stubborn thief

Chapter 309 Patience

Within three days, Liu Chengzong fought more defeats than in the past three years, and the number of defeats himself was also the same.

This group of Khalkhas are too bullying and fearful. When they see the cavalry of the nobles of the West, even if they are defeated, they will turn around and chase hard. When they see Ah Liu's army, they will harass them vigorously. The horse team ran away.

The tactics were very effective. The [-] heavy infantry of Ah Liu and Gas were always in pursuit. On the first day they were fully armed, on the second day they took off their shoulder armor and rolled up their armor skirts, and on the third day they simply took off their armor skirts.

It was only on the third day that Liu Chengzong realized that his heavy infantry had become light infantry with only chest and back armor. When he called the two leaders to ask, the soldiers could no longer carry it.

Gas's Changhexi infantry had never been trained for long-distance armed raids. Half their lives were lost in the march, and they were chasing in the river valley wearing armor.

Ah Liu's Yongning soldiers have had raiding training, but the soldiers are all getting old after all. The youngest soldiers in the team are already 28 years old, and the oldest veterans are even over fifty years old. They can't keep up with this kind of one-day battle. Nearly ten high-intensity battles.

However, not many of their elite soldiers were killed in battle. Only more than 40 soldiers were injured by Ruya, and they were all sent to the rear of the mountain to be well bandaged, so it did not affect morale too much. After all, the Mongols died more than them.

On the contrary, the nobles of the West began to doubt life.

They were obviously much stronger than the Mongols, and had so much better equipment, but they were besieged as soon as they were hit, and they were besieged as soon as they were hit. Now there are more than 600 casualties, and more than 200 people have been captured. Fear of war spread in the camp.

Because the Mongols stripped off all the more than 200 captives, tied their clothes to their spears as road signs, and the arrows that killed them might still be shot with their bows.

The Mongols are fighting with them for patience, who can endure more hardships.

However, when Liu Chengzong told Basang about this analysis through Awang, Basang looked puzzled.

That's it?

Who can endure more hardship?
When the morale of the elite soldiers was torn down by days of fighting, the people in Basang became more comfortable after going through several days of battle. .

The performance of the slave cubs may not be as good as other soldiers, but they don't think they are suffering. On the contrary, most soldiers think they are living a good life.

Steadily advancing in the river valley every day, forming formations and fighting several battles with the Mongolian soldiers, and guarding against their sneak attacks, is no more exhausting than the never-ending toil under the hands of the nobles in the past.

In addition to the exhaustion that the battle brings to them within the acceptable range of the body, there is also endless spiritual satisfaction.

They had inexhaustible meat tsampa and horse meat on fire, put on the armor unloaded from the heavy soldiers, used Mongol weapons, and had their own horses, and some of them could follow the artillery to injure the enemy in close combat... …it made them feel powerful, stronger than slave cubs had ever been.

For the people in Basang, their biggest opponent is not the Mongols, but the diarrhea caused by eating meat.

This happened completely. Liu Chengzong believed that it was entirely his own work mistakes. He thought that the problem of Basang's battalion eating grass had been solved.

There is no special treatment for the military rations distributed to the various ministries, and they are all rationed daily for three taels of dried meat, five taels of pasta, and one tael of pickled vegetables.

But when it comes to the battalion soldiers in Basang, they don’t eat like this. Meat is very precious and durable. It’s everyone’s consensus. The battalion soldiers in Basang will keep their daily dried meat, and almost eat tsampa on the way. It's over.

In wartime, they only had meat to eat, not only their own baggage, but also the yaks and war horses that died on the battlefield and were disabled.

Therefore, the intestines and stomachs of many soldiers are not used to eating meat. After eating the front feet, the back feet will suffer from diarrhea. After eating three meals a day, they will have diarrhea six times.

Liu Chengzong asked Huang Shengxiao in the rear to make statistics. The soldiers in Basang lost nearly [-]% of their soldiers during the battle, and three-fifths of them lost their combat effectiveness due to diarrhea, which was more than the number of people injured by arrows.

It is also because of this that their morale is very good. They are not afraid of fighting at all, but a little afraid of eating.

On the fourth day of the battle, the Mongols were a little out of breath. They had been fighting in turn for several days, causing heavy casualties. Thousands of wounded soldiers were retreating from the mountain pass northeast of the valley, which should be a very dangerous and safe area.

But their wounded soldiers were ambushed by a group of soldiers who came out of nowhere at the mountain pass. There were so many people coming and going in a hurry, they charged from the mountain in a whistling manner, and three teams crossed the wounded soldiers from the mountain, until thousands of soldiers came and went. Human wounded soldiers crushed and killed.

