Chapter 55 - The veteran does not die, but withers
Logically speaking, Jin Yishan asked himself in his heart, and he was not afraid of anything......
After all, although tens of thousands of cavalry have been damaged by themselves!
But this account can't be counted on his head, and in the same way, Zuo Zongtang's tens of thousands of cavalry were completely disabled by himself. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
With such a huge credit on his head, Jin Yishan shouldn't be afraid of anything...... It's just that his own status is relying on his old boss Lord Tie Niu to force Gong Zhang Yun to get the land.
Although he has merit now, the troops have been annihilated in formation, if Zhang Yun wants to punish his own crimes. Then there is really no way to resist yourself!
There is no need for Zhang Yun to cure his own crimes, as long as he comes to such a light sentence, 'Although you have merit, but after all, tens of thousands of cavalry troops are gone, let your merits be offset!'" ’
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After all, the official word has two mouths, and Zhang Yun doesn't look like a good person...... If Zhang Yun must erase his credit, then he will be busy in vain......
Originally, Jin Yishan would not have guessed Zhang Yun like this, after all, he had a meritorious service in covering the Taiping Army, and Zhang Yun would not be so ugly. But there are some things that are not uncommon in this world!
Jin Yishan looked at the two or three thousand remnants of the defeated soldiers around him, and his heart fluctuated for a while...... Some suffer from gains and losses.
"Hey!"
After a long sigh, Jin Yishan temporarily let go of these worries in his heart, and his eyes began to focus on the opposite side, as if he wanted to cross the distance of several miles and see Zuo Zongtang on the opposite side to death......
Half a day has passed, and all the corpses of the robes that died in the battle on both sides have been collected back, and as for the horses that died in the battle, they all belonged to Zuo Zongtang, who told him that he is still the side with the advantage of troops!
After all the dust settled, Jin Yishan ordered the two or three thousand cavalry to cheer up and continue to retreat.
At the same time, Zuo Zongtang did not immediately pursue, the two sides added up to more than 100,000 cavalry, after a series of battles, now the total is less than 10,000 people, and then look at the two or three thousand mourning soldiers on the other side!
Especially when they retreated, they moved unhurriedly...... seems to reveal such a momentum of fighting with himself to the death.
Zuo Zongtang is very taboo about this!
He knew in his heart that if he caught up at this time, he would even fall into this ...... This is a soldier's intuition, he feels that the two or three thousand remnants on the other side, every time he looks over, the gaze is always looking at him, intentionally or unintentionally.
For example, now, when these patriotic thieves are preparing to retreat, their eyes always look back at their side intentionally or unintentionally, of course, Zuo Zongtang also knows that this is his own delusion.
When these traitors retreated, they didn't seem to be too afraid of their own side to chase and kill, or a little bit, hoping that they would catch up, he didn't understand it before, but now Zuo Zongtang understands this mental state!
To put it bluntly, it is: 'Boy, if you have a seed, come up and ......'
If he hadn't experienced this series of battles, Zuo Zongtang would definitely disdain this kind of look, but now, he cares about this kind of look very much.
It's not fear, it's fear!
It wasn't until they had been gone for a long time that Zuo Zongtang ordered his subordinates to clean up the battlefield again, and bring back all the dead and wounded war horses to serve as meat for the army......
This is also the only one, what kind of victor's right, it sounds a little funny, but the dignity is fought, and now the Patriotic Army has also won the respect of Zuo Zongtang!
At least until the Patriotic Army retreated, he did not dare to give the order to clean the battlefield again and get the carcasses of the horses left on it......
After a few days of quiet trekking, the remnants of the Taiping army, who were driven by hundreds of thousands of Manchu troops like rabbits, finally fled to Zhang Yun's side.
Shang Cai.
This is a county town with a strong historical heritage, and today, Zhang Yun decided to start a decisive battle with the Manchus here, completely breaking the backbone of the Manchus.
At the same time, Li Hongzhang, who had the same idea as Zhang Yun, also came here!
In an instant, the small Shangcai County has become the center of the entire country, and I don't know how many people's eyes have turned to this small Shangcai County.
