"Khan, you see, the water in this river has been poisoned even by the oxen, and if a man drinks it, it will pour faster."

Lin Dan Khan's Daxu, Dorzihatan Baturu said worriedly.

Lin Dan Khan didn't believe that he had poisoned, so he ordered someone to fetch water from the Black River and find a cow for experimentation.

Lin Dan Khan saw the cow that fell to the ground and died, raised his binoculars and looked at the fierce enemy in the distance, his brows furrowed and relaxed.

He knew that Wang Zezhi's soldiers and horses must not have drunk the poisoned water, and the reason why his sentry was able to find out the location of the poisoned people was definitely Wang Zezhi's intention, and the purpose was to deceive Lin Dan Khan to take the initiative to attack.

Although Lin Dan Khan guessed that Wang Zezhi's soldiers and horses were not poisoned, he couldn't show it.

Because the battle has been fought to such an extent that it is impossible to retreat.

Whichever side retreats first loses.

"The Ming people have always been cunning, you see, they can't do it."

When Lin Danhan saw Wang Zezhi's tactical retreat, he deliberately pointed it out.

The leaders beside him immediately craned their necks to look at it.

When they saw the enemy retreating, they immediately shouted excitedly.

In fact, Wang Zezhi's retreat was waiting for the follow-up sergeants to press up, and after the firecrackers attacked, he would press up again.

The steel armor soldiers and infantry shield soldiers retreated and received the additional sergeants, and they were instantly full of confidence and attacked fiercely under the cover of the firecrackers.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, Lin Dan Khan's soldiers and horses instantly fell in large pieces.

The enemy who had just rushed forward was frightened when he saw the opponent whose morale was like a rainbow.

In a few breaths, the people they rushed up to it seemed to have hit an iron wall, killing and wounding countless people.

The Tartars, who thought they were brave and good at fighting, were terrified in the face of the soldiers who were not weaker than them at all.

Once they followed Lin Dan Khan to the south several times and plundered the Ming Border.

To put it bluntly, they were a group of cruel bandits, and now that they met even more murderous sergeants, they were afraid.

In the eyes of the sergeants, their enemies represent military merit, and military merit is status and wealth.

Even if they die in battle, Wang Zezhi has a pension here, so they are not afraid.

As the saying goes, those who are ruthless are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of dying.

If the Tartar in Lin Dan Khan's hand is ruthless, then the sergeant in Wang Zezhi's hand is deadly.

As soon as Lin Dan Khan said that Wang Zezhi's soldiers and horses were no longer good, the soldiers on his side collapsed.

Lin Dan Khan watched the scene of the soldiers under his command fleeing, and his face turned white and blue.

Wang Zezhi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lin Dan Khan's soldiers and horses had collapsed.

The rout of Lin Dan Khan's soldiers and horses had long been expected by Wang Zezhi.

Not to mention that Wang Zezhi's side is well-armed and well-equipped, the military merit system and the pension system alone can allow the sergeants to fight without worries.

If those with family members die in battle, their families will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Those who do not have family members are not afraid of life and death, they are afraid of being infamy.

Because if you become a deserter, you will not only be removed from the army, but you will also be registered, and you will not be able to raise your head for the rest of your life.

If you die in battle, you will be enshrined, and you will enjoy incense offerings for generations, and it will not be in vain.

Not to mention these, Lin Dan Khan's behavior of poisoning first and then driving away the old and young also ignited their anger.

Wang Zezhi saw that Lin Dan Khan's soldiers and horses were defeated, and of course he would not let go of this opportunity to pursue.

"Artillery cover, cavalry pursuit, infantry retreat, defense of the battalion, fire and artillery advance to the front army, to respond."

The herald was ordered to immediately wave flags, beat war drums, and fire fireworks.

The soldiers and horses of each battalion received the order and acted in an orderly manner.

The cavalry pursued all the way to the camp of Lin Dan Khan, who did not come out of the camp, but only shot arrows and bid for guns. Read good books

The cavalry suffered a small loss, and Wang Zezhi's side launched fireworks on behalf of the retreat.

