Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 372
Compared to Wu Sheng's amazement, Yang Menglong was much calmer. In his opinion, this victory was completely expected. Although two-thirds of the troops he brought were recruits, he still took the victory for granted. He's such a shit.Heluo's new army did not disappoint his trust. Those recruits broke out on the battlefield with terrifying and powerful fighting power, almost crushing the main force of the rebel army with a crushing advantage. He was very happy to see the almost one-sided battle. .The only thing that is a little depressing is that Qi Hu is watching too closely, he has no way to fight on the battlefield... Next time we go to war, don't bring that old man with us unless it is absolutely necessary, shit!

"Hurry up and count the casualties and treat the wounded!" Yang Erhuo, who could only act as a spectator from beginning to end, was unwilling to be left alone and jumped out to increase his presence.

In fact, needless to say, the Heluo New Army is already counting casualties and treating the wounded.The casualties were quite high. More than 100 people were killed and more than 300 were injured. The Heluo New Army reduced its strength by one-tenth. However, considering that they faced the crazy attack of thousands of rebel cavalry, they defeated the rebels with such few casualties. , has been called a miracle.At this cost, the Heluo New Army beheaded more than 300 people, captured more than 3000 people, and seized more than 500 horses, 50 artillery pieces, and a large amount of shells and gunpowder. They also looted tens of thousands of weapons from the rebels. Two pieces of silver, it was considered a bumper harvest.Seeing a large number of bloody trophies piled higher and higher in front of him, the money man smiled happily, rubbed his palms and said excitedly: "The harvest is really good, I got my capital back in this battle alone!" He picked it up and threw it. There was a full [-] taels of gold ingots, and he wiped the blood on his sleeve with his sleeves, grinning from ear to ear: "Those bastards have brought disaster to Denglai, they scraped off more than three feet of land! So much loot has been found from them alone, if their lair is taken away, I don’t know how much money will be earned!"

Qi Hu poured cold water on him: "When Sun Yuanhua took office as the governor of Denglai, he repaired and consolidated the city walls of Dengzhou City on a large scale. He himself is a great civil engineer, and the walls he strengthened are enough to withstand heavy artillery bombardment! "

Yang Menglong was confused: "Why are you telling me this?"

Qi Hu said: "Their old den is Dengzhou!"

Yang Menglong snorted, and then he remembered that the battle to regain Denglai was extremely cruel in history. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers besieged it on three sides. They fought for more than three months but failed to capture Dengzhou. In the end, Kong Youde couldn't hold on anymore and led the The rebels fled to Liaodong by boat, and the Ming army regained Dengzhou.The Dengzhou City wall that Sun Yuanhua worked so hard to strengthen did not play any role in resisting the rebels. It almost caused the Ming army to bleed dry. What an irony!Thinking of this, he shuddered. The ancient battles were extremely cruel. It was not unusual for the city to be besieged for months or even years and it was not uncommon for the Heluo New Army to fight a battle in Shandong for several months... He We have to go bankrupt, no, we must not let Kong Youde and the others escape back to Dengzhou City!
This bastard threw away the gold in his hand, got on his horse, picked up a horse spear, and said, "Old man, you slowly clean up the battlefield. I will lead the cavalry to continue chasing and killing Kong Youde and Li Jiuzheng. State City!"

Qi Hu wanted to object, but when he thought about it, the rebels had been beaten and lost nearly half. As long as this idiot didn't rush into Dengzhou City, there shouldn't be any danger, so he nodded: "Don't worry, sir." Go, let's follow after cleaning the battlefield!"

Yang Menglong was really worried that he would object again. Unexpectedly, the old man of the boss agreed for the first time, and said happily: "Don't worry, I will be careful!" He shouted at his pitifully small bodyguards: "Follow me!" Come on! Thread those bastard rebels into skewers!" A horse spear took the lead in chasing the rebels in the direction they were fleeing.

Seeing his murderous look, it's really hard for Qi Hu to feel relieved!

The old man ordered to Xue Siming: "Clean the battlefield as soon as possible and place the wounded soldiers. We must seize the rebels' Laizhou camp before they come to their senses, and then attack Dengzhou. Every hour of delay will mean that we will have to attack Dengzhou in the future." Hundreds of soldiers sacrificed themselves under Dengzhou City!"

Xue Siming said: "Why don't you take 1000 men and cavalry to chase the rebels first, and leave the recruits to continue cleaning the battlefield?"

Qi Hu said: "That's fine, let's go!"

Xue Siming immediately ordered a thousand veterans and rushed to pursue the rebels. Wu Sheng was envious of his swift dispatch. The Zhejiang army would never be able to do this.

