East Factory Governor

Chapter 753 Battle Results and Battle Situations on the Left and Right

The Ming army's victory in the battle in the west of the city had been decided, and many masters immediately returned to reinforce the camp.

Li Daliang, Meng Wei, Sun Cheng, and Sun Bai are all back.

Helian Batai and the three red-capped men had already escaped at this moment, how shrewd are they?
To be on the safe side, Qin Shuhuai did not order them to be hunted down even when it was dark.One is that it is difficult to chase after dark, and the other is that the four of them are not weak in kung fu. If they want to chase and kill, they have to send a bunch of masters to chase and kill, which is not worthwhile.

However, they left behind Su Kechaole who said he would not leave.

Qin Shuhuai admired Su Kechaole's spirit of never giving up on his classmates, and happily led a group of masters to kill him - more than a dozen first-class masters besieged him, no matter how strong Su Kechaole was, he could only die.

Did Su Kechaole know that if he stayed, he would definitely die?

Everyone believes that he knows.

Maybe he thought it was his fault that the two senior brothers died in battle, so he had no face to go back.

He wished to die on the battlefield, which would be honorable and dignified.

Such a "warrior" is a bit funny.

But when I think about it, I can't help laughing.

After killing Su Ke Chaole, the masters of the Ming army continued to fight. Everyone was like an assault squad. Wherever they rushed, the battle line would develop in a direction that was beneficial to the Ming army.

The situation of the battle is becoming clearer and clearer, and the night is slowly falling.

What is the most important thing right now?
Of course it was chasing the Tartars who were about to escape!

Sure enough, the tartars withdrew as soon as it got dark, leaving only a few thousand dead soldiers behind, and all the soldiers on the periphery ran away.

Of course, Qin Shuhuai wanted to pursue the victory, but he only chased for a few miles. He was afraid that if he ran into an ambush ahead, he would suffer disaster.

Is there an ambush ahead?
This is uncertain, because this is Hou Jin's territory, who knows where soldiers will suddenly appear?What if someone pretends to escape and really ambush?

After nightfall, except for the soldiers and horses on guard outside, the rest turned on lights to clean the battlefield overnight and counted the results of the battle.

The small city of Tai'an was surrounded by countless corpses.

At a glance, you can't see the end at all.

In this battle, the Ming army suffered more than 8000 casualties, of which more than 8000 were killed and more than [-] were seriously injured. These soldiers were all unable to continue to march.

Of course, the Tartars suffered even more severe losses.

They invested a total of 8 cavalry and [-] infantry in this campaign, a total of nearly [-] people.

Among them, the cavalry lost about [-], the infantry lost [-], and the total force lost [-]!
Of the [-], about [-] were hunted down by the Ming army during the retreat - the army is fighting, this is the inevitable price of retreating!
In addition, the Tartars also lost three masters: Oboi was seriously injured and captured, Su Kechaole and Yang Batai were killed.

Among the masters of the Ming army, only Zhang Taicheng, Ma Sansao, Meng Wei and others were slightly injured, but nothing serious happened.

When the army entered the city, they immediately summoned the strong men from house to house, and repaired the city wall overnight with some Ming troops.

However, arresting strong men belonged to arresting strong men, Qin Shuhuai still agreed to give each person a salary of [-] Wen a day, which is not low.

Inside the handsome account.

Qin Shuhuai looked at the statistics of the battle report and felt uneasy.

He had [-] troops in his hands, but now there are only [-] left.

I don't know what happened to Li Dingguo and Zhao Shujiao?
At this moment, the general on duty outside the account suddenly came to report.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, General Zhao from the left has sent an urgent report!"

"Bring it in!"

After receiving the urgent report, Qin Shuhuai quickly opened it and read it.

According to the urgent report, Zhao led the teaching to attack Daheishan Fort this morning, and sent 5000 people to ambush on the road from Xiaoheishanbao to Daheishan.

Originally, he thought that the Tartars would definitely send troops to Xiaoheishanbao, because Tartars like field battles the most.

Unexpectedly, the Tartars just stick to the city, neither coming out nor sending reinforcements from Xiaoheishanbao.

His soldiers fought from morning to night, and they still haven't captured Daheishan Fort.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the darkness to attack again, but suddenly it snowed heavily, which was not good for the attacker, so he planned to let the soldiers rest for one night and make plans tomorrow.

In addition, there are about [-] Tartar defenders in the Daheishan Fort, which are well-equipped, thick and strong walls, and they took the initiative to block the gates so that even the red cannons could not open them.

Qin Shuhuai understood when he saw this.

Huang Taiji's strategy on the first line of defense should be to hold on to the left and right lines, while consuming the Northern Expeditionary Army's strength, while holding back the left and right forces.

In the middle, he concentrated his superior force, trying to injure or even defeat Qin Shuhuai's central army in one fell swoop.

Once Qin Shuhuai was defeated, it would be a piece of cake for them to deal with Zhao Ratejiao and Li Dingguo.

It's a good strategy, but unfortunately he miscalculated a bit, that is, the strength of the Ming army today has improved a lot compared to the Ming army during his second southern expedition.

Now that the battle in the middle is defeated, Huang Taiji is very passive.

Because both Heishan Fort and Shaling Fort were under siege by the Ming army, he had to go to the rescue.

Move the whole body by pulling a hair!If it was the other way around and his middle lane was defeated, then Li Dingguo and Zhao Lediao would have to withdraw their troops, and this year's Northern Expedition would be considered useless.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Li Dingguo's battle report to arrive.

His army's attack on Sand Ridge was not going well.

Although Shaling Fort is not big, its walls are also very thick. There are more than 5000 Tartars stationed in it, and those Tartars can't stand it.

Now his soldiers are besieging the city, the initial plan is to trap the Tartar soldiers inside, because he estimates that the Tartar soldiers inside will not have too much food and grass, and they will not last long.

Qin Shuhuai finally understood that the cities with the word "Fort" in their names are generally not big, but they are very strong.

Li Jingting, who was still on duty tonight, came over and asked, "Master, what happened to the left and right roads?"

Qin Shuhuai showed him the battle report.

Li Jingting thought for a while, then said, "Didn't both sides be defeated? This will be troublesome."

Qin Shuhuai nodded, "Yes! If the Tartars fail to enter the city, they will probably send heavy troops to counterattack. The problem is that we don't know whether the Tartars will focus on Li Dingguo or Zhao Lijiao."

Li Jingting said, "What the Lord said is true. These castles should not have much food left, and the Tatars will not give up on them. They should send troops to rescue them soon. But fortunately, we won here, and the Tatars suddenly They can’t draw so many troops to go there, so even if they fight, they will be less stressed.”

Qin Shuhuai smiled wryly, "This is the territory of the Tartars, how can we be sure that they don't have many soldiers?"

"What does the Lord of the Country mean?"

Qin Shuhuai pondered for a long time, and finally said, "The big and small Black Mountain Forts are close together. If the Tartars also station troops in the Little Black Mountain Fort, they will probably save the Big Black Mountain Fort first because of this convenience."

"Yes! After all, there are soldiers in the small Black Mountain Fort, and it will be easier and faster to save the Big Black Mountain Fort if the Tartars add more troops." Li Jingting nodded hurriedly, "Then why don't we send heavy troops to reinforce General Zhao?"

(End of this chapter)