Chapter 55: The Great War Ends

Zhang Xuan let Li Guo go, which does not mean that Li Guo has no other enemies.

Li Guo watched as the party was bombarded by artillery, and then the loyal battalion that could still be maintained collapsed in an instant. Li Guo didn't know for a while, what was the reaction in his heart? I just heard the left and right say: "Master Hou, go quickly, if you don't leave, it's too late." ”

Only then was he embraced and fled to the east.

The reason why Li Guo reacted so much was not that Li Guo had not lost a battle, but that it was the first time he had seen such a precise attack from artillery.

The cannon had not been used like this before, not to mention anything else. Some people say that Nurhachi was injured by Yuan Chonghuan with artillery, but in fact it is nonsense, and the old slave died several months after he withdrew from the army. Most of the cannons of this era were solid cannons, and one person took a bite to see if he could survive for a few months.

There have been generals who have been injured by artillery before, but those were all accidental injuries, at least there was no intention to bombard the generals.

And today it is.

With his military literacy, Li Guo obviously felt a little different. But where is the difference. For a moment he couldn't speak.

After all, with Zhang Xuan's unremitting efforts, artillery is moving step by step to the status of the god of war, and many generals have felt it. However, no one has put forward the theory of artillery operations for the time being, and everyone has a vague meaning to this point, such as Li Guo.

In general, military theory, always lags behind military practice.

As soon as I thought of it, if it weren't for Dang Shousu taking the position of the queen and standing in front of the handsome flag, it should be him Li Guo, and Li Guo would be in a cold sweat.

"Kill." Suddenly, the sound of killing from the north was loud, it was none other than Cao Zongyu, who had been waiting for a long time.

After Cao Zongyu set the fire, he was already preparing to attack, as he expected, but in about half an hour, Li Guo retreated from the south, did not return to the camp at all, and went directly to the east.

At this moment, Li Guo could only flee to the east.

There is the Xia Army in the north, the Xia Army in the south, Dongting Lake in the west, although there is a mountain in the east, but the mountain is not steep, at least it is not a state of no way to go, not to the east, where else to go? Li Guo naturally cheered up and did not entangle with Cao Zongyu, and the two sides fought and left, heading east.

Cao Zongyu is just one of them, and the chasing soldiers all the way are either others or Luo Dai.

Luo Dai recuperates, what is the so-called thing, is to show his might when he is pursuing. With such an opportunity, how could he let it go, naturally he was biting and wanting to keep Li Guo.

However, Li Guo still has some ability, and there are also a group of people around him who are willing to die for him, and I don't know if it is Li Zicheng's legacy, anyway, every time there is a crisis, there are people who die desperately for Li Guo's palace, or hundreds, or dozens. I want to do it

The law delays the speed of the pursuers.

In addition, the plain area east of Dongting Lake is not wide, and it is not far east into the mountains.

Cao Zongyu and Luo Dai pursued for dozens of miles in a row and went directly to the foot of the mountain. Still didn't take Li Guo, so he gave up the pursuit.

After all, the men and horses brought by Cao Zongyu were not much more than Li, Li Guo was a defeated army, and Cao Zongyu's troops were not tired. In the mountains and forests, it is the easiest place to hide ambushes, continue to chase, and it is impossible to say that the boat will capsize in the gutter.

In this way, Cao Zongyu withdrew his troops.

And Luo Dai's cavalry is also very precious, the cavalry of the Xia army is almost one less than one on the death, without supplementation, even if Luo Dai is willing to take risks, the people around him do not dare to let Luo Dai take risks. Luo Dai was reluctant in every way, so he could only withdraw his troops.

The two withdrew their troops, representing the end of this big war.

In this strategic decisive battle, the Xia army won a complete victory, and the two units of the loyal battalion Yueyang Army were almost removed from the Ming army's combat sequence. When Li Guo's remnants of the defeated army entered the mountains, it was only about three or four thousand, and it can be said that all Li Guo's efforts were broken up by Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan's biggest gain is the change in strategic form.

Li Guo's department was defeated, from Wuchang to Changsha, both by land and water, unimpeded, although Zhang Xuan's army went deep into Changsha, there was still a bit of a lonely army in the depths, but at least it was not cut off from the rear. Not to mention, the large number of prisoners captured by Zhang Xuan, as long as they are slightly rectified, they can be used as a source of troops.

