There were still traces of the rout of the slave army at the beginning, but with the relentless pursuit of the Huainan army, it had completely collapsed in the end. Corpses could be seen everywhere on the road, and all kinds of ordnance and equipment were scattered all over the ground. A large number of rebels wailed in the wilderness, and fled for their lives without knowing the direction.

Since Yongjia, Jin Zuo has been declining for a long time, and all the Hu have gathered in the land of China, and the Jin people have suffered a lot, and there is no day of peace. Such a victory is a long-awaited victory. Therefore, the Huainan army, which is still chasing the slave soldiers, is rejoicing at this moment, regardless of the soldiers, and they are gradually wandering, and the original marching formation is difficult to maintain. Many of their relatives and elders were not in the rebellion, and the soldiers who were victimized by slaves and thieves and were born in Huaibei traveled to eat even more turned their hatred into anger and poured all of them on these slave soldiers.

In the field, several of the warriors had their hands and feet severed, their shoulder blades pierced by spears, and their limbs crucified to the ground, still wailing in pain. More than a dozen Huainan soldiers gathered on the side, and dozens of slaves with messy hair, shirts and robes knelt on the ground, trembling.

"If you are circumcised, do you know the pain? There are hundreds of my fathers and fathers, all of whom are in such a dead state! ”

A thirty-year-old Xu Huainan soldier held a ring head knife in his hand, slashing at these slaves one by one, but there was not much revenge on his face, but more of a sorrow and resentment that could not be dissolved, tears in his eyes, and tears on his face. Even if these slaves were cut off inch by inch, it would be difficult for his relatives to come back to life. And because of this, we can't let go of these brutal thieves! Reward them for all the atrocities they have inflicted on men! Heaven has its own justice, and you should know that retribution is unpleasant!

This kind of retaliation is repeated in the wilderness, and even if a general passes by, he will not stop it. Before a formal military order was issued, the Huainan Army only remembered beheadings and would never accept prisoners!

However, the generals did not dare to indulge themselves as ordinary soldiers, and after a long pursuit, the front-line commanders and generals, all led their direct subordinates, occupied the key points, and formed temporary strongholds to control the entire battlefield. Whenever there are more than 100 slave soldiers gathered, even if they are unarmed and want to surrender, they will immediately rush to kill and disperse, so that the slave army will always maintain a rout.

After the sky officially brightened, the Xuzhou army also joined the pursuit in the direction of Tucheng, which originally belonged to the base camp of the slave army in the east of the battlefield, so the slaughter speed of the defeated soldiers was even higher.

Although Xi Jian was in Tucheng, he also sent more than a dozen soldiers to find and contact Shen Zhezi. In this battle, the Xuzhou Army joined and lagged behind the Huainan Army by nearly an hour. After all, last night was not the time for the two armies to agree to send troops together, and when the Huainan envoy arrived in Xuyi, Xi Jian was not even in the city, but still wandered around and tried to gather all the generals to gather in Xuyi to launch a counterattack.

After learning of this letter, in order to ensure the fulfillment of the previous promise, Xi Jian hurriedly returned to the town, with more than 5,000 soldiers, when he arrived in Huaishui, the Huainan Middle Road army had launched a fierce attack on the slave camp at the mouth of the vortex, and the advantage had been locked. So Xi Jian was no longer in a hurry to increase the aid war, but led the crowd to the rear camp of the slave army, taking advantage of its emptiness to take it in one fell swoop.

After taking Tucheng, Xi Jian did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but held on to it to block the retreat of the slave army. It was not because of cowardice, but because there was no coordinated military order with the Huainan Army, and they were worried that in such a chaotic environment, not only could they not achieve operational cooperation, but would add to the chaos. Therefore, within an hour of taking Tucheng, the main task of the Xuzhou Army was to carry all the weapons and baggage left by the slave army around Tucheng back to Tucheng and seal them.

After dawn, the Xuzhou army was sent to join the pursuit and killing of the slave army, and when the armies were dispatched, Xi Jian also strictly instructed the generals to restrain their subordinates and not to have a conflict with the Huainan army to loot and capture. And sternly stated that once such a dispute occurs, all the commanders involved will be severely punished by military law.

The reason for this arrangement is not to deliberately sell well, but to prevent problems before they happen. Xi Jian may have been conservative in warfare, but he was also careful and cautious in personnel. In this battle, the defeat of the slave army was decided, and hundreds of thousands of troops were scattered in the land of Huaibei, which was an unprecedented victory since Yongjia, and it was of great significance to the Jiangdong Imperial Court and had a profound impact on the situation of the entire world, which was simply incalculable.

