Chapter 1061: The Defeat of the Southern Coalition Army

Although the Qin army defeated the coalition army in one fell swoop, after all, only 10,000 horses were dispatched, and the manpower was limited, so after pursuing for thirty or forty miles, Su Lie decisively ordered to stop the pursuit and collect troops to return to the city.

The pursuit battle that lasted for thirty or forty miles had exhausted the physical strength of the Qin soldiers, and if they were chasing, they would really have to catch up with the coalition camp, and the army that was already exhausted by then would naturally be unable to resist the counterattack of the enemy in the camp, so it was better to accept it when it was good.

"General Qiyu, our army won a great victory in this battle, defeated 50,000 coalition troops in the first battle, killed 25,000, no prisoners, killed the enemy generals Wang Li and Wang Xian, captured Su Xian, Chen Baxian led nearly 20,000 remnants of the army to retreat to the camp."

Su Lie said before the battle that as long as there were enemies, he would never seal the sword, so the Qin army did not leave any prisoners in this battle.

Although Chen Baxian kept 20,000 troops for the coalition army, he left the 5,000 remnants of the army that were killed and scattered

After Su Lie heard Chen Baxian's name, a cold light flashed in Su's eyes, it was this person who resolutely stood up to turn the tide when he was defeated, otherwise the enemy's casualties would definitely be even heavier.

"It's a pity."

Su Lie sighed slightly in his heart, and then asked again: "What about the casualties of our army?" ”

"Nearly 3,000 of our army were directly killed in this battle, 2,000 were seriously wounded, and the rest were more or less wounded."

Su Lie nodded, this was completely unexpected by him, after all, they were facing an enemy army five times their size, even he, the main general, was injured, Luo Cheng was almost killed in battle, and it was not normal for ordinary soldiers not to be injured.

10,000 troops went to war, and all of them returned with wounds, which shows how tragic this battle was.

However, although the Qin army suffered heavy casualties, the results achieved were also extremely brilliant.

The 10,000 Qin army defeated five times the enemy head-on, and achieved a glorious occupation of 25,000 enemies killed and 5,000 casualties, which was definitely a hearty victory.

If you add the previous blows to the coalition army, now the 90,000 attacking and southern coalition forces have been reduced to 50,000, although the strength is still above the Qin army, but under the successive setbacks, the morale has plummeted, and it is obviously unable to attack Chaoge City in the short term.

"Send the order to find out all the corpses of our soldiers and soldiers, and bring them back for burial, as for the corpses of the enemy, they should be cremated and buried on the spot." Su Lie said in a deep voice.

"No." Huang Zhong responded.

At this moment, Zhao Yun returned with an iron face, and immediately bent his knees when he saw Su Lie, and said in a deep voice: "The last general is incompetent, let Liang Lin and Liang Fang save Wang Mang." ”

Su Lie saw that Zhao Yun's face was tired, and the silver armor on his body was also damaged, knowing that he must have experienced a fierce battle, he immediately comforted Wen Yan: "General Zilong, you fought against Wang Li of Lianglin alone, and killed Wang Li, you have already made the first contribution in this battle, it is indeed a pity that you failed to kill Wang Mang, but it is not a fault." ”

Zhao Yun couldn't help but sigh when he heard it, and then he told him about his deeds of chasing and killing Wang Mang, and the generals couldn't help but feel sorry for Zhao Yun after hearing it.

Although Wang Mang was severely injured by Zhao Yun, he was not dead after all, but the Liang Lin and Liang Fang brothers arrived in time.

Although Zhao Yun is strong, he is not the opponent of the Liang family brothers, and if he can't defeat the Liang family brothers, he can't kill Wang Mang, and naturally he can't get the fish intestine sword.

If Zhao Yun can kill Wang Mang and win the fish intestine sword, as his son-in-law, he has made the first contribution in this battle, and with the temper and temperament of the lord, he will definitely give the fish intestine sword to Zhao Yun.

That's a fish intestine sword, who doesn't want a martial artist in the world, but it's a pity that Zhao Yun still passed by this treasure after all.

The meat that came to his mouth flew away, who would not be annoyed when he encountered such a thing?

Luo Cheng's eyes flashed with a fine light, and he said excitedly: "General, Wang Mang was severely injured by Brother Zilong and fell unconscious, and the Southern Alliance Army has now temporarily lost its main general, can our army take advantage of this to sneak attack the enemy army?" ”

What Luo Cheng could think of, Su Lie naturally couldn't have imagined, but he decisively shook his head and refused, and explained: "Although Wang Mang is in a coma, there is still Chen Baxian in the coalition army, this person is even more difficult to deal with than Wang Mang in terms of commanding the army, as long as he is there, he will never give my army a chance to sneak attack." ”

"That's ......"

Luo Cheng's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of disappointment.

On the other side, after Liang Lin and Liang Fang's brothers rescued Wang Mang, they immediately asked the military doctor to treat Wang Mang, who was seriously injured and dying.

It was not until three days later that Wang Mang was out of danger and woke up, and the first order Wang Mang gave after waking up was to withdraw his troops.

The original 90,000 coalition troops are now only more than 50,000 people left, and under the repeated blows, the morale has been extremely low, not only is it not possible to capture Chaoge, but it will be chased and beaten by the Qin army, so it is better to take the initiative to withdraw to recuperate.

Wang Mang's injuries had not healed, so it was naturally impossible to command the army, so the command once again fell into the hands of Chen Baxian.

The coalition forces, under the command of Chen Baxian, methodically withdrew to the three counties of Hanoi that had been captured from the Qin army.

Seeing that the coalition forces were retreating, Su Lie wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack and severely damage the coalition forces, but Chen Baxian had already guarded against him, and the Qin army was also extremely tired, and he failed to win a good deal in several battles, and in the end, he could only let Chen Baxian lead the army to retreat.

Although Wang Mang withdrew safely and retained most of his military strength, what caused him more headaches was still to come.

Wang Mang's attack on Hanoi this time was mainly to strengthen the resistance of the southern princes, but he failed to defeat Su Lie's 10,000 Qin army with 50,000 troops.

Wang Mang's defeat this time put the alliance on the verge of falling apart again, but Wang Mang is not an ordinary person after all.

Although Wang Mang lost this battle, he also took the land of the three counties from the hands of the Qin army, and under sophistry, he may not be able to convince these princes who owe their IQ.

Next, Wang Mang raided his family, exterminated his family, and arrested Zhuangding in the three counties he had newly captured...... After all kinds of means were used together, although they could not completely make up for the battle losses, they also recovered part of it.

Wang Mang's injuries had not yet healed, and he could not go to meet the princes of the south in person, but he personally wrote several letters to clear his name.

The princes of the south saw that although Wang Mang was defeated for a while, he had already made up for most of the battle losses, and he had captured the land of the three counties, which was not a complete defeat.

Under Wang Mang's big flicker, and the princes of the south believed his nonsense again, a great crisis of alliance division was skillfully resolved again.

After resolving the crisis, Wang Mang recuperated from his injuries with peace of mind, while recovering from his injuries and accumulating strength, this time he was really scared of Su Lie's beating, and he would never dare to provoke Su Lie again before he was sure.

Wang Mang wanted to keep to himself, but he couldn't help himself, and a news came from Luoyang, which made him have to take new actions.

"What? Qin Hao, how dare he destroy the Buddha? ”

Wang Mang's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, but there was a hint of surprise flashing in the depths of his eyes.