Although he was very interested in the elite soldiers behind Pang Gang, everyone knew that now was not the time to talk about this. After Pang Gang exchanged greetings with everyone, he ordered the heavy soldiers to quickly take away the injured sergeants and the hundreds of carts.
In addition to treatment and resettlement, all the remaining people obeyed Lu Xiangsheng's orders and lined up beside the Tianxiong Army (the previous chapter was written as the Flying Bear Army, which is changed here).[]
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Pang Gang took a look and found that this salary was not low. According to the practice in China's officialdom throughout the ages, the closer the place is to the leader, the better the place is. At the same time, it also proves that the leader values you more. This has attracted a lot of hot people.
Eyes. However, when Pang Gang commanded more than 3,000 soldiers to line up, he realized that as soon as these thousands of soldiers entered the formation, they were like a drop of water spilled into the sea, not even a bubble could bubble up. There was no way, after all
More than 3,000 people are really inconspicuous compared to an army of more than 80,000 people.
After Pang Gang settled the troops, he found a high ground and began to observe the battle situation ahead. He found that the offensive of Zu Dashou and Li Zhongzhen, who had gained the upper hand just now, was gradually weakened by the desperate counterattack of reinforcements sent by the Qing soldiers.
Come down. However, Zu Dashou's Guan Ning cavalry is indeed a powerful force. It suppressed more than 3,000 Qing soldiers' elite cavalry and was breathless. Under the protection of Zu Dashou's Guan Ning cavalry, Li Zhongzhen's infantry could rest assured.
Fight to the death with the Qing army without worrying about the safety of the flanks.
Seeing this, Pang Gang couldn't help but sigh in his heart. His army just lacked one cavalry. If he could have three thousand fine cavalry, he wouldn't have to worry about how to protect his flanks during battle. But if he wanted to have a cavalry,
The most important thing for an elite cavalry is to have good horses. Forming a cavalry without horses is just empty talk, and no matter how great your abilities are, you will not be able to display them. Although Pang Gang also captured hundreds of Qing army horses along the way,
But these horses are just a drop in the bucket for Pang Gang, who wants to form a cavalry team of a certain size. In Pang Gang's plan, to form a cavalry of 3,000 people, at least 6 to 7,000 horses are needed.
Riding two horses is an indispensable prerequisite. Without this condition, the high mobility of the cavalry cannot be realized. Have you ever seen that the elite cavalry of the Qing soldiers are not riding three horses? It is because of this advantage that they can
Traveling hundreds of miles a day, they headed south to plunder.
Looking at the Guan Ning cavalry galloping in front of him, Pang Gang felt his palms gradually getting hot and his body slowly getting warmer. The desire for war horses in his heart became even stronger: "War horses, I need a lot of war horses!"
The battle at Xibianmen lasted from 1 o'clock in the morning until the afternoon when everyone withdrew their troops and returned to camp. Both sides suffered a lot of casualties in today's battle. Pang estimated the number of casualties of the Ming army after a day's battle.
At least more than 10,000 people. Although the casualties were not small, Lu Xiangsheng and the general soldiers in various places were in high spirits, because compared with the Ming army, the casualties of the Qing army were not much smaller. This is not the case. Now Azig is in the Qing army.
There was an uproar in the camp.
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"Trash, everything is trash. In one day, our Qing warriors suffered almost as many casualties as those cowardly Chinese dogs. Do you think you are a bunch of trash?"
In the large tent of the Qing soldiers, Azig was furious and threw the porcelain in the tent to the floor. At this time, Azig no longer had the high spirits he had when he first went out to fight in the morning. He was originally full of confidence and was very confident that he would win the battle in one day.
He defeated the Ming Army's 80,000-strong army and marked a major milestone in his military career. However, something unexpected happened. Just when the Qing army gained the upper hand, Cheng Yaojin came out of nowhere, and this Cheng Yaojin
Jin was still a copper pea that could not be smashed or flattened by a hammer. He devoured nearly 4,000 of his own troops in one breath. Even Zhendule, a man with a white flag on Gushan'er, had his head chopped off with one blow.
In the ensuing battle, the stimulated Ming troops roared and rushed upwards as if they had been given blood. When one team got tired, they would be replaced by another team, taking turns to attack their own side.
Under the desperate attack of the Ming army, the Qing army inevitably suffered a lot of casualties. When Azig received the casualty figures compiled by the people below, he almost vomited blood. They suffered 7,000 casualties this morning.
Multiple people.
What is the concept of more than 7,000 casualties? These 7,000 to 8,000 people plus the more than 4,000 people who were killed by Abatai in Dezhou City make more than 10,000 people. That represents one-fifth of the total force of the Qing army's invasion of the pass.
