Chapter 172: Capture (3rd Update)

I don't know how long it took for the soldiers on the riverbank to break into the camp become scarce. [Full text reading]

There was a sound of neat footsteps, and in front of him was a forest of bayonets, and Fei Hong rushed over with a large group of men and horses of the Ningxiang Army.

The peasant soldiers, who had no way to escape, fell to their knees and surrendered, hoping to save their lives.

Sun Yuan hurriedly kicked the horse's stomach and rode ashore.

With a scream, the war horse finally couldn't support it and fell to the ground with a bang, only its body was convulsing, and it couldn't stand up again.

In her arms, Zhu Ting was still unconscious, and then she saw that her body had been completely stained red with blood.

Several soldiers ran over, recognized Sun Yuan, and shouted: "The general is here, the general is here!" ”

"General, General!" Fei Hong and the others were greatly surprised, and rushed at the same time.

Sun Yuan smiled bitterly, after several days of running, the battle that lasted for nearly an hour had squeezed all the strength out of his body. At this moment, he only felt that everything on his body was soft, and he just wanted to fall to the ground and sleep beautifully.

However, he still has a lot of important things to do, but this is not a time to rest.

First of all, Zhu Ting's wound had to be bandaged. The woman's shoulder wound didn't know how. She had lost so much blood that she wouldn't have lasted long if she hadn't stitched up the wound as soon as possible.

At this time, he couldn't take care of the defense of men and women, Sun Yuanqiang raised his strength and tore off Zhu Ting's clothes with a "swish".

The graceful and slender neck falls out, a healthy wheat color, and a sparkling sheen.

Fei Hong and the others hurriedly stopped, turned around, and blocked everyone's attention with interest.

A pair of a**** jumped out, tall and straight, small, but with a beautiful silhouette, so that people could not keep it.

In an instant, Sun Yuan froze, and a hot breath rose in his belly.

But he quickly calmed down, and cried out in his heart for guilt, and felt ashamed, this woman has saved herself twice, how can I blaspheme her in my heart?

The Damascus saber that slashed Zhu Ting was so sharp, but Liu Zongmin's knife cut open the layer of flesh on her collarbone, revealing Bai Sensen's bones.

Fortunately, there are no big blood vessels and nerves in this place, otherwise, Zhu Ting would definitely not be able to survive today.

Sun Yuan was horrified in his heart, ordinary people were so seriously injured that they had already suffered so much pain that they didn't have any strength. Not only did this woman endure it stubbornly, but she also fought side by side with her for half an hour just now. This willpower alone made him admire it to the ground.

I didn't dare to delay, so I hurriedly asked the army for a needle and thread, and began to stitch up the wound.

Feeling the pain in a coma, Zhu Ting in his arms snorted, and his heroic face frowned slightly.

Finally finished stitching up the wound, and Sun Yuan felt dry and thirsty. Gently placing Zhu Ting on the ground, Sun Yuan stood up, there was a Venus twinkling in front of him, but he couldn't see anything clearly.

He didn't know how he got to the river, so he squatted down and scooped a handful of water with both hands and drank it in large gulps.

It was only when the bitterly cold river water entered his throat that he regained his sight. When I looked closely, the river below me was red and dazzling.

The bite just now was human blood.

Looking back at the battlefield, there were corpses everywhere, and it was estimated that there were at least five thousand in size. Among them, no more than 1,000 really died at the hands of the Ningxiang Army, and the rest died because of trampling.

The battle is over, the human blood flowing on the ground has cooled, thickened and blackened, and the entire Qingliuhe area seems to have turned into an old black and white movie. Black is human blood, corpses, and muddy ground, and white is the snow-covered hills, rushing rivers, and snowflakes in the distance.

I don't know when the snow began to fall, it got heavier and stronger, and the wind picked up, blowing the broken flags.

The horses, donkeys, and goats that had lost their owners stood on the battlefield in a daze, not knowing where to go.

Some soldiers who broke into the camp sat in a pool of blood and wept lowly, crying so much that some soldiers of the Ningxiang Army rushed up and aimed a bayonet at his chest.

