In the end, Zhang Chong finally let Liu Deran and Gao Xiu go, and asked them to take an ox cart to chase Lu Yu.
Liu Deran and Gao Xiugu received Lu Zhi's scriptures, and in this world they are the successors of the mantle just like their sons, so they have to marry their junior brother Lu Yu to observe filial piety.
The above is what Zhang Chong can do from a personal perspective. Any more will not be appropriate.
In the end, Zhang Chong, escorted by a group of generals, sat on Lu Zhi's horse and quietly watched the brothers on the battlefield chasing each other northward and surrendering the enemy.
And the large apricot-yellow paper was also brought up by Li Damu and fluttered at the top of the ridgeline.
People were kneeling and surrendering everywhere. The Han army had their bones broken. Faced with the pursuit of the Taishan army, they had no choice but to surrender.
But the Han army was not really useless. In their retreat, their loyalty and bravery still shone.
That was Changshui Colonel Wei Jie.
Facing the retreating subordinates, Wei Jie just rode a war horse and blocked the front of Changshui Camp.
At this time, he was covered in mud and blood, and he had just crawled out of the pile of corpses on the battlefield. He glared at the subordinates in front of him and angrily shouted:
"There are no deserters in our Changshui Camp. Your predecessors, my fathers, all represented the Han Dynasty under this flag in the northern expedition against the Huns, in the west against the Qiang Nu, in the east to suppress the injustice, and in the south against the barbarians. This flag is the honor of my Han Dynasty. , I will not allow you to tarnish this flag.”
As Wei Jie spoke, he whipped a bearded military officer in front of him. This man was his old subordinate. He had fought in countless battles and was a strong-willed man.
As he smoked, he couldn't help but cry:
"Are you going to abandon me too?"
The bearded military official held his whip and said nothing. He suddenly raised the ring-headed sword in his hand and shouted:
"Brothers, let's fight back. We in Changshui Camp were not born to betray the enemy."
The defeated soldiers of Changshui Camp raised their swords one after another. Amidst Wei Jie's cries, they raised their sticks and shouted:
"The Han Dynasty will live for ten thousand years, my emperor will live for ten thousand years, and I will grow the water camp for ten thousand years."
After that, Wei Jie took the lead and rushed back to the battlefield with the Changshui camp officials, who were only three to four hundred people.
Even if these officers and soldiers of the Changshui Camp retreated, they never lost their weapons. That was their honor.
These warriors with eagle feathers in their pockets chose to go south alone when all the troops were heading north.
Because they are the Changshui camp of the Han Dynasty and are with the country.
But just like a building that is about to collapse, no single tree can hold it up. Tens of thousands of elites were defeated, so what use could Wei Jie and his three or four hundred swords have?
Wei Jie and Chang Shuiying could only run for a few dozen steps before they were counterattacked by brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang.
First there was a wave of arrows, and then there was a burst of horseback attacks. More than half of the Changshui camp officials were cut down to the ground.
And the camp flag representing the honor of Changshui Camp finally fell into Lu Kuang's hands.
This flag, which had been flying in a foreign land for four hundred years and represented the force of the Han Dynasty that would be destroyed even if it was far away, fell into Lu Kuang's hands.
As for Wei Jie, his arm was cut off in the first wave of charges. He withdrew from the battlefield while holding his horse in a coma. It was not until some retreating Western Han troops recognized this man that they rescued him.
Changshui Camp was destroyed like this.
There weren't many that were as fierce as Changshui Camp, and even if there were, they were leaderless and were hijacked by friendly forces and fled. And more simply gave up resistance.
Gradually, the resistance on the battlefield became smaller and smaller.
During this process, Zhang Chong kept Dian Wei and Li Damu pinned under the banner. Originally, Zhang Chong would also dispatch some of the generals under the banner to support areas with fierce resistance.
But soon, all Zhang Chong could do was watch quietly.
So, everyone quietly enjoyed this moment of tranquility under the big banner.
When people are in silence, time often passes very quickly.
When Jin and the camp leaders were walking uphill happily, the sky began to dim.
Before we knew it, it was dusk during this pursuit.
Yu Jin briefly told Zhang Chong the results of the preliminary inventory.
First of all, Le Jin seized Lu Zhi's tent and chariot, and seized ten thousand catties of gold that Lu Zhi planned to reward for meritorious service. This was a huge amount of wealth. It was obvious that Lu Zhi emptied the Qing Bingyouji treasury. All reserves.
With this gold, Zhang Chong was able to cast a batch of the king's reward money and distribute it to the officials in this battle.
