In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 246 The Ming Dynasty is about to change
Faced with the pursuit of [-] Mongolian cavalry, Wu Sangui ran faster than anyone else. This resulted in the Ming army having no chance to reorganize their troops and could only flee in a lifeless rout.

And this pursuit battle lasted for three full days before it was completely over.

Eight generals, including Hu Dawei, were killed in the battle. Supervisor Hong Chengchou, generals Tang Tong, Ma Ke, and Bai Guangen were desperate. They had to flee into Wanquan Youwei with more than [-] remaining soldiers to escape the pursuit of the cavalry. kill.

The commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu, Li Mingfu, and Wang Tingchen ran ahead because they had to react faster, but they managed to escape into Xuanfu City with two thousand personal guards.

Only Wu Sangui managed to escape to Juyong Pass, and because there were tens of thousands of infantrymen serving as cannon fodder, Wu Sangui escaped into Juyong Pass with almost no damage and took [-] Guan Ning cavalry.

In the past three days, almost every hour or two, the garrison would come back escorting groups of Ming army prisoners. The cavalry was only responsible for chasing, accepting surrender, and guarding and escorting, all of which were handled by the [-] garrison.

It can be said that the various branches of the Chinese army have long been accustomed to this kind of cooperation.

Lin Rui did not embarrass the captured Ming army prisoners. After screening them, he imprisoned them all in the Ming army's former camp.

After three days, a full [-] prisoners were captured, and the casualties of both sides in this battle were finally tallied.

The Ming army suffered more than 4 casualties, half of whom were killed by cavalry during the pursuit, and nearly [-] were lightly or seriously wounded.

In addition to the 2 safe and sound prisoners, as well as the troops who escaped into Wanquanyouwei, Xuanfu, and Juyongguan, there are at least [-] people missing.

The men apparently fled into the mountains.

The casualties of the Chinese army were mainly infantry, with more than [-] people killed and as many as [-] injured.

The battle loss ratio reached ten to one. In fact, the main reason was that the entire eighth battalion was wiped out. Nearly 5000 people were killed in one fell swoop, which increased the overall casualty ratio.

Therefore, if we exclude the 5000 men of the Eighth Battalion, the other ten battalions together only lost more than [-] people, and the average number of each battalion was only about [-].

This death rate is completely bearable for an infantry battalion of 5000 people, and can only be regarded as a minor damage.

After the summary meeting, faced with such a huge contrast, each battalion also deeply realized the importance of uniting as one, obeying orders, and maintaining formation on the battlefield. Lin Rui's previous warnings were almost firmly engraved in In everyone’s bones.

After all, no matter how clear the truth is, no matter how many times it is said, it is not worth a bloody lesson.

And when everyone understood that each battalion was a united entity, all prospered and suffered losses, each battalion became unprecedentedly united. Only then did the remaining nineteen infantry battalions truly grow.

In particular, the ten infantry battalions that had experienced the battle had obviously undergone earth-shaking changes before and after the war.

Lin Rui naturally saw the changes in each battalion, and he was extremely happy in his heart. As long as he calmed down for a while, with these [-] infantry, he was enough to sweep all forces and defeat the invincible opponent in the world.

In the future, after taking over the world, if major reforms are to be carried out, these [-] young infantrymen will also be his strongest backing and will clear away all blocking forces.

Therefore, Lin Rui has barely cared about the prisoners and post-war affairs in the past few days. He only focused on holding meetings for each battalion in turn, summing up the gains and losses, and continued to draw the pie, strengthen everyone's beliefs, improve everyone's spiritual and ideological awareness, and let everyone Those teenagers are no longer as ignorant as before.

Although Lin Rui drew on a lot of experience and methods from the Qi Jiajun to train and fight, these infantry battalions were fundamentally different from the Qi Jiajun.

The core of Qi Shaobao's military training, to put it bluntly, is to make all soldiers into robots that only know how to obey orders.

Ordinary soldiers are best not to think about anything or care about anything at ordinary times. On the battlefield, they only need to obey the officer's orders and repeat mechanized actions. They are like a killing machine on the battlefield, still cold and emotionless. .

Although Lin Rui also requires unity on the battlefield, tens of thousands of people are as one, but at the same time he is also enriching the spiritual world of all soldiers.

Let them not just be cold killing machines, but soldiers with flesh and blood, thoughts, pursuits, and even culture.

Not only to make them obey orders subconsciously, but also to make them willingly obey orders on the battlefield.

In fact, to put it bluntly, both Qi Jiguang and other generals in ancient times were limited by their thinking and vision. Like the emperors in ancient times, they adopted the policy of obscuring the people.

