Chapter 58: Sad and Gratifying

And at this time, the people in the camp also witnessed this moment, and suddenly the crowd rejoiced, the battle of the Xingtian Army was really beautiful, no one believed that only with the strength of the Xingtian Army, the officers and troops who could fight were defeated and lost, they thought that the Xingtian Army could take them to hold on here for a period of time and wait for reinforcements, but they didn't think that the generals of the Xingtian Army would defeat the 20,000 troops of the official army with only such a small number of troops, and fled, if they didn't see it with their own eyes, it was all based on what they heard, They will not believe that this is true anyway, but whether they believe it or not, now this incident has happened, the officers and soldiers who came with great momentum have already fled with their tails between their tails at this time, and there are no longer any officials and soldiers around, only the sad screams of the wounded inside and outside the camp remain, many people secretly pinched their flesh, feeling very painful to believe that they were not dreaming, and one by one cheered and poured out in the south direction of the camp, and rushed to meet the soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army who came out of the camp to fight to the death.

The common people surrounded them, knelt down and thanked them one by one, brought them food and drink, took off their bloodstained clothes and armor for them, in short, they couldn't wait to hug them and kiss them hard, and they couldn't wait to pour out all their words of gratitude to these extremely cute Xingtian soldiers.

This kind of enthusiasm even Diao Zheng, the general, was a little irresistible, and he bowed to the surrounding people with his fists in return, but after all, this time was still very momentary, and Diao Zheng did not get carried away because of this, and quickly appeased these overly excited people, and immediately recruited those management teams and began to assign new tasks.

After this battle, Diao Zheng led his troops to create an almost impossible miracle, but at the same time as creating this miracle, Diao Zheng and his subordinates paid a price that was not small, more than 2,000 people went out, and nearly 400 people were killed, and because of the fierce battle, these dead or wounded generals could not be treated in time among the enemy army, and the seriously injured could only be abandoned. Therefore, to collect their bodies as soon as possible, a group of people were sent out to help collect these dead soldiers, bury them on the spot, and have the military Chinese scribe register them, and after returning they write on the sign and place them in the military martyrs' shrine for worship.

In addition to the dead, most of Diao Zheng's subordinates were injured this time, and even Diao Zheng, the main general, also suffered five or six wounds, but fortunately they were only slightly injured, but they were slightly injured just now, and they had a lot of bleeding, so they must be treated as soon as possible, otherwise in the severe cold, there will be many people who are not able to fall disabled, and may even lose their lives, these people must also be properly taken care of, and they will be burned enough hot water to scrub their wounds and bandage them with medicine, so some careful and courageous women are transferred to help.

In addition, the casualties of the Xingtian Army in this battle were also very huge, and the number of casualties of the officers and soldiers was at least more than five times that of the number of casualties of the Xingtian Army, and many wounded soldiers were left on the battlefield, plus the captured officers and soldiers, these people also had to be resettled.

Under normal circumstances, the Xingtian Army is forbidden to slaughter the enemy's wounded after the war, of course, the Tartars are exceptions, but for these officers and soldiers, if they can not be killed, they will not be killed, and afterwards these prisoners will either be retreated to the local settlement, or they will select available people to be trained and supplemented to the Xingtian Army, in short, they are all Han people, as long as they are willing, they will not be slaughtered, and this group of people must also be able to save them, and someone needs to take care of them.

In addition, Gao Qi absconded and fled, which caused a rout of the official army, so that the officers and soldiers did not have time to take away a lot of materials, so they were thrown on the battlefield, including a lot of military tents, carts, grain, silver, and a lot of armor, artillery, rockets and other things.

Of course, in order to ensure that the officers and soldiers would not come back to kill the horses, Diao Zheng also sent the remaining generals and scouts to roam around the periphery to cover the people to clean up the battlefield.

Lu Xiangsheng was lying on the cart and learned the news of the victory of the Xingtian Army, originally he was still very worried, worried that Diao Zheng had too few people and horses, and could not stop the soldiers and horses who were high and diving, and he had been listening to the sound of fighting outside with his ears pricked up for a while, and even a cannonball of the official army fell on the left side of his cart, and the dirt that was lifted made the cart car crackle, Lu Xiangsheng did not think so, and kept asking Li Qi who was standing outside the car about the battle situation outside.

