The whole city was full of wounded soldiers, and everyone's morale was extremely low, and Duoduo rolled off his horse, only to slowly wake up to the shouting of the guards on the left and right.

Looking at the Yue Le people who were covered with sweat beads and their voices trembled, Duoduo sighed and said: "Back then, when my father annexed Shenyang and Liaoyang, General Ming led the white pole soldiers of the Qi family army to help, and also used the chariot formation to confront our army.

When the father Khan commanded the heavy troops to encircle and suppress, the other side responded with a car formation, the casualties on both sides were heavy, and the blood flowed like a river.

Back then, this king was still young, but occasionally heard his father Khan talk about the battle of the Hunhe River, and he never believed it, and he didn't expect to fall into Yang Xuan's trap today, which was really angry and hateful. ”

Later, when Jin used traitors to seize Shenyang, 7,000 reinforcements mainly from the white pole soldier Qi Jiajun rushed to the Hunhe River, and a bloody battle broke out between the two sides on the north and south banks of the Hunhe River.

At that time, the white pole soldiers crossed the river and stood on the north bank, the Zhejiang soldiers camped on the south bank, and the Tartars successively attacked with two hundred flags and two yellow flags, and failed one after another, and finally the traitor Li Yongfang recruited gunners, the artillery was behind, and the heavy infantry was in front, so that the formation was destroyed.

However, in this battle, the Tartars besieged the Sichuan-Zhejiang division with an absolute superiority of troops, not only suffered thousands of casualties, but also had a staff general and two guerrilla generals captured by the Ming army, which shows the tragedy of the battle that day.

The two white flags of Tartar participated in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River that day, and from childhood to the general public, they also heard their ancestors talk about it, and some veterans of the army also participated in the war that year.

Now listening to Duoduo talk about it again, everyone suddenly realized, everyone regretted it one by one, if they had known the benefits of the opponent's car formation, they would definitely not have launched an attack.

But now that the army has been newly defeated, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are trapped in such a small city as Yaoting, if you don't plan again, if you wait until the day the city is broken, I am afraid that the whole army will be destroyed.

Now there is only the path of retreat. (Historically, after Li Dingguo became famous twice, the Qing army in Hunan retreated to Yueyang, and the Qing army in Guangxi retreated to Wuzhou. ）

Or retreat to Jingzhou and Wuchang

Or retreat to Anlu Mansion and Xiangfan Mansion, and then rely on Wuchang and Xiangfan Chengchi to hold on and wait for reinforcements, waiting for reinforcements from Hu (Nan, Jiangnan, and Guanzhong.

Duoduo's face was pale, beads of sweat fell from his face one by one, and he looked at everyone: "For today's plan, let's divide the troops, this king and the king of Anjun together lead the Manmeng Eight Banners to retreat to Xiangfan Mansion.

Shi Tingzhu, Tong Tulai, and Cai Shiying led the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Green Battalion to retreat to Wuchang."

The war is like this, and the plan for the present has to be like this, and now listening to Duoduo say this, Cai Shiying, Shi Tingzhu, Tong Guolai and other traitors of all sizes sent out a neat burst of "scum" and were about to leave, but Yue Le was different, Yue Le was Duoduo's nephew, and it was very sad to see the other party like this.

Yue Le asked with concern, "Uncle Fifteen, do you have no problems?"

You're so pale, are you sick? Although our army has suffered a temporary defeat, the volunteers are not invincible, right?"

Ignoring the reality of everyone's sleepiness, Duoduo ordered the whole army to prepare and retreat in the middle of the night the next day.

At this time, the soldiers outside the battalions of the Volunteer Army were quite excited, and everyone sang songs desperately, venting their joy after the victory.

Songs such as Man Jianghong, the song of the volunteers, and the eastward march came and went, and everyone knocked on the rice bowl, beat the iron, and roared to their heart's content.

The approximate number of casualties in each town and regiment was quickly summed up, and looking at the jubilant people, Yang Xuan smiled and said: "Everyone, today's battle is hearty, and it is the most hearty battle since I joined the army.

