Win!

On the way back from the horse team, cheering figures could be seen everywhere, in addition to the happy faces of the soldiers of the Nanzhong Army, the most excited were the more than 3,000 people who were rescued from the Zhengbai Flag Bull Record that day. They were truly safe, and they wouldn't worry about being taken by another group of thieves and slaves.

More than a dozen villages in the entire Hexi town were completely crazy, and the two or three days of continuous fighting made them extremely afraid, lest they would be slaughtered by those brutal Tartars as the object of revenge after the defeat of the official army.

More than 1,000 civilians carried torches on the battlefield during the day, sorting and packing up all kinds of abandoned materials and booty.

Each team of 100 men was a team, and each team either took away the horses, or carried away their own wounded and dead in battle, or cut off the dying Tartar wounded soldiers, ending their lives. The entire battlefield was recovered from the very edge inward like a perfect machine, and groups of war horses, mules, horses, swords, guns, armor, tents, heads, and belongings were sent into the camp in wisps.

The whole camp became brightly lit, and the air was filled with a festive and enthusiastic atmosphere, and thousands of horse lanterns illuminated the camp as if it were day.

"My lord, the casualties of our army have been counted."

After Wang Bao arranged the defense of the camp and arranged the camp post on duty, he reported the losses and results of the two battles to Shouhan.

"Killed, one hundred and twenty-seven. 233 were seriously injured and 565 were lightly injured. Among the seriously injured, about 200 people can be rescued without fear of life, but more than 30 of them may be disabled. Incapacity to work. The rest are okay for the time being. Also, we have two dozen people missing. It is suspected that he was captured by the Tartars during the fight and then plundered. ”

After the two battles, the casualties were nearly 1,000!

Shouhan's heart couldn't help but sudden.

This is only a battle with Jiannu's partial division, and his side also makes full use of the enemy's ignorance of himself and the mentality of underestimating the enemy, relying on favorable position fortifications, which once he fights with Jiannu head-on, he is afraid that the losses will be more. Although Jiannu could not afford the loss of the core troops, the casualties on both sides were bound to be extremely heavy.

"Our army lost sixty-seven horses. Twenty-two horses are missing. The main serious injuries and casualties occurred in the onslaught of the cavalry. Either died on the spot or seriously injured. ”

However, the results sound even more striking.

"From the captured banners, armor, swords, guns, weapons, and captured Tartar soldiers. This generation is a Jiala for Jiannu with a red flag in Manchuria and a Jiala with a red flag in Mongolia. There are about more than 2,000 soldiers in Qiding, and there are about multiple of Yu Ding, Baoyi, Aha and so on. There are about 6,000 people, all of whom have been lost here! The horse team killed one of the Red Banner Mongolian Jialazhangjing, and the Red Banner Manchurian Jialazhangjing led dozens of horsemen to escape. ”

"According to the garrison officers and soldiers here, since the change of Chongzhen in the second year. I have never heard of the official army being able to destroy so many Jiannu in a war! ”

The garrison of Hexi Wu led more than 30 Jiading out of the city, slaughtered a small number of stragglers, Yu Ding, wounded soldiers and other figures in Jiannu, cut off more than a dozen heads, and captured a few flags and three or five sets of armor, which can be regarded as a great harvest. However, soon the small unit of the Ming army was discovered by the troops pursued by the Southern Chinese Army, and there was no need to say anything, so they disarmed first and circled aside for questioning. I also learned a lot from it.

"Bao, Senior Sixth, what do you think of our two battles?"

In the big tent, Shouhan and Wang Bao, Gao Liu and others followed the old habits of the Nanzhong Army, and every time after a war, they would sum up the lessons and lessons of the war. If necessary, there is even a reenactment of the battlefield scene, and the terminology of Go has been moved here, and this reenactment of the battlefield is called a replay.

For this kind of thing, there is a common understanding from top to bottom of the South Chinese Army, "If you don't talk about your military achievements, you can't run, and you can't talk about it!" ”

"Lord, today's battle is carried out by our army relying on the preset position of the river, so we can lure the enemy into the fortifications and fight with pikemen and sword and shield soldiers.

"From the eyes of his subordinates, the way to deal with the enemy's field battle should be a combination of artillery, firecrackers, and cavalry."

Gao Liu said while thinking.

