As night fell, the Ming army's camp was brightly lit. Countless heavily armed sergeants were patrolling around the camp. Outside the camp, there were countless horses showing sharp teeth and dense iron thorns.
"Ha ha........"
"Come on, do it!"
"General Yang is so powerful! He beat the Tatars to pieces!"
In the Ming army's camp, all the generals raised their big bowls to congratulate Yang Guozhu on today's achievements. However, these are extraordinary times. Alcohol is strictly prohibited in the army, so everyone had to drink tea instead. Even so, it could not conceal the fact that he was in trouble at all.
The joyful atmosphere in the military tent.
Yang Guozhu's face was also filled with joy. In today's battle, he vented all the grievances he had suffered these days. He annihilated more than 1,000 and nearly 2,000 enemies, but only suffered more than a dozen casualties.
No matter when it comes to this record, it will be resounding and achievable.
However, Yang Guozhu was not dazzled by this victory at last. He knew that without the help of Pang Gang's artillery today, even if he could defeat his Xuan army, he would definitely suffer heavy losses. He picked up a bowl of tea and said to Pang Gang: "Mr. Pang
Bing, brother, I was able to win today thanks to your help from artillery. Otherwise, brother, I would have suffered a big loss. Come on, brother, let me toast you."
Yang Guozhu is in his forties this year. His qualifications are very old in the army. Even Shanxi General Hu Dawei, a veteran in the army, is only on par with him. Therefore, although Pang Gang is very arrogant in his work on weekdays,
, even Gao Qiqian dares to fight, but he still has great respect for veterans like Yang Guozhu. Now that Yang Guozhu has taken the initiative to propose a toast to Pang Gang, he is actively acknowledging Pang Gang's status, implying that the other party already has someone who is equal to him.
Qualification, this is not an affirmation and recognition of Pang Gang.
Although this kind of affirmation and recognition cannot be stated openly, for the Ming Army Military Group, a group that is very particular about seniority, gaining the recognition of an older general will be very beneficial to Pang Gang's future development.
of.
Seeing that the other party was giving him face like this, Pang Gang couldn't help but quickly stand up and drink the bowl of tea with both hands in his hands.
"Okay!" Lu Xiangsheng on the side was very happy when he saw that his generals could be so harmonious. He stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "I am very happy that you can be so harmonious and friendly. The ancients said that brothers Yun can cut through metal with one heart.
It's the same in this army. If you can work together and help each other, why worry about the Tartars not being destroyed!"
Now Pang Gang is no longer comparable to the small Qianhu who was King Qin last year. It can be said that Shandong is now in his hands. He still has tens of thousands of tiger warriors under his command. Whether it is equipment or training level, it is already first-rate in the Ming Dynasty.
A powerful army, let's just say that the more than 10,000 Qingzhou troops he brought this time are already the most powerful force in Lu Xiangsheng's hands at this moment, both in terms of number and quality. Therefore, for Pang Gang and Lu Xiangsheng at this moment,
I can only use gentle means to show my kindness.
After Pang Gang thanked Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Guozhu, he looked at the generals' cheerful expressions and couldn't help but remind him: "Inspector Lu, Commander Yang, Commander Tiger, generals, we won a great victory today. The last general shouldn't have said that.
Some disappointing words, but some of them I think are better said. If it offends Governor Lu and everyone else, I hope you will forgive me."
"Haha...Brother Pang, it doesn't matter, we don't need to be taboo about this!" Hu Dawei, who was in a good mood, laughed at the side.
Pang Gang nodded slightly to Hu Dawei to express his gratitude and then said: "Today we seem to have won a great victory, annihilating nearly two thousand Tatars, and we only lost a dozen people. How can this happen?"
Any generation is a great victory. - < > - Net. But we must also see that the Mongolian Eight Banners that are fighting against us today are mainly Mongols, and the rest are some miscellaneous auxiliary troops. These are used by the Tatars.
They are just scapegoats who came to consume our strength, while the regular Tatar elites are still watching the show."
"General Pang is right." Lu Xiangsheng agreed from the side: "The Tatars have always been cunning. They always use the soldiers of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Eight Han Banners as the vanguard in their battles. Their real elites are picking up advantages from behind. Those Mongolians
The casualties of people cannot weaken their muscles and bones, so the governor feels that tomorrow's battle will be even more intense."
Having said this, seeing everyone's slightly disappointed expressions, Lu Xiangsheng cheered up and said: "Of course, General Yang has made such a great contribution today, so naturally I will write a report and present it to the Emperor.
, we will never let down the meritorious soldiers, General Yang, just rest assured."
Hearing what Lu Xiangsheng said, Yang Guozhu's face looked better. Only Pang Gang was gnawing a piece of horse meat as if it were true. For Pang Gang now, great victories and other things are just clouds to him. He
The greater the contribution he made, the more Chongzhen would be suspicious of him. Otherwise, based on his contribution to annihilating six or seven thousand Tatars in Liaodong, it would not be too much to grant him a title.
