Although the Chungshun battalion at this time lost the courage to attack in close combat, the enemy cavalry that tried to besiege the team at a distance and even some gun emplacements at a longer distance did not give up hope. A series of cannon fires rumbled, but after the whole team ignited and destroyed the five trebuchets that could be used to warp and strike the most threatening to the whole team, as well as the nearby poisonous smoke and ash bombs, there was no intention of joining up with the opponent who had an absolute advantage in strength in the field, but under the guidance of Zhang Lixin, the team continued to move and retreat to the original starting point, striving to join the whole team.

After the entire team had killed and injured many opponents who were close to them, the suffocating fear of entering the battlefield at the beginning of the battle had also dissipated most of the hearts of many people. It seems that the movement and even movement of the entire team has become more convenient.

There have also been opponents' artillery fire that has continuously fired shotguns with solid bullets, but it seems that the flight speed of solid bullets is not fast, and for teams that are not too large in formation, they can still have a certain ability to dodge in this daytime confrontation. And those shotguns that come in are also very ineffective in the face of shields with a little protection.

Of course, even so, when Zhang Lixin reunited with the left-behind detachment led by Wang Wei, he found that the entire team had also suffered a lot of losses, with a total of more than 20 dead and wounded, including three killed in battle, five blind and seriously injured. Although some of the other wounded seemed to be slightly injured, Zhang Lixin, who had some experience in the previous battle formations, understood that if he ignored it, many casualties and even serious injuries on the battlefield in this cold weapon era were caused by these small injuries.

Counting up, although the entire team relied on the full preparation of more than a month, the concealed fortifications that had been prepared long ago, and even many means to face an opponent with a strength advantage of more than ten times, it was estimated that the casualty ratio was about 1 to 5, and the pure loss ratio was more than 1 to 8, but after all, it still did not achieve some "one victory over ten" victory that can only be found in epics as expected.

It was clear that the combat effectiveness of the mobile contingent of the Zhongshun Battalion, with a large number of artillery, horses, and even individual elite soldiers, was slightly higher than he had previously expected.

Without the cover of trebuchets, when General Ma Shen once again prepared to organize a cavalry siege, when Zhang Lixin and others did not hesitate to risk the danger of artillery bombing and were once again contained, Wang Wenqing seemed to realize that this encirclement and suppression might end without a hitch.

If you can't win it on a favorable day, what will happen to the battle at night when it's more favorable for the opponent?

At the same time, when the battle was interrupted, the entire Zhongshun battalion, which had suffered more than 10% casualties in the active attack, also felt the pressure. After a moment of discussion, Wang Wenqing finally decided to retreat: not a temporary tactical retreat, but at least to the county seat of Mancheng with support, so as to prevent long nights and dreams.

However, just as the other party was about to leave, Zhang Lixin, who had re-boosted morale and adjusted part of the manpower, once again led more than 60 fighters from three detachments with reduced personnel to launch an offensive counterattack. Of course, the purpose is very simple: I don't want to gain nothing at all under such a large consumption, at least I can't let the other party leave safely with baggage and gun wagons.

When they met again, although the tension of the new fighters still existed, most of them were much more relaxed than when they first entered the battlefield.

When the previously trained gunners dispersed part of the enemy artillery team and risked using the temporarily captured artillery to resist the death of the enemy cavalry approaching from all directions who wanted to return to some of the gun positions, the confrontation in the vicinity of Shengxian Village ended in the victory of the team led by Zhang Lixin. The casualties of the entire team also amounted to more than thirty men in this modest battle, and even if most of them were lightly wounded or recoverable, the pure losses were as high as ten.

When they first stepped into the battlefield, not only Zhang Lixin, but even Cheng Hai and others had a kind of disappointment: it was as if all kinds of politics, propaganda and even training work had been done in vain for more than a month. But in retrospect at this time: if you compare it with some of the recruits during the Battle of Fuzhou in Liaodong, it is actually commendable that this team that has just formed an army can do this level now...

When the enemy retreated, many soldiers subconsciously felt the feeling of "being amnesty", followed by fatigue and even fear. When they are in battle, except for a very few people like Zhang Wen who seem to completely put life and death on the line, most people will still feel tremendous pressure even if they understand why they are fighting or even if they are not afraid of fighting for a while before the battle.

Regarding this point, Zhang Lixin gave up his previous plans and did not intend to be sarcastic. Of course, Zhang Lixin does not intend to make self-praise a habit within the team.

"Let's talk about it, what's wrong with this battle? Can we play better, or take advantage of the conditions we already have to achieve greater victories? Zhang Lixin suddenly asked after the team had corrected for more than an hour and made sure that the other party was far away.

Such a question did not surprise many officers and men: Is it not a thing to boast that the newly established contingent has won a great victory of one victory and ten victories? Even if you take advantage of some unexpected advantages?

There was silence for a moment, and just when Zhang Lixin felt that no one would answer as he imagined, and he needed to speak up directly, Zhang Wen stood up: "I think there seems to be some problems with our previous tactical planning: when the wooden bone fire cotton quilt was photographed, although we had prepared before, in fact, except for me and a few other people, it was impossible for anyone else to cooperate closely under this pressure. The throwing distance should be put in a little more: from the base distance of about 20 meters to the base distance of about 10 meters: at most about a few meters of error strain, in fact, the use of the catapult arm directly slapped the fire cotton quilt at the opponent like the slap stick in the water battle that the former general said. Only in this way can we avoid the reduction of efficiency when the opponent is dodging in battle, and it is also conducive to the coordination of our melee firearms... ”

"But if you put it at such a close distance, the opponent can throw a fire pot, a fire spear, or other curved fire trigger, so isn't it too limited when it comes to launching a fire wool attack?" Li Yi also seems to have discovered the danger of doing so.

At this time, Zhang Wen even raised objections to Zhang Lixin's entire combat arrangement: "According to my opinion: you shouldn't fight with an opponent with such a big advantage in strength at dawn!" At night, our army should take the initiative to attack the opponent. Even if there is one or another constant in night operations, there is much less danger and trouble in such situations than during the day. This can only be done when our army's artillery skills and catapults become more combat-ready and complete. This victory is not so much that we have created a miracle of winning more with less, but rather that the reward on the opposite side seems to be a little insufficient, and the will to fight of the Zhongshun battalion is obviously a little unqualified. Otherwise, our army could be in a desperate situation from the very beginning... ”

Zhang Wen's tone made Wang Wei, Li Yi, and even the more generous Cheng Hai feel a little excessive. Because there seems to be no sense of condescension in these words at all. According to common sense, even in the gangster cottage with a relatively strong partnership type, there is no conflict and no one who talks to the leader like this.