"Artillery bombardment, fire fire, and then cavalry charge?"

"It's still the lord's command, in a word, the subordinates just want to do this!"

Shouhan couldn't help but laugh dumbly, where is this what I think, this is clearly me standing on the shoulders of giants again, although there is a giant who is shorter than me!

The Mongols, who rose and fought on the banks of the River, took almost the entire Eurasian continent and almost became a great empire across the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa in the real sense. However, if you dig deeper, the traditional tactics of the Mongol army are diffuse, chiseling, and mangu, and there is no other way, and the field battle is victorious, from the banks of the Trouble River to the Danube, from Lake Baikal to the Dead Sea. Countless illustrious armies such as the Western Xia Iron Harrier, the Iron Float, the Holy War Knights, the Heavy Armored Knights, and the Maluluk were sent to hell and became a historical term.

And the giant in the heart of the Han Dynasty, Chengzu Zhu Di, even more relied on the tactics of "the fire gun is in front, the horse queue is behind, first with the gun to frustrate its front, and then with the horse team to impact", the Mongolian iron cavalry under the command of Arutai and others was beaten all over the ground looking for teeth and holding their heads, if it were not for the luck of the lame man who died on the way to the east, I am afraid that the sons of the Timurid Empire will also taste this taste, and the Hanzhong region has been since ancient times.

However, Zhu Di's tactics were later thoroughly understood by the short man Napoleon, who also bombarded the cavalry with cannons, and the cavalry charged with muskets and bombarded himself with the emperor's throne.

"My lord, it's just that there are two points at the moment."

Wang Bao is no longer the hairy young man he was when he first met Shouhan, and he has been fighting for more than ten years. It also made him a lot calmer. The position and height of the problem have also changed, but the eyes are still sharp.

"First, our army's war horses rely on transportation from Nanzhong, and the consumption of transportation capacity is too large. If you want to start a cavalry duel with Jiannu in the thousand-mile plain of the interior, you will inevitably consume a large number of war horses. The provenance and quantity and quality of the horses are a critical factor. ”

"Second, among the various arms of our army at present, the proportion of firecrackers is the largest, although it is extremely simple to train, and it is relatively easy to form an army, but when the firecrackers fight, they must be guarded by pikemen and sword and shield soldiers on both wings. Otherwise, once the opponent rushes to the front regardless of casualties. Their guns don't have the ability to fight with white blades, and the firearms can only be killed. ”

"It's easy to be tight! When we got back, we went to the craftsmen to study it and put a spear head on the mouth of the firecracker! When the firebolt cannot be fired. Can be used as a short spear. ”

"One more thing. It is necessary to ask the Lord to publicize it. According to the confession of the captive. More than 50 miles to the south, this generation hoarded a lot of looted goods, grain, rice, people, mules, horses, etc., with a population of about 20,000 people. mules, horses, cows, donkeys, etc., ......"

"Load the spare vehicles in the camp with the soldiers of the infantry battalion, and let the cavalry who have not participated in the battle in the horse team and scouts take the lead, and go and snatch these things back for us!"

The windfall in front of him was let go in vain, so how could he be worthy of the soldiers in the bloody war? It was all exchanged for flesh and blood by the soldiers.

Press the Shouhan to rest in the Hexi area, and count the results without mentioning it. However, the calm was temporary, and it was not long before the attention of both camps of the Ming and Qing dynasties was drawn to the location of what is known as the first town of Gyeonggi, a small town located on the edge of the canal.

Although the outside of the city was trampled by the iron hooves of Jiannu, countless villages and fields were burned in the war, and hundreds of thousands of people were taken captive and killed. But the adults and gentlemen in Beijing have been accustomed to this kind of life under the city, what are they afraid of, the walls of Beijing are thick, and the Jiannu do not have the weapons to attack the city, so it is a big deal to loot in Gyeonggi. In their mansions, the banquet is still open, and the singing and dancing are still on. However, in order to prevent being listened to by those who beat the incident in Dongchang, musical instruments are not used when singing and dancing, according to the literati, the so-called silk is not as good as bamboo and bamboo. Instead of gongs and drums, the courtesans were allowed to gently light their eyes with rosewood or ivory clappers, and sing in a low voice, while the hosts and guests stopped with their glasses in their hands, their toes lightly lit on the ground, and listened attentively, almost stopping to breathe, and occasionally raising their glasses to discuss some current affairs. But it's often vague and empty talk.

