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"Ah! Lost...to be defeated..."

Sheng Zhong, who participated in politics at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, had a terrified expression on his face, and muttered in his mouth.

His eyes were full of disbelief, he raised his hands and rubbed them vigorously, and then he looked intently again, but saw that on the battlefield ahead, his own infantry and cavalry formations were full of thick smoke and dust, rolling upwards continuously.

Then, no matter the heavy armored infantry or the brave cavalry of the Qing Dynasty, they all fled back, as if there was a man-eating devil behind them.

The dense "rumbling" explosions continued to come from far away, and even my feet were trembling slightly, and as the shelling continued to advance, the billowing smoke and dust was getting closer and closer.

Zasak Shanba, leader of the Mongolian Tumed Right Banner in the Outer Domain, suffered heavy losses because he was defeated by the Xuanfu army who came back to aid him the day before, so he was not ordered to fight today.

Therefore, he also stayed in the rear to wait for the military order, but the scene in front of him shocked him extremely, Shanba's legs were trembling, and he murmured: "Defeated...is this defeated?... ...The Great Qing... unexpectedly lost..."

Looking at the retreating infantry and cavalry of the White Banner and Zhenghuang Banners in front of him, Shanba looked at a loss, looked blankly at the retreating Qing army, and muttered in his mouth: "The Qing Dynasty was defeated...how can it be?" Okay?...The Great Qing has been defeated...what to do..."

Sheng Zhong, who participated in politics at the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Qing Dynasty, has recovered from the initial panic at this moment. He glanced at the bewildered Shanba with a look of contempt on his face, and shouted angrily: "Useless things, shut your mouth."

Sheng Zhong's eager shout made Shanba go silent, he didn't dare to make any more noise, but there was a sly look in his eyes when he looked at Sheng Zhong.

Obviously, Shanba has made up his mind, and he will start to reconsider his relationship with the Qing Dynasty!
However, he didn't dare to reveal the slightest thing now, and he saw Shanba obediently following behind Sheng Zhong, asking softly: "Sheng Shenzheng, what should we do? This Prince Yu is probably already..."

Sheng Zhong turned around and looked at Shanba who was hesitant to speak, and then looked at the smoke that was still billowing in the distance. He sighed and said: "Withdraw, first gather the army and return to the camp, and then discuss where to go!"

Shanba was noncommittal, he naturally knew that he had no right to speak in such an emergency, so he followed Sheng Zhong silently and hastily retreated.

Although Sheng Zhong participated in politics for the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Qing Dynasty, and was responsible for supervising all officials and generals, and could participate in discussing political affairs, he was not dedicated to his duties like civil officials in the Ming Dynasty.

The civil servants of the Qing Dynasty are like Han people like Fan Wencheng, who can ride side by side with the generals, not to mention the Manchu and Mongolian civil servants. But the most basic ability.

Therefore, regardless of Sheng Zhong's position in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to participate in politics, it is naturally no problem for marching and fighting.

Calm and calm, he has already observed the situation on the battlefield clearly, and he also knows that today's defeat is already settled, and there is absolutely no need to continue to entangle with the opposing Ming army here.

As for the life and death of Prince Yu Duoduo, Sheng Zhong had no time to take care of it at this moment. He ordered a group of Qing cavalry to stay behind, and even arranged for troops to meet the rout.

After that, he hurriedly rode his horse back to the camp, and went to report the battle situation here to Zhenman Dahai, Xianghong Banner Gushan Ezu.

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"Send the order, sound the golden drum, and withdraw the troops back to the camp!"

Xia Shuncheng, the governor of Chichengying Town, heard that his commander Zhang Cheng had ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops at the time of the great victory. He was unwilling to do so, and hurriedly asked: "Commander, our army has won a big victory now, and it is time to take advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy." At that time, why did you suddenly ask Jin to withdraw troops?"

Zhang Cheng smiled lightly and said: "You only know that our army has won the battle, but you don't see the thick smoke and dust in front of you?"

He raised his finger and pointed to the smoke that was still rising in front of him, and said to Xia Shuncheng: "In the explosive shells fired by our army's flying guns, in addition to the iron slag and gravel that attacked the enemy, there is also a lot of poison mixed in.

When the flowering bomb explodes, it is excited by the high temperature generated by the deflagration of the gunpowder, and it will form dense poisonous smoke, which spreads around, so that our army's flowering bomb can also function as a poisonous smoke bomb. "

Fang Zhihai, the governor of Qiying Town, had a sudden epiphany at this moment. He slapped his forehead and said: "I know, there is poisonous smoke mixed with poison in the smoke and dust ahead. If my soldiers chase slaves, they may be injured by the poisonous smoke." !"

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "That's exactly the reason."

