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Chapter 311: Returning Victoriously
Ning Yi was here and took care of the entire barbarian army.
Dalto fled westward with only more than 10,000 remaining troops.
Ning Yi asked Yu Shengfei to lead his 20,000 Northwest cavalrymen to set off after they had rested enough, stocked up on winter clothes, and took the supplies brought from Yuanzhou.
The goal is to just follow Dalto, and if there is a chance to take a bite, take a big bite.
As long as the Northwest Army follows, I believe Dalto will not even have a chance to rest and can only flee to Hongfeng County.
Yu Shengfei was naturally happy, although their Northwest Army suffered heavy casualties this time, with almost 10,000 casualties.
But Yu Shengfei was not worried because he could send people to the northwest to recruit new soldiers at any time.
Even if a recruit is stupid, as long as he knows how to ride a horse, receives more training, and is given good equipment, he can still serve as a cavalryman.
Yu Shengfei didn't care about the loss of these cavalrymen because he could replenish them at any time. In fact, because of the great victory in the battle with the barbarians, the emperor would continue to give him enough opportunities for promotion.
When I return to the Northwest, I should remove the word "deputy" from the title of deputy marshal, right?
He might even bring back an earldom, which would bring honor to the family.
Moreover, the Sixth Prince treated their cavalry much better than the infantry.
As the deputy commander and a high-ranking general, he naturally knew that the court had reduced the amount of supplies sent to Hushan Pass by half.
Yu Shengfei himself felt that the Sixth Prince was in a difficult situation at Hushan Pass, at least on the surface.
He thought that he had accepted the reduction in supplies provided by the Sixth Prince to the cavalry. After all, the court had already reduced what it provided, so it was reasonable to reduce it for them as long as the soldiers had enough food.
However, the Sixth Prince did not reduce the number of soldiers at all, and all the new recruits were given good weapons and equipment.
Even cavalry was rarely sent to the battlefield.
Unless Ning Yi also told him that he would be given whatever he wanted at ordinary times, as long as I have it, your cavalry army will be indispensable.
You don't need to go up to the city wall to resist, and your cavalry doesn't need to go up.
But once on the battlefield, you must fight to the death for this prince.
Of course, this prince will not let 30,000 of you fight against a cavalry force of 70,000 or 80,000. That would be courting death.
This prince will not do such a thing as framing his brothers to death.
However, when we have equal military strength, your cavalry is still afraid to move forward and dare not fight bloody battles, then you, Yu Shengfei, are guilty of a serious crime.
Yu Shengfei naturally guaranteed that once they reached the front battlefield, he would not let the cavalry army retreat.
After all, they were given all the good things, no shortage of food, no shortage of supplies, and the salaries were much higher than those for the infantry.
If he doesn't dare to fight to the death on the front battlefield, he should have no chance of being the deputy commander.
Yu Shengfei also patted his chest and guaranteed that, not to mention the same strength, even if it was a head-on confrontation with 40,000 or 50,000 cavalry, even if his army could not win a great victory, he would definitely help His Highness delay the infantry and win the battle.
His words were enough. In that case, let him, the emperor's die-hard fan, take on such a difficult pursuit task.
They were even allowed to choose the best winter clothes and good horses of the barbarian cavalry first. They all prepared sufficient dry food and set off in the afternoon.
Although the Northwestern Army fought hard against the 30,000 elite cavalry of the barbarians and won the battle, it also suffered heavy losses, almost reaching 10,000 people.
Every time the cavalry of both sides confronted each other, it was a face-to-face confrontation, with no room for ambiguity.
The cavalry charged and collided with each other, resulting in heavy casualties, with thousands falling off their horses each time.
But in the end, Dalto was tricked by Ning Yi and had to allocate 5,000 troops to block the enemy. However, he was short of troops and was anxious to break out, so Yu Shengfei took the opportunity to beat him up.
He fled with almost 10,000 men, while Yu Shengfei's force was twice as strong as his. After they had good horses, they only had to keep tearing at the enemy on the road.
I believe that no matter how stupid Dalto is, he would not dare to fight to the death.
As for the wounded barbarian cavalrymen who remained, they were beheaded one by one.
Moreover, these soldiers from the Wu State were stripped naked before being beheaded. What if their winter clothes were covered in blood? That would be such a waste.
Twenty thousand barbarian cavalrymen were left behind, picking and choosing good winter clothes, a considerable quantity.
And there is also that group of rebels, from which several thousand cavalry seeds can be selected, and they can also provide winter clothes.
All other winter clothes were stripped off, and finally everyone squatted on the ground shivering.
Looking at the soldiers of the Dawu Kingdom, after screening them one by one, they were very satisfied and threw some of the ones they disliked to them, but they were still being snatched away.
There was also the prefect of Yuanzhou, who mobilized the entire city to collect more than 7,000 sets of winter clothes, including women's winter clothes.
It can be seen that almost all the wealthy families in Yuanzhou were plundered.
All of Ning Yi's troops finally had winter clothes, and there were even 20,000 sets left, which were loaded onto trucks and shipped back to Hushan Pass.
As for the wounded infantry, there weren't actually that many of them, and they were well-armored and not that easily injured.
After the seriously wounded soldiers were registered, they were allowed to rest in Yuanzhou first. The Yuanzhou governor was of course happy to do so and promised to take good care of the wounded soldiers, which also proved that he had participated in the battle.
For soldiers with minor injuries, their wounds will be stitched up. Those who are not seriously injured will rest for two days and then leave with the logistics troops.
As for the cavalry wounded, they had the most. A quick roll call revealed that there were more than 9,000 casualties. Ning Yi's mouth twitched wildly.
Yu Shengfei is so cruel.
He doesn't take his subordinates seriously at all.
Of course, his own elite cavalry of tens of thousands suffered less than a thousand casualties. Combined with Yu Shengfei's cavalry, it was easy for them to defeat 5,000 with 30,000.
Moreover, these 5,000 cavalrymen were only concerned with escaping and had no time to fight desperately.
The army was very excited and searched the entire battlefield, taking away anything useful.
When the army came, they were shivering with cold, but when they left, they were all full of energy because they had winter clothes and were very warm.
They were still escorting more than 30,000 prisoners, some of whom were wearing winter clothes. They were all shivering, and some of them fell ill from time to time.
Just two meals of porridge and some ginger soup a day to ensure you don't starve to death.
Ning Yi took away all the soldiers except for more than 3,000 seriously injured soldiers and more than 1,000 soldiers who were left behind to take care of them.
As for Yu Shengfei, he just needed to deal with Dalto and then go back to Hushan Pass.
Ning Yi was worried about Hushan Pass and was determined not to let anything happen there. Fortunately, he had many soldiers left behind.
Don't be fooled by the fact that he has few elite soldiers on the surface, but he is constantly reorganizing the prisoners. Once the reorganization is completed, each of the captured soldiers is a real elite, and their combat effectiveness is even stronger than the trained soldiers in the Beijing Camp.
As long as we return to Hushan Pass, this wave of prisoners can be properly reorganized and then put into the criminal army.
I believe that soon, Ning Yi’s troops will not decrease in number, but will increase in number, and they will all be an army that obeys his orders.
This time, the barbarian Khan sent out a detachment that he thought was very powerful and could capture the capital city, or at least cause sabotage and disruption near the capital city. However, he never expected that the losses would be so tragic. Let's see if he dares to send troops to rush over from other passes.