The two sides met each other. When Lao Qijia led his team over the mountain, he witnessed the first defeat of the Mongolian army. He thought that the Mongols could not last long under the attack of the general, so he gritted his teeth and braved the rain to complete the mission. Due to the rainy weather, his [-] soldiers were left behind with a lot of casualties. In the end, only more than [-] people arrived at the mountain pass at the expected time.

When they arrived at the east side of the mountain pass, the Mongolian wounded soldiers retreated eastward from the west side of the mountain pass, and there was this ambush that shocked the Mongolian army greatly.

This was even greater than the shock caused by being defeated by Liu Chengzong head-on one after another.

There is a strong enemy ahead, the road behind is blocked, and the most important thing is that the rain has stopped.

In the end, the Mongolian army failed to win the competition of patience, and began an unprecedented rout. When the rear raised their guns and joined the front-line battle again, all the troops they encountered were defeated at the touch of a touch, and Liu Chengzong was even unable to fight with them in the infantry line.

Two luxury cars of Mongolian nobles joined Liu Chengzong's offensive sequence.

On the two carts pulled by twenty yaks, all the heavy noble felt tents and sundries were unloaded, and they were set up on two wings, each carrying twenty gunmen with ten guns, and under the protection of the cavalry, they headed towards the valley. Grassland frontal assault.

The assault speed of this thing is a little faster than that of infantry, but the advantage is that it is stable. As long as it does not turn or encounter a ditch, the gunner can easily salvo and load ammunition on it.

On the south side of the mountain pass, the two carts were like terrifying beasts criss-crossing the battlefield. A burst of gunpowder smoke followed the solid footsteps of the yaks, sweeping the lion soldiers and cavalry to attack the enemy's flank.

Liu Chengzong, who was being pursued by the Chinese army, could see clearly with his binoculars. Since the enemy army did not line up at all, it was difficult to achieve any results by raising their guns. go up.

Many people didn't even want their horses, and fled to the snow-capped mountains desperately, while the troops surrounded by the horses surrendered in groups, and more people fled northwest along the Qinggen River, throwing away their armor and armor along the way. Lele vehicles and various supplies can be seen everywhere in the river valley.

When it was time to chase after them, the Western nobles who were psychologically shadowed by the fraudulent defeat learned their lesson. Gao Yingdeng had already chased them out, but they chased them back after a few hundred steps. Liu Chengzong was so angry that he called the guards Urging them to pursue, they all galloped out.

The Chinese army stopped at the mountain pass, and the chasing cavalry continued from the evening to the next afternoon, and Gao Yingdeng's men returned with the spoils and prisoners one after another.

"Marshal, there are more than 500 prisoners."

Gao Yingdeng was in high spirits: "We have surrendered this time, and we have taken two or three thousand prisoners... I even killed the big one."

As he said that, several horse soldiers brought a well-equipped corpse, and Gao Yingdeng said: "The captives said that this man is Gu Yang, one of the two leaders of this battle, Chuoke Rabbit's right-hand man, and The bald man ran up the snow mountain and failed to catch up."

Liu Chengzong glanced at the corpse, nodded his approval, and then waved his hand to let the guards go to check Zhanli, and praised: "Well done, how many people did the remaining Haibald take away?"

"Hundreds of people?" Gao Yingdeng was not sure, and explained: "They divided into more than ten groups and ran up the mountain. There may be two or three thousand people running."

After speaking, Gao Yingdeng added: "However, the runners didn't have much weapons and armor left, and the horses were all abandoned on the side of the mountain. I saw the two of them holding the little lamb. As long as this side is surrounded by the mountain, the two behind There will definitely be surrenders in three days, and many people will die just by crossing the snow-capped mountains."

Liu Chengzong let out a long sigh of satisfaction: "Okay, you look down the mountain from the north, and I'll send someone to deliver the tent to you later, so be careful that they come down the mountain at night to attack."

Gao Yingdeng clasped his fists in response, turned around and left, then stepped back and withdrew his legs, and asked embarrassingly: "Marshal, when we return to Juerwan, can we ask the craftsmen to make this for my cavalry? Bang bang bang, powerful."

What he was talking about was the big tent ox cart of the Mongols, but obviously it was not just an ox cart, but a chariot carrying guns.

Liu Chengzong was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look at Huang Shengxiao and smiled.

It was a coincidence that these two large vehicles participated in the battle. When the rain stopped, Huang Shengxiao took the gunners to the front line. When he saw two large vehicles on the road, he felt that the flat structure was both high and stable, so he unloaded the supplies and carried the gunners. Arrange to go up and reach the front line all the way.