The lack of troops in the Southern Expeditionary Army was greatly alleviated.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan was not too happy, he took hundreds of entourages to the place where the commander of the loyal battalion was located, that is, the place where Dang Shousu died in battle, Dang Shousu's body had been collected, lying quietly in the coffin, from the front, it was decent, if you looked at it from behind, it was a blur of flesh and blood that could not be covered.

Zhang Xuan said: "Let's bury it, no matter what the old party says, he can be regarded as a good man." ”

Zhang Xuan did not have much contact with the party Shousu, but he was also a friend of wine and meat at the wine table, when he won a big victory and celebrated the king, the generals of the camp and Cao Ying would go, although it seemed to be distinct, but after the dizziness and fever, this state of distinction was eliminated.

Even though Zhang Xuan doesn't like to drink, he has been in contact with Dang Shousu a few times.

I only remember that he is a Shaanxi man who doesn't like to talk much, and as soon as he speaks, he has a smell of Xintianyou. However, he is extremely reliable, otherwise he would not have surrendered to the Qing court in the northwest, and he would have followed Gao Yigong and fought to Huguang with great difficulty.

However, whether it is as an old man, or as a war against the Qing court, with an uncompromising attitude, the party is worthy of a generous funeral.

"Yes." Yao Qisheng said: "Please rest assured, the general, we will give the gift of the marquis,

The party general was buried thickly. ”

Zhang Xuan arranged the aftermath of the party's shousu, and as far as the eye could see, the battlefield had calmed down.

It is not for nothing that Li Guo chose this place as the location of the handsome banner, in Zhang Xuan's opinion, the terrain here is a little high, which just takes the entire battlefield into his eyes.

At this moment, on the entire battlefield, a large number of prisoners sat on the ground, divided by the Xia army, first gathered their weapons, and then placed them separately. Although these soldiers were honest, Zhang Xuan didn't dare to believe them too much.

After all, on the battlefield, there are too many things that are accidentally turned over by the other party.

These captives numbered in the tens of thousands, and although they would be wealth in the future, they had to be faced with caution now.

Zhang Xuan handed over this matter to Wang Jin to do.

Although Wang Jincai is above the war, his level is limited. But in handling the affairs of the army, it seems to be not bad. After all, the old fritters are well-informed, which makes Zhang Xuan have the urge to stuff Wang Jincai into the Privy Council, after all, Zhang Xuan, as the deputy privy envoy and one of the leaders of several major armies in Great Xia, is too normal to install a man in the Privy Council.

And if he inserts someone else in the past, Zhang Xuan is also worried about whether he can adapt to it, many generals in Zhang Xuan's army are okay to fight, and they are sophisticated, but not in other aspects, but Wang Jincai is different. At least don't worry that Wang Jincai can't get along in Nanjing. The worry is whether he will mix too much. He forgot who he was.

Wang Jincai didn't know that Zhang Xuan had this idea. Still working hard to collect the captives.

Zhang Xuan's eyes fell on Zhou Fuchen again.

Zhou Fuchen seemed to feel Zhang Xuan's gaze, and his scalp suddenly tightened, but he didn't dare to say anything.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "Even if it is this time, it was before I gave the order, and I didn't investigate it in advance, but next time, it won't be so easy to pass." ”

"Thank you, General." Zhou Fuchen said: "Then the last general's Fubo Hou? ”

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly and said, "It should be yours, it's your good life and work." ”

"Report." Zheng Lian said: "General Zhang Xianbi asked to see him. ”

"Oh." After Zhang Xuan heard this, he said, "Please." ”

Zhang Xianbi came over with more than 100 people carrying a human head after a while, he first fell off his horse in more than 100 steps, untied his blade, walked over with a human head, knelt on the ground at a distance of three or four steps in front of Zhang Xuan, and said: "The last general will meet the general." ”

Zhang Xuan also saw Zhang Xianbi for the first time, stepped forward a few steps, helped Zhang Xianbi up, and said, "How fortunate is it to see General Zhang today?" ”

This was the first time Zhang Xuan had met Zhang Xianbi.

Zhang Xianbi is from Yunnan like Huang Chaoxuan, but it seems that Zhang Xianbi is much more atmospheric than Huang Chaoxuan. He doesn't look like a southerner.

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