Ming Empire

Chapter 232 You Can Celebrate

Amidst the continuous roar of artillery and the spread of gunpowder smoke, Jiannu retreated across the board.

Cao Yue also quickly ordered the artillery to stop the bombardment, and all soldiers continued to be on the highest alert, but did not send cavalry to pursue.

Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and others felt a little itchy for Cao Yue not to take advantage of the situation to pursue and kill them. What they like to do most is to lead the army to chase and kill the enemy when they are defeated, so that they can exaggerate the results of the battle.However, they still did not question this issue in the end. The results of Cao Yue's command operations were beyond their reach. Cao Yue must have his own arrangements, and they just need to know the reason.

The weather was very hot, and after watching the battle for a long time, they were always nervous and tired. After relaxing, they felt sore all over their bodies, as if their strength had been drained. It was worse than fighting on the battlefield by themselves. To feel tired.But they also found it shocking and enjoyable, and they learned a lot from today's point of view.

It was already afternoon, and I had to feel that a few hours had passed. Whether it was the soldiers on the ground, Cao Yue who commanded the battle, or other people who watched the battle, they hardly ate anything, and at most drank some water. Feeling hungry, feeling a little chest pressed to the back.The soldiers on the battlefield were already hurrying to replenish food and drinking water. Cao Yue also signaled to the people around him to eat in the boat with him.

In the first confrontation with the army led by Dorgon outside Liaocheng, Cao Yue severely injured Jiannu at a very small cost and won a brilliant victory. For the price, Cao Yue was still very excited to achieve such a huge result.

He ordered his soldiers to prepare wine, and he wanted to drink some with the people around him to celebrate.Although the war is not over yet, but the first battle is like this, you can celebrate, and drinking can also boost morale.

At the same time, he also sent people to order all the soldiers to fight hard. Jiannu is not as terrible as they imagined. The current Jiannu's combat effectiveness is completely incomparable with the Ming army equipped with a lot of firearms.When this war is over, he must personally reward the soldiers of the three armies and credit all the meritorious personnel.

Without counting the results of the battle, Cao Yue knew that Dorgon had been defeated by him in the past few fights.Jiannu lost at least tens of thousands of horses, while the Ming soldiers had almost zero casualties.

Cao Yue's prediction was basically correct, but the Ming soldiers did not have zero casualties. At least ten soldiers were killed in the blast of the artillery, and there were many more wounded.The main reason is that the smelting technology at this time was not up to standard. There were impurities in the steel and copper used to make the cannon, and the chamber exploded when it was overheated.Fortunately, Cao Yue ordered before the war to formulate countermeasures for bombing and other possible unexpected situations to minimize losses.

When he sat down to drink and eat, Huang Degong first toasted Cao Yue: "General Governor, before today, I was still dissatisfied with you, but after watching today's battle, I saw the success of the tactics you arranged. After the results of the battle, I admire you very much. I also understand how you defeated Jiannu in Datong, and how you were able to lead the army to snatch the body of the late emperor in Beijing, and rescue the Queen Mother, Your Majesty and other members of the royal family. Today's battle , It also let the humble officer understand what is the way to restrain the slave cavalry. The humble officer has served the governor, and today I will pay respects with this wine. I want to follow the commander to learn and watch the battle all the time!"

"I let you follow the battle this time, just to let you see how to change our tactics and how to use the powerful firearms." Cao Yue smiled and drank a glass of wine with Huang Degong, and said cheerfully: " In the past, our Ming army did not bring out the power of firearms, which are powerful weapons, and used our own weaknesses to compete with Jiannu's strengths. Of course, we would be at a disadvantage. My Ming's firearm manufacturing technology is far superior to Jiannu. The number of firearms produced is far beyond their comparison. In future wars, we must change our concepts and maximize the power of firearms. Only in this way can we effectively curb the slave cavalry and prevent them from exerting their maximum power Come out. In this way, we will surely win the war."

"You have been educated!" Huang Degong said, standing up straight, gave a military salute to Cao Yue, and then said loudly: "I hope that I will have the opportunity to command the new army in the future, defeat Jiannu, and avenge the fathers and villagers who were killed by Jiannu .”

Huang Degong was quite smart, he knew that Cao Yue would not mercilessly refuse this request in public.As long as Cao Yue does not refuse, and he shows his loyalty to Cao Yue, he will still have the opportunity to continue to lead the battle in the future.In Huang Degong's heart, any governor is more prestigious than a general who is not actually leading the army. He is a military general, and he has been associated with war in his life. He is very uncomfortable when he is asked to leave the army before the war is over.

Seeing such a tragic war scene today, the pride that was still very hot in his heart was ignited again. He wanted to make meritorious service, he wanted to kill the enemy and defeat Jiannu, so he hoped that Cao Yue would give him another chance to lead the army.

Other people who originally wanted to toast Cao Yue's wine were stunned when they heard Huang Degong's request.They also looked at Cao Yue nervously, wanting to see how Cao Yue answered Huang Degong.

They have the same thoughts as Huang Degong, and they don't want to be promoted secretly to be the governor. Although the governors of the five armies' governor's mansion are very powerful, they know that these governors have no actual power now, and all the troops are under the control of Cao Yue.They hope to continue to lead the war, especially after seeing today's style of play.

Cao Yue knew the thoughts of these generals, but he could not let them continue to lead the army to fight now, but he did not explicitly refuse, but said meaningfully: "General Huang's thoughts are understood by the governor. You want to surrender your status and continue to fight." It’s okay to lead the army to fight, but you are not familiar with the current tactics, so the governor asked you to watch the battle with the army. After you get familiar with the tactics, abandon the previous thinking, and adapt to the new situation, the governor will consider it.”

What Cao Yue said is actually very clear, that is, whether you can lead the army depends on your loyalty.This period of time is the inspection period for you. If you pass the inspection, you may continue to lead the army to fight.These people are old slickers, of course they also understand Cao Yue's accident, and immediately saluted Cao Yue together, saying that they must watch the battle hard, study hard, reflect on what they did before, abandon bad customs, be loyal to the court, and be loyal to the Dalai Lama. The Governor's Mansion will never let Cao Yue worry about them.

Continuing what these people said, Cao Yue didn't say anything else, but just told everyone to eat quickly and drink more wine by the way, maybe Jiannu would start attacking again later.

(End of this chapter)