Defeat is like a mountain!

It is very appropriate to use this sentence to describe the Tang army at this time, from the night attack at Yinshi, to the defeat of the army at Maoshi, in order to conquer the fortress of the loyal army, in just one hour, the Tang army has invested nearly 100,000 troops, whether it is Li Ziyuan himself who already feels that he has won the battle, or those Tang army generals on the front line, they all think that as long as they hold on a little longer, as long as they can hold on until the loyal army can not hold on, they will inevitably win.

There is no other way for the loyal army to defeat the enemy, but it is stubborn!

Tenacious and resilient!

They originally thought that under the blow of the gunpowder bag, the loyal army had suffered heavy losses, and the remaining loyal army was not to be afraid, as long as they put in enough soldiers, the crowd would flood them like a flood and swallow them, but in the end, it was the Tang army that was devoured, they were not devoured by people, but by shells and bullets, they were devoured by gunpowder and steel.

In the first hour, the various units of the Tang Army, which were already close to the critical point of collapse, only persisted tenaciously under the drive of the Inspectorate and the heavy reward, but when the clouds of death continued to envelop them, and they could not see a glimmer of hope for victory, in the end they could no longer withstand the multiple blows of mortar shells, shotguns, and fire bullets.

For the tens of thousands of defeated and retreating soldiers, the overseers have lost their effectiveness, they can't stop so many routs, some generals try to let their own soldiers stop the rout, but those pro-soldiers don't even have time to release their guns or swing their swords, they are knocked to the ground by the rout, and even the generals who are eager to flee are stabbed to the ground with bayonets.

"Defeated!"

The news from the front completely disrupted Li Ziyuan's plan, just an hour ago, he was still there fantasizing about his victory, and he still had to talk there, how to let go of Zhu Mingzhong's descendants, it seems that he is the benevolent emperor.

And now, the defeat of the troops on the front line, the reality of tens of thousands of routs fleeing in all directions, has made him suffer an unprecedented blow, he doesn't even know what happened, he doesn't know how the change will be so fast,

Why?

Isn't it Mingming, Mingming, who have already won?

How, how could it be?

Just when Li Ziyuan was frightened and didn't know why, Zhu Yingsheng, who was following him, said loudly.

"King, take advantage of the urgency now, hurry up!"

Seeing that the king did not react, Zhu Yingsheng immediately gave him a look, and then the two guards immediately hugged him, carried him down the city gate, and then carried him on the horse, until he left, Li Ziyuan still looked in a trance.

He still hasn't figured out why he was the one who lost!

He couldn't figure it out, and Zhu Yingsheng couldn't figure it out either, even if it was a few miles away, through the dense fog, he could still hear the frightened shouts coming from the fog, and the cheers of the victors.

The Loyal Army is in pursuit, so flee quickly!

As the remnants of the Tang army fled in all directions, the soldiers who had almost no casualties in the camp of the Loyal Army let out a deafening cheer, and the officers also cheered, while the cavalry had already mounted thousands of horses that had survived the violent explosion of the gunpowder packets, and they rushed out of the camp and began to pursue.

At this time, their pursuit was not so much a pursuit as a drive, in fact, this was also the purpose of sending them, that is, to drive away those defeated Tang troops, and let this rout continue to expand.

For the war, Zhu Mingzhong, who came from hundreds of years later, has his own understanding, and will chase Yu Yong after the poor, this is a basic tactical principle, and in this era, after defeating the enemy, we must invest in the pursuit of the enemy, and will hit the enemy heavily in the pursuit, the ultimate goal is to make the enemy unable to form an orderly retreat, so that the enemy can fundamentally damage the enemy.

For the ancient army, once it was defeated, even if it had a million troops, it would be wiped out in an instant-the allusion of soldiers in the grass and forest is well known to the world.

In addition to the cavalry pursuit, Zhu Mingzhong also invested in his own reserves, and also sent heralds, and after Zhang Jinsheng led the troops to land, he immediately turned to the direction of the Beijing division. When Zhu Mingzhong made these deployments, the soldiers who had experienced more than two hours of fierce fighting would have been exhausted, and after the cheers of victory, they all sat on the ground exhausted, they looked at each other, looked at each other's faces blackened by the smoke of gunpowder, and suddenly grinned, they were glad that they were still alive, compared to them, the officers seemed a little busy at this time. There they continued to perform their duties - arranging for the treatment of the wounded, counting the number of casualties, and, of course, they did not forget to send their men to clean up the battlefield, count prisoners, and remind soldiers to defend themselves against enemy attacks.