That is, ordinary soldiers do not need to be smart, nor do they need to have their own thoughts and insights. The more ignorant and simple the better. After all, soldiers have their own ideas and certain insights, so they are not easy to manage.

But Lin Rui knows that there is no conflict or opposition between being knowledgeable and thoughtful and following orders and fighting the enemy bravely. As long as the right method is found, not only will there be no conflict, but they will complement each other. "Rui Lang, what should we do next? Should we capture all the important towns such as Xuanfu first, or directly send troops to attack Juyong Pass, and then surround the capital?"

Although all the cavalrymen stayed in Xuan Mansion, Namuzhong came back and looked at Lin Rui with burning eyes, his expression was very excited, and his tone was also extremely excited.

"Stabilize the situation. You are responsible for recruiting surrenders from all over the place first. I will stay here to reorganize the prisoners. If anyone does not surrender then, we will attack the city. After breaking the city, we will kill all the gentry, gentry, generals and officers in the city!"

Lin Rui thought about it and said.

Obviously there is no intention to rush to attack Beijing and destroy the Ming Dynasty. After all, Li Zicheng's lessons learned from the past are there.

Back then, after Li Zicheng conquered the northwest and founded the country and became king, he couldn't wait to conquer the Ming Dynasty before the foundation was stable. He sang loudly all the way. In just two or three months, he conquered Beijing and destroyed the Ming Dynasty. Once defeated, it was like an avalanche. Seems to be defeated faster.

In addition, the Hetao was almost attacked again this time, which also reminded Lin Rui that although he has a strong army and is relatively united internally, is he not similar to Li Zicheng back then?

Although Jiannu's vitality has been greatly reduced and it is difficult to continue to be a fisherman, for the sake of safety, Lin Rui decided to play it safe.

First, completely occupy Xuanfu Datong. After the autumn harvest is over and all hidden dangers have been resolved, it will not be too late to attack Beijing.

"Okay then, I will go and surrender Wu Sangui first and hold Juyong Pass in my hands. Then I can attack the capital at any time."

Although Na Muzhong was a little regretful, she obeyed Lin Rui's words, so she nodded and said.

"By the way, now is the time when the economy is in recession. Give each tribe a reward when it's due, confer knights on those who should be canonized, and then let them go back to the grassland for the time being!"

Lin Rui thought about it and said, after all, the more than 3 Mongolian cavalry staying in Xuan Mansion is no longer of much use. Instead, they need a lot of food and grass every day to feed their troops.

He can afford to support more than 3 people.

However, the daily fodder and food required by nearly [-] war horses are really too much to bear. In addition, spring has begun again, and it is the season when water and grass grow wildly. It is better to let them go back to the grassland to graze first, which can reduce the burden. Secondly, it can also consolidate the grassland to prevent others from taking advantage of it.

Fortunately, it was the Ming army and Huihui who went to make a sneak attack this time. If they were replaced by Jiannu, the consequences would be really disastrous.

"Well, what is the specific reward?" In fact, Namuzhong also felt that those cavalry would only cause more chaos if they stayed here. In the past few days, she had dealt with several cases of cavalry sneaking into the village to rob them of surprise.

"You and Chatu should discuss this. Try to be fair and just, and don't be too stingy, but don't reward too much, lest they become greedy in the future!"

Lin Rui really didn't know much about the performance of each tribe, so he could only leave it to her and Chatu, and finally report the results to himself.

After Na Muzhong left, Lin Rui began to reorganize the prisoners, and at the same time asked Huang Ben to lead [-] infantry to Shuozhou.

Fifty thousand prisoners, except for more than 5000 wounded, the rest were mixed by Lin Rui and the garrison. The captured officers also continued to serve as officers at all levels. After all, the garrison battalion has always been in short supply of officers, and many of them are just chasing ducks. On the shelves.

This time there will be a large-scale mixing of the two sides, and the combat effectiveness of the garrison battalion will definitely be raised to a higher level.

After all, those [-] prisoners are all veterans of many battles, and they are definitely much stronger than the young men newly recruited by the garrison camp.

There are also 1 people organized into a battalion, a total of 14 battalions, and weapons and other equipment are all ready-made.

As the news of the Ming army's defeat spread, both Xuanfu and Datong were in an uproar, and countless gentry and military officers began to make plans.

Obviously everyone knows that Datong Xuanfu and even the entire Ming Dynasty will change.

However, He Renlong, Fierce as a Tiger, and Cao Bianjiao who had just escaped from Shuozhou City hurriedly returned to Ningguan Wu. Obviously, the three of them knew that even if they wanted to submit to the Chinese army, they would have to occupy Ningwuguan for negotiations. Only then can we negotiate a good price.

Otherwise, being surrounded under Shuozhou City would be nothing.

(End of this chapter)