Yang Xiu and Guo Wu had just reached the halfway point when they received a report from the scouts: Hu Feng had withdrawn from the battlefield and was fleeing to the northwest.
After hearing this, Guo Wu immediately looked at Yang Xiu. "Servant, what can I do?"
Yang Xiu pondered for a moment and pointed. "Go to Li Shi's camp."
Guo Wu responded and turned his horse to leave. Then he reined in his mount and looked back at Yang Xiu with surprise in his eyes.
"Going to Li Shi's camp?"
"right."
"Instead of pursuing Hu Feng, why not intercept Li Shi's retreat?" Guo Wu's eyes became even more confused.
Although these more than a thousand cavalry are not weak in combat effectiveness, it would be too risky to rush to intercept the Flying Bear Army led by Li Shi.
Is Shilang Yang being distracted, or does he think of me as Xiang Yu, someone who can angrily drive away the enemy?
Yang Xiu shook his head. "It's not to intercept Li Shi's route, but to rob Li Shi's camp. The cavalry consumes a lot, so Li Shi's camp must have a lot of food and grass, and the baggage weight is several times that of Hu Feng..."
Before Yang Xiu finished speaking, Guo Wu understood, kicked the horse's belly violently, and shouted: "Cavalry, follow me!"
Hundreds of cavalrymen listened to the order, shouted in unison, turned their horses' heads, and ran wildly after Guo Wu.
Ever since Guo Wu killed three Flying Bear Army rangers in front of the formation, these cavalrymen have been obedient to Guo Wuyan, even more obedient than his own bodyguards.
Seeing Guo Wu leading more than a hundred cavalrymen to rush away, the remaining infantry soldiers looked envious. Yang Xiu was dumbfounded. After a long while, he smacked his lips and led the infantry to follow Guo Wu's pace and rush towards Li Shi's army.
camp.
To be honest, at this moment, he was panicking.
Although these Duan Xuan's men are well-trained and better at fighting than Yang Ding's men, they are only infantry after all. Without warriors like Guo Wu to guard the formation, once they encounter Li Shi, Hu Feng's defeated troops may still encounter
to danger.
But Guo Wu had already run far away. He tried to persuade him, but Guo Wu couldn't hear him.
In desperation, I had no choice but to bite the bullet.
Yang Xiu was lucky. After leading nearly a thousand infantry for an hour, he arrived at Li Shi's camp safely.
Although we encountered some defeated troops from Xiliang on the way, looking at Duan Xuan's camp and the well-organized troops, no one dared to look for trouble, and they all stayed away.
What he saw in front of him made Yang Xiu overjoyed.
Guo Wu arrived in time and captured the camp before Li Shi's men were defeated.
The hundreds of Flying Bear Army knights who stayed behind in the camp did not take these hundreds of knights seriously at first. They opened the door and left the camp, preparing to pick up some heads as credit. Unexpectedly, they were attacked head-on by Guo Wu and others, and more than a dozen of them died in one round.
Hundreds of generals were also picked off horses by Guo Wu.
Someone recognized Guo Wu, lost any fighting spirit, turned around and ran away.
Guo Wu successively occupied Li Shi's camp, closed the camp gate tightly, lowered Li Shi's battle flag, and raised Duan You's battle flag.
The knights of the Flying Bear Army who had just retreated from the battlefield saw that the battle flag had changed. No one dared to return to the camp, so they all circled around the camp.
The food and supplies in the camp, the baggage, and the hundreds of captured Guandong people - most of whom were young women - all became Guo Wu's trophies. They were so rich that Guo Wu and the knights didn't know what to say, whether they were happy or not.
He opened his mouth and kept giggling.
When he welcomed Yang Xiu into the camp, Guo Wu gave him a thumbs up before he could say anything.
"The minister is worthy of being a scholar. He has extensive knowledge and knows where to harvest the most. There is more food in this camp than what we sent to the general's camp."
Seeing the food piled everywhere, Yang Xiu was stunned, and then felt a sense of fear.
