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Liu Yunshui's troops marched about three or four miles before encountering sporadic Ming troops, except for a very few who fell into the dense forests on both sides in a panic, they were all annihilated.

When they approached the western entrance of the valley road, that is, the place where the road was blocked, the Ming soldiers were numerous, and they climbed over the pile of dead people with great difficulty, hoping to escape and ascend to heaven, but they did not expect to meet Liu Yunshui, a bad star.

"Kill!"

Liu Yunshui's military order is only one word, the valley road is narrow, it is impossible to adopt the method of coordinated combat, and it is mainly a heads-up, but the cavalry has a high superiority over the infantry, the advantage of long weapons, and occupies a huge advantage in numbers, and he is not worried about victory.

He doesn't care what methods and means the soldiers use, he only needs one result - total annihilation.

Liu Yunshui is the chief officer of the Seven Thousand Households of the Mandate of Heaven, the most belligerent and murderous one, the more than 100 Ming troops who have just crossed the pile of dead people basically gave up resistance, even if they surrendered on their knees, they were cut down by cavalry.

There are still hundreds of Ming troops near the corpse pile, they are already desperate, in the direction of Guguan, the gunners of the Ming army have emerged from the dense forests on both sides, and directly use the advantage of the rifle range to crush them, even if they can cross the corpse pile, they are faced with the slaughter of cavalry, and in desperation, the Ming army chose to surrender.

Only surrender will it be possible to save your life.

The Providence Army began to clean up the battlefield, and they had developed a habit of disposing of the corpses in time at the end of each battle, so that the corpses would not be exposed to the air for too long and cause the plague.

The wounded soldiers of the Ming army were stabbed as usual, and they realized their way back and entered heaven early, so as not to continue to suffer in the world, and the armor, weapons, and shields of the Ming army were all concentrated, and then they were searched one by one.

The Ming army's armor and weapons and other military materials were basically ignored by the Mandate of Heaven Army, but fortunately, they could be returned to the furnace to smelt pig iron, and the wooden shields were abandoned in the past, but this time they were also concentrated.

There is no shield in the military supplies of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and every time the Ming army attacks the city, when it enters the range of the bow and arrow, it is the moment when the Mandate of Heaven Army suffers the heaviest casualties, so Li Zicheng hopes to use the shield to resist the bow and arrow, or use the ready-made wood on the shield to modify the head of the city.

All the bodies were gathered, doused with oil, burned in one hand, and then the ashes were buried, and they did not occupy much land.

The manual work of transporting supplies was naturally handed over to the prisoners of war, and they could not eat in vain and not work, and they were busy until the time of Shen, when the soldiers happily returned to Guguan, waiting to calculate their military exploits and receive a silver reward and a monthly pass.

There is no fruit building in Guguan City for the time being, and there is nowhere to use the monthly pass for military exploits, but it doesn't matter, the monthly pass will not be invalid, and it will be used by the soldiers to change their guard to other places in the future.

In the two days of fighting, nearly 10,000 regular troops of the Ming army were annihilated, and the vanguard troops of Hong Chengchou's department, from the general commander Liu Chenggong to the ordinary soldiers, were all annihilated.

But Li Zicheng couldn't be happy, such a battle, the Heavenly Mandate Army had limited gains.

Ma Youshui's five hundred auxiliary soldiers participated in today's battle, promoted them to grow up as soon as possible, and captured a batch of armor and blades made of pig iron from the casualties of the Ming army, but other than that, there was almost no gain.

But nearly 10,000 lives were laid, and they were all Han brothers!

Now Xining and Longyou have entered a period of steady growth, and there is a lack of a large number of people, and the increase in the number of Han people is also conducive to influencing and assimilating local alien races, so that they completely disappear from the torrent of Han people.

However, such a battle itself is inevitable, and only by letting Hong Chengchou and the imperial court realize that the Mandate of Heaven Army is invincible can this kind of civil war be prevented.

The Mandate of Heaven Army, when will it be able to surrender without a fight?

With the current scale of the Heavenly Mandate Army, if Hong Chengchou can't be beaten all over the battlefield to find teeth, it is estimated that it will not stop, and the best way to keep the border stable is not to endure it, but to make the opponent fearful, as long as there is a strong armament, the opponent will not take a step beyond the thunder pool.

But Hong Chengchou is only the governor of the three sides, will he reach a peace agreement with himself?

Li Zicheng and Liu Yunshui simply summarized the gains and losses of the war, and then let them rest and prepare for the battle with the main force of Hong Chengchou's army in the coming day.

He took his own soldiers to the training ground of Ma Youshui's auxiliaries, and now it is Youzhong, and there is still more than half an hour before the exercise, and the auxiliaries are racing against time to practice rifle archery.

Ma Youshui personally commanded the soldiers to conduct training, and when he saw Li Zicheng, he hurriedly came over to salute, "Metropolitan Governor!" ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand, "There is water, leave me alone, you continue to train!" ”

The time for the auxiliary soldiers to train is too short, and they are about to face the main force of Hong Chengchou's department, Ma Youshui knew Li Zicheng's mood, he saluted Li Zicheng, and returned to the training ground, "Brothers, I played majestic today, and the Metropolitan Governor is watching from the side, train well, as long as you get the appreciation of the Metropolitan Governor, you will soon get the opportunity to go into battle and kill the enemy!" ”

"General, if we can go into battle and kill the enemy, will we turn into soldiers?"