This battle was the first time that the Ningxiang Army had entered the battlefield since it became an army, and many people's spirits were already on the verge of collapse, and they urgently needed to vent, and they had become extremely cruel.

Sun Yuan looked at this scene and didn't know what it was like in his heart.

"Pass my order, surrender and avoid death, wait for the court to deal with it, and don't kill the prisoners anymore." Sun Yuan sighed long: "Now, it's not the time to kill, my Ningxiang Army has paid a lot of price in this battle, clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, and take the enemy's military funds for their own use." ”

"Yes, General."

After lunch, the results were counted. In this battle, the Ningxiang army beheaded 5,000 people, of course, most of these 5,000 people trampled on each other and died, and the real death under the muskets and bayonets of the Ningxiang army was about 1,000 people. 10,000 were captured, and the rest of the camp thieves fled westward about 10,000.

Since then, the forward battalion of the Chuang Army can be said to have lost its elite and has been disabled by Sun Yuan.

The peasant army's plan to raid Chuzhou had gone bankrupt and was already at a strategic disadvantage.

Of course, the Ningxiang army was no better, with hundreds of killed and 300 wounded, of which about 100 were seriously wounded and could no longer carry guns in the future.

After all, he was a new soldier and his first time on the battlefield, so such casualties had long been expected by Sun Yuan. However, the reduction of two percent of the staff has made everyone feel heavy.

In the era of cold weapons, more than twenty percent of the casualties were enough for an army to collapse, but fortunately, the Ningxiang army had an iron-like record, so it did not completely collapse.

Sun Yuan didn't expect that he would pay such a big price in his first battle, and this was still in the case of a sudden attack. If it is replaced by a dignified confrontation on the battlefield, it is difficult to say whether the outcome of today's battle will be determined. The casualty figure may be much larger, if that is the case, the Ningxiang Army is estimated to be finished. No, this battle shouldn't have been fought like this, what went wrong?

For a while, Sun Yuan was a little confused.

However, the seizures were very rich, and it was only after the boss reported the final number that everyone's faces showed a long-lost smile.

Although the peasant army has been beaten to the ground by the Ming army in the past year, it can go from place to place and grab land, but its military resources are extremely sufficient. In this battle, the Ningxiang army captured a total of 1,000 mules and horses, of which hundreds of war horses were available.

Sun Yuan was overjoyed: "A hundred war horses, good, good, very good, can be used to form a finger scout cavalry." ”

The donkey also said: "That's it, that is, there is no scout without war horses, and when we go to the battlefield, our musketeers only have two legs, just like a blind man." General, give me this scout cavalry, and let me train. ”

Wen Laosan next to him smiled sarcastically: "Donkey, do you know how to ride a horse?" ”

The donkey was furious: "They are all officers of the Shanxi Border Army, who the can't ride?" ”

"But do you know how to lead cavalry?" Wen Laosan sneered.

The donkey was not convinced, so he was about to pounce on and scuffle with Wen Laosan, everyone laughed and hurriedly separated the two.

Sun Yuan: "Forget it, I'll take the cavalry personally." He asked the boss what else had been seized.

Boss Guan: "Don't talk about the grain, it's too much, and you can't take it all back to Ningxiang." As for the gold and silver fine and soft antiques, it is a lot, and the villain totaled it before, which should be worth more than 50,000 taels of silver. ”

"More than 50,000 taels of silver!" All the generals took a breath of cold air quietly, only to feel that their hearts were shaking, this thief army was too rich. You must know that the military expenditure of the Ningxiang Army in a year is only more than 10,000 or 50,000 taels, which is enough for the Ningxiang Army to eat for three or four years.

It's just a forward battalion, and it has accumulated 50,000 taels of silver worth of jewels, what if the whole camp breaks in?

Now, in addition to breaking into the camp, there are more than a dozen thieves!

However, it's normal to think about it. The thief army swept the four provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Hubei, and robbed all the way. And just broke through the central capital Fengyang, and naturally became rich.

"He's ***, it's better to fight a war to make money quickly!" The donkey slapped his thigh excitedly: "Or, let's go home after a few more battles?" ”