The cavalry lingered for a moment, then recovered the bodies of their fallen comrades and returned to the camp.

The musketeers relied on the steel armor and the infantry shield soldiers to hold the front, and only slowly retreated after the cavalry returned to the camp.

After all the troops returned to the camp, Wang Zezhi immediately ordered to bury the pot and make rice, count the casualties, and clean up the battlefield.

In Wang Zezhi's big tent, even officers above the general level were summoned.

Wang Zezhi looked at the casualty statistics in his hand and his face was gloomy.

The officers looked grief-stricken, and they were heartbroken after counting the sergeants under their command.

Not only them, but the faces of the three of them, Lu Ge, and Tobok are not very good-looking.

After several days of fighting, the total number of casualties under Wang Zezhi's command reached 23,547.

The establishment soldiers, meritorious soldiers, and temporary soldiers in the battalions all suffered heavy losses.

The soldiers and horses led by Tuomu lost more than half, even if Wang Zezhi's fire battalion lost more than 1,000 people.

The key thing is that this does not include the poisoned sergeants, if you add these poisoned sergeants who have lost their combat effectiveness, Wang Zezhi's loss will reach 30,000.

With such a high casualty rate, not to mention Wang Ze's distress, even the officers of the battalions were also distressed.

Wang Zezhi sat quietly in the first place, scanning everyone in the tent.

In addition to the sad expressions of everyone in his tent, without exception, all of them had red eyes, which was a sign of killing red eyes.

"We don't have reinforcements, and even if we do, I won't ask the court for help." After Wang Zezhi finished speaking, he looked around and watched the performance of everyone in the tent.

I saw that the officers in the tent were breathing heavily one by one, and they did not have the slightest intention of retreating.

"We have no way out, we can't retreat, if we retreat in this battle, we will be completely defeated, and whether there is a chance to get out of the jam in this life will become a problem."

This battle has been fought until now, and it is impossible to retreat, if the king orders to withdraw to the Guannai.

The morale of the whole army will be lost, and without morale, it will collapse.

Although the sergeants under Wang Zezhi's command suffered heavy casualties, retreat was unthinkable.

The only thing that can be done is to fight to the death.

"My lord, the number of enemies killed has been counted."

The officer in charge of cleaning the battlefield came in to report, and Wang Zezhi picked it up and looked at it, looking overjoyed.

Wang Zezhi walked around with his hands behind his back, and said with full of anger: "In this battle, although we have suffered heavy casualties, the casualties of the enemy thieves are even greater, please see, the enemy army has suffered 37,624 casualties, more than 10,000 more than us."

The general soldier believed that as long as all the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, the defeat of the enemy thieves would be in the near future. ”

"We will follow the general to the death, and we will not retreat!"

Hearing this, Yang Guo knelt down on one knee with a red face and a red ear, and echoed sharply.

No one in the court understood the virtues of those people in the court better than him.

In fact, Yang Guo would have fantasized that maybe someone from the DPRK and China would come to support.

However, they have been fighting fiercely for several days, and so far not a single soldier has come to support, which has completely shattered Yang Guo's last thoughts about the imperial court.

"Swear to follow the general, fight to the death!"

After Yang Guo spoke, the officers in the tent knelt down one after another.

The same is true of the three of them, including Eluchen, Luge, and Tobok.

The three of them were originally mortal enemies with Lin Dan Khan, and the three of them had already killed the red eyes because of the heavy casualties under their command, so they were not willing to retreat.

The officers in the tent were reluctant to retreat, because they knew that if they retreated now, all the battles in front of them would be in vain, and the sergeants who died in battle would die in vain.

On the whole, this battle cannot be retreated, and it can only be relied on them to persevere.

As long as they hold on, they win the battle.

Because the current Lin Dan Khan has rebelled against his relatives, it is even more unlikely that he will have reinforcements.