Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 158 152. Statistical Losses
"call……"

Xu Huang took a deep breath and regained his spirit to hold the axe handle firmly. Xu Huang had encountered at least fifty malicious enemy generals like the Bao brothers in his life, so he naturally would not have any fluctuations or fears about their naked desire to kill him.

"General! Go!"

The personal guards at the side were still trying their best to stop the Bao brothers who were charging at Xu Huang like bulldozers. However, even Xu Huang's personal guards were only slightly stronger than ordinary soldiers, and their strength was limited. How could they stop the charge of spears and halberds?

In addition, other Han army generals were also charging towards this direction from all directions. The hundreds of guards beside Xu Huang were unable to resist and were even approached by many Han soldiers.

Even if the guards wanted Xu Huang to retreat, there was actually no way to retreat now. The Wei army was like a meat pie surrounded by the Han army, being bitten into pieces by the Han army, and the Wei soldiers who served as the meat filling were slowly devoured.

How can you let go of something that has entered your mouth?
Xu Huang looked around and saw that there was no way to retreat.

"Ugh……"

Xu Huang sighed again, then pulled himself together, his resolute face once again showing his usual determination and resolve. Xu Huang swung the axe in his hand, pointed it to the west, and shouted orders to his guards.

"All soldiers, listen up! Follow me and break out to the west! Charge out!"

Xu Huang issued military orders as usual. His soldiers were extremely convinced of Xu Huang, so they naturally cheered up and followed Xu Huang to the west...

After several hours, the sky brightened. The dark night was finally dispelled by the light from the late-coming sun, and life seemed to return to the earth.

The once famous Fancheng in Jingxiang has now become a dilapidated ruin. The once tall city walls are now crooked and even collapsed in many places. There are still many fires burning in the city, and the air is filled with smoke from the burning.

Most of the Wei soldiers who had entered Fancheng as victors became prisoners of the Han army. The dusty Wei soldiers had their hands tied with ropes, lined up in a row, and boarded the Han army's boats to the other side of the river at the urging of the Han soldiers.

Many seriously injured Wei soldiers were given emergency treatment by the Han army, and then carried to the ship on stretchers and other items by the Han soldiers, and taken back to Xiangyang first. If they were rescued, they were lucky, but if they were not, they would have to be cremated.

The bodies of the dead and wounded on the battlefield were also dragged by the Han army to the burning pits around Fancheng and cremated. This avoided the possibility of people like Zhao Lei who had faked their death being resurrected.

Without Fancheng, the Han army had no foothold in Jiangbei, so Feng Xi just cleaned up the battlefield hastily and escorted the tens of thousands of prisoners captured last night back to Jiangling. As for the idea of ​​continuing to attack Jiangbei, Feng Xi had given up for the time being.

After all, Eastern Wu has not been completely destroyed yet and is watching secretly from the side. I guess Sun Quan is hoping that Han and Wei will fight each other so that he can take the time to lick his wounds.

After months of fierce fighting, Feng Xi's Eastern Expedition Army had fought all the way from Zigui to Fancheng and was quite exhausted. It needed to rest and recover.

After a few hours, the Han army had finished cleaning up the battlefield. After a night of fierce fighting under the cover of Xiang Chong's navy, the Han army returned to the south of the Han River and had no intention of continuing to attack Xiahou Shang and Cao Zhen to the west. After the fierce battle last night, Xiahou Shang had already prepared to meet the enemy after Cao Zhen and his men fled to the camp. Feng Xi's troops had captured prisoners all night in the fire in Fancheng, and they were already exhausted physically and mentally. They did not have the energy and physical strength to continue attacking the city, so they could only return the same way.

Xiahou Shang, Cao Zhen and others were frightened all night. When they saw that the Han army still did not attack them after dawn, they hurriedly summoned the defeated troops around them who had luckily escaped the disaster and retreated to Deng County. Only by relying on the city wall could they give themselves some sense of security.

"…What were the losses of our army last night?"

General Cao Ren is still in a coma. According to the doctor who was summoned, his brain was hit by falling rocks or rubble last night. He will probably be in a coma for a few days.

Since Cao Ren was unable to manage the affairs, the highest-ranking official was still General Xiahou Shang, who was in charge of the Southern Expedition. At this moment, it was Xiahou Shang who was giving the orders first.

Faced with Xiahou Shang's question, the generals looked at each other in confusion. Finally, the calm Wen Pin stepped forward and answered with a bow.

"General Xiahou, last night, out of our 50,000-strong army, only 14,000 have returned so far. The remaining 40,000 are missing. They may have been captured and killed by the Shu army or fled."

Xiahou Shang looked grim. This time Cao Ren led them to the south with high spirits. Before the expedition, there were a total of 100,000 troops including the vanguard. Now he was in Deng County with only 34,000 people, and the loss was more than 60,000 people. This was already a disastrous defeat.

Although the Wei army suffered a lot of losses during the stalemate, it only lost more than 10,000 people at that time, which was completely acceptable on the battlefield. But last night, nearly 40,000 people in Fancheng were lost, plus the more than 10,000 people led by Xu Huang, and almost all the manpower of the Wei army in Nanyang was wiped out overnight.

"…Any news about the missing generals?"

Xiahou Shang's heart was bleeding when he heard this, but he couldn't show it on his face, so he gritted his teeth and asked Wen Pin.

After all, everyone is equal in the face of fire and explosion. Even high-ranking generals cannot be invulnerable to fire and water just because of their status. Last night, many Wei army generals were also missing.

"...These are the generals who have been confirmed dead, including General Niu Jin. We saw with our own eyes that General Niu Jin fell into a fire pit in the governor's mansion last night due to the earthquake and died on the spot. In addition, General Xu Huang may also..."

Wen Pin reported to Xiahou Shang those generals who were confirmed dead. Many of them were colonels, military marquises and even lieutenant generals, the cornerstones of the army. Even the brave Niu Jin died inexplicably at the first moment last night.

When the explosion happened last night, Niu Jin was still in the hall distributing the cooked mutton in the cauldron to everyone. However, after a few explosions, the floor collapsed, and Niu Jin, who was in the middle of the explosion, had no choice but to fall into the pit with the cauldron without anything to hold on to. He was then tragically burned to charcoal by the raging fire in the pit.

Although Xu Huang had met them last night, Cao Zhen and his men were already in a state of collapse, and Cao Ren was also unconscious. With Xu Huang's help, Cao Zhen and his men were lucky enough to escape and reunite with Xiahou Shang. As for Xu Huang, they had no idea.

However, judging from the overwhelming size of the Han army last night, Xu Huang was probably either killed or captured alive by the Han army. The probability of him escaping by chance was extremely small.

(End of this chapter)