Southern Xiazhou at this time.
Cao Kang and his men were still fighting in a melee with Ma Yaohan's men.
For Cao Kang and the others, after experiencing the initial panic, the people behind them gradually followed up. Together, these tens of thousands of people were able to resist for a while.
And for Cao Kang and his men now, Ma Yaohan blocked the road in front, and Fan Hanzhong's men chased them behind.
It has long since lost any vitality.
In this desperate situation, everyone mustered up their last fighting spirit and fought with Ma Yaohan's men.
But after all, Ma Yaohan's men and horses occupied a favorable location and had already laid an ambush here to wait for them.
Killed a lot of them once and for all.
The remaining 40,000 to 50,000 people were surrounded by Ma Yaohan's 100,000 people and could not break out even if they lived or died.
Fan Hanzhong's men and horses, after knowing that Ma Yaohan was blocking the road ahead, hid their whereabouts and waited.
People pay close attention to the battle ahead.
For Cao Kang and others, they knew that Fan Hanzhong was behind them, and if they didn't show up for such a long time, they must have set up an ambush behind them.
Cao Kang's men had no escape route.
Ma Yaohan and the others did not know that Fan Hanzhong's men were following Cao Kang's men.
Even Ma Yaohan was actually wondering why Cao Kang and his men refused to retreat.
Before the encirclement was completed, they would definitely not be able to rush forward. Even if they could rush through, it would be easy for them to cut the team into several sections and scatter them to defeat.
The best way is to retreat.
But it happened that Cao Kang and the others attacked the front fiercely.
Finally, he successfully completed the encirclement.
All this went so smoothly that Ma Yaohan felt a little incredible. After all, the current situation was that Cao Kang had been surrounded by him. They had no reinforcements and no food and grass. It would only be a matter of time before they were captured.
Who is Cao Kang?
He was the Great Sima of Daxia before, and now he is the Emperor of Dawei!
If Cao Kang can be killed, it will definitely be something that Ma Yaohan can brag about for the rest of his life.
Under this desire, Ma Yaohan did not even send anyone to investigate the direction Cao Kang and the others came from. If he sent a team of light cavalry to take a look, they might be able to find Fan Hanzhong hiding in the woods and on the roadside. People.
"Wang Shuo, you go back to the capital now, send these gold and silver jewelry back, and then tell the adults to send people over immediately for support. If everything goes well, Ma Yaohan and Cao Kang can be wiped out in one fell swoop."
"Remember, it will take at least 100,000 more troops to complete the encirclement!"
"be quick!"
Fan Hanzhong said to Wang Shuo.
According to his estimation, even if Ma Yaohan wanted to capture Cao Kang's 40,000 to 50,000 troops, he would not be able to do so in a short time.
By the time they finish fighting, both sides will definitely suffer.
As long as we go back and mobilize troops now, there might really be hope.
…
Inside the capital at this time.
The fire in the palace lasted all night.
Wait until the sky turns white the next day.
The fire is still burning and shows no signs of abating.
The men and horses who had followed Cao De and others to retreat into the palace were either burned to death, smoked to death, trampled to death, or shot to death with bows and arrows.
Now there is no other sound in the entire palace except the crackling sound of burning wood.
"well……"
Zhang Bao looked at the burning palace and sighed helplessly.
"Don't tell me that you are showing mercy at this time. Why didn't you think about it when you set fire to it?"
"And this fire of yours has initially estimated that 40,000 to 50,000 people have been burned to death. Do you now know that you are guilty?"
Lao He said to Zhang Bao from the side.
Before attacking the capital, Zhang Bao alone brought hundreds of thousands of horses to the capital for support.
Xixue took Lao He behind.
After taking over the capital, Xixue and Lao He had already arrived.
"mercy?"
"I don't have that kindness, I just feel it's a pity."
"I heard that there are countless rare treasures in this palace. Our palace in Hezhou is very poor. It would be great if the things inside could be transported back in advance."
"It's good now, this fire has burned it out."
"Although real gold is not afraid of fire, those jewelry are."
Zhang Bao shook his head sadly.
Xixue, who was on the side, had a black streak on her head.
I originally thought that Zhang Bao could owe something to the burning of the palace, but I didn't expect that this guy didn't think so at all.
He is still thinking about the treasure of the palace...
But it does seem to make sense. After so many years of collection, there are indeed many good things in this palace.
Under this fire, many houses were burned to ruins, and it is estimated that no rare treasures can be left behind.
Xixue curled her lips and looked at the burning palace in front of her.
Unexpectedly, the palace of Daxia was destroyed in Zhang Bao's hands, alas...
Xixue looked at Zhang Bao with a resentful look, not knowing what to say.
She still has some feelings for the palace.
"Report!"
"grown ups!"
"General Fan urgent report!"
At this moment, Wang Shuo hurried over.
"Um?"
"Fan Hanzhong went to pursue Cao Kang. What's going on now?"
"Where's the Cao Kang people?"
Zhang Bao asked quickly.
The reason why Fan Hanzhong was asked to pursue Cao Kang was to eliminate the root cause. Fan Hanzhong's status allowed him to make most of his own decisions along the way without having to go through himself. This was undoubtedly the most promising.
"Cao Kang's men are surrounded by Ma Yaohan's 100,000 men and are currently fighting hard."
"General Fan begged Master Zhang to immediately send at least 100,000 troops to reinforce them. We can capture Cao Kang and Ma Yaohan in one fell swoop!"
"In addition, when Cao Kang's men left the capital, they took away several carts of gold, silver and jewelry. We intercepted all of them and brought them back together for Master Zhang to take a look at."
As Wang Shuo spoke, he pointed at the dozen or so carriages behind him.
When Zhang Bao and others took a look, they saw that the yellow gold on the car was silver, the white ones were silver, the colorful ones were all kinds of jewelry, and the silver bottles and porcelain were all kinds of treasures.
I couldn't help but be stunned.
"Can't you tell, this Cao Kang is really a good person..."
"In this case, I can't let him go."
"Somebody come!"
"Order the generals on the left and right to immediately lead their 80,000 troops to join Fan Hanzhong and cooperate with Fan Hanzhong to capture Cao Kang and Ma Yaohan!"
Zhang Bao immediately gave the order.