In this war, there is no doubt that the Huainan Army is a well-deserved mainstay, from the commander Shen Zhezi down, Huainan a group of soldiers participating in the war, can be described as extremely powerful, and will show their way in the future. Although the performance of the Xuzhou Army was slightly unsatisfactory, on the whole, it also behaved in a decent manner and gave the Huainan Army a very important cooperation, otherwise it would be difficult to achieve this victory.

Although the results of this battle are still inconclusive, they must be extremely brilliant! And then, the question in front of the towns in Jiangbei is, what will be Taichung's attitude towards this great victory, or how will the Jiangdong Imperial Court digest the glorious results of this great war?

There is always a contradiction between the local and the central. And this contradiction is especially obvious between the Jiangbei military town and the center, once it is not handled well, the worst situation is naturally the Su Jun Rebellion a few years ago, not only the fall of Gyeonggi, the king suffered, even Yu Liang, the ruler, died in the chaos.

Now the power of the center is still a few points worse than when Yu Liang was alive, and since the start of the war, and even before the war, the position has been relatively awkward. This time, Wang Shi broke the thieves and slaves, and the country was able to grow, so there is no need to think that the princes of Taichung must want to save some face and voice through this. But now Taichung has almost no chips, and the towns in Jiangbei are all victorious divisions, and their power is declining.

So next, if Taichung wants to make a move, then it is most likely to provoke Fang Zhen to fight each other and take advantage of this. For example, the distribution of power positions after the war, the division of war zones, the distribution of interests, and so on. Two peaches kill three soldiers, although it is a well-known ancient thing, but it can be tried and tested.

Xi Jian is a personal experience, seeing with his own eyes how the slave army from the surging south has stepped to the end step by step, and he has also watched Huainan from the beginning of the town, and the patchwork division of the first brigade has been sharpened into a strong army. Although he can understand the worries of the princes of Taichung, as a local uncle, especially as a general who is about to fight, he has to admit that this feeling of defeating the strong with the weak and overcoming the easy is really good!

"The hope of Jiangdong is not in Jingxu, but in Huainan. The spirit of Huainan is Shen Weizhou's people. It is true that the strong ministers and fierce generals are worrying, but compared to the long-term sinking of Jin Zuo, every time the people cry blood, I would rather choose the first! The narrow road toppled the canopy, and the horror destroyed the double. What does it mean to make steel, and turn it into a finger wrapping soft. The choice of Xingbang and chaos has come to the fore, although I am not talented enough to benefit the world, how can I rely on power and tricks to disturb the world and harm the virtuous! ”

Xi Jian has this idea, there is no lack of self-pity, although Xuzhou has been established for a long time, the old honor is outstanding, it is a solid support for Jin Zuo to be able to establish Jiangdong. However, in this battle, compared with the Huainan Army, the performance was superior. A considerable part of the reason for this is that Xuzhou is loose and loose, while Huainan is a soldier who uses his life and prohibits it.

As a local commander and commander of the army, who doesn't want to be able to advance on the battlefield and defeat the enemy in every battle? The scene in front of him of the king and the group of slaves escaping can only be seen in Xi Jian's sleep, but now it really appears in front of him. Although it was not himself who contributed in the end, being able to participate also made Xi Jian's chest full of enthusiasm and madness.

Therefore, he is really unwilling to destroy the heroic division of this unprecedented king since Yongjia, and he is unwilling to be the vanguard of Taichung to suppress the strong army of Jin Zuo. Therefore, he strictly restrained his subordinates, and was unwilling to breed discord with each other because of the gaffe after the great victory, and be used by others in the future.

With the participation of the Xuzhou Army to help the war, the next clearing of the slave army around the battlefield was carried out more smoothly. Han Huang, the middle road governor of the Huainan Army, was also instructed by Shen Zhezi before the war not to let his subordinates have too serious disputes with the Xuzhou Army.

At this moment, Shen Zhezi was still leading the cavalry to pursue the battle, and after Xi Jian's envoy entered the battle, he first found Han Huang and conveyed part of Xi Jian's meaning. Han Huang did not dare to slack off, and assigned the matter of supervising the battle to Lu Yong, Xu Mao and other generals, and he personally led more than 1,000 elites of the Huainan Army to Tucheng to meet Xi Jian and thank him for helping in the war.

"In this war, hundreds of thousands of strong troops in the country were lost, and Hu Chief Jilong rode to his death, and the name of Huainan's courage will surely resound throughout China! The old man met with him and witnessed the majesty of my master, which was worth the trip. It is a great fortune in this life to be able to have one or two helpers and participate in the grand event together! ”

Xi Jian personally greeted Han Huang, although there was a big difference between the two in terms of seniority and power, but this was before. Shen Zhezi was able to hand over such an important battle to Han Huang, which shows that he has great faith in others, and after this battle, with such a great achievement, what is Han Huang's future is already unlimited, and An Zhi will not be able to be in this position in the future?

