Seeing the arrival of his reinforcements, Zhang Qiang was no longer worried that the main force of the 1st Brigade of the Guards Brigade would be annihilated this time, he and some of the wounded, as well as the soldiers who couldn't walk, lay quietly on the hillside and watched the soldiers of the 9th Field Brigade pursue the enemy all over the mountains, and also saw the cavalry that was scattered all over the place by the enemy cavalry who kept coming out of the surroundings to pursue the enemy.

Ma Bao and his elite soldiers of the 4,000 Lu Army had been defeated, and the reinforcements were also quickly defeated, and now the mountains were full of cavalry brigade cavalry and Guards Regiment cavalry of the Guards Brigade pursuing the enemy, as well as soldiers of the Guards Brigade, soldiers of the Third Regiment of the Ninth Brigade, and soon he saw the figure of the main cavalry of the cavalry brigade of Gao Yigong.

With the sound of a trombone, at least 2,500 soldiers of the 3,000 soldiers of the Guards Brigade who were dragging behind the Guards Brigade joined the battle, and the enemy was defeated.

In the middle of the night, this pursuit was still going on, and countless tents, many camps, and countless torches had been erected around it, and the soldiers, under the command of the generals, were busy in and out, and countless prisoners were brought in from all directions and thrown into the camps of prisoners built with fences.

In the second half of the night, the 24th Field Brigade also rushed over, and immediately sent troops to guard the surroundings, and help collect prisoners and search for the remnants of the enemy's defeated generals.

Zhang Qiang slept beautifully in his Chinese army tent, and waited until three o'clock the next day to get up, and after washing, Zhang Qiang came to the hall in front of the Chinese army tent, where there were already twenty or thirty officers from various armies and brigades of the Chinese Army waiting for him.

After drinking a bowl of gruel, Zhang Qiang looked at these generals, many of them were very tired, but some of their faces were sad, some were excited, and some were expressionless.

The reason for this is that they arrive at different times on the battlefield, have different troop losses, are responsible for different enemies, and receive different credits.

Of course, the commanders of the three regiments of the Guards Brigade were saddened, because the losses of the 1st Guards Brigade were too heavy this time, and they lost 7,500 soldiers, of whom 4,000 were killed in battle, and more than 2,000 soldiers were seriously wounded, disabled, or lightly wounded.

And the more than 200 soldiers of his own personal guards, those who can be at least a commander of a guard brigade, and a small flag and a general flag in a field brigade, and put it in a second-class field brigade, that is, a general, a commander of the guards brigade is at least a general flag or a general, and even an officer who can be a commander of a thousand general battalions, and can serve as a commander of nearly 2,000 militia squadron leaders in the militia brigade. Even those who could be the commanders of the second-class field brigade are basically dead now, and only a dozen cavalrymen remain.

They were also wounded, and even the captain was killed in battle.

The soldiers of the Guards Regiment are also elites, and now more than 4,000 have died at once, and more than 2,000 have lost their combat effectiveness, and the 1st Brigade of the Guards Brigade can be said to have been disabled after this battle.

Sadly, there is also the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, which has been reorganized twice, and its strength has even exceeded the strength of the cavalry brigade, but after this battle, their strength is only half, 3,500 of them, 5,000 cavalry brigades have been killed in battle, 2,000 meters have been seriously injured and have lost their combat effectiveness, and more than 1,000 have been slightly injured and can return to the team.

Glad is the 24th Field Brigade, although they have also experienced a big battle, and this time after a long period of pursuit, they finally caught up with the end of this battle, and eliminated some of the small units of the Lu army that escaped, it can be said that they are very lucky, at least some credit.

The 27th Field Brigade did not catch up with the battle, nor did it catch up with the pursuit of the prisoners, and only arrived here this morning, so it could only take over the tasks of the first few units, stationed in the locality, and acted as a perimeter guard for these troops after the battle, so that these troops who had experienced the battle could rest, eat, and deal with the wounded.

The 3rd Regiment of the 9th Field Brigade was fortunate that they did not suffer much of their own, and after the battle they went to take the men who had been captured before, and then took turns to guard them all night, and only this morning they were freed from the task of chasing down the remnants of the enemy's defeated army and guarding the prisoners, and they also went down to rest.

The 1,000 cavalrymen of the 28th Field Brigade, who had been following them, finally returned more than 500 cavalry, and were later sent out to reconnoiter the enemy and recover the bodies of their comrades.

In addition, the 23rd Field Brigade sent a regiment of reinforcements over and was still on the way, and the 5th Field Brigade sent a regiment of reinforcements, which were also rushing over after receiving the order halfway through.

After that, 5,000 militiamen will come, and 3,000 brave people from the township will rush over, and the personal guard regiment will also send 1,000 cavalry to escort grain and grass over.

Zhang Qiang put down the porridge bowl and wiped his mouth, "Have you eaten?" ”

"Report to the Metropolitan Governor, the last general and others have already had breakfast, and they have come to listen to the instructions of the Metropolitan Governor." They all answered together.

"Well, let's report on the situation, I have already listened to the report of the guards before, and other things such as capture and prisoner placement, army food and grass, and the next arrangements, everyone can talk about it casually." Zhang Qiang said unhurriedly.

Everyone looked at each other, and a squad leader who served as the captain of Zhang Qiang's temporary personal soldiers whispered: "Report to the Governor, the corpses of the pro-guard have been found and have been properly placed, just wait for the coffin to be found and transported back to their hometown for burial." ”

"Well, leave this to the commander of the Guards Regiment and the regimental headquarters, and when the time comes, you can report to the regiment headquarters, well, the Guards will be like this, we have regulations to deal with these things, during this time, the remaining cavalry of the cavalry of the 28th Field Brigade will be temporarily incorporated into the Guards and under your command, in addition, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade will transfer 1,500 troops to join the Guards, and the strength of the Guards will be temporarily established at 2,000 people, and they will be handed over when the Guards cavalry of the Guards Regiment arrives, so that they can return to their original troops."

After speaking, he looked up at the three brigade commanders of the Guards Brigade, "Has the brigade headquarters rushed over?" ”

The commander of the first regiment said: "Report to the Governor, the brigade headquarters did not rush over, I heard that they met the enemy on the road, after some fighting, retreated to the ninth field brigade defense area, according to the intelligence sent in the early morning, a remnant of Ma Deli about 2,000 troops and a remnant of the Qing army on the road Ma bandit troops merged, the strength of about 4,000 troops, and the brigade headquarters after a big battle, the brigade headquarters was desperately short of troops and was defeated by the enemy, but also inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, Ma Deli fled with more than 1,000 troops, and the enemy's trace is not known at present. ”

"In that case, from now on, you will take over the position of brigade commander of the first brigade and temporarily serve as the commander of the first brigade. Your position will be taken over by the Deputy Head of Regiment, and the Deputy Head of the Regiment will be promoted to the Chief of Staff. ”

"Yes, Grand Duke."

Zhang Qiang held his forehead and thought about it, he was still very clear about this failure, this was because his command was unfavorable, he made the same mistake as Ma Bao, but Ma Bao made a mistake in the back, the front was very shrewd, he was shrewd in front and confused in the back, if it weren't for the previous scattered troops to come to help in time, he might not die, the Guards Brigade would protect him and withdraw, and he finally had to leave his troops and flee alone, just like the Ming generals and Qing generals who have always implemented this method to the end, but the first brigade of the Guards Brigade will be wiped out.