In addition to these, Zhu Ling's Ministry also seized the baggage and fodder of the Zhenbei Army. Nearly more than 100,000 livestock were placed on the back slope of the ridge, and the entire slope was packed to the brim.
The next big capture was a large number of war horses. The large number of war horses Lu Zhi exchanged with the Hu people in Daibei was at least 10,000. Adding in his own, what a huge group of war horses it was. And this time, because the Hu people wanted to please Lu Zhi, they even sold all the horses that were not castrated.
With these high-quality stallions, the Taishan Army can establish its own war horse ranch and achieve self-sufficiency in war horses.
In addition to these, the greatest asset of this battle is the Zhenbei Army's huge human resources.
Although there is no way to make a detailed calculation at present, judging from the figures reported by various ministries, the number of Zhenbei Army combat officers who surrendered in this battle alone was at least 28,000.
These surrendered Han army officials were the elite of the Han Dynasty in northern Xinjiang. It can be said that after this war, the Han Dynasty still had a slight force in Bingzhou, but the entire northern Xinjiang army had been wiped out.
This situation also has advantages and disadvantages for the Taishan Army.
To say the best, after this battle, the Taishan Army has fully deserved to become the master of the North Land. After that, you only need to drive straight in, and the entire Youzhou and northern Jizhou areas can be included in your embrace.
But the disadvantage is that the fruits of victory are likely to be grabbed by other careerists.
The huge strength of the Zhenbei Army did not come out of thin air, and Lu Zhi did not have the magic power to conjure such an army. In fact, in order to form this legion, Lu Zhi almost gave up the defense of northern Xinjiang and mobilized bones and blood from beacons from all over the country.
Originally, the Zhenbei Army was stationed in Youzhou, which could also serve as a deterrent to the foreigners outside the Great Wall. But now that the Zhenbei Army has moved south and even been destroyed, it is inevitable that there will be a vacuum of strength.
Forces such as Xianbei and Wuhuan will inevitably occupy these vacuum areas, and even the small country called Goguryeo will take advantage of it and plot Liaodong.
But this is all for the funeral. After the Taishan Army expands to the entire Northland, no matter how much they eat, they will have to pay back with their lives.
In addition to these officers and soldiers of the Zhenbei Army, on the eastern front, Yang Mao also forced the landing of the Hejian Army Corps that came for reinforcements.
After learning that the Han army was defeated, the Hejian Army inevitably fell into chaos.
Among the three former governors of Northern Hebei, Chen Yan, the governor of Hejian, was old and cunning, and had long left the army on the pretext of illness. Yang Xuan, the governor of Bohai, seemed to be upright and loyal, and he seemed to be taking the task. But when he saw that the big thing was over, he abandoned the army and left without any delay.
On the contrary, Linghu Yu, the Prime Minister of Anping, had never had any sense of existence before, but at this time he fulfilled his duty as a minister. After the Hejian and Bohai soldiers searched for Yang Xuan but failed, the two armies collapsed.
It is especially a pity for the Bohai soldiers. This is an elite group of soldiers with the Euphorbia warriors as the core. They should have earned military honors on the battlefield, but now they are running away in a hurry like a defeated dog.
It is said that the Euphorbia warriors of Bohai County are the best soldiers in the whole world. The reason why Bohai can send strong troops is because the geographical situation here is extremely poor.
The land of Yanzhao was crowded with people as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, but what about the land of Bohai County?
It can be summed up in one sentence, that is: since the Spring and Autumn Period, the earth has no permanent owner; since the Qin and Han Dynasties, it has no definite name.
Because this area is a saline-alkali land that retreats from the sea, it has been sparsely populated since the Spring and Autumn Period, and the people have no households. It is a barbaric land abandoned by the ancestors.
Naturally, this land cannot grow food, but it can do one important military task, which is boiling sea salt.
Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty began to implement the official management of salt and iron. At that time, Zhangwu in the Bohai Sea was a sea salt production area. The sea salt cooked here is continuously sent to various parts of Jizhou using Hutuo water.
But after the middle period of this dynasty, the policies of the Yantie official camp changed dramatically. The government no longer had a monopoly on salt and began to open it to everyone in the private sector. As long as you want, you can produce and sell it yourself, and the government will only collect salt tax from it.
However, the private salt law has not brought wealth to the people of Bohai, but has made them poorer. Soon, in order to monopolize the huge profits of the salt industry, Bohai's wealthy families began to use various means to plunder and gradually control all aspects of production, sales and transportation.
But ordinary people can only be reduced to the kitchen households of these powerful families, and are forced to cook brine and make salt on the beach for life after life.
However, this difficult environment inspired the martial arts in Bohai.
