Chapter 18 Triumph Return
Through the investigation, more than 5,300 Xianbei people were killed in this battle, more than 600 young women were captured, and more than 13,000 large and small war horses were seized, countless skins and a large amount of gold and jewelry.
As for the more than 70,000 sheep seized, Lu Ning's army had no way to take it away. Lu Ning asked the soldiers to kill all the sheep, leaving no more than 1,500 casualties to the Xianbei people. Lu Ning's army suffered more than 524 serious injuries and deaths. Lu Ning also felt ache. After the battle, Lu Ning lost more than a quarter of his troops.
Then they immediately forced the captured Xianbei women to help Lu Ningjun cook. They wanted to replenish their energy and rest, but in fact they were roasting lamb.
Lu Ning was sitting on the ground and resting. The little heizi ran to Lu Ning and said to Lu Ning: "Lord, we found a few big horses."
After hearing this, Lu Ning burst into laughter and looked at Heizi and said, "Heizi, you have a problem with your head. What are you wondering about? You have never seen a big horse. Are we riding a big horse?"
After hearing Lu Ning's words, Xiao Heizi became even more anxious and stammered to Lu Ning: "Lord, no, those big horses are different from what we rode, and are much larger than the horses we rode."
When Lu Ning heard Heizi's words, he was also shocked. There are other breeds of Beidi horses, no, right? Did Murong Kang get a few Hequ horses?
Lu Ning still got up and followed Heizi.
When he arrived next to the horses that Heizi mentioned, Lu Ning Chuyi was also very surprised when he saw it. How could there be such a tall horse? The horse's head was probably about 2.5 meters away from the ground, the horse's body was fat, the legs and tail were much thicker than ordinary horses, and the horse's bones were much bigger than the horses they rode now. This was definitely not a Hequ horse. What kind of horse would it be? Is it an Abbot's war horse? Or a Perse horse?
Lu Ning shook his head, knowing that he couldn't figure it out. "How many horses are there in total?"
Xiao Heizi replied: "Lord, there are six horses in total, three stallions and mares."
Lu Ning said: "Take it back and let a special person raise it. No one can let them mate with other horses. Let them mate with each other first. Even if the stallions want to mate with other horses, they must also register and record them. Maybe what kind of hybrid horses will be created, but we must protect the source of thoroughbred horses, which is a treasure."
After hearing this, Heizi said, "Lord, what is a good hybrid horse? What other thoroughbred horses are there? Why don't we know?"
After hearing this, Lu Ning shook his head and knew that he was talking nonsense again, so he fooled them: "You will know from now on, and you can only tell you that it is a good thing."
After hearing this, Zhang Liao ran over to see it immediately. After hearing Lu Ning's words, he also said: "The lord is right. You cannot let them mate randomly. You must have a choice."
Lu Ning smiled and said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan wants that war horse to be yours, but the one with pure snow white is not OK. I am going to take the pure snow white one to give it to someone. It already has a new owner."
When Zhang Liao heard what Lu Ning said, he smiled and said, "Listen to the lord."
After burying the dead soldiers, Lu Ning led all the officers and soldiers to kowtow three times to the dead soldiers and said, "My warriors, rest in peace. You are all heroes of my Han people. We will not forget you. The people of the Han Dynasty will not forget you. You have dedicated your lives to the elimination of foreign barbarians and barbarians. Your heroic deeds will definitely be recorded in history. Don't worry, your parents and wives are raised by our army, and we will raise your children to humans."
After hearing what I said, the soldiers behind Lu Ning were very excited. Many soldiers burst into tears. There are such a good lord, prince, high-ranking official, and nobles in this world will take the life and death of soldiers seriously. Lu Ning's actions have greatly improved their loyalty to Lu Ning. In the future, even if Lu Ning wants them to die, the soldiers will make no hesitation.
After eating and drinking, Lu Ning and his soldiers took the trophy and took the captured Xianbei women back.
Zhang Liao led a thousand flying bear cavalry to clear out several nearby horse thieves.
Lu Ning led the remaining 500 soldiers, prisoners and a large number of war horses to follow Zhang Liao's army.
Although Lu Ning and his soldiers were very tired, they could not rest here. This place was too close to the cavalry of the Xianbei Tartars, and they would be attacked by them at any time.
Zhang Liao's army did not suffer any decent resistance to the horse thieves, and most of the horse thieves chose to surrender. This may be because the horse thieves saw that the Lu Ning army was indeed fighting against the Xianbei barbarians. In addition, the Flying Bear Army is too famous on the northern grasslands and its combat power is indeed good. Even the Xianbei iron cavalry, who have always been domineering, fierce and violent, died at the hands of the Feixiong Army. The horse thieves also knew that if they resisted like this, there would definitely be no good end. In addition, most of their horse thieves were born hard and forced to become horse thieves. They also had a deep hatred towards the Xianbei people, the Huns and other foreign barbarians. They also wanted to eliminate those foreign barbarians deep in their hearts.
The soldiers of Zhang Liao army suffered no losses, but instead surrendered nearly 2,000 pony thieves.
On the way back, Li You said to Lu Ning: "Lord, Murong Kang's daughter has also been captured by us. Although she is only twelve or three years old, she is indeed very beautiful and has a bit of beauty. If she doesn't let her go to the lord to serve you, she will not even have a man to command you."
After hearing this, Lu Ning smiled and replied, "If she is really only twelve or three years old, then that's OK. As for whether she is beautiful or not, let her be my maid and help me with the locks in life, I really can't get through it."
After hearing Lu Ning's words, Li You said, "It's the lord, I'll bring her to you when I get to my residence."
Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "What's her name?"
Li You replied: "Her name is Murong Yan."
According to the original plan, the Lu Ning army would take about ten days to return. Due to the voluntary surrender of the horse thieves, the Lu Ning army shortened the time for the conquest. The Lu Ning army only took seven days to complete the attack successfully.
Although the Lu Ning army lost 500 soldiers, it also added nearly 2,000 horse thieves, which increased the number of soldiers of the Lu Ning army.
Now, with the newly recruited recruits and horse thieves who have been constantly surrendering these days, the soldiers of the Lu Ning army are almost 5,000, but there are still new horse thieves who have been in the process of fighting against the Xianbei people. They all want to fight against the Tatar cavalry and avenge. The victims, refugees and other common people from other nearby counties and prefectures have also heard of the glorious deeds of the Lu Ning army, and a large number of villagers come to visit every day.
Chapter completed!