The streets are crowded with refugees fleeing from Tongzhou and other places, and in the hot summer, the living conditions and sanitary conditions of the refugees are naturally not effectively guaranteed, and countless people take shelter under the eaves on both sides of the streets, because there is no clean drinking water and food, and the epidemic has begun to spread quietly. Every day, the Five Cities Terracotta Division will collect more than 100 dead bodies in the city, and then more than 100 corpses will be found the next day.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen, dropped the red pen in his hand with some irritability, and wiped his face with the hot hand towel sent by the little eunuch, and the warm hand towel made him feel comfortable from the bottom of his heart. However, in the eyes of the little eunuch on the side, the emperor's face was extremely bad.

The originally fair-skinned cheeks looked pale and haggard under the palace lamp, and there were already a few deep crow's feet at the corners of the eyes, and the eye sockets were also a little dark.

"Alas! The emperor hadn't slept well for a few days, and he hadn't summoned concubines to sleep for nearly a month. ”

"Is there a new military intelligence report?" Chongzhen's words startled the little eunuch, and he hurriedly replied, "Back to the emperor, the documents sent by the cabinet and the celebrant are all here. The emperor should have finished reading it. ”

"The slave king Chengen asks to see the emperor."

"Come in!" For the eunuchs who came out of the palace, he still trusted, "What is the new military situation outside?!" ”

"Back to the emperor, Gao Qiqian Gonggong transferred the victory document of the general soldiers of Jizhen, Jizhen recently broke the Dongnu, and the commander of Wang Desheng and others bravely killed the enemy, and won a lot, killed more than 1,000 Dongnu people, and won more than 30 heads, including several Dongnu white armor soldiers."

After being silent for a while, Zhu Youzhen was aimlessly fiddling with a few pieces of literature on the table, he was very suspicious that this was another piece of false news made by the generals with the troops, and even turned defeat into victory. Such things are nothing new since he ascended the throne.

Wang Chengen has been by Chongzhen's side for many years, but Chongzhen does not speak. From the subtle movements of the muscles at the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, and even from his breathing rate, he would guess what Zhu Youzhen was thinking at the moment.

"Emperor, this matter has been inspected by Gao Qiqian's father-in-law, and Dongnu's first-class banner armor and weapons have been sent with it. It should be true. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Chongzhen's heart was very comfortable, "Pass the decree, let Gao Qiqian quickly send these Dongnu first-level clothes and armor and other things into the city." Let the Ministry of War and the Cabinet discuss how to reward meritorious soldiers! ”

"What else?"

"I received a report from Tang, saying that Governor Hong escorted the thief Gao Yingxiang into Beijing to offer prisoners, and his men and horses have passed the Xuanfu and will arrive in Beijing soon."

Gao Yingxiang was recently captured by Hong Chengchou in Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi. This was a huge blow to the peasant army that was wandering around. However, for the Ming court, it is absolutely good news.

"Good!"

Chongzhen's mood was a little better.

"Also, according to the rumors that the fans of the incident have heard in the market right now. There is a team to go to Beijing to pay tribute or the king of Qin. On the edge of the canal, it was surrounded by tens of thousands of Dongnu brigades. Days of bloody fighting. Some say that all of them were killed in battle, and the tribute was plundered. It is also said that this army and horses wiped out tens of thousands of Jiannu. ”

"Alas!"

Chongzhen let out a long sigh gloomily. He didn't believe in this kind of rumor from the bottom of his heart, but in the current situation, facing the brutal Dongnu, he hoped that this rumor was true, even if it was true. He needed a victory over Donnu too much in front of him.

"Message! Ordered Cao Huachun, the eunuch of Dongchang, and Jin Yiwei to command Luo Yangxing, and quickly track down the source of the rumors here! Ling Gao dive, supervised all the troops and soldiers, and sent capable personnel to search for me up and down the canal! Be sure to find out the cause of this incident! ”

"Emperor, right now, one of the three major battalions happens to be outside the Chaoyang Gate, so they can search for one or two along the canal. Do not listen to the soldiers and horses of the towns. ”

Wang Chengen quietly released a cold arrow to Gao Qiqian.

