In fact, Lin Dan Khan on the other side was also having a headache. At this time, he also realized his mistake. He regretted to find that his thinking was still a little rigid. When he was arranging the troops, he accidentally treated the white-clothed army as an ordinary Ming army. If the white-clothed army was an ordinary Ming army, the Mongols could easily defeat them with the same number of troops. Unexpectedly, now, it makes him a little uncomfortable.

A hammer deal, Lin Dan Khan will never do it. It's too risky. He can't easily gamble on his future. As Xu Xingxia thought, Xu Xingxia could afford to lose, but he couldn't afford to lose. Xu Xingxia has a sufficient number of personnel reserves, and the amount of lost soldiers can be replenished at any time. The number of Han people is too many. Don't say that the loss of 8,000 is the loss of 80,000, and in a few days, it can be replenished. But he can't, if he loses 8,000 men, it will take at least two or three years to make up for it.

If it is an attack in batches, it will become a refueling tactic again, and there is little meaning except for wasting lives in vain. For Lin Dan Khan, adding fuel to the tank would be more dangerous than a one-shot deal. A hammer deal, there are some desperate bets, the smell of ruin, and the slightest hint of the possibility of winning. However, if it is a refueling tactic, this slightest possible surname cannot exist at all.

Moreover, if the first wave of attacks fails, the morale of the Mongols will inevitably suffer a huge blow. It can be said that the second wave of the Mongol attack, even if the number of personnel is doubled, will not be stronger than the first. This is where Lin Dan Khan regrets the most. Inadvertently, he undermined the morale of his army. Now, even if he tries to find a way to boost the morale of the troops, he will not be able to return to the original level.

On the battlefield, morale is important. Especially when the two armies are at a stalemate, morale becomes a deciding factor. Lin Dan Khan was worried that the white-clothed army would become more and more courageous, and their morale would become higher and higher. The high morale will make the soldiers refuse to get out of the line of fire even if they are wounded. The high morale will keep the combat effectiveness of the white-clothed army at a very high level. On the contrary, the morale of the Mongols is constantly declining. If morale is low, it is typical for soldiers to fail to work. If anything happens, they'll fall apart in no time.

"Careless......" Lin Danhan quietly admonished himself in his heart. He needs to introspect. He needed to tell himself again that this Xu Xingxia, as well as his white-clothed army, could not be measured by the thinking of his habitual surname, especially not as an ordinary Ming army. If he makes such a mistake again, it is estimated that he will not have a chance to turn over in his life.

"Golden Khan ......," Na Yue Song suddenly whispered. His face was a little strange. He carefully observed the changes in Lin Dan Khan's face in order to consider his words. Compared with Lin Dan Khan's father, Lin Dan Khan is a lot better, and his talents in all aspects are more prominent. However, there are some inherent problems of being a master, and Lin Dan Khan is not lacking. This problem is that sometimes I am more stubborn and reluctant to listen to other people's advice.

The meaning of that song is that the Mongol attack continues, and there is no longer any meaning. Judging by the current situation, the Mongols simply could not tear through the defense line of the white-clothed army. The Mongols could not even break through the last three rows of inverted horse piles. If the fighting continued like this, it would only increase the Mongol casualties in vain. Since it is in vain, it is necessary to withdraw decisively and not to suffer unnecessary losses.

Lin Dan Khan said in a deep voice: "You can't withdraw!" Must continue! ”

Of course he understood what it meant. However, Lin Dan Khan has his own ideas. While the Mongols were suffering casualties, so were the white-clothed troops. The Mongol cavalry archers who rushed to the front also wiped out a considerable number of white-clothed troops with their fierce arrows. This is visible to the naked eye. Lin Dan Khan hoped that the casualties of the white-clothed army, when they reached a certain level, would be unbearable and would collapse. According to his experience, the casualties suffered by the Han army were at most 30%. Perhaps, the same is true of the White Army.

…… Xu Xingxia raised the clairvoyant mirror and carefully looked at the battlefield in front of him.