Having said this, Lu Xiangsheng looked apologetically at Pang Gang, who was engrossed in eating. The corners of his mouth moved, and then he swallowed what he was about to say. He knew that he could not convince this rebellious general with a heavy army.
, just like being unable to convince the extremely suspicious Emperor Chongzhen.
Thousands of words came to my mouth, but they finally turned into one sentence, "Everyone, please rest as soon as possible after finishing your meal. There is still a big battle waiting for us tomorrow!"
Different from the atmosphere in the camp of the Ming army that had won the first battle, the atmosphere in the camp of the Qing army was relatively dull and dignified.
Du Du was sitting under Yue Tuo and Dorgon, with a depressed look on his face. Today's battle could no longer be described as "bad", it could simply be said to be extremely bad.
Thousands of troops were assembled to attack a defensive line of the Ming army, and nearly two thousand people were killed or injured without even touching the corners of people's clothes. This defeat was enough to make Du Du unable to hold his head up for several years.
However, although Du Du suffered a defeat, the two brothers Dorgon and Duduo, who had always disliked them, strangely did not take the opportunity to make sarcastic remarks. Instead, they sat aside and frowned in thought.
In the end, it was Yue Tuo who spoke first. He asked Dorgon: "Prince Rui, we did not play well today. Do you have any clever ideas?"
Dorgon smiled and said: "There is no clever plan, but there is a way."
"Oh, what can Prince Rui do? You might as well tell him and listen." Yue Tuo asked with great interest.
Dorgon said: "Everyone has seen the situation of today's battle. Jiazhuang is surrounded by water on one side and is surrounded by enemies on three sides. The small area on the east and west sides is not conducive to the deployment of large groups of troops. If we rush forward forcefully, we will only become the target of the Ming army.
Their artillery can shoot us without any scruples, but our strength advantage cannot be reflected. If we want to give full play to our advantage, there is only one way to launch a comprehensive attack."
"A full-scale attack?" Yue Tuo's heart moved slightly, but then he said: "Then the casualties among our clan's warriors will be huge."
Hearing Yue Tuo mention the words warrior within the clan, he emphasized his tone. Dorgontun also understood what Yue Tuo meant. He meant that if a full-scale attack was launched, all the troops of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army would have to be deployed.
Pressure, in this way, the Qing army could no longer just stand back and watch the show and play the role of supervising the battle team, but also had to carry swords and risk their lives like the soldiers of the Mongolian and Han Eighth Banners.
"Yes, a full-scale attack!" Faced with the puzzled looks of the generals, Dorgon had to explain: "Since our military strength is several times that of the Ming army, we must take the opportunity to attack with all our strength. After all, on the battlefield
Anything can happen, if the Ming army sends any reinforcements to support them, we will be passive."
Yue Tuo said in a deep voice: "But once we launch a full-scale attack, do you know how much casualties we will pay?"
"Yes, if we launch a full-scale attack, we can quickly deal with these Ming troops, but the casualties are too high and it's hard to explain to the emperor." The surrounding generals were also talking about it.
Although they are all generals of the Qing Dynasty, and they were mentally prepared to pay heavy losses before coming here, they are all human beings after all, and naturally have the human characteristic of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, not to mention that they belong to different
Different flags naturally do not want their strength to be consumed too much.
But Dorgon smiled ferociously and said: "Don't worry, everyone, the lives of our Qing warriors are precious. Naturally, I will not squander the lives of Qing warriors casually. Aren't there tens of thousands of captured people in our camp accompanying the army this time?"
The Han people, we will let them charge for us this time, I want to see how much gunpowder and projectiles these Han people can waste on these Han people."
Yue Tuo's eyes flashed coldly, but he nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Prince Rui is right. Although the Han people's firearms are sharp, they are limited in quantity and cannot be put down endlessly. We will use these Han people to consume
Their firearms, let me see if they have the guts to beat all these Han people to death. If they have the guts, their own emperor and those censors will eat them alive without us killing them."
"Yes!" At this time, the Qing generals in the big tent also shouted.
"Using those cowardly Chinese dogs to consume their own people's ammunition, allowing them to kill their own people without mercy, while we just watch from the sidelines, is what we should do."
As soon as Dorgon's words came out, the big tent immediately boiled. All the generals praised the plan. Anyway, the tens of thousands of Han people he captured this time will be driven to the front of the battle tomorrow to see how they do.
Kill your own people. If they don't kill, they will wait until the warriors of the Qing Dynasty break through their defenses, and then the whole army will be annihilated!
At the thought of this, all the Qing generals were so excited that they could not help themselves, and bursts of ghostly cries and howls suddenly sounded in the big tent...