The generals did their best to defeat the Tartar cavalry with such a real sword, although we have the advantage of terrain, although we have the advantage of troops, but we can defeat the Tartar cavalry, in any case, it is gratifying.

I decided that the towns that participated in the war were quite hard, especially Liu Wenxiu and Li Laiheng, two men and horses who had just joined our volunteer army.

The towns participating in the battle today will be expanded according to their exploits.

All meritorious personnel will be rewarded according to their merits. ”

When everyone heard this, they applauded loudly, and unlike other departments, the expansion of various units of the Volunteer Army completely depended on the difference in the level of combat achievements.

Yang Xuan smiled and once again announced to everyone the model of the construction of the Volunteer Army, and there are currently two ways for the Volunteer Army to expand.

One is gradually expanded according to the merits of the war, just like the well-known guard towns and volunteer towns, with the gradual expansion of the troops, they were expanded from squadrons and brigades to divisions (battalions), standards (regiments), and associations.

The other is formed by the combination of two or more troops (such as the 8th town of He Zhen, the 9th town of Cao Xun, the 12th town of Li Dingguo, the 13th town of Liu Wenxiu, etc., which is gradually developed from two or more troops).

No matter what it is, the most basic and most important thing for everyone is the expansion of the war exploits.

Now when they heard that the army would be expanded, everyone rejoiced.

Due to his meritorious service on the battlefield, Li Laiheng's Independent Association and the First Guardian Town were expanded into the 13th Town, Li Laiheng was appointed as a deputy general, and Wang Mingchen was appointed as a staff general to control the headquarters.

Up to now, the Volunteer Army has a total of 14 infantry, two cavalry associations, and 3 water armies, with many soldiers and generals, although there are staff departments such as the establishment of the General Staff Department, the Intelligence Department, the Logistics Department, and the Military Justice Department to help deal with it, but Yang Xuan still feels powerless to command so many troops.

The maximum size of the Volunteers is the town, but if several towns are fighting together, a famous general is often appointed to control the other departments, but it is often temporary.

He Zhen, Cao Xun, Li Dingguo, and Liu Wenxiu became famous earlier, and their prestige in the army was relatively high, so it stands to reason that there is not much problem in controlling other departments.

However, after all, there is no formal relationship between the towns, and it is more difficult to cooperate.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Yang Xuan announced that in the future, he would appoint full-time commanders (responsible for the military affairs of the province) and governors in each theater to command his subordinate departments in the name of righteousness.

The military generals of the Ming Dynasty respected the commander-in-chief, and now when they heard that they would be divided into commanders, governors and other military positions, everyone rejoiced one by one, and said yes again and again.

Yang Xuan felt tired and was about to let everyone disperse, waiting for the battle again tomorrow, but Yuan Zongdi, the general of Dashun, stood up and said: "Lord Wang, there are a lot of damage to the Tartars in the first battle during the day today, plus the city wall is very damaged, and the Tartars are not good at defending the city at home, so from this point of view, the Tartars will definitely escape in these two days, and I hope that the prince will prepare early."

Yang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "General Yuan's worries are the same as I thought, if it weren't for the fact that Vice General Li Laiheng was still young, this king really wanted to transfer you over to help the military plane."

But having an old man in the family is a treasure, and your Yuan Zongdi can be regarded as a treasure in Li Laihengxie, and it is also a treasure in my volunteer army. ”

Yuan Zongdi had few soldiers and horses in Li Laiheng Town, and his descendants were less than hundreds, and now when he heard Yang Xuan say this, he immediately knelt down and expressed his willingness to work beside Yang Xuan.

Yang Xuan immediately appointed Yuan Zongdi, together with Zhao Ronggui, Wang Xiang and others, as deputy directors of the staff office to assist Wu Yanghu in his work, and Wang Zhiyao, Hong Zhenglong, Gao Wengui and others were responsible for the staff work.

Considering that everyone was quite tired during the day, Yang Xuan ordered the capital to return to the Cavalry Association, and Guo Chonglie's 3rd Town and Ma Wannian's command led the 1st Guard Town Association to guard the 1st Association in order to prevent the Tartars from fleeing north.