Not long after, Diao Leixun, who was behind, received a report from forward Ying Tianhu. After hearing that Ying Tianhu's troops were ambushed, Diao Leixun couldn't help but become worried.
Because he only listened to the first half of Ying Tianhu's battle. As for the vigorous counterattack in the second half, and the hasty escape of the puppet Tang rebel army, he didn't believe it at all.
Because this is how he reported the Battle of Luohu Valley to his superiors before, it is very possible for Ying Tianhu to conceal and exaggerate some of the facts.
He guessed that it was most likely that Ying Tianhu was ambushed, but the casualties should not be large. As for the puppet Tang rebel army, they took the initiative to retreat after the ambush.
His guess was not wrong. Although Ying Tianhu and the others were ambushed and subjected to several rounds of shooting, they hid quickly enough. When the puppet Tang rebel army fired two rounds of volleys, they were
They had already lay down to avoid bullets, so most of the casualties were caused by being caught off guard at the beginning. Three people were killed on the spot and six others were injured.
However, the injuries after being hit by bullets were very serious. Except for two of the six people who were only slightly injured, the remaining four were seriously injured and would die unless there was an accident.
There is nothing that can be done about it. If you are only injured by spears, swords, bows and arrows, as long as the fatal part is not injured, then the injury can be controlled. If you do not suffer from subsequent infections such as tetanus, then you will not survive.
The chance of coming down is still quite high.
But you are not so lucky if you are hit by a lead bullet. The muzzle velocity of these days' lead bullets is not as high as that of later generations, and the lead bullets are very soft. As long as you are hit by a bullet, the bullet will roll after entering the human body, causing
The terrible cavity wound, coupled with the fact that the lead bullet will fragment, if all the lead bullet fragments cannot be removed through surgery, lead bullet poisoning will occur. Even if it is not poisoned, the lead bullet will bring clothing into the wound and cause
subsequent infection.
Therefore, as long as you are directly hit by a lead bullet, the mortality rate is quite high. Being hit in the head will cause a 90% mortality rate. If you are hit in the left chest, that is, the heart and its vicinity, the mortality rate is even higher.
The mortality rate will be as high as 100%. If the right chest, abdomen and other trunk areas are affected, the mortality rate will be as high as over 70%.
Even for limbs, the mortality rate is as high as 20%, and those who are lucky enough to survive will have all their limbs amputated.
The above-mentioned mortality rate is still based on the premise that there are complete battlefield doctors and can provide surgical operations for the soldiers.
This premise was not available to most armies in the 16th century. There were no surgeons in the Ming army to perform operations on them. They could only perform some simple amputations. As for the chance of infection after amputation, it was also quite high.
Therefore, after being hit by a lead bullet, the mortality rate is quite high, not to mention 100% death, but under today's conditions, the mortality rate can easily reach more than 80%.
Therefore, Ying Tianhu's three deaths and six injuries can also be said to be seven deaths and two injuries. Except for the two lucky ones who were only slightly injured, the others who were seriously injured would not last long and would die.
However, the death of these small soldiers naturally could not move Diao Leixun. To them, the casualties of these ordinary soldiers were just a number, not to mention that this number was extremely small.
Diao Leixun was worried that after Ying Tianhu and the others were ambushed by the puppet Tang rebels, their morale would plummet and they would not be able to catch up with the puppet Tang rebels in time.
They have been chasing for two days, and Diao Leixun is not willing to let the puppet Tang bandits run away just like that.
He immediately sent someone to reply to the letter, telling Ying Tianhu to pursue him closely and never let the puppet Tang rebels escape.
After Ying Tianhu received the order from Diao Leixun, he couldn't help but scolded her again. Diao Leixun himself was watching from behind, so he knew that I was going to get hit with all his strength. If he chased so closely, he would be ambushed by the puppet Tang thief army again. What should I do if the bullets don’t have eyes and I get shot myself?
Ying Tianhu complained about Diao Leixun, thinking that Diao Leixun was deliberately making things difficult for him!
Little did he know that Diao Leixun was now in a big dilemma and was in a very difficult situation. He naturally knew that there might be an accident if he entered the mountains and pursued the puppet Tang thief army, but he couldn't do it without pursuing him.
Su Jiakang, who was behind him, gave him a very clear order, asking him to catch up or even entangle the puppet Tang rebels, so that when the two armies could join together, these puppet Tang rebels could be completely annihilated.
If the puppet Tang rebels escaped this time, Diao Leixun would not be able to explain to Su Jiakang, let alone the Feng family in Fucheng.
When the Feng family was robbed last year, Su Jiakang was reprimanded by his superiors.
This year Fengjiazhuang was shot again, and I heard from people who came to report from Fengjiazhuang that this time Fengjiazhuang was particularly miserable. Not even a grain of freshly harvested summer grain left in the two large granaries was left, and all those damned people were killed. The Huangzhushan bandits snatched it away.