Defeat is like a mountain!

When the cavalry pursued to the county seat of Funing, the Tang army in the city had withdrawn to the other side of the Yang River, and when they pursued across the river, the Tang army on the other bank also fled, and when the sky gradually brightened, people could already clearly see this battlefield.

Yesterday, there were hundreds of thousands of people on the battlefield, and this will have changed its appearance, and as far as the eye can see, there are corpses everywhere, and the corpses of those Tang soldiers were not only killed by their own people when they fled by their own people, but also fell to the ground and were trampled to death by their own people, and of course many died under the bayonets and sabers of the pursuing troops.

At this time, almost every officer and soldier of the loyal army despised the Tang army to the extreme, and just yesterday, they had the illusion that they were a group of extremely stubborn enemies, and at this time, in the face of those Tang troops who only cared about running on the snowy fields and scattering birds and beasts for their lives, there was no longer the slightest respect except contempt.

It's just a bunch of cowards!

Almost everyone thought so, and it is no wonder that they despised the Tang army so much, and when the Tang army was defeated, they did not care about their comrades at all, everyone only wanted to run for their lives, so much so that they abandoned everything when they fled. On the battlefield, you can see everywhere that the firearms, intact artillery and shells abandoned by the Tang army are directly abandoned on the position, and in their camp, barrels of gunpowder and truckloads of grain and grass clearly show how hasty the Tang army's retreat was, and even in Li Ziyuan's Chinese army tent, his royal seal was captured. Even the Tang King himself has lost his armor to this point, let alone an ordinary soldier?

Defeated!

Li Ziyuan was completely defeated in this battle!

He didn't just lose this battle, he lost it all!

Zhu Mingzhong, who was on the fort, through the slowly thinning mist, at this time, the sun had come out, and the scenery on the battlefield was undoubted, from the beginning to the end of the battle, in fact, it was only a little more than two hours, and in this short two hours, the Tang army launched more than ten charges before and after, and the battlefield under the sun would be full of craters, almost 300 fathoms ahead, that is, at a distance of 300 meters, just like the surface of the moon, the craters were next to each other, and near the craters, there were corpses everywhere, There are human corpses, and there are horse corpses. In fact, under the rain of mortar shells, not many were killed directly, but more wounded soldiers who fell in a pool of blood, and while they were crying, the next round of shells would take their lives, and then the shells were like raindrops, never stopped.

In two hours, more than 100,000 mortar shells dealt a fatal blow to the Tang army, and even if some people rushed through the artillery fire, what did they face? It was the firecrackers who had long been anxious behind the breastwork, and the lead bullets fired by the firecrackers and field guns once again swept the battlefield.

After the rout of the Tang Army, the tragic situation on the battlefield was far beyond people's expectations, especially after the sun came out, looking at the battlefield in front of him with tens of thousands of blood, even Zhu Mingzhong, who had experienced many bloody battles, was stunned by the tragic situation he saw in front of him. Even after a long time in the killing field, his heart was still touched by the scene on the battlefield.

The reason couldn't be simpler, this was just a one-sided slaughter, it was no longer a battlefield, and it was precisely because of this that he couldn't feel the joy of the victor, although the smell of burning metal in the air and the smell of gunpowder made people feel a little excited, but the corpse in sight made Zhu Mingzhong sigh.

Maybe it was because walking in the snow was very tiring, Zhu Mingzhong felt some sweat on his lips, and he couldn't help licking the sweat on the corners of his lips, the sweat was salty and similar to the taste of blood.

Now, he and his men are sweating, and what about these people? They shed blood!

They...... It's also Han!

"The Han people can't die like this anymore!"

Zhu Mingzhong thought in his heart, the reason why such a victory made him unable to enjoy the joy of victory was because the people who died were all Han people, and in the past few decades, too many Han people have died.

Now there are only more than 10 million men in the world, and the population is only more than 30 million, even if there are a lot of escapees under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but how much can the actual population be?

And today, how many people have died here?

A few footsteps sounded behind him, and he didn't look back thoughtfully.

"King, the results of the battle have been counted."

"Oh, that's fast!"

Zhu Mingzhong glanced at Mei Shilin, he looked quite excited.

