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Chapter 269
When Li Zicheng woke up again, it was already three days later.
His location was also moved from the battlefield in Chen County to the north-northwest for a full two hundred miles, and moved to Zhuxian Town near Kaifeng.

One of his eyeballs had already been gouged out by the military doctor in the army while he was in a coma. His head and face were wrapped in tight and thick gauze, and blood was still oozing out intermittently.

This is also something that can't be helped, because of the butterfly effect, Li Zicheng's injuries this time are more serious than the injuries he suffered under the city of Kaifeng in the same period of history.

If the eyeball is just shot by a bow and arrow, at most it can be pulled out directly like Xiahou Dun, and the subsequent infection is easier to control.His face was smeared with fragments of lead bullets, some of which got into his eyes, so the risk of infection and poisoning was naturally much greater, and there were naturally more parts to be cut off.

Li Zicheng regained consciousness for a while, then recalled that his side seemed to have suffered a new fiasco. His lips were dry and chapped, pale and bloodless, but he still trembled a few times, and asked others in a low voice with difficulty:

"How many troops have been lost by our army? Where have we retreated?"

Song Xiance stayed by his side all the time, and hurriedly reported: "My lord, please rest first, the dragon's body is important. This battle of our army... probably lost 6 or [-] horses, but there should still be some soldiers who were defeated and fled. , can be slowly folded back.

You were in a coma for three days, and we drove you back for [-] miles, and even abandoned Yancheng and other places.The officers and soldiers should still be clearing Yancheng. They are marching in large numbers, so it is better for us to run away with light clothes. We can't catch up here yet. You can rest for two days before making a decision. "

When Song Xiance reported the loss, he obviously restrained himself, not wanting to irritate Li Zicheng more.

In fact, the loss in this battle will be a little more. Even if the scattered troops who can escape and gather are counted, the absolute loss will be at least [-], and the specifics are still unclear.

Before Li Zicheng fought with Shen Shuren, he was known as an army of 38. He had attacked the city several times before, and lost more than 3 to [-] people each time. Huang Degong also defeated Yuan Zongdi, eliminated Li Jiyu, and made an emergency landing. Yuan Shizhong also lost more than [-] people in each wave.

So all in all, in the past two months, Li Zicheng's department has lost at least 15 horses in the hands of Shen Shuren.

Of his 38 troops, there are still about 21 left on hand.Even if the deserters gathered later are counted as blood points, the maximum will not exceed 23 to [-].

Of course, Shen Shuren on the opposite side also suffered losses. After all the bloody battles, the total casualties of the officers and soldiers reached 2 to [-].

Before the war, Shen Shuren claimed to have 14 Huguang troops, and brought 9 people to deal with Li Zicheng, plus more than 1 seawater troops seconded from Nanzhili (Zhang Mingzhen's troops), so the actual number of troops participating in the battle exceeded 10.

After fighting for two months, the loss was 15.00 to [-], which is about [-]% of the battle loss ratio. If such a large loss was encountered at one time, the army would definitely collapse.Fortunately, it took nearly two months to slowly wear down the casualties, and the morale was maintained, and the more they fought, the more resilient they became.

Moreover, the medical conditions and logistical support of the officers and soldiers must be much better than that of the Chuang army.

Except for the Shaanxi old battalion who can have relatively complete medical treatment for the Chuangjun, the other cannon fodder soldiers, who are the vast majority, are all injured and resigned to their fate.Therefore, among the losses of 15, the death rate was so high. As long as the seriously injured were not officers, they basically died in the end.

On the officer's side, apart from the obvious fatal injuries that cannot be recovered, there will be more or less medical input, and the armor is relatively sophisticated, so it is true that not many people died directly in battle.

Among the 5000 casualties, no more than 3000 died directly in battle, [-] died of subsequent injuries, and nearly [-] people could be rescued.Among them, two or three thousand disabled people who need to be resettled will be excluded, and at least seven thousand wounded soldiers who have recovered their combat power will be recovered after half a year.

After such a bloody baptism, the fighting will and technical and tactical level of the Huguang Army will obviously be further sublimated. Even if the number of people is reduced by 15.00%, they can still fight stronger after the rest.

……

Li Zicheng also knew that Song Xiance was probably hiding something from him and comforting him with nice words.But now that he is seriously injured, he doesn't want to be serious.

Li Zicheng is a person who can take it easy and let it go. He has been defeated and fled alone in his life. He does not know how many times he has done it.

So he quickly got out of the psychological shadow, and sighed: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. I listened to my master's words earlier, and I didn't seek this decisive battle in the field, so I just retreated. Everything is the fault of the lonely. I am sorry for the three armies." Soldiers, so many old brothers.

But knowing the mistakes can be corrected, and there is still time, we don't want face, this is much more flexible than that poor man Chongzhen, Chongzhen, this guy, sooner or later he will die because of his refusal to save face. "

Song Xiance breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty can bend and stretch, and he will surely be able to finalize major events."

Li Zicheng waved his hand with difficulty, and ordered: "Give me an order that the whole army abandon Zhuxian Town and other surrounding camps around Kaifeng, and ask Liu Zongmin to dig the Yellow River dam, release water to resist the enemy, and block the pursuers.

Our army retreated through Xingyang and defended ourselves with the natural danger of the tiger prison.When Gu's injury improves and the armies recover their combat power, they will plan to advance westward to Tongguan.Right now, the people in Luoyang can only suffer. The military rations must be provided by the people in Henan, Ruzhou, and Dengfeng. "

Last year, Li Zicheng took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the people of Luoyang with King Fu, so that the defenders should break Luoyang and kill Queen Fu.