Therefore, Xi Jian was also quite polite to Han Huang, and he did not have any self-restraint.

Han Huang was also overjoyed when he heard this, and still bowed deeply, not arrogant: "The horse should make a decision at the right time, and deeply cut the disadvantages of the slave army." The slave owner is dead, Ji Long is defeated and fled, after this battle, the country of Qi is not far away, and the return to the homeland is just around the corner! Now that the general trend is returning to Jin, we are driven by Han Ling and under the command of virtuous people, only to fight fiercely, and to make great achievements, I only hope to live up to the use of horse bones! ”

When Xi Jian heard this, he was even more emotional, and he couldn't help but look at Shen Zhezi's pattern and spirit. He looked at Shen Zhezi's arrangement in this decisive battle as a bystander, and he could also feel a little deep meaning. Especially with Han Huang, who once conspiracy to rebel against the old and inferior generals, served as the middle road governor, it is true that Han Huang and his military strategy and talent are among them, but after deep thought, he can still feel the intention of this young man to simplify the complex and use the small to control the big.

This time, Huaishang defeated the slave army, and then the towns in Jiangbei will inevitably prepare for a large-scale northward march into the Central Plains. There is no shortage of people in the Central Plains who are forced by the situation, or who do not know loyalty and righteousness, and slaves can be said to abound, and it is naturally impossible for these people not to judge the good and the bad, and kill them all, or surrender, or exterminate, what kind of effect can be achieved, naturally depends on the respective means of the generals. And with such an example as Han Huang in the Huainan army, he is worth a thousand words.

This is on the one hand externally, and on the other hand, Shen Zhezi's use of generals this time is not a demonstration and statement to Taiwan.

For a while, many thoughts had flashed through Xi Jian's mind, and he didn't think that he was thinking too much. Otherwise, in such an important war, Shen Zhezi's biggest role as the main general is to set the army, and it is the most correct choice to sit in the Chinese army, and the role that leading the soldiers and leading the crowd to charge into battle is really not as good as that of a brave general. Therefore, the Huainan Army's operational arrangements this time really cannot be regarded as a coincidence.

Those who seek more will make fewer decisions, and those who are brave will make fewer decisions. can have both, and can already be called a masterpiece. If Xi Jian's expectations are not bad, it can be imagined that Shen Zhezi has already begun to prepare for post-war affairs. Thinking of this, he also had to sigh, sure enough, Tiannan Lingxiuhui was destined to advance bravely at that time.

After collecting his thoughts a little, Xi Jian said with a smile: "This time our army entered the battle to help the war, but now the slave department has been defeated, and the Tucheng camp here should be taken over from Huainan. The slave army fled quickly, and many of the weapons and weapons were left behind, and the remnants of the nearby side have been collected and stored in Tucheng by our army. Now that General Han has arrived, I can deliver it calmly. ”

Han Huang didn't dare to slack off when he heard this, as many as 100,000 people left behind the ordnance battle can imagine what kind of huge material it was, he didn't expect Xi Jian to be so generous, and he would actually give it away after he started, of course, it was impossible to pretend to be polite, but whether to laugh or accept it was not up to him to decide, so he hurriedly said again: "The last general is only for supervising the war, and the matter involved is very important, and it is really difficult to decide." Or dare to ask Duke Xi to temporarily defend the city together, and then negotiate with Duke Xi when the horse returns. ”

Xi Jian did not shirk after hearing this, the slave army built three earthen cities near here, destroyed one during the attack last night, and now gave up one for the Huainan army to settle in and rest, and he led his troops to the other.

In the afternoon, Shen Zhezi returned to Tucheng, and as for the cavalry army, Shen Yun, Xie Yi and others would continue to lead the pursuit and battle. As Xi Jian thought, as the main general, he was not the choice to charge into battle, if he really talked about going into battle to kill the enemy, with his martial arts skills, any brave soldier in the Huainan Army could completely destroy him.

As the pursuit deepened, the slave army gradually broke into pieces, and it was necessary to disperse the pursuit, and if he still followed the army, because the soldiers were worried about his safety, it would not be conducive to the clutch dispatch of the cavalry team. Therefore, although Shen Zhezi really wanted to pursue him, if he caught up with Shi Hu, he had to ask him how he felt about the rumors, but the more he chased north, the more he felt that he had become a burden to the army, and he could only retreat with inferiority.

When Shen Zhezi returned to the army, all combat units also reported a preliminary battle report, and when he saw the staggering number of beheadings, Shen Zhezi suddenly remembered that the previous combat military order did not include a single prisoner. Now that the war is decided, there is no need to blindly kill them all. Even those innocent soldiers are too cheap for them to just die.

