Although the First Battle of the Vortex ended and the main force of the Qianghu was completely defeated, the subsequent battles did not subside, but the local small-scale conflicts and battles centered on the Vortex and spread to the vast area on the north bank of the Huai River.

Shen Zhezi stayed in the vortex for another two days, and finalized some details of follow-up cooperation with Xi Jian before returning to Shouchun Town.

In fact, if it is just a follow-up dispatch, the Xuzhou army does not have to be completely subject to the vortex. There is also an important tributary Surabaya, which can reach Pengcheng, Xiapi and other places from Sikou. However, Surabaya had fallen into the hands of slave armies earlier, and this time the departure of the army of the Kingdom of Surabaya was not the main route of march, so the navigation situation was not good.

Moreover, the news that has been fed back recently shows that the slave army Liu Zheng's unit, which had fled during the battle at the mouth of the vortex earlier, was entrenched in the Surabaya Valley. Although this slave army is a rout, there are quite a few of them, at least 3,000 people, and most of them are the old troops of the Xuzhou army of the slave army earlier. Generals such as Liu Zheng have been in Xuzhou for a long time, and they are not only quite familiar with the local geography, but also have collusion with many local forces.

Therefore, if the Xuzhou army wants to completely control the Surabaya waterway, it will have to do the next hard work to solve the remnants of this slave army.

Although the slave army has been dispersed, there are still several defeated armies that maintain a considerable size, in addition to Liu Zheng's troops who are wandering near Surabaya, there are also Tu Geyicong who had fled first on the west bank of the whirlpool, and the defeated army that directly withdrew from the battle formation and kept the honor guard of the Shihu banner, of course, Shi Hu, who has not yet been traced to the specific whereabouts.

Although the trajectory of their defeat is generally northward, the specific route of travel is quite arbitrary, and there is no clear purpose, so it is quite difficult to track and completely encircle and suppress. And these centaurs can be said to be the real outlaws, bent on escaping, once they encounter obstacles, there is no lack of courage to sacrifice their lives to fight. So on the way to the pursuit, the Huainan army paid a lot of price.

At the same time, there is also a specific statistic on the specific results of the First World War. After cleaning up the battlefields, more than 6,000 beheadings were obtained. Of course, the specific gains are definitely more than that, such as the vortex river, where the slave army suffered the heaviest casualties before, a large number of corpses were thrown on the river, and then swept away by the current, which is difficult to count at all. And a considerable part of these beheadings were not directly captured, and the slave army fought each other fiercely for their lives in the chaos, including the stampede on the way to retreat, also accounted for a very high proportion.

There are many uncountable circumstances, all of which add up, and the casualties of the slave army should be more than this multiple of beheading. Although this number seems to be just so-so compared to the total number of more than 100,000 slave troops, if it is specific to a single battle, then this number is really a bit staggering.

You must know that no matter how large the army is, in fact, it is only a part of the army that is actually engaged in frontal battlefield combat in a certain period of time. Moreover, due to the extremely violent means of the Huainan army, the battle of the vortex directly penetrated the defense of the slave army's camp, thus obtaining the effect of a quick victory, and it was not a protracted confrontation and mutual attack.

From the interrogation of the slave generals captured earlier, it was learned that the slave army invested about 50,000 troops in this battle.

However, Shen Zhezi still had some doubts about this point, because the Huainan Army had taken the initiative and had an absolute advantage from the very beginning of this battle, and the slave army itself was not strong in battle, and there were successive phenomena such as desertion and demoralization, and the dispatch of the army could no longer be clearly understood. Therefore, there should be a situation where some of them have issued a military order to move, but the slave army has not arrived on the battlefield at all. In particular, when the Huainan Army successfully landed in the later period, the situation was bound to become even more serious.

In fact, a considerable part of these beheadings of the Huainan Army were not captured during the war, but after the rout of the slave army, the Huainan Army pursued and fought against Yu Hu in retaliation. Due to Shi Hu's previous reorganization, about 10,000 of the Qianghu soldiers were incorporated into the Chinese army, which was almost more than half of the number of Qianghu soldiers in the slave army along the way, which also saved the Huainan Army the time to screen and select again.

There were even many slave army routs who took the initiative to help intercept and block the escape of these Qianhu because of the previous declarations of the Huainan Army. Therefore, the number of soldiers who were tortured and killed in the post-war pursuit alone reached more than 2,000.

This is the case with decapitation, and as for the captives, there are nearly 10,000 direct captives on the battlefield of the vortex alone. Many of them were slave soldiers who were excluded from the main force by Shi Hu, and their combat effectiveness was slightly inferior, and they did not have enough ordnance and equipment, and even the supply of food and clothing was a lot of deductions. It was also ignored by the slave generals during the battle, but avoided being slaughtered by the war.

After the main force of the slave army broke and fled, this part of the slave army, which was already discriminated against and treated harshly, did not even have the intention of escaping, and simply surrendered the whole battalion directly. At that time, the generals of the Huainan Army who were in charge of the surrender were all lamented that these slave soldiers were unclothed and hungry, and they were even inferior to some of the slightly fierce refugees, and they could no longer be called armies at all.

