The sound of war drums stopped.

Zhang Chao sat on the top of the city with his arms hanging on his back, almost exhausted. Although he was extremely tired, his heart was extremely excited. The chaos of the army boosted morale and also boosted Zhang Chao himself.

"Eight hundred and fifty-three bodies of Qiang thieves were captured, and 2,137 people surrendered by abandoning their weapons. The thief chief Xifeng Siming also surrendered their weapons."

Xu Jingzong's face was flushed, and he was as excited as if he was drunk.

I can't imagine that such a risky behavior will win, and it will win so beautifully.

Zhang Chao asked the Niu brothers to help him press his bitter arms and listen to his report. He killed only more than 800 people, and the Qiang people collapsed. This result was beyond Zhang Chao's expectations. He originally thought that even if he won, he would definitely win. He thought this would be a fierce battle, but in fact he overestimated the Qiang people.

"How many casualties do we suffer?"

"More than 300 deaths in battle." Cen Wenben reported the counted casualties to Zhang Chao, and his tone was full of admiration for Zhang Chao. "More than 200 serious injuries are not counted."

The generals, generals, Sima, chief officers, military officers, etc. all stood in front of Zhang Chao respectfully. Zhang Sanlang created a miracle. With a group of civilians, he actually annihilated three thousand Qiang cavalry. This was something that he could not imagine, and their casualties were not as many as those of the Qiang thieves.

More than 200 were killed in battle and seriously injured, resulting in an impressive record of killing more than 800 and capturing more than 2,000 thieves.

They brought eight thousand new recruits who had never been trained.

Zhang Chao's heartbeat was very fierce, and he wanted to yell loudly, or even sing a song.

He succeeded.

"How to deal with these Qiang thieves?" Ma Zhou asked.

Zhang Chao thought for a while, "cut down all the heads of the Qiang thieves who died in battle, and then let the Qiang thieves prisoners dig a hole and buried the bodies. The heads were fryed with oil, sprinkled with lime, and put them on."

This is a real military achievement. Zhang Chao would not let it go. He left his head for future tests. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be without any evidence?

"Let the new recruits cut their heads to ensure that every new recruit is exhausted." Zhang Chao explained again. Although this battle allowed the new recruits to grow up quickly, Zhang Chao still hoped that they could grow a little longer.

This battle is not the end, it is just the beginning.

He hopes to rescue Li Shimin on the way, and when they meet Qiang thieves again, they have the courage to fight in the wild.

It is said that war is actually the fastest and best way to train new recruits, and it is true. Those who are unfit are eliminated. Those who stayed, after experiencing the war, matured quickly.

"What should I do with those Qiang prisoners?" Ma Zhou asked again.

"Just kill me." Xu Jingzong said.

Zhang Chao shook his head, "Kill prisoners and don't surrender."

After finding a reason, Zhang Chao said his way of dealing with it, "cut off their thumbs and index fingers, so that only six fingers are left in this way. In the future, they will never be able to hold the knife or cut the bow!"

Originally, Zhang Chao wanted to cut their big toes, so that they couldn't run fast and could not bear weight. But if you think about it, just leave it for them.

Let them use their index finger instead of their big toes. One hand loses its thumb and index finger, and the remaining three fingers are waste. Don’t think of using a knife to start a war, but if they get it in Chang'an’s market, they can still be sold as slaves to work.

Ma Zhou frowned, "It's a bit too much to cut off four fingers... It's better to just cut the thumbs. Without the thumbs, they can't hold the swords and guns and fire the bows. And leaving four fingers can make you more money as slaves. Otherwise, three fingers will be no different from waste."

Zhang Chao thought Ma Zhou was sympathetic to these Qiang people, but he did not expect that he was just considering the value of captive slaves.

"Okay, then just cut two thumbs. Let them dig the hole first, and then cut it."

No one pleaded for these Dangxiang Qiang, and these people were even more hated than those Tuyuhun. They had long been to Central Plains, but they suddenly rebel, which was so hateful.

"Mr. Xu, go and interrogate the thief chief to see if you can get some useful information."

Extinguish the fire in the city, search for the hiding Qiang people, and restrain their bodies.

There were many things to do after the war, but fortunately there were many people and the people helped, so it went very quickly.

The four big bulls went to chop their heads, and when they came back, all of them were pale and vomited a lot.

"War is so cruel!" Zhang Chao comforted the four.

Xu Jingzong quickly interrogated some Qiang leaders such as Xifeng Siming and received a lot of useful information.

These three thousand Qiang people are not all from the same tribe. Even Xifeng Siming is not from these tribes. This is composed of several Dangxiang Qiang tribes originally placed in Qinzhou, Weizhou.

They were all tribes with more than a thousand cavalry, and Xifeng Siming came from the Xifeng tribe, one of the eight major tribes of Dangxiang Qiang. He had long sneaked into Qinzhou and secretly contacted the Qiang, preparing to respond to Tuyuhun's attack.

After Xifeng Siming pulled up these tribes to rebel, he plundered and burned and killed them in Qinzhou, with the purpose of intercepting the supply line of the Tang army and even capturing Fu Qiang, Chengji and other cities.

It should be said that Zhang Chao was lucky. There were more than 6,000 Qiang thieves in Qinzhou City, and a group of 3,000 people were besieging Fuqiang City, while Xifeng Siming brought three thousand out.

If you think about the three thousand in Fengming belt, it is composed of many small tribes, including both young and old, and is relatively weak.

