An hour later, the Han army camp was surrounded by blood, and the corpses were lying on the ground, a huge place, like a purgatory, and the smell of blood was everywhere.

At this moment, the Han army is cleaning up after the war, Zhang Liao led his cavalry on the high slope to look at the entire battlefield, for him, this victory came a little too suddenly, and it didn't even take much effort to repel the rebels, is the combat effectiveness of the Han army too strong, or the strength of the rebels is too weak?

In fact, this battle was also within Zhang Liao's expectation early on, and he led the army to almost pour out of the nest and forced Meng Huo's lair, if Meng Huo didn't take precautions, then there would be a problem.

Therefore, Zhang Liao had people secretly dig an underground passage while establishing the camp early in the morning, which could easily avoid the eyes of the rebels, and then unknowingly and unconsciously appeared from behind the rebels to achieve the effect of surprise.

Originally, Zhang Liao planned to let Wen Ping do this, but in order to recover his lost reputation as much as possible, he chose to go into battle in person.

In today's battle, the Han army fought a happy one, not to mention the small number of enemies, not only resisted the fierce attack of the rebels, but also successfully repelled the rebels, which is undoubtedly an exciting good news, and suddenly the morale of the Han army was raised, and the morale of the soldiers was also high, and they were gearing up.

Cleaning up the battlefield takes a lot of time, and it is indeed a bit tricky to count the casualties of both the enemy and us from the tens of thousands of dead bodies. They cleaned up from the end of the battle until nightfall. The clean-up team of more than 10,000 people has been busy non-stop. Only then did the specific number of casualties finally be cleared.

This battle. The Han army lost 578 dead and more than 3,600 wounded, while the rebels lost nearly 10,000 people, and even Meng Shu himself was almost killed by Zhang Liao.

The most important thing is that Zhang Liao saw the opportunity and used the strategy of capturing the thief and the king to force Meng Shu away. The rebels were leaderless all of a sudden, and they were in disarray, scattering birds and beasts, which gave the Han army an opportunity.

Although the Han army did not kill many enemies this time, it won another victory, and although the number of 200,000 rebels was large, it behaved like a plate of scattered sand, and many soldiers became less cautious in their hearts.

However, the two victories do not mean anything, Zhang Liao is very clear in his heart. As long as Meng Shu is not caught for a day, this scourge will be eradicated. There will not be a day of peace in Nanzhong.

For this reason, Zhang Liao specially sent scouts to investigate, and he ordered the generals of each battalion to gather together to wait for dispatch.

For a time, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Pang De, Xu Huang, Wu Yi and others successively entered Zhang Liao's Chinese army tent, and when everyone arrived, it was not difficult for Zhang Liao to see a trace of joy on everyone's faces, and they were completely different from yesterday's sad faces.

"The Governor has arrived!"

With a high-pitched shout, Zhang Liao walked in from outside the tent, he was dressed in iron armor, and he still hadn't taken it off, the red blood stains on the iron armor were still clearly visible, and even exuded a strong smell of blood.

"See the Grand Governor!" When everyone saw Zhang Liao enter the big tent, they all bowed respectfully.

Zhang Liao walked straight to the top position and said to everyone: "Generals, you don't have to be polite, please sit down!" ”

After everyone sat down, Zhang Liao relieved a circle of people, seeing that everyone's faces were full of joy, there was no longer the tension and anxiety of last night, so he said slowly: "Although our army won today, it did not capture Meng Huo, but only temporarily repelled the rebels, the road ahead is still far away, we should not be proud of this, we should make persistent efforts to completely turn Nanzhong into a pure land." ”

The generals did not speak, but quietly listened to Zhang Liao's words, and when Zhang Liao's words fell, several people vaguely felt the meaning of Zhang Liao's words, and their expressions became more solemn.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao continued: "I just received the news that after the rebels returned from defeat, they were instructed by Meng Shu that now there are heavy guards on all the passes and dangerous places leading to the Ailao Mountain, and it will take a lot of effort to break through this layer of defense. ”

"Even if the rebels set up a hundred layers of defense, we must find out Meng Shu and send him to Pengcheng! Although the rebels are numerous, they are a rabble, and as you can see in today's battle, those rebels are no match for us at all! 200,000 people, who were chased behind their butts by tens of thousands of people and beaten wildly, no matter who they said to them, would become a laughing stock. Gan Ning said conceitedly.

