Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 363: First Battle at the Jin Army's Nanhe Station (Continued)

On the Linshui River, nearly a hundred small boats were sailing back and forth, constantly intercepting and killing the Jinzhou rebels who were trying to swim across the river.

On the long bridge connecting Nanheyi Town and Nanyuan County, people were often pushed into the river.

As the Liu family's two camps of iron guards continued to advance and won victory after victory, countless torches were lit around Nanhe Posthouse and shouts of killing arose again.

Yuan Yanxi, who had already escaped to the border of Nanyuan County on the south bank of Linshui River, looked back at the countless torches that suddenly appeared and was even more frightened.

"There must be nearly 10,000 people! Could it be that the Liu family has mobilized all its forces to carry out this sneak attack?"

Wu Yanxi looked around again and saw that there were only dozens of guards and a hundred soldiers left by his side.

"It's not advisable to stay here for long. Let's leave here as soon as possible! Alas! I never thought that the Liu family would be so difficult to deal with! I underestimated them!"

He didn't even bother to ask where Ma Datong was and fled without caring about anything else.

Shortly after Yuan Yanxi escaped, Ma Datong also led hundreds of his personal soldiers across the long bridge.

However, as soon as he crossed the bridge, he heard the sound of war horses neighing coming from the east and west.

"cavalry!?"

Ma Datong was frightened again and looked around quickly. He saw two teams of torches rushing towards him on the bank of the cold water.

"Damn it! How could I forget about the Liu family's cavalry! Quick! Go!"

Ma Datong was frightened and hurriedly rode his horse southward. This time, only dozens of Xiang's personal guards followed him closely.

As for the hundreds of infantry soldiers, Ma Datong had no time to care about them!

Ma Datong led dozens of personal guards and galloped for less than a few miles when they ran head-on into the two brigades of soldiers and horses that were transporting baggage.

However, although these two brigades have more than 6,000 people, their combat effectiveness is really poor.

If they were to encounter a rebel army and civilians after a whole day's journey and were exhausted, they might be able to put up a fight. But if they were to face the Liu family's well-prepared troops, Ma Datong would never think they could win.

"The rear brigade will follow behind, and the middle brigade will follow me immediately!"

Ma Datong made the decision he thought was correct without thinking.

The combat effectiveness of the middle brigade is acceptable, and the rear brigade is just to make up the numbers. With the middle brigade, I still have the capital to make a comeback. As for the old and weak people in the rear brigade, I can use them to buy time for myself to escape!

As soon as Ma Datong led the middle brigade away, the Liu family's cavalry arrived. The soldiers in the rear brigade, who were responsible for the rear, were already panicked by Ma Datong's military orders. When they saw the Liu family's cavalry surrounding them, they rushed to kneel down and surrender without caring how many cavalry there were.

However, the disorganized baggage train did hinder the pursuit speed of the Liu family cavalry. Moreover, there were not many cavalry, less than a thousand people, and the pursuit along the way was just a bluff.

The battle in Nanheyi Town did not last too long, but the subsequent battle to pursue and annihilate the remaining enemies lasted for a whole night before it ended.

In the early morning, Liu Feiyun, who had already arrived at Nanhe Station, finally received the battle report summary.

"For this battle, our army dispatched a total of 5,000 troops from various directions, including 1,600 from two battalions of Iron Guards, 2,400 from three battalions of Rural Soldiers, 600 from the Wilderness Cavalry, and 400 from the Horse Farm Cavalry."

"After a night of fierce fighting, we killed 4,000 enemies and captured 7,000. However, about 3,000 of these prisoners were too seriously injured to be of any use to me. What should we do with these people?"

When the military officer who heard the report asked, Liu Feiyun answered without hesitation:

"For those who are not disabled or slightly injured, select 800 people to be assigned to the supplementary camp first, and send the rest to the labor camp. As for those with more serious injuries, simply bandage them and give them three days of rations, and let them go!"

Then he asked:

"What are the casualties of our troops?"

The military officer said hurriedly:

"Our army has lost 176 dead, 318 wounded, and nearly 200 missing!"

Liu Feiyun nodded and said:

"We achieved an exchange ratio of 1 to 10, which is quite satisfactory."

"I think, with this record, my father should be able to hand over the military power to me with confidence!"

"Now, I finally have some ability to protect my parents from the wind and rain!"

After sighing, he asked again:

"What was the spoils of this battle? I don't think it will be too bad!"