Before Chu Huan could go up to the valley, he saw a team of people coming over. It was hard to see the ground in the horse-dressing valley. The horse's hooves could only step on the corpse. However, when Xu Shao had already arrived, he saw Chu Huan, turned over and dismounted, and came forward and bowed, "Duke Chu!"

Seeing that he was covered in blood and even covered in blood on his face, Chu Huan knew it was a tough battle. Xu Shao's troops were placed in the hinterland of the horse farm. Later, Han Ying was in a tight spot in the south, and Xu Shao led some cavalry to bet on the gap, which was also a fierce battle.

Xu Shao himself had thousands of cavalry under his command. Chu Huan exchanged more than 3,000 Xiliang war horses through the salt horse trade from Xiliang. He selected some soldiers who were good at cavalry from the army and temporarily formed a cavalry regiment. Of course, these 3,000 people were not as good as Xu Shao's Fengzi Camp based on the tiger-wing cavalry. Four thousand cavalry were in the belly of the horse farm. Although the southern line was frequently in danger, Xu Shao did not dare to transfer all cavalry to the south. After all, this cavalry was a mobile force and had to support all sides at any time. Therefore, when the battle situation on the southern line was the most urgent, only two thousand people were transferred.

"How are the casualties?" Chu Huan asked directly.

Xu Shao looked solemn, "It's still counting, but the losses should be quite large. Our cavalry also killed and injured more than 300 people...!"

Chu Huan nodded slightly, but Xu Shao said: "But attacking the Tianshan General Di Renjie in the south has been killed in the chaos. General Han has already cut off his head. Will Duke Chu look at it?"

"No need." Chu Huan shook his head, "This governor has ordered that the Tianshan General who died in battle, no matter who it is, will be buried west of Zhuangshi Valley..."

"Huangshi Valley?" Xu Shao was stunned.

A person next to him had already said: "Duke Chu has renamed the Horse Training Valley to Zhuangshi Valley!"

"Oh!" Xu Shao came over and saw that the soldiers had begun to clean up the battlefield. He asked: "Duke Chu, the Tianshan Army fled westward. If it is delayed here, will it miss the opportunity? Should we leave some of us to clean the battlefield and bury the bodies, and the main force continues to advance westward and pursue the victory?"

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "You have fought hard from Hezhou for several days and retreated here again. You didn't have any rest at all. You immediately started fighting. After all, the soldiers were all flesh and blood. They were exhausted at this time and should not be pursued at this time. The Tianshan Army's battle still collapsed, and this governor would not give them too long. Let everyone rest first and then discuss the advance westward. Sharpening the knife will not delay the chopping of wood, so don't be anxious!"

Xu Shao nodded, and he naturally knew that although Zhu Lingyue's Tianshan Army had fled a lot, it was impossible to gather in a short period of time. However, the Xiguan Army was exhausted. It was not a good thing to continue advancing westward and sending troops to the Immortal Army.

"By the way, where is Zhu Lingyue now? Are you really dead?" Chu Huan asked suddenly.

A subordinate next to him said: "I heard the Northwest Army shouting that Zhu Lingyue's head had been cut off. If it was true, the head should now be in the hands of the Northwest Army..."

Chu Huan nodded slightly, inside and outside the Horse Training Valley were densely packed with people. Some soldiers took a break for a while, and some soldiers had already begun to clean up the battlefield under the command of the generals of various schools.

Chu Huan looked at him and saw that he was all corpses. This battle was really tragic. Although he won, he was not in a good mood.

When he climbed the Horse Training Valley and saw that the front wooden railings and walls were much more severe than the northern line, Chu Huan knew that the frontal fight led by Pei Ji would be even more tragic.

He jumped onto the wall and glanced at it. It was either the corpse or the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield. However, he did not see Pei Ji for a moment. He asked the soldiers beside him, but he said he didn't know and frowned.

In this battle, it is undoubtedly possible to turn defeat into victory. Gan Hou’s counterattack played a decisive role.

Until now, Chu Huan is puzzled. Although Gan Hou has clearly become a relative of Zhu Lingyue, why did he fight back in this battle that determines life and death?

Marrying Gan Yujiao to the Zhu family was not a verbal agreement, but an extremely solid alliance foundation. It was precisely because of this marriage that Chu Huan believed that Gan Hou was Zhu Lingyue's reliable alliance, but in the end, it was this seemingly the most reliable alliance that gave Zhu Lingyue a fatal blow.

This always requires a reason.

Chu Huan had to admit that compared to forming an alliance with Zhu Lingyue, the benefits obtained by Gan Hou and Xiguan may be far less than those obtained by Zhu Lingyue. Xiguan is in ruins, and Zhu Lingyue has sufficient money and food, and is even more powerful. Even if he relies on a big tree, he should rely on a stronger one.

What benefits will Gan Hou have to fight back and help Zhu Lingyue and defeat Zhu Lingyue?

He was puzzled, but he heard Qi Hong beside him suddenly said: "Duke Chu, over there... it seems to be Mr. Pei... Hey, General Gan Hou and General Gan are also there!"

Chu Huan came to his senses and looked in the direction of Qi Hong's finger. Sure enough, he saw two figures standing together in a corner, as if they were saying something, but no one was approaching to disturb him.

Chu Huan frowned.

This time, when he fought with the Tianshan Army from Hezhou to the horse farm, the overall plan was always Pei Ji. From the beginning, Chu Huan divided Xiguan into two fronts, one by Xuanyuan Shengcai, and the other by Pei Ji.

