If the eight musket battalions continue to fight on their own, attacks from the flanks will definitely break through the general formation... At that time, the eight musket formations will have a chain reaction, one after another, destroyed by the cavalry, or even eliminated.

There is only one way to block these attacks from the flanks, which is to increase the defensive force of each musket formation. Concentrate two or even three musket battalions together to form a large musket formation.

However, if you do this, Qin Yong will face a problem: in the battlefield where he is fighting, in order to achieve his goal, the musketeers who are gathering must quickly and cause assembly before the Tatar cavalry reacts.

This means that the subordinates must give up some large supplies of large trucks during the assembly process. Otherwise, under the drag of these large supplies of large supplies, the soldiers under their command could not quickly complete the assembly.

In the face of these two choices, Qin Yong, with a solemn face, decided without thinking: "Order all musket battalions to quickly give up the large carts of supplies. From now on, we will only protect food and grass, and all other carts will give up..."

"Each musket battalion, bring the food and grass they protect, quickly gather with their own regiment commanders to ensure the safety of all food and grass."

On the high ground several miles away from the battlefield, facing the constantly changing defensive formation of the Tiger and Leopard Army, the hot expression on the face of the Tartar General was unknowingly covered by calm.

When he saw the scene where the Tiger and Leopard Army actually gave up some large supplies and carts and gathered, the calm expression on his face was then covered with solemnity.

After taking a deep breath, he said to himself in a heavy tone: "What I am most worried about is the gathering of the Tiger and Leopard Army musketeers. Now he is afraid of whatever he wants. What will he come?"

"As long as the Tiger and Leopard Army complete the assembly, our next attack will be to die in front of the powerful firearms of the Tiger and Leopard Army. Now it seems that the purpose of our attempt to eliminate these Tiger and Leopard Army through this battle is impossible to achieve."

Speaking of this, Qin Yong, who had a solemn face, directly ordered: "After destroying all the large quantities of goods that can be destroyed, each team of thousands of people will retreat immediately to avoid unnecessary losses..."

Although the Tartars retreated, the hundreds of large trucks on the official road were destroyed by about 200. What’s more important is that the two hundred large trucks also contained nearly fifty soldiers.

Looking at the large supplies carts with less than a hundred vehicles left on the official road, and then seeing the bodies of more than a thousand soldiers who died in the hands of the Tatars on the official road. Qin Yong's solemn facial expression was directly covered with heavy weight.

However, in order to send the remaining soldiers to the military camp as soon as possible, avoid any unpredictable accidents.

Although the heavy losses of his subordinates made him feel heartbroken, Qin Yong, who still maintained a little bit of rationality, did not delay on the battlefield for too long.

Two days later, the Tiger and Leopard Army, which followed the Tartars, had already penetrated nearly 300 miles into the Later Jin Dynasty. During the marching of several days, although Wei Zheng continued to expand the search scope of scouts, he still did not see a Tartar tribe.

Under such circumstances, Wei Zheng had already confirmed in his heart that Huang Taiji had implemented a strong wall and clearing the world. Not only that, in order to force himself to retreat, the cunning Huang Taiji might have taken action on his logistics line.

Although he had already drawn a musket division to ensure the safety of the logistics line, as the logistics line became longer and longer, Wei Zheng could not guarantee whether the defensive forces of a division would be sufficient on the long logistics transportation line. Will the food and supplies transported to him from Liaodong have problems on this increasingly long logistics line?

Just as Wei Zheng was waiting for the news with a worried look on his face.

Wang Feng, with Wang Feng with an excited face, rushed into the tent directly.

After seeing Wei Zheng, he forgot the rules of the army and reported with excitement on his face: "Master, grain, the grain we transported from Liaodong has arrived... The Third Division has already brought the grain to the gate of the military camp."

Upon hearing this news, the worried expression on Wei Zheng's face disappeared and was covered by excitement from the bottom of his heart.

Wang Feng was excited because after the food arrived, the Tiger and Leopard Army, which was about to be out of food, would not fall to the point of killing horses and filling hunger.

Wei Zheng was excited for two reasons.

The first reason is, like Wang Feng's excitement, that is, the food shortage crisis of the Tiger and Leopard Army was resolved.

As for the second reason, it is that the logistics transportation line that I was most worried about seemed to have not been threatened or attacked by the Later Jin Tartars.

So, the excited Wei Zheng rushed out of the tent, rode his war horse, and ran towards the gate of the military camp.

However, when he rushed to the gate of the military camp and saw the specific situation of the Third Division, the excitement and smile on his face were immediately covered by solemnity.

Although more than two days have passed since the Third Division's battle on the marching road, Wei Zheng, who had a keen sense of smell, still clearly saw signs of large-scale war from thousands of soldiers of the Third Division.

