The war ended and it was noon.

Ximen cleaned the battlefield everywhere, and roughly estimated that it had obtained more than 1,200 complete thief heads. In addition, 780 thief heads obtained in the previous siege battle, 2,000 thief heads have been won in this battle.

This was a huge victory. Not to mention that Kochi Prefecture and others were shaking their eyebrows and couldn't help but feel happy.

As the news came out, the people of Suining City were also excited, and many people even set off festive firecrackers.

Yang He estimated that more than half of the bandits and infantry had lost, especially the swords, shields and hands were completely lost, and the elite cavalry of the cavalry also lost hundreds of people, so it was impossible to fight again.

He closely monitored the movement there. It was lunch time. Because there were many dead horses killed, more than one hundred, Yang He ordered the entire army to eat horse meat. Even the people who came to help clean were all given a large piece of horse meat, which aroused everyone's cheers.

However, Yang He couldn't eat it. From the time he fled to the present, he had been eating horse meat, and he felt a little scared.

Before afternoon, when he learned that the bandits had taken out the camp, Yang He immediately led his troops to the south gate. In addition to leaving a few cavalry to follow, Yang He ordered Jiu Ye's cavalry team to go past the west gate and hung from behind the bandits.

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The sky was covered with dust, and a vast team came over, but compared to the domineering aura a few days ago, everyone in the team was a little dejected at this time, and the banners such as "Zhuang, Luo" and "Li, Yuan, Wang" and other generals were also carrying the banners without any energy.

Their numbers are much smaller.

Some elite riders wearing iron-inserted cotton armor walked in front, and on a path from the west gate to the south gate official road, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, and Wang Long still walked together.

However, Wang Long's face was gloomy, Yuan Zongdi frowned, and Li Guo rode on the horse, and his expression was a little dizzy.

"Why did it fail?" So far, Li Guo still couldn't figure it out.

However, the fact of the defeat was certain. After the siege failed in the morning, their entire army retreated to the camp, and then after a rough count, everyone was shocked.

The infantry lost another 1,500 people, the elite horse riding team lost nearly 200, and the hungry soldiers were still in charge, and five or six hundred died.

Not only did the hungry soldiers raise their troops, but the losses of the infantry and horse team made the thieves heartbroken.

You should know that the infantrymen from the two camps came to Suining, were only 4,000. The number of people who had lost a few days ago was 4,000 infantrymen, and the losses were more than half. In particular, there were 800 swords and shields inside, and not many were left.

There are also elite cavalrymen in the cavalry, each of which is very precious. When they came to Suining, the cavalrymen and elite cavalry were all 2,000. Including the war a few days ago, the losses have reached more than 200 cavalry, so this battle cannot be fought any more.

Li Guo was actually a little unwilling to accept it, but Wang Long roared at him without hesitation.

Yuan Zongdi also advocated not act irritably and retreating quickly.

No matter how unwilling Li Guo was, he had to retreat with everyone.

In order to reduce the burden and improve the efficiency of the march, all the seriously injured people and more than 2,000 old and young women were left behind.

Their team was surrounded by hungry people and brought more than 5,000 people in Suining. A few days ago, they died or fled, and more than 3,000 people were selected as hungry soldiers. The remaining more than 2,000 old and young women were regarded as burdens, and they were all abandoned.

These people have family members and are hungry soldiers, and some have family members and young people. Before leaving, they call for the sky and the earth and are unwilling to part ways. The thieves killed a lot and became honest.

I decided to leave, so I left quickly and returned to Lingbi in one or two days. So, the thieves had lunch and hurriedly packed up, and left the camps of Hanzhuang and Sunzhuang.

However, to set foot on the official road from Suining to Lingbi, you must also turn from the west gate to the south gate and return according to the original route.

The hooves are covered with weeds and dust, and there are disgusting surrounding them. There are many ponds and reeds, many ponds and waters are stagnant, and there are unpleasant stench in the sun.

Li Guo rode on the horse like a sleepwalking. He thought, if he did it again, how should he deal with the Yang He who killed thousands of swords?

While thinking, a whistle suddenly rushed over, saying that the intersection of the path ahead and the official road, the local warriors in Suining were packed with shields, which seemed to be intercepting the army.

The horse team followed behind the team, and their plans were ill-gotten.

Li Guo was furious: "They want to fight again? They bully people too much!"

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Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, and Wang Long three thieves rushed up, and dozens of elite cavalry followed behind him, and the path was filled with dust.

