"Continue to suppress, don't let the officers and soldiers transport the artillery back."

"The tiger and leopard battalion is assembled, and Zheng Qiting and Hu Hai will lead your two troops to fight with me."

Seeing the rout of the Ming army, Qin Chuan drew his long knife and strode downstairs.

The 1,500 tiger and leopard battalion did not participate in the city defense, but had been standing by behind the city gate, and when they heard Qin Chuan's order, they brought horses and assembled as a team.

Zheng Qiting was also one of the thirty-eight old bandits of Jiujishan at the beginning, and before that, under Luo Ba, he served as a general of the Ten Fang Battalion, commanding 500 soldiers and horses.

Hu Hai was Ren Liang's old department in Donghuluchuan, and he served as a general under Ren Liang's Longwu battalion, and also led 500 troops.

Because the offensive and defensive tasks of the Ninghua front were the heaviest, Qin Chuan temporarily transferred them over.

Immediately, the two men quickly gathered their respective soldiers and horses to assemble under the city.

The soldiers defending the city moved a dozen logs one by one, opened the heavy gate, and pushed aside the cart that was standing outside the gate.

Qin Chuan took the lead and led two thousand horsemen to roar out.

The Ming army outside the city originally wanted to move all the artillery back, but the artillery fire of the imperial army at the head of the city did not defeat the soldiers, but only scattered the position of the artillery, especially the dozen or so big Franc machine guns.

A few Ming soldiers who were not afraid of death ran back to push the artillery cart, and after being bombarded into slag by a few shells, no one came over.

After Qin Chuan led two thousand horsemen to kill, he went around diagonally for half a circle and intercepted the more than 1,000 Ming troops who were running slowly.

When those Ming soldiers saw that the situation was not good, they threw down their weapons one after another and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

Qin Chuan chased him out in order to seize the artillery and take some prisoners.

Wang Pu, Lu Jiude and others still had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who did not enter the battlefield, but pressed the formation behind, and his two thousand horsemen naturally did not dare to rush over.

After gaining more than 1,000 prisoners, Qin Chuan asked these prisoners to clean up the battlefield and move all the artillery on the battlefield back to Ninghua.

A total of 75 artillery pieces were captured, including 13 cannons at the Big Franc, eight with barrels 5 feet long, and 5 guns with 6 feet 5 inches.

The remaining more than 60 guns are all small cannons, including small Franco, tiger squat cannons, and shorter than tiger squat cannons, short and fat generals, two generals, and three general cannons, and even Lianzhu Shengong, which the general put on the car and changed into attack guns, and so on.

For these cannons, Qin Chuan accepted them all in line with the principle that something is better than nothing.

When cleaning the battlefield, hundreds of bird guns were also found, and Qin Chuan took these bird guns with the idea that he could throw those barrels back into the furnace to make iron.

The situation of cutting corners with these bird guns made by the Ming army is very serious, the barrel quality is poor, and the probability of exploding the chamber is very high, he does not dare to let his subordinates use it.

Other swords, guns, armor, etc., are a bit useful, the armor rate of the Xuanda border army can reach more than 30%, counting those stripped from the prisoners, this battle Qinchuan captured more than 800 pairs of cotton armor, more than 400 leather armor, more than 170 pairs of cloth iron armor, chain mail and other iron armor.

It just so happened that the output of cotton armor in Montenegro Fort could not keep up with the speed of army expansion, and nearly half of the 3,000 Guan Emperor troops in Ninghua were not wearing armor.

There are two siege towers on the battlefield that are quite complete, Qin Chuan did not let people burn them, but dismantled them, stored them separately, and dried them in the shade, which he could use when he went to fight Ningwu Pass after a while.

Including the rushing car, dozens of shield cars, and hundreds of large shields, they were also accepted, and they will be used in the future.

There are also timbers left on the battlefield, all of which have been brought back and filled with Ninghua, some of which can be used to build houses, some can be used to make furniture, and bits and pieces can be used to make fires and cook.

After the corpse capital outside the city was buried, Qin Chuan asked the Guan Emperor Army to put the more than 1,000 captives into the original barracks of Ninghua Institute, first use them as labor for a period of time, and then slowly and carefully screen, if they can be used, they will be collected into the Guan Emperor Army, and if they can't be used, they will be sent to mining.

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After Wang Pu and the others fled back to the camp, they hurriedly gathered the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Three eunuchs and more than a dozen generals guerrilla raids filled Wang Pu's tent.

"Ahem."

Wang Pu cleared his throat: "Colleagues, we didn't make any gains in today's battle, but instead buried dozens of artillery pieces and equipment that we worked hard to build for many days, and now Qin Yi is still at ease, I don't know what countermeasures you have?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Jiude said sharply: "General Wang, why don't we divide into two ways?" Stay here all the way, trap Qin Yi in Ninghua Institute, if he has a month of grain and grass, we will trap him for a month, and if there is six months of grain and grass, we will trap him for half a year, and starve him to death. ”

"Another way of soldiers and horses, you can go south to capture Jingle City, take Jingle and then take Jingyou, and finally join forces with the East Route Army Ni General Soldier and the West Route Army Zhang General Soldier to attack Lou Fu, eradicate the Qin rebel thief's nest, and then turn to the northwest, and merge with Zhenwuwei to command Lord Xue to recover Lan County." Night Night Chinese

"This move, Qin's rebellion can be broken, and Luliangshan can be leveled."