"This morning, a total of more than 31,000 enemies were killed, because there were many stumps and broken arms, so the specific number is difficult to rule, 45,617 people were captured, of which 21,845 were wounded......"

No wonder he was so excited, nearly 80,000 enemies were captured in the first battle, this battle was equivalent to breaking Li Ziyuan's backbone and even interrupting his possibility of turning the book, but it was just ...... How many Han people are there in this world?

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the population was 150 million, and now?

With his eyes closed, Zhu Mingzhong listened to those figures, compared to the annihilation of the enemy, the amount of materials captured was very large.

“…… More than 12,000 barrels of gunpowder were seized, but we plan to dispose of them all. For though their gunpowder is made exactly the same as ours, it is a very inferior thing......"

"Let's sell!"

Zhu Mingzhong interrupted him.

"Although the quality of the gunpowder of the Tang Army is poor, it is better than that prepared by the people themselves, and the captured gunpowder can be sold to the people as surplus materials, well, the proceeds from the sale can be used as ......"

Glancing towards the north, Zhu Mingzhong thought for a moment before speaking.

"For the resettlement of migrants."

"King, an hour ago, the troops led by General Zhang have begun to land, and they are now marching towards the Jingshi as planned, but ......"

Mei Shilin paused as he spoke, and then he looked at the king and did not continue.

"But what?"

Zhu Mingzhong frowned, hoping that there would be no things that would affect the outcome of the victory.

"However, there is information from the scouts that Zhao Jiquan and Wang Jiaoquan have led their troops to return to the division in the direction of Beijing, and it seems that they should have received the news here. At the moment they are on their way, and they will arrive in Jingshi tomorrow at the latest. ”

Meslin continued.

"Moreover, there are tens of thousands of Tang troops in the Jing Division, if they are combined in one place, plus their troops stationed elsewhere. It is expected that Li Ziyuan can mobilize an army of 10 to 150,000 troops. The minister thought that General Zhang should be transferred to lead the troops to intercept the troops led by Zhao and Wang, and then use the Beijing division to prevent them from joining forces. ”

Mei Shilin, who graduated from the lecture martial arts hall, was undoubtedly qualified as a staff officer, and the situation obtained from all aspects made him clearly see that this time did not break Li Ziyuan's backbone.

"Oh, got it."

Zhu Mingzhong just responded lightly, and did not reveal his inner thoughts. He knows that Li Ziyuan still has the capital to make a comeback, but the premise is that he still has a chance to make a comeback.

"Now, the most important thing is to take down the Jingshi!"

After taking the Jingshi, you can ascend the throne, and when the time comes, what kind of era name will the ministers of the court give?

Thinking of this, Zhu Mingzhong just said very calmly.

"You say, if there is a chance, Zhao Jiquan and Wang Jiaoquan will still be willing to work for Li Ziyuan?"

"The king? You mean surrender? Aren't we not surrendering? ”

Mei Shilin couldn't help but be a little puzzled, not to surrender is the principle of the loyal army, of course, taking the initiative to surrender is another way, the so-called surrender is to use high-ranking officials to recruit the other party. If it weren't for this reason, I'm afraid that the Loyal and Righteous Army would have already taken over the world, and they wouldn't have waited until now, almost letting Li Ziyuan, the traitor, pick peaches.

Zhu Mingzhong didn't explain, he just looked at this battlefield full of corpses, with a solemn expression.

"Major, what do you think this is?"

"Huh?"

Mei Shilin looked at the battlefield puzzled, this is just a battlefield? Is there any difference?

"Is it a victory for the soldiers? Is it the glory of the warrior? Is it the foundation of the empire? ”

Shaking his head, Zhu Mingzhong said in an extremely calm tone.

"No, this is the tears of tens of thousands of families, it is the vitality of the Han people who have been hurt again, and everyone has given their lives because of Li Ziyuan's selfishness, they ...... I was also a soldier of my Ming Dynasty, and I also contributed to the Ming Dynasty! ”

As the victor, Zhu Mingzhong also showed his benevolence.

"That Li thief ......"

Without waiting for Mei Shilin to finish speaking, when Zhu Mingzhong was still silent, Qian Lei on the side immediately took the initiative to speak.

"Your Majesty, the law of the land shall deal with such thieves. The first evil will be punished! Its usurper usurped the throne, punished its nine clans, and the woman entered the sect as a prostitute! ”

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