In fact, in terms of absolute numbers, the losses of the Eagle Cavalry, the Eagle Cavalry, and the Mastiff Cavalry are nothing. The losses of the Eagle Cavalry and the Eagle Cavalry were at most three or four hundred. Their range of activities is very large, the personnel are very scattered, and Wang Xia can concentrate on so many people. As for the losses of the mastiff cavalry, it is estimated that it is about five hundred. For a unit with an establishment of 1,500 people, the basic skeleton is still there, and the basic vitality is still there.

For a troop, as long as the skeleton is still there, as long as the vitality is still there, it is harmless. Such a battle has greatly tempered the troops. The key to combat effectiveness is not the number of personnel or equipment, but whether or not it has undergone the test of life and death. Only after experiencing the test of death can one be considered mature. When the people are mature, the army can be regarded as truly mature. After the battle, many combat backbones can be promoted to officers on the spot, and their experience can be used to bring out more troops.

It is entirely possible for a squad leader like Hu Yishan to become a squadron leader in the future, or even to form a new unit. To be honest, the way of opening a military school is too slow to take effect. Even if the class starts now, it will take at least two years to graduate the first batch of students. In the early stage, it is necessary to find talents from actual combat. Moreover, the cadets recruited at the front must also be selected from the army in order to ensure their absolute leadership over the troops.

"Mao Thirteen, you take someone to find Wang Xia." Xu Xingxia decisively ordered.

Wang Xia resolutely gave up the chance of survival to the mastiff cavalry, which made Xu Xingxia very moved. Such an officer must find a way to save him. His spirit is a great asset of the White Army. Such a valuable asset, if used well, can become part of the soul of the White Army. The leopard cavalry army led by Mao 13 also has a strength of 1,500 people, and it is estimated that the Mongols chasing Wang Xia are about three or four thousand at most. If the two sides meet, they can definitely fight. As long as Wang Xia and them are still alive, they can be rescued.

"Understood!" Mao 13 immediately went with the Leopard Cavalry.

Mao Shisan is also a ranger, and he has a good relationship with Wang Xia, Wang Xia is in prison this time, of course he has to save him desperately. And the leopard cavalry led by him can indeed perform such a mission, they have combat experience. By Xu Xingxia's side, there was no army that had such rich combat experience in the prairie as the Leopard Cavalry.

"Is the battlefield cleaned up? How many captives were caught? Xu Xingxia asked in a deep voice.

"My lord, the battlefield has been basically counted, and there are thirty-nine prisoners. However, six people were too badly injured to be saved. Liu Heng replied cautiously.

"Forget if you can't save it, everyone else must take care of it and don't let them have an accident. Also, be careful not to overstimulate their emotions and not to humiliate them, lest they find a way to commit suicide. These people, as long as possible, should be useful to us. Later, there will be an exchange of prisoners. Xu Xingxia said slowly.

"Understood." Liu Heng nodded, indicating that he understood.

"The troops try to catch some of the work." Xu Xingxia specially commanded, "Understood! Try to catch it alive! Zhang Quanfu, Lin Dacheng, Xia Kewu, Zhang Feng, Liu Chuang and others all responded one after another and conveyed orders one after another. Actually, they didn't need Xu Xingxia's orders, they all did it. Because, they were all worried about Wang Xia's safety.

I hope that Wang Xia and they are still alive. As long as you live, there is a way. Even if it falls into the hands of the Mongols, as long as you live, there is a way. This method is to use as many Mongol captives as possible to exchange Wang Xia and them back. If Wang Xia and the others were unfortunately killed, and the body was in the hands of the Mongols, they should also find a way to exchange it back and bury it properly.

Since the beginning of human wars, the exchange of prisoners has become an unwritten rule on both sides of the war. Although the Han army has always advocated the exchange of prisoners, they also have a sense of contempt for prisoners, saying that they are often educated, and they instill the concept of death rather than being a prisoner, and would rather commit suicide than be a prisoner, and later there was a special glorious bullet. However, the exchange of prisoners in private has never stopped, but it has never been made public. And those captives who were exchanged back were often hastily sent away and quickly disappeared into the vast sea of people.

Previously, the Ming army had not captured Tatars or Mongols, and they were not eligible to exchange them. But now, the difficulty of capturing the Tatars and Mongols by the white-clothed army is almost non-existent. Especially in such a big battle, the wounded and captured Mongols, there must have been a lot. Previously, the White Coats fought against the Tatars, and if they wanted to capture prisoners, they could catch quite a few. However, the Tatars, who were supposed to be captives, were killed on the spot by the angry slaves.

This time, Xu Xingxia brought seven troops, including the Xiao Cavalry Army, the Xiongqu Army, the Leopard Cavalry Army, the Dragoon Army, the Tiger Cavalry Army, the Wolf Cavalry Army, and the Hunter Cavalry Army, with a total of 10,000 people. It can almost be said that all the troops he can draw have been withdrawn. All the mobile forces on the southern front have been withdrawn. The troops originally stationed in the Bayannur grassland were all withdrawn. In the rear of the Black Mountain battalion, new units such as the Qin Cavalry Army and the Han Cavalry Army are also in full swing to prevent sudden accidents.

