After a thorough investigation, they had killed more than 5,300 Xianbei people, captured more than 600 young women, and seized more than 13,000 warhorses, countless hides, and a large amount of gold and jewelry.
As for the 70,000 sheep, Lu Ning's army couldn't take them away. Lu Ning ordered his soldiers to kill all the sheep, not leaving anything for the Xianbei people. Lu Ning's army had suffered over 1,500 casualties, with 524 of them either heavily injured or dead. Lu Ning's heart was aching as well. After this battle, Lu Ning had lost more than a quarter of his men.
Then, they immediately forced the captured Xianbei women to cook for the Lü Ning army. They needed to replenish their strength and rest. In fact, it was just roast mutton.
Lü Ning was sitting on the ground and resting. Blackie ran to Lü Ning's side and said to Lü Ning,""My lord, we found a few horses.”
Lu Ning laughed out loud after hearing that. He looked at Hei Zi and said,""Blackie, is there something wrong with your head? What are you so surprised about? It's not like you haven't seen a big horse before.”
Blackie became even more anxious after hearing Lü Ning's words. He stammered to Lü Ning,"My lord, that's not it. Those horses are different from the ones we ride. They are much bigger than the ones we ride.”
When L??N??Ning heard Hei Zi's words, he was also shocked. There were other breeds of Northern horses? Did Murong Kang get a few River Qu Horses?
Lu Ning still got up and followed Blackie.
When they arrived next to the horses that Hei Zi had mentioned, Lu Ningchu was also very surprised when he saw them. How could there be such a tall horse! The horse's head was probably about 2.5 meters off the ground. The horse was fat, and its legs and ponytail were much thicker than ordinary horses. The bones of the horse were also much bigger than the horses they were riding now. This was definitely not a river horse. What kind of horse could it be? Was it the warhorse of Uncle? Or Persema?
L??Ning shook his head, knowing that he could not figure it out. "How many of these horses are there?"
"My lord," Blackie replied,"there are six of them, three stallions and three mares.”
Lu Ning said," Bring them back and let someone raise them. We can't let any of them mate with other horses. Let them mate with each other first. Even if a male horse wants to mate with other horses, they have to register and record it. Who knows what kind of crossbred horses will come out. But we have to protect the purebred horses. They are precious."”
"My lord, what is a good crossbred horse?" Blackie asked. What purebred horses? Why didn't we know?"
Lu Ning shook his head after hearing this. He knew that he was talking nonsense again, so he said to them,"You'll know in the future. I can only tell you that it's a good thing.”
Zhang Liao immediately ran over to take a look after hearing what Lu Ning said. He said,"My liege is right. We can't let them mate randomly. They must mate selectively.”
Lu Ning laughed and said to Zhang Liao,""Wenyuan wants that horse to be your warhorse, but you can't make an appointment with the pure snow-white horse. I'm planning to give the pure snow-white horse to someone else.”
When Zhang Liao heard Lu Ning's words, he chuckled and said,""I will listen to my lord."
After burying the dead soldiers, Lu Ning led all the soldiers to kowtow three times to the dead soldiers and said,""My brave warriors, rest in peace. You are all heroes of the Great Han Dynasty. We will never forget you, and the people of the Great Han Dynasty will never forget you. You have sacrificed your lives to destroy the foreign barbarians. Your heroic deeds will definitely be recorded in history. Don't worry, your parents and wives will be raised by our army, and we will raise your children.”
When the soldiers behind Lü Ning heard what I said, they were extremely excited. Many of them even had tears streaming down their faces. How could there be such a good lord in this world? How could the dukes, high officials, and nobles treat the lives of their soldiers with such importance? Lü Ning's actions had greatly increased the loyalty of his soldiers to Lü Ning. In the future, even if Lü Ning wanted them to die, the soldiers would choose without hesitation.
After Lu Ning and his soldiers ate and drank their fill, they brought their spoils of war and escorted the captured Xianbei women back.
Zhang Liao led a thousand Flying Bear Cavalry to clear out the bandits nearby.
Lu Ning led the remaining 500 soldiers, captives, and a large number of warhorses behind Zhang Liao's army.
Although L??Ning and his soldiers were also exhausted, they could not rest here. This place was too close to the Xianbei Tartar cavalry, and they could be attacked at any time.
Zhang Liao's army did not meet with any decent resistance against the Horse Gangs. Most of the Horse Gangs chose to surrender. This was probably because the Horse Gangs saw that the Lü Ning army was indeed fighting the Xianbei barbarians. In addition, the Flying Bear Army was too famous in the northern prairie and had good combat strength. Even the Xianbei cavalry, who were usually domineering, fierce, and cruel, had died in the hands of the Flying Bear Army. The Horse Gangs knew that if they resisted, they would not have a good ending. In addition, most of them had worked hard and were forced to become bandits. They also had a deep hatred for the Xianbei people, Xiongnu people, and other foreign barbarians. In their hearts, they also wanted to destroy those foreign barbarians.
Zhang Liao's soldiers did not suffer any losses, and instead took in close to two thousand mounted gangsters.
On the way back, Li You said to Lü Ning,""My lord, Murong Kang's daughter has also been captured by us. Although she's only twelve or thirteen years old, she's very beautiful. Why don't you let her serve you by my lord's side?”
Lü Ning smiled and replied," If she's really only twelve or thirteen years old, that's fine. As for whether she's beautiful or not, it doesn't matter. Let her be my maid and help me with some of the things in life. I'm really too busy."”
"Yes, my lord. I'll bring her to you after we settle down."”
"What's her name?" Lu Ning thought for a moment and asked.”
"Her name is Mu Rongyan," Li You replied.”
According to the original plan, it would take the Lü Ning army more than ten days to return. However, due to the Horse Gang's initiative to surrender, the Lü Ning army shortened the time of the expedition. It only took the Lü Ning army seven days to return and successfully complete the attack.
Although the Lü Ning army had lost five hundred soldiers, they had also been replenished with nearly two thousand mounted gangsters. This had increased the number of soldiers in the Lü Ning army.
Now, including the new recruits and the Horse Gang who had been coming to surrender, the Lü Ning Army had almost five thousand soldiers, but there were still new Horse Gang members coming to join them. They were all here because the Lü Ning army dared to start a war against the Xianbei. They all wanted to beat up the Tartar cavalry and take revenge. The disaster victims, refugees, and other civilians from the nearby counties and prefectures also came to the city every day after hearing about the glorious deeds of the Lu Ning Army.
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