"I will kill them all to avenge my brethren!" Zhou Guodong gritted his teeth.

In the process of attacking Pizhen, his troops rushed the most fiercely, and the casualties were the largest, these soldiers were all Zhou Guodong's hometown children, and some were even his relatives, and they lost two or three hundred people at once in Pizhen, no wonder he was so distressed.

Tan Xiao and Lu Renqing also supported him, but Wang Sheng and Teng Shuanglin did not express their position, waiting for Wang Kefan to come up with an idea.

"No, rules are rules, military law is ruthless!" Wang Kefan's attitude was very resolute. Not counting the auxiliaries, the soldiers of the Gongyi battalion suffered hundreds of casualties in Pizhen, and he was also very distressed, but none of these prisoners could be killed.

In the military, we must stress discipline, military rules and discipline are the greatest, and personal feelings must be put aside, and we must neither bend the law for favoritism, nor indulge in killing prisoners to vent our anger; since there are regulations on preferential treatment of prisoners, we must implement them.

If this opening is opened, it will be similar to bandits who rob houses and houses, and the Gongyi battalion will continue to expand its army in the future, and it will encounter all kinds of situations, and the generals below will find a reason to not abide by military law, how can this army be managed?

"If you want to be a general, you can't act rashly...... Wang Kefan patted Zhou Guodong on the shoulder, patiently explained, and ordered someone to release those prisoners.

Unexpectedly, those captives did not leave and wanted to join the Gongyi battalion.

Called the two captive officers led by them over and asked, only to know that they had lost the warehouse land, and they would definitely be killed when they returned, and most of these hundreds of Qing soldiers were from the peasant army, and they had no home or mouth, and they were single, so they planned to join the Ming army.

"Why are you going back? Can't you run? "Wang Kefan doesn't want these prisoners very much, if it's normal times, it doesn't matter if he takes them, but the Gongyi battalion is preparing to break through, and these prisoners are a bit cumbersome.

"Back to the general's words. We can't escape......" The captive officer's answer was very realistic, there were Qing troops everywhere around Pizhen, and these hundreds of captives wanted to be deserters, and they would definitely be captured back, and they would have a chance to survive with the Gongyi battalion.

Wang Kefan thought about it for a while and agreed to them, but he only gave them the treatment of prisoners, and he had to act as a long man who carried grain and grass, without any weapons, and he had to accept the care of the Gongyi battalion...... was watched by thousands of Ming troops. A few hundred captives with their bare hands didn't make much of a mess.

As soon as the qiē was processed, the Gongyi battalion retreated in time.

Pizhen is an important port on the Ganjiang River, and there are many ships parked at the wharf, although most of them have fled, but Ti Zhaorong still grabbed six or seven big ships.

Hundreds of wounded soldiers were all on board. The silver and armor materials that were stolen were also consigned with the ship, and the Gongyi battalion retreated north along the Gan River. Avoid Jin Shenghuan, who was coming from Ganzhou.

Depart Pitty in the evening. The Gongyi battalion marched overnight, passed Wan'an County on the morning of the third day, met the Ji'an volunteers who came to meet them, and then abandoned the ship and landed, turned to the west, and retreated in the direction of Jinggangshan.

In order to confuse the Qing army along the road. When the Gongyi battalion retreated, they all put on the uniforms of the Qing army and raised two green flags, but after entering the mountainous area, they did not wait for Wang Kefan's order. The soldiers all took off their brand-new Qing army uniforms, put on shabby Ming army uniforms again, and raised the red flag of the Ming army and the battalion flag of the Gongyi battalion.

Wang Kefan was not angry, but was very happy -- this unit now has its own sense of honor.

The Gongyi battalion stormed Pizhen, with nearly 1,000 casualties, which was the largest loss since the formation of the army.

But for the victory of the Battle of Ganzhou, this is the price that must be paid.

From a military point of view, Ganzhou is the first Xiongguan in South China, a place where soldiers must fight, and has irreplaceable strategic significance for Nanming. If Ganzhou is lost, not only will the gateway to Liangguang be opened, but the flank of Huguang will also be threatened by the Qing army, and the northern part of Jiangxi will be rootless and will be completely occupied by the Qing army.

In real history, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren occupied most of Jiangxi after anyway, but the Jiangning Green Battalion of Gao Jinku refused to surrender and defended Ganzhou.

In order to open up the connection with Liangguang, Jin Shenghuan led an army of 100,000 to besiege Ganzhou, but Ganzhou was too difficult to fight, Jin Shenghuan was forced to return and defend Nanchang City, and was besieged by the Qing army. After Li Chengdong was anyway, he also led a large army to attack Ganzhou, but he was also frustrated under the fortified city and was defeated and died.

It is easy to lose Ganzhou, and it is difficult to regain it!

Wang Kefan raided Pizhen, time was pressing, and without full preparation, he fought a tough battle, which was a cruel test for the Gongyi battalion.

Since the formation of the Gongyi Battalion, although it has won many battles, it has not gnawed any hard bones after carefully studying the past examples. The elimination of Borhui was based on geographical advantages and preparations, the transfer to Jiangxi was to focus on finding the enemy's weak link, the two dozen Ji'an Prefectures were local superior forces, and the burning of Tingzhou was to lure the enemy deep and win by strategy......

The troops that cannot be defeated and dragged down are never trained, but fought through brutal battles again and again.

