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The ambush lasted less than an hour, and more than 500 people were killed or injured in the Dashun Army. Except for the hundred people who escaped, everyone else obediently gave up their resistance and became prisoners, one on the left and one on the right, and the valley was everywhere.

However, Gu Zhenhua was too lazy to look at them at all. What really touched Gu Zhenhua were the war horses! After controlling the situation, Gu Zhenhua immediately asked the soldiers to gather the war horses, check the injuries, and pick out everything they could use, which was much more attentive than to treat people.

"Sir, look at this war horse, there are still marks on its butt!" Gao Hongtu led a tall war horse and said to Gu Zhenhua with a smile.

Gu Zhenhua also followed his finger direction and looked at it. Sure enough, there was a burning mark the size of a walnut on the buttocks of the war horse. The figures were very regular, and it seemed to be artificial.

"General Gao, are these war horses military horses?"

"That's right, and it's also the military horses of the Beijing camp." Gao Hongtu said with a smile: "I remember that in the 13th year of Chongzhen, Mongolia had been occupied by the Qing Dynasty, and the court was extremely short of war horses. A batch of war horses was specially purchased from the Western Regions, with a total of two or three thousand. In order to prevent embezzlement, special marks were burned on the buttocks of each war horse. Because these war horses were strong and tall, many people were salivating at that time, but they didn't expect that they would fall into the hands of the King of Chuang."

After hearing Gao Hongtu's introduction, Gu Zhenhua couldn't help but sigh. The war horses that kept changing hands were also a microcosm of the troubled times! But since the war horses fell into their own hands, they found their real master!

Gu Zhenhua gently stroked the mane of the war horse and silently said: Sooner or later, you will traverse the battlefield, sweep away all the captives, and reshape the power of the Chinese Iron Cavalry!

"General Gao, please choose immediately and select the best war horses, and all the others are used as pack horses to transport supplies!"

"Don't worry, Sir, I've asked my brothers to do it!"

More than a thousand cavalry and more than a thousand war horses were killed and injured by the bomb during the battle. Some of them also fled, and more than 700 of them fell into Gu Zhenhua's hands!

Looking at these war horses, Gu Zhenhua couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He wasn't imagining about a thousand troops, but that would be the future. The most important thing at the moment is to save the supplies brought from the capital.

This time Li Yan's pursuit made Gu Zhenhua realize his weakness, and even a fatal loophole. Although many supplies were brought out from the capital, the backup capacity was seriously insufficient, especially the large cart equipped with gold and silver muskets. If they ran for a day without interruption, the horses would definitely be exhausted. It can be said that Gu Zhenhua carried a huge burden and could not run fast at all.

However, there is no problem at the moment. There are more than 700 more horses, and both transportation materials and troops have the most reliable guarantee. From another perspective, Li Yan's attack was actually a timely rain, helping Gu Zhenhua solve his biggest weakness.

"Mr., you have cleared it out. The war horses that broke into the camp are too mixed, and there are dozens of mules. However, there are still more than 200 excellent war horses, enough for the brothers to ride a horse!"

"Okay, it's great, four legs are stronger than two legs." Gu Zhenhua knew in his heart that if he defeated Li Yan, Li Zicheng would definitely take revenge next. Facing the Dashun Army at its peak, they had to run away. The war horses were their capital to save their lives!

The battlefield was almost done. In addition to war horses, three hundred excellent bows were seized, which made Gu Zhenhua very happy. You should know that in the Ming Dynasty, making a good bow not only required wood, horns, tendons, silk and other valuable materials, but also took an astonishing time to reach an amazing year! It was far more than a musket.

But this does not mean that bows and arrows are useless. On the contrary, bows and arrows have better accuracy and fast reaction speed than coercion guns. They must not be abandoned in a short period of time.

Of course, Gu Zhenhua would not spend a lot of effort to create it, so it would be best to seize it. After working hard for a while, the soldiers also replaced the cannons. Each of them rode a horse, and there were two or three horses tied behind them, with bows and arrows and muskets hanging. He looked like a rich man, and he couldn't help but giggle.

Tang Zhanxiong also picked a dark horse, ran around majesticly, and then arrived in front of Gu Zhenhua, laughed and said, "It's so comfortable to fight with the Lord. If you come a few more times, you will make a fortune!"

"Stop dreaming." Gu Zhenhua was not confused by the victory in front of him, but said calmly: "Li Yan only brought a thousand people. If he brought ten thousand people over, what do you think he should fight?"

Tang Zhanxiong was stunned, turned his eyes and suddenly smiled, "It's better to leave such a difficult thing to the Lord. I'll just obey the order!"

