Xiao Ruxun left the tent and soon rushed to the front line, for the current battle situation, Xiao Ruxun already had full confidence to kill Pullik and clean up all the northern captives in Shanxi, but even so, his doubts were still not perfectly answered.

He always had the feeling that he was being led by the nose, and it was very strange that the person who was holding his nose didn't seem to have any ill will towards him, but was very sensible and sent Rick to his death.

The speed of his own pursuit of troops and the speed of Pullik seemed to maintain some strange balance, a gap of one night.

In this way, the sentry cavalry can always catch up with the troops of Tulik, so that they will not be lost, and after they arrived in Hot Spring Town, they actually stayed for a night for some reason, and this night let Xiao Ruxun lead the army to catch up, and easily surrounded the narrow place of Hot Spring Town.

At first, there was only surprise in his heart, but after gradually calming down, Xiao Ruxun realized how strange it was for Beiyu to stay in Hot Spring Town, where the terrain was rugged, mountainous and river-like, and most of the roads were very narrow and difficult to walk, which was definitely not a good place for cavalry.

The fact that this northern captives are going further and further south makes Xiao Ruxun puzzled, and it is even stranger to choose a hot spring town to stay overnight now.

Could it be that there are other ideas that the Beiyu can't afford?

With such worries, Xiao Ruxun sent people to seek the enemy in all directions, but the sentinels who came back said that they did not see any trace of the northern captives, and the ground did not look like a large number of horses galloping, so it could be concluded that all the remaining troops of the northern captives were trapped in Hot Spring Town.

This is not a suitable place for cavalry to fight at all, and according to the battlefield chosen by the northern captives before, they should not be so stupid as this, so what is the reason?

This feeling of being controlled by others made Xiao Ruxun very uncomfortable, so he first calmed down his mood with the two general soldiers, let the power nourish his heart, and then used a peaceful attitude to face the battle in front of him, so as to ensure that he would not make mistakes.

At present, they have an absolute advantage, the hot spring town is surrounded by regiments, the artillery is all ready, and even better is that these northern captives are ready to break through, but they always have to eat before breaking through, they have to make a fire, and it is easy for the Ming army to find the target for attack.

So just when the sky was about to darken, Xiao Ruxun arrived at the front line.

You can't really let them eat their stomachs and fight to the death again, in that case, their combat effectiveness will rise a lot, and their morale must fall to the bottom, and then let the army go to hand-to-hand combat, exchanging the smallest price for the greatest victory, this is Xiao Ruxun's consistent principle of using troops.

If you can't solve the problem with firearms, then think of other ways, as for hand-to-hand combat, that is the last resort.

It is not easy to train elite soldiers, and Xiao Ruxun is not very willing to let himself pay too much sacrifice with the well-trained, well-equipped and loyal 3,000 elite soldiers.

Each of them is an elite fed by Xiao Ruxun with silver, and hundreds of thousands of dollars are thrown into it.

The financial expenditure of the imperial court only accounted for about one-twentieth of the military expenditure of the entire Burmese town, and basically Xiao Ruxun paid for the construction of the army out of his own pocket, and the soldiers took his salary, ate his food, and wore his clothes.

Of course, he only obeys his orders.

This is the elite army that is forbidden by order, and the effort and energy required to train such an army cannot be summed up in one or two sentences.

It is no exaggeration to say that such an army of 30,000 troops, in a state of complete logistics, is enough to sweep the entire Jiangnan, and there is no army in the entire Jiangnan that can compete with Xiao Ruxun's Zhennan army.

In the north, only the generals in the nine-sided army have the confidence to fight with the Zhennan army, such as Li Rusong's elite 7,000 Jiading, those 7,000 talents are comparable to the combat effectiveness of the Zhennan army.

Of course, if those 7,000 people belonged to the Zhennan Army, the Zhennan Army would be able to run rampant in the entire Ming Dynasty and even in the northern grasslands.

It is impossible for Xiao Ruxun to let such an army follow him around to fight and pay huge casualties, but in order to exercise their courage and experience against cavalry, Xiao Ruxun is still willing to let them go out to fight.

The soldiers of the Zhennan Army who survived this battle will become the most combat-effective in the army, and all of them can become grassroots officers in the Zhennan Army, popularizing the common sense of fighting against cavalry in other armies.

Although he had such a belief, the loss of 657 people killed in battle, 89 seriously injured and disabled, and forever losing the ability to serve as a soldier still made Xiao Ruxun very sad and sad.

Six hundred and fifty-seven people were killed in battle, and in the entire three years in Burma, the total number of dead in the Zhennan Army was less than 500, and now 657 people have been killed in less than two months......

How should they face their loved ones?

Xiao Ruxun thought about the future.

"Governor! The artillery is completely ready, just wait for the governor's order, you can open artillery to bombard the enemy, please the governor! ”

Wang Hui and Li Rusong came to Xiao Ruxun together, and Wang Hui first reported on the preparations of the artillery unit.

Xiao Ruxun nodded, and then set his eyes on Li Rusong.

Li Rusong was uncomfortable by Xiao Ruxun.

"General Li Bing, this governor has decided to take the 1,000 Jurchen elite cavalry under your command as the vanguard, and make Chu Ying and Dai Shan the vanguard generals, and after my artillery bombardment, they will first attack the hot spring town, don't worry about Pullik, as long as there is still resistance, kill Pullik, and it doesn't matter if Pullik is killed.

Then, with Li Rumei and Li Rubai leading the remaining Jurchen elite cavalry to rush in to clean up the battlefield, Li Zongbing led the Liaodong Han cavalry as a guerrilla force, guerrilla attack outside the town, if you encounter a fleeing northern captive, kill them, in addition, Li Zongbing, please be sure to restrain the soldiers under your command, whether it is a Han cavalry or a Jurchen cavalry.

I estimate that there are probably a large number of treasures looted from the west of Datong Mountain in the hot spring town, which may be piled up into mountains of gold and silver, and it is not necessary for these property, the governor will not take it privately, and after the war, he will also be rewarded for meritorious deeds, my request is that it is not allowed to rob, it is not allowed to take it privately, once I find that someone is robbing and taking it privately, whose army is it, I will start to kill the main general of the army. ”

Li Rusong looked up at Xiao Ruxun, saw the terrifying light in his eyes, and felt a chill in his heart for no reason, and then hugged his fists and promised.

"The last general obeys!"

Then, Li Rusong turned around and left to make arrangements.

This is very in line with Xiao Ruxun's criteria for leading troops, if you want to say that it is unhappy, it is not unpleasant, if you want to say that it is strange, it is not strange, the only thing Li Rusong feels strange is - when did Nurhachi offend Xiao Ruxun?

It's not the first time Li Rusong has such doubts, but it doesn't matter, anyway, it's not the Liaodong Han under his command who rode in the vanguard, just this terrain and this road, he is not willing to lead the cavalry to be the vanguard, it is obvious that in this case, it is more advantageous for the infantry to charge, isn't it?

Xiao Ruxun's thoughts are really unpredictable......