Borrow the day to change the day

"Master Hou, seven people in our army died in the battle, 25 were seriously injured and could no longer fight, and 56 were slightly injured and could fight again." Li Laosi was ordered to count the battle situation, and came back to report to Zhong Jinwei .

Zhong Jinwei's heart tightened when he heard this. After all, this kind of frontal blocking battle was not the previous ambush attack, and the casualties appeared so quickly."What about the badly wounded sergeant?" he asked.

"Mostly the arms and shoulders were injured by Jianlu's heavy arrows. They need to rest for a while, but their lives are fine." Li Laosi replied immediately.

Zhong Jinwei nodded after hearing this, he knew that this happened thanks to the protective effect of the wall.

He thought for a while, and then ordered Li Laosi to say: "Head the soldiers who are seriously injured and can no longer fight back to Haizhou first, and bring the sacrificed comrades with them."

"Yes, Lord Hou." Fourth Li agreed, and immediately went to arrange the matter.

Zhong Jinwei waited for Li Laosi to leave, picked up the binoculars and looked ahead, but found no movement from Jianlu.

So, he began to patrol the position and check the situation of the soldiers.

The blocking position of the new army has built two rows of protective walls using the corpses of Jianlu.The new soldier was just able to poke his head out and put his flintlock on it to shoot.

Moreover, the protective wall is not continuous, but there is a gap every certain distance, which is convenient for the new army to attack or retreat.Of course, the gaps between the front and rear rows of parapets are staggered from each other, this is to prevent the Jianlu cavalry from charging.

Most of the retaining walls are piled with the corpses of Jianlu wrapped in road mud. This is the fastest way to build the retaining wall.Therefore, when the soldiers of the new army lie down there and shoot, their bodies are mostly stained with mud.Coupled with the cold weather and continuous fighting, many soldiers insisted on staying behind the parapet, stomping their feet and rubbing their hands to keep warm.

When Zhong Jinwei passed by, the soldiers of the new army knew that Lord Hou had arrived, and they all stood at attention and saluted.

Zhong Jinwei inspected for a while, and found that the soldiers of the new army only ate dry food that had been frozen into hard lumps, and when they were thirsty, they drank the cold water they carried with them.

This is not possible, Zhong Jinwei immediately turned around and said to his guards: "Immediately start a fire and boil water, and give the soldiers hot water to drink. It would be best if they can also soak dry food."

Upon hearing this, Wang Peng quickly advised, "Master Hou, lighting a fire will expose us."

"Stupid, you won't go to the back of the camp to burn it!" Zhong Jinwei said immediately.

When later generations fought wars, the cooks prepared meals in the rear and sent them to the front.This kind of plot has been seen a lot in later generations of movies and TV series, so Zhong Jinwei said it without thinking about it.

In ancient wars, the lives of soldiers were the least valuable.When fighting, that will take care of these details.It's not a big deal to eat dry food, and sometimes it's not bad to eat dry food.

Zhongxinghou's order was quickly carried out, and a fire was lit behind the position, and then the slightly injured soldiers took turns to deliver hot water and soaked dry food to the frontline soldiers.

In this way, the morale of the new army rose instead of falling under such difficult conditions.Encouraged by Jin Yiwei's political commissar, he wished that Jianlu would rush over and teach them another lesson.

Time passed slowly, the night was getting darker and the weather was getting colder.

I don't know how much time passed, suddenly there was movement in the Jianlu camp in the distance, people shouted and neighed, as if another reinforcement had arrived.

Zhong Jinwei quickly found a high place and observed the Jianlu camp through a telescope.

I saw many torches in the Jianlu camp, and under the light of the torches, there were many vehicles on the camp.

His heart tightened, although he had never seen it before, Zhong Jinwei knew what it was by looking at its appearance.

He finally understood why Jianlu had a superior force but did not attack continuously. It turned out that he was waiting for the chariot who restrained the muskets.

Zhong Jinwei was worried, how could the cart be broken?If Che Ying was there, even Che Chu would not be able to stop the artillery bombardment.But the wagon battalion has not yet arrived, and flintlock guns alone cannot penetrate the wagon.

Jianlu hid behind the car, and could easily approach the new army's position. The next thing was the hand-to-hand combat that Zhong Jinwei didn't want to see.

It's not that the new army is afraid that they won't be able to beat Jianlu in hand-to-hand combat, but that once they enter hand-to-hand combat, the casualties of the new army will inevitably increase dramatically.No matter how powerful the new army is, with one against three, it will be exhausted by Jianlu.

Zhong Jinwei's anxiety was noticed by the careful Gu Baichuan beside him.

"Master Hou, what's the matter?" Gu Baichuan asked hastily.

Zhong Jinwei handed the binoculars to Gu Baichuan and asked him to look at it himself.At the same time, he whispered his worries again.

At this moment, everyone around became tense.Gu Baichuan immediately persuaded Zhong Jinwei and said: "Master Hou, you can't hold this place any longer, get out quickly!"

Zhong Jinwei shook his head when he heard this, and he asked Gu Baichuan, "If we can't stop Jianlu here, then we can't stop Jianlu elsewhere. If we want to withdraw, what will happen to Haizhou City?"

"But..., Lord Hou, even if you want to block Jianlu here, you can't stop it! The emperor has told you that you must ensure the safety of Lord Hou." Gu Baichuan tried to persuade Zhong Jinwei again.

Zhong Jinwei was really unwilling to give up like this, because if he gave up here, it would be tantamount to giving up the whole Haizhou.The Haizhou battle launched this time will end in failure, and I am afraid that not even half of the soldiers will be able to go back in the end.

Moreover, the failure of this battle will boost the morale of Jianlu and make them believe that the new army will not be able to fight head-on.The next time you meet a new army, you will no longer hesitate or be afraid.

And if the first battle to restore Liaodong fails, it will be a heavy blow to everyone who has great hopes for this war, such as Emperor Chongzhen, the cabinet, the Sixth Ministry, etc.

The expansion of the new army and the launch of the next war will also cause many problems, and they will no longer support the new army unconditionally as before.

After thinking so much, Zhong Jinwei made a decision in his heart. He shook his head resolutely and said, "No, we can't just give up like this. Seeing Jianlu's arrangement, maybe we still have a chance."

Seeing Zhong Jinwei's insistence, Gu Baichuan thought for a while and said, "Master Hou, why don't you withdraw first, and my subordinates will stick here instead of you."

Zhong Jinwei listened, looked at Gu Baichuan's face, and said word by word: "Since I lead the army, I have to be with the army. How can I abandon my comrades and run away by myself. I can't do this kind of thing! You can't do it either!" You don’t need to persuade me any more, if you want to do my best, help me think about how to deal with Jianlu’s trick!”

Contrary to Zhong Jinwei's worries, Jierhalang at this time has completely lost the haze of the previous two offensive failures, and is happily dispatching troops, preparing to rush into the Ming army's position in one fell swoop, to see what the new army can do. Can you be arrogant!

All twenty carts were pushed onto the official road, but unfortunately only one more car could be placed on both sides of the official road, and the carts could not be pushed further to the side.

But even so, Jierhalang also believed that with the cover of five chariots pushing a row side by side, he could still enter the Ming army's position.

Jierhalang looked at the formation of the attacking formation, and thought in his heart: The Ming army is waiting to die!