When Jin Yishan knelt in front of him, Zhang Yun stood up from the main seat, slowly walked to his side, helped him up, and said, "Ben Shuai knows what you're worried about...... What Ben Shuai needs to tell you is that you don't need to worry at all. ”
"And this time, you did a good job, when the loss rate of the troops exceeded seventy percent, you didn't collapse, and you also brought back the seeds of the cavalry troops to Ben Shuai, so you have a lot of credit."
When Jin Yishan heard Zhang Yun's statement, he couldn't help but feel relieved...... This time, I'm about to start soaring!
But at this time, it is really not the time to be proud, especially when Zhang Yun is still in front of him, so Jin Yishan thought about it for a while...... said: "My subordinates don't dare to take credit, after all, more than 20,000 soldiers were lost by my subordinates." ”
"If the subordinates are promoted and rich because of this, then more than 10,000 people will fall in ...... What about the soldiers on the road from Shandong to Henan? ”
"Therefore, my subordinates implore the commander to withdraw the rewards for their subordinates and reward these fallen soldiers instead, so as to live up to the blood and sweat they shed along the way......"
Speaking of which...... Thoughts drifted through some scenes, and Jin Yishan seemed to be a little moved...... After all, so many subordinates died just to carry out his orders, and they never regretted it!
Even if Jin Yishan was blinded by the official position, he seemed to have some ...... in his heart Hot blood thoughts.
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And who is Zhang Yun?
That's a person who is used to seeing the acting school in modern time and space, Jin Yishan's little acting skills, at least for now, can't deceive Zhang Yun, but he still made a deeply moved look.
And emotionally hugged Jin Yishan's shoulders and said: "Please rest assured General Jin, this marshal will naturally treat the orphans of martyrs kindly......"
Next, the two of them performed another disgusting drama......
Then Zhang Yuncai said with a straight face: "About the reconstruction of the cavalry unit...... You don't have to take it to heart, the same blood feud, Ben Shuai also empathizes, and will never forget that it is ......"
Next, Jin Yishan took Zhang Yun to inspect the ...... It can be said that it is a cavalry unit that only came back after nine deaths, and its strength has been reduced by nearly seventy or eighty percent. Indeed, it can be called nine deaths and one life!
"Handsome to ......"
Jin Yishan reminded loudly that the two or three thousand cavalry who were sitting lazily on the ground, and at the same time, they all saw Zhang Yun, and the scene fell silent for a while.
I don't know how long it took before the sound of saluting sounded...... In this regard, Zhang Yun has nothing else to say!
After a long time, Zhang Yun spoke: "Someone once said...... An army, once the attrition reaches more than half, it will definitely collapse, but what this commander sees is that when you are reduced by about seventy percent, you still have a war, and this war is very cruel, and in the end you will be reduced by half. ”
"Ben Shuai doesn't know what kind of force is supporting it...... You have such a will to fight, but Ben Shuai doesn't want to talk about the past, Ben Shuai just wants to tell you: everything will pass, and then you can rest and recuperate......"
Simple among the surviving cavalry...... After saying a few words, Zhang Yun came back with Jin Yishan, to be honest, Zhang Yun himself felt very strange about the combat effectiveness of the cavalry this time!
Although he has already begun to promote the afterlife in the army...... Some advanced ideas have made the soldiers understand why they are fighting, why they are holding guns?
But the combat effectiveness they showed this time, Zhang Yun was very surprised by this! This is just going to blow the table!
Zhang Yun didn't know what this group of cavalry had experienced...... But ~ from the eyes of this group of surviving cavalry, he understood a certain sentence of later generations: 'The old soldier does not die, but withers!' ’
This group of surviving cavalry seems to have a little bit of ...... A veteran of a hundred battles tasted it!
Zhang Yun was very satisfied with this, even if the 20,000 cavalry was wiped out, it would not be a big deal, as long as there was a batch of seeds left in the ...... In a matter of minutes, a group of cavalry units with no weak combat effectiveness can be reorganized.
Almost all of the surviving cavalrymen were qualified for middle and lower-level officers...... And this~ is what Zhang Yun needs, although it is cruel to say, but the reality is like this!
Zhang Yun told Jin Yishan that the matter of the cavalry was over first, and asked him not to be discouraged, and to take all the surviving cavalry out as scouts and go to spy on Li Hongzhang's camp, Jin Yishan did