Chapter 380: Huge losses

Cheng Biting Jin's loud voice instantly resounded throughout the north gate area of Guangning City.

At this time, it had already begun, and Zhu Hao and the others, who were fighting with the Houjin soldiers and horses, heard Cheng Biting Jin's roar, which was really like a heavenly sound.

Dian Wei, who had been guarding Zhu Hao's side, hurriedly responded:

"General Cheng, Your Highness is here again, come and rescue Your Highness!"

Cheng Yanjin listened to Dian Wei's shout, and immediately thought about killing the camp in the north of the city, and the Ming army, which had already been defeated and retreating, suddenly reversed the situation with the addition of Cheng Yanjin, a new force.

Cheng Biting Jin went on a rampage, rushing back and forth to kill, and after a few charges, he messed up Houjin's soldiers and horses.

At this moment, Meng Tian, the master of Houjin, saw the extremely brave Cheng Biting Jin, and immediately commanded it in person, ordered the soldiers, and stopped killing the Ming army in the Northern Battalion, but went all out to encircle and suppress Cheng Biting Jin.

This made the Ming army in the Beida camp suddenly feel a sharp decrease in pressure, and Xu Chu stepped forward and said:

"Your Highness, the north gate has been opened by General Cheng at this moment, and this is a good opportunity to break through, let's break through the city immediately!"

"This Quang Ninh city is full of dangers, it is not advisable to stay for a long time!"

Zhu Hao listened to Xu Chu's words, and understood in his heart that Xu Chu's gang made sense.

But Zhu Hao looked at the camp behind him, thinking about the more than 100,000 soldiers in the camp who were already dehydrated and unconscious, and he really couldn't abandon these people.

Xu Chu seemed to see what Zhu Hao was thinking, and hurriedly spoke again to comfort:

"Your Highness, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood!"

After Xu Chu's words were finished, there was a sudden thunderbolt in the sky, and then the entire city of Guangning was covered with dark clouds, and after a while, it rained in the sky.

Then the rain became heavier and heavier, and in the barracks of the Ming army, the soldiers who were unconscious due to dehydration gradually became emotional, instinctively wanted to survive, and let them climb out of the barracks, tilt their heads, and drink the rain greedily.

In about half an hour or so, these Ming soldiers gradually recovered, and in the face of the strong enemy in front of them, they didn't care about wearing armor, picked up weapons, and went to kill outside the camp gate.

With the addition of the Ming soldiers who gradually recovered their combat strength, the battlefield situation that was still somewhat evenly matched just now, the balance of victory gradually tilted to the side of the Ming army.

Zhu Hao faced this sudden heavy rain and shouted:

"The Ming army is mighty, God bless the Ming!"

With Zhu Hao's shout, all the soldiers of the Ming army shouted in unison:

"Mighty! Mighty! Mighty! ”

These Ming soldiers who escaped from hell were all like chicken blood at this moment, shouting might, and at the same time, the weapons in their hands slashed hard at the enemy.

Houjin soldiers and horses, originally grassland cavalry, are not good at street fighting, at this moment, with the awakening of the Ming soldiers joined, the number also surpassed, attacking the grassland cavalry in the city.

After the gold lord Meng Tian, looking at the heavy rain in the sky, he looked up to the sky and sighed:

"Providence! Providence! ”

Meng Tian sighed and gave the order to retreat, as an excellent commander, Meng Tian would not do anything that he knew could not do and lose troops in vain.

With Meng Tian's order issued, the Houjin men and horses slowly retreated, because the condition of his own soldiers was not good, Zhu Hao did not give the order to pursue, but quickly reorganized the army to prevent the other party from attacking again.

The Ming soldiers looked at the retreating Houjin soldiers and horses, and immediately cheered, many people had tears flashing in the corners of their eyes, they had not experienced it personally, such a Jedi born people, they may not be able to understand the joy they are from the bottom of their hearts at this moment.

Zhu Hao reorganized his soldiers and horses, ordered the soldiers to replenish water, and the military doctors to treat the wounded, and counted the number of casualties at the same time.

As the number of casualties came out, Zhu Hao was silent for a long time and did not speak, and the death toll of the Ming army in this battle exceeded 100,000.

Among them, all 30,000 of the rear army were killed in battle, more than 10,000 were killed in the fire, more than 20,000 died due to scorching and lack of water, more than 40,000 died in poisoning, and more than 10,000 died in the confrontation.

Zhu Hao looked at the casualty figure, looked at the sky, clenched his fists, and turned around and left the big tent without saying anything.

Although the Ming army suffered heavy casualties in this battle, it is worth mentioning that Guangning City is still in the hands of the Ming army at this moment.

After Zhu Hao got out of the big tent, he looked up to the sky and roared angrily, then turned around and returned to the big tent, and then sat down in the main seat, his face was like this, without any trace of expression.

Zhu Hao sat down, and after a while, he spoke:

"The defeat of this battle, this king bears the main responsibility, and later this king will write to the imperial court and ask for resignation from the command of Liaodong soldiers and horses!"

As soon as Zhu Hao's words came out, Qin Qiong hurriedly stepped forward and clasped his fists and saluted:

"Your Highness, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, this defeat is just the cunning of Houjin, His Highness is just a moment of negligence, Your Highness must not resign from the command of Liaodong soldiers and horses!"

"If Your Highness resigns, let me and other soldiers become headless snakes!"

"The last general, please think twice!"

As Qin Qiong's words came out, all the generals stepped forward one after another to salute:

"The last general, please think twice!"

Zhu Hao looked at the generals, waved his hand and said:

"If you do something wrong, you must bear the consequences, and this king is no exception!"

"The kindness of the generals, this king has received it!"

"But this king has made up his mind, and the generals don't need to say anything!"

When Zhu Hao said this, the generals were about to speak, but he immediately waved his hand again and continued to speak:

"Okay, the generals don't need to say much, now this king has one more thing to say!"

"This time, Houjin set up a certain situation, and we were able to escape, thanks to the bravery of the generals and the lives of the soldiers!"

"This king has decided to privately fund the construction of an ancestral hall for the soldiers who died in battle in the center of Quang Ninh City to pay tribute to the souls of the dead!"

The crowd listened to Zhu Hao's decision, and at the same time bowed down to express their approval of Zhu Hao's move.

Zhu Hao saw that the generals had no objections, and then spoke again:

"This time we can get off the line safely, General Cheng has made great contributions, and this king will go to the court and reward him!"

"Now the Houjin soldiers and horses, thrown outside the city of Guangning, eyeing the tiger, have not retreated, and now opening up the grain road is the key to whether we can defend Guangning!"

When Zhu Hao said this, he looked at the generals and said:

"Generals, who is willing to lead the troops to open up the grain route?"

Cheng Yanjin listened to Zhu Hao's words, and hurriedly stepped forward and said:

"Your Royal Highness, the last general has already transported 50,000 stones of grain from Shanhaiguan, and is hiding in the periphery of the encirclement, and the last general is willing to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to meet it!"

"Guarantee that the grain and grass will be smoothly transported into Quang Ninh City!"

Zhu Hao listened to Cheng Biting Jin's words, bowed slightly, and then said:

"Okay, then General Cheng will take a trip, this king will allocate 50,000 soldiers and horses in Guangning City to you, and you must ensure that the grain arrives smoothly!"

Cheng Yanjin listened to Zhu Hao's words, knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists, and said:

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the last general will definitely complete the task!"