With so much food being robbed, the Feng family will definitely go crazy. They will definitely put pressure on Master Fu Zun and Su Jiakang, and they might even go to the provincial capital.
At that time, in order to offset the pressure from above, Su Jiakang will definitely throw the blame on all the lieutenant generals like him like last year. Last year, Zeng Ziwen took the blame, but this year, it will be his turn.
Diao Leixun was quite afraid of this, so he also wanted to make contributions and atone for his sins.
As long as the main force of these pseudo-Tang rebels can be retained, it will be a great achievement. With this great achievement, the mere robbery of Fengjiazhuang will be nothing.
After annihilating the main force of these puppet Tang thief armies, they will be able to completely march into the hometown of the puppet Tang Dynasty, that is, Huangzhushan, which they have only heard of by name, but do not know where it is located. By then, they may not be able to capture Fengjiazhuang. The food that was stolen was brought back.
Of course, as for the food snatched back by then, they will definitely not be returned to the Feng family, even if the Feng family has the support of a high-ranking official. They are trophies and will be eaten up on the same day they are snatched. , by then it is estimated that even the Feng family will not know that they have recovered this batch of grain.
For these reasons, Diao Leixun needed to chase these pseudo-Tang thieves tightly and not let them escape.
Diao Leixun and Ying Tianhu were chasing after them, which also made Li Xuan and others who were running for their lives a little angry.
I originally thought that setting an ambush in the morning and killing some of their people would make the Ming army afraid, but without these Ming soldiers, they still chased them like mangy dogs.
Angry and helpless at the same time, Li Xuan could only arrange a second ambush. Anyway, they were running ahead now, and the strategic initiative was still in their own hands. They could ambush the Ming army whenever they wanted. military.
But this time, Li Xuan didn't plan to just let the musketeers fire a few rounds from a distance and kill or wound a few enemy soldiers. This time, he wanted to let the daring ones keep chasing after them.
The Ming army suffered greatly, severely injuring and even annihilating the more than a hundred Ming army forwards behind them.
Li Xuan has this idea, and Fang Dongquan and the others have also wanted to do this for a long time!
"If you ask me, we should kill them all in the morning!" Butcher Chen said: "Just firing a few shots from a distance to scare them won't work!"
When Wang Shanxu heard this, he was a little embarrassed. At first, because he was afraid of any accidents, he insisted that ambush from a long distance would be enough. If the attack was good, he could kill more than ten enemy soldiers, which would be enough for the Ming army to cause serious damage.
Panic prevented them from catching up.
But I didn't expect that these Ming soldiers would be so desperate. Even after being ambushed once, they still desperately chased after them.
Fang Dongquan said: "Humph, they saw us running and figured we wouldn't dare to turn around. This time we might as well send out our entire army and fight them!"
However, Qian Mengjiu still maintained a cautious attitude: "Not to mention the risk of sending out the entire army, and they are not fools. If we stay with the entire army to ambush them, they will definitely find out, and they will definitely not come up again by then.
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At this time, Fang Dongquan said: "With such a big mountain, you can always find a suitable place for an ambush. It is not so easy for them to find it. Moreover, we can also leave a few people behind to harass them, delay them for a certain period of time, and give the troops
Create some ambush time!”
Li Xuan also spoke at this time: "It's okay to let them chase you all the time. Get ready. Let's destroy their forward!"
According to reports from later spies, the main force of more than 400 people from Tong'an Qianhu Station of the Ming Army was about five miles behind. As for the Fairy Shi Qianhu Station further back, they had not yet entered the mountains.
According to the recent main force of the Ming army, even if they are running lightly, it will take at least half an hour to reach the battlefield. After all, the movement speed of the army is very slow, and it is impossible for a single person to move in just a moment.
Just walk several miles.
In this way, if they wanted to ambush the Ming army's forward, they would have at least a quarter of an hour to fight!
And a quarter of an hour is enough for a small-scale ambush battle. In fact, no matter whether the fight goes smoothly or not, the actual fight can only take a few minutes.
The reason why ordinary battles last relatively long is because most of the time is spent on adjusting formations and confrontation. Once the two sides enter into hand-to-hand combat, the subsequent fighting time is actually very short, just like the virgin battle.
It's very common to finish the same thing within one minute, but it's rare to be able to hold it for three minutes, and it's really rare to be able to last more than five minutes.
What Li Xuan and the others want to fight is an ambush, so naturally there is no need to adjust the formation or anything. They can start fighting as soon as the Ming army arrives. If everything goes well, the battle will be over within three minutes, and even the Ming army has just started.
It could even collapse or lead to a split-shot battle.
If everything goes wrong, the battle will still end within five minutes, because at that time Li Xuan will lead the army to start the escape again as soon as possible.
A real man should stay rational. If you say five minutes, it means five minutes. One more minute or one second won't do. Even if you don't let it come out, you still have to pull it out. You must not be sloppy!