Soon, they were not far from the intersection of the path and the official road. Li Guo and others looked at it and indeed headed north at the intersection. After about seventy or eighty steps, they were parallel to the Nanxiu Wall. A large row of shield cars spread, placed on the official road and behind some ponds and reeds.

These shield cars seemed lightweight, and were too lightweight compared to the shield cars used by the rebels during the siege. They might only be dozens of kilograms, but they were quite thick on the shoulders of people. They were not good at firearms, but they were more than enough to protect against bows and arrows.

Especially, there are windows with hanging doors, but the position is only at the height of the person squatting. This height is useless, not to mention direct shooting of bows and arrows, it is afraid that it will be difficult for the person behind the shield car to hit the firearm.

At this time, Li Guo and others looked behind the shield car, and could not see the figures there at all. However, after these days of war, Li Guo and others knew that their gun soldiers holding breech firearms must have been hidden behind the shield car. They all followed the shot holes and aimed at everyone here.

Li Guo looked very angry, while Yuan Zongdi looked solemn. This kind of shield cart and terrain was useless, and the muskets were hard to say, and it was extremely difficult to hit the cannon.

They covered themselves up like this, although they could travel south, but if all the men and horses were on the official road, they came from behind and suddenly attacked, with unimaginable consequences.

He called Sun Youlu "Master Donkey" again to ask. When the thin and tough old bandit saw it, he exclaimed: "Go back to the old Zhangjiao. Earlier, the heroes from my Tongshan Village attacked their military formation. The scholar Yang He, who killed thousands of swords, used this kind of shield chariot. The two rows of people were squatting, but the brothers couldn't hit us, but they could hit us... Brothers are miserable, and they were shot in seven rows of guns..."

Yuan Zongdi looked even more solemn. Li Guo looked at it and snorted, "You can send a team of horses to rush up. There are only two shield cars on the official road, and they will disperse as soon as they rush."

Wang Long, who was wearing red clothes, said sarcastically: "Mr. Li, the shield cart next to the official road can also be used. Besides, their shield carts have spears and rifles. Not to mention that the horses are afraid, the official road is so narrow, and they can only rush to three or four horses. I'm afraid our horses will be dead all the way and cannot rush to their shield carts. If you want to hit you, I won't be with you."

After the crushing defeat, he was not polite to this "tiger" who had always been pleased with. As he said, he slowly sorted out the gray felt cloak he had covered and finally said, "I said I don't want to come to Suining, but I insisted on coming to Suining. Is this a tragic thing? Alas, I admit that I am unlucky and spend money to eliminate disasters."

Anger flashed in Li Guo's eyes, but he couldn't get angry. Yuan Zongdi sighed: "Brother Li Guo, don't act irritably, so as not to be in vain."

He looked at the shield car over there and pondered: "Then Mr. Lian doesn't want to fight anymore. He just wants some benefits and send someone to ask about the price."

Wang Long immediately agreed that the relationship between the officers and soldiers was not to die at this time. There is often a saying of "fighting lively wars". They worked hard at the battle, abandoned their baggage, and let them go, which was called "fighting lively wars."

Lu Xiangsheng commented at that time: "Only Zu Dale, the troops who were aided and suppressed, the Liao Ding ruled by Zu Kuan was the most powerful, and the most thieves were killed." However, the border troops did not speak and killed the thieves when they met, so they won many victories.

So Yuan Zongdi and others discussed for a while and sent a wise horse soldier to ask for the price.

The horse soldiers rode over and about fifty steps away from the shield cart. A cavalry came over there. The riding skills were very agile, but it was Pei Pochuan.

They said for a while, and then the horse soldier came back and said, "Go back to the three big leaders, Yanghe General Manager wants us 200,000 taels of silver, 5,000 stone of grain and rice, and 80 artillery pieces. Otherwise, he would have followed him and chased him to Lingbi County."

Li Guo roared, "Why didn't he rob two hundred thousand taels of silver, five thousand stones of grain and cannons?"

Wang Long pondered: "It's a little more expensive, but it's better to offer it, and it should be negotiated."

Yuan Zongdi said, "You asked clearly, don't they want our mules and horses?"

The Ma Bing thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head: "I heard it clearly, they didn't say it."

Yuan Zongdi and Wang Long looked at each other and made a decision.

This price is actually within their psychological endurance, and silver, food, and artillery are not what they value the most.

What they bandits value most is actually mules and horses.