There was a severe drought in Guanzhong last year and the harvest was extremely poor. Li Jue still had so much food. How many people would starve to death?
In other words, how many people did Li Jue have to kill to grab this food?
He looked at the frightened Kanto women again and said softly: "Shilang Guo, have you seen the dishman?"
Guo Wu was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face disappeared. "You mean, these people... are all rookies?"
"The Flying Bear Army only has more than a thousand riders. Even if they need people to serve them, they don't need so many people." Yang Xiu withdrew his gaze and couldn't bear to look at it anymore. "These people... are all dishonest people, also known as two-legged sheep."
After waiting in Yang Ding camp for several days, Guo Wu naturally knew what the two-legged sheep meant.
The thought of these women being insulted by Li Shi and his men before they were alive, and then being eaten after death made a brave man like Guo Wu feel horrified.
In contrast, Duan Xuan's subordinates were more calm.
Yang Xiu couldn't bear to look any longer and turned around to leave.
"Yang..." Among the prisoners, a young woman suddenly stood up and called out. "Servant...is the minister the son of Duke Yang?"
Yang Xiu stopped and turned around to look, and saw that the woman was of medium build, skinny as a stick, and her face was too dirty to look directly at. From a few steps away, you could smell the stench on her body.
"You are..." Yang Xiu took out his handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose.
The young woman squeezed out from the crowd and stumbled towards Yang Xiu. After taking just two steps, she fell to the ground. She didn't bother to stand up and crawled on the ground for a few steps. She rushed to Yang Xiu and grabbed him.
It stuck on the hem of Yang Xiu's clothes.
"Are you...are you really Mr. Yang's son?" Her eyes sparkled and her voice trembled.
"Yes, I am Yang Xiu, the son of Taiwei Yang Gong." Yang Xiu took it down and looked at it carefully. He felt that he had seen her before, but he still couldn't see the woman's face clearly. He handed the handkerchief to the woman and motioned for her to wipe her face. "Are you?
…”
"I...I am Uncle Cai's daughter." The woman took the handkerchief, but did not wipe her face and cried bitterly.
Yang Xiu took a breath of air.
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The sound of war drums gradually subsided, and the Flying Bear Army abandoned nearly three hundred corpses and fled the battlefield. An empty-saddled war horse stood quietly on the battlefield, lowering its head from time to time to honor its dead master.
Shi Sunrui ordered a truce, sent scouts to find out the news, and packed up his horses.
The bodies of the fallen soldiers had to be buried, the injured had to be treated, and weapons had to be collected for use. This was especially true for war horses. Those who were injured and could not be treated were directly slaughtered for meat.
After the war, a large amount of wine and meat were needed as rewards, but the emperor was so poor that he had nothing to lose. These injured horses were a rare source of meat.
The result was not great, but the losses were considerable. This battle was truly a tragic victory.
The Guards Battalion suffered the greatest losses. The soldiers who faced the battle head-on withstood the impact of the Flying Bear Army, with over 600 killed and over 1,000 injured.
The infantry battalion also suffered heavy losses. Most of the 700 infantry were lost. They were disabled and had no ability to fight again in a short period of time.
The losses of the Shesheng Battalion were limited, but all the arrows were used up. Even if all the arrows on the battlefield were collected, there would still be a big gap.
The losses are great, but the gains are small.
Hu Feng's camp was seized by Yang Feng. Although the result is not known yet, it is conceivable that the spoils will definitely be looted by Yang Feng, and the amount of money the court can share is limited.
The whereabouts of Li Shi's camp are unknown, and no news has been received yet.
But no matter who occupied it, it had nothing to do with the imperial court.
The imperial court paid the highest price, but received no substantial gains.
At this time, Yang Xiu, protected by several knights, rushed to the camp and reported to Liu Xie the news of seizing Li Shi's camp.
"Your Majesty, we rescued a person from Li Shi's camp." Yang Xiu said in a trembling voice, his face flushed.
Liu Xie was a little surprised. Yang Xiu was so excited. What important person did he save?