"Clean the battlefield quickly and count the casualties!" Qi Hu gave Wu Sheng an order.In fact, he has no right to issue orders to this Zhejiang army general. Fortunately, after this battle, Wu Sheng has already admired the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Heluo new army and the old man's command ability, and happily accepted his offer. command.Of course, the Zhejiang army happily accepted Wu Sheng's command, rummaging through the pile of dead people for their trophies, a relatively better piece of clothing, a relatively sophisticated weapon, a pile of money, a rebel officer's The heads are all the objects of their looting, and the cleaning work is chaotic, which makes Wu Sheng very helpless... This is not the case with the Heluo Xinjun and Tianxiong Army!
Yang Menglong chased for more than a dozen miles, only to see the sand and dust in front of him, the sound of killing was thunderous, in the villages and towns stretching for several miles, in the fields, there were piles of soldiers fighting desperately, blood flowed all over the ground.Take a closer look at the banners, good guy, the Lu army led by Liu Zeqing, the Sichuan army led by Deng Ke, and the Beijing camp led by that dead eunuch Gao Qiqian are all killing until their eyes are red!Of course, the most eye-catching ones are the [-] Guanning iron cavalry led by Wu Xiang and his son. Now this iron cavalry is rushing back and forth under the command of Wu Sangui. Compared with the battlefield in western Liaoning, it is simply not the same army!
In fact, the performance of Guan Ning's cavalry on the battlefield in western Liaoning can only be described as "useless". They could neither fight nor defend. Every time Hou Jin launched a large-scale attack, they could only hold their heads and get beaten.But when they arrived at the battlefield in the Central Plains, these guys collectively entered the massacre mode. Cao Wenzhao commanded a thousand Guan Ning cavalry to drive the bandits from Gansu to Hubei. Zu Kuan and Zu Dale commanded three thousand Guan Ning cavalry and dared to attack Gao Yingxiang 30 The Wan Dajun launched an attack and cooperated with the Tianxiong Army to defeat it in one fell swoop. This kind of record is endless... The Guan Ning Army is really a miraculous army!

Now this miraculous army is showing its might, the iron cavalry is rampaging, and the sabers are waving in the air, forming a blue-gray curtain. They fell off their horses one after another, and their deaths were so ugly.One of the Guanning cavalry also held a cavalry spear nearly five meters long, and lined up a cavalry wall to launch a fierce charge against the rebels. Some rebels screamed and fell off their horses with a broken spear.Guan Ning's cavalry didn't really master the skill of charging on the wall, and their formation was in a mess. However, it was the first time for the rebels to encounter such an unreasonable style of play, and they couldn't stand their ground in a daze.A big man brandished a saber and charged back and forth among the rebellious army. Several Guan Ning cavalrymen were cut off by him. They fought fiercely and were quite brave. He must be the leader of the rebel army Li Jiucheng. The target of riding a bow and the three-eyed gun kept firing at him, the firepower was very fierce, and the effect was very touching: Li Jiuzheng was hit by several lead bullets, and there were more than a dozen arrows hanging on the nail leaf, and he looked like a hedgehog. Yes, but there was nothing wrong with it. Instead, two Guan Ning cavalrymen who fired at him with three-eyed guns were hacked by him.Judging from the situation on the battlefield, the rebel army is doomed to lose, but the power of the battle of trapped beasts should not be underestimated. It is really not easy for officers and soldiers to win for a while.

By the way, more than 300 cavalry hunters of the new Heluo army——and more than 1000 cavalrymen are honestly staying on the edge of the battlefield, watching friendly troops fight with rebels.Yang Menglong was puzzled, rode his horse over and asked, "Zhong Ning, Xu Gong, what are you doing?"

Zhong Ning, Xu Gong and other generals hurriedly clasped their fists at him as a salute, shouting, "My lord, you are here!"

Yang Menglong asked: "What's wrong? The fight has turned everything upside down, why do you stay here motionless?"

Cao Jun said dejectedly: "Master Supervisor won't let us join the battle!"

Yang Menglong's eyes widened: "What? You are not allowed to participate in the war!?" This is really strange. Which commander-in-chief is not annoyed that the troops at home are too few and that the friendly forces are contributing too little?Fortunately for that dead eunuch, he thought that there were too many troops participating in the war, so he directly gave the Heluo New Army a break!He asked: "Didn't you go ask the Lord Supervisor for a battle?"

Xu Gong said: "Why not! But the military supervisor said that we have just fought a fierce battle, and we are tired and out of horses, so it is not suitable to fight again. Let us rest for now!"

Yang Menglong said: "Take it easy, sir! Look at what a terrible battle they are fighting. If we are allowed to fight, the rebel army will collapse in half an hour at most. How long will it take for them to fight like this?"

Zhong Ning said: "Governor Zhu said that we defeated the main force of the rebels and captured thousands of levels. We have already made great contributions. The appearance cannot be too ugly, and the friendly forces must also have the opportunity to make contributions!"

Yang Menglong yelled: "Damn it, what the hell is this nonsense!"

He looks like fallacy, but in officialdom, it is the truth.What the officialdom pays attention to is a person who is in harmony with the light, and a person who shows his sharpness will not end well.Those in positions of power must master the skills of pulling one faction against another.Heluo's new army showed their sharpness, defeated the crowd with a few, defeated [-] rebels in one fell swoop, killed nearly half of them, and already snatched the boss's share of the counter-insurgency army. There is no doubt that they can easily defeat or even annihilate the remaining rebels, but... what about the others?The Sichuan Army, Zhejiang Army, Jingying Army, and Guanning Army have traveled thousands of miles to Shandong, so we can't let them return empty-handed, right?For the sake of balance, this fierce tiger must be suppressed no matter what.The most important thing is that Wu Sangui, a shameless guy, recognized Gao Qiqian as his godfather. Of course, Gao Qiqian had to help his godson. He had no choice but to wrong the Heluo Xinjun. If you don't want to recognize someone as a godfather, and you don't want to give half a dime to Gao Qiqian, who will you suppress?
Yang Menglong didn't understand the twists and turns, and Zhong Ning, Xu Gong, Cao Jun and others didn't understand even more, so they had to stay on the sidelines and watch other people fight, and the more they watched, the more breathless they became...

(End of this chapter)