Wanli 1592

Chapter 622

Li Rusong's fight was over soon.

The total annihilation, probably only a few hundred of them ran away, and the others were all rounded up by Li Rusong. The Liaodong Army has never fought a hearty battle since it went out. This time, Li Rusong fought very happily. He didn't even feel anything after beating all the prisoners, he just felt that the beating was very enjoyable.

After lighting up, according to statistics, Li Rusong beheaded more than 100 people in the first battle, nearly 3 soldiers were annihilated, and thousands of grains in the camp were seized by the Ming army. A horse hurts a horse.

Xiao Ruxun immediately ordered the dead horses to be cooked, and the wounded horses to be killed for meat, not to be wasted. The two-way division of the army is preparing for the distribution of supplies.

During this period, Xiao Ruxun convened the last military meeting before the division of troops, and expressed all his worries.

"The destination of Chai Zongbing and Dong Zongbing this time is to kill Hukou. This is a very important pass. The Ming Dynasty used this as an exit for several times in the Northern Expedition. Therefore, this is also the Daming Fortress that the Northern Prisoners are familiar with. The defense line of Fan Datong fell open, and several tribes from the north went south. It is hard to say that other tribes will not fish in troubled waters after that.

Therefore, Zongbing Chai and Zongbing Dong are probably facing a large number of northern captives. There may be tribes with special combat effectiveness. There may be a lot of people. You must pay special attention to it. I repeat again. You must not divide your troops. Combat, absolutely impossible! "

Chai Guozhu and Dong Yiyuan clasped their fists in promise: "The last general will obey!"

"Well, then the next step is the road between me and Li Zongbing. Our road is the main force, but the task is equally important. We are not only going to Datong City, but also Yanghe City. This place should be Beilu We must not slack off in the key offensive areas. If we encounter the main force of the northern captives, we should fight cautiously.

More importantly, we must take good care of the food along the way, because we may encounter many refugees. When encountering refugees, the army can give them a certain amount of rations and then let them go south. Anyone who robs the army of food, no matter who it is, will be killed! "

Xiao Ruxun's last words were murderous.

The generals were awe-inspiring.

"promise!"

In the afternoon, the army once again ate a meal of horse meat rice and horse meat soup. They were full and warm. After a short rest, the army set off. The [-] Ming soldiers were divided into two groups. Leading [-] troops out of Mayi, Xiao Ruxun and Li Rusong led [-] troops into Shanyin.

Datong's counter-offensive campaign officially began. According to Xiao Ruxun's request, the army had to communicate with each other every day, and every time they arrived at a strategic place, they had to communicate with each other, reporting the arrival place, date, food reserves and combat conditions, as well as the terrain and surrounding environment.

Send a considerable number of messenger cavalry and sentry cavalry to ensure smooth communication between the two sides. If they cannot communicate with each other for more than three days, it means something has happened.

No matter which side is wrong, the problem is serious.

Now, it depends on how many captives there are in Datong.

Mei Guozhen, Ma Gui, are they still safe?
Xiao Ruxun didn't know, and didn't dare to speculate.

But he is very clear that neither Mei Guozhen nor Ma Gui will have any good fruit after this war. The biggest bitter fruit has been swallowed by Wang Shiyang, but someone has to go to the remaining small bitter fruit Otherwise, who should bear such a huge loss and public outrage?
Xiao Ruxun lamented what happened to these two old friends.

On the first day of March in the 26th year of Wanli, Xiao Ruxun led his troops to Shanyin. The county town of Shanyin was in ruins. The whole county was like a ghost town, and no one could see it. It is also conceivable to be flattened by the North.

The dilapidated city, the destroyed houses, and the gradually decaying corpses on the ground all showed the terrible experience that the people of Shanyin County had encountered, but Xiao Ruxun could do nothing about it.

When Beilu came, he came roaring, and when he left, he left nothing behind, not even a single living person could be seen here.

When receiving Nurhachi's military report, Xiao Ruxun knew that there were no living people here, but when he actually saw it, he still couldn't control the grief and desolation in his heart.

"Our soldiers are incompetent, but the innocent people we killed were ruined! If we can't protect the people from the enemy, why do we have swords in our hands? This is our fault!"

Looking at the ruins of Shanyin County, Xiao Ruxun shed tears. He set up an altar at the gate of the county to offer sacrifices, and offered the head of the beheaded prisoner who had been beheaded outside Yanmen Pass as a sacrificial offering. Along the way, he chopped off a strand of his own hair.

"Ru Xun still needs this head to avenge everyone's hatred. With the shame of the country, I will cut off the head here and swear that I will kill all the northern captives and avenge everyone. I hope you all know and can rest in peace."

Xiao Ruxun put her hair under the altar to express her guilt and sincerity. Afterwards, the main generals in the army followed Xiao Ruxun, and each cut off a strand of hair to express her guilt and sincerity.

"The northern captives have no virtue and have harmed our people. This Northern Expedition will definitely require the northern captives to pay in blood!"

"eye for eye!"

The soldiers shouted in unison.

The Ming army continued to go northward, heading towards Yingzhou.

Yingzhou, north of Yanmen Pass and south of Datong Town, is not a very important border defense hub, more often it is a border defense material transfer station. It should be an unknown place, but because Zhengde 12 In 10, a great battle came into people's eyes. In that year, a battle involving more than [-] people took place here.

However, it is probably not the battle itself that really makes it popular for future generations. There are indeed not many wars involving more than 10 people in Chinese history, but it will definitely not make Yingzhou famous because of it. What made Yingzhou famous was the result of this battle of 10 people.

The Ming army beheaded the sixteenth level of Mongolia, and the Ming army killed 52 people.

The "level" of beheading here does not mean that there were only [-] Mongols killed. The definition of the head level is very strict. Those who were shot to death by arrows, killed by muskets, or killed by artillery bombs are not counted as heads. Only the head that was cut off when the two armies fought each other was counted as the head.

Therefore, except for a few annihilation battles where the ratio between the annihilated enemy and the head is very close, the ratio of the number of enemies killed and the number of beheaded in most other battles is maintained at about ten to one, or even lower, so calculate it, recorded here The number of Mongols killed probably ranged from 160 to 200.

But this is also very funny!

10 people fought together with knives, guns, swords and halberds, and fought in groups, but the total losses were still less than 200 people?
(End of this chapter)