Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Su Dingfang leaned his spear on the ground, squinted his eyes at the few soldiers on the battlefield, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Hey!"

“There are so many casualties!”

Zhang Jian led 7000 infantry and cavalry out, and now there are only so few people left. We don’t even need to wait for the specific casualty figures to know how tragic the situation is.

After a cup of tea, the captain of the Black Armor Army came back first to report.

"Deputy Chief Su, 42 members of the Black Armor Army were injured, but fortunately no one died."

Hearing that so many people in the Xuanjia Army were injured, Su Dingfang's heart tightened and he asked hurriedly.

"Is the injury serious?"

The captain of the Black Armor Army shook his head and said, "It's not a fatal injury. It will be fine after a period of recuperation."

"But the brothers are a little exhausted now. I'm afraid we won't be able to bring the wounded and the captured items back to Baiyan City tonight."

The Black Armor Army were all wearing heavy armor. Although their physical strength was much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers, they were flesh and blood after all, and they were still exhausted after a great battle.

After the battle stopped, many Black Armor soldiers couldn't even lift their arms.

"That's good." Su Dingfang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "General Zhang, don't worry. I will send someone back to Baiyan City later and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to send someone over."

The Xuanjia army nodded, and then dragged their heavy steps to treat the wounded.

"The Black Armor Army is really a bunch of monsters!"

Su Dingfang sighed, then walked to Xue Rengui's side with his spear, patted him on the shoulder gently and said.

"Rengui, do you still have the energy?"

Xue Rengui, who was carrying the wounded, nodded and said, "General Su, if you have any mission, just give me your orders."

Su Dingfang said softly: "Please go back to Baiyan City now and report the battle situation here to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Consort Du."

"They must have been getting very anxious since they haven't heard from us for so long."

No, now Li Chengqian and Du He are like two husband-waiting stones, standing on the city wall of the west gate, motionless.

His eyes were always looking at the official road ahead.

After Xue Rengui moved the wounded to the designated location and put them down, he frowned and asked, "General Su, the number of casualties has not been counted yet. Do I need to go back later?"

Su Dingfang said in a deep voice: "46 members of the Xuanjia Army were injured, and no one was killed."

"As for General Zhang, you can say that you have rescued General Zhang and the hundreds of cavalrymen under his command."

"As for our battle results, first tell the good news of shooting King Yuanfen and beheading several enemy generals to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Consort Du, so that they can be happy."

This battle killed the enemy commander and also annihilated thousands of the enemy's elite cavalry, so it was not considered a too terrible defeat.

After a pause, Su Dingfang continued, "Tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to send infantrymen to carry the captured horses, armor, weapons, and food back to Baiyan City."

"As ordered."

Xue Rengui clasped his fists towards Su Dingfang and said.

Then he took two cavalrymen and rode on tall white war horses and galloped quickly towards Baiyan City.

Su Dingfang saw that Xue Rengui had changed his warhorse and muttered in confusion.

"Rengui is really lucky. I wonder where he got this handsome warhorse?"

War horses and weapons are the lifeblood of a military general. To some martial arts enthusiasts, these two things are more attractive than beauties.

Another half-quarter of an hour passed.

Zhang Jian then came up to Su Dingfang with a pale face, leaning on his iron spear.

He licked his dry lips and reported with shame: "Deputy Chief Su, there are only 935 cavalrymen left in my unit, 315 of whom are seriously injured!"

"There are so many casualties?"

Su Dingfang said in surprise.

Although he had prepared himself for this, he was still shocked by the casualties of more than 7000 of Zhang Jian's 6200 infantry and cavalry.

After this battle, Zhang Jian's troops were basically wiped out!

Zhang Jian lowered his head and said, "Alas, this battle is mainly due to my underestimation of the enemy and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry from Wugut City."

"Now that we have suffered such a defeat, and my soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, I am too embarrassed to go back and see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Deputy Chief Steward Su, please take this old man's head back with you and apologize to the Crown Prince on my behalf!"

After saying this, Zhang Jian released the iron spear in his hand and drew out the long sword from his waist.

"Qiang~"

The sharp sword looked extremely cold under the light of the fire.

Just as Zhang Jian was about to cut his throat with his sword, Su Dingfang was quick-witted and snatched his sword away.

Su Dingfang advised: "General Zhang, why do you have to do this?"

Zhang Jian murmured in despair, "Thanks to your majesty and the crown prince for trusting me and letting me lead 2 infantry and cavalry to attack Goguryeo, but I have suffered two defeats in a row!"

"More than half of the 2 infantry and cavalry were killed, and thousands were injured. The only ones who could fight were the 3000 infantry and 620 cavalry who remained in Jian'an City."

"Please don't stop me, Deputy Chief Steward Su. I will die today to pay my respects!"

As he said this, Zhang Jian was about to snatch the sword from Su Dingfang's hand.

"Hey, General Zhang is offended."

In desperation, Su Dingfang had to control Zhang Jian and hand him over to the custody of the Xuanjia Army.

Although Zhang Jian suffered a defeat on the battlefield, how to deal with him still had to be left to the Crown Prince and His Majesty. If he were allowed to commit suicide in front of him, it would probably implicate him.

After all, Zhang Jian was a governor of a lower state of the third rank.

...

White Rock City.

On the wall of the west gate.

Du He and Li Chengqian's feet were numb from standing, but neither of them went back to the City Lord's Mansion to rest.

"Damn it, Hou Junji and Zhang Jian will not be completely wiped out, right?"

"They didn't send anyone back to report the news the whole day!"

Du He cursed in his heart.

Qin Huaidao and several of the prince's personal guards walked up to the city wall, carrying several pots of steaming food. Seeing that the prince was still standing against the wall without moving, he sighed slightly in his heart.

Just at this moment Du He also looked over. After they exchanged glances, Qin Huaidao walked to Li Chengqian's side and spoke softly.

"Your Highness, please eat first. You haven't eaten for most of the day."

"Take it down, I won't be hungry!"

Li Chengqian said without turning his head.

Well...

Du He's mouth twitched. He was actually quite hungry now.

But if he ate alone first, it would seem like he was betraying their friendship, so after thinking about it, he decided to endure it for a while.

Just then, there was a sound of horse trampling on the official road in the south.

Soon Xue Rengui returned to the west gate with two cavalrymen.

When Li Chengqian saw Xue Rengui coming back, a happy smile appeared on his face and he quickly gave orders to the soldiers at the city gate.

"Open the city gate quickly!"

Soon after the city gate was opened, Xue Rengui walked quickly up to the city wall.

He clasped his fists towards Li Chengqian and reported: "Your Highness, we have rescued General Zhang!"

"Great!"

Li Chengqian shouted with joy.

He then asked worriedly, "What are the casualties?"

Xue Rengui said in a low voice: "No one from the Black Armor Army was killed, and General Zhang only has a few hundred cavalry left!"

"What! Only a few hundred cavalrymen are left?"

Li Chengqian and Du He were horrified.

Before Xue Rengui could explain, another dozen cavalrymen rushed back in the dark.

The leader is Cheng Huailiang

Li Chengqian gave the order again: "Open the city gate quickly and let Cheng Huailiang and the others in!"

Twenty minutes later, Cheng Huailiang rushed up with an excited look on his face to report.

"Your Highness, we have won this battle!"

"We have wiped out more than 3 enemy troops and killed Gao Yanshou of Nuosa!"