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Chapter 65
As Zuo Zixiong killed Liu Xiong in a surprise attack, the thief cavalry soon fell into a complete collapse.

Zuo Zixiong's former army is like a wolf like a tiger, chasing death and chasing the north, so don't be too active in fighting the harvest battle with the wind.

All of this also fell into the eyes of several civil servants and generals watching the battle from the top of the city.

Although the battlefield is at least five or six miles away from the city gate, ordinary people can't see it clearly.But the confidantes around Shen Shuren could use the binoculars in turn, and they actually witnessed a wonderful defeat battle throughout.

Seeing the excitement, several civil servants almost pushed and shoved each other to snatch the telescope.After being stopped by Shen Shuren, they realized their gaffe, and quickly turned to congratulate.

"God bless my great Ming! Congratulations, Master Tongzhi, our army has won a great victory!" Both Zhao Yunfan and Gu Yanwu were filled with emotion, and Gu Yanwu couldn't help composing an impromptu poem to praise this great victory.

"Open the city gate quickly! Welcome General Zuo to triumphant return!" Shen Shuren himself couldn't hide his inner excitement, his expression was a bit ferocious.

He had thought that Zuo Zixiong would win, which was also in his plan. Since the moment the trick to lure the enemy was successful, victory was a high probability event.He just didn't expect that Zuo Zixiong could adapt to the situation and use such a method to win, winning so beautifully.

After waiting on the city tower for half an hour, the Ming army that had completed the pursuit finally assembled one after another, and assembled outside the west gate of Qizhou.The gate of the city was opened immediately to welcome Wang Shi's triumphant return.

Out of caution, Shen Shuren didn't go down the tower, but he had already ordered drinks to be placed on the tower, and invited all the officers who participated in the battle to go upstairs, and he personally toasted and encouraged them.

"General Zuo is truly the champion of the three armies. Our army doesn't even have an organized cavalry. In the end, you dared to use surprise troops like this to catch the enemy by surprise, defeating the crowd with the few, and you won the first battle.

Come, please drink this cup.I will play the imperial court at the meeting, first turn the Huangzhou regiment training into a formal guard, and after repelling Liu Xiyao, I will show you that you will be promoted to guerrilla. "

Shen Shuren didn't hide it either, and in front of everyone, he spoke about the draft proposal for Zuo Zixiong's reward.

Everyone didn't feel that there was anything wrong, because the promotion of military officers below deputy generals and generals was approved by the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War.

Now is wartime, in order to respond quickly, Yang Ge, the Minister of the Ministry of War who supervised the division, brought some offices of the Military Selection Department with him.

The grassroots military generals here in Huangzhou have made meritorious service, and they don’t need to report to Beijing. They just need to go to Xiangyang Yangge Lao’s for approval, and they can be promoted through the simple wartime procedure. Can.

After hearing this, Zuo Zixiong also knew that Master Tongzhi valued him very much, and tried his best to speak well of him. This kind of promotion is already very good.

His current capital seems to be of a high level, compared to the previous Qianhu, which is regarded as a leapfrog promotion, but after all, he is the capital of the regiment training, and his actual status is similar to that of a regular guard.

After the group training was converted into an official guard, the status of the Dusi was equivalent to half a level higher.In the future, if you become a guerrilla again, not only will your salary increase, but you will also have the right to leave the defense area of ​​the guard and cooperate with friendly forces to cross the border to pursue the enemy.

"The final general thank you for your appreciation! I am so ashamed!" Zuo Zixiong hurriedly thanked him.

Shen Shuren was high-spirited: "If there is anything you dare not do, let's count the results of this battle first, and talk about how many prisoners were captured."

Zuo Zixiong couldn't come up with specific data either. After all, he had just cleaned the battlefield and was still counting the data. After a long while, the following officers reported it:

"I know that in this battle, more than [-] bandits were killed and wounded, and more than [-] were captured. In addition, more than [-] enemies were wiped out in the battle this morning. They broke up and fled. Killed the bandit general Liu Xiong, and another bandit general, Yi Dou Gu, fled with his remnants after the front army of the bandit army was destroyed."

Shen Shuren made a rough calculation, and the sum of these numbers should be more than two thousand, but considering that "injuring the enemy" can be repeated, it is normal.

After all, it has never been stipulated that a wounded soldier can only be injured once in two battles, and lightly wounded soldiers can also be captured, and the numbers will add up.

