In the end, Ye Kongchan retreated from the front camp, but his back was already covered in blood. He was seriously injured. When Ye Kongchan was escaping, there was a gunpowder explosion not far away. Although Ye Kongchan was some distance away, the heat wave of the explosion still hit his back, causing a large wound.
Even so, Ye Kongchan endured the pain in his body and quickly retreated.
Ye Kongchan ran for a distance, stole a horse, and continued on his way. At this time, there was still some distance to the rear camp. During this time, many soldiers could gather and retreat.
Ye Kongchan shouted: "Retreat, retreat at full speed."
In this battle, none of the soldiers led by Xue Rengui were killed, but the soldiers under his command suffered heavy losses, especially those who trampled and killed each other. The most important thing was that this series of explosions had stunned everyone.
The morale in the hearts of the soldiers was completely destroyed. Everyone in the Qiuci Kingdom knew of Du Qi's existence and knew of Du Qi's tyrannical strength. Many soldiers did not have confidence in their hearts. But because they were defending, they were not worried.
They were not afraid.
They never thought that even though they were defending, they would still suffer such heavy losses.
A group of people retreated like a swarm of bees, all following Ye Kongchan. At this time, Ye Kongchan did not have time to count the losses. What he could do now was to do all he could and retreat with all his strength.
First, get rid of the pursuers, then consider the matter of counting the losses. But Ye Kongchan made up his mind that after returning to the Qiuci City, he would not make an enemy of Du Qi's army.
That would be a suicide mission.
The troops quickly ran to the rear camp. In a short time, they had already reached the rear camp. As soon as the group of people rushed out of the camp, there was the sound of arrows piercing through the air.
Then, a dense rain of arrows fell, "puchi puchi puchi" into the bodies of the soldiers who rushed out. After a round of arrow rain, the soldiers who rushed out were killed or injured, the losses were great.
Ye Kongchan rushed out and saw the cavalry outside. At this time, there were already torches burning, dispelling the surrounding darkness. On the warhorses, there were cavalry soldiers carrying shining swords.
It was frightening.
Even though the rain of arrows had stopped, the cavalry was still a nightmare to the soldiers of the Qizi Kingdom.
"I surrender!"
Suddenly, some of the soldiers in the crowd shouted out their surrender and knelt on the ground.
"I surrender. Don't kill me."
"I'm willing to surrender."
Shouts and cheers rang out one after another. One by one, the Qiuci soldiers who rushed out of the camp gave up resisting. The explosion of gunpowder had destroyed everyone's fighting spirit. Now that they saw Du Qi's army, they all surrendered.
No one dared to fight.
Ye Kongchan saw this scene, but he couldn't care so much. He couldn't raise the morale of the troops at the moment. He only hoped that he could escape. As long as he escaped, he would still have a chance.
Ye Kongchan was riding a horse, and there were more than ten bodyguards following him on horseback to ensure Ye Kongchan's safety. There were also a few other generals. Although there were not many of them, it was very easy to find Ye Kongchan when many people were constantly falling down and surrendering.
Ma Yuan saw Ye Kongchan outside the camp earlier.
He knew Ye Kongchan's appearance.
Now that he saw Ye Kongchan fleeing on horseback, Ma Yuan raised the hammer in his hand and met him head-on, directly cutting off Ye Kongchan's escape route. Ma Yuan shouted as he ran, "Ye Kongchan, where do you think you're going?"
Ye Kongchan also saw Ma Yuan coming for him. His face was full of pain, but his eyes were still resolute. Ye Kongchan waved his hand, and two of his bodyguards stepped forward to stop Ma Yuan.
Both sides were riding on horseback, so in the blink of an eye, Ma Yuan and the two bodyguards met.
"You're courting death!"
Ma Yuan swung the hammer in his hand. The huge hammer hung in the air, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of the bodyguard. The moment the hammer and the saber collided, the saber was knocked away, and the hammer fell on the bodyguard's chest.
The bodyguard was sent flying by the hammer.
His body fell to the ground, and he vomited blood and died.
Ma Yuan swung the hammer a second time, and the hammer swept across, directly knocking away the saber of the other bodyguard. The bodyguard was also killed by the hammer. At this moment, Ma Yuan was like a demon god. He looked young, but he was incomparably violent, and he easily killed the two bodyguards.
Ma Yuan did not stop, and rushed straight to Ye Kongchan. Even Ye Kongchan was shocked.
Too terrifying!
Ye Kongchan served as a military officer in the Qiuci Kingdom, and there were many fierce generals in the army, but he had never seen someone as fierce as Ma Yuan. Every move and every style was firm and fierce, and completely unreasonable. He swung the hammer violently and domineeringly, and smashed people to death.
Ye Kongchan once again ordered his bodyguards to go forward and delay, but with the previous example of the two bodyguards, no one dared to go forward. Some bodyguards even directly abandoned Ye Kongchan and fled.
Ye Kongchan was left alone to face Ma Yuan. Seeing Ma Yuan getting closer and closer, Ye Kongchan had no way to escape. Although he was armed with weapons, his martial arts were not enough in front of Ma Yuan. So when Ma Yuan swung the hammer, Ye Kongchan did not dare to delay, and hurriedly shouted, "I surrender!"
Ma Yuan's iron hammer continued to descend.
This scene made Ye Kongchan's heart tremble. In despair, he simply closed his eyes and waited for death.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the hammer fell on the warhorse.
Immediately the warhorse fell to the ground dead, and Ye Kongchan also fell to the ground. At this moment, although Ye Kongchan fell and felt uncomfortable, at least he was still alive. Just as he was about to stand up, he heard Ma Yuan order, "Come, take Ye Kongchan."
Two soldiers came forward, dismounted, and quickly took Ye Kongchan.
Ma Yuan held the hammer and looked around at the surrendered soldiers. At this moment, more and more people were surrendering. But there were also some who wanted to escape. Ma Yuan looked at the fleeing soldiers, and his thoughts turned. He simply ordered the soldiers to stop chasing, and only stayed to detain the surrendered captives.
But he did not chase after them.
Because there was no need.
This battle was already a complete victory for them.
About half an hour later, when Ma Yuan was detaining the captives and cleaning up the battlefield, Xue Rengui had already led the army to kill. He saw the detained Ye Kongchan, and a smile appeared on his face.
Capturing Ye Kongchan meant that this battle was won.
Ma Yuan walked up and said, "Old Xue, I didn't chase after the fleeing Qiuci soldiers. Anyway, Ye Kongchan has already been captured. If we let these escaped soldiers go back and spread the news, then the Qiuci Kingdom will be defeated in one battle. "
Xue Rengui said, "Yes!"
He immediately arranged for the soldiers to count the losses.
In this battle, not a single one of the ten thousand soldiers led by Xue Rengui died in battle. Only sixty or so were injured, and these were only injuries sustained during the pursuit.
On the other hand, they killed more than eight thousand people.
Of course, among these eight thousand people, some were caused by the explosion of gunpowder, some by Ma Yuan's soldiers, and a large number were caused by the Qiuci soldiers trampling on each other as they retreated from the front camp.
There were also more than seventeen thousand captives from the Qiuci Kingdom.
There were also many who escaped.
Xue Rengui led the army to set up camp and rest in the camp. After all, the tents were there, and the food was there. Everything was ready and could be used directly.
The army rested for the night. Early the next morning, Xue Rengui led the army and set out for Qiuci City. At this time of departure, Xue Rengui left a thousand men to guard the captives, and led the remaining nine thousand elites directly to Qiuci City.
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