At the same time, Yun Zheng's troops, who had rested for a night, also began to retreat.
After a night's rest, their personnel's physical strength was restored a lot, and Yun Zheng gradually got rid of his negative emotions and regained his composure.
You can be sad on the battlefield, but you can't be sad all the time!
He is the commander of an army. No matter how sad he is, he must cheer up.
However, after one night, dozens of seriously injured soldiers could not hold on.
In this situation, the possibility of all these seriously injured people surviving is zero.
Their war horses' physical strength could not keep up.
Although there is abundant grass and water here, these war horses have gone through long-distance raids and continuous battles. Without bean feed, they can't recover much strength by eating grass alone.
Moreover, they also seized a lot of war horses.
There were so many war horses, but there was not enough grass for them to eat near where they were resting.
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It is estimated that many of the war horses were only 30% full, and only the several thousand war horses that Yun Zheng had people take special care of should be 80% full.
They must maintain a certain level of combat effectiveness. If the enemy comes to chase them and they have to fight, they will still have to rely on these war horses to charge into battle.
They now had no choice but to retreat to the place where they had crossed the river before. If that didn't work, they would abandon their horses and have their men cross the river through the narrow section upstream using a simple wooden bridge.
At this time, no matter how valuable war horses are, they are not as valuable as these warriors who have experienced many battles.
As everyone retreated, Yun Zheng used the Eighteen Ghost Riders as scouts to investigate behind them and to the lower left to see if there were any enemy forces chasing them.
Two hours later, the two people who went to the rear for reconnaissance hurried back.
"Your Highness, a large number of enemy troops have appeared in the rear and are attacking in the direction of our retreat. There are at least seven or eight thousand of them! They are probably less than fifteen miles away from us now..."
Yun Zheng's eyelids suddenly jumped.
The enemy troops at the Yanhuishan camp have really gone crazy!
It's such a long distance, yet you caught up with me so quickly?
They have been launching long-distance raids since they received the news of Hu Jie's death, and they haven't stopped until now, right?
Otherwise, the enemy wouldn’t have been able to catch up so quickly!
Are you crazy!
How much he wants to eat up these thousands of people!
Even if humans can endure such a long distance, I’m afraid horses can’t, right?
Okay, since the enemy is going crazy, I will fight them to the end!
Yun Zheng's eyes flashed coldly, and he glanced around and immediately ordered loudly: "Put the wounded on the spot, and those who can mount a horse and hold a sword, all prepare to fight!"
They were just crippled.
He wasn't beaten to death!
They could also gather 5,000 men to fight.
Although many of them were injured, they at least had a night to rest.
The enemy only has such a small number of people and they have made a long and risking life attack. Why don't they dare to fight?
Hearing Yun Zheng's order, Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin opened their mouths slightly.
The two wanted to persuade Yun Zheng, but after hesitating for a long time, they still didn't speak.
They all knew in their hearts that Yun Zheng didn't want to fight.
This is a battle we have to fight!
If they don't fight now, they will have to fight again when the enemy catches up with them!
If we fight hard, there is still a great chance to defeat the enemy.
If they flee all the way and allow the enemy to chase them, their casualties will be even greater.
"Yu Zhu, immediately lead 500 people to collect hay nearby. The more the better!"
"Tong Gang, have your men select a thousand war horses and tie the hay that Yu Zhu and his men have collected to the horses!"
"Let's just wait here and wait for the opportunity!"
"Once the two armies engage in battle, everyone will immediately disperse to the two wings. Tong Gang will lead his men to light the hay on the horses and drive the horses to break up the enemy's formation!"
"Qin Qihu, lead 500 people to go around the hillside over there, and pretend to be reinforcements when the opportunity arises..."
Yun Zheng quickly gave the order.
If the enemy had 20,000 or 30,000 troops, he would definitely consider how to retreat first.
But the enemy only has so few people. Do you really think they have no power to fight?
As Yun Zheng's orders were given, everyone quickly got busy. Yun Zheng led his men to disperse and block the war horses that needed to be tied with hay behind them.