After Shen Shuren figured out the situation, after a little analysis, he was very happy:

"Being able to kill Liu Xiong is really a joy. Before the battle, I didn't dare to count on it. I didn't worry about today's battle. I waited for work with ease, and I had no intention of calculating. Winning should be won.

What I worry about is that after Liu Xiyao's 1-odd main force arrived, they did not dare to attack the city, but also harmed the whole country, burned, killed and looted, and robbed and harvested mature autumn grain.I originally designed a lot of countermeasures, just to adapt to the situation and find a way to attract Liu Xiyao when the time comes.Now that there is revenge for killing the son, this matter is even simpler.

We are absolutely sure to force Liu Xiyao to be motivated by blood and deep hatred, and to attack the city desperately, so that the damage to our counties in Huangzhou can be minimized. By the way, you should have tortured the prisoners. When will Liu Xiyao's main force arrive? ? "

Zuo Zixiong replied in response: "It is said that we will be able to reach Huangqiankou Town this evening. If we rush to march to Qizhou County, it should be late at night."

Shen Shuren nodded: "Then it's impossible to attack the city today, everyone hurry up and rest, the city defense has its own garrison soldiers to worry about. Tomorrow, at the latest the day after, there may be a bloody siege battle.

Come here, set up a banquet immediately, and give all the soldiers in this battle enough wine and meat!If you take the money again, the official will reward the wounded and pay for the dead in battle. "

Zuo Zixiong was vigilant by nature, and reminded: "My lord, Liu Xiyao has come far behind the enemy, and the bandits have always lacked siege weapons. If they really want to attack the city, they must use some tricks. It is better to be on guard in advance."

Shen Shuren waved his hand: "Don't worry, I have my own plan for this, and I will be careful, as long as I do my duty tonight, that's enough."

After finishing speaking, the city quickly cooked meat and cooked food to reward the three armies.

In today's battle, hundreds of dead livestock were obtained in one morning, and a large piece of good meat was cut. Two thousand soldiers couldn't finish a meal, so they continued to eat.Only alcohol was trafficked from a long distance from Suzhou.

In ancient times, there was a lack of food preservation technology, unless it was dried or smoked.The soldiers who participated in the war were physically exhausted, and they could eat an average of three or four catties of meat when they opened their mouths.The rest is also soaked in rain and dew, and each of the soldiers and officials guarding the city today will share a catty or two, so they can eat more while it is fresh.

Shen Shuren personally accompanied each of the hundreds of households to ask questions, went deep into the soldiers to understand the situation, and ate the same horse meat and donkey meat as the soldiers, without the slightest pretense of being the richest man in Suzhou.

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Halfway through eating and drinking, the battle damage of one's own side was also counted.Needless to say, in the early morning battle today, there were only more than [-] permanent casualties, and only [-] or [-] minor injuries.

However, the number of losses in the battle outside the city just now was beyond Shen Shuren's expectations. In the end, more than 100 people were directly killed in the battle, and the total number of minor and serious injuries was two to three hundred, and the cumulative number of casualties reached 400!

Adding up the two battles, the permanent battle damage reached more than [-] people, and more than ten percent of the combat power of this army disappeared forever.

Holding the wine glass, Shen Shuren was very surprised, and asked Lu Datou, who was in charge of calculating the losses: "Just now in the battle outside the city this afternoon, Zuo Dusi clearly had the upper hand, why did so many people die in the end?

Our army is just a regiment training, and one tenth of the casualties will shake the morale, and the proportion of direct battle deaths is too high. One death corresponds to less than three injuries, which is definitely not the performance that victory should have. "

Lu Datou was only a dock worker, and he had no chance to meet Mr. Tongzhi before. Now he was being interrogated by Mr. Tongzhi face to face. He was also very nervous, knelt down and cried bitterly:

"It's all subordinates who are incompetent and didn't stand up to Yidougu's desperate charge. Not long after Zuo Dusi's front army took the initiative to attack Liu Xiong, the rear army responsible for blocking Yidougu wavered and was killed by Yidougu If Zuo Dusi hadn't beheaded Liu Xiong and caused the entire bandit army to collapse, the rear of our army would have been in dire straits—

The subordinate is only a general, and the general who is in charge of commanding our rear army was seriously injured by the enemy's random arrows when he blocked Yidou Valley. "

After Shen Shuren heard this, he was also slightly afraid in his heart. It seemed that the battlefield was changing rapidly, and there was always danger at any time.