There are no special changes on the battlefield. Both sides are still constantly attrition, dying, and bleeding. Part of the Mongol cavalry had already entered the fourth row of the inverted horse pile, and was struggling to destroy the inverted horse pile. However, they often only slashed with their knives two or three times before they were killed by the strafing Minnie bullets. These inverted horse stakes were a sharp weapon to stop the Mongol cavalry from rushing and attacking, how could the white-clothed army tolerate their easy destruction?

With the increase in casualties, the offensive of the Mongol cavalry has already shown some decline. This decline is mainly manifested in the reduction of effective forces, the thinning of the team, and the gradual disappearance of offensive determination. A large number of Mongols died in battle, and the remaining Mongols will naturally be shocked and dare not continue to rush forward so fiercely. After all, people are afraid of death. The speed of their attacks has decreased, and the pressure on the white-clothed army has naturally been reduced.

Of course, the Mongols were able to shoot fierce arrows as long as they were within range, inflicting losses on the white-clothed army. Sometimes, some of the Mongol cavalry were able to shoot three arrows in one go, killing three white-clothed soldiers in a row. These Mongol cavalry archers were extremely harmful. The speed at which they shoot arrows is fast, and the reaction of the white-clothed army is a little slower, and their own casualties will continue to increase. It is estimated that this is also the reason why Lin Dan Khan resolutely refused to withdraw his troops. The personnel on both sides are constantly losing, and it depends on who can hold out to the end.

In the middle of the barracks of the white-clothed army, the wounded were constantly being brought over. Here, the medical battalion set up a simple field hospital dedicated to the treatment of the wounded. The fighters of the engineer battalion, at this time, became a transport team, which was specially responsible for carrying the wounded. Li Yanfei, the commander of the engineer battalion, is also an old man in the white-clothed army, and when he was in Weizhen Fort, he followed Xu Xingxia to fight. At this moment, he was tense and expressionless counting the number of the wounded and the dead.

In order to facilitate the calculation, Xu Xingxia promoted Arabic numerals within the White Army. Such simple and easy-to-remember numbers are indeed easier to understand than traditional calculations, and ordinary people can grasp them. Related to Arabic numerals, it is naturally the basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division algorithm. Addition and subtraction are relatively simple, and there are more people who can master them. As long as the brain is more flexible, you can basically master it. As for multiplication and division, the content is a bit esoteric and cannot be mastered by the average person.

Of course, there are always people who have more flexible brains and are willing to study hard, who can break through the limitations of ordinary people and master multiplication and division. For example, Li Yanfei is such a person. His combat skills are actually not very good, and when he was by Xu Xingxia's side, he often played the role of a herald. However, he is good at arithmetic, he is relatively proficient in basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and he can barely cope with the mixed calculation of three digits. The engineer battalion often needs to use arithmetic, and he has a skill, and he is appointed as the commander of the engineer battalion.

"You help me calculate ......" Suddenly, Li Yanfei whispered a few words to the people around him, and hurried in the direction of Xu Xingxia.

"My lord, our casualties have exceeded eight hundred." Li Yanfei came to Xu Xingxia's side and reported to Xu Xingxia in a low voice. This is what Xu Xingxia specially told before. Eight hundred, one-tenth of the combat personnel of the White Army. Beyond this boundary, Xu Xingxia will have to pay attention. If necessary, some special measures need to be taken.

For the average army, there will be no problem with 10 percent casualties among combatants. Twenty percent is not a big problem. But if it's more than 30 percent, you need to be careful. The average army can withstand about 30 percent of the casualties. Especially those armies that are not rigorously trained and tightly organized, thirty percent of the casualties are enough to cause them to collapse. Most of the Ming army belonged to this type.

Even a well-trained and well-organized army needs to take special measures. For example, downsizing, reassigning officers, changing the way of fighting, and so on. Without proper adjustments, the battle will certainly not continue. It is like the Red Army in later generations, in the course of the Long March, the establishment and personnel are constantly changing. The purpose is to better control the troops, avoid the collapse of the troops, and maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops.

