Seeing the rebel leader's head fly off, Sun Jian and Dian Wei simultaneously reached out to grab it.
"This is mine!!"
"Hmph~, he clearly died by my blade!"
Dian Wei and Sun Jian simultaneously grabbed the rebel leader's head and began to fight over it.
Wen Chou immediately stepped forward to chime in: "That rebel leader was clearly killed by Lao Dian, Sun Wentai, why are you fighting over him?"
“Nonsense! It was clearly Wen Tai who killed him, how could it be Lao Dian’s doing?” Hua Xiong, who was standing to the side, immediately supported Sun Jian.
Upon seeing this, Lü Bu, who was engaged in battle, immediately rebuked him: "At the very moment of breaking through the camp, you are fighting over a mere head. How can you be generals if you cannot distinguish between what is important and what is not?"
Upon hearing Lü Bu's words, Sun Jian and Dian Wei stopped their scramble.
Sun Jian loosened his grip and said, "I'll give you this head!"
Having said that, Sun insisted on using his sword to kill the rebel soldiers in front of him.
"If you don't want it, I don't want it either!"
Upon seeing this, Dian Wei immediately tossed his head back, gripped his short halberd, and charged forward.
In their frenzy of fighting and scrambling, they seemed to have forgotten something very important.
Perhaps by coincidence, the head that Dian Wei had flung away flew right towards Yuan Shao behind him.
In the midst of the fierce battle, Yuan Shao suddenly felt a dark shadow flying towards him. He instinctively reached out and caught it in his hand.
"Is it the Great Chief?"
One of the rebel soldiers in front of Yuan Shao saw the head in Yuan Shao's hand, cried out in alarm, and then turned and ran away.
Upon seeing this, Cao Cao, who was following behind Yuan Shao, immediately shouted, "The bandit leader is dead! Why don't you all surrender quickly?"
"The bandit leader is dead; those who surrender will not be killed!!"
The dozens of Han soldiers behind them immediately shouted in unison.
Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Sun Jian, and others who were fighting fiercely at the front were stunned when they heard this, and then they reacted and shouted together.
The surrounding rebel soldiers, already terrified by these fierce men, threw down their weapons and knelt down in surrender upon hearing the shouts of the crowd.
Subsequently, Lü Bu led his men to charge and fight throughout the camp, shouting and yelling, and wherever they went, people surrendered without resistance.
Huangfu Song, who was outside the rebel camp, also keenly noticed the commotion inside and immediately led his army into the camp.
By midnight, except for a few who stubbornly resisted and were killed, all the remaining rebel soldiers surrendered.
After a fierce battle, Lu Bu's elite hundred cavalry only suffered two casualties, which greatly shocked Huangfu Song.
Not long after the capture of the southern stronghold, the rebel forces in the eastern and western strongholds were also successfully defeated by Dong Zhuo and Gao Shun.
As dawn broke, the army marched into the city, and all the generals were extremely excited.
Inside the Jiyin Prefecture government office, Huangfu Gui sat in the main seat with a smile on his face, listening to the generals report their battle losses.
Dong Zhuo stepped forward and said, "Reporting to the general, last night I was ordered to raid the camp. My troops suffered three hundred dead, five hundred lightly wounded, and one hundred seriously wounded."
Two thousand enemy soldiers were killed, eight thousand were captured, and countless supplies and provisions were seized!
Huangfu Gui was overjoyed: "Excellent! Zhongying is indeed a great general!"
Gao Shun stepped forward and said, "Our troops suffered two hundred dead, three hundred lightly wounded, and forty seriously wounded. We killed two thousand five hundred enemies, captured eight thousand, and seized countless supplies, money, and provisions!"
"Excellent! Gongren is a skilled commander and truly has the potential to be a great general!"
Upon hearing that Gao Shun's achievements surpassed those of Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Gui couldn't help but praise him highly.
Dong Zhuo, on the other hand, couldn't help but show a hint of annoyance on his face, blaming himself for going too far in killing and forgetting to lead the troops.
Huangfu Song chuckled and stepped forward, saying, "Reporting to the general, last night our troops suffered ten dead, fifty lightly wounded, and none seriously wounded. We killed three thousand enemies, captured seven thousand, and beheaded the bandit leader!"
As Huangfu Song finished speaking, the generals in the tent were all taken aback, and Dong Zhuo and Gao Shun also stared at Huangfu Song with wide eyes.
"What? What? Do you know that there is no joking in the army?"
Even Huangfu Gui couldn't help but stand up, looking at Huangfu Song with disbelief, his words quite serious.
The battle losses were so unbelievable that Huangfu Gui began to suspect that his nephew had deliberately exaggerated the figures.
"This humble general dares not deceive you. Last night, I sent Fengxian and a hundred cavalrymen to charge into the enemy camp and set fire to their supplies, causing chaos and a mutiny among the enemy troops. I, on the other hand, was a mere archer who surrounded the enemy from all sides and did not rush into the camp..."
Immediately afterwards, Huangfu Song recounted the details of the previous night's battle to Huangfu Gui and the generals in the tent.
As Huangfu Song finished speaking, the generals in the tent looked at him with a hint of respect.
As expected of someone who could annihilate seven thousand Northern Wuhuan cavalry in a single battle, his military command skills are indeed extraordinary.
Although Huangfu Song had powerful generals like Lü Bu, Sun Jian, and Dian Wei under his command, he was able to make good use of them and perfectly seize the opportunity to win in one strike. This alone is enough to show that he was superior to everyone else present.
Regardless of what the future holds, at least for now, Huangfu Song's ability to command troops is already among the top tier.
Before long, a detailed list of the spoils was delivered to Huangfu Gui.
Aside from the grain and fodder burned by Lü Bu and his men, a total of 400,000 shi of grain and valuables worth 3 billion coins were seized...
"Hmph~, carrying so much wealth on the march, this rabble deserves to be defeated!"
Looking at the detailed statistics, the generals also held these rebels in utter contempt.
Huangfu Gui then ordered someone to bring the merit book and began to reward those who had contributed.
Soldiers who killed enemy soldiers were rewarded according to the previous military merit system.
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