The battle lasted for 40 minutes. In the end, only a dozen or so animals escaped when they saw that the situation was not right. The rest were all lying in the courtyard, not breathing. It looked like the people had won, but more than half of them had died. Du Yue and He Xing did not rush out of the room until they saw Captain Zuo leading a group of people out.
The yard was in a mess. The snow that was originally white had been dyed dark red by the blood of animals. On the empty night, it was particularly glaring. Zuo Mingdong ordered his men to clean up the bodies. He walked to He Xing and Du Yue and nodded slightly to them. "Thank you for your help just now. Thank you." If it were not for He Xing and Du Yue's help, the number of casualties would have been even higher.