In addition, what Wei Zheng noticed the most was the number of large trucks on the official road.

Although Wei Zheng was not sure how many large trucks were brought to him by the Liaodong defenders, it was necessary to supply the supplies, food and supplies needed for the entire army to fight for half a month.

With so many supplies and food, how could it be possible to use less than a hundred supplies and trucks?

Perhaps in order to prove Wei Zheng's inference, Wei Zheng had just jumped off his war horse and several officers from the Third Division led by Qin Yong hurriedly trot towards Wei Zheng.

After standing in front of Wei Zheng, he reported with a solemn look on his face: "Master, I have let down your trust and have not transported the supplies and food to the camp safely. Not only did I lose two hundred trucks of supplies, but I also lost more than 1,800 soldiers. Please punish the general..."

Hearing this report, Wei Zheng not only showed a shocked expression on his face, but instead replied with a sudden enlightenment: "As it turns out, the cunning Huang Taiji is still taking action on our logistics line."

Compared with Wei Zheng's unsuspecting behavior, Wang Feng, who was almost worried about his white hair for military rations these days, did not have such good qualities.

As soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Wang Feng asked impatiently: "Teacher Qin, where is the food? Is the soldiers sent from Liaodong a big loss?"

Qin Yong quickly shook his head and replied: "Only one-third of the food was lost... Because the commander had explained, after we were attacked, the first thing we protected was food. Among the hundreds of large trucks we brought, eighty-five large trucks were loaded with food. In addition, we also brought back the horse meat that killed the Tartar war horses in the battle, and loaded a total of fifteen large trucks..."

Hearing this, Wang Feng breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously replied: "That's good. Thank God, with this food and horse meat, we can hold on for at least thirteen days..."

After Wang Feng finished speaking, Wei Zheng, who looked thoughtful, finally spoke again.

"This time there is food, but the next time is not certain. Commander Qin, tell me what you have experienced on the march as much as possible. I should know how many troops he has arranged on our logistics line. If we continue to send more troops, can we ensure that the logistics transportation line will no longer be attacked by the Tartars..."

"You must know that since Huang Taiji has decided to take action on our logistics line, and force us to retreat by shortening our logistics supplies. The troops arranged by Huang Taiji on our logistics line will be like a mad dog, constantly attacking our logistics transportation troops, destroying the supplies transported to us as much as possible, leaving us out of food, and forcing us to retreat..."

Soon, the battle process of the Tartars raided the Third Division appeared in Wei Zheng's mind like a movie.

With a few pairs of eyes watching, Wei Zheng analyzed thoughtfully: "From the current situation, Huang Taiji has arranged at least 10,000 iron cavalry on our logistics line."

"Not only that, these Tartars seemed to have received special military orders from Huang Taiji, which only destroyed our baggage and fought hard differently from our escort troops. Otherwise, the losses of the Third Division would be even greater..."

Wang Feng followed closely and said, "Master General, not only that, the general thought that the chief general of this Tartar cavalry is very powerful and very clear about the weaknesses of our Tiger and Leopard Army. In the raids against the Third Division, he was heading towards our weaknesses. What are the multiple raids and what are the concentrated forces breaking through... are all to avoid us gathering together to fight. Because he asked, as long as we form a musket array, unless they are willing to bear very heavy casualties, they will not do anything to us at all."

Qin Yong, who had personally experienced this raid, quickly agreed.

"Master General, I thought that Commander Wang's words were very reasonable. In order to protect hundreds of carts of supplies and food, I could only disperse the troops of one division in units of battalions. However, in this way, I could only disperse the limited troops on the official road that stretched for several miles. In this case, I could not gather the troops together in a short time to form a musket array... and this gave the Tartar cavalry a very big opportunity to take advantage of."

Wei Zheng nodded and agreed, "I've all said it clearly, and this is Huang Taiji's cunning point. The iron cavalry of just ten thousand people threatens our lifeline and makes us unable to defend..."

After saying that, Wei Zheng's eyes turned to Qin Yong again and asked with anticipation: "Team Commander Qin, you have experienced this battle personally. Do you think the number of troops used to escort food and supplies can ensure the safety of our logistics transportation line..."

After a crushing defeat on the battlefield, Qin Yong thought of this problem.

Therefore, as soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Qin Yong answered: "If there are still so many large carts of goods, and the strength of the Tatar cavalry does not increase, the two divisions of the last general will definitely ensure the safety of the logistics transportation line."

The two musketeers had 12,000 people, and the Tiger and Leopard Army that followed Wei Zheng into the Later Jin Dynasty had only 35,000 people.

There were more than 30,000 soldiers, except for cavalry, artillery, and baggage troops, and only 20,000 musketeers who could be used for infantry battles.
Chapter completed!