In a sense, it's basically a one-shot deal. If you win, you have everything. There is a chassis, there are personnel, there are resources, and there is wealth. If you lose, you'll have to go through a hard time. Now that the Leopard Cavalry has gone to rescue Wang Xia, the rest of the troops are all around Xu Xingxia, and there are more than 8,000 people. With such a strong force, fighting with the Mongols is definitely Mars hitting the earth, and it is very fierce!

What do the whites need most now? It's time! The White Coats need more time to stabilize the internal ruling order and unblock the management structure at all levels. The White Coats need more time to produce more weapons and equipment. The White Army needs more time to train a sufficient number of recruits. As long as there is enough time, the white-clothed army will not lack equipment and soldiers. The most optimistic estimate is that in three months, more than 8,000 Lunar Guns will be produced, and 8,000 musketeers will be added. This kind of explosive speed is absolutely unprecedented.

Xu Xingxia's way of fighting this time is completely different from before. This time, he was completely in a huddle. All the troops, all the hedgehogs come together to form a huge hedgehog. In the middle of the troops, there was also a mule-horse engineer battalion and an artillery battalion. The main task of the engineer battalion is to set up camp in the field and lay obstacles. The main task of the artillery battalion was, of course, to throw explosive packs and deal with the crowd tactics of the Mongol cavalry.

The speed of the march of the large army will not be very fast. This is also the fundamental reason why they are belated. If the troops had been dispersed, someone would have arrived at the battlefield faster. However, Xu Xingxia was determined to fight with Lin Dan Khan, so he would not scatter his forces. It is important to know that the use of muskets must be concentrated in order to provide maximum lethality. To put it simply, it depends on quantity. Whether it's a rifled gun or a smoothbore gun, it's the same.

A hundred, a thousand muskets, in the eyes of the nomads, there is nothing to be afraid of at all. A salvo of a thousand muskets could not stop the cavalry attack of the nomads. But 10,000 or 100,000 muskets were enough to destroy them. In later generations, the cavalry faced machine guns, which was simply suicidal. In the days when there were no machine guns, it was only possible to make up the number of people.

Isn't Lin Dan Khan going to fight a decisive battle? Come on!

...... "Bang bang bang!" ”

Since Xu Xingxia came to the prairie with the main army of the white-clothed army, the situation in the prairie has immediately undergone tremendous changes. Almost every day, there is a large number of gunshots. From morning till night, it never stopped. And with every shot, there were always some Mongol cavalrymen who fell under the guns of the white-clothed army. They were like dust floating in the air, blown by the wind, and they all disappeared.

In front of the white-clothed army of tens of thousands, any sporadic number of Mongolian cavalry, even if it was a Mongolian cavalry of thousands of people, once they fell into the range of the muskets of the white-clothed army, after a volley, they were all beaten to pieces. After the second round of volleys, there was basically no one left standing. A salvo of more than 8,000 muskets, is it a joke?

However, in order to catch up with the previous cavalry of the White Army, the number of Mongol cavalry was also scattered, which caused their forces to be unable to concentrate. If before, it was the Mongols who took advantage of the loopholes of the white-clothed army, then now, it is the white-clothed army that took advantage of the loopholes of the Mongols. The white-clothed army is like a sickle, harvesting all the Mongols.

Unconsciously, this behemoth led by Xu Xingxia had already killed more than 4,000 Mongolian cavalry, and at the same time rescued a considerable number of his own people. The number of captured Mongols gradually increased, eventually exceeding 500.

...... "Xu Xingxia, is it finally here?" Lin Danhan sneered slightly.

Xu Xingxia, this bastard, finally gave up! It's good to arrive! The two of us are going to do a real fight, and see if your white-clothed musketeers are powerful, or my iron lance cavalry is powerful! Dare to rob a woman with me, I don't know whether I live or die!

"All the army assembled! Get ready for battle! "Lin Dan Khan issued an order for a decisive battle.

All the Mongols who received the order gathered in the golden tent of Lin Dan Khan.

Since the Mongols began to concentrate, the white-clothed army naturally began to concentrate as well. The Eagle Cavalry, Eagle Cavalry, Mastiff Cavalry and other troops around the battlefield all gathered at Xu Xingxia's position.

…… Baihuze is a small lake in the savannah. This lake is formed only in the summer. During the dry season, it is a small patch of marshland. In May, there was already a pool of clear water at the bottom of the lake, but it was dry all around.

To the east of Baihuze, the two armies faced off. In the northern wilderness, the Mongol army led by Lin Dan Khan. In the southern wilderness, there was the white-clothed army commanded by Xu Xingxia.

The atmosphere on the battlefield was so oppressive that it seemed to wring out water.

The big war is about to break out.

(To be continued)