At this moment, everyone, including Huang Taiji, was not clear, and could not guess whether the Tiger and Leopard Army had hidden any conspiracy against the Later Jin army when doing this... However, their eyes were not blind. It was very clear that during the attack and pursuit, the soldiers under their command would pay a very heavy price for every step forward under the artillery attack of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

In their thinking and minds, if these losses and casualties are not interrupted immediately, at most one hour, 20,000 offensive troops will lose more than half.

And this is definitely not the result these Later Jin generals want to see.

Therefore, the Tiger and Leopard Army had just retreated less than a mile back. A bearded Tartar general shouted anxiously with his face: "Shan, the attack speed of those Han people is too slow. If we continue to attack like this, the attacking troops we sent will not be able to fight with the Tiger and Leopard Army..."

"Slave contacted me and took advantage of the favorable opportunity of the Tiger and Leopard Army retreating, and ordered the attacking troops to quickly cross the Han slaves and launch a direct attack on the Tiger and Leopard Army..."

"The Tiger and Leopard Army is retreating. As long as our attack speed is fast enough, we can catch the Tiger and Leopard Army off guard and fight with them. Use the melee battles that the warriors are good at to eliminate these Tiger and Leopard Army."

When his subordinates just came up with this idea, Huang Taiji was indeed moved.

Because, in many classic battles in history, the winner suddenly launches an attack when the opponent retreats, defeating the opponent in one fell swoop and achieving the final victory.

However, when the Tiger and Leopard Army retreated in an orderly manner, it was clearly displayed in Huang Taiji's vision. The heart-warming thoughts that had just appeared in Huang Taiji's mind disappeared completely.

And under the gaze of his subordinates, he denied his tone firmly: "No. Although the Tiger and Leopard Army retreated, their formation was not messy at all. Now he bypassed the Han slaves and attacked them, so that the warriors would hit the Tiger and Leopard Army guns, and the warriors would die, and it would be meaningless to die."

Seeing the gloomy expression on his subordinates' faces, Huang Taiji's words turned and continued: "Of course. If we don't launch an attack now, it doesn't mean we won't launch an attack for a while. Ben Khan didn't believe that the retreat formation of the Tiger and Leopard Army will continue..."

"As long as there are signs of chaos in the opponent's retreat formation, we will launch an attack..."

After disappointing Huang Taiji, the soldiers under his command kept chasing forward for a full two miles. After paying about two thousand losses again, the retreat formation of the Tiger and Leopard Army was still very orderly.

Faced with this situation, Huang Taiji had to sigh to his subordinates: "I really want to know how these tiger and leopard troops were trained in front of him. After retreating for so long, the military formation did not change at all..."

"Now it seems that the Tiger and Leopard Army in front of us does not intend to launch an attack on us and have a chance to fight with them?"

After a military master Fan Wencheng showed an expression of agreement on his face, he directly asked Huang Taiji: "Khan, what do you mean is to withdraw troops immediately..."

Huang Taiji nodded and affirmed: "Yes, it means withdrawing troops. Not only do you need to withdraw troops, but you also need to turn off offense to defense?"

"Since the Tiger and Leopard Army has broken the human shields we are attacking, we will use these human shields for defense. Ben Khan doesn't believe that the Tiger and Leopard Army has a way to crack the human shields we use to defend."

After saying that, Huang Taiji issued an order to withdraw his troops to his subordinates.

Of course, the Tiger and Leopard Army did not pursue the Later Jin army that quickly withdrew from the battlefield, and only ordered the artillery to send off with flowering bullets, leaving hundreds of corpses again during the retreat.

So, the battlefield, which had been roaring for almost half an hour, returned to tranquility again.

The Tiger and Leopard Army had more than 30,000 soldiers, the Later Jin Army had 40,000 infantry and cavalry and 20,000 Han slaves who were still increasing, and once again confronted each other on the grassland that could not be seen at a glance.

Wei Zheng, commander-in-chief of the Tiger and Leopard Army, originally thought that the Tartars would suddenly become hot during pursuit and attack, and directly crossed the flesh shield they used as shields to attack the musketeers and cavalry under their command, and were hit and bleeding, causing heavy losses.

However, what Wei Zheng did not expect was that the Tartars, who had always been brave but had no brains, were actually heartless this time. They also ordered the troops to withdraw from the battlefield very promptly to avoid greater losses.

Therefore, as soon as the Tartars began to retreat, Wei Zheng's face was covered with disappointment.

However, when the Tartars were in a defensive posture and were preparing to engage in a military confrontation with the Tiger and Leopard Army, the scene appeared behind Wei Zheng's vision. The disappointed expression on Wei Zheng's face was directly covered by sneer.

Under the gaze of his subordinates, he said with a sarcastic look: "Huang Taiji's reaction speed is quite fast. If he can't attack us, he will immediately become a defense..."