Some of these Qiang tribes have a history of hundreds of years in the Central Plains. They settled and lived in the Longxi area and grazed and hunted, which was far less powerful than those of the Dangxiang Qiang in the Hehuang area.

Those people were foolish and easily took the bait and entered the city, and even collapsed and surrendered after only about 20% of them were killed in street battles. If they were strong Dangxiang tribes such as the Xifeng tribe or the Tuoba tribe, the soldiers inside would not be so unbearable.

Maybe Zhang Chao will be beaten up.

Fortunately, these Qiang people were just mobs. Zhang Chao secretly thanked that a group of Tang army recruits met a group of Qiang people. It was a slight pound.

Under Zhang Chao's bold plan, the stupid Qiang people were lured into the city and became a turtle in the jar. In the end, it was Tang Jun who successfully turned the tables against the wind with his home advantage and number advantage.

"Closing, we'll set out tomorrow."

Zhang Chao left the wounded soldiers, leaving hundreds of people to guard Yanhe City, and was responsible for guarding the Qiang soldiers and prisoners. Without a thumbs up, Zhang Chao believed that these prisoners would not be able to make a comeback in the city.

However, Zhang Chao was not polite about the leaders among them, including Xifeng Siming. After the interrogation, he directly pulled them out and chopped them.

Keeping such people is a hidden danger, and it will be too early to kill them.

The city of Yanhe River rested for a night, and the next day, Zhang Chao led his army to continue heading towards Longyou City.

When the troops left the city, their energy and spirit were much higher than before.

After experiencing a big battle, the new recruits who saw blood are no longer as immature as they were when they first left Chang'an.

Annihilation of the three thousand Qiang cavalry also brought one advantage, which was that many war horses were seized. Many Qiang thieves were one man and two horses, and they lost some parts in the battle, but there were still more than 5,000 intact.

This made Zhang Chao's right rear soldiers equipped one piece of troops, and even Xu Jingzong and Li Shousu's left rear and right front soldiers equipped one thousand each.

They had no objection to Zhang Chao's army being more divided than their two armies.

Now the three armies and civilians are impressed by Zhang Chao.

After the battle in Yanhe City, more than 800 people were killed and more than 300 were killed, including more than 200 civilians and the people. Zhang Chao and his three armies reduced more than 900 troops, and the Right Back Army lost more than 200 people, which was the least.

Zhang Chao directly added more than 200 people from the civilians, ensuring the organization of the 60th team of his right rear army.

In addition to getting thousands of horses, Zhang Chao also gained a lot of weapons.

Although the Qiang people's weapons were a bit messy and backward, at least there were many swords, guns, bows and arrows, and the number was very large. Zhang Chao's right rear army almost had a bow and a pot of arrows in his hands.

The other two armies were also equipped with a lot of spears and knives.

Although the difference is different, at least there is.

In addition, those disgusting leather and iron armor are not large in number, but they have greatly increased some combat power.

With so many new war horse weapons and armor, Zhang Chao's army's morale has risen sharply.

"Put more flags to fight the captured Qiang Thief Tribe flags!"

It is only sixty miles from Yanhe City to Fuqiang City.

Zhang Chao left for two days.

When Zhang Chao's Tang Dynasty army appeared not far outside Fuqiang City, it was very powerful.

The flags flutter like the ocean, and the spears are like forests.

The thousands of Tang cavalry riding war horses shocked the Qiang scouts.

Especially when they found that the flags of the tribes heading Yanhecheng and the heads of tribe leaders were all held high by the Tang army, they were so scared that they almost urinated.

"The Tang Dynasty army has arrived, with more than 20,000 people, and at least 3,000 cavalry. It seems that it is the main force of the Tang army, a legion. Xifeng Siming and the leaders of various tribes are held by the Tang army with spears, and their flags are also in the hands of the Tang army."

At the Fuqiang City, the person who led three thousand Qiang soldiers to besiege Fuqiang City was Tuoba Gong from the Tuoba tribe. He was shocked when he heard the scout's report. Xi Feng Siming took three thousand men to attack Yanhe City. In just a few days, the entire army was wiped out and everyone was held back?

More than 20,000 men and more than 3,000 cavalrymen are the standard legion organization of the Tang Dynasty.

Didn’t it mean that Longyou of the Tang Dynasty was empty and Guanzhong was empty? Li Shimin only brought more than 10,000 people to Weizhou, but why did an elite legion suddenly run out?

Whose fucking collects information is completely inaccurate?

"Can you recognize who the commander of the Tang army is?"

"I only saw the character Zhang on the flag of the main general!"

"Zhang? Does the Tang people have a general named Zhang? Why don't I know?"

"But the flag does have the word Zhang written on it!"

Although I couldn't imagine that any Tang Dynasty general had a surname Zhang, but because of the fact that the head of Xiaofeng Siming was held by others, I knew that the visitor was not good. Xiaofeng Siming's three thousand men were destroyed in a blink of an eye. It seemed that the surname Zhang was very powerful.

"Send an order and withdraw troops immediately."

"Retreat to Weizhou, we are going to tell the Khan that the Tang army has sent a large army to reinforce Li Shimin."

Not far from the east of Fuqiang City, Zhang Chao led his "Tang Dynasty Main Legion" and was moving slowly step by step. He told Fuqiang City more and more that his heart was beating very fast.

This is a cheating chicken.

It was completely bluffing, and it was still the new recruits, but now there were only more than 7,000 people, with 5,000 civilians, escorting supplies, food and grass, deliberately causing a lot of smoke and dust.

He beat many more flags and pretended to be a legion.
To be continued...