He is the governor of Henan Province.
As time passed, the sun rose from the distant horizon and gradually returned to the earth.
Sun Jian stood on Mushui Pass and looked at the sunrise in the east. He was filled with lofty sentiments!
Yesterday, although he won, there were tens of thousands of soldiers in Lishui Pass. Wen had Li Su and I had Hua Xiong. They stood in front of him and Luoyang and were indestructible.
But now, after a night, he was standing on the wall of the Qi River, looking down at the earth.
What a drastic change!
This was the first time he had obtained such a great victory since the start of the war!
Not only did they defeat the enemy in a disadvantageous situation, but they also took down an impregnable pass!
If the alliance army could enter Luoyang, he would obtain the first merit!
Of course, when these thoughts arose in his mind, he could not help but think of that young figure.
If seizing Mushui Pass was a miracle, then this young man was the creator of the miracle!
Moreover, if the young man did not appear.
If that was the case, he would not even be able to keep his life, let alone seize Mushui Pass!
It could be said to be heaven and hell!
He looked at the soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield and could not help but mutter,
"How can a bell ring a hundred miles away!”
"Could this Baili Ruozhong be a wise man gifted to me by the heavens?”
As Sun Jian was speaking, Cheng Pu had already arrived at the city wall with a bamboo slip in his hand.
"My lord, our losses have been calculated. Please go and check!”
"Got it!"
Sun Jian waved his red robe, turned around, and walked down the pass.
Seeing this, Cheng Pu quickly followed behind Sun Jian and said,"
"In this battle, our army has lost nearly three thousand people. Including the two battles yesterday, we have lost nearly seven thousand people!”
"Seven thousand?"
Sun Jian's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
One had to know that he had brought nearly 30,000 Yuzhou soldiers with him this time.
Including the losses from the previous battle, they had lost nearly a third of their forces!
Even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he heard it.
In order to take down Mushui Pass, the price paid was not small.
However, Cheng Pu looked at Sun Jian and couldn't help but smile."
"My lord, don't worry. Although our army has suffered many casualties, we have more than 21,000 prisoners!”
"As long as we disperse them and expand our army, our strength will increase instead of decreasing!”
"What is it? Twenty thousand captives?"
When Sun Jian heard this, he couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance at him and said,"
"Why are there so many?"
Cheng Pu wasn't surprised to see Sun Jian so surprised. In fact, when he calculated it, he was also surprised. He quickly smiled and said,"
"My lord, don't be alarmed. You must know that there are more than 50,000 enemies in Mushui Pass.”
"Our army captured as many as a thousand people yesterday, and during the night, we captured nearly eight thousand more!”
"Yesterday, when we attacked the pass, the enemy generals fled without fighting. The enemy army was leaderless and most of them surrendered.”
"In total, there are more than 20,000 people!”
"Besides, Dong Zhuo's army had some deserters who didn't come back.”
"This subordinate estimates that if all of them return, our army will have more than twenty-three thousand prisoners!”
At this point, Cheng Pu couldn't help but smile."
"My lord, as long as we can take them all, our army will have at least 40,000 men!”
"Moreover, at least seven to eight thousand of them were originally cavalry!”
"Adding on the warhorses that we have captured in the past few days, even if it's just one person and two horses, we can completely form a cavalry of eight thousand people!”
"8,000 cavalrymen!"
Sun Jian stopped in his tracks when he heard Cheng Pu's words. His eyes were filled with disbelief.
What kind of concept was eight thousand cavalry?
That was a strategic number!
In a battle between two armies, 8,000 cavalrymen could completely decide the outcome of the battle!
Especially in the Central Plains, which lacked warhorses.
Ever since he attacked the Yellow Turbans, he had spent a lot of money to build a cavalry team of a few hundred people!
At this moment, a strong sense of happiness overwhelmed him.
That feeling was like Old Li, who had been poor for his entire life. It was not easy for him to fight a battle of wealth. He was simply overjoyed!
However, Sun Jian was not a fledgling after all. When he heard that there was a cavalry unit, he had the corresponding considerations. He frowned and said,
"But our army has run out of food, can we afford it?”
However, Cheng Pu saw his worry and smiled."
"My lord!"
"Don't worry about the rations. There are plenty of rations in this pass!”
"Previously, there were already tens of thousands of bushels of grain in this pass. This time, Dong Zhuo was afraid of running out of food, so he sent another hundred thousand bushels.”
"Right now, there are more than a hundred thousand bushels of grain in the pass. Even if we expand our army, it's enough for us to eat for four to five months!”
"Three months of rations!"
Cheng Pu's words shocked Sun Jian again.
Ever since he knew that Yuan Shu did not give out rations, the issue of rations had become his worry.
He didn't expect that this worry would be resolved after he attacked the Lishui Pass!
This surprise came too suddenly!
However, Cheng Pu was still not satisfied with Sun Jian's surprise. He smiled and said,"
"Not only that, other than grain, there are five thousand sets of iron armor, ten thousand sets of steel armor, and tens of thousands of leather armor.”
"15,000 longbows, 8,000 swords, 20,000 spears, and 30,000 podaos!”
"Even if our army changes to new equipment, we still have some spare time.”
"As for the rest of the supplies, tents, and carriages, there are also several thousand of them. One thousand gold, one thousand cloth, and twenty thousand jin of iron.”
After saying all of this, he looked at Sun Jian and laughed,
"My lord, our army is rich this time!”
"Good! Good! Good!"
Sun Jian called out three times in a row, but it was difficult to express the joy in his heart.
Seizing Mushui Pass was a great merit.
In that case, these gains were real gains!
In war, money was the key!
If these pieces of equipment were exchanged for real gold and silver, how could they be worth billions?
It was laughable that Dong Zhuo had painstakingly planned to use this pass to block the alliance army of hundreds of thousands, but he had never thought that he would actually benefit from it here!
As he thought about this, he was a little puzzled.
"This pass is so rich. Even if the enemy couldn't take it away, why didn't they burn it all?”
Hearing this, Cheng Pu hurriedly said,"
"I forgot about this matter. I was just about to ask my lord for instructions. The reason why these things were left behind was that other than Li Su, there was also a general, Zhao Cen, in the enemy's pass.”
"After Li Su escaped, Zhao Cen defected and surrendered. He specially led his troops to guard the treasury as a way to surrender.”
"Zhao Cen is now inside the pass, waiting for the lord to punish him!”
"There's such a thing?"
Sun Jian was surprised when he heard this, and then he said happily,
"Since he's willing to surrender, bring him over to meet him!”
"Since he has such sincerity, our army cannot mistreat him.”
"Other than that, is there anything else?"
"It's fine!"
As Cheng Pu spoke, he thought for a moment and said in a low voice,"
"Right, my lord, Mister Baili is still in the camp outside the pass. Now that our army has seized the Si River, how should we settle Mister?”
“嗐!”
Sun Jian slapped his thigh and said,"
"If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten!"
"Quickly send someone to pick up Mister and place him in the residence of the general in Guanzhong. After I'm done with my matters, I'll personally bring the gifts to meet him!”
"Yes!"
Seeing how serious Sun Jian was, Cheng Pu didn't dare to delay and hurriedly arranged for people to bring Baili Ming into the pass.
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