Listening to Zhang Xinquan's report, Wang Shengrong can be regarded as understanding the three battles added together yesterday and today.

Yesterday the first Tatar attack, about 50,000 or 60,000 horsemen, launched two charges against the Bohai Institute, the Tatars lost more than 10,000 troops, and the 83rd Division suffered hundreds of casualties.

Yesterday evening another Tatar force of about 100,000 joined up with this group of Tatars, and today more than 100,000 Tatars launched a siege on the Bohai Army, thanks to the addition of reinforcements from two musket regiments, the Tatars were repulsed at a cost of less casualties than yesterday, and the Tatars were expected to lose more than 25,000 troops.

In two days, the Tatars had lost more than 35,000 men on the battlefield outside the Bohai Sea, and the People's Army had won a great victory!

The Tatars gathered 160,000 troops to attack the Bohai Institute, and there may even be more Tatars gathering behind, which is probably the largest invasion of the Tatars into the land of China in the last ten or even twenty years, Wang Shengrong guessed that it should be the war between the People's Army and the Ming Court that the Tatars understood and thought that there was an opportunity, so they invaded on a large scale.

However, the Tatars did not know the specific situation on the land of China, and did not know that the Bohai Army, which was originally garrisoned by the Ming Army, had been replaced by a stronger People's Army, and that 160,000 Tatars attacked, but were repelled by the Bohai Sea, which was garrisoned by only 11,000 People's Army, and suffered heavy casualties.

"Commander, I don't think the enemy will attack Bohai anymore."

Zhang Xinquan said his thoughts, Wang Shengrong nodded in agreement, and then said: "The enemy has suffered so many casualties, and the enemy will probably have two choices next, one is to withdraw the troops directly, and the other is to break through in another place, the enemy has gathered so many troops, and he will not withdraw his troops easily." ”

Wang Shengrong made a preliminary judgment on the Tatars' next moves, even if the Tatars continued to attack the Bohai Institute, with the strength of the Bohai defenders, the Tatars could be repulsed, but Wang Shengrong brought a division of reinforcements that was somewhat redundant.

Wang Shengrong prepared to let the soldiers of the 25th Division rest in the Bohai Institute first, and rushed from Beiping City to the Bohai Institute overnight, the soldiers were tired, and they would leave after a rest in the Bohai Station, preparing to support other checkpoints that the Tatars might attack.

Very helpless, the Tatars are all cavalry, mobile, as a reinforcement of the 25th Division is basically infantry, how can the infantry outrun the cavalry, and when the 25th Division gets the news and rushes to support, the battle is probably over.

"If only the Lancers came." Wang Shengrong said in his heart, the lancer division is all cavalry, and it is the most suitable for use as reinforcements, but the lancer division is still on the way to the north, and it will take at least four or five days to come.

Just when Wang Shengrong was thinking, Zhang Xinquan asked carefully: "Commander, our 83rd Division killed more than 30,000 Tatars this time and made great contributions, should we give our 83rd Division some rewards, our 83rd Division doesn't want anything else, you see that we have captured thousands of war horses in the two days of fighting, just let our 83rd Division form a cavalry regiment." ”

Hearing Zhang Xinquan's words, Wang Shengrong said angrily: "You eighty-three are responsible for defending the Bohai Institute, what do you want a cavalry regiment to do?" Do you want to go into the grassland to fight the autumn wind? ”

Wang Shengrong's words directly made Zhang Xinquan's heart half cold, the 83rd Division is responsible for defending the Bohai Institute, there is indeed no need to increase the number of cavalry, only when you enter the prairie to reconnoitre, there will be some cavalry, and a cavalry regiment is too much for the 83rd Division.

However, Wang Shengrong's words were not finished, Wang Shengrong continued: "It is impossible for the 83rd Division to form a cavalry regiment, I will give you special approval, leaving a cavalry battalion of war horses, which can be regarded as a reward for repelling the Tatars and capturing thousands of war horses." ”

Immediately, Zhang Xinquan smiled, it is already very good to form a cavalry battalion, and the other divisions stationed at the border pass with the 83rd Division do not have cavalry battalions, and when the time comes, they can show off when they meet with other division commanders.

Seeing that Wang Shengrong was not paying attention, Zhang Xinquan raised his eyebrows at Peng Zhi, the commander of the 25th Division, Zhang Xinquan's face was full of smugness, and Peng Zhi really wanted to punch it.

Outside the Bohai Institute, the Tatar army has already left, it is not good to be too close to the Bohai Institute, every move is under the nose of the Bohai Institute, and the Bohai Institute is a little farther away, and the rear army has completed the convergence, at the same time, Buyan Chechen Khan is still thinking about where to break through next.

It is better to stay away from this Bohai place, don't attack a checkpoint close to the Bohai Sea by the Tatar army, and the enemy in the Bohai Sea will rush over to support, but it can't be too far, it will take a lot of time to arrive, and the food carried by the army is not enough to eat.

After consulting with the tribal leaders, Buyan Chechen Khan decided to place the next attack target at Zhangjiakou Fort, and then divided some troops and horses to choose two places to feint to distract the enemy.

When a new day came, the Tatar rear army finally arrived to join the Chinese army and the vanguard army, and the total strength of the Tatar army once again reached 160,000 cavalry.

When Fried Flower was leading the rear army to hurry, he got a battle report from the front, saying that the army's attack on Bohai was not smooth, and tens of thousands of horses had been killed and wounded, and many tribesmen had suffered more casualties, and they had left with the rest of the tribesmen.

When he got these news, he frowned deeply, the elite of the Tatar army were in the vanguard army and the middle army, and the number of rear troops seemed to be about the same as the vanguard army, but the combat effectiveness could not be compared with it, and there were more young and old Tatars.

Originally, as long as the task of the rear army was to carry the grain looted by the army in the past after the vanguard army and the Chinese army broke through, except for the tribes who chose to quit, most of the other tribes still had to follow the Buyan Chechen Khan to break through, and this time the rear army would also join the battle.

Vaguely, Fried Flower felt that his next attack might not be too smooth, and the enemy in front of them seemed to be very different from the previous Ming army.

The vanguard army, the middle army, and the rear army of the Tatar army converged, and after a short rest, the army immediately marched westward, and lost a number of ladders in the attack on the Bohai Army, and a number of ladders remained in the hands of the Tatar army.

There may only be one chance left to attack, this time it will not be able to complete the breakthrough, and there will be heavy casualties, more tribes will choose to withdraw, and they will suffer successive defeats, and Buyan Chechen Khan may also lose the heart to continue the attack.

The KPA scouts are already staring at the Tatar army, the Tatar army sends people to drive them away, the KPA scouts are far away, and they will soon follow again, the task is to scout the Tatar army, but it is more important to protect themselves.

Basically, it was determined that the Tatar army was advancing westward, and Zhang Xinquan hurriedly sent a communication corps to report the information to Wang Shengrong, who had already left the Bohai Institute, hoping that when the Tatars attacked the next place, the reinforcements would arrive in time.

Even if reinforcements did not arrive, Zhang Xinquan believed that other troops would be able to resist the Tatar invasion, and it would be too difficult for the Tatars to storm the city walls under the protection of the grenadiers.