Victory or defeat is often a matter of thought. Sometimes, if one's side that focuses on attacking does not defeat the enemy army on the opposite side as soon as possible, then one's side that is weak and under pressure may be broken through first.

It's just that the rear army of the official army was at least ten miles away from the city gate, which was relatively far away, and they couldn't see clearly through the telescope, so they didn't know what happened on the secondary battlefield at all.

Shen Shuren was also a little sober, so he summoned Lu Datou and other officers in the rear army, as well as Zuo Zixiong, to conduct a self-criticism.

Zuo Zixiong had generally heard that the rear army had suffered a lot of casualties today, but under the great victory, he didn't have much energy to be distracted and concerned, and he had been dealing with Master Tongzhi.It wasn't until Mr. Tongzhi intervened in person that he came to review the situation at that time.

Just listen to Lu Datou's miserable memory: "Our rear army was attacked by Yidou Valley at that time, and the morale was a little loose. Later, it was discovered that Zuo Dusi's front army had been killed, and the front army was getting more and more out of touch with us. It became more and more shaken.

Yidou Valley is very tricky. After noticing this, a part of the troops were sent out to side attack and rush, trying to cut off our rear army. During the bloody battle, some soldiers were the first to be unable to hold back, and jumped into the river to escape, trying to escape by boarding a boat. As a result, the rear army was divided by the enemy.

Fortunately, the front army had already decided the winner at this time, Zuo Dusi beheaded Liu Xiong, and Yidougu had to be disbanded, and the part of the enemy army stuck by us was unable to retreat before being captured. "

Lu Datou didn't understand the art of war, he had never read a book, and he spoke nonsensically. Fortunately, Shen Shuren was keen, so he touched it carefully and grasped a key point: the reason why the rear army was cut off was because there were some people in the troops filling the defense line. Jump into the river and escape!

Shen Shuren stroked his beard, turned to Zuo Zixiong, and sighed: "I just looked at it from a distance and felt that something was wrong, and I couldn't tell it for a while, but now I finally figured it out——Zuo Dusi, in order to fight against the enemy's cavalry attack, you , and keep marching, is it to imitate Liu Yu's breaking the Northern Wei Dynasty's Queyue Formation?"

Zuo Zixiong's face was shy: "It's about the same, there is no cart stick to use, and the general adjusted slightly, and set up a trapezoidal formation between the Flangji square formation and Liu Yuqueyue formation."

Shen Shuren shook his head: "The formation is fine, but the key is why you put the fleet close to the river bank to support the defenders on the bank with firepower. This approach is actually somewhat dangerous.

With the support of ships, the gunner can slowly reload and fire in his spare time, which can indeed increase the firepower.However, the sandships of our own side were so close, so that the soldiers on the shore saw the hope that they could escape the danger of the battlefield by jumping into the river and swimming for dozens of steps. Once the soldiers wavered, they might not want to fight to the end.

Back then, Han Xin formed an army with his back against the water, the essence of which was to "put it to death and then survive, throw it to death and then survive". If there is a boat to meet it, it is not a death. You are using recruits who are not yet well-disciplined, which is too risky!

Remember in the future, if you want to deploy a ship with your back against the water, you must be a veteran of many battles and a determined veteran, so that the maximum firepower can be given priority.If the morale and military discipline are not enough, it is better not to have this little fire support, but also to inspire the soldiers to fight to the death. "

Zuo Zixiong broke out in a cold sweat after listening to it, and realized that after all, he didn't read enough, and he didn't analyze people's hearts enough.Although he fought many battles and listened to the combat allusions of famous ancient generals, he finally learned something plausible.

Fortunately, today's enemies are not very strong, but his brave and slashing generals solved the ultimate problem, and only then covered up those small flaws.

"My lord Tongzhi has amazing calculations, reads the art of war and knows what it is and why it is so. The last general only learned it in a vain way, which is really beyond his reach!" Zuo Zixiong bowed down in admiration.

Shen Shuren waved his hand: "Let's not talk about the past. Although today's battle is a big victory, the military law must be strictly enforced. Go and find out, who was the first to abandon the defense and jump into the river in the battle in the afternoon, and let the surviving soldiers fight with each other?" Point it out, and you must be severely punished!"

(End of this chapter)