Chapter 853: Life and Death

When Wang Bo returned to camp outside the mountain with the guard battalion, many of the troops had already finished eating and began to rest.

Compared with the results of these soldiers who went out to destroy hundreds of Tartars, Wang Bo's results of destroying hundreds of Tartars all the way and eliminating Ao Bai, the commander of the Tartars, are undoubtedly the most dazzling and attractive.

Just when Wang Bo rested for two hours and re-entered the big tent of the Chinese army.

The specific results of the Haw Par Army's initiative this time have been fully counted.

Wang Bo still had a hint of exhaustion on his face, although he didn't know the specific situation. However, the smile that came out of the face of the army commander Wang Feng. Wang Bo is sure that this result must be not small.

Sure enough, just as Wang Bo continued to think about something, Wang Feng, who was smiling, said directly: "Everyone, what I am holding in my hand is the achievements of everyone in one day and one night...... I can tell you for sure that these results you have achieved, even if they can't bring a devastating blow to Houjin, are enough for Ao Bai, who received the news, to be so angry that he vomited blood......"

"It has been confirmed that more than 16,500 Tartars died in our hands in a day and a night of fighting...... The so-called musketeers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, more than 9,800 people...... In addition, the only more than 200 red-coated cannons in the Tartars, excluding those that were directly destroyed by us. The rest of the artillery, all of which were captured by us, not a single ...... was taken away by the Tartars"

"Twenty-six ...... Commander, you are not wrong, in just one day and one night, 26,000 Tartars were wiped out by us......" Luo Jingtian, the commander of the cavalry division who did not participate in the battle, asked directly with a face full of incredulity.

After being confirmed by the army commander Wang Feng again, Luo Jingtian seemed to be stimulated by something. He then continued......

"Commander. The total strength of the Tartars was only 80,000 at full strength...... Here we have eaten twenty-six thousand. Plus the eight or nine thousand people we ate on the way when we first arrived...... That's about 35,000 people......"

"Eighty-five thousand people were removed at once, and this blow was absolutely unprecedented for the Tartars...... No, the next time you send troops, you must not forget about my cavalry division...... Otherwise, the cavalry division would not have had time to fight, and the remaining more than 40,000 people of the Tartars. I was beaten up......"

As soon as Luo Jingtian's words were finished, the most depressed commander of the third division in the big tent spoke......

"Commander Luo, your cavalry division is not bad...... Among the thirty-five thousand Tartars, there were seven or eight thousand people, who were wiped out by the cavalry division on the march...... And my third division, except for fighting a dozen Tartar tribes, has not even touched the main force of the Houjin army...... If there is no third division in the next expedition, I, the division commander, will not have the face to continue to go down......"

Seeing that the commander of the third division was still ready to speak, he vowed not to give up. Wang Feng hurriedly spoke: "Okay, next action." The Third Division must be dispatched...... I promise, I won't let you stay in the barracks......"

What the commander of the third division did not expect was. His idea and desire to go on the expedition came true in less than half a month.

In that battle, he really didn't stay in the barracks. However, even so, he did not find a chance to fight a big battle with the Tartars...... Of course, that's all for later!

The whole army of the Haw Par Army was immersed in the joy of victory.

The secret camp of the Houjin army was immersed in an unprecedented atmosphere of silence.

As for the big tent of the Chinese army where Huang Taiji is located, the solemn atmosphere has been extremely cold. Even the guards guarding the gate of the big tent, because of the battalion commander who received the solemn atmosphere in the big tent, stood around the big tent with a solemn face and did not say a word......

As for the reason, it's very simple...... The losses paid by Houjin in this battle far exceeded the results counted by the Haw Par Army.

On the battlefield, there were more than 26,000 Tartars directly damaged in battle, as counted by the Haw Par Army.

However, just as Ao Bai was worried about on the battlefield at the beginning, once the demoralized Houjin army was divided, many soldiers who had lost hope for the future of Houjin would definitely take advantage of the favorable opportunity of not having officers to restrain them, break away from the army, and hide in the mountains.

Originally, there were still 45,000 people in the Tartars, but under Huang Taiji's anxious waiting, it took three days for more than 35,000 people to return...... As for the rest, there is no doubt that they will go back in time again, and become a nomadic hunter hiding in the mountains, with no fixed residence.

Of course, this is not the most desperate thing for Huang Taiji.

The 35,000 soldiers, as long as their morale is high, their combat effectiveness is strong, and they make good use of it, there will be no day when they will rise again.

You must know that when Houjin walked out of the mountains, there were less than 5,000 real elite warriors.

And my own generation relied on these thousands of people, and after decades of slavery, to lay down the situation of Houjin.

Huang Taiji is confident that in terms of strategy and courage, he is definitely not inferior to those ancestors.

However, the 35,000 soldiers in front of him, not to mention morale, even the minimum courage of a soldier were wiped out by the Haw Par Army.

As a former general who led the troops, Huang Taiji knew very well that once the troops lost their combat courage, the troops would be finished, and they would be completely finished......

Not only that, but the 35,000 soldiers who escaped not only lost all the red-coated cannons, but also more than fifty percent of other equipment. In particular, the Tartar musketeers, in order to escape for their lives, more than seventy percent of the soldiers threw away the long muskets that were very obstructive in the dense forest in the process of escaping, and returned to the secret camp of the Houjin army with empty hands......

The morale is low, and the more than 30,000 Houjin army, which has lost half of its equipment, how can it be possible to defeat the elite of the more than 30,000 tiger and leopard troops with high morale outside the mountain.

At this time, not only the more than 30,000 soldiers of the Houjin Army in the secret camp were full of worries and doubts about their future, but Huang Taiji himself was also full of worries about himself and the future of the entire Houjin......

Looking at the general in front of him who lowered his head and said nothing because of the defeat, Huang Taiji wanted to get angry and vent all the dissatisfaction and grievances in his heart. However, the words just came to his lips but he couldn't say them.

Because, Huang Taiji knew very well in his heart that they were not the culprits of this defeat.

Getting angry with them now will not only have no effect, but will also shake the hearts of these generals towards themselves.

You must know that after Ao Bai died in battle, these generals in front of him have become the last hope of Houjin.

If even they weren't there...... As the post-Jin Great Khan, he may really want to go back to the era when he was a general and lead his troops to fight again.

With no place to vent his anger, Huang Taiji could only hold all kinds of dissatisfaction in his heart.

However, as the Great Khan, at the critical juncture of Houjin's life and death, he did not have much time to adjust his mood.

No, as soon as he sent a group of subordinates away, the military officer Fan Wencheng walked into the big tent of the Chinese army where he was with a solemn face...... (To be continued......)