He went on to say: "In today's battle, although our Xuanfu army suffered a lot of casualties, but judging from the situation on the battlefield, the Tatar bandits have two flags with white and yellow flags, and the damage may be even more serious.

Furthermore, due to our army's fierce artillery fire and the pervasive poisonous smoke, it was impossible for them to retreat with the corpses of casualties and thieves as they did in the past. In this battle, our army may behead more than a thousand thieves. "

"It's more than a thousand, the commander is conservative. I think the number of Tartar casualties is at least two thousand."

Fang Zhihai continued with pride on his face, "There are even three thousand people."

"Great achievement, beheading three thousand people, and beheading three thousand real barbarians in one battle, this is an unprecedented great achievement!"

Xia Shuncheng exclaimed even more, he had been very concerned about the situation on the battlefield just now, and he also agreed with Fang Zhihai's estimate in his heart.

"This battle is a great victory, and smashing the strategy of the Tartars trying to cut off our food road and the army's return route is already the first achievement since the Liao War. As for the number of beheadings, it is nothing more than icing on the cake."

Zhang Cheng looked at the two of them, and continued: "In today's battle, the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion suffered heavy casualties. Apart from assessing and recording the achievements of the generals and soldiers, you two also want to comfort the soldiers of the infantry battalion. Mo Make it a little timid and lose the will to fight."

"The last general takes orders!"

Zhang Cheng raised his head and looked at the sky. It was almost the end of the day, and the sky, which had been gloomy for almost a whole day, spewed out a piece of fish-belly white. A trace of golden sunset glow penetrated the thick clouds and gradually sprinkled to the earth.

Veteran Guo Yingxian rode his horse and rushed to the general platform of the Chinese army. He got off his horse, and before he reached the general platform, his voice came first: "General soldier, why don't you chase the Tartars, even if the poisonous smoke blocks the way, I will ride the team You can also bypass it."

Zhang Cheng looked at this irritable old brother, shook his head, and said to him with a smile on his face: "The cavalry come and go like the wind, and since he has decided to retreat, even if my army bypasses the poisonous smoke, it will not be too late. How can I catch up with it?"

Guo Yingxian also knew what Zhang Cheng said was true, but he was still unwilling to accept it, so he said loudly: "Then...then chase all the way to the camp of the Tartars, and wipe out the shameful Tartars."

Zhang Cheng was helpless, but he also knew that he was resentful in his heart, he was so eager to avenge the veteran soldier Yang Guozhu, so he had to persuade him: "As the saying goes, don't chase after the poor.

Today, we defeated the Tartars by relying on the advantage of artillery fire. It was not a bloody battle to defeat the enemy. Their fighting spirit was not lost, and they still had the strength to fight.And the Tartars are eager to run for their lives, if I pursue them, seeing that there is no hope of survival, they will definitely fight to the death.

What's more, even if our army cavalry chases them outside the camp of the Tatar bandits, what can we do?
They retreated into the camp and defended with the strength of their bows and arrows. They cannot be broken in a short time. According to the military report, there are still Tartar bandits wearing red flags and horses. They did not participate in today's battle with us. Their casualties are unknown. Then enter the army! "

Guo Yingxian was rendered speechless by Zhang Cheng's words, but he was still a little unconvinced in his heart. He turned around and looked in the direction in which the Tartars were retreating, his eyes still full of resentment.

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After the battle that day, the Xuanfu army did not withdraw to the camp to rest until the end of Youshi, rescued the wounded soldiers, and buried pots for cooking.

The reason why they withdrew an hour later than the Qing army was nothing more than to clean up the battlefield. After all, as the winning side, they always wanted to collect as many results as possible.

In the Xuanfu army at this time, although the military merits were not judged solely by the enemy's head, the Ming court still attached great importance to the fact that the enemy's head was captured in each battle.

In this battle, a total of 340 heads of Tatar thieves were captured. In order to facilitate the transfer of the army, no one was left alive, and all of them became heads.

At the same time, there were more than 2000 dead and wounded horses from the Tartars on the battlefield. Although most of them lay down in the poisonous smoke, the poisonous smoke only harmed the lungs because the time was not long.

After treatment, only the internal organs of these horses were removed, and the exposed wounds of the war horses were also removed. These were dug and buried together with the corpses of the Tartars.

In addition to the 89 Mongolian cavalry heads captured at the trench of Songxing Avenue in the previous period, since returning to aid Xingshan, Zhang Cheng's army has won two consecutive battles and beheaded a total of 430 heads.

And each of them is the head of a real barbarian, it is indeed a special achievement, the first contribution to aid Liao, I am afraid it must be Zhang Cheng of Xuanfu Town!

