That night, in the tent of the commander of the forward battalion, Cheng Wenji listened to the clerical officer's report with an excited face: "After counting, our army has captured a total of 1,608 enemy heads, and some corpses are too shattered to be counted; Countless weapons were seized, and the war horses, excluding the war horses captured by the infantry battalion, were not reported, a total of 8043 horses, of which more than 500 could still be used, and those supported war horses could only be used as vegetable horses. ”

"Yes, the merits of the soldiers must be well recorded, and the good news will be sent to the governor of Qin County Wu immediately! Haha, more than half of the 3,000 elite cavalry of the Qi army were killed by us! So how much did we lose? Cheng Wenji asked.

"On our side, the cavalry lost one hundred and sixteen men and wounded four hundred and three, most of them lightly; The infantry lost 262 killed and 537 wounded. In this blocking battle, our army lost a total of 378 people killed and 940 wounded! The clerk replied, flipping through the booklet.

"The fallen soldiers must be well reined in, and the roster must be reported as soon as possible, and they will be compensated in time! The soldiers who are supported must be treated well! Alas, only more than five hundred war horses can be used, what is the situation on the side of the infantry battalion? Cheng Wenji asked.

"There were no casualties in the infantry battalion! General, Captain Xiao's infantry battalion was really powerful, not only defeated the attack of the Lierao cavalry, but also captured their 400 war horses, and not a single one was injured! What a miracle! Now the whole army is spreading the miracle of Captain Xiao! "The clerk said.

"These firearms made by Captain Xiao are really powerful, otherwise Wu Dudu would not have made an exception to recruit him into the army, and he would have made him a captain of the infantry battalion at once! They actually captured more than 400 war horses, and they didn't report it? This stinky man, a thousand Rao infantry battalions want so many war horses? Too greedy! Tell him to come to me! Cheng Wenji scolded with a smile.

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"Shiro, we've fought this resistance battle so beautifully! The other party is an elite of 3,000 cavalry, and only half of them were killed by one of our forward battalions! But to tell the truth, if it weren't for your infantry battalion to deal with their team of heavy armored cavalry in a few clicks, with our thousands of men and horses, we wouldn't be able to stop the onslaught launched by those Baibao Xianbei who were all in iron armor! Cheng Wenji still looked very excited.

At that time, they were lying in ambush in the woods, watching Xiao Yao's shelling of these cavalrymen, it was terrifying! Even men and horses are covered in thick iron armor, and they can't shoot bows and arrows into them even if they pick up a lance and ride a horse, they may not be able to stab them off their horses.

So when this group of heavily armored cavalry attacked the infantry battalion, everyone sweated for Xiao Yao, after all, except for Cheng Wenji, no one else had seen the power of artillery, and even Xiao Shilian saw it for the first time! When he saw that a team of cavalry and a dozen heavily armed war horses were blown to death with just one shot, he was also frightened on the spot! Although he had seen the power of gunpowder explosions before, he didn't know that gunpowder still had this kind of use, and shooting an iron pellet out could have such a huge lethality!

"Without diamonds, without porcelain work, if I dare to stop this cavalry in the front, I will definitely be confident that I can defeat them! If you don't want to continue to work harder, the infantry battalion has already helped you solve the most troublesome heavy armored cavalry, and you have also surrounded their commander Changsun Hongluo, how can you still let him break through and escape, if General Cheng can take down this cavalry commander of the Qi army at that time, then he can make a greater contribution! Xiao Yao also joked.

Cheng Wenji didn't mind Xiao Yao's jokes, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Shilang, the other party is three thousand elite cavalry, and he is only a vanguard, and your father's cavalry battalion has only five thousand cavalry, which is already the main force of our entire Northern Expeditionary Army!" So in terms of the strength of the cavalry, there is a gap between our two sides! We never thought we could wipe them all out! Having wiped out more than half of them now is already a great achievement! But here, Shiro, how did you pull the captured more than 400 war horses back to your infantry battalion, and you didn't report it! This is a violation of military law! ”

"What? Didn't you also capture a lot of horses? Still want to beat me up for the idea of 400 horses? Xiao Yao said with a smile, he had a good relationship with Wu Mingche before, and the capture of the infantry battalion after winning the battle did not have to be handed over!

"Alas, although we wiped out half of the cavalry of the Qi army this time, excluding the four hundred war horses captured by your infantry battalion and the two hundred heavy armored cavalry horses that were all killed by artillery, as well as those war horses that were shot and wounded in the melee between the two armies, there are only more than five hundred war horses left for us to ride! You must know that our forward battalion originally had few cavalry, and this time we lost a lot of war horses, and your infantry battalion only has a thousand people, and half of them are artillery, they just have those pack horses, and the war horses are not needed, so your four hundred war horses, is it a bit too much, this is too wasteful! So... Hee-hee... Cheng Wenji looked at Xiao Yao and smiled obscenely.

"Don't even think about it! We have captured these war horses, and I still hope to form Huang Wenyuan's sword team into a cavalry team! Xiao Yao immediately refused.

"You want to form a cavalry team? How many people are there in your infantry battalion? And there is a cavalry team in the forward battalion, and your eldest brother Xiao Shilian is still the captain! The infantry battalion is also subordinate to the forward battalion, and when you need cavalry, I will let the cavalry team come over to help you, so you don't need to do this to form a cavalry team in the infantry battalion! Cheng Wenji persuaded with good words.

"General Cheng's wishful thinking is good, when I am a three-year-old child! Let the cavalry come and help me, is it up to me? Is it subordinate to our infantry battalion? And the cavalry formed by Huang Wenyuan is the cavalry that belongs to our infantry battalion, and it is the cavalry under my command! Xiao Yao sneered.

"What's yours and mine, it's too much of a concern, we all serve the emperor! And now you don't have cavalry, don't you also fight each other and flee? Also, your eldest brother's cavalry detachment has also lost dozens of people today, and it urgently needs to replenish war horses! Cheng Wenji played the family card.

"Alas, forget it, I see that you are fighting very hard today, very hard, Huang Wenyuan's sword team is only more than 300 people, I only leave 300 war horses, at most 100 for you! Love or not! Xiao Yao didn't have a good airway.

"Yes! Absolutely! A hundred horses is not less! But it's better to give more, hehe. Cheng Wenji immediately nodded and smiled.

"No way, I won't even give a hundred! I, General Cheng, are also the commander of a forward battalion, how could you be embarrassed to come to ask for a war horse from an infantry captain of mine? It's too brazen! Xiao Yao said speechlessly.

"Alas, you were also there just now, in today's fierce battle, at the beginning of our cavalry and infantry have already surrounded Changsun Hongluo, but they are still broken out by him, just because they are all experienced cavalry! To tell the truth, when it comes to water warfare, I, Cheng Wenji, am not afraid of anyone, but now I admit that our cavalry is not as good as the cavalry of the Qi army, let alone those infantry, and a few infantry can't stop them a single horse! Today, we have suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and I feel sorry! That's why I want to expand our cavalry team and train them hard, so that our forward battalion won't have to be afraid of these Qi cavalry in the future! Cheng Wenji said.

"General Cheng's idea, the direction is right, whoever gets the horseback gets it! But also take your time, rest assured! Today is only the first battle of our land battle with the Qi army, with me, we still have many opportunities to snatch their war horses in the future! Xiao Yao comforted.