Hearing this, Wang Pushen nodded approvingly: "Duke Lu's plan is very clever. ”

Zeng Caofei on the side hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord General Soldier, Gonggong Lu, you still need to be cautious about dividing the troops, Qin Wei is different from the thieves, his people are insidious and cunning, scheming, and his soldiers and horses are as fierce as Tartars, comparable to Dongnu, we only have less than 32,000 people left, if we divide the troops into two ways, I am afraid that he will take advantage of the weakness to attack, and ...... in time."

Lu Jiude frowned: "Zeng Shen General, Qin Refu's main force is already in Ninghua, I can divide 12,000 troops to the south, and there are still 20,000 troops left to besiege Ninghua, Qin Rei's troops are only about 4,000, even if he has three heads and six arms, and he has a position in the wilderness, can he still break the 20,000 Xuanda elite with 4,000?" ”

"Yes."

Zeng Caofei nodded without hesitation: "Qin Yi is very bold in leading the troops, and the soldiers under his command are extremely powerful, just this point, we are far inferior to the Xuanda border army, not to mention, he now has more than 100 artillery, among which there is a very powerful Hongyi cannon, which can fight birds 300 steps away. ”

Lu Jiude snorted coldly unhappily: "You are growing the ambition of others and destroying your own prestige." ”

"Our family doesn't believe that his surname Qin really has three heads and six arms!"

Zeng Caofei hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.

Wang Dehua on the side cleared his throat: "Cough, Lu Gongdon't be angry, what General Zeng said is not unreasonable, Qin Wei does have some ability, we have just lost most of our firearms, and his firearms are too powerful, Hongyi cannons and bird guns that fight three hundred paces should not be underestimated." ”

"What's more, Jingle City is surrounded by water on both sides, surrounded by mountains on one side, the city wall is towering, easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to return from the horse a few days ago, there are also many artillery in the city, the defenders are not less than 2,000 people, we lack artillery, 12,000 people may not be able to beat Jingle."

"According to the previous report, Qin Yi's total strength is not less than 10,000, but there are only about 6,000 in Ninghua and Jingle, and there are at least 4,000 troops left, I am afraid that they will not all be invested in the defense of other roads, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have ambushes."

"According to our family's opinion, we need to be cautious and cautious in the matter of dividing troops."

Wang Kun on the other side also spoke: "Now, there is no news from the other friendly forces, and the battle situation is unknown, why don't we wait a few days before making a decision?" ”

Seeing that Wang Dehua and Wang Kun also said this, Lu Jiude didn't say anything more.

But he was disdainful in his heart, he knew that Zeng Caofei, Wang Dehua and Wang Kun had all suffered big losses under Qin Rei, 20,000 Xuanda elites, and were beaten by the opponent's 15,000 soldiers and horses, and they could not form an army.

With such a nest, it is no wonder that they are afraid of tigers and wolves.

Although Wang Pu was the only general soldier present, he was young and had little qualifications, and Wang Dehua, Wang Kun and others were all ministers, so they could go straight to heaven and listen, and they didn't dare to refute for a while.

After a moment of silence, Wang Pucai couldn't help but ask: "According to the opinion of the two fathers-in-law, what countermeasures should we take next?" ”

Wang Dehua said without thinking: "One word, sleepy." ”

"We can use the strategy of Lu Gong, regardless of the troops, only build fortifications outside the Ninghua Institute, dig up roads, set up roadblocks, and besiege the Ninghua Station, if Qin Wei has a month of grain and grass, we will trap him for a month, if he has six months of grain and grass, we will trap him for half a year, and trap him here alive."

"The rebels in Luliang Mountain take Qin Shun as the main backbone, as soon as he dies, the others will be scattered, and Lou Fu will not be attacked."

"Our family agrees with what the prince said." Wang Kun also nodded, "This is a strategy to win in stability and take every step for the camp." ”

Wang Pu looked around, and finally slapped his thigh: "Okay, according to the plan of Duke Lu and the two princes, besiege Ninghuasu." ”

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The next day, Qin Chuan stood at the head of the city of Ninghua, and when he saw through the telescope that the Ming army began to dig roads and build fortifications, he couldn't help laughing and scolding a few times.

He wanted to wait for the gang to divide their forces before taking the initiative.

Even if the other party left 20,000 soldiers and horses, he dared to fight.

With shield carts and large shields as cover, more than 100 cannons and 300 flintlock muskets were pushed over step by step, what about 20,000 soldiers and horses?

hit him the same as a falling flower.

But now, the other side has not divided his troops, and he will not go out.

You may be able to win by fighting 30,000 people, but you will definitely have a lot of losses.

He has to preserve his strength and build a slave bar.

Jiannu should be coming soon.