Whether it was to protect themselves or to destroy opponents in the salt industry competition, the people here began to stop practicing Jiaxuan, and instead used swords and halberds, which made the euphorbia warriors famous.
It is said that the Bohai Euphorbia warriors are unparalleled in the world, but who knows that behind this unparalleled strength are the blood and tears of countless kitchen households?
However, the more the army retreated, the less able it was to stop the Taishan Army's attack.
Not to mention that these people are on two roads, how can they outrun the sudden riding horses. So after a while, most of the Bohai and Hejian soldiers were captured.
On the contrary, Linghu Yu remained calm and retreated eastwards with two thousand Anping soldiers maintaining basic order.
In this era, if you hear someone named Linghu, 99% of them are from Linyi, Bingzhou. This is an ethnic group inherited from King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, and has been a member of aristocratic families in all dynasties.
At this moment, at the end of the Zhongrenting battle, Linghu Yu's performance was worthy of a Han nobleman.
He asked a group of strong men to lift him into the air so that all the soldiers could see him.
He encouraged every Anping disciple with his strong voice and promised to take them home.
In the end, Linghu Yu's promise came to nothing.
In the end, he was caught up by Yang Mao and the four town soldiers.
Facing the Taishan Army's superior strength, Linghu Yu knew that there would be no suspense about the outcome of this battle. In order to save the lives of his subordinates, Linghu Yu Baiyi went out to surrender.
It's just that his request for surrender was for his children and not for himself.
After getting Yang Mao's permission, Linghu Yu, dressed in white and untouched by dust, knelt down between the two armies.
Afterwards, as the Anping soldiers cried, he raised a short blade and faced the west and committed suicide.
The blood stained the white clothes achieved his honor and dignity.
Linghu Yu was from Bingzhou, and his family was all in Bingzhou. He could not bring shame to his family.
And Linghu Yu's death was the last death in the battle of Zhongrenting.
After he committed suicide, two thousand Anping soldiers also laid down their weapons and chose to surrender to Yang Mao's troops.
The battle at Zhongren Pavilion was without incident.
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The horns are blown to join the camp, and the camp is full of sparks and bears, and the subordinates are divided into scorches.
At this moment, it was already dark over the Zhongren Pavilion, but the bonfires were brightly lit in the wilderness below, and it had become a sea of meat and a sea of joyful songs.
The Taishan soldiers who survived the war were showing off their trophies to each other.
The capture policy of the Taishan Army has changed to some extent after its establishment. The original policy of returning all seizures to the public remains largely unchanged, but the seizures carried by soldiers from the enemy will not be returned to the public, but can be owned by oneself.
So the uniforms, cloaks, scarves, and Shu embroidery of the Han army became the trophies of the Taishan soldiers. They wore the clothes of those big people, wiped their faces with the mud on the ground, and acted like those high and mighty people.
These funny actions often make the people burst into laughter.
But there are also some officials who know how to make money silently. These people often capture good things, such as gold, jade, fans, agates, and precious stones. Everyone knows gold, but only those in the Taishan Army who come from good families can recognize the following things.
Some sergeants did not recognize the jade, agate, and gemstones they seized from Han army officials, and only regarded them as stones.
It’s no wonder that these bitter Taishan military officials didn’t realize that jade was something passed down to the upper class nobles, and agate and gemstones were presented as tribute to Luoyang from Nanfan, and were then given to the elders of these families by the emperor. of.
Therefore, in the mutual transaction between the sergeants at that time, ten gems were exchanged for a small piece of horseshoe gold.
But there are people in Taishan's army who know the value of these things. Therefore, these trophies were obtained from Pao Ze at a very low price.
It can be said that they are the big winners tonight.
They don't just have fun in front of the bonfire with those robes!
The gap between the rich and the poor began from this moment.
And inside the bonfire were the senior officers of the Taishan Army. They surrounded Zhang Chong, drinking and singing.
At Mao hour today, they mobilized their troops to go to war. At that time, everyone had a feast of elbows here. There were sixty-seven people present.
And now, they are still here, but six hours have passed, and there are fifty-three people who are still here. Eight of them have been wrapped in military flags and placed in the middle. The other six are being treated in the military tent on the side because their injuries are too serious.
This is the change in these six hours, and this is the price of this great victory.
The generals of the Taishan Army had long taken life and death lightly, so even though Paoze's body was placed in the middle, it still did not affect their heroic singing.
The Taishan people's character of being generous, singing, and caring about death is clearly revealed at this moment.
But at this moment, a group of people with white armbands came in carrying a stretcher.
Everyone present fell silent when they saw the person on the stretcher.