Soon, the rumbling sound of horse hooves rang in their ears.
From a distance, Jia Yao saw the Dagan cavalry ready for battle.
Looking at the enemy and then at the people behind him, Jia Yao couldn't help feeling sad.
Of course she knew that they no longer had much fighting power after the long journey.
She didn't want to fight either.
But she must fight!
She couldn't bear to watch Yun Zheng and his men retreat safely with her father's head.
In the eyes of the big guys, the father may be a devil.
But in her eyes, her father is her father, the best person in the world to her!
When the two armies were less than five miles apart, Jia Yao rode out of the formation and rode towards Yun Zheng and his men alone.
"Yun Zheng!"
Jia Yao shouted at him from two miles away: "I want to negotiate with you!"
negotiation?
Hearing Jia Yao's words, Yun Zheng was stunned.
What are you negotiating about?
Why did you bring so many people here for the negotiations?
Yun Zheng was silent for a moment, then rode out on his horse.
A few people around Yun Zheng were about to follow, but were stopped by Yun Zheng.
No matter how good Jia Yao’s archery skills are, can she really shoot herself from such a long distance?
Soon, Yun Zheng came and stood about three hundred meters away from Jia Yao.
"You came pretty fast!"
Yun Zheng looked at Jia Yao indifferently, "How did you know we would run this way?"
Jia Yao was filled with grief and indignation, and he gritted his teeth and roared, "Do you think those fake traces you sent people to create can fool me?"
"Well, you're smart, right?"
Yun Zheng shrugged and said loudly: "Tell me, how do you want to negotiate?"
"Give me back my father's and Haizhe's heads!"
Jia Yao clenched his fists tightly and shouted, "As long as you agree, I will immediately lead the army to retreat and let you go!"
After running all the way, Jia Yao regained a lot of his sanity.
She initially wanted to avenge her father and brother, but now only wanted to get her father and brother's heads back.
"When you fight with others, do you still want to return the heads?"
Yun Zheng looked at Jia Yao indifferently, "Why didn't you return the bodies of my father-in-law and uncle six years ago?"
On the battlefield, it’s a fight of life and death.
My father-in-law and his men were defeated and killed, so no one is to blame.
But how to deal with their bodies depends on the individual.
Anyone with a bit of taste, even if they don't give those warriors a proper burial, at least wouldn't have their bodies trampled into pulp on war horses.
If Hu Jie had ordered people to return the bodies of the 10,000 elite cavalry led by his father-in-law, he would have left Hu Jie with an intact body.
But since Hu Jie has done something so extreme, no one can be blamed.
He must take away the heads of Hu Jie and Hai Zhe!
Even Jesus couldn’t stay!
Heads are not important!
He didn't need to use human heads to prove to Emperor Wen that they had killed Hu Jie.
But as long as they take away Hu Jie's head, it will be a huge blow to Beihuan!
"Is this your revenge?"
Jia Yao asked in a deep voice.
“You can understand it that way!”
Yun Zheng nodded slightly.
Jia Yao thought silently for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "I can exchange two thousand war horses for their heads!"
Yun Zheng shook his head and said firmly: "Don't even mention 2,000 horses, even 20,000 horses won't do! If you want to fight, then let's fight! I still have 5,000 wounded soldiers here, you can try and see if you can defeat these 5,000 wounded soldiers!"
Wounded soldiers?
Jia Yao looked miserably at the Dagan cavalry who were ready for battle.
The Dagan cavalry is now in high spirits, but the 10,000 people she brought have almost no morale.
The armor of these 10,000 people was all hastily put together, and a small number of people didn't even have armor!
Even if these people are really all wounded, they may not be the opponents if a fight really breaks out.
After hesitating for a moment, Jia Yao slowly dismounted.
"I know that what my father did was too ruthless, and I don't want to explain!"
"I can understand that you have resentment in your heart!"
"I am willing to apologize to you on behalf of my father!"
Jia Yao said, and knelt down with a "bang"...
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