Of course, the real prisoners cannot be so few, and this number will inevitably increase as the Huainan Army clears and sweeps away. Even if some of the defeated soldiers were able to successfully escape from the vicinity of the vortex, the slave army itself was already extremely short of food, and these defeated people had discarded a large number of ordnance and weapons, and the success of escaping back was very small.

Therefore, a considerable part of these scattered slaves will inevitably starve to death in the suburbs, and naturally there will be some entanglements that fall into the grass and loot for food, and these will also become the main targets of the Huainan Army's purge. Of course, there will be some of them that will be recruited and hidden by local forces such as township sects and dock walls to replenish the manpower.

After a two-day stay at the vortex, Shen Zhezi boarded the ship and returned to Shouchun, accompanied by many corpses of the Huainan Army who had died in the battle and thousands of wounded.

Although the battle was brilliant, the Huainan Army also paid a lot of price, and the casualties mainly occurred in the landing operation and the counterattack encountered during the pursuit of the enemy army. More than 2,000 Huainan soldiers lost their lives in the final battle of the southern invasion of Qianhu, and their bodies were neatly placed on the boat, passing the road that had been on the road not long ago. Although they returned with a great victory this time, they finally did not have the opportunity to take another look at the land that they had defended with their heads, blood, and lives. Fortunately, their efforts and sacrifices were not in vain!

When the fleet passed through Luojian, people gradually appeared on the south bank of Huaishui. The news of the Huainan army's defeat of the slave army at the mouth of the vortex has already spread throughout the town, which means that the haze of war that shrouded the head of Huainan and the southern invasion of hundreds of thousands of slave troops has finally dissipated, which means that the land of Huainan can be fortunate to maintain stability in this chaotic world, and it also means that the Qianhu who has ravaged China and poisoned the Central Plains for more than ten years has finally tasted the bitter fruit of the Huainan army, and has been defeated and lost!

"Shen Hou is mighty!"

"The king is mighty!"

When the warships of the Huainan Army that still had traces of war appeared in the field of vision, there were no shortage of people on the shore who were excited and raised their arms and shouted. This kind of excited cry instantly spread along the Huaishui waterway, and the sound shook in the wilderness for a long time!

The Huainan military boat went all the way to the west, and successfully arrived at the Bagong Mountain in the north of Shouchun City, at this time the Bagong Mountain was already crowded with people, and it can be seen that it was a trip to the city. Many people had been standing and waiting here for several hours, and when the excited roar came from the east, the people who were waiting for the return of the king were not left behind, and they shouted in response.

After shouting like this for a few hours, there were already many people who were already hoarse, but when the Huainan Army warship finally appeared in the field of vision, the world suddenly erupted in loud cheers!

In the cheers all over the mountains, the Huainan Army warship slowly approached the dock, and Shen Zhezi, who was dressed in military armor, walked out of the cabin surrounded by several generals and personal soldiers such as Lu Yong. As soon as he stepped on the deck, the cheers suddenly became even higher-pitched: "Shen Hou is mighty!" Break the slaves and thieves and protect the countryside! Huainan heroes, brilliant through the ages! ”

At this time, Du He, Ji You, Jiang Yu and other Huainan officials, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward one after another, and they all laughed before they opened their mouths, and they all looked at Shen Zhezi deeply, and there were no words to express their excitement at this moment. With tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of heroes of the slave army were forced, not only did they not lose an inch of land, but they also defeated the slave army and fled. Such an impossible task, Yongjia since the Jin Zuo unprecedented heroism, under their witness and participation, all have become a fact!

The people were excited, the crowd cheered, and the crowd worshipped, Shen Zhezi was also excited at this moment, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he forgot to say anything for a while. And the soldiers near it also held their heads high and stood straight, no matter how enthusiastic they cheered, they deserved it!

After standing silently for a long time, Shen Zhezi's excited mood calmed down slightly, and when his eyes fell on the ship carrying the corpses of the Huainan Army, a strong grief and indignation surged in his heart, and he took a step forward and slowly drew his sword at his waist. Although the movement was gentle, there seemed to be an invisible momentum emanating from his body, and quickly enveloped the audience, and the cheers gradually stopped, and all eyes were focused on the young envoy, watching his every move seriously.

"In this battle, Wang Shicheng is mighty! More than 10,000 slaves were killed, the capture was incalculable, and the slave army boasted of hundreds of thousands, and now they all died in a war! However, this victory is not a blessing. On board the ship, there are more than 2,000 martyrs in Huainan, and all the people of Huainan should remember it, without this heroism, life cannot continue! Otherwise, food and clothing cannot be satisfied! Without this heroism, the countryside cannot be peaceful! Everyone is happy to live, why should a strong man die with anger? ”

Speaking of this, Shen Zhezi's tone was already a little trembling, and his eyes were gradually hazy: "I don't have enough wisdom to make a living, I don't have enough strength to survive, I can't bear to see the tragic death of the people, the chaos of the countryside, and the sinking of the royal road!" Driven by the king's order, Sang Zi's safety is in danger, and the people have high hopes, although the body of the husband is heavy, the shoulders are heavy! Only because of this importance, it is incumbent upon us! Flesh and blood, piled up into a steel barrier! Brave and ambitious, cast into a thief blade! The remnants may be burned, but the souls of heroes will live forever in this world! Where I am Jin Min, I need to keep this heroic ambition, the ugliness is raging, only to show the sword, the sea is crossing, and people can not insult! ”