of etiquette, Wang Zhen went out of the city to greet Zhao Huan in person. However, when he saw Zhao Huan's motorcade, Wang Zhen was stunned.
This convoy is very strange, it actually carries fifty-seven large coffins!
The coffin, which is as winding as a dragon, makes people feel panicked.
Wang Zhen quickly asked the captain Teng Ying who was escorting Zhao Huan: "What's going on? Why did the prince bring so many coffins?"
Under Wang Zhen's surprised gaze, Teng Ying actually stood in awe of Zhao Huan's motorcade.
"Sir, these coffins are for the royal family soldiers who died in battle."
What?!
Wang Zhen thought there was something wrong with his ears. With Zhao Huan's status, he was actually willing to take the soldiers who died in the battle with him?
This is a great motivation for any soldier.
Whether Zhao Huan sincerely loved his soldiers as his own son, or he was just acting on occasion, it can be proved that Zhao Huan was indeed just as rumored, and was by no means a "mortal".
In the battle of Shahe County, none of the brave soldiers was killed, but Zhao Huan lost fifty-seven of the royal family's soldiers, more than half of whom were killed.
Half of them were shot in tricky places by arrows and ended up bleeding to death...
Zhao Huan wished he could transform into Hua Tuo, but he was still helpless.
After all, these days, non-combat attrition has always been a hurdle that cannot be overcome.
The only thing Zhao Huan could do was to keep these sacrificed soldiers with him, and then let them return to their roots.
For this reason, he emptied all the coffin shops in Shahe County and managed to collect fifty-seven large coffins.
Sun He was also injured in this battle, but fortunately the arrow only penetrated through the gap in the armor, and the wound was not deep. The flesh was cut out and disinfected urgently, so the injury did not worsen.
The arrows used by the Jin invaders' archers were all coated with condiments, either highly poisonous or dung juice.
As long as you are shot, even if you don't react immediately, you will die from the worsening of the wound afterwards.
This is the consequence of encountering an elite force. Even if you win, you will have to pay huge losses.
Zhao Huan opened the curtain and slowly walked out of the carriage.
When Wang Zhen saw this, he immediately came forward to greet him.
"I'm going to lower my official rank and pay my respects to the prince."
"The lower official has heard about what happened to the prince in Shahe County, and has sent troops to encircle and suppress the group of Jin bandits who were passing through."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Huan asked directly: "How many people have been sent?"
Wang Zhen was stunned. He was just trying to comfort him politely. He didn't expect Zhao Huan to take him seriously, and he couldn't help but look embarrassed.
"Send 300 people first and wait for the follow-up..."
Before Wang Zhen could finish speaking, Zhao Huan had directly interrupted: "Then I don't need you. I will avenge this on my own."
The reason why Zhao Huan could tell at a glance that Wang Zhen was not sincere was naturally because of his understanding of this group of Jin bandits.
Xingzhou is very mountainous. Let alone destroying this group of elite Jin bandits, even suppressing the bandits will require a lot of manpower.
If you want to eliminate a group of hundreds of bandits, you need to invest at least a thousand people. Just searching the mountain is enough to be a headache.
In order to eliminate this golden bandit, ideally, tens of thousands of people would be needed.
Five hundred people were needed to gain an advantage over the Jin invaders, and at the same time they had to cover Xingzhou and lay down a dragnet. It was such a waste of manpower and material resources, so there was no need to waste it.
Just run away, even if Zhao Huan doesn't have any good options now.
Although Zhao Huan and Wang Zhen seemed to be incompatible with each other as soon as they met, Wang Zhen didn't care. Anyway, his task was to guard Taiyuan Mansion and please the prince. He was not good at it and there was no need for it.
However, Wang Zhen couldn't help but sigh when he saw the majestic and brave warriors beside Zhao Huan.
"He is indeed the number one soldier in the prince's hands. It would be great if Taiyuan Mansion could also have such an elite soldier."
"But then again, if there are brave warriors accompanying us, why can the prince's bodyguard be damaged so much?"
"Could it be that they were ambushed at the pass of Shahe County?"
Faced with Wang Zhen's doubts, Zhao Huan just replied lightly: "The enemy is brave and good at fighting, and I almost suffered a loss."
Brave and good at fighting?
Hearing Zhao Huan's evaluation of Jin Kou, Wang Zhen actually despised Zhao Huan from the bottom of his heart.
This so-called violent prince was nothing more than a ruthless man. When he encountered the regular Jin soldiers, he was immediately beaten back to his original form.
"Haha, the Jin soldiers are brave? Xiaguan has been guarding Taiyuan for so many years, and he has also fought against the Jin soldiers."
"Although the Jin army has a large number of cavalry, our Song army is sure of victory whether it is a tough battle or a field battle."
Even Wang Ben heard the sarcasm in Wang Zhen's words and immediately scolded him.
"Master Wang has such a loud tone!"
"The Jin bandits we encountered in Shahe County were all veterans of many battles, skilled in guerrilla warfare, and were a small, mixed and reinforced elite force."
"We have everything from firearms to heavily armored soldiers, and we have twice our numerical advantage."
"If it were Mr. Wang, could he easily defeat the enemy? I'm afraid it's just a delusion!"
Wang Ben didn't care what kind of official he was. Anyway, with Zhao Huan's support, he was not afraid of anyone.
Refuting Wang's report to his face means nothing.
Instead of being angry, Wang Zhen frowned: "Could it be that what the prince encountered was not an ordinary bandit passing through the border?"
"Logically speaking, such well-equipped troops cannot appear in Xingzhou at all."
Wang Ben snorted softly: "I'll have to ask you officials now!"
For a long time, Wang Zhen thought that Zhao Huan was besieged by a large number of passing Jin soldiers, and they were mainly light infantry.
Only in this way can we rely on brave warriors to defeat them.
But now, Wang Ben told him that what Zhao Huan encountered was an elite mixed force, including firearms soldiers...
Under such disadvantageous conditions, Zhao Huan was able to defeat the enemy at the cost of losing one-third of his troops, which was already considered perfect.
Wang Zhen's eyes became more serious: "How much do you know about this army?"
"After finding out the details, no matter how high the cost, this elite enemy force must be eliminated, otherwise it will be very harmful to the territory."
Wang Ben snorted lightly and said angrily: "I only know that the enemy general's surname is Shuhu."
Shuhu?!
Hearing this surname, Wang Zhen was startled again, and his eyes changed even more.
"Appearing in our Taiyuan Prefecture, leading elite troops, good at guerrillas, and also named Shuhu, could it be... Shuhu Hulu?!"
Zhao Huan raised his eyebrows and briefly described Shuhu Hulu's height and body shape. Since the enemy general was wearing a mask, his specific appearance was unknown.
But relying on these, Wang Zhen concluded on the spot: "It can't be wrong, the golden bandit that the prince encountered is none other than Shu Huhu Lu!"
"This man is Wanyan Zonghan's personal follower, and he is known as the number one warrior under Wanyan Zonghan!"