This is the voice of many people, the same is military service, soldiers not only have a salary, but also have more opportunities to go into battle to kill the enemy, once they have made meritorious service, they can also get a reward silver, and even a monthly ticket for military merit, if there is a special contribution, it is possible to be promoted and enter the sequence of officers.

As an auxiliary, who doesn't want to become a soldier yesterday?

"I've only fought a siege battle, and the enemy hasn't killed three, so I want to become a soldier?" Ma Youshui glared at him and said viciously: "Don't hurry up and train, if you have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, you can't catch it, just wait to be an auxiliary soldier for the rest of your life!" ”

The soldier who had just spoken stuck out his tongue in fright, and quickly buried his head behind his companions.

The soldiers resumed the state of drilling, Ma Youshui walked past the soldiers, constantly correcting the shooting movements of the soldiers, although there were soldiers to assist in the drill, he was still not at ease, Guguan is now the first defense priority of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the governor of the capital handed it over to himself, and he must not have any slackness.

Li Zicheng found a vacant land, sat cross-legged, and kept observing the training ground from a distance, Hong Chengchou's tens of thousands of troops, coming to Guguan with great momentum, the first wave of defense, it depends on them, if they can withstand the Ming army, the soldiers of Zhou Binbu can get rest, and the critical moment can be pressed up, becoming the last straw that crushes the Ming army.

He was not worried about Zhou Binbu, after the battle of Triangle City and Kadang City, Zhou Binbu had already become the most loyal and brave thousand households of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and in the battle of Triangle City, almost all the soldiers were injured and died more than sixty percent, and they resisted the Mongol siege with blood and lives; In the first battle of Kadang City, the battle of Shunfeng created a record of zero deaths.

Such an army, Li Zicheng does not have to worry, the only thing that makes him a little uncertain is the auxiliary soldiers of the Ma Youshui Department, they have just been formed, and even the basic training of rifles has not yet been completed, so they have to defend the city, in front of the superior Ming army, in the face of bloody killings, can they withstand the test?

Fortunately, half of the ten auxiliary soldiers of the hundred households have already participated in today's battle, and they have initially accumulated experience in fighting with rifles, and they can also share their experience with their companions!

At dinner, the dining hall is full of meat, today is a big war, dinner is naturally indispensable to broth, but Guguan did not store much meat, and Liu Chenggong of the Ming army did not have any war horses, so the meat was mainly salted fish.

The troops participating in the battle today can eat horse meat and drink horse broth, while the soldiers who did not participate in the battle are still the same as usual, salted fish and vegetable soup, as for the hundreds of Ming army prisoners of war, I'm sorry, their food can't be better than the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, except for the white-flour steamed buns, which are all kinds of wild vegetables with a slightly astringent taste dug back from the fields.

Li Zicheng did not come to the table prepared for the officers as usual, but came to the auxiliary soldiers of the Ma Youshui Department with the food in his hand and huddled with them.

When the auxiliaries saw the Grand Duke, they immediately became nervous, this was the first time they had close contact with the Grand Duke, because it was the time to eat, and they didn't have to salute, but they still unconsciously moved their bodies outward, and the rank was still deeply ingrained in their minds.

Li Zicheng scolded secretly, am I so terrifying? Can it eat people like a tiger? Although he killed his own person Liwei, it was in the training ground, not the time to eat!

He followed the example of a soldier, grabbed a steamed bun, took a bite hard, drank another sip of broth, swallowed most of the steamed bun, and then smiled: "Brothers, whose subordinates are you?" Is there water or Zhoubin? ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng was also like them, the auxiliaries gnawed on the steamed buns in their hands, and relaxed the resistance and worry in their hearts a little, and some bold soldiers said: "We are General Ma's subordinates, and we are still auxiliary soldiers......

"Auxiliaries? The auxiliaries are good! Li Zicheng looked thoughtful, swallowed all the steamed buns in his mouth, "Today's battle, the auxiliary soldiers are really powerful, the first time I participated in the battle, I was stunned to shoot thousands of Ming soldiers, I was worried at first...... Not bad, really good! ”

"The Metropolitan Governor...... We are the auxiliaries who participated in the battle! The soldier drew a large circle with his hand and circled all the nearby auxiliaries.

"Participated in the battle? It's true? Li Zicheng was overjoyed, and the soldier finally dared to speak.

"Yes, I also participated in the morning battle and shot two Ming soldiers!"

"The Ming army on the dog day, I only fired five bullets, four of which hit the target, and one moment the bullet hit the head of the Ming army, he only rolled and hung up on the spot......"

"I didn't hit the head, mostly in the legs and feet, but if I was shot in the leg, the turtle grandson will definitely not be able to run away, and when the brothers clean up the battlefield, they will inevitably be stabbed!"

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Once the conversation is opened, the soldiers earn credit for themselves, and in the Mandate of Heaven Army, there is everything if there is military merit, but for these soldiers, military merit cannot be spent on every soldier, unless someone proves it, and the soldiers can only take collective credit.

If you let the Metropolitan Governor know that he has killed the enemy on the battlefield and made meritorious contributions, maybe the Metropolitan Governor can remember himself, and if he wants to kill the enemy for meritorious service in the future, the reward will not be less, and maybe he can even be promoted to a small flag officer!

The auxiliary soldiers who did not participate in the battle in the morning had a deep disappointment in their eyes, they were also auxiliary soldiers, why did they not have the opportunity to kill the enemy and receive a silver reward?

After a long while, one of the auxiliaries asked in a low voice, "Governor, do we also have a chance to go into battle and kill the enemy?" ”