In the camp, the camps were awarded by horses and mules, followed by bows, leads, and coins, and jade. Useless silver to exchange for safe retreat and preserve their strength. Even if the king of Chuang heard it, he would praise him and deal with it appropriately.

The food and grass are only priced at 5,000 shi, which is still small compared to their overall army of millions.

Many camps encountered tough "fighting live wars" and were about to leave more than this number of silver, food and grass.

It seems that it is OK to pay the price here.

The artillery is just a small cannon. As long as the gunner is not lost, breaking some cities, they will come back.

The most important thing is that it’s good to not lose horses and mules, this is the foundation of their bandits.

This time they came to Suining, and there were about 4,000 horses and mules. To be honest, Yuan Zongdi and others didn't want to lose any of them.

However, when they came to Suining, they only carried half a month of food and grass, and "borrowed" food everywhere, all of which were only 6,000 stones of food and grass. They ate more than 1,000 stones these days, and they still had to eat them on the way back.

So Yuan Zongdi said to the Ma Bing: "You go and bargain. We can pay for the money for buying a road, but they ask for a high price. We will pay up to 4,000 stones of grain and 150,000 taels of silver. If this amount exceeds this, we can only fight. But we can give them all the artillery."

The horse soldiers went again, and Li Guo just looked helplessly. In fact, the other party threatened him, and they also had a way to deal with it, that is, to be the elite cavalry of the horse team, so that they would not be afraid that the other party would come according to the official path.

But this is impossible. When their rebels fight, the old camp's elite cavalry have always been the first to run away. The baggage is behind, and there is never a reason for the old camp to be postponed.

So in the current situation, Li Guo is helpless except for being angry.

Soon the horse soldiers came back and said that Mr. Yang Helian agreed, and they delivered the money, grain, grass, artillery.

The artillery, especially the food and grass, fell behind the team, and people dragged oxen and pulled countless vehicles, mules, donkeys, oxen and other animals transported them, and they were thrown into the neighborhood by trucks and collected by cavalry teams and sentry teams at the west gate.

Yuan Zongdi and others brought some silver, and some were empty, and they packed them one by one. They were usually used to buy fine pieces, or they could not borrow food in a certain place, and there was no food or grass in the army, so they used silver to buy it from nearby Jianchenghouzhai.

Yuan Zongdi and others came to Suining and brought some silver, but not much, only about 50,000 taels.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the horse riding are still a lot of money. At this time, there is no rule that "people cannot get a gold" in the camp. When they are trapped in cities, they often receive silver and jade rewards. Therefore, there are generally dozens of taels of silver and hundreds of taels of taels of taels of silver in each horse riding bag.

Some even have two or three hundred taels of silver in the horse riding bag.

They were asked to pay the silver, each of which took out fifty or sixty taels. However, Yuan Zongdi explained that after returning to the camp of Lingbi County, the soldiers and horses who gave the silver would return the silver twice.

It is related to whether you can leave quickly and you will have double income after going back. Therefore, not only are the elite horses, soldiers, but also many infantrymen have paid out silver.

Soon, the 150,000 taels of silver bought were prepared, and the silver ingots were piled up, and they were transported to the vicinity of the West Gate, and the cavalry team there were also collected.

Finally, Yang He received news that the silver goods were all over, and the cannons were in place. They covered their shields and slowly retreated back to the south gate, and finally the heavy gate was closed.

Li Guo looked at him hatefully and couldn't help but say, "What a poor man. The officers and soldiers of Suining County are too poor. If you make a little money, you will have to fight for your life."

When Wang Long saw that the Fangdeng Car was away, he breathed a sigh of relief and said disdainfully: "Indeed, the country bumpkins have never seen the world."

Yuan Zongdi sighed and said, "Let's go, go to Hongxian and other places to take a look. Maybe you can cross the Huai River and see the various prefectures and counties on the south bank."

Soon, they left, the elite horse riding team was ahead, and the horse's hooves roared, stirring up a large scattered dust on the official road.

However, Li Guo was running, but he couldn't help but look back frequently. When Yang He rode away, he saw his eyes. His calm breath seemed to burn with flames. His light eyes seemed to be unscrupulous, full of coldness and ruthlessness.

There is also an indescribable smell.

Li Guo would never forget that terrible look and high-spirited expression even after many years.

He will always remember this day, and maybe he will never forget it in his life.

In the end, they disappeared into the official road, regardless of horse stance or baggage.
Chapter completed!