Du He howled and cried bitterly, Zhang Luoxing and Zhang Zongyu were also uncomfortable, this Northern Expedition, a total of more than 50,000 people were brought out, in less than a month, more than 30,000 people had been lost in Baoding Town, plus the troops of Hengshui and Handan in the rear, they could not make up 20,000. It can't be said that the twisting army doesn't need to fight fiercely, the generals don't work hard, it's really a small Baoding town, the combat power is too strong, and it is already so strong that it can't be matched!

Zhang Zongyu struggled and said: "Uncle, now we have lost the ability to fight again, so we can only temporarily retreat to Hengshui or Henan, and then reorganize the ......attack when the rectification is completed."

Zhang Luoxing sighed and said: "Zong Yu, if we lose the war, what face do we have to go back to Henan and Anhui?" Aren't we being laughed at by King Zun? ”

Zhang Zongyu said in a deep voice: "Jokes? Compared to the Twist Army to live, why not be laughed at by King Zun? If King Zun is not convinced, let him lead the Taiping Army to the Northern Expedition, and we will definitely not be able to carry out a large-scale Northern Expedition now......"

Zhang Luoxing was shocked and silent, Zhang Zongyu said well, the current twist army is indeed a big injury, although the total strength of the twist army in Henan, there are still 100,000 small people, but he and Zhang Zongyu with the Northern Expedition of this force, is the most elite part of it, the twist army left in Henan has low combat power, and even the encirclement and suppression of Shengbao and Seng Lingqin can not be dealt with, how can they deal with such a strong combat power of Baoding Town?

Du He said angrily on the side: "King Wo, King Liang, there is only one reason for our fiasco this time, that is, we lack firearms, not to mention the powerful artillery, even if it is a foreign gun, we don't have a few, often the cavalry has not rushed up, it has been killed and injured by the random guns in Baoding Town, we want to really make a difference, we have to equip foreign guns, foreign cannons, no firearms, even if we make a comeback, we still can't deal with this elite army under Guo Ye's ......"

Zhang Luoxing's face was even more depressed, blaming himself for being careless, if he had led more twisted troops to attack Jinan, maybe Jinan would have fallen into his hands now, at least the arsenal outside Jinan City would be captured by himself, and all the foreign guns and cannons there would become his own bag.

"It's too late to say anything now, foreign guns and cannons, those things are very expensive? Where do we have the money to buy? Even if we have money, who will sell it to us? We don't know any foreigners......"

Zhang Luoxing muffled the avenue.

Zhang Zongyu's eyes flashed, and he replied: "Uncle, it doesn't matter if we don't know foreigners, but the Taiping Army knows, the Yiwang knows, I have heard, the Yiwang through a foreigner, bought a large number of foreign guns and cannons, I think, we can return to Henan first, and then please follow the king to the letter to the Yiwang, ask the Yiwang to come forward, allocate a batch of arms to us, and even ask them to buy a batch on their behalf, as long as we are equipped with foreign guns, foreign cannons, and then cavalry to help, then we can cross the seas, Even the elite soldiers of Baoding Town can't help us......"

Wing King?

Zhang Luoxing's eyes lit up, when Zhang Luoxing was a vassal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and accepted the leadership of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he just wanted to tie a thigh, but what he didn't expect was that he was next to Hong Xiuquan's rotten thigh, and he didn't help himself at all, but when the Qing army besieged Tianjing, he tried his best to send troops south, trying to end it, and suffered heavy losses!

Now that the Winged King is back, he can finally let himself get a touch of light, the Winged King Shi Dakai, he has seen him twice before, I have to say that Shi Dakai was the youngest, the best in character, and the strongest among the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, even if it was the East King, he had to be convinced, the young man was high-spirited at the beginning, and that vision and mind were really not comparable to other kings.

Shi Dakai's three words are a golden signboard, this time, if he speaks, presumably King Yi will not give himself face.

Zhang Luoxing said in a deep voice: "Okay, the army immediately retreats south, all the way to Anyang, after arriving in Anyang, then discuss the next move, send someone to send a letter to King Zun, and ask him to send a force north to respond, this Guo Ye is too powerful, now we are defeated, but don't be surrounded by him, in that case, it will really be unlucky......

Without further ado, let's go!

Zhang Luoxing and Zhang Zongyu did not dare to stay in Baoding Mansion for more, and led the remnants of the defeated army all the way to the south to collect the remnants of the defeated generals and retreated to Handan.

Will the soldiers of Baoding Town no longer pursue?

Of course, I want to chase, but I have more than enough strength to do it, even if the soldiers of Baoding Town can fight again, and now I am already exhausted from fighting against the twisted army several times that of myself for half a month, and most of them are infantry, how to pursue the cavalry?

Relaxation is the king.

Guo Ye will definitely not take the lives of his brothers to make a senseless bet, there is no need for that, next, if he wants to deal with the Twist Army, there is still a chance.

Returned to Baoding Mansion, two things in front of Guo Ye recruited troops and counted the results, after a battle, Baoding Town killed more than 8,000 Twist troops, captured nearly 10,000 Twist troops, and captured more than 10,000 horses, which is a huge wealth, this era, has not yet fully entered the era of firearms, the role of cavalry is still obvious, with war horses, you can further expand the cavalry, and there are too many places to use cavalry in the following days.

Guo Ye counted the results of the battle, listed the merits of the generals of each department, and reported them to the imperial court one by one, and naturally wanted to be rewarded for his meritorious service, and it was not missing, these are not counted, Guo Ye In the first battle, all the bullets consumed were included in the consumption, waiting for the imperial court to allocate money and food, these ammunition were equipped by Guo Ye for Baoding Town a long time ago, and they were all directly allocated from Shandong, and now it is time for the imperial court to bleed.

As for the expansion of the army, this matter is completely up to Guo Ye, the first thing to do is to relocate the cavalry, He Qimou led the Mongolian cavalry and now there are less than 3,000 people, and the cavalry in Baoding Town is less than 1,000 people, and the total is only more than 3,000 people.

Guo Ye organized all the cavalry into six cavalry battalions in one go, each cavalry battalion has jurisdiction over three cavalry battalions, which is equivalent to the strength of a regiment, and the six cavalry battalions, together, will reach seven or eight thousand people! (To be continued.) )