Cao Wenzhao didn't know that the infantry had been completely wiped out before he fell unconscious, but he knew that he was ambushed by the Mandate of Heaven Army, and the remaining dozens of infantry would inevitably be more auspicious, and the two thousand infantry were gone.

But the subordinate officers were wrong, thinking that the general soldier was going to save the infantry behind, so he took two hundred households of Guanning cavalry, returning from the valley road, the cavalry are all two horses, if there are not many infantry, just can quickly escape from danger on horseback.

Hidden in the dense forest on both sides were the gunners of the five hundred households of the Ma Youshui Division, after completely annihilating the remnants of dozens of infantry of Cao Wenzhao's department, knowing that there were no enemy soldiers behind, and were about to come out of the dense forest, there was a sudden movement from the east of the valley road.

The sound of horses' hooves was particularly frightening in this secluded valley, and the horses had their traces when they landed, "Could it be that the Guanning cavalry came to die again?" ”

More than 200 Guanning cavalry pulled out a long line of nearly two miles on the valley road, they didn't know that the infantry had been completely annihilated, but the road was still under the Guguan city.

But at the end of the valley road, when I encountered the corpses of the infantrymen, I knew that it was not good, but it was too late.

Ma Youshui saw that there were only more than 200 cavalry people, and he was a little disappointed in his heart, Zhou Bin annihilated hundreds of cavalry of Mai Li cadres in Kadang City, and also created a record of zero deaths.

He immediately conveyed the order to his subordinates: only shoot people, not horses, and they must be completely annihilated!

"Bang...... Bang...... Bang......"

Dozens of horsemen, falling from their horses, hit the ground, and then rolled away on the gentle slopes on both sides.

The Guanning cavalry did not carry shields, this time, the gunners on both sides were all volleys, they were stunned for a while, and the wounded soldiers screamed to the sky, so that everyone came to their senses.

Although the casualties were heavy, the pride of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, at this moment, was the upper hand, and the leading commander was furious for a while, and immediately divided his troops, wanting to pounce into the trees on both sides and wipe out these turtle-like Heavenly Mandate Army.

But after descending the gentle slope, they found that after the gentle slope, there was still a deep ditch, not to mention how the cavalry could pass in the dense forest, such a deep ditch, the war horses could not go down at all.

"My lord, what should I do?"

In the face of such terrain, the powerful Guanning cavalry could only sigh with admiration, and he whipped the trees on the side of the road, cleaning up the remnants of the army, and wanted to withdraw from the valley road.

But if the horses have water, will they let them escape? During this period of time when the cavalry was stunned, the gunners had already completed a round of shooting, and more than 500 bullets had already shot down most of the cavalry.

The valley road is narrow, and it is not easy for the cavalry to turn around, and there are gunners who are eyeing it!

After a while, Gu Dao returned to calm, Ma Youshui waited for a quarter of an hour, and saw that there was no movement outside Gu Dao, so he took his brothers out to clean up the battlefield.

"My lord, the Guanning cavalry is nothing more than that!"

"It's a pity that there are two hundred households here, if all the cavalry comes, we can also gather and annihilate!"

"My lord, what about these horses?"

……

The gunners were chattering while unsheathing their waist knives and harvesting the wounded, fortunately these so-called Guanning cavalry came, otherwise, in this battle of Guguan, they almost did not get military merits.

Although they shot less than the 500th Ming army, they got the spoils of war, and these hundreds of war horses have always been highly valued by the Metropolitan Governor.

Ma Youshui has been thinking about it, what is the power of the Guanning Iron Cavalry that the Metropolitan Governor said, in front of the rifle, they are only abused, he didn't expect that this is on the narrow valley road in the mountains, and the cavalry is being attacked again, if it is in the open field......

I couldn't figure it out for a while, Ma Youshui didn't bother to worry about it, anyway, he went back to ask the governor of Dadu, he gathered his war horses, took the soldiers back to Guguan, and reported the battle situation to Li Zicheng.

