As Yamurei and other senior members of the wolf army were killed in the battle, the remaining people who resisted were quickly wiped out.
In this battle, the Great Rong Wolf Legion was basically completely wiped out, with only a few remnants left to escape. Su Qi'an did not pay attention to these remnants, as these remnants could not afford to make much trouble.
In order to wipe out this elite wolf army, Su Qi'an's side also suffered a lot of casualties. He had nearly 30,000 troops, but only 5,000 were left in the end.
The Daliang border troops who came to support suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and these were only the tens of thousands of soldiers remaining in the Dairong Wolf Legion.
If 50,000 elites were surrounded and suppressed at the beginning, the casualties would probably be even greater.
But fortunately, the final result was to wipe out this elite army, which was a good thing no matter which way you looked at it.
Through this battle, at least it can give the arrogant Dai Rong army a psychological shock.
With this lesson learned, in future invasions going south, we have to weigh whether to adopt such a long-distance, lone surprise attack.
As the battle to annihilate the wolf army ended, Su Qi'an said to Su Yong behind him, "Although they are enemies, they are qualified soldiers. Make a few coffins and bury Yamlei and the others."
Su Yong nodded, took the order and left.
The battlefield was also being cleaned up quickly. Su Qi'an turned around, his eyes flickering, as if he was looking for something. Finally, surrounded by layers of soldiers, Su Qi'an found Ouyang Hai, the commander of this support.
He said something in Ouyang Hai's ear, and Ouyang Hai readily agreed. The next moment, he got on his horse and set off with his troops in a mighty manner.
Judging from the direction he was going, it was not Kyoto at the rear, but Hangu Pass at the front.
In this round of encirclement and suppression of the Wolf Legion, the contribution of Hangu Pass cannot be ignored. Without their life support, the 50,000 soldiers heading south would have been blocked in front of Hangu Pass.
Otherwise, the battle to encircle and suppress the Wolf Legion would not be resolved so smoothly, and Yamurei would not attack Su Qi'an with such a suicidal charge.
Until now, there has been no news of the 50,000 soldiers advancing. This shows that Biaozi and Ermeng of Hangu Pass have fulfilled Su Qi'an's instructions to them.
Hangu Pass has the natural advantage of having one man to guard the pass and no one to be able to attack it. However, if it can hold back an enemy force that is more than ten times stronger than itself, Su Qian can imagine that their casualties will be absolutely huge.
If reinforcements are not sent for rescue, I am afraid they will all die.
Therefore, the moment Su Qian finished wiping out the wolf army, he asked Ouyang Hai's army to rush for help quickly.
At the same time, the news was released as quickly as possible that the wolf army and its leader Yamure had been killed and eliminated.
Without this lone force that broke into the front line, the strategy of the Daei Army to bloom in the center was declared aborted.
Moreover, this battle has been going on for the ninth day, even though the 50,000 Da Rong reinforcements that rushed south captured Hangu Pass.
But with the tens of thousands of troops they currently have on hand, it is more than enough to sit in Tongguan and Kyoto and defend them for one day.
When reinforcements from various states arrive, whether this war will continue to be fought or not? With Cook's mind, he should know whether the cost of continuing to fight is worth it.
This time, Su Qi'an was confident that with the destruction of Yamulei's wolf army, the battle to defend Kyoto was basically over.
The stone buried in everyone's hearts has landed smoothly. Now, it's time for Su Qi'an to do the business he wants to do.
During the annihilation of the wolf army this time, Su Qi'an only found the bodies of some of the powerful princes, but several princes like Zheng Liang were missing.
According to the mouths of several captured veterans, Yamlei had long thought of sending people to execute all these powerful nobles when the war between the two sides started.
But during the execution, several powerful nobles cut the rope in advance and escaped during the chaos of the war.
And among those people, Zheng Liang was included.
No need to guess, Zheng Liang and others are probably running towards Kyoto now.
If they were not executed this time, they might not be able to wait until they return to Kyoto.
The first war was described as black by them.
Because he was too kind to these powerful nobles, all the five thousand defenders in Tongguan were killed and injured. If he were to be let go this time, Su Qian would not have the face to meet the surviving soldiers.
Therefore, this time, Zheng Liang will die no matter what, and no one can stop him.
Su Qian got on his horse, took the new army around him, and wanted to chase towards Kyoto.
But this time, his horse was stopped by Chen Dao.
Chen Dao was also one of the five thousand defenders who stayed at Tongguan. Although he was a powerful man, his father was the famous Chen Guogong.
But on the battlefield, it must be that he experienced the last Ningzhou war, which made him grow a little, and he was not careless in the battle with the soldiers.
In the battle at Tongguan, they took the lead and led a counterattack, but in the end, Tongguan was lost because both sides were too aware.
But he was lucky enough to survive, with only a broken arm. There are not many powerful nobles like Chen Dao in Kyoto who are still bloody.
It was precisely because he saw Chen Dao's bloody nature that Su Qi'an did not kill him this time, but spared his life.
Seeing Chen Dao blocking him, Su Qian frowned and said coldly, "What? Chen Dao, are you trying to stop me?"
