"If you don't invite the banner of righteousness, don't hit the dignified array, and this person will also be a changer." When Raussa turned his head back at the Ming army with his empty men, he realized that he had lost his chance to defeat the enemy.

The crazy action of the Ming soldiers holding the powder keg and their own cavalry to die together consumed the last courage of their own cavalry, so that when Rausa turned back, the Manchu cavalry that had previously attacked the Ming army had retreated. The 3 or 40 cavalry led by Rausa still had to face a neat array of Ming troops.

After the most critical moment just now, these Ming soldiers were obviously in the highest state of morale, looking into the eyes of these Ming soldiers, Rausa knew that he was only hurting the lives of his own soldiers if he launched a charge at this moment.

When he was still more than twenty steps away from the Ming army array, Rausa finally turned his horse's head and guided his subordinates to pass rampantly in front of the Ming army array. This made the Ming commander on the opposite side also breathe a sigh of relief, just now in order to support the two sides that were attacked, these Ming soldiers had already fired the bullets of the muskets in their hands, and they had not had time to reload yet.

The avoidance of the Qing cavalry finally gave them a chance to breathe. When Lausa bypassed the Ming army and reunited with his subordinates, he found that he had lost at least 40 horsemen in the charge just now, half of which were the old Eight Banners who had followed him for many years, which made him very distressed.

After all, an old Eight Banners is enough to be worth three young Eight Banners on the battlefield, and many people have been trained by previous major battles such as the Battle of Salhu, but they are not comparable to the children of the Eight Banners who are young and not more troublesome now.

And just when he was counting his losses, Tong Gar, who was sent by him to seize the artillery position of the Ming army, also ran back crying, and before he reached Laussa, he had already cried loudly: "Those Ming people are too vicious, while we are entangled with their soldiers, they directly fire artillery on the battlefield, and more than 20 horsemen I rushed to the front were killed by the artillery of the Ming army..."

Lausa looked at the soulless cavalry behind Tong Gar with a pale face, and didn't know what to say. He misestimated the speed of the entire Ming army, and finally knocked over a pot of rice that was about to be cooked.

Looking at these panting subordinates around him, Rausa knew that his subordinates were also at the end of their crossbows. They were not cattle when they were full of people, and it was quite a good achievement to be able to launch an attack like this once after several days of forced marching.

If you continue to attack, you will only waste your physical strength and horsepower, and you will not be able to do it once. The cavalry, having lost their speed, in the face of these enemies who were so tough and insane, undoubtedly went to their deaths.

Under the gaze of his subordinates, Rausa finally spoke: "The defenders in the city should always react now, let them go out of the city to fight in the field, and entangle this Ming army." Let's rest first, feed the horses and water them, and slow down our strength first, Yaozhou is 50 miles away from Yingkou, I don't believe they can fly back..."

Li You, who was standing in the middle of the formation and paying attention to the movements of the Qing cavalry, was relieved to see these cavalry dismount and start to rest, but he couldn't help but worry. The Qing army's abandonment of continuing the offensive certainly gave him time to adjust his forces to deal with it, but it also meant that the opponent's commander was not a brute force, which also meant that the opponent's next attack might be more deadly.

In the battle just now, the Ming army lost nearly 100 people, and compared with the corpses left by the Qing army, the battle loss ratio was almost 2:1. For every two Ming casualties, one Qing cavalry died.

This is still because the Ming army controlled the battlefield, so the wounded were rescued, otherwise the losses of the Ming army would be greater. Perhaps such a record will be considered a big victory by some officials when it reaches the rear, but for Li You, such a record is his own defeat.

He was not one of those officials who stayed away from the battlefield, and for those officials, the casualties of the Ming army were a number. But for him, every soldier who died here was a living person, a comrade he could name, who had eaten, trained, and talked with in the past few years, and every time he saw a corpse carried over, he couldn't help but crouch down to listen to his heartbeat, hoping that the other party would just faint.

However, every time he stood up in extreme disappointment, just as he was immersed in his grief, suddenly a loud and abusive voice came from behind him, which made Li You very angry.

He turned around and scolded: "When have you been stepping on the horse, you are still making trouble, what are you making trouble?" With such strength, why didn't you take it out just now. Look at your comrades on the earth, and don't you feel ashamed..."

Under Li You's reprimand, Liu He, the platoon commander of the second platoon, let go of the hand holding the artillery captain's neckline, but he still said with red eyes: "Report to the battalion commander, I was ordered to go to the artillery position to assist in the defense, but this brute opened fire on my soldiers and killed more than ten of our platoon comrades..."