The auxiliaries also wanted to ask for some military merits, Li Zicheng asked them to go to the gate to clean up the battlefield, burn and bury the corpses, dismember the dead and seriously injured horses, transport the horse meat back to the city, and hold a horse meat banquet at night.

After waiting for more than an hour, Liu Yunshui's troops returned to Guguan, and at this point, the battlefield battles that took place under Guguan had all ended, and Li Zicheng immediately summoned Ma Youshui, Zhou Bin, and Liu Yunshui, three thousand-household officials, in the camp.

After the three of them bowed, Li Zicheng first asked them to report the results of the battle in order to record their exploits.

Liu Yunshui has always been fast-talking, but this battle, he only got the end, and the result was the smallest, so he sat firmly on the wooden chair and didn't say a word.

So Ma Youshui said: "The Governor of the Great Metropolis, two thousand households, the sixth thousand households this time outside the Guguan City, shot and killed seventy-eight infantry of Cao Wenzhao's army, and successfully completed the task of total annihilation, in addition, unexpectedly met two hundred households of the so-called Guanning Iron Cavalry, the brothers lived up to expectations, annihilated the cavalry, and captured three hundred and forty-two war horses!" ”

"So many war horses?" Liu Yunshui was shocked, but at the same time full of expectations, so he set his eyes on Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng said: "I'll talk about the distribution of the results later, Zhou Bin, Yunshui, you first talk about your respective results." ”

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor," Zhou Bin said loudly: "According to the statistics of the auxiliary soldiers who cleaned the battlefield, the five hundred households annihilated two thousand and twenty-three people under the city, seized a large number of bows and arrows, weapons, and found more than 3,000 taels of silver from the corpses of the Ming army!" ”

"Haha, it seems that the army of the imperial court is doing well!" Li Zicheng laughed.

"Governor Dadu, if the imperial court can issue sufficient food and wages, the soldiers will not join the thieves," Liu Yunshui pouted, "According to the subordinates, it wasn't looted along the way?" ”

"Yunshui is right," Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Yunshui, how are the results of your battle?" ”

Liu Yunshui suddenly said with a bitter face: "Governor, subordinates...... When his subordinates saw Cao Wen's edict retreating, they concentrated their cavalry to pursue them for ten miles, killing more than 20 people of the Ming army after the break, and getting 18 war horses......"

"Compared with Youshui and Zhou Bin's two steps, these results are indeed less," Li Zicheng knew that Liu Yunshui was uncomfortable, so he smiled and said: "In this battle, who plays a greater role?" ”

"Ah......" The three of them immediately looked at each other, from the bottom of their hearts, they all thought that they had the greatest effect, but in front of the Grand Duke, how could they say such boastful words?

"Actually, depending on their respective roles in the battle, we first have to see whether they have completed their respective tasks," Li Zicheng paused, giving the three of them a short time to think, and said: "Zhou Binbu can annihilate more than 2,000 Ming infantry under the city, which exceeds my expectations and reduces the pressure on the ambush of Youshui; Youshui not only annihilated the remnants of the Ming infantry, but even annihilated two hundred cavalry and obtained hundreds of war horses, which was also an overfulfilled task; As for the Ministry of Yunshui......"

Li Zicheng picked up the tea, took a sip, put down the tea cup again, and said: "The Yunshui Department originally didn't need to participate in the battle, as long as it contained the cavalry of Cao Wenzhao's department, but now, not only did it annihilate more than 20 Guanning cavalry, but also captured more than ten war horses, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy!" ”

Liu Yunshui breathed a sigh of relief, and finally showed a knowing smile on his originally anxious face, "Metropolitan Governor ......"

Li Zicheng said: "I just said the results of the battle, you can talk about your own losses, there is water, or you come first!" ”

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor," Ma Youshui said loudly: "There are no deaths in our department, only more than ten soldiers were slightly scratched when climbing the mountain, and they don't need medical treatment, they will be recuperated for two days!" ”

Li Zicheng smiled silently and set his eyes on Zhou Bin.

