Chapter 988 Jingguan

The defeated barbarian army continued to flee, and Yun Zheng and his men continued to lead their troops in pursuit.

Yu Shizhong did not lead his troops to charge, but under the protection of the Daqi Battalion, he scanned the situation on the entire battlefield with his clairvoyance.

Seeing that their troops had gone too far, he immediately gave the order in a deep voice: "Sound the horn to retreat!"

No more chasing!

If they continue chasing, they won't even have time to clean up the battlefield.

"Dang, Dang, Dang..."

Following Yu Shizhong's order, the shrill sound of gongs rang out on the battlefield.

However, some people were already too far away to hear the sound of the gong.

Yu Shizhong immediately ordered his men to bring gongs into the battlefield and keep beating them.

A quarter of an hour later, all the troops stopped the pursuit and began to clean up the battlefield under Yu Shizhong's order.

They didn't have much time to clean up the battlefield, so Yu Shizhong could only ask people to bring the bodies of the wounded and fallen soldiers back to the camp.

We have to clean up the battlefield carefully and count the results of the battle. We have to wait until tomorrow.

Yun Zheng did not clean up the battlefield, but with the help of Miaoyin, he used the snow to clean the blood off his body.

The ground was covered with blood-stained snow, and you had to run a little further to find some clean snow.

"Your Highness!"

Just as Yun Zheng was cleaning the blood off his body, Yu Shizhong rode his horse to Yun Zheng's side.

"what's up?"

Yun Zheng shook off the snowflakes on his body and stood up.

Yu Shizhong: "I just learned that there are still many barbarian captives. I don't know how to deal with them, so I came here to ask for your advice."

Barbarian captives?

Yun Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said coldly: "Leave a few dozen alive to be interrogated, and the rest... all beheaded!"

"Really killing it?"

Yu Shizhong frowned slightly. "These barbarians are excellent laborers. Wouldn't it be a waste to just kill them like this?"

In fact, Yu Shizhong also wanted to kill all the barbarian captives.

But these barbarians are not only physically strong, but also very cold-resistant, making them absolutely excellent laborers.

Turning these barbarians into their slaves might be a better option.

"kill!"

Yun Zheng's eyes were cold: "These beasts are not even qualified to be our slaves! Remember, if you encounter barbarians on the battlefield in the future, except for keeping the necessary captives for interrogation, the rest will be killed!"

"Yes!"

Seeing Yun Zheng's insistence, Yu Shizhong stopped trying to persuade him.

As soon as Yu Shizhong left, Qin Qihu, covered in blood, came over again.

Qin Qihu was holding a big hammer in his hand.

"Brother, I captured the Barbarian King alive!"

Qin Qihu was covered in blood and panting, his eyes flashing with bloodthirsty light, "Let's go back and take this bastard back and let him have a taste of the pain of being tortured to death!"

"Is your hand hurt?"

Yun Zheng noticed that something was wrong with Qin Qihu's condition.

"fine!"

Qin Qihu didn't take it seriously, "It's just a minor injury..."

"It's just a minor injury!"

Yun Zheng glared at Qin Qihu, "Your breastplate is cracked!"

"hey-hey……"

Qin Qihu grinned.

He was indeed badly injured.

His chest was hit hard and his palms were cracked.

His power is strong, but the Barbarian King's power is even stronger.

If it weren't for the help of other brothers, he might not be a match for the Barbarian King.

"Take him downstairs to treat his injuries first!"

Yun Zheng gave Miaoyin a command, and then fiercely ordered Shen Kuan, "You personally take people to take the Barbarian King into custody. When you return to the camp, have all the soldiers cut him down!"

"..."

Shen Kuan's face twitched slightly, "Your Highness, this... is a bit difficult, right?"

There are tens of thousands of them!

If each person cuts one knife, that would be tens of thousands of knives, right?

Not to mention a human, even a mammoth can't bear it!

"whatever!"

Yun Zheng said violently: "Anyway, he can't die too easily!"

……

Although Yu Shizhong called back his troops in time, they were still a little late in withdrawing to the camp.

Fortunately, Yu Shizhong sent someone back to the camp in advance to notify the people who stayed behind in the camp to come and pick them up with torches. They finally returned to the camp within half an hour after dark.

Soon, their casualties in this battle were counted.