Zhang Liao said: "The soldiers are very fast, I want to take advantage of the fact that the rebels are not stable and the troops are scattered, and send a large army to attack the rebels. I don't know who wants to take the lead? ”

"Governor, I'll go!" Gan Ning volunteered.

As soon as Gan Ning's words fell, Huang Zhong and Xu Huang both said in unison: "The last general is willing to be the pioneer!" ”

This time, Zhang Liao made it difficult, and the three of them competed to be the vanguard at the same time, who should he let go?

All eyes were focused on Zhang Liao's body, Zhang Liao first looked at Gan Ning, then at Huang Zhong, and finally glanced at Xu Huang, the three of them all have their own strengths, if you want to understand, he knows Gan Ning the best, because he once served as Gan Ning's boss and stationed in a place together. The second is Huang Zhong, since Zhang Liao accepted the Jingzhou soldiers and horses, Huang Zhong is also subordinate to his command, Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong have been in contact for a period of time, and feel that Huang Zhong is also a lover, so he took him as a confidant.

If you want to say that you don't know the most, it should be Xu Huang, both of them have been among the five tiger generals, and their reputations are comparable, but because of the different regions they defend, and when pacifying the Sun clan in the south, Zhang Liao's credit is quite great, so Zhang Liao's official position has also soared all the way to the general of the chariot cavalry, which is one level higher than Xu Huang.

Xu Huang has been stationed in Yongzhou, Zhang Liao is in Jingzhou, and the two have rarely interacted, but they have both had a friendship, so they are no strangers to Xu Huang.

In terms of selecting generals, Zhang Liao thought for a long time, and finally made a decision, and said loudly: "This task is arduous and difficult, and the striker must be a major general in charge, so I decided to be served by Xu Huang." ”

Gan Ning stood there proudly, full of joy thinking that Zhang Liao would let him be the pioneer, but he unexpectedly chose Xu Huang, which couldn't help but make it difficult for Gan Ning to figure out what Zhang Liao thought.

Huang Zhong has no opinion on who Zhang Liao chooses, he is a person who is more obedient to orders, as the so-called military orders are like mountains, he does not dare to argue, so as not to destroy the overall layout of Zhang Liao, in his opinion, the reason why Zhang Liao chose Xu Huang instead of Gan Ning and himself, there must be Zhang Liao's own ideas.

And among the three people, the person who felt the most surprised was Xu Huang, he didn't have any hope, Gan Ning was Zhang Liao's old department, Huang Zhong heard that it was Zhang Liao's old friend, and he and Zhang Liao were just general friends, so it was impossible to choose his own.

But the fact is that Zhang Liao really chose Xu Huang, and announced it in public, which made Xu Huang feel a little panicked, and he didn't expect it to come so suddenly.

There was no sound in the entire Chinese army's tent, and time seemed to stand still, but after a short moment, it was interrupted by Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao saw that Xu Huang was stunned and motionless, so he immediately said, "What, General Xu doesn't want to go?" If you don't want to go, you can tell me in advance, and I will leave General Xu in the camp. ”

Xu Huang hurriedly responded: "The Metropolitan Governor is angry, how dare the last general disobey what the Metropolitan Governor ordered?" ”

"In that case, then you can lead your own troops and horses and set off on the starry night."

"Whoa!" Xu Huang took the order, turned around and walked out, and hurriedly said, "Governor, just wait for my good news." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Huang disappeared.

After Xu Huang left, Zhang Liao successively assigned some tasks before the meeting ended.

When everyone left the big tent of the Chinese army, only Gan Ning did not leave, and when he saw that there were no outsiders around, he said to Zhang Liao: "Governor, why don't you let me be a pioneer today?" ”

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