Following the capture of Yu Feng, the leader of the thieves, Snake Spirit and the others had mostly lost their will to fight.
Those who gave up resisting were disarmed on the spot, and those who tried to escape were mostly caught up, so they could only choose to surrender.
Those who were lucky enough to escape from the Thousand Bull Guards 'encirclement were also intercepted by the local garrison who had arrived in time.
If these people still had the courage to fight, the local garrison might not be able to stop them, even if there was a huge difference in the number of people on both sides. However, they had completely lost the courage to fight. At most, they could only block a few attacks. Then, when they saw that the other party had too many people, they probably could not escape, so they surrendered!
After all, even if it was a large and terrifying organization like the Snake Spirit, it was impossible for the vast majority of its members to be fearless death warriors.
In ancient times, even wars were often like this. There were many examples of morale collapsing as soon as something happened to the general. Sometimes, when the commander's flag was cut down, the commander was still fighting, but because of the enemy's shouts, they put down their weapons and began to run for their lives.
Even many regular armies were like this, let alone a rebel force like them.
However, there were still some diehards. They did not surrender or run away. Even if they were surrounded, they continued to fight.
It was obvious that these people were the death warriors nurtured by the snake spirit. They were really not afraid of dying in vain!
However, there weren't many of them. Under the encirclement of the Thousand Bull Guards, they were quickly killed.
In this battle, they had killed at least a hundred enemies and captured more than a hundred.
On the other hand, the Thousand Bull Guards only lost 27 men, but there were more injured, about 70 to 80.
Although most of the injured were minor injuries and could return to the army after recuperating for a month or two, the casualty ratio of more than half of the casualties still showed how powerful the enemy was.
But overall, it was a pretty good small victory.
Zhang Dingguo was a person who knew his own limits. He knew very well that his command in this battle was only average.
If it weren't for the quality of the Thousand Bull Guards 'armor, the number of casualties would have doubled.
Although Zhang Dingguo had read a lot of military strategies, he still felt that there were many things he did not understand when it came to actual combat. He still had a lot to learn about war...
After letting his subordinates tie Yu Feng up and take him away, he ordered his subordinates to quickly clean up the battlefield. Fortunately, Tiger Cage Pass was considered a military town, and there were not many civilians inside the pass, so this battle did not affect too many innocents.
Then, Zhang Dingguo returned to the relay station and reported the results of the battle to Di Renjie.
"Elder Di, I didn't disappoint you. Not only did I successfully finish off the enemy, but I also captured the enemy's leader!”Zhang Dingguo said proudly.
However, Di Renjie did not pay attention to the bandit leader's question at the first moment. Instead, he asked anxiously," Dingguo, are you injured?”
Di Renjie could not be blamed for being so worried. The main reason was that Zhang Dingguo did not look good at the moment. There were actually quite a number of holes on the outer layer of armor. One look and one could tell that he had been cut by an enemy who had appeared out of nowhere when he had entered the enemy's battle.
After all, Zhang Dingguo was only a human. It was impossible for him to defend against all the attacks when he was fighting against many people.
Even Li Yuanfang, who was cheating, was injured in a one-on-two battle with the Iron Hand Assassins. Zhang Dingguo's armor was only slightly damaged during the chaotic battle. It was nothing embarrassing.
"I'm fine. I'm not injured. I wore two layers of heavy armor. The enemy's saber and spear only broke the outer layer of armor, but were blocked by the inner layer of armor, so they did not hurt my skin.”Zhang Dingguo said indifferently.
"The valor of the country is truly comparable to Qin Gong and Shu Bao!”
Di Renjie could not help but praise Zhang Dingguo when he saw that Zhang Dingguo had the demeanor of a general.
One had to know that in official history, Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao were the bravest generals of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Although Qin Qiong's resourcefulness and commanding skills were inferior to those in novels, his martial strength was even more terrifying. He killed his generals as if it was a common occurrence. His martial strength and battle achievements were both impressive. He was publicly recognized as the bravest general in the world at that time.
For example, when Taizong was fighting in the past, as long as an enemy general dared to come out and boast about his martial strength, Taizong would send Qin Qiong out to fight, and Qin Qiong would win every time.
Moreover, according to his understanding, this world's Qin Qiong was closer to the official Qin Qiong. Coupled with the existence of internal strength, he was probably even more ferocious!
From this, it could be seen that Di Renjie's praise of Zhang Dingguo's bravery being comparable to Qin Qiong's could be considered a great compliment!
"Elder, you flatter me. Now that the evildoers have been defeated, in order to avoid any more trouble, let's go directly to Luoyang.”
"Alright, let's do that!"
Zhang Dingguo did not really care about compliments. Instead, he suggested that they should take this opportunity to rush to Fairy's Capital.
Di Renjie felt that this suggestion was very reasonable and accepted it. Li Yuanfang did not have the right to speak at this time, so she could only choose to accept it.
Just like that, Di Renjie, Zhang Dingguo, and Li Yuanfang left the main group and headed straight for Fairy's Capital before the battlefield was completely cleaned up.
The rest of the people would stay in Tiger Cage to take care of the captives and the wounded. They would wait for the imperial court to send an army to receive them.
Without the burden of a large group, the three of them sped up and arrived at Fairy's Capital in the afternoon of the second day.
However, Di Renjie did not choose to enter the palace to see Wu Zetian immediately. Instead, he chose to come to the earthen kiln to take a look.
For some reason, Di Renjie had a very strong premonition that this place was definitely related to the murder of the diplomatic mission…
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