After the battle began, the number of casualties of the White Clothes Army continued to increase, 400, 500, 600, 700...... In the end, it broke through eight hundred ...... The number of Mongol casualties is also rising. As for how much it has risen, Xu Xingxia doesn't know. This number is known only to Lin Dan Khan. However, he believed that Lin Dan Khan should soon withdraw his troops. If he continues to fight, all his troops participating in the battle will be completely dead.

Theoretically speaking, an army with more than 30% casualties has the possibility of collapse. If it is more than 50%, it will basically collapse. In the era of cold weapons, except for some special elite troops, the army with casualties of more than fifty percent and not dispersed basically did not exist. However, history is often full of miracles, and there are always exceptions.

The cavalry of the nomads can generally support sixty percent, or even more than seventy percent of the casualties. This is due to the nature of their surnames, which are all soldiers. Even if they have a lot of casualties, the few remaining people can continue to fight. Of course, this is in terms of a single battle, not the entire campaign. If it were a whole campaign, even the nomads would not be able to withstand such a high casualty rate. Like the Hellerkin tribe, with losses of more than fifty percent in continuous battles, they have no ability to continue to fight against the white-clothed army.

And in the far Western Regions, under the influence of religious beliefs, many armies can even support more than eighty percent of the casualties, and they will not collapse. At that time, the Mongols fought with the Mamluk cavalry in West Asia and finally lost the enemy, a big reason is that the Mamluk cavalry was born as slaves full of religious beliefs. They really fought to the death and did not retreat, even if the whole army was annihilated, no one flinched. They were born for the sole purpose of fighting. Therefore, even the warlike Mongols had to bow down to them in comparison with them.

Xu Xingxia suddenly put down the clairvoyant mirror and said casually: "The Mongols are retreating. ”

Lin Shenhe also seemed to feel it, he looked at the Mongolian camp in the distance, and said to himself: "Yes! ”

"Woooooo

Before he finished speaking, he heard a mournful bull's horn in the distance. The Mongols used horns to convey orders. The difference is that the horn that launched the attack seemed to be very urgent, very excited, and made people feel uplifted, and they couldn't wait to go into battle immediately. The horns of the withdrawn troops are very slow, very sad, and make people feel very heavy.

Hearing the sad horn, the remaining Mongolian cavalry turned around and ran back. They ran back desperately, for fear that their retreat would be too slow and they would be overtaken by the rain of bullets from the white-clothed army. However, there were also some of the red-eyed Mongol cavalry, regardless of it, and continued to rush forward. These Mongolian cavalrymen, because of the death and injury of their comrades, have long lost their minds, and they only want to fight hard with the white-clothed army, fighting one by one, fighting two to earn one.

"Bang bang bang!"

The gunfire on the battlefield was still very intense, and there was no sense that the Mongols were retreating. The Mongols killed the red-eyed, and the white-clothed army's side, why didn't they kill the red-eyed? After this battle, the white-clothed army suffered a lot of casualties, how could the soldiers not be full of anger? For those Mongols who rushed up desperately, one can imagine what kind of outcome awaits them. Since you want to die, then it will be fulfilled for you.

The end result, of course, was that the Mongols were beaten into a wasp's nest. Thousands of muskets were concentrated on their bodies, and with their heels one could imagine what the consequences would be. Some of the Mongolian cavalrymen, up and down, I don't know how many mini bullets they were hit, turned into a pure bloody person, this is really full of holes. Because there were so many bullets in Minnie that they were hit, they were like a mess of mud, paralyzed in a pool of blood.

"The battle is finally over...... Lin Shenhe breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the heart that had been hanging in his throat was finally slowly falling. The damned Mongols are finally retreating. This marked that in the first stage of the battle, Lin Dan Khan had to choose to retreat. In other words, the White Army won.

It is estimated that at this time, Lin Dan Khan's heart must be very painful and unwilling! As the Golden Khan of the Mongols, to give such an order to withdraw his troops was in itself a manifestation of defeat. However, in this world, there is no regret medicine to take. A failure is a failure, and there is no possibility of making excuses.

(To be continued)