After the military salute, Jiang Jianxun did not get up, but his eyes were full of tears, and after a long time, he said softly: "Thank you Lord Shangshu for the reinforcements, only more than 60,000 soldiers...... Today, that's all that's left. After saying this, a man who came from the sorrow burst into tears.

The more than 2,000 men who came back together could no longer hold back the heart-wrenching tears of losing their comrades, and many of them cried until they almost fainted. On the battlefield, they had no tears, their blood was cold, but when they returned to life, they all picked up their emotions again, and how familiar they once were, they could never see them again, and the nostalgia turned into tears.

They used to fight together and could give their lives for each other without any consideration; After their victory, they sang together, and the heroic military song accompanied by laughter once resounded throughout the Shenlie Mountain, and spread in Nanjing City and all the Ming people after the tea and dinner. Once they had enough to be proud of, now they have even more reasons to grieve.

Hong Chengchou was busy arranging the formation to meet the enemy, and the military medical officers began to bandage the wounded, and among the five armies of the imperial camp alone, the number of military medical officers had reached nearly 1,000, most of whom were the contributions of the medical school built by Master Hongzhi. Du Yinxi personally bandaged Gao Bizheng's wounds, Gao Bizheng was still silent, only Du Yinxi was talking alone, and there were comforts and discussions in his words.

"After Lao Gao and General Jiang bandaged, can you lead these brothers to rest under the tent?" Jiang Jianxun glanced at Gao Bizheng in a daze, and wanted to answer, but a few soldiers next to him rushed to say: "Lord Shangshu, I was just too tired just now, and now I have rested, we are all fine, my lord, let's join the war, let's kill a few more Tartars!" Avenge the brethren. ”

The emotions were contagious again, and some of the soldiers who were still physically active all came over, and the emotions were so excited that they asked Gu Yinxi to send them into battle. Du Yinxi was very moved, and Ping stretched out his hands to comfort everyone and said: "Brothers, Da Ming needs a strong man like you, but there is an order from the saint to tell someone to take you back to his old man's house." The Holy One said that he would personally meet you true men who fought in Yucheng, and the Holy One would drink with you. Therefore, Du Mou can't send you to the war, you are all carrying out the orders of the saint now, and you are all recuperating from your injuries with peace of mind, so that you can get drunk with the saint when the time comes, isn't it! ”

In order to appease everyone, Du Yinxi brought out Zhu Si's words, and everyone couldn't refute it. Gao Bizheng, whose eyes had been glazed, finally spoke, and he said with a wry smile: "Lao Du, if the brothers can't get this wine to drink, we don't dare to ask the emperor, but we will sue you for a false holy decree." After speaking, Jiang Jianxun and Du Yinxi both laughed, and Du Yinxi said: "Who in the world doesn't know the relationship between your boss Gao and the saint?" Can the Holy Lord move out the Ming No. 1 Heavy Army Group to save you, and will he care about the money for inviting your brothers to drink? Don't believe it, these words are definitely said by the Holy One. ”

Gao Bizheng said to the brothers again: "Listen well, the Holy One is reluctant to let us die, although we have lost a lot in this battle, but we are not poor people, we still have a family and a country!" Because of the desperate battle we just had, the Tartars were not able to trample on our corpses and trample on the homes behind us. So, let's all take care of our injuries, no one is allowed to die, we will protect Long Live Lord in the future, that is our brother, and we must protect Daming, that is our homeland! Of course, I have to take revenge, for the 59,000 brothers who died in the battle in Yucheng! The wounded soldiers were finally relieved, and they also shouted with Gao Bizheng: "Yes! Long live protection! Defend the Ming! Avenge the brethren! ”

Dolgon looked at the sun that was about to set, and knew that he could no longer give the order to attack, so he said to the belles: "It's not too early, send a force of men and horses to block the Ming army's attempt to enter Yucheng, and send another force to block their retreat to Xuzhou. ”

The belles went separately to prepare, and Fan Wencheng said to Dolgon: "Does the regent think of something when he sees the current formation of the Ming army? Dolgon thought for a moment and said, "Yes, they have lined up the chariots of the generals around the camp, first stabilized the perimeter, and now they have begun to build a camp again, and they have discharged such a large battle on the plain, this is to have another battle with us in Songjin!" Thinking that his Ming army has already withered now, he can put on such a large military formation in front of the Lone King, I'm afraid it must be Hong Chengchou, right? ”

Fan Wencheng praised Dolgon's eyesight again and again, and said: "Don't look at the Ming army with the banner of their military department Shangshu blocking Yinxi, the minister is also the same as the regent thinks, in this Ming army, there must be the shadow of Hong Laogou's traitor." ”

Speaking of these chariots of the five armies of the imperial camp, they can not only be used to fight, but also can be used to load practical camp facilities, military rations, and equipment for the army. Therefore, this Ming army was not afraid of being beaten passively because the marching speed was not as fast as the enemy's cavalry. Even if the enemy cuts off the food route, it can still continue to fight for a long time.

That night, Dolgon also sent 40,000 cavalry to attack Xiayi and Yongcheng, the two county towns under the jurisdiction of Guide Prefecture, which were located between Kaifeng and Suzhou, which were in the middle of Fengyang and Xuzhou, one south and one north. Whether starting from Xuzhou or Fengyang, if you want to go to Kaifeng, you have to take the road from Suzhou to Kaifeng, otherwise there is only a detour...... A long, long detour.

And Xiayi and Yongcheng, the two county towns that were previously recovered by Gao Bizheng, have now been taken over by Wang Yuncai and Wang Jincai respectively. The Qing army's 40,000 cavalry attacking these two counties, led by Prince Doro's Manhai, immediately set out on the road after receiving orders, and the first target he chose was Xiayi, which was closer to Yucheng. And it seems that there are still a lot of pedestrians on this road, including the main force of another Ming army led by Zhu Si himself, 260,000 people, this main force includes 80,000 cavalry of the imperial camp, 10,000 school training guards, 20,000 stone pillar troops of the imperial camp and 150,000 people of the northern army of the imperial camp.

What does Zhu Si want to do, people only need to look at the quality of these two main armies to know that the lineup of the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties is the absolute main force of their own side, and it is expected that such a big battle will be as fierce as a comet hitting the earth.

"Call the scouts." Zhu Si rode his variegated flower horse and said to Zhang Fulu beside him, Zhang Fulu immediately hit the horse and went to deliver the decree, and soon, a team of scouts came to Zhu Si. "Hooray, the scouts are here." Zhang Fulu replied. Zhu Si asked the scout, "Where is the army now?" How far is it from the location of the Five Armies of the Imperial Camp? The scout replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the army is only a few dozen miles away from Henan, and it has traveled nearly half of the way. ”

(End of chapter)