The officers, soldiers and cavalry also disappeared, and the Pei family army began to count the results.

This battle was a great victory, but it was a pity that the army's cavalry was unable to expand the victory.

"General, in this battle, a total of 453 enemy troops were killed and 828 were captured. Among them, more than 300 prisoners were heavy infantrymen of the official army," Liu Zhizu reported the results of the battle.

"Heavy infantry?" Pei Xiaoer was a little surprised.

Think about it, at that time of chaos, whoever ran slower would naturally become the prisoner of others. When the heavy infantry attacked, they were naturally invincible. Swords, guns, swords and halberds struck the heavy armor, and it was difficult to hurt the soldiers inside.

However, when it comes to escaping, heavy armor becomes a burden to escape due to its own weight. In addition, it is inconvenient to put on and take off, making it difficult to escape the enemy's pursuit.

"Take off the armor of those heavy infantrymen and keep them in good custody. I will see them later." Pei Xiaoer warned. "Where are our own casualties?"

"A total of 924 people were killed in our army, 428 were seriously injured, and 1,823 were slightly injured." Liu Zhizu held the pamphlet and said in a low voice, "But the lightly wounded have been treated.

Most can then return to the battlefield."

"Kill the enemy eight hundred and lose one thousand three." Pei Xiaoer smiled bitterly. He didn't know whether the battle was won or lost. "Tell me anything else."

"Liu Changle's and Pei Zhu'er's troops suffered nearly half casualties and are almost unable to fight anymore. Our troops, Zhang Zhiyuan's troops, and Li Chang's troops still have the strength to fight." Liu Zhizu closed the booklet.

Pei Xiaoer looked at the pamphlet in his hand with some surprise and said with a smile, "Brother Zhizu, when did you learn to read?"

"It's okay to deny it. Now I often feel that I can't manage so many subordinates and can't fight. I can only look for more military books and read them. At first, others read them to me, but it was too inconvenient. Later I

I can only learn to recognize them by myself, and I can only recognize a few of them now." Liu Zhizu felt a little embarrassed in a rare way.

"It's good to learn more. You did the right thing." Pei Xiaoer patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go and see those prisoners."

In an open space, hundreds of prisoners squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, their eyes still showing a little fear, surrounded by a circle of soldiers guarding the prisoners.

Seeing Pei Xiaoer and Liu Zhizu approaching, the soldiers performed a military salute. Pei Xiaoer waved his hand to indicate that they were exempt from the salute, and turned to look at the prisoners squatting on the ground.

Pei Xiaoer was very interested in these officers and soldiers. These people were obviously different from other officers and soldiers. They had strict military discipline and good training. They were indeed elite officers and soldiers. He happened to have suffered heavy losses in this battle, so these people were a good complement.

"Is there anyone among you who is willing to surrender to me?" Pei Xiaoer asked loudly. Seeing no one responded, he continued: "Well, if you want to surrender to my left side, you will not surrender to my right side. You have half a column.

It’s time to think about it.”

After Pei Xiaoer finished speaking, he walked aside and ignored them.

The prisoners lowered their heads, chatted quietly, and looked at their companions from time to time. Finally, a figure emerged from the crowd and walked quickly to the left. With him taking the lead, one after another people left the crowd and came to the left.

"Bah, traitor." A figure looked disdainfully at the people who ran to the left and wanted to surrender. He stood up and walked to the right with his head held high, standing there upright, looking iron-clad.

Under his influence, people who had originally run to the left ran from the left to the right in shame. When they came to the right, their chests puffed up, as if their souls had been sublimated in an instant.

Pei Xiaoer watched the actions of the prisoners with great interest, and did not interfere with anyone's choice. For him, everyone's choice is free, and he must bear full responsibility for his own choice.

The time for half a stick of incense passed quickly, and in the end, only a few dozen people stood on the right side like heroes, looking with disdain at the group of people squatting on the left side who seemed to have committed heinous crimes.

"Have you all chosen? Hasn't it changed?" Pei Xiaoer looked at everything in front of him contemptuously and asked again.

As soon as Pei Xiaoer finished speaking, a few people seemed to be unable to stand the ridicule of another group of people, or they saw that Pei Xiaoer did not do anything special, so they ran from the left to the right again.

Pei Xiaoer is a little funny, but these people are so brainless that even if they die, they will not be unjust. "Take those who are willing to surrender, take them back when the new recruit camp comes, and deal with those who are unwilling to surrender as soon as possible."

In addition, please urge the rear to transport new troops and supplies as soon as possible." He originally wanted to replenish the army on the spot, but then he hesitated. Some precedents cannot be set casually. Once there are two, there will be two. In the future, the precedent will become a routine.

That provision would be in vain.

Liu Zhizu nodded yes.

On the other side, Zhang Daojun led the cavalry group back to the camp dejectedly. Everyone was silent along the way, and a faint sense of desolation lingered for a long time.

When they arrived at the camp, after a brief freshening up, Zhang Daojun ordered his servants to find several thousand households in the camp.

"How many defeated troops have been collected so far?" Zhang Daojun broke the silence, his voice a little hoarse.

"Sir, the total number of defeated troops gathered so far is less than a thousand, and everyone is injured." A thousand households stood up and said, after a moment of apology, "But now that it has been two days, we should be able to gather more than 500 people."

"

"How many cavalrymen are there now?"

"Sir, there are still 700 cavalrymen who can fight." Captain Jia Ding sat on the left side of Zhang Daojun. It can be seen that his rank is not low.

In this battle, although the cavalry participated in the entire battle, because the Pei army maintained a tight battle formation and did not give the cavalry any chance, and the cavalry naturally would not rush to attack the tightly defended infantry square, so there were not many casualties.

There was another moment of silence.

Finally, someone couldn't bear it any longer and stood up and said, "Sir, more than half of our army has been destroyed and we have lost our combat effectiveness. Please retreat. We will leave the green hills behind without fear of running out of firewood."

"Retreat." Zhang Daojun muttered these two words repeatedly. It was so bitter that Zhang Daojun did not dare to say it out loud.

At this dilemma, a soldier said outside the tent: "Report to the general, the bandits from Wenxi County sent people over to discuss something important."

Wenxi County? Important matter? Everyone in the tent was stunned. The world suddenly became a bit incomprehensible. Yesterday, the two armies were fighting for life and death. Today they are coming to discuss important matters? Isn't it a cat crying and a mouse pretending to be compassionate?

Zhang Daojun sneered, waved his hand and said to the soldier: "Let him in, I want to see what important business this rogue can do."
Chapter completed!