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Five days after withdrawing from the Horqin Division, Yang Sisun received information that he knew the news of the battle between the Gun Cavalry Regiment and the Jurchens in the Bahrain Division.

At the same time as the 7th Infantry Regiment retreated, the 1st Cavalry Regiment also began to retreat, they had a lot of wounded, and they had to beware of the Jurchens following and chasing, the pace of retreat was very slow, and half a month after the battle, the 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 7th Infantry Regiment, and a retreating artillery battalion converged in the old Kaiping Zuotunwei old place.

Two main regiments plus a dozen brigades of baggage troops provided supplies along the way, plus an artillery battalion, and a feeling of strength and strength immediately came out.

However, the morale of the cavalry regiment was still very low.

More than 30 seriously wounded and more than 30 people died, and nearly 500 officers and men were killed in battle; now there are less than 3,000 people in the first cavalry regiment, and the first brigade has suffered the most serious casualties; Wang Jingzhong, the commander of the brigade, has not recovered from serious injuries; Liu Jingrong, the deputy commander, has not recovered from his serious injuries; Liu Jingrong, the deputy commander, has been missing, and only Li Shaochuan, a military judge at the regimental level, is safe and sound, but the military judge cannot be responsible for command, and can only be temporarily replaced by the commander of the first battalion of a brigade.

The entire brigade of senior officers suffered heavy losses, more than 230 ordinary officers and men were killed in the battle, close to half of the number of casualties in the whole regiment, and the number of seriously wounded and lightly wounded was also very large, and the loss of the entire brigade exceeded 30 percent, which was enough for the ordinary army to collapse, even for the merchant army, it was enough to demoralize the upper and lower levels, but fortunately, it was only demoralized, and it was not to the point of breaking the backbone.

When the army arrived at the old land of Kaipingwei, the time was close to early autumn, at least on the grassland, and it was quite cool in the morning and evening.

This was a dangerous time, the nomadic horses were at their fattest, and the soldiers did not need to prepare hay for the winter, nor did they need to raise horses, and the herds were strong enough to provide enough meat and cheese for the soldiers to eat.

Duo'er held a pre-military meeting with Du Fulei, Yang Sisun, Wang Yiji and others, and decided that the troops should be temporarily stationed in place to restore their physical strength and morale, the infantry regiment and the baggage were responsible for defending and building a defensive line, and the cavalry regiment and artillery battalion were to rest and recuperate.

Although there is no higher-level command, the internal system of the Shangtuan Army is enough to solve such troubles and problems, and what is lacking is the person who makes a decision on the battlefield and is ultimately responsible, so Zhang Han is already planning to appoint a division-level commander, who can command tens of thousands of troops at a time.

Duo'er was frustrated by this, the battle of the Gun Cavalry Regiment was not beautiful, and the result after the collision could not be said to be a fiasco, but it could be said that the war was unfavorable.

Of course, if it is still a big victory by the standards of the Ming army, it is a pity that the merchant army will never measure the strength of its side by the standards of the Ming army.

Zuotunwei is set up by the Ming Dynasty, in the Yuan Dynasty is the boundary of the old capital of Kaiping, later the Ming Dynasty also gave up this place, changed to the pasture of the Karaqin Divisions, people saw a lot of Yuan and more than 200 years ago when the Ming Dynasty set up the old site of the Tunwei, the ruins of the wall make people feel the vicissitudes of time.

The location of the camp is very good, close to a small Haizi, in later generations it became a Manchu autonomous county, the small lake formed by this Haizi also became a tourist attraction, in the Qing season, it is a part of the famous Mulan paddock, you can imagine how good the scenery is.

There are some small hills everywhere, the leaves begin to turn yellow in early autumn, there are some obvious roads that have become paths leading to the forest, the periphery is low shrubs, also yellowed, the path leads straight to the mountain, the layers of woods are not dense, walk in them, step on the thick fallen leaves, the air is very good, rabbits and badgers, roe deer and other animals are the most, there are also many pheasants, after the soldiers settle down, many people run to hunt, in the evening everyone is full of prey, the camp is full of roast meat every day.

In such an environment, people's morale recovered quickly, and the injuries of Wang Jingzhong and other seriously injured people quickly stabilized.

A few days later, Ren Jing led the ninth regiment stationed in Angu Linao to the south to guard, Zuotun guard here soldiers and horses are stronger, Karaqin people were scared half dead, according to the sentry cavalry reconnaissance, Baihong Dataiji has gathered all the Dingkou, the soldiers and horses are in the southwest direction, in the north of Zhangjiakou nomadic herding, the north is to avoid and Yusheng's soldiers, and the Ming garrison of Xuanfu and Jizhen two towns is scared half to death, the Ming court is also very nervous, Xingwen ordered Datong and Yulin towns to be on guard together, and there are warning signals on the entire nine sides.

The generals of the merchant army did not know this, and even if they knew, they didn't care, looking at the ten-day rest period was approaching, there was no movement in the Chahar Department for the time being, only a few rangers came here, and were driven away by the cavalry, and finally everyone held a meeting, and before receiving the specific instructions of the military department, the Ministry of Jing replied to the place to garrison, and the rest of the departments continued to slowly retreat to the northwest to the old central capital.