When the city was just broken, he also fulfilled his promise and used a considerable part of the money plundered from Prince Fu's Mansion and other rich officials in Henan to open warehouses and distribute food to the poor.Therefore, there are still some living people in the Luoyang area.But Li Zicheng was defeated so badly, and the food was not raised, so naturally he could only catch the fish.

Even if Luoyang is completely robbed and killed without leaving a base, he must ensure that he recovers blood quickly, can fight Sun Chuanting, and at least can break through or bypass Tongguan and enter Guanzhong.

There are still 20 troops in their early years to support, and they only rely on the territory of one or two prefectures, so there is no need to scrape the ground.

After hearing this, Song Xiance felt that relying on Luoyang alone would not be able to support them all, so he tactfully suggested that Li Zicheng consider dividing his troops to eat.
In the last two months of winter, we can consider revisiting the original places where the troops who robbed Huaiqing, Weihui and other places after crossing the Yellow River north, and crossing the Yellow River north again, but after crossing the river, we can change to go west, to Pingyang in the southwest corner of Shanxi. The counties in the south of the prefecture eat.

That place, which is the Yuncheng Basin in later generations, has Anyi, Xieliang, Linjin, and Wenxi counties. The agricultural foundation is relatively good, and there is also a salt lake in Yuncheng. If the lake is exhausted, it should be able to share tens of thousands of troops through the cold winter.

Moreover, from the Yuncheng Basin, in the future, it will also be possible to go downstream along the Huang River, enter the Yellow River from Pubanjin, and then cross westward to Guanzhong.

Li Zicheng was still seriously injured, and his mind was slow at first. He listened to Song Xiance's suggestion, and he didn't object to it. Let him stop disturbing and do it immediately.

……

The words are divided into two parts.

On the day after the Chuang army was defeated and fled, at nightfall,

With the complete end of the war and no way to pursue after dark, Shen Shu only had time to rest and meet with the generals who came to help.

"The final general will see Mr. Futai! Mr. Futai is a fortune teller! Congratulations to Mr. Futai for making this extraordinary feat!"

Huang Degong and Zhang Mingzhen came hand in hand, and when they saw Shen Shuren, they bowed down in admiration, ignoring the fact that the armor was on their bodies, and it was inconvenient to fully salute, which made the iron armor on their bodies clang.

Shen Shuren humbly resigned with a smile on his face: "Two generals, hurry up and give up! Our army's victory today is inseparable from the two just right reinforcements. Let's share this achievement!"

However, right now we are only repelling the main force of the intruders. Kaifeng City has not yet been relieved. His Royal Highness Zhou Wang, Governor Gao, and Chen Zongbing are still suffering in Kaifeng City. On the first day, after rescuing all the people and relieving the people from their dire straits, I will drink with you for three days! "

Shen Shuren spoke with both consolation and political correctness. After all, they were ordered by Chongzhen to rescue Kaifeng, and the primary goal has not been fully realized yet.
Being happy too early is easy to fall into the shoes of others. The censors in the late Ming Dynasty were too good at picking bones.

After hearing this, Huang Degong also understood his difficulties, but he was actually quite upset. Fortunately, Shen Shuren immediately said that he would not be short of General Huang's good wine. He could drink as much as he wanted, and Huang Degong praised it readily:

"My lord, you know me well, we have all the respect for you, all of this is to guard against those idiots, we know it in our hearts!
But don't worry, when it comes to saving King Zhou and Governor Gao, you already have a few great achievements in your pockets—just a few days ago, General Fu and King Lu were safely placed in Xiangcheng.

Would you like to take some time and go over to pay a visit?Anyway, the thieves were defeated, and the surrounding areas of Kaifeng will not be determined by staking and sweeping?You don't have to do it yourself at all.

In addition, after the general learned that you wanted to wait for the opportunity to seek a decisive battle with the intruder and solve the problem of the intruder with all one's strength, he made his own decision, and when negotiating with King Lu and King Fu, he said it was true.

"The intruder heard that our army had rescued King Lu and King Fu, so he wanted to abandon Chen County and go to Xiangcheng to attack and kill the feudal vassals. Shenfutai, after you heard about this critical situation, you didn't care about your own safety. The county can stick to consumption, but it is risky to choose to go out of the city to fight in the field, lest the intruders will detour around Chen county and endanger the kings'.

Lu Wang and Fu Wang heard it at the time, and he didn't think it was unbelievable. Now that our army has won a big victory, you can go to pay a visit, and you will get a big favor, and you don't need to go to any extra trouble. "

Shen Shuren was quite surprised when he heard Huang Degong's words.He always thought that Huang Degong was just a reckless man who was good at commanding and commanding troops on the battlefield at most, but he didn't expect him to be capable of these little tricks in the world.

Shen Shuren couldn't help but praised: "General Huang, you are very flexible, but I shouldn't always regard you as a martial artist."

Huang Degong also smiled without hesitation: "The last general doesn't study much, but he doesn't even know how to greet and send off. If you don't take advantage of this, how can you get promoted and get rich to the general?"

Shen Shuren was right when he thought about it. It is true that military generals may not study, but it does not mean that military generals have low EQ. This kind of ability to flatter leaders and the basic skills of gaining officialdom do not distinguish between civil and military.

Back then, Qi Jiguang had to give Zhang Juzheng dried sea dogs and dried seahorses to flatter him. Can you say that Qi Jiguang is a bad guy?

For Huang Degong to tell the truth in front of him, he completely regarded himself as Shen Shuren's confidant.

"Okay, this matter is well done, and I will take time to take care of it when I have time. However, if you are chasing Li Zicheng alone to rescue Kaifeng, you must be careful."

(End of this chapter)