In addition, they also collected the bodies of Duduo, the owner of the Xiangbai Banner and the pseudo-Prince of Qingyu, and the bodies of Zhang Jing'e Shuo, Baya Latiaozhang Jing'eshuo of the Xiangbai Banner. In this battle, only the two of them were preserved in their entirety!

Even the armor on them, Zhang Cheng was not willing to take it off, and E Shuo's big banner was also captured by the Xuanfu army, but Duoduo's golden dragon banner was taken away under E Shuo's guard.

But Zhang Cheng repeatedly called out "it's a pity"!
In this battle, although the Xuanfu army gained a lot, it can be said that since the battle between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Xuanfu army also suffered heavy casualties.

According to statistics, the Xuanfu Army Che Battalion killed 67 people and injured 140 nine people, while the Chicheng Battalion killed 390 people and injured 870 people.

Such a huge casualty was the first time for the Xuanfu Army since it became an army. Although calculated according to the casualty ratio of the two parties participating in the war, the Xuanfu Army did take a huge advantage.

If it were placed on the other Ming army, I am afraid that they would have been overjoyed and celebrated, but for the Xuanfu army, especially the Chicheng camp, it is unacceptable.

After all, the previous battles were all too smooth. Since the establishment of the army, the Xuanfu army has always defeated the enemy with a very low casualty ratio.

So used to it, they will no longer think about it. It is their own excellent armor, ordnance, and guns that can win every battle and guarantee their extremely low casualties.

It is precisely because they have become accustomed to low casualties, once their own casualties exceed expectations, the soldiers may feel war-weary in their hearts, and even fear wars.

Zhang Cheng was also afraid of this kind of situation, so he specially asked the two town governors not only to determine the merits of the soldiers of each battalion as soon as possible to show encouragement, but also to pay attention to the emotional changes of the soldiers, especially those in the Chicheng camp. The infantry needed consolation most.

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In the early winter season, the days were short, and today it was cloudy again. Although it was sunny for a while at the end of the war, it was cloudy again immediately, so the sky darkened early.

In the Xuanfu army camp, there was silence, except for the occasional neighing of war horses, and the occasional "crackling" sound of wood bursting from the fires everywhere, there was no other sound.

Even the soldiers in charge of the night watchman tried to keep their footsteps as light as possible, for fear of affecting the rest of the exhausted soldiers after the war. Although the campfires in various places had almost illuminated the entire camp, the night watchman soldiers still held up their torches so that they could check all the places at any time. place.

As the commander-in-chief of the first army, Zhang Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, began to patrol the soldiers of each battalion after a hasty dinner. Everywhere he went, he would personally encourage them to stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

In the end, he went to the wounded soldiers' battalion to visit the wounded soldiers who had received treatment. According to the military regulations of the Xuanfu army, whenever a battle was approaching, a wounded soldier's battalion would be temporarily set up next to the Chinese army camp.

Everything in the wounded barracks followed the orders of the military medical officer. Even Zhang Cheng, who is the commander-in-chief of the entire army, had to follow the orders of the medical officer once he entered the wounded barracks.

Of course, Zhang Cheng advocated the establishment of this rule. The Xuanfu army is different from the other Ming army. Once the various marching and combat regulations are set, the whole army will follow them.

Before Zhang Cheng was reincarnated in this life, he was considered a member of the disciplined army after all. He knew very well the principle of "pre-planning makes things stand, and if you don't pre-empt, you fail".

Therefore, all affairs in the Xuanfu Army have established various rules in advance, and they are resolutely implemented as an example. As time progresses, under Zhang Cheng's personal practice, all the officers and men of the Xuanfu Army also strictly abide by the military regulations. No one dares to challenge the authority of military regulations and military laws.

This is actually a strong guarantee for the Xuanfu army's strong combat power. In every battle, it must be the first, not to advance and retreat without orders, to kill the enemy without fighting for the first rank, and to perform their duties in wartime, etc., which has become the consensus of the Xuanfu army officers and soldiers.

Vigorousness is formed in the Xuanfu Army, and it will follow the Xuanfu Army to conquer various places, and take root inside and outside the Ming Dynasty. It can be believed that this will be the case everywhere in the future. There will be Xuanfu Army everywhere, and there will be vitality everywhere!

At this moment, in the tent of the central army of the Xuanfu army, except for the two governors who are still busy, all the generals have gathered here.

There was a wooden table in front of each of them. On the table were cooked horse meat, pickled vegetables, flatbread, and of course fish porcelain cans. Soldiers from all battalions also had these.

After all, there are more than 2000 dead horses seized today. Although many horse meats are no longer edible due to the poisonous smoke, there are still a lot of edible horse meat left.

Don't say that tonight's meal is enough to eat another day tomorrow, and the roasted horse meat can only be enjoyed by the generals in the Chinese army tent!