"It's a great place." Yang Sisun pointed to the front and said: "There are big lakes and mountains, there are dense forests and grasslands, the terrain is gentle but not steep, and there are a lot of prey, when I am old, please grant the closed fields here, sit on the income of tens of thousands of acres of land, build a big house with more than 100 houses by the lake, and ask people to follow the example of the Yangzhou salt merchant's courtyard, and I will live the second half of my life comfortably." ”

Before leaving, Yang Sisun invited middle and senior officers to hunt and play together, and everyone had a rare gathering, but they were not affectionate, and almost all of them who were invited came.

Everyone was fascinated by the scenery, and Ren Jing praised: "There are many beautiful places on the grassland, but Kaiping is indeed a rare and excellent place with excellent scenery, and it is no wonder that the Yuan Dynasty once established its capital here." ”

"It's also a strategic location." Duo'er said: "The old Yuan Lidu, the Ming Dynasty guarded, and geographically it is also a very important place. ”

Ren Jing smiled and said: "Lao Yang, you will settle down here in the future, and I will also be here, how about we have a partner, be neighbors, and then get married?" ”

"Medium." Yang Sisun said with a big grin: "What else is there to say between us, that is, the two of us are all fucking now, and we don't have a daughter-in-law who has a fart." ”

"Dona few concubines, you have everything."

"Don't give birth to concubines." Yang Sisun said: "At the very least, it has to be born like a lady to count." ”

"Then it's decided."

Several regimental commanders were giggling and laughing, the rest of the officers were either hunting with firearms or bows and arrows, or they were already setting up shelves to prepare for barbecue, a group of fishermen were already fishing when they arrived at the lake, a few pots were cooking soup on the fire, the fish were easily hooked, and fresh fish soup was more attractive than barbecue.

Someone shouted by the lake, asking several regiment commanders to go to the lake to drink soup, Yang Sisun and others heard it, and walked to the lake from the tree-lined path covered with fallen leaves.

The sounds of hunting all around fell silent, save for the rustle of leaves in the wind.

There are also occasional birdsong and faint roars of beasts.

Surrounded by forested forests, tree-lined paths are hidden, and out of the low shrubs are flat meadows.

Walking to the lake, the color of the water and the water brought by the lake hit the face, which made people feel refreshed.

The surface of the lake is calm and blue, and you can't see the edge at a glance, like a large blue gem.

The commander of a brigade smiled at Yang Sisun and the others: "The fish here is big and fat, the water quality is good, and the fish meat is fresh. ”

Yang Sisun saw that there were white mushrooms floating in the pot, and scolded with a smile: "You can recognize these mushrooms, don't be poisonous, if a group of senior officers of our merchant army did not die in the hands of the captive riders, but were poisoned by a few mushrooms, it would be a laughing stock to spread the word, and it would be a laughing stock after a hundred years." ”

The officer smiled and said, "Of course I know, in addition, we have already drunk a pot first." ”

Yang Sisun was about to speak again, when a pond horse with a flag on his back ran on the grass in the distance, he stopped his mouth and looked at the pond horse intently.

Strange to say, with the efficiency of the Shang Tuan Army's post transmission, there should have been a new order from the military division five or six days ago, but it turned out that they were here for the tenth day before a Tang horse came, and Yang Sisun felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Everyone stopped their movements and waited for Tangma to come.

Tang Ma belongs to the jurisdiction of the Military Orders Division, and the military orders and transmission systems in the army are within the scope of the authority of the Military Orders Department, this Tang Ma is wearing a gray military robe, covered with a very polished chain mail, seeing a group of senior officers standing and waiting, Tang Ma quickly jumped off the horse after speeding up the horse, and trotted towards this side.

"Don't salute." Yang Sisun stood at the forefront and said, "Hurry up and give me the military order." ”

"Yes," Tang Ma said while taking out the official document in his envelope: "The Military Orders Department specified that it was opened for the three regimental commanders of Yang, Ren, and Duo'er to read together. ”

"Okay." Yang Sisun agreed, and then unwrapped the envelope in front of Ren Jing and Duo'er.

"It's very simple, it's very ......" Yang Sisun glanced at it, the look on his face became a little weird, and he handed the military order to Ren Jing.

Ren Jing glanced at it and handed it to Duo'er.

Duo'er unfolded it, and it was really simple, and the military order was only a few lines: it was agreed that the 9th Regiment would be stationed at the place of the reply letter, ready to spend the winter, and the 7th Infantry Regiment and the 1st Cavalry Regiment were on standby in the old middle school, waiting for the military law inspection.

Duo'er smiled bitterly and put away the general's order, and said to Yang Sisun: "Old Yang, it seems that our cavalry has caused you to be involved, we have not fought this battle, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to pass the level of the Military Justice Division." ”

Yang Sisun spread his hands and said: "Now no one can say what is going on, maybe it is because I am in Geljurgen City to advocate that the military secretary is angry." ”

Everyone thinks it's unlikely, but it doesn't seem to be completely ruled out.

Ren Jing felt embarrassed, gave a military salute, hugged his fists again, and said to everyone: "It's not that Lao Ren doesn't pay attention to righteousness, this matter can't help, you can only wait for the military judge to come with peace of mind, it's useless to think nonsense." ”