Compared with the ridicule and sneer on Wei Zheng's face, Wang Feng's face once again showed a heartfelt expression of worry.

Without any hesitation, he reminded Wei Zheng: "Master, in my opinion, the Tartars' defense is more difficult to deal with than the offense..."

"The Tartars may have seen our concern for the captives in their hands. In order to prevent our shelling, they directly dispersed some of the Han people into the middle of their military formations, so that these people would become their amulets, so that we dare not fire at them."

"In addition, in order to avoid accidental injuries, the muskets and artillery we equipped will become decorations. In this case, if we want to attack the Tiger and Leopard Army and destroy them, or can we avoid close-range battles with the Tartars?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and asked Wang Feng with an interest on his face, "General Wang, who told you that I will immediately launch an attack on the Tartars in front of me and eliminate them here?"

Faced with this rhetorical question, Wang Feng's concerns were directly covered by doubts.

Without thinking, he subconsciously asked Wei Zheng: "Master, what do you mean?"

Wei Zheng explained: "You just analyzed well. In order to avoid accidental injury, we have no other way to defeat them except for fighting with the Tartars at close range."

"Since that's the case, why did I still joke about the lives of my soldiers even though I couldn't know what to do?"

"My coach's idea is very simple. Since there is no way to defeat these Tartars in a short period of time, then we will confront them here and fight for consumption..."

Wang Feng's eyes lit up and he quickly replied: "Master, I understand what you mean... We are backed by more than 10 million people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and our military farms in Shanxi have just achieved a bumper harvest. As long as the grain roads are continuous, we can get a steady stream of supplies. In this case, even if we fight the Tartars here for the first half of the year, or even for a year, there will be no problem."

"However, the Later Jin Tartars were not good... Although the Later Jin Tartars had begun to turn from nomadic to farming, their population was very limited after all. This led to a small number of standing troops in the entire Later Jin Kingdom. As for other troops, they were soldiers in wartime, people in peacetime, and scattered in various parts of the Later Jin Dynasty to engage in production..."

"There are as many as 40,000 people in the Later Jin army. According to the rules of the Later Jin army, less than 10,000 of these 40,000 people are the permanent army of the Later Jin Dynasty, which means the army that does not need to engage in production and is directly supported by the Later Jin Kingdom."

"And now, as long as the Tiger and Leopard Army does not retreat for a day, the 40,000 Later Jin army will not be able to withdraw the Later Jin Kingdom. This means that the number of troops that the Later Jin Kingdom needs to support has increased directly from 10,000 to 40,000. No, plus 20,000 Han slaves who act as meat shields, it is a total of 60,000..."

"This number is not strong for the national strength. In many cases, the Later Jin Kingdom, which still needs to rely on plunder to overcome various disasters, is definitely an unprecedented huge pressure..."

"If we really plan to fight for consumption with the Later Jin Tartars here, unless the Later Jin Tartars reduce the military strength of the military confrontation with us, the first thing that cannot bear the pressure and collapses must be the Later Jin Tartars..."

Wei Zheng nodded and affirmed: "Since you have understood, then go and do it... I ordered each division to set up camps on the spot and build a camp. Commander Wang was responsible for the construction of the entire camp and arranged the daily guards to guard against the sneak attack of the Later Jin Iron Cavalry..."

The 30,000 Han slaves who acted as meat shields in the Later Jin Dynasty did not even touch the shadow of the Tiger and Leopard Army during the attack for more than half an hour, and they lost 2,000 musketeers and more than 3,000 elite cavalry. The 10,000 Han slaves who acted as meat shields were not even injured. As for the attacked Tiger and Leopard Army, apart from consuming thousands of flowering bullets, they did not lose a single force.

Faced with this battle result that made people feel very frustrated at first sight. The angry Huang Taiji, in order to vent his anger, actually killed several Han slaves with his own hands regardless of his face, and slowly calmed down his anger.

However, Wei Zheng, as his old opponent, does not seem to intend to let him relax just like this.

The corpses in front of Huang Taiji were just dragged away, and a burst of rapid footsteps reached Huang Taiji's ears.

Then, a general with iron armor hurriedly walked to Huang Taiji. He knelt on one leg and reported loudly: "I have seen Dahan... Dahan, the Tiger and Leopard Army that was in a military confrontation with us, did not expect Dahan, give up the idea of ​​attacking us and began to retreat...but..."

Huang Taiji frowned and subconsciously asked, "But what?"

Under Huang Taiji's clever eyes, the Tartar General quickly replied: "Khan, although the Tiger and Leopard Army began to retreat, they did not withdraw from the battlefield. Instead, they built a military camp about four miles away from us... Judging from the battlefield situation, the slave speculated that the Tiger and Leopard Army seemed to be planning to engage in a long military confrontation with us and fight a war of attrition with us."
Chapter completed!