"Since we obey the orders, we should not immediately call our brothers and bring our things back to Xiaowangzhuang. We should deploy our next action."

"Abide by the order!" Tang Zhanxiong said hurriedly: "Sir, since you are leaving, should these thieves be killed?"

Gu Zhenhua looked at the five or six hundred prisoners present, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes. He activated his war horse and arrived in front of these soldiers.

"Dear brothers from the Dashun Army, we are each the leader of our army and have to fight each other. But we are all bleeding from the bones, so we will not kill them all. After you return to the King of Chuang, please remind him that the Eastern Lu Tartars outside the pass are the real dangerous enemies, so he should pay more attention!"

Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng, I can help you so much!

Gu Zhenhua said in his heart, then turned his horse's head and returned to Xiaowangzhuang with his soldiers like a whirlwind. At this time, someone had already sent back the news of victory. He Zhonghou, Sun Cheng, Lu Yong, Xie Bin and others stood at the entrance of the village, including the prince and Kou Gui, all looked forward to it.

Finally, a rapid sound of horse hooves came, and Gu Zhenhua and the others came to everyone like whirlwinds.

"The fourth brother, you really have you, more than 200 people, destroyed a thousand cavalry, and less than ten of them were killed or killed. Brother was convinced!" Sun Cheng said with a smile, his pale face also had a hint of red light because of Dasheng.

Gu Zhenhua also smiled and said, "Everyone, if you win, you win, but troubles have come. We need to determine the next action plan as soon as possible."

Lu Yong also said: "Yes, if Dashun Army suffers a loss, it will never give up. It will definitely mobilize a large army. If there are 10,000 or 20,000 people, we will have no way to deal with it."

Everyone felt the situation was urgent and went to the Land Temple to discuss countermeasures. Xu Fang was the only civil servant who followed Gu Zhenhua out of the city, and his thoughts were more thoughtful than others. It was precisely because of this that he was in trouble.

"Sir, I have summarized it. There are five major problems in front of me, including the wounded, family members, property, prince, and way out. They are linked together and contradictory to each other. If you want to protect the prince, you have to give up the burden. If you want to take into account the others, the prince will be in danger. If you are delayed, the thief will come again. It is really embarrassing!"

Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly: "Mr. Xu said it well, but he was not greedy and wanted to take care of everything."

"Does the Lord have any tricks?" Xu Fang couldn't help asking.

"It's nothing more, just divide the troops!" Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "Our ultimate goal is to go to the south. I plan to divide the troops into four parts. The first route is Mr. Xu. You and Luan Hu, escort the family members, and Ge Jiangshi and others to go south. The second route is Uncle He Liu's responsibility. There are not many people, twenty people, bringing the field deeds, and antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Go south from the canal. After you arrive in the south, turn these things into silver as soon as possible to prepare for everyone to settle down!"

"Zhenhua, Tian Qi is of great importance, I'm afraid it won't work!"

"Uncle Six, if you fail, others will be even worse. I will let Tang Zhanxiong follow you and make sure there is no problem."

When He Zhonghou heard this, he could only nod his head to agree. Gu Zhenhua looked at Sun Cheng and Lu Yong and the others again, and then said, "Two brothers, you are injured and cannot go south for the time being. I plan to leave you two hundred soldiers. The third brother Xue Biao and Xie Bin are following you, hiding in the mountains between the capital and the Great Wall, waiting for the opportunity. In the end, I brought one hundred soldiers with them to protect Prince Chen to go south."

When Sun Cheng heard this, he sighed: "Fourth brother, it's all my brother who has dragged you down. Don't leave us soldiers. Can there be more people still stop the hundreds of thousands of troops of the King of Rebellion? You just go south. If the prince ascends the throne, you will be the hero of the rescue. Everyone will be happy. The brothers hide in the village to recuperate. If they recover, they will go to find you immediately."

Lu Yong also hurriedly said, "That's right, what the elder brother said makes sense. It's easier for us to hide it if we have a smaller number of people. Whether our brothers can see each other again depends on God's intention."

Both of them were all determined to consider Gu Zhenhua, and Gu Zhenhua was also extremely moved, but his layout was obviously not the same. Gu Zhenhua suddenly stood up, pulled Sun Cheng and Lu Yong to the backyard of the Land Temple.

"Two brothers, I have some heartfelt words. According to my opinion, Li Zicheng's rabbit tail cannot grow, and the Qing Dynasty will definitely enter the pass. I will leave two brothers. In fact, there are bigger things to get rid of you."
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