The battle lasted a whole half day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The rain in the sky had long since stopped, but the New Army soldiers and thieves were fighting together, and they could no longer pick up their guns and shoot. The soldiers of the new army could only rely on the waist knives in their hands and the armor on their bodies to fight as best they could.

The new army cannot retreat, because if it retreats, it will be a great collapse. The invading army continued to squeeze forward, and the new army could only support the front with all its might.

The army was reluctant to retreat, because this rain was a rare opportunity. There is no such shop after this village, and if the rain cannot be used to rebuild the army, the new army will use firearms all the way south in fine weather.

Both sides continued to throw new forces into the three-mile-wide front, and the soldiers kept falling, and then new men were constantly being added. The first line of flesh and blood is like a meat grinder, constantly turning the young soldiers on both sides into immobile corpses.

He fought from the afternoon to the evening, and until it was dark, and Li Zicheng sounded the golden sound of the army.

Looking at the soldiers who were slowly retreating behind, Cao Bianjiao only felt that his whole body was collapsed. He didn't know how many thieves he had killed in the past half a day, but he felt that he couldn't raise his hand. He was slashed twice in his right arm and left leg by thieves, but he was shielded by armor and the wound was not deep.

Standing on the ground with a tiger gun, Cao Bianjiao looked at the corpse on the ground.

After killing for a long time, the casualties were really heavy. At least 10,000 people were left behind on the battlefield, and the casualties of the New Army and the Xuanfu Zheng Barracks were basically the same.

60,000 new troops, in the blink of an eye, became 50,000.

Cao Bianjiao felt that his heart was dripping blood.

How much money did the recruits spend on the elite? Every soldier of the Forces nouvelles is a skilled musketeer, and they are all incomparably precious. In this valley, however, the soldiers of the Forces nouvelles were killed in the most unadvantageous hand-to-hand combat.

This kind of battle is not what the Son of Heaven wants, what the Son of Heaven wants is for Cao Bianjiao to destroy the withered and decayed and take Shaanxi. But now that the battle has been fought like this, the strategy of the Son of Heaven can no longer be realized -- there are still dozens of days to travel from the central county to Xi'an, and it will inevitably rain again on the road. And the cavalry of the invading army hangs not far from the new army, and it will pounce on it as soon as it rains.

There were more than 100,000 cavalry in the intruding army, which could withstand the casualties of tens of thousands of people at every turn. But there were only 50,000 men left in the new army, and if there was another battle with 10,000 casualties, the new army would definitely collapse.

Yang Guozhu walked over slowly with a big knife, and said helplessly: "Admiral, the thief army is fighting like this, and the situation is not favorable to us. ”

Cao Bianjiao glanced at the battlefield, then looked at the young soldiers who died tragically on the front, gritted his teeth and said, "Now I can only report to the Holy Lord, and ask the Holy Lord to decide." ”

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On September 19, Zhu Youzhen, the son of heaven, stood in the study of the Qianqing Palace and sighed at the scenery outside the window.

Cao Bianjiao's Tang newspaper has been sent to Zhu You's procuratorate.

Cao Bianjiao was attacked by Li Zicheng in Central County and suffered heavy losses. After the officers and troops suffered this heavy loss, they returned to the division and entered the county seat of the central county to hold on, and they were no longer able to attack Xi'an in the south.

Zhu Youzhen originally thought that the new army, which was equipped with new cannons and Lu Mi guns, and had been trained for several years, would definitely be devastated, and could sweep away the thieves like the Tiger Ben Army. I didn't expect Li Zicheng to be so cunning, but he specially waited for the rainy day to attack the new army. In this way, the new army's advantage in firearms will be completely lost, and it will completely rely on its own shortcomings to cope with the strengths of the invading army.

In this way, the so-called defeat of the thieves and the recovery of Henan has become an empty word.

Zhu Youzhen took a breath, flicked his sleeves and sat on the chair, and asked Wang Dehua, the eunuch of Chaodongchang, "Wang Dehua, how did the Tiger Ben Army of the King of Tianjin avoid the rain battle?" ”

Wang Dehua arched his hand and said: "Back to the saint, the Tiger Ben Army used to fight with the large army of the official army, and even if the enemy attacked the Tiger Ben Army on a rainy day, it would be blocked by other officers and soldiers, so there is no problem with the rain war." ”

"Over the years, the Tiger Ben Army has been fighting more and more alone, so they have equipped the soldiers with a complete set of rain equipment. The utensils were well-made and could keep out the light rain. Even the Tigers can fight in the light rain. The duration of the rainstorm is generally very short, only a quarter or two hours at most, and the Tiger Ben army only needs to march away from the enemy in a hurry. ”

"When the Tiger Ben Army fought against the Chuang army in Henan, it was by relying on rainproof equipment to overcome the light rain weather, and the Chuang army was defeated before it invaded Henan."

Zhu Youzhen asked: "Have you seen the rainproof equipment of the Tiger Army?" Jingying artisan household may be imitated? ”

Wang Dehua arched his hand and said: "Holy Mingjian, the secrecy work of the Tiger Ben Army is extremely strict, and Fanzi has only seen those rainproof equipment at most twenty zhang away, so he can't look carefully." After a pause, Wang Dehua said: "And according to Fanzi's description, the slave maid thinks that those rainproof equipment are quite exquisite, and if they are imitated by craftsmen, I am afraid that they will not be able to make a set in a month." ”

Hearing Wang Dehua's words, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sigh again.

It looks good to build a new army by imitating the Tiger Army, but in fact, the equipment of the new army is still far from the equipment of the Tiger Army. Li Zhi owns Fanjiazhuang, a large factory ahead of the times, which can produce a large number of new equipment in a short time. However, the craftsmen in the capital are still in the stage of manual manufacturing, and the efficiency is very low.

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said: "Holy Lord, the only way to do this now is to ask the Duke of Jin to expedite the manufacture of 50,000 sets of waterproof equipment that can be used for Lu Mi Gong and send them to Wu Jingluo in Central County." Otherwise, Wu Jingluo was blocked in the central county, and he didn't dare to move forward and couldn't retreat, and I was afraid that things would change after a long time. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen and shook his head.

Originally, the attack on Henan was a battle exploit that Zhu Youzhen snatched from Li Zhi. Zhu Youzhen ignored Li Zhi's slander, and insisted on asking Li Zhi to stop when Li Zhi could sweep through Shaanxi, and instead let the new army reap the fruits of this victory, in order to improve his prestige as the son of heaven.

However, now, the new army is afraid of the rain war, and if they want to take Shaanxi, they have to go to Li Zhi for help.

Not to mention whether Li Zhi will help or not, even this action of asking for help made Zhu Youzhen feel disgraced.

Zhu Youzhen took a breath, sat back on the throne, and opened Cao Bianjiao's newspaper to look at it. At this time, as long as there was the slightest possibility of taking Shaanxi alone, Zhu Youzhen was unwilling to ask Li Zhi for help.

It's a shame to ask for help now.

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said, "Holy Lord, you can't hesitate. Now Wu Jinglue's army is guarding the central county, whether it is advancing or retreating, it will be followed by the cavalry of the invading army, and the intruders are waiting for the rainy day to regain the army. In fact, Wu Jinglue's soldiers and horses were trapped in the central county. If the transportation of grain and grass is cut off by the invading army after a long time, then the 50,000 people of the new army will be all over. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened to Wang Chengen's words, and his helpless eyes closed.

After a long time, he said, "That's it! Wang Chengen, you take a few Lumi guns to Tianjin, and ask Tianjin Wang to provide rainproof equipment suitable for Lu Mi guns. ”