In the old time and space, the People's Liberation Army had two famous ace troops, the 38th Army and the 45th Army, and when they opened their military history, it was one after another vicious battles, one bloody battle after another, and the cruel test of the Guò battlefield that they could fight stronger and stronger.

An army that has not gnawed hard bones, an army that has not fought against the wind, will always be a second-rate army, and only by fighting a bloody way in the face of adversity can it truly become a strong army.

A real strong army, have their own spirit and soul, with a lofty sense of honor, through the battle of Guò Pizhen, the Gongyi battalion has been tempered, sublimated, there is already a shadow of a strong army, as long as you don't go to the plains in the north, even if you fight with the elite of the Eight Banners, the Gongyi battalion is enough to match.

After leaving Huguang, Wang Sheng and other generals are also growing, from the original scholars to lead the troops, step by step into real professional officers, through all kinds of battles, their experience is getting richer and richer, throwing off the first few military books as a guideline, really familiar with the war, understand the war, can make correct commands according to the actual situation, and gradually can take charge of the party.

With the clothes stained with dust and the battle flag like blood, the Gongyi battalion moved forward firmly along the rugged mountain road......

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In the early morning of the second day after the withdrawal of the Gongyi battalion, Jin Shenghuan led an army of 20,000 to Pizhen by boat.

The Qing army reinforcements from other strongholds had already arrived, and they were busy in the ruins overnight, and the Gongyi battalion was in a hurry, and the battlefield was not fully cleaned, so these Qing army reinforcements hurriedly got busy, making a look of making up for their merits, so as not to be angered by Jin Dashuai.

Jin Shenghuan was really furious and beheaded all the remnants of the defenders of Pizhen!

The hundreds of heads of the wounded and routed soldiers were piled up into a bloody hill, and Jin Shenghuan still couldn't breathe this breath, sitting in the handsome tent in a silent daze, like a mourner.

Jin Shenghuan didn't read much of the soldiers' books, but he had a lot of actual combat experience, and he certainly understood that the Battle of Ganzhou had failed.

The Qing army went south to Ganzhou a few months ago, and after repeated wars, the villages and towns near Ganzhou were empty, and the Qing army was unable to replenish supplies on the spot, so it could only rely on rear support.

In order to win this battle, Jin Shenghuan squeezed out the northern and central regions of Jiangxi, and begged Hong Chengchou in Nanjing to tell his grandfather and grandmother, and set up a military order with his head as a guarantee, and finally asked for this batch of grain and grass materials, but was burned clean by the Gongyi battalion.

The terrain of Ganzhou is dangerous, the city is strong, it is not possible to take it in three or two days, it must be besieged for a long time, and it is possible to break through it with repeated attacks. Jin Shenghuan's 100,000 army, plus tens of thousands of civilians accompanying the army, consumed an astronomical amount of materials every day, and after the warehouse in Pizhen was burned down, this plan has been completely ruined.

"It's time to think about how to retreat." A thought flashed through Jin Shenghuan's heart. Ganzhou can't be defeated, Hong Chengchou will definitely not be able to explain, that old man will definitely not let go of himself, the most important thing now is to keep his strength, as long as the Manchu master feels that he is useful, he does not need to be afraid of Hong Chengchou.

There is still some food in the barracks on the front line, and there is no problem in supporting it for 10 days and half a month, so we can quickly withdraw while the army is still in turmoil, and spread the troops to various state capitals, so that they can get food on the spot, so that they can get through this hurdle...... If it drags on for too long, it will be bitten hard by the Ming army in Ganzhou City, and the battle will be lost, and even the territory that has been occupied will be lost.

It is even more unrealistic to move troops to the Qing court, Jiangxi is not short of soldiers now, what is lacking is food.

Although Bolo's army was in Fujian, Jin Shenghuan didn't want them to interfere in the Battle of Ganzhou. Bolo has always wanted to find him trouble, if the Qing army from Fujian is invited to Ganzhou, there is no credit for winning the battle, but the defeat will definitely make him bear the blame......

"Go, bring up that Ming army spy." Jin Shenghuan suddenly ordered.

When he left Ganzhou, Emperor Longwu in the city sent an envoy, and Jin Shenghuan was busy sending troops at that time, so he locked up this envoy directly and took him to Pizhen with the ship.

After the messenger was brought up, he took out a handwritten letter from Emperor Longwu and handed it to Jin Shenghuan.

Jin Shenghuan opened it and took a closer look, this was a letter of persuasion, sprinkled a large article, persuading him to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway and erect a flag to resist the Qing Dynasty.

"Joke, my 100,000 army is besieging Ganzhou, it's you who should surrender!"

Jin Shenghuan laughed, slammed the letter on the table, squinted his eyes and glared at the messenger viciously, until the other party's face changed a few times, then he pouted and said: "Hmph, even if you still have a little guts, the two countries will not fight each other, let you go." ”

"Ah, is this really true?" The messenger thought he was going to die, but when he heard him say this, he couldn't believe it for a while.

Hearing only the sound of "pop", Jin Shenghuan casually threw over a token and gave it to the messenger as a pass, the messenger hurriedly picked it up, saluted Jin Shenghuan, and hurriedly went out to leave.

Jin Shenghuan waited for him to go away, picked up the letter from the table, read it carefully, and then fell into deep thought. (To be continued......)