Zhou Bin hurriedly said: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, our department did not have close contact with the Ming army, but more than ten soldiers were injured by bows and arrows, including five seriously injured soldiers, but none of them were in danger of life!" ”

When it was Liu Yunshui's turn, he squeaked and whined again: "Governor Dadu, when our troops were in the final pursuit, they fought fiercely with the Ming cavalry, and the brothers died five people, and another twelve people were injured......

"It's better than I imagined," Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "Especially the infantry of Yunshui and Zhou Bin, relying on the advantage of rifle range, did not lose their positions, and did not die, this will be the goal we will pursue in the future!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

"As for the Yunshui Division, there are sixteen casualties, it doesn't matter, the cavalry is hand-to-hand combat, how can there be no casualties? If the soldiers are injured or wounded, immediately let the auxiliaries replenish them, and these war horses, all of them will be handed over to your department, and the auxiliaries will be armed as soon as possible! ”

Liu Yunshui was stunned for a while, although he was worried about these war horses, but the Metropolitan Governor handed over all the war horses to him, he really didn't expect that he originally had six hundred cavalry, plus these three hundred and sixty war horses, and could arm close to four hundred households, which ...... His subordinates are almost real cavalry thousands!

It was Ma Youshui who poked him with his hand before he came to his senses and hurriedly bowed to the ground, "Thank you, my subordinates, Governor!" ”

"Haha, Yunshui doesn't need to be polite, get up!" Li Zicheng laughed, this Liu Yunshui is really the material of the cavalry leader, in front of Cao Wenzhao's Guanning Iron Cavalry, he also dares to chase and fight, and he does not fall behind, good steel is used on the blade, and the war horse is naturally used by him first.

As for Li Guo, Xining itself still has some horse farms, and when the horses are mature, gradually add war horses to him!

Subsequently, the four of them also discussed the gains and losses of this battle, even if it is a big victory, there are many things that need to be improved, and the accumulation of battlefield experience step by step is the road to the growth of famous generals.

During the discussion, Zhou Bin once again raised the issue of the shield of the Ming army, which made Li Zicheng's heart moved, yes, the regular soldiers of the Ming army will have the protection of the shield, and the shield is almost the nemesis of the rifle.

It seems that the matter of artillery, which I thought of last time, should be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

If there is a regret in this battle, it is that Cao Wenzhao slipped through the net, but Li Zicheng doesn't mind too much, although he is a famous general recognized by the imperial court, but for the Tianming Army, such a famous general really has no meaning.

In addition to cavalry, the Mandate of Heaven Army almost does not need hand-to-hand combat, as long as it is trained in accordance with the military discipline of the Mandate of Heaven, soldiers are like products produced on the assembly line, and the requirements for the personal ability of the generals are not too high.

Among the seven thousand households of the Heavenly Mandate Army, Qin Danian, Li Ji, Zhou Bin, and Song Wen are all generals, and Liu Yunshui, Li Guo, and Ma Youshui are extremely young, but they can also win battles.

Besides, Cao Wenzhao's name was fought in an asymmetrical battle with thieves in Shaanxi, and he had the ability to try it in Liaodong, in Liaodong, in the battle with Yu Tatar, Cao Wenzhao never brilliant.

If he can make a name for himself in the battle with Liaodong and Tartar, Li Zicheng will admit that he is a famous general, Cao Wenzhao is not, Hong Chengchou, Yuan Chonghuan, and Zu Dashou are also not, and the only thing that Li Zicheng admires is the so-called emperor Sun Chengzong.

That night, Guguan was very lively, in addition to horse meat, there were salted fish, as well as fresh mutton and pork just shipped, the joy of victory, plus rich meat, the soldiers seemed to pass the new yuan in advance, but unfortunately there was no wine, and there was no fruit building in Guguan, otherwise......

Li Zicheng accompanied the officers for a while, and after dinner, he was about to go back to the camp to rest, but a personal soldier hurriedly ran over, "Governor, a message from the Red Stone Cliff!" ”