First, how many troops were there in Manchuria at this time? In fact, until the seventh year of Chongde (1642), the total strength of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners of the Mongolia Army, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army had never exceeded 200,000 (
There is another statement in the data that it is one hundred thousand). The troops Azig brought into the customs this time were equivalent to a quarter of the entire Qing Dynasty's total military strength. Now the loss of more than 10,000 people almost accounted for the entire Manchu Qing military strength.
5%, there are not many such battles, as long as there are two or three more battles, even Huang Taiji will have to jump.
Azig led his troops to the south this time to grab money, food, and people. He never thought that he would grab things, but he was also beaten to a bruised nose and face. Now Azig can no longer imagine going back.
How to face Huang Taiji's thunderous roar?
The generals looked at Azig who was almost losing his mind and were all silent. Finally, everyone turned their attention to Abatai, who had the highest status in the tent except Azige, hoping that he would stand up and say something, but at this time
Abatai, however, sat aside with his eyes closed like an eminent monk, ignoring the glances from the generals, and sneered secretly in his heart: "Now that I see Ben Beile, why did I go there so early?
Didn’t you all laugh at Ben Beile for losing more than 4,000 troops last time? After today’s battle, I’ll see if you have anything else to say.”
Seeing that Abatai didn't buy it, everyone had no choice. In the end, Yangu Li stood up and clasped his fists at Azig and said: "Sir, although our army suffered a lot of losses, the Ming army was not much better off either.
You don’t have to worry about it, your body will not be beautiful if you are so angry."
When saying this, Yang Guli's voice was also shaking slightly. How many years did these people be added to the warriors?
Now, anyone else would be so heartbroken that their livers would tremble.
Azig, with a livid face, ignored his confidant general and just looked outside the tent without saying a word. For a while, the tent fell into silence.
I don't know how long it took, but Abatai saw that this was not an option, so he stood up and said, "Twelfth brother, let's withdraw our troops. Although the losses in this entry plan were bigger, we still gained something.
At least now we still have more than 100,000 Ming people and a lot of money and food in the camp, so it’s not like we have gained nothing. Even if the emperor blames us when we go back, they will see that this harvest is so rich.
Give us a lenient sentence."
After listening to Abatai's words, Azig finally spoke. He asked the generals with a stern face: "What do you think about this matter?"
The generals looked at each other, and a Jia Lazhangjing stood up and said respectfully: "Master, I think what Rao Yubeile said is reasonable. We have grabbed enough things, and it is time to go back.
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"Yes, your lord, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is good, but it is not a place to stay for a long time. It is like a magnet. As long as we stay here, reinforcements from the Ming Kingdom will come in a steady stream like ants.
One more day of staying here means one more day of risk."
The generals stepped forward one after another to persuade Azig to retreat. In their opinion, since this place is so dangerous, we should not stay any longer. We had already looted enough in the past few days and it was time to go back now.
Seeing the generals urging him to withdraw his troops, Azige remained silent on the face, but his heart felt cool. He knew that the Ming army had gained momentum today, and tomorrow the Ming army generals would definitely continue to attack desperately. If not,
If he withdraws his troops as soon as possible, his reputation will be ruined here. Thinking of this, Azig still has a decision in his heart...
Unlike the gloom and gloom in the Qing army's tent, the Ming army's camp was full of joy and laughter. None of them expected that they would fight so smoothly at the end of the day and achieve a great victory in annihilating more than 7,000 Qing troops. Although
The casualties of the Ming army were almost double those of the Qing army, but is this important? Just recruit more soldiers when they are gone.
In Lu Xiangsheng's commander's tent, the generals of the Ming army gathered together. Everyone was talking happily about today's battle situation. They were all in high spirits, and the atmosphere in the big tent was therefore particularly lively. Pang Gang was also in this big tent.
Originally, the people who were qualified to enter this big tent were either the commander-in-chief or the deputy generals. He, a small member of a thousand households, was not qualified to sit here. But because of his great achievements today, Lu Xiangsheng specifically allowed him to attend tonight's banquet.
, but even so, he could only sit in the last position near the door of the big tent.
Pang Gang didn't mind this, he just sat in his seat, hugged a pig's trotter and gnawed it, while listening to the generals around him talking about the mountains.
Since it was the time of the war, drinking was not allowed in the big tent, so the generals only drank tea instead of wine. Lu Xiangsheng held a bowl of tea while looking at the cheerful generals and slowly sipping it, but there was a flash of light in his eyes from time to time.
Wise eyes.
After a while, when he saw that all the generals had almost eaten, Lu Xiangsheng looked around and finally stopped at Pang Gang, and asked with a smile: "Pang Qianhu, you have made great achievements today. For this, the Governor
I will report it to the emperor and ask for your merits. However, I also have something unclear. I hope Pang Qianhu can clarify my doubts!"
Seeing Lu Xiangsheng speak, all the generals suddenly became silent, and all their eyes turned to Pang Gang, who was sitting almost in line at the entrance of the tent...