Ma Baoxiao almost burst into tears. He really understood the peeing habits of soldiers. As expected, he pretended to be aggressive and frightened Zhang Pengyi out of the battlefield with a counterattack.
In the final analysis, fighting for this group of people is secondary, and preserving strength is the most important. If Zhang Pengyi injures Hu Dawei's servants too much, then even if he wins, the end result may be worse than losing.
Therefore, as soon as he is startled, this cowardly person will give priority to preserving the strength of his servants and run away immediately.
The two troops of Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi, who stood out from the enemy's position, also turned back at this time. When they saw Ma Bao laughing, they couldn't help but laugh like thunder on the ground.
Zhang Pengyi, who had turned in victoriously, looked back in panic, pointed at the intruders in the distance, and shouted in horror: "He... they are laughing wildly!"
When the intruders successfully returned to the camp, Li Laiheng personally rushed to the gate of the camp to greet them. In order to prevent the army from pursuing them, he personally fired a volley of guns with a group of soldiers who served as temporary gunmen.
"Lao Gu!"
As soon as he entered the camp, Gu Kecheng, who had reached his mental and physical limits, swayed twice and fell from his horse. Hao Yaoqi and he were old friends, and he reacted the fastest and jumped off his horse to catch Gu Kecheng.
He hugged him tightly and nervously checked his injuries to confirm that he was just too tired before finally taking a breath.
Li Laiheng counted the number of soldiers and horses under Gu Kecheng's command again, and said to Gu Kecheng: "Lao Gu deserves the most credit for breaking through the long siege of the officers and soldiers! Now there are 337 more soldiers, and we can defend the camp."
Hope is greatly increased.”
Yang Chengzu, who was also surrounded in the camp, looked much better and said in surprise: "More than 300 people rushed in?!"
But Gu Kecheng, who fell in Hao Yaoqi's arms, managed to stand up and said with a wry smile: "I led a total of 563 cavalry into the battle... This time, I lost as many as 200 people.
"
Hao Yaoqi supported his body to prevent Gu Kecheng from falling again. He comforted him and said, "You killed an officer and guard in the midst of thousands of troops. The Baoding soldiers are already very elite. It is already very rare for them to rush in."
"
Li Laiheng also nodded and said: "Yes, this time it is Hao Yaoqi's turn to be right. Being able to fight in is a success. Look at the soldiers around you. Everyone's morale has been greatly increased because of your reinforcements. The military morale is so
, how can we not win?”
He then pointed to Ma Bao, who was standing in the corner with his arms folded, and praised: "In this battle, nine dragons were thrown to kill the enemy generals in the midst of thousands of troops, and Ma Sanbao was also launched to directly attack the Chinese army. Chuang
The army is full of dragons and tigers, and the generals are like clouds. What else is there to be afraid of?"
Li Laiheng finally patted his chest and said: "This time we were surrounded in the stronghold, all because I underestimated the enemy and was careless. The generals were tired of me alone. They paid so many casualties and fought desperately to turn the situation around little by little.
.I, Li Laiheng, am ashamed of everyone. I am solely responsible for the failure, and the reason for the victory just now was all due to the hard work of the generals. After this battle, I will definitely reward everyone for my contribution in front of the Generalissimo."
Li Laiheng admitted that being surrounded by Baoding soldiers was due to his own carelessness.
This fact won Ma Bao's favor, and Ma Bao spent a lot of time in the army. He knew very well that in the imperial court, from Chongzhen to the governor general, what the superiors were best at was pushing the blame. Except for one Lu Xiangsheng
Apart from that, there are almost no generals who are willing to take responsibility for their subordinates and take the blame.
To be honest, these emperor and ministers neither need to work in the fields themselves nor go to the front line to charge and kill the enemy. In the end, they are not even willing to take any responsibility and do not even help others to take the blame. So what on earth do you want to do?
What about birds?
Over there, Li Laiheng took off his armor again, put it on Gu Kecheng, and said: "This pair of bright armor was a gift from my adoptive father. The armor on your body is very damaged, so just replace it with my armor."
Get dressed!"
Gu Kecheng was quite flattered and excused himself: "Young... Young Marshal Hu, this is given to you by the replacement commander, how can you transfer it to me? What's more, on the battlefield, the soldiers are dangerous and fierce, and the swords and guns have no eyes. How can you not wear it?"
Where’s the armor?”
Regardless of his objections, Li Laiheng directly put the armor on Gu Kecheng and said with a smile: "Many people died in the army and officers and soldiers. I can just take a piece of armor from the dead and wear it."
Gu Kecheng then stopped objecting and put on his armor.
Hao Yaoqi on the side laughed twice and urged Gu Kecheng to quickly thank them for holding the whistle. Gu Kecheng finally couldn't help but said: "Young Commander, when the chief whistleblower died, he once told me and
Xin Sizhong will help you more. He said that many matters in the army in the future will be resolved by the young tiger commander... If there is an opportunity in the future, can you say something in front of the marshal? Put us under the former standard organization. "
Li Laiheng was slightly surprised. Although he would sometimes use Liu Zongmin's last words before his death to build momentum for himself within the army, he did not expect Gu Kecheng to care so much about this and even want to fight under his command.
This is a good thing!
Li Laiheng was secretly amazed at the rise in his influence in the camp, while the soldiers on the periphery rushed to repair the defenses. They also used a lot of small wood collected from everywhere to build a fort, and placed a few cannons collected from the army barracks on it.
A small red barbarian cannon.
But overall, the firepower of the official army still had an overwhelming advantage. Although Zhang Pengyi failed to intercept Gu Kecheng, the Baoding soldiers still firmly controlled many commanding heights around the camp.
After Hu Dawei severely reprimanded Zhang Pengyi, he intensified the bombardment of the camp. Countless shells flew over the heads of Li Laiheng and others, some successfully hit the wall of the camp, while others were shot too far and directly hit the camp.
Fly to a place far away from the camp.
"The artillery fire from the army was really fierce."
Li Laiheng couldn't help showing a bit of envy. On the battlefield in the late Ming Dynasty, the new type of Hongyi cannon was occupying an increasingly important position.
Later, the Qing army was able to defeat the Dashun Army, largely due to the full use of the power of the Red Yi Cannon in the Battle of Taiyuan and the Battle of Tongguan.
During the Battle of Taiyuan, Chen Yongfu helped the Dashun Army defend Taiyuan City and held on for a month without wavering. However, as soon as Gushan'e Zhen Yechen's Hongyi artillery arrived, they focused their firepower on one corner and immediately breached Taiyuan City.
Chen Yongfu had no choice but to break through.
Later, during the Battle of Tongguan, the Chuang army learned the lesson of defending the city wall and failed, and went out to attack. They dug heavy trenches outside Tongguan and built strong walls. They also used Liu Zongmin, Liu Fangliang and other brave generals to take the initiative to attack at night to counterattack. However, Prince Duduo of Henan
Despite the firepower of the Hongyi artillery, they were never able to achieve decisive results.
"Our army must also try to establish a regular artillery force."
Li Laiheng had Fang Yiren under him, who was proficient in mathematics, Western artillery, and ballistics. However, there was still a long way to go to establish a regular artillery force.
The Qing army was able to suddenly possess the strongest artillery force in the entire East Asia. This was also due to the gift package of dragon-slaying knives sent by Chongzhen himself. It also relied on the defection of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming during the Wuqiao mutiny and the new artillery painstakingly trained by Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai.
Artillery unit.
"If we win this battle, everyone must pay more attention to capturing the Baoding soldiers' red cannon!"