"Don't think that your performance in Tongguan will allow you to intercede for those scum. Get out of the way as soon as possible. I can pretend that I didn't see anything, otherwise military law will be engaged."
Even though he was so severely reprimanded by Su Qi'an, Chen Dao still had no intention of retreating. He shook his head and said quickly.
"Commander, you have misunderstood me. I am not begging for mercy on behalf of Zheng Liang and the others, but I hope you can think twice."
"After all, at this juncture, even if you catch up with them, do you dare to execute them according to law in front of the powerful people in Kyoto?"
"If you really do this, the Commander-in-Chief will probably not be able to leave Kyoto if you don't tell me that your first achievement this time has been lost, and you will make things difficult for His Majesty."
"We can wait until the war is over and return to the capital to present the charges of Zheng Liang and Wang Xian to His Majesty. I think Your Majesty will definitely give a fair verdict."
"Commander-in-Chief, please don't ruin your future because of impulsiveness."
Chen Dao spoke very sincerely, and Xinjun behind him also flashed his eyes when he heard this.
They agreed with what Chen Dao said. Indeed, if Su Qi'an really killed Zheng Liang and other powerful princes in front of all the powerful people in Kyoto, the consequences would undoubtedly cause a major earthquake in Kyoto.
Apart from anything else, Zheng Guogong was afraid that he would have to fight Su Qi'an immediately, and then the whole Kyoto would be in chaos.
The new army was silent, and then spoke one after another, also trying to persuade Su Qi'an to think twice before acting.
It was not that Su Qi'an couldn't listen to everyone's persuasion, but there were some things he had to do. Even if it cost his future, Su Qi'an had to do it for the nearly five thousand brothers who died.
Su Qian was silent for a while, looked at Chen Dao under the horse, and said softly.
"I know that your good intentions are very reasonable, but if you really follow what you said, wait until you return to Kyoto and explain to His Majesty, I'm afraid the final result will be like this."
"Zheng Liang is the son of Chen Guogong and a serious and powerful nobleman. If he really wants to be executed, I am afraid it will cause unrest among the powerful people in Kyoto and affect the unity of Kyoto."
"So, in order to balance the conflict between the two parties and give an explanation, Zheng Liang will probably cut off his title of Marquis first and stay at home to think about his mistakes. In the end, everything will be blamed on the dead Wang Xian."
"This is over, I'm right."
Su Qi'an's words made Chen Dao stunned for a moment. Indeed, according to His Majesty's attitude of balance and unity, this matter is likely to develop according to Su Qi'an's direction.
"So, just a few words to think about your faults behind closed doors, because you have a noble background, can absolve you of guilt with just a few words. And just these few words, let five thousand soldiers die at will. Isn't the price of these few words too high? It’s big.”
"We are all raised by our father and mother. The life of a powerful prince is our life? Should the life of an ordinary soldier deserve to die?"
Su Qi'an's voice was very soft, but when it reached everyone, they were startled. Su Qi'an
These words were spoken so directly that Chen was speechless.
I wanted to open my mouth to say something, but nothing came out.
Yes, this is the reality in Great Liang. The lives of ordinary soldiers are humble and deserve to die.
But no one dared to say this. After all, the war continued, and they had to continue to work hard.
No one would dare to say something like this, the best thing to do is think about it in your heart.
But now, Su Qi'an directly pointed out the most realistic three, six or nine levels of Da Liang.
Su Qi'an withdrew his eyes, looked into the distance, and said, "I, Su Qi'an, don't have that much ability to change the injustice of the entire Great Liang, but what I can do is take care of what my subordinates can control."
"They are my soldiers. I promised them that if I take them out alive, I must bring them back alive. But I made a mistake. All I can do is make their dead people pay the price."
"So, I, Su Qi'an, will take Zheng Liang's life. No one can save it, I said so!"
After saying these words, Su Qian tightened the horse's rope, clamped the horse with his legs, and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.
The new army behind them quickly followed, with some excitement on their faces and more of a bit of shame on their faces.
It stands to reason that they know Su Qi'an best, and Su Qi'an did this to stand up for them.
But just now, they wanted to persuade Su Qi'an to think twice. Thinking of this, the new soldiers wanted to give themselves a few slaps.
They looked at each other, and a thought rose in their hearts. No matter what happened in Kyoto, they had only one goal in mind, and they had to escort Mr. Su out of Kyoto at their own risk.
Watching Su Qi'an go away, Chen Dao also had a complicated expression on his face. On the one hand, he wanted to mourn for a few seconds of silence for Zheng Liang and others who were about to die.
Because he understood that Su Qi'an was a man of his word, and he was not afraid even if it meant poking a hole in the sky.
On the other hand, he also admired Su Qi'an. After all, Su Qi'an also had status now and was a member of the royal family.
But he has no pretensions at all, especially when he is with the soldiers, they really eat and sleep together, and they truly share weal and woe.
In the context of war, who wouldn't want to meet a commander who cares about his subordinates and can lead by example and know how to fight.