Once Chu Huan hired people, he would give him full freedom and not restrain him. In the Western Front War, Chu Huan also handed him to Pei Ji as much as possible. Seeing Pei Ji and Gan Hou were talking, he suddenly thought in his heart that Gan Hou could fight back must have a great relationship with Pei Ji. He had even realized that he would finally fight to the decisive battle on the horse farm. That was also the decision made by Pei Ji. This war seemed to be completely under Pei Ji's control.

Chu Huan knew that Pei Ji was talented and extraordinary, and he was not completely aware of Pei Ji's true background. Instead, he knew that Pei Ji was not only a brother of Qin Lei's father, but also a brother of the medical saint Zhang Yiyang. Qin Lei's father came from a court official, and Zhang Yiyang was also a famous doctor family. When Chu Huan saw Pei Ji for the first time, he was just a cripple who made a living in Baitong's house, and he was even more ordinary than an ordinary person. But now, Chu Huan already knew that the cripple who was playing chess on the street was afraid that he would not know the amazing identity.

"Duke Chu, do we want to go there?" Qi Hong asked softly.

Chu Huan thought for a moment, shook his head, Qi Hong frowned slightly, and lowered his voice: "Duke Chu, Mr. Gan against Zhu Lingyue, you didn't even know in advance, but now it seems that Mr. Pei already knew this clearly, why... why did he hide it from you? If you had known it before, wouldn't you be able to deal with it better?"

Chu Huan frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense. It's natural that he does this." Although he said this, he had a big question in his heart. If Pei Ji had already known in advance that Gan Hou was his own, why did he hide it from him?

Yu Gong, he is the governor of Xiguan. Although he handed over all the strategic deployment of the Western Front to Pei Ji, Gan Hou's counterattack and attacked him in secret. Yu Privately, he and Pei Ji are sworn brothers, and he should not hide this from him.

But he also knew that from knowing Pei Ji to the present, although Pei Ji sometimes does something strange and doesn't even say much to him in his true origin, he has always been considering himself. Chu Huan can at least understand whether a person treats him sincerely. Although Pei Ji has not completely talked to him, Chu Huan can fully feel Pei Ji's sincerity to him when he gets along with his righteous brothers.

"Duke Chu, Gan is here to apologize to you!" Chu Huan turned around and was about to leave. Before he took a few steps, Gan Hou's rough voice came from behind. Chu Huan stopped and turned around. He saw Gan Hou, wearing heavy armor, coming quickly. He walked with a tiger step, and was full of wind. No matter what, in this battle, without Gan Hou's counterattack, the Xiguan army would definitely be defeated in disbelief. Chu Huan had already bowed and smiled: "General Gan, I have never seen him for a while after parting last time."

Mr. Gan looked solemn and spoke directly, "Duke Chu, can you call your cavalry, close the cavalry in Gan's hands, and go west first!"

Although the Northwest Army was almost all infantry, there were three tiles in the dilapidated house, and there were nearly a thousand cavalry in the army. This was the treasure of the Northwest Army and it never used it until it was extraordinary.

"General Gan is preparing to hunt down the defeated soldiers?" Chu Huan asked.

Gan Hou shook his head and said, "It's not the case. The Chu governor didn't know that Zhu Lingyue's troops invaded Xiguan this time were not the only 50,000. There were nearly 20,000 people behind him. Those were recruiting civilians who went out with the expedition from Tianshan Mountain, rhyming with food, grass, weapons and equipment. When Zhu Lingyue came from Hezhou, the supply team fell behind. Now that the mountain army fled today, Gan was worried that these supplies would fall back into the hands of the Tianshan Army. He could take this opportunity and thousands of cavalry suddenly killed them. He could disperse the Tianshan supplies team and seize the supplies!"

"So that's it." Chu Huan did not reply immediately and asked: "General Gan, is Zhu Lingyue not dead yet?"

Gan Hou said: "Gan was about to apologize to the governor Chu for this. I was deceived by Zhu Lingyue. The one who died was his general Zhang He. He himself had already fled in the chaos. Because of this, Gan wanted to pursue him quickly. Zhu Lingyue's army was disbanded, and he might not be willing to let go of the supplies. He might have retreated and met with the logistics and supplies team. When he suddenly chased him, he might not be able to find him there."

"Xu Shao, how many cavalry do we have to use?" Chu Huan turned around and asked Xu Shao who was following him.

"Report to Duke Chu, some of the cavalry who participated in the battle last night were too tired and some were being treated for injuries, but there were still more than 2,000 people who could set out at any time."

"Okay!" Chu Huan said: "Lead them and obey General Gan's order!"

Xu Shao joined in and said, "I will obey the order!"

Gan Hou nodded, his expression still looked solemn, similar to Chu Huan, and there seemed to be no excitement after a big victory. Just as he was about to leave, Chu Huan suddenly opened his mouth and said, "General Gan..."

Gan Hou bowed and said, "What else does Chu have to do?"

Chu Huan originally wanted to ask why Mr. Gan directly counterattacked at the most critical moment, but he also felt it was difficult to ask at this time, so he just said seriously: "For this battle, I thank General Gan and the brothers of the Northwest Army!"

Mr. Gan hesitated for a moment, waved his hand, and said nothing more, but said to Xu Shao: "Commander Xu mobilized the troops and horses and quickly gathered in the west of the Horse Train Valley." His steps looked heavy, and he didn't know if he was too tired.

Chu Huan looked at Gan Hou's back and thoughtfully, and finally heard Pei Ji's voice coming from his ears: "Duke Chu should thank him, at least he paid a great price for Chu Du..." In his speech, Pei Ji was already standing beside Chu Huan with a wooden stick, looking at Gan Hou's back, and there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
Chapter completed!