In ancient wars, once the commander died, it meant that the war was declared defeat. As Wang Er was smashed into meat paste by iron bullets, the war completely lost suspense. The soldiers of the bandit army were defeated and the entire army was dispersed under the fierce bombardment of the red barbarian cannons.

The bandit army shone its back to the Ming army, so the Ming army naturally would not miss the opportunity. Sun Chuanting immediately ordered the soldiers to blew the charge. In addition to the artillery, all the soldiers of the Tianwu Army were involved in the tail-chasing of the bandit army.

In fact, the Ming army's artillery bombardment only caused more than 3,000 casualties to the bandit army. Compared with the total strength of the bandit army, the casualties rate was less than 10%.

But the killing effect caused by the shelling was too terrifying. In addition, the accidental death of the leader Wang Er, the thief army could no longer support it, so it reached the point of a great escape.

There is a great terror between life and death. As long as we face an imminent death crisis, no one will be afraid. Perhaps the great heroes in history can be ready to die, but they definitely do not include these 30,000 thieves.

When the news of Wang Er's death spread, it was actually doomed to be defeated by the thief army.

However, among the remaining leaders, there is indeed a reason why Gao Yingxiang can leave his name in history.

When all the thief troops flee desperately, Gao Yingxiang immediately discovered the opportunity to take Wang Er and replace him. He ignored his subordinates' dissuasion and personally led a thousand personal guards to cut off the rear and set up an ambush to teach the Ming army that underestimated the enemy and rashly advanced away from the large army.

After Gao Yingxiang personally cut off the rear, nearly 20,000 people fled. Seeing that the bandit army still had the strength to fight back, Sun Chuanting simply stopped when he saw that the bandit army had the best of his strength and stopped the army.

On the same day, after the Wu army returned to Tongchuan City, the entire Tongchuan City rose. After all, the people were not deaf people. They also heard the loud slogan of the bandit army not sealing their swords for three days.

The slogan of the bandit army not sealing the sword for three days made the people of Tongchuan City frightened and angry. They naturally joined the Ming army's camp, strongly supported the logistics work of the Tianwu Army, and made considerable contributions to the Tianwu Army's final victory.s1;

Now that the bandit army has completely fled, the Tianwu Army has returned victoriously, the 100,000 people in Tongchuan City naturally beat gongs and drums to warmly celebrate the victory of the Tianwu Army.

But at this time, Sun Chuanting, as the commander of the first army, had no time to join the ranks of celebrating victory, but stayed in the commander's tent and summarized the experience and lessons of this Tongchuan offensive and defensive battle.

The biggest surprise that this Tongchuan offensive and defensive battle gave Sun Chuanting was that the power of the cannon was so powerful that it could affect the outcome of a war.

At the meeting of the imperial military service half a year ago, His Majesty the Emperor once said that the truth of the future war is only within the range of the cannon.

At that time, Sun Chuanting didn't feel much when he heard this. He just thought that His Majesty the Emperor was bragging and pretending to be a fool. How profound can a young emperor who grew up in the hands of a woman in the deep palace have?

But now when Sun Chuanting fought for 40,000 people with 4,000 people, he lost the refugee army with dozens of cannons alone, and more than 20,000 were killed and captured enemies. The price he paid was only more than 500 casualties.

Moreover, the casualties of these more than 500 people, except for the casualties caused by the artillery and firearms, were mostly caused by the casualties caused by the enemy due to underestimating the enemy. This was completely avoidable.

In other words, if the Tianwu Army was prepared properly in this Tongchuan offensive and defensive battle, it would be able to win with zero casualties.

For example, if Sun Chuanting could report to the department early on that the firearm had a risk of explosion of the chamber, he asked the department to provide the weapons provided by the Ministry of War to undergo strict inspection, and the forty or fifty casualties caused by the explosion of the firearm might be avoided.

After the enemy fled, if the pursuing troops were more cautious and did not easily leave the large army, the nearly 500 casualties behind could be completely avoided.

If the casualties caused by these two unexpected factors can be avoided, then Sun Chuanting led the 4,000-day martial army to defeat the 40,000 thieves, and could have completely achieved a miracle of zero casualties. This is definitely an unprecedented example in the history of war!

At this moment, Sun Chuanting was truly impressed by His Majesty's far-sighted vision. His Majesty's truth was only within the range of the cannon, and was regarded as a good word by Sun Chuanting, as the greatest combat guideline of the Tianwu Army in the future.

Sun Chuanting made up his mind to win more heavy firearms for the Tianwu Army and develop the Tianwu Army into the most powerful combat force in the world.

However, for Gao Yingxiang, the defeat in Tongchuan was a blessing in disguise. Wang Er's accidental death made Gao Yingxiang the leader of the Shaanxi refugee army, and the troops directly under him soared from 7,000 to 15,000, which was a huge profit.

It is true that compared to the more than 40,000 people before the bandit army attacked Tongchuan, the bandit army really suffered a loss to grandma's house this time.

Gao Yingxiang was originally secretly happy. Finally, his wife became a mother-in-law and became the boss of the refugee army. But now when he heard the grain official’s death, he immediately said annoyedly: Isn’t it the food official who should raise food and grass? Why do you come to ask me? I told you, if our army loses food and grass the next day, you should come and see you!

On the other side, after Gao Yingxiang took over the scattered bandits, his troops reached as much as 15,000.

Gao Yingxiang was a little dissatisfied, but when he heard the grain official's instigation, he gritted his teeth and said flatly: Fuck him, slaughter Sunjiazhuang, kill him without leaving any other chickens and dogs! s1;

However, the increase in the size of the troops has more than doubled, and it also brings a headache-inducing problem, that is, the lack of food and grass.

For a moment, the entire village echoed with people's wails and screams, blood filled with fire, and the sky rose, and Sunjiazhuang became history.

But at this moment, the spy sent to explore the way came back to report: King Qi reported to him that there was a village called Sunjiazhuang five miles ahead. It was rumored that Sunjiazhuang was the richest village in the vicinity of this place. Why don’t we have a chance to do it?

Soon, after the bandit army was collected, a grain official in charge of logistics came to report: King, now our army can only eat food and grass for one day, what should we do?

However, as soon as the bandits arrived, the peace of Sunjiazhuang became a passing cloud. The bandits poured all the anger of the failure of Tongchuan offensive and defensive battle on Sunjiazhuang.

When the grain official heard this, he felt as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw and quickly echoed: King, do it. As long as you capture Sunjiazhuang, you can at least solve the army's grain supply for one month.

It was almost dusk, and white smoke began to float on the chimneys of hundreds of families in Sunjiazhuang. It was obvious that the farmers in Sunjiazhuang who were resting at sunset were making fires to make meals.

When the grain official heard Gao Yingxiang's threat, he was so scared that he sweated all over and thought he was doomed.
Chapter completed!