Chapter 724: Counting the Losses

In this way, the White Horse Yi Cong has taken a lot of advantage. The cavalry charge into the formation was originally sparse, so the White Horse Yi Cong almost passed through Fan Chou's path, causing serious losses to the already somewhat confused cavalry. .

Bai Mayi passed by, and the assault cavalry from behind also followed closely. They passed through most of the cavalry that had not had time to close up, and their bows and arrows took away the lives of many cavalry along the way.

After the two cavalry went out, they did not turn around and continue to charge. Instead, the white horse Yi Cong stared at Fan Chou's cavalry from a few hundred steps away. The assault cavalry rushed forward from time to time to disturb the enemy with bows and arrows. However, the Xiliang cavalry did not respond to this Nothing can be done.

At this time, the sky was slowly getting dark. Although Fan Chou was unwilling, he had no choice but to think about it and couldn't find a way to break it. In the end, he had to order the army to return and prepare to join Xu Rong's infantry and make plans tomorrow. Although he said so, Fan Chou already vaguely felt that it would be impossible for his army to catch up with Sizhou Army tomorrow.

Sizhou's soldiers within the formation couldn't help but let out loud cheers when they saw the allied cavalry retreating.

The two coalition troops among the cavalry were so harsh when they heard the cheers.

Hu Yandu led more than 7,000 cavalry and followed Fan Chou's cavalry for more than 20 miles before pulling out his horse and returning with a roar.

By the time they returned to the mountain pass, Zhao Yun had already ordered his infantry to clear the battlefield. A total of more than 3,000 Hedong cavalry and Xiliang cavalry were wiped out in this battle. About 1,000 injured soldiers were captured, and more than 2,000 horses were gathered. As for its own casualties, the infantry suffered about a thousand casualties and the cavalry suffered about 500 casualties.

Overall, the harvest was not small. The most important thing was that we finally got rid of the enemy. Because at this time, Gengxiang was already arranging soldiers to cross the river. Now Huangfu Chaobo had led the injured soldiers there, while Zhao Yun led the cavalry and about 20,000 soldiers to camp here to guard against Xu Rong's army attacking overnight.

It just so happens that the army can rest and regroup here. When Geng Xiang's soldiers and horses have basically crossed the river, they will send someone to order Zhao Yun's troops to retreat.

At the first moment of Yinshi, Zhao Yun received Huangfu Chaobo's military order. Most of Gengxiang's troops and horses had crossed the river safely, and Zhao Yun's troops could safely retreat.

After receiving the military order, Zhao Yun first ordered the infantry to retreat quietly. He personally led the cavalry to guard for another hour before leaving the mountain pass. Then, after being almost two miles away, he ordered the cavalry to light torches and quickly move towards the north of Gengxiang. Gone by the pontoon.

When he got there, Zhao Yun discovered that now only Huangfu Chaobo led the trapped camp and thousands of Yuanrong crossbowmen were at the pontoon bridge, and the other troops and horses had successfully transitioned. Seeing that Zhao Yun led the cavalry to arrive smoothly, Huangfu Chaobo breathed a sigh of relief. Without waiting for Zhao Yun to speak, he said directly: "Zilong leads the cavalry to retreat first!"

Zhao Yun was stunned by the irresistible tone in his voice. Just as he was about to persuade him again, Huangfu Chaobo said again: "This is a military order. This general must be the last one to leave."

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yun said no more, got off his horse, handed the fighting horse to his own guards, and signaled them to lead the cavalry across the river, while he stood beside Huangfu Chaobo with a silver spear in hand, saying: "The last general is The general of the army should be the last to cross the river."

Huangfu Chaobo looked at him, reached out and patted his shoulder without saying anything, and then watched silently as the soldiers stepped onto the pontoon one by one and walked towards the other side of the river.

In fact, Zhao Yun just didn't notice that when he left the pass, more than 200 steps away, there was a cavalry in the darkness quietly watching him leading the cavalry to retreat. It was Xu Rong who had arrived in a hurry. At this time, he also knew that there was nothing he could do to save the situation, so he just led hundreds of personal guards to watch the Sizhou army retreat.

When the first ray of sunshine from the sky shone on the ground east of the river, Huangfu Chaobo's Sizhou army had all crossed the Fen River and arrived at Pi's territory.

At this time, both the soldiers and the generals were relieved, and their group was finally safe. However, Huangfu Chaobo still didn't rest.

He is still waiting for the final results to be reported.

After it became bright, Zhao Yun led the generals in with tired faces.

Seeing the generals coming in, Huangfu Chaobo perked up and said with a hopeful look on his face: "How is it? What's the result of our army's casualties?"

Zhao Yun looked at everyone in the room and hesitated to speak, but his expression was very bad. Huangfu Chaobo took a look and knew that it must be amazing. He said solemnly: "Tell me, I am already mentally prepared."

Zhao Yun paused briefly and said: "This time our army dispatched a total of 120,000 soldiers and horses, and 50,000 auxiliary soldiers and craftsmen accompanying the army. Excluding the 5,000 soldiers of the defenders in Dongyuan City, there are currently less than 70,000 soldiers. , a total of 25,000 auxiliary craftsmen and prisoners."

At this point, Zhao Yun stopped, took a deep breath and said, "In other words, during this expedition, our army lost about 70,000 dead soldiers..."

After hearing Zhao Yun's words, everyone in the hall was speechless. After a long time, Huangfu Chaobo stood up and said: "Currently, our army in Sizhou is about 320,000. In other words, in this battle, we have lost more than 20% of our army in Sizhou!"

Zhao Yun nodded and stopped talking.

After a long silence, Huangfu Chaobo asked again: "What are the losses of various departments in the army?"

"The trapped camp lost 42 people, the Iron Eagle warriors lost 85 people, the Yuanrong crossbowmen lost 16 people, the assault cavalry lost 536 people, and the Baima Yicong lost 1,464 people. Longxiang camp and Baotao camp lost 11,683 people, and the ordinary garrison battalions lost a total of 56,747 people, plus the auxiliary soldiers and Minzhuang lost 3,140 people. Eighteen people. The total death toll is 73,741."

Just three schools of soldiers and horses were lost in the battle barracks and special units. Hearing this news, Huangfu Chaobo was even more heartbroken. You must know that he only had less than 100,000 elite soldiers and horses in total, but he lost enough in this battle. There are more than 15,000 people in three schools. How can it not make him heartbroken?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. He stood up and said to Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, send someone to Pishi County and tell their county magistrate, county lieutenant and leading generals that today is the limit." We will leave the city before noon. If we are even half a minute late, we will massacre them all after entering the city."

After saying that, he turned to the other generals and said: "Today the army entered the city. After resting for a night, we will start reorganizing our troops tomorrow. When the two naval armies of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin arrive in Hejin, we will make arrangements for their withdrawal. Except for Shi Yuan and Zi Longwai, everyone else, please step back!"