The head of the city of Xiongzhou has fluttered the banner of the Qing army, and along the periphery of the city, it is also covered with dense tents of the Qing army, and the people and horses who are robbing everywhere have successively sent the looted goods and people into the camp of the Qing army.

Pure white and black dragon flag. The white inlaid red flag, the pure red and yellow dragon flag, the red inlaid white flag seem to be invisible at a glance The Qing military camp tent, all kinds of flags are densely packed, fluttering in the evening breeze in this summer. In the camp that stretches for dozens of miles, it is the white flag, the white flag, the red flag, and the red flag that the Qing army entered and plundered.

In front of the Zhizhou Yamen in Xiongzhou, there are several huge woven gold dragon threads, from the banner to the yamen along the Yonglu standing guard, are the elite white armor soldiers in each banner.

Outside the yamen, there were dozens of heads dripping blood from the bottom of the yamen, which were the remnants of the red-flag-inlaid armor who had fled the day before yesterday.

In the yamen, in the hall where Zhizhou used to try cases and handle official affairs, flesh and blood were flying.

Several white-armored soldiers swung their long whips at the two officers kneeling in the lobby.

"Hit! Hit hard! ”

The muscles on his face twisted into a ball, and his face looked more and more hideous.

On the ground, the people who were whipped by the white-armored soldiers were none other than the white-flaged Niu Lu Zhangjing and the Red Flag Armor Lazhang Jing Tolun a few days ago.

"Lao Tzu's six Niu Lu, you were defeated by one in one day, such a defeat, and a few more, Lao Tzu has no confidence to speak in front of this group of hairy boys!"

While drinking and ordering the white-armored soldiers to fight hard, Abatai squinted at his twelfth brother Azig, who was about the same age as his son.

Because of his humble birth mother, Abatai has never had any status in front of Nurhachi and his brothers, and his subordinate only has the pitiful six Niu Lu, and his status is much worse than that of Dolgon, Azig, Duoduo, Yue Tuo, Haoge and other brothers and nephews in the "I Daqing" based on strength. Slowly, he participated in the council of the kings, and even Huangtai Ji ascended the throne as the emperor, and when the kings and brothers were sealed, Dolgon, Duoduo, Haoge, Yue and others were all promoted to princes, and even Azig was also named the king of the county, and only Abatai was still Baylor. Just add Raoyu's name in front of Baylor. to show the difference. Compared to the prince, the title is two levels lower.

"Forget it if you lose the battle! Dare to lie about the military situation! It is said that he was first defeated by the Nanban relying on the camp, and then he was defeated by them in the field, a bold dog minion! Dare to say that he was defeated by the Nikan Horse team! The whole army of the department is in ink. Dare to make up such a lie! What else is there to dare not do?! Do you still have a master in your eyes, and do you still have military law?! ”

There are close relatives from afar, although Niu Lu Zhangjing lost the battle, but after all, he was his own minion, and he was still defeated by Nanban with firearms, which can be regarded as excusable. This Tolunjia Lazhangjing actually said that he was defeated by the Nanban with swords, guns, and cavalry?! Is it tolerable or unbearable!

"Master! Even if the minions have the audacity, they don't dare to deceive their masters with such things! It was really because of the ambush of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of King Qin of the Ming Kingdom, there were about more than 10,000 people in the department, all of whom were elite families, and everyone was wearing armor! ”

Lord Toruń endured the pain to the bone, defending himself and Niu Lu Zhangjing, who was under the white flag.

That Niu Lu Zhangjing is not stupid, he naturally knows what Lord Torun means, if he wants to save his life, he must say so.

Someone dragged a corpse outside, it was a cavalryman of the South Central Army.

Holding back the pain, Tolun Jara stood up and explained to several masters, trying his best to justify his defeat as an irresistible factor.

"Master, please see. This is the cavalry of the Ming army killed by the minions, and its war horses, swords and guns are also outside, the horses are tall and strong, and they are extremely finely fed. This generation is all equipped with Nanban armor, and when they fight, they are indomitable and quite daring to fight! ”

Several Mongol soldiers rushed forward and took off the armor from the corpse and handed it to their banner owner, such armor is now a symbol of strength and status among the Jiannu.

As the armor was stripped off, the clothes on the cavalry were revealed, which couldn't help but make everyone dumbfounded. (To be continued......)