After the war, Huainan will inevitably be built on a large scale, and countless black coal kilns are waiting for these coolies to start, rather than harvesting a mess of meat, it is better to squeeze out the last bit of value for the rest of their lives, and accumulate it as the basis for the war potential of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains in the coming days.

Therefore, Shen Zhezi first ordered all armies to be stationed in various strongholds around the war zone, and then carried out various matters of accepting prisoners. Because the battle was too much fun and the slave army was too completely dispersed, this task could not be completed in a short time. If they are not searched thoroughly, a considerable number of them will wander in the countryside and become a hidden tumor in the troubled place.

After dealing with some imminent military affairs, Shen Zhezi was able to go to Tucheng to interview Xi Jian. The attitude of comprehensive cooperation shown by Xi Jian made Shen Zhezi quite happy. If the Xuzhou army really wants to show the merits of the chariots and horses, of course Shen Zhezi will make a strong counterattack, but once such a situation happens, it will have an extremely bad impact on the next army to enter southern Henan to recover the lost territory, and it will also make those local township forces become ready to move.

Since Xi Jian is so cooperative, Shen Zhezi will naturally not be aggressive, so he agreed with Xi Jian that he would still abide by the old covenant, and the two sides would use the vortex water as the boundary to each other to use troops in southern Henan and Pengcheng. As for the weapons discarded by the slave army that Xi Jian confiscated, Shen Zhezi also laughed at them, the battle of Vortex was originally the Huainan Army as the absolute main force, and for this battle, Huainan also lost a lot, which was urgently needed.

In the next half month, the Huainan Army will be active around the theater to clean up the battlefield. After this period, they will return to Luojian and enter southern Henan from the two directions of Yingshui and Whirlpool. As for the 3,000 cavalry who had already gone north to pursue the slave army, it was not included in this agreement, not only did they have to continue the pursuit, but the Xuzhou army was also responsible for providing the supplies and strategies needed along the way. The two sides joined forces and jointly besieged Pengcheng.

Because judging from the information tortured from the remnants of the slave army, Shi Hu is very likely to flee to Pengcheng. No matter how generous Shen Zhezi is, he can't completely give up this opportunity to Xuzhou Jun. Therefore, no matter whether or not Shi Hu can be killed in the end, the existence of the Huainan Army must be guaranteed in this final pursuit battle!

For this, Xi Jian did not resist.

Although even if there is no Huainan Army's battle at the mouth of the vortex, as long as the slave army retreats, it will be a sure thing for the Xuzhou Army to recover the towns of Xuzhou in Huaibei next. But the problem is that the slave army is now defeated by the Huainan army, and the fortresses such as the vortex are in the hands of the Huainan army, and the Huainan army takes this opportunity and wins this big victory.

Now Shen Zhezi is willing to stay on the front line, instead of eating alone, which is undoubtedly an excellent situation for Xi Jian, and he feels that Shen Zhezi really has the sentiment of forbearance for the country. You must know that in the current situation, even the Huainan Army does not need to really send troops at all, but only needs to send a few envoys along the way to declare sovereignty, and those local villagers who have little discipline will surrender one after another, pulling the banner of the Huaibi Southern Army as their own umbrella, in order to refuse the entry of the Xuzhou Army to preserve their local entrenchment.

In this way, even if the Huainan Army did not actually occupy those counties, it would undoubtedly look much better in the battle report. However, the Xuzhou army cannot completely wipe out these local forces called friendly troops and actually thieves because of the rat trap, and these places will still maintain a great centrifugation, and the royal road will not work.

Shen Zhezi may not be as high-minded as Xi Jian thinks, he just values reality, and will not invite people to borrow his name for the sake of some false reputation.

What's more, Pengcheng, Peiguo, Lanling, Langya and other places are the native locations of the Qingxu Qiaomen in Jiangdong, and once these local remnants of the township sect nominally return to Jiangdong, they may not collude with those Qingxu Qiaomen in Jiangdong and breed trouble. Now that Huainan's strength is limited, it is not yet possible to form a substantial occupation of these places to completely clear the places, and it can be completed in the hands of the Xuzhou army, so why not do it.

Moreover, once Xi Jian recovered these Xuzhou homelands, Shen Zhezi believed that those Qingxu people should be ready to move, and if they wanted to be delusional about the original countryside, it would inevitably break out some contradictions and conflicts with Xi Jian. In this way, it can not only relieve the pressure on Taichung that Huainan will bear, but also provide Xi Jian with some necessary support and assistance if necessary, so that the cooperation between the two towns will be closer in the future.