When he learned that Diao Zheng was the first to lead but not attack, waiting for the official army to take the initiative to attack, and then counterattacking, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but sigh: "The soldiers of the Xingtian Army are really a group of rare heroes!" If the officers and soldiers were as brave as them, how could they let the Tartars break through the pass so easily? It's a pity, it's a pity! At this time, Lu Xiangsheng would still be very emotional about Daming's affairs, but after thinking about it, he felt that his thoughts were ridiculous: "General Diao is really a fierce general, or a wise general, if this battle is fought like this, there will be a three-point chance of winning!" ”

Immediately after Li Qi reported the battle situation to Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng formed a battlefield situation in his mind while listening, and his mood became more and more relaxed, Lu Xiangsheng is different from other Ming civil officials and generals, he is a civilian official, but he is doing the things of military generals, and his biggest difference is that he opposes the defense of the city, but likes to fight with the enemy in the field, whether it is when dealing with the mutant army, or when dealing with the Tartars, he thinks that he can't be bound up in danger and defend, And to seek fighters in the middle of the movement, and engage in field battles with the enemy, in order to strike at the enemy, and Diao Zheng's arrangement today is very suitable for his spleen and stomach, so he actually forgot the pain on his body, sat up and high-fived and praised, so that Li Qi had to stop reporting the battle situation to him, but Lu Xiangsheng asked again and again.

When Li Qi climbed on the roof of the car and looked at the battlefield in the distance, his face suddenly changed, and he shouted: "Oh no, master! Gao Qiqian ordered the officers and soldiers to open fire and release the arrows! General Diao, I'm afraid they're going to be in trouble! ”

Lu Xiangsheng sat up abruptly after hearing this, but immediately leaned on the carriage in pain, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly laughed, patted the carriage vigorously and laughed: "Gao Qi is defeated!" The officers and troops were defeated! Ha ha! ”

Lu Xiangsheng laughed and screamed like this, but it startled Li Qi, thinking that Lu Xiangsheng had suddenly lost his mind, so he quickly climbed off the roof of the car, stretched out his head into the carriage and shouted eagerly: "Master, aren't you crazy!" The Hongyi cannon of the Guanning army is very sharp and abnormal, once the cannon is fired, how can General Diao and them fight with their flesh and blood! After all, they have too few troops! ”

Lu Xiangsheng grinned and endured the pain of the wound on his body, and said with a smile: "I can conclude that Gao Qiqian has been defeated, and he will lose very badly, because you can't see the situation on the battlefield clearly, General Diao will definitely not be defeated, as long as he can stabilize the battle formation and continue to attack and kill, then Gao Qiqian will definitely be defeated!"

At this time, General Diao should have led his troops to be entangled with the officers and soldiers, and he must have been not far from Gao Qiqian's army, so he forced Gao Qiqian, a eunuch, to jump over the wall in a hurry and ordered to fire cannons and arrows. So this ...... I expect that if you don't believe it, you will be defeated! ”

After Li Qi listened to Lu Xiangsheng's words, he was a little skeptical, so he climbed on the roof of the car again, and stared hard at the battlefield to the south.

Li Qi hurriedly jumped off the roof of the car, pulled the curtain and reported to Lu Xiangsheng: "Master, if you really gave you the material, the official army was defeated, and Gao Qi absconded!" As a result, the official army was defeated! ”

The expression on Lu Xiangsheng's face is very complicated, and he can't tell whether he is sad or happy, 20,000 are regarded by the imperial court as the most elite officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and there are less than 3,000 people in the Xingtian Military Region, and they will be defeated and lost under the leadership of Gao Qiqian. Don't think about it, this time the loss of the official army must be very large, but it is a pity that these officers and soldiers who were originally trained to deal with Jiannu did not die on the battlefield where they should die, but died under the hands of such a Xingtian army who came to help the court resist Jiannu, and died meaninglessly in this small village, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but feel sad, and at the same time felt relieved and admired for the victory of the Xingtian army.

Li Qi looked at Lu Xiangsheng's face, so he sneered and said to him: "Master doesn't have to think about it, since the master is now a white person, what do you have to worry about the court!" The Ming Dynasty is not dead, and the small ones feel that it is not important, the important thing is that now that there is an iron army of the Xingtian Army, I am afraid that this Jiannu will not have a good time in the future! ”

Lu Xiangsheng sighed after hearing this, shook his head and said, "You guy! That's it! Don't want to! I hope this Xiao Tianjian can block the construction of slaves for us Han people! You go and tell General Diao, just say that I, Lu, congratulate him on his victory, and Lu admires him very much! In addition, he also told General Diao that after this battle, Gao Qiqian may not come again, and the war has just passed, so it is not too late to take a break and recuperate! As for those prisoners, please ask General Diao to raise his noble hand and don't slaughter them! ”

Li Qi immediately bowed down and accepted the order, turned around and went to Diao Zheng excitedly.