But generally speaking, the shortcomings of this thing are very obvious. First, it is bulky, and second, it can only be used on flat ground, cannot cross ravines, and it is extremely slow to adjust the direction.

However, on flat grasslands, it can be used in conjunction with carrying guns, but compared with the wood and livestock used, this structure is actually not economical, but it is more useful as a mobile tent for the leader.

Just after winning a big victory, Liu Chengzong was in a good mood, and immediately responded: "I've made a note, I'll make two smaller ones for you when I go back, it's too big and it's troublesome to walk around."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said, "Xiao Huang, think about it, the chariot is suitable for carrying guns, and it would be better if it can be pulled by camels in the Gobi."

Gobi?

camel?

Huang Shengxiao's brain was buzzing, what does the commander mean, he is planning to start a war with Turpan?

Liu Chengzong just said casually that as long as he can walk in the Gobi, it is not a problem to walk on the flat grassland. The main purpose of adding this condition is to reduce the size of the vehicle. In fact, he thinks that a vehicle can carry two guns, and the maximum is no more than three. Just the best.

It is powerful to fight with ten guns on such a cart, but it is uncomfortable at any time except when fighting.

Liu Chengzong stood on the cart and stomped his feet lightly, turned around and looked at the mountain of armored supplies seized, he said to Huang Shengxiao: "The chariot should be eight feet long and five feet wide, and it is best to hit people with the buttocks and sides. "

While they were talking, the guards who counted the battle profits reported one by one.

Fan Sanlang took the summary form and said: "Commander, 150 people were killed or missing in this battle, 740 people were injured or sick, and [-] of them are fine."

Hearing the casualties, Liu Chengzong couldn't help but wince, how outrageous, more people were killed than injured.

"180 captured enemy soldiers are being escorted by General Zhang to dig a pit to bury their bodies; the corpses in the valley have not yet been counted. It is roughly estimated that there are more than [-] enemy corpses, including the retreating wounded troops killed by Lao Qijia In addition, there are more than a thousand corpses that have been pushed into the trench by wounded soldiers and buried."

Liu Chengzong has a better understanding of the approximate number of soldiers killed by his own side, mainly focusing on the Western nobles who were besieged and killed by fraudulent defeat. It is a pity that many people died.

They are superior to the enemy in terms of skills and equipment, and have repeatedly made military exploits in pursuit, but their main achievement is to defeat the enemy, and the enemy's blow to them comes from the rapid encirclement and annihilation.

The missing soldiers were the reason why Liu Chengzong stopped advancing for the time being. At least 400 of the mountain-climbing troops led by Lao Qijia were still on the snow-capped mountains. This was the time for rescue.

Generally speaking, this battle caused little loss to the main force, and it also tempered the soldiers who came from all over the country, and it also made the Spanish nobles suffer enough from disobeying orders and attacking without authorization.

They seized a huge amount, thousands of large and small felt tents, more than 800 two-wheeled vehicles equipped with various weapons and equipment, more than [-] cattle, sheep and horses, and countless gold and silver artifacts. He snatched Huo Luochi Guru's livestock and luggage, only passed it once in his hand, and fell into Liu Chengzong's hands in a blink of an eye.

The livestock was divided by Liu Chengzong, and each participant got a war horse. The slaves in Basang also underwent a complete change after this battle. They became a fully armed Mongolian fan camp.

Liu Chengzong attached great importance to the Basang army. Although their combat skills were not satisfactory, the soldiers showed great endurance and potential. In time, they could be the mainstay of the battle.

He has sent someone to send a message to Kang Ning to announce two orders in Kang Ning Mansion.

The first is the family members of the garrison in the Kangning Mansion. Those who purchase rations at the Kangning Mansion within 24 shi per year will enjoy a [-]% discount on the price, so as to increase the garrison’s advantage in marriage.

The second is to make an iron plaque with the word bravery for the Xifan soldiers who participated in this battle, announcing that the family members of the holder of the iron plaque will enjoy the same preferential treatment in the purchase of rations as a reward for this battle.

In addition, there is also a letter to Cao Yao, asking him to consider the remaining food reserves of the Kangning Mansion, and at the right time, recruit another [-] free serfs as field soldiers, and train them as future reserve soldiers.

It's just that there is a premise for training soldiers this time, that is, to give them a little more meat ration in their meals to make up for the disadvantage of serfs who eat vegetarian food all year round.

The army rested in the river valley for three days. Liu Chengzong led the army to pay homage to the fallen soldiers in the river valley, organized the captives into the Basang camp, and then marched northward to the Heka grassland.

　good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)