Chapter 241: Stunned and Inexplicable

Although the battle was a complete victory, the casualties of the "Red Banner Army" were not small, and the number of casualties was more than 200.

Because it was a cold winter, the soldiers were not only dressed thick and protected by iron armor, but also the Ming army was the winner, so the wounded could be treated in time.

The Tartars used cold weapons without exception, and the wounds caused to the Ming army were much easier to treat than those wounded by lead bullets.

Although more than 200 troops have been reduced, the death rate is really not high, only about 30%, which means that more than 60 heroes are loyal to the country.

More than eighty percent of the casualties were knights of the "Red Banner Army", and because they were not broken through the infantry formation by the Tartars, most of the bird gunmen and spear bearers were slightly injured or slightly wounded, which basically did not affect the next battle.

Moreover, the "Red Banner Army" was highly motivated, and as long as it could hold on, it refused to turn back, went to the contact point 30 miles away to recuperate from its wounds, and waited for the retreat of the large army.

The general banner of the medical corps has been divided, and Guo Xiao led a small banner of medical soldiers to use 200 military service and more than 100 wheelbarrows to send the wounded to the rear reception point for recuperation.

Liu Dashou led four small banner medical soldiers to participate in the battlefield treatment and also rushed to the army camp, he knew that there would be a tough battle next, and the casualty rate should not be small.

It was a field battle of no small scale, but there was basically no gold and silver treasure captured.

Because the Tartars' nest is not far from Qingcheng, it is impossible for them to put a penny on them when they come out to fight, this is the winter prairie, and there is basically no human figure in the vast snowfield outside the settlement, and it is useless to bring silver money.

However, there was a lot of armor seized, and these more than 3,000 Karaqin Tartars were indeed their elite, and everyone had armor, at least a piece of leather armor.

Therefore, the "Red Banner Army" got more than 1,500 pairs of leather armor and more than 600 iron armor, although a small half of them needed to be repaired, but after the remaining leather armor was dressed neatly by 1,000 laborers, the defense of these people was immediately strengthened.

Of course, four or five hundred pairs of iron armor that could be equipped were given to the Bird Bearers and Spear Bearers, and if they were to be diffused by the Tartars again, they would not have to endure the pain of flesh and skin, and those light arrows would not be able to break through two layers of cotton armor and one layer of iron armor anyway.

Originally, the "Red Banner Army" had a lot of war horses, but now it has captured more than 1,200 high-quality Mongolian war horses with full beards and tails.

There are also 500 war horses injured to varying degrees, the "Red Banner Army" knights love horses, as long as they find that there is hope for treatment, they will not give up easily, anyway, the logistics are well prepared, and a large number of medicines have already been prepared on the wheelbarrow.

The Karaqin people did not stop there, five or six hundred of them were either killed on the spot or had their legs broken.

In order to stop the pain of the horses, the knights had to make up for them.

Huang Han, who had reached the tactical concept and exceeded expectations, was in a good mood, and he planned to take his men and horses to capture Qingcheng early tomorrow morning.

It's just that I don't know that Qingcheng, forty or fifty miles away, is missing more than 2,000 fresh troops, how to arrange it at this moment? What's the mood?

It's not hard to imagine that the Tartars should be like mourning!

In the evening, hundreds of Karaqin defeated soldiers fled back to Qingcheng, and several large and small Taiji were stunned and inexplicable.

Bulgadu grabbed a commander of a thousand who belonged to his direct tribe and roared, "Kuerbe, what's the matter, how can you be so embarrassed? What about Zolbiteghi? What about the other centaurs! ”

Khurbebe cried and said, "It's over, it's all over, and we're all left." If my subordinates run slowly, I'm afraid they won't see adults again. ”

Bulga was incredulous, he still roared: "Nonsense, Lao Tzu keeps receiving reports confirming that there are no large Ming troops within a radius of 100 miles, why did you suffer such a heavy defeat?" ”

Kuerbe's face was full of horror, and he seemed to have palpitations, he said in a trembling voice: "There is no Ming army, but that Ming army is extraordinary, they are the 'Red Flag Army', the combat effectiveness is too terrible, we were defeated by them." ”

This is simply nonsense, Bulgar does not believe it at all, the more than 3,000 horsemen brought by Zhuoerbi are all Karaqin elite soldiers, can't they run if they can't beat the enemy? How could there be such a big loss, and even the main general did not run?

Bulgadu shouted, "How is this reasonable?" You! What if it's the 'Red Banner Army'? Do they have three heads and six arms? Their little men and horses are still mostly infantry, and it is impossible for them to cause such large casualties to our army.

Our more than 3,000 people and horses are all the elite of Karaqin, and they are all skilled cavalry with bows and horses, how could they be beaten so badly by the infantry of the Ming army! ”

"Bulgadu wears green, that Ming army is indeed the elite of the 'Red Banner Army', although it does not have three heads and six arms, but it has strong armor and sharp weapons, and even many small cannons.

We don't know what to do, we rush up, there is nothing wrong with Zhuo Bi Taiji's command, we used to fight like this, the key is that their firearms are too powerful, once they fire, they will be endless, and it will be too late for the sons to turn their horses and escape! ”

"Firearms? What kind of firearms can be fired non-stop? It's just a three-stage strike tactic used by the Ming army. Cannons? Where is the cannon that can be easily pushed and walked? That's supposed to be a gun. Did Zhuo Bi Taiji personally charge into battle and be injured by the Ming army's firearms? ”

Bulgadu is also a veteran who has fought for more than 20 years, and he still knows the tactics and weapons of the Ming army relatively well. He was now anxious about Zhuoerbi's whereabouts and continued to ask.

Hu Erbei said: "No, our men and horses were caught off guard by the sudden attack of the Ming army's firearms, and the Ming cavalry came up, and Zhuo Bi Taiji led the Chinese army in the formation to charge and kill in person."

However, the Ming army is all ironclad cavalry, and our bows and arrows can't shoot the ironclad of the transparent army at all, so we suffered a big loss, and after a scuffle, Zhuo Bi Taiji disappeared, and life and death are unpredictable. ”

Taiji Zhuoerbi is the number one person of the Karaqin people, and his men and horses are also more than 1,500 elite horsemen, and the second person is Burgadu Taiji.

This time, more than half of the more than 3,000 men and horses who went out to fight were subordinate to Zhuoerbi, a small half were Bulgatu's soldiers, and the other Taiji sent less than 1,000 troops.

Several large and small Taiji felt that their backs were cold, and they said from a Taiji with a name of four or five hundred strings named Gewotai: "Burgadu Daiqing, now the whereabouts of Zhuoerbi Taiji are unknown, my people are willing to obey your command, how the people and horses of Qingcheng will move next, please take your opinion." ”

Seeing that Gewotai took the initiative to obey Burgadu's dispatch, the rest of the Taiji bowed down and saluted: "The people of the headquarters are willing to obey the arrangement, and then how Qingcheng will deploy the defense will be decided by Bulgadu Daiqing." ”