Soon, the casualties of this battle were counted.
They lost more than 3,000 war horses, more than 1,000 people were killed, and more than 500 were seriously injured.
As for the Dagan team, only about ten people were lost.
Nearly half of them were shot to death by Jia Yao.
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Jia Yao gritted his teeth until they made a crackling sound.
More than a thousand casualties were not considered too heavy and were completely within her acceptable range.
But compared with Da Gan's casualties, their casualties were heavy.
Most importantly, her carefully planned plan to raid Shuofang completely failed!
They had lost more than 30,000 men in the battle before, and also killed so many war horses!
Compared with their gains, their losses were extremely heavy!
...
...
Suddenly, Jia Yao felt like he had shot himself in the foot.
"Princess, we still have 60,000 troops behind us! We can also attack Shuofang!"
Zuo Xian Wang's younger brother Hu Luo came in front of Jia Yao and said with a livid face.
"What shall we use to attack?"
Jia Yao's face was full of frost as he shouted angrily: "Our plan has been seen through! The enemy is well rested and waiting for us to attack! If we attack now, even if we capture Shuofang City, how many of our people will be left? When the reinforcements of the Northern Army arrive, can we hold on to Shuofang?"
Attacking is easier said than done!
They do have some energy left to attack.
Moreover, if we spare no effort, we may even be able to capture Shuofang City!
But the price of attacking the city is that they have to pay with their lives!
If they capture Shuofang, they will be almost completely wiped out!
Yun Zheng saw through all her plans, but she still foolishly went to attack Shuofang, which was tantamount to suicide!
Hu Luo understood that what Jia Yao said made sense, but he still roared with reluctance: "But...but we paid such a huge price, are we just going to let it go?"
War horse!
In order to realize this plan, they even went so far as to kill war horses to replenish military rations!
This is equivalent to stabbing themselves before fighting with others.
Now, they suddenly don’t want to risk their lives anymore?
Wasn’t this blow taken in vain?
"Forget it, what else can I do?"
Jia Yao looked at Hu Luo coldly, "Do you want us to pay with our lives? We have lost nearly 80,000 men in this war so far! If we send out all the 80,000 troops in our hands, what will we do when the enemy invades our territory?"
Hu Luo was unwilling.
She was equally unwilling!
But this is not a question of being willing or not!
This is the reality they must face!
She wanted to capture Yun Zheng more than Hu Luo, and wanted to conquer Shuofang more than Hu Luo.
But she couldn't do that.
She couldn't let these warriors of Beihuan go to their deaths!
There are no war horses anymore, but we can breed them in five or six years.
When people are gone, everything is gone!
She can still tell what is important and what is not.
Hu Luo was speechless after hearing what Jia Yao said, but he couldn't swallow this anger in his heart and could only leave angrily.
Jia Yao took a deep breath, tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart, and forced himself to stay calm so as not to make a wrong decision.
After a while, the people who went to explore the woods came back.
As expected, there was a trap in the woods.
If they rushed into the woods, the other side would directly set the entire forest on fire, and they would suffer a lot of casualties.
Damn Yun Zheng! So cunning!
Jia Yao gritted his teeth, wishing he could tear Yun Zheng into pieces.
After trying hard to calm down, Jia Yao ordered again: "Send someone to bring the firewood out of the woods. Others have prepared firewood for us to keep warm, so we can't be ungrateful!"
As night fell, Bambu arrived first.
Bambu found Jiayao immediately and asked about the casualties.
Upon learning that the casualties were not too great, Bambu finally felt relieved.
Bambu also supported Jiayao's idea of giving up the attack on Shuofang.
In this case, giving up the attack is the wisest choice.
After angrily cursing Yun Zheng, the cunning bastard, for a while, Bambu said again: "Princess, should we send someone to seize the Riftwind Canyon to avoid..."
"Need not!"
Jia Yao shook his head slightly, "We are coming from behind, and there is no defense in the Riftwind Canyon! Yun Zheng must know that even if he sends 50,000 troops to guard the Riftwind Canyon, he can't stop us! Yun Zheng will not fight us head-on, he will never send troops to garrison the Riftwind Canyon!"
They had previously wanted to seize the Riftwind Canyon in order to open up a passage for the army behind them.
But now, their army has broken into Dagan's territory. They attacked from behind, and the defenders of the Riftwind Canyon had no terrain advantage at all.
If Yun Zheng was really stupid enough to send troops to guard the Riftwind Canyon, she would be happy.
Moreover, they also had to be wary of the elite troops led by Wei Wenzhong in the rear.
There is no need for them to disperse their forces at this time.
The army will gather together and move again. If Wei Wenzhong dares to attack, they can just give him a fight!
Bambu thought for a moment and nodded gently, "Yes, from the several times we fought with Yun Zheng, he is good at plotting and scheming, and doesn't like direct battles. He probably won't send troops to garrison the Riftwind Canyon. As for Wei Wenzhong, he is too cautious. He probably won't take the initiative to attack unless he is sure of victory..."
Jia Yao nodded gently, and sighed leisurely: "Master, now we really need to give up Sanbian City!"
Even if the raid on Shuofang was successful, she wanted to abandon the Three Border Cities.
Now, she is even more determined about this idea.
After hearing Jiayao mention this again, Bambu still felt a little unwilling, and immediately suggested: "If we seize the Riftwind Canyon, we can also transport supplies from the Riftwind Canyon. We can besiege Shuofang and force..."
"This trick is no longer useful!"
Jia Yao shook his head and smiled bitterly, "If we besiege Shuofang, we will have to recruit tens of thousands or even more warriors to guard the Three Bian Cities. Otherwise, Da Gan may break through the defenses of the Three Bian Cities and attack our rear or even the royal court! But the question is, do we still have so much food?"
The manpower problem is easy to solve.
It's nothing more than recruiting warriors.
To defend the city, we don't need elite soldiers. As long as we recruit tens of thousands of brave warriors, they can definitely defend the three border cities.
But where does the food come from to recruit warriors?
You can't just not allow the conscription to come and let everyone starve, right?
Moreover, their recruitment of warriors meant that many tribes would be short of people.
Feeding those livestock in winter requires a lot of labor.
Without this labor force, more livestock will starve to death.
In the coming year, Beihuan's situation will be even worse.
This is a vicious cycle!
"this……"
Bambu choked slightly, then sighed heavily.
The fatal problem of food shortage in Beihuan finally emerged.
Moreover, Yun Zheng is full of tricks, and they may not be able to succeed in besieging Shuofang.
After thinking for a long time, Bambu had to accept the fact and said unwillingly, "Then let's wait until the army behind us gathers together and then retreat together!"
"Um!"
Jia Yao sighed in despair, "Master is right. Yun Zheng is indeed a cunning and difficult opponent! This time, we have been defeated by him again..."
"No!"
Bambu shook his head. "We lost to ourselves..."
If they have enough food support, they still have hope of turning the situation around!
There is even hope of capturing Yun Zheng alive!
It’s ridiculous to think about it.
Before this, they had suffered heavy losses and had tried their best to break into Shuofang.
Now, their 80,000-strong army had arrived in Shuofang as they had wished, but they could do nothing and could only retreat in disgrace.
This is undoubtedly a huge irony...
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