Orderly retreat and rout are often just a thin line apart, which is why few people in ancient times would use the strategy of feints.

Especially when an army really loses a lot in a big war, it is even more difficult to ensure their army formation and military morale.

Sun Chuanting originally thought that the cavalry battalion soldiers he sent could bring some happy news to him at night, but he never thought that Gao Degong brought him the fact that he let the Hong Dynasty army leave.

As for what Gao Degong said, the Hong Dynasty army had just broken through and lost more than sixty percent, but it was still high-spirited, and the array was neat and reasonable, even if Sun Chuanting didn't want to believe it, but the other Ming generals who went out with Gao Degong to follow the rout of the Hong Dynasty were also scorching, so that he had to believe it.

"It's a pity that we still haven't been able to completely wipe out this rout after all."

President Sun Chuan sighed, and after this breath, his heart seemed to have lost a lot of money all of a sudden, and the whole person looked very tired and a little old.

"My lord, this battle is a rare victory for our army, even if it is reported to the imperial court, the adults in the court will only be encouraged, you don't have to pursue perfection too much!"

Zhang Huangyan stood aside, he benefited a lot from this battle, and most of the main force of the Hong Dynasty army on the eastern front was suppressed, which means that the development of the war situation on their eastern front will change the situation, and their Ming Dynasty army will control the situation, but since the Hong Dynasty army entered the customs in the last year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty army has a rare situation on the battlefield.

"You have heard it yourself, a deserting army in the Hong Dynasty that was ambushed and defeated by us can ensure a minimum military system when retreating, which army of my Ming Dynasty can match such a strong army now?"

"Can't our Ming Dynasty army have such a great opportunity to design and use the huge number of opposing troops in exchange for the enemy's strength reduction, right?"

Sun Chuanting sighed not only that their army failed to complete their plan, but also that he admired the morale and strong will of the soldiers of the Hong Dynasty's army.

Sun Chuanting couldn't figure out how a group of ordinary soldiers could treat death as home, that is, to become the personal guards of their Ming Dynasty generals, and when the war was unfavorable, their most conscientious thing might be to take their masters away with them when they fled.

Of course, a small number of private soldiers and guards who can fight with their employers until the last moment are always there, but that is not the norm, such as Sun Chuanting's own judgment, when the battle of Xiangcheng was really caused by the defeat of the Ming army by the Hong Dynasty army, the people who were willing to follow him Sun Chuanting to stick to the city and fight to the death will not exceed 100 people.

According to the description of the surviving soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, almost all of the other parties were a group of wounded soldiers covered with gray-white veils, but they still killed the enemy with tenacity, and finally sacrificed their lives to sacrifice thousands of Ming Dynasty soldiers, which gave a heavy blow to the morale of the Ming army.

But soon, Sun Chuanting retracted his reverie and hid all kinds of negative emotions.

"Hmm!"

"This battle is indeed a big victory, but it is far from the point where you can breathe a sigh of relief!"

"I finally strangled most of the main army of the Eastern Front of the Hong Dynasty, and then Huang Yan will only have a heavier task."

"Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and the soldiers under their command will be handed over to you to command. And the imperial court has already reported that it is estimated that reinforcements will come to join you soon. ”

"What you have to do is to recover as much of the lost territory on our Eastern Front as possible before the strength of the Hongchao army on the Eastern Front is replenished and it can resist the offensive of our Ming Army."

"This governor believes that the bottom line should be bounded by the Yellow River, and all the southern lands will return to the control of my Ming Dynasty."

Sun Chuanting's words were simple, but in Zhang Huangyan's ears, they were indeed very heavy, but thinking about the remnants of the Hong Dynasty army that were now blocking their army, as well as the military strength in their own hands, it was not impossible to do it.

"Oh, give an official order!"

Zhang Huangyan replied in a deep voice, but then asked, "My lord, where are you going again?" ”

"Where else can Ben Doge go?"

When Sun Chuanting raised his head, the sense of loss that had been shown in front of Zhang Huangyan had long since disappeared, and he said with a resolute look on his face: "North of Xiangyang and Nanyang, the 100,000 troops of the Hong Dynasty will not easily let us counterattack. ”

"Presumably now, the people of the Hong Dynasty have also received the news that the governor is not in Xiangyang, and at this time, under the cities of Nanyang and Xiangyang, there is no way to say that there is an inseparable battle!"

Sun Chuanting's tone was full of confidence, but Zhang Huangyan knew in his heart that the powerful energy that erupted from the 100,000 Hong Dynasty troops was much stronger than the strength displayed by the 50,000 enemy troops on their eastern front now.

In the past few years, if it is not the commander who has supported the Xiangyang front, but Sun Chuanting, a famous commander of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to say that Xiangyang, Nanyang and other important towns have already been occupied by the Red Check army.

Now, for the layout of the Eastern Front, Sun Chuanting himself not only personally presided over the overall situation, but also transferred nearly half of the troops on the central battlefield. Even according to what Sun Chuanting said before, he had already asked the imperial court for reinforcements, but most of these reinforcements are probably still on the way, and it will take countless hours to really support Xiangyang.

This also means that Sun Chuanting's superintendent will rely on the remaining more than 100,000 troops on the Xiangyang battlefield to contend with the Hong Dynasty army of almost the same size, which is already a very difficult thing, and what is even more difficult is that he also has to contain the Hong Dynasty army on the central battlefield and prevent them from splitting their hands to support the situation that the eastern front has finally opened.

"Although most of the artillery on the Hong Dynasty position was blown up by them, there are still more than a dozen artillery pieces available."

"Then the Governor gave it to you to use, and did not bring it back to the craftsmen to imitate, so that you might conquer the city."

"Thank you, sir!"

After all, artillery is made of steel, although Kong Youde and they were placed on the artillery position when they detonated, but if they wanted to completely destroy these bulky objects with explosives alone, it was naturally impossible, and finally let the Ming Dynasty people pack up eleven roughly unhindered artillery after the war.

With these eleven powerful artillery pieces in hand, Zhang Huangyan can also feel the taste of the Hong Dynasty army's thousands of years of masonry and stone fortified cities as nothing.