Li You immediately shifted his gaze to the face of Artillery Captain Zhang Xiong, and asked in an unkind tone: "Is this the case?" Captain Zhang. ”

Although the corners of Zhang Xiong's eyes were dark, he still tried to stand up straight, saluted Li You and replied: "Report to the chief, Captain Zhang didn't say everything, his team failed to line up in time when they arrived at the position, causing the Qing cavalry to directly break through his ranks.

In order to ensure that the artillery did not fall into the hands of the Qing army, I had to order the Qing cavalry to fire scattered bullets before Ensign Zhang's men broke up. I regret the casualties, but I am only enforcing the artillery regulations. ”

Li You frowned and looked at his subordinates and asked, "Is what Captain Zhang said the truth?" ”

Liu He was still in a state of anger at this time, he didn't answer Li You's question directly, but shouted repeatedly: "Even so, he can't give the order to fire at his own people..."

Li You finally understood that what Zhang Xiong said was obviously the truth, and he only calmed down a little about this situation, and then decisively said: "We came across the sea to fight for Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty, and it is inevitable that we will be injured by our own people on the battlefield." If this kind of account is not counted on the enemy, should it be counted on one's own people?

And if Captain Zhang didn't open fire on the enemy troops who were rushing towards the artillery, would he have to throw the artillery to those Qing troops? Let them attack us with artillery? Liu He, I can tolerate you grieving once because of the death of your subordinates, but if you remember that you are a soldier of the Guard, don't blame others for your incompetence.

If you were able to command your subordinates to block the onslaught of the Qing cavalry, would such a thing still happen? ”

The soldiers of the Guards next to them were still indignant for the sympathy of Liu He's subordinates, but after listening to Li You's words, they were a little unsure of what was right or wrong. Yes, if these Qing cavalry were allowed to seize the artillery, everyone would probably be buried here.

After understanding Zhang Xiong's intention to open fire, many people felt that both sides were actually wrong, and it was just a tragedy. So I couldn't help but whisper to persuade Liu He not to continue to dwell on this matter.

When Liu He's mind was still confused, Li You had already spoken again: "Liu He, did you hit the wound on Captain Zhang's face?" ”

Liu He replied in a somewhat dazed whisper: "Yes." ”

Li You looked at him, then at Zhang Xiong, and then said sternly: "The following Ling Shang, even if it is usual, it is a serious crime." Do you know that we are still at war with the Qing army, and with your current behavior, I can directly use military law to deal with you..."

The onlookers of the Ming army officers suddenly looked stunned, and they knew that Li You was not scaring Liu He. In the spirit of comradeship, these officers made Liu He confess his guilt while pleading with Li You.

But Li You just looked at Zhang Xiong silently, and under the gaze of Li You, Zhang Xiong finally couldn't bear the pressure and pleaded with Li You for Liu He, thinking that he was just impulsive, not deliberately insulting Shangguan.

Seeing Zhang Xiong come out to plead, Li You finally breathed a sigh of relief. If this matter is not dealt with on the spot, the minimum punishment for Liu He after he goes back is to be dismissed and retired, which is obviously too cruel to his subordinate.

He nodded at Zhang Xiong, and then opened his mouth to punish: "Liu He, you violated military discipline on the battlefield, I will now deprive you of the position of platoon commander, transfer to the baggage unit to obey orders, and the second platoon will be commanded by the platoon deputy." Now that we are all disbanded, we will all return to our respective posts, and we are not over the battle yet..."

Under Li You's quick knife to cut through the mess, a controversy that might have caused internal division died down. The officers dispersed and returned to their posts.

At this time, Li You's deputy had time to say to him anxiously: "Battalion commander, the number of these fallen comrades and those who are injured and unable to walk exceeds 130 people, and we don't have so many vehicles to transport them back now..."

Li You glanced at the artillery captain who was about to turn around and leave, and while calling out to stop him, he replied to his deputy: "There will be a vehicle, you can carefully screen it again, you must not pull down a comrade, I will definitely bring them back." ”

When Zhang Xiong stopped and turned to face Li You, who was walking towards him, he was ready to salute, but unexpectedly, the other party suddenly punched him hard in the abdomen, and he even vomited the water in his stomach, and the whole person bent down and shrunk like a shrimp, and it took a long time to straighten up.

Li You said in his ear: "Maybe what you did was in line with the regulations, but it doesn't mean that you are right." Please remember that comrades in the army are not consumables that can be sacrificed at will, and next time, I will make you unable to stay in the army. ”

Although Zhang Xiong's face was ugly, he still reluctantly saluted Li You and said, "Thank you for the teachings of the chief, the lower officials will definitely remember it." If the commander has no other instructions, I will go back to the position first. ”

Li You looked into his eyes and said word by word: "After dark, the two 12-pound guns were destroyed, and we couldn't take them with us when we retreated, and the artillery vehicles were handed over to the baggage troops..."

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