More than 1,300 Northern Army soldiers were killed and more than 2,400 were seriously injured.

Because the Northern Huan cavalry had slightly inferior armor, they suffered slightly more casualties, a total of more than 1,700 people killed and more than 2,000 seriously injured.

Compared with the results they achieved, their casualties should be considered small.

This should be considered a big victory.

However, compared to previous big victories, there was not much of a winning atmosphere after this one.

On the one hand, the barbarians' bestiality left an indelible impression on many people's minds, and on the other hand, there was not much spoils of war.

Although they were cruel to the barbarians, they could not use the barbarians' corpses as food like the barbarians did.

The most they could do was to strip the barbarians of their animal skins to keep warm.

Yun Zheng only caught one of the mammoths he had been dreaming about.

Two others fell into the big pit they dug and probably broke their legs.

It should be a bit difficult to cure it, so we have to wait until tomorrow to send someone to kill it. The meat of the two mammoths can be used as a reward for the soldiers of the entire army.

Yun Zheng had just heard Yu Shizhong report the battle damage when Jia Yao came into the tent.

"The interrogation came out?"

Yun Zheng immediately asked Jia Yao and motioned Jia Yao to sit down.

"Ok!"

Jia Yao sat down and replied, "It was indeed Lou Yi who taught the barbarians to make the slingshot, but Lou Yi did not go to battle with the barbarian army this time..."

All of these ideas, including dividing the troops and hiding them in the primeval forest in the north, were Lou Yi's.

Originally, Lou Yi suggested that the Barbarian King attack Beimoduo, first gain a foothold in Beimoduo, and then let the barbarian army in the rear attack all over, gradually eroding the manpower of Beihuan and Daqian.

But the Barbarian King did not adopt Lou Yi's suggestion.

The Barbarian King had blind confidence, thinking that with more than 70,000 people they could sweep away all enemies.

Lou Yi reminded the Barbarian King many times not to underestimate the enemy, but the Barbarian King still didn't listen. Instead, he thought Lou Yi was cowardly.

For this, the Barbarian King also whipped Lou Yi.

It was also because of this that Lou Yi did not follow the army.

Yun Zheng pondered, "Now that the Barbarian King has been defeated, Lou Yi is probably going to start seizing power, right?"

"should be!"

Jia Yao nodded gently, "The Barbarian King brought his youngest son with him this time. I heard from the captives that the Barbarian King's youngest son seemed to have been killed by us. The Barbarian King only has two sons and one daughter. If the Barbarian King and his youngest son were killed in the battle, with Lou Yi's ambition, he would definitely find a way to seize power!"

"This birdman is really haunting!"

Yun Zheng cursed Lou Yi fiercely and asked, "How many troops can the barbarians have?"

Jia Yao: "If the barbarians were to go all out, they should be able to gather about 200,000 people! However, the people led by the Barbarian King this time are mostly young and strong. After this battle, the barbarians should not dare to attack again in a short period of time."

At present, their results have not been counted.

However, preliminary estimates show that about half of the more than 70,000 barbarians died in the battle.

As for the rest, even if they managed to escape, many of them would definitely not be able to return to the barbarian territory alive.

The barbarian population was not large to begin with, and after losing so many young and strong men, it is not easy for them to recover.

Of course, if Lou Yi succeeds in seizing power, he cannot ignore the lives of the barbarians and lead the barbarian army to attack again.

Anyway, those who died were all barbarians, so Lou Yi wouldn't feel sad.

Yun Zheng thought silently for a while, then looked up and said, "I'll give you a task!"

"What mission?"

Jia Yao frowned slightly, secretly worried.

Would Yun Zheng lead Beihuan’s troops to hunt down the defeated barbarian soldiers?

If the logistical supplies could keep up, she would be willing to chase down those fleeing soldiers.

But she had already moved all the tribes in the north away, so if they chased her a little further, they would not be able to get supplies.

In that case, their non-combat casualties would be very serious.

Yun Zheng's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said in a deep voice: "Chop off all the heads of those barbarians, and build a Jingguan at the border between you and the barbarians!"

"Golden View?"

There is no such thing as a Jingguan in this world. Jia Yao did not understand the meaning of Jingguan and looked at Yun Zheng speechlessly, "You want to build a gilded temple for the barbarians and place their heads?"

"I……"

Yun Zheng's face darkened when he heard this...