From the moment when the 80,000 Ming army led by Song Yingchang and the 60,000 people's army led by Wang Shengrong fought, the third encirclement and suppression of the People's Army by the Ming court officially began.

It's just that the Ming court's third encirclement and suppression of the People's Army did not go well, and in the first battle, Song Yingchang's army was defeated by Wang Shengrong's army.

At the end of the battle, nearly 10,000 people were killed or captured, more than 1,000 were wounded (excluding minor injuries), and less than 70,000 people could continue to fight.

It was also because Song Yingchang's army was defeated in the first battle, and many Ming soldiers who were wounded and fell on the battlefield and could not escape were killed by the People's Army, resulting in a large difference in the proportion of Song Yingchang's army killed and wounded.

The highest number of casualties of Song Yingchang's army was when he was in close combat with Wang Shengrong's army and when he was being pursued by Wang Shengrong's army, Wang Shengrong's army first landed and cooperated with the grenadier unit to repel Song Yingchang's army twice in close combat, but in the long-distance attack, Wang Shengrong's army brought up to 1,500 casualties to Song Yingchang's army.

Wang Shengrong's army, which won the first battle, had more than 2,000 killed and nearly 1,000 wounded (excluding minor injuries), and more than 59,000 people could continue to fight.

The places where Wang Shengrong's army suffered the most casualties were when it was bombarded by the Ming army and when the two armies were in close combat, and the most casualties were the troops who charged ahead, and the number of casualties among the troops in advance exceeded 1,200, and the proportion of battle losses was almost one-third of that of the first troops in a brigade.

Fortunately, Wang Shengrong's army has a great advantage, otherwise with the proportion of casualties among the troops who ascended first, they would basically collapse.

After a battle, it is undoubtedly a big victory for the People's Army, at the cost of 3,000 dead and wounded, killing and capturing nearly 10,000 Ming troops, and the battle loss ratio between the People's Army and the Ming Army is as high as 1 to 3.

Song Yingchang's army suffered more than 10,000 casualties in the first battle, and if it was replaced by a Ming army of only 20,000 or 30,000 people, I am afraid that after this battle, this Ming army would be completely defeated.

However, on the battlefield, the total strength of Song Yingchang's army was nearly 80,000, and more than 10,000 people were lost in battle, which was less than one-seventh of the total strength of Song Yingchang's army.

It can be said that after Song Yingchang's army lost more than 10,000 people, it still had the strength to resist Wang Shengrong's army, but this first battle was lost, with so many dead and wounded, which greatly reduced the morale of Song Yingchang's army.

In the case of low morale, another war will only pay more casualties, Song Yingchang directly asked the army to retreat ten miles, and did not want to start a war with the People's Army in a short time.

There is another reason not to go to war with the People's Army, the chariots built by the Ming army are abandoned on the battlefield, without these chariots, in the face of the People's Army firearms troops, the Ming army will suffer heavy casualties, and if you want to continue the war, the Ming army has to build another batch of chariots, fortunately, it is not difficult to build simple chariots, and a batch of chariots that can be modified with grain and grass can be used in one day.

The first battle between the Ming army and the People's Army was lost, with more than 10,000 casualties, and the morale of the Ming army plummeted, making the commander Song Yingchang fall into deep self-blame.

Before the war, Song Yingchang and other generals in the Ming army were very confident in this battle, thinking that after resisting the sharp firearms of the People's Army with their chariots, they could defeat the People's Army in close combat, but they did not expect that the Ming Army would be defeated by the People's Army in close combat.

"Generals, is there a way to resist the thieves' secret weapons?" Song Yingchang raised his head and asked, and it could be seen that Song Yingchang's eyes were bloodshot.

As soon as Song Yingchang's voice fell, someone said his thoughts.

"My lord, the enemy's hidden weapon seems to be heavy and cannot be thrown too far, and we can kill the enemy with firearms and bows and arrows from a distance."

"It's a good idea."

"Agreed."

Many people in the camp tent agreed with this method after hearing it, and even Song Yingchang's eyes lit up, feeling that it was the best way at present.

However, Song Yingchang quickly thought that there were many limitations in this, such as the fire rate of the firearm was too slow, and the power would be greatly reduced by the shield at a distance, and the enemy could not be defeated by long-range attacks alone, you must know that the enemy's long-range attacks were sharper.

Obviously, the best way is that the Ming army also has this kind of hidden weapon, everyone has this kind of hidden weapon, and it is used on the battlefield, I have many casualties, and you have many casualties, and the total strength of the Ming army is much more than that of the People's Army, and it is also acceptable for the Ming court to exchange one for one.

According to the description of the Ming soldiers who have seen the hidden weapon, this hidden weapon seems to be an iron lump that can explode, if you can get a few from the enemy, maybe the Ming army can let the craftsmen imitate it, after all, the Franc cannon from the West was easily copied by the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the meeting, Song Yingchang asked the generals to go back to appease the soldiers, restore morale as soon as possible, and wait for the arrival of thousands of Ming troops in the follow-up, and wait for the new chariot to be built, Song Yingchang will take the army to fight with the People's Army again, and today it was so easily defeated by the enemy, Song Yingchang and a group of Ming army generals were really unwilling.

On the other side, in the People's Army battalion, Wang Shengrong is also discussing this battle with a group of senior officers of the People's Army, this battle is quite acceptable for the People's Army, with 3,000 casualties and more than 10,000 enemies on his side, if he continues to completely wipe out the Ming Army with this battle loss, it is a relatively good result, after all, there are too many new recruits in the People's Army.

They killed and injured 3,000 people, it is impossible to say that Wang Shengrong and others are not distressed, everyone is a living person, and now these people have fallen forever, but in order to defend their homeland, deaths and injuries cannot be avoided, they can only find a way to kill more enemies with fewer casualties.

During the meeting, Wang Shengrong and others mainly discussed two things.

The first thing is to replenish the strength of the first troops, and the first troops of a brigade of less than 4,000 men suffered more than 1,200 casualties in a battle, and the casualties of the first troops alone are heavy, and it is necessary to replenish the troops of the first troops as soon as possible, otherwise the morale of the first troops will drop greatly, and there will even be a situation where they are unwilling to continue fighting.

Recruits who did not fear the brutality of the battlefield in this first battle could be selected to join the First Infantry and adopt the principle of voluntariness.

The second thing is that the People's Army continues to fight with the Ming Army, and after this battle, the Ming Army may be frightened and begin to avoid the war, and the People's Army must take the initiative to find the Ming Army to fight, and the attack on the Ming Army can also begin.

The People's Army attacked and harassed the Ming army, generally with firearms and cavalry units, but there were very few cavalry in the First Group Army, so they could only be dispatched by firearms troops, relying on the cover of mountains and forests, and retreating after a few rounds of musket volleys, killing and wounding the Ming army.

The lack of casualties inflicted on the enemy in today's battle made the officers of the firearms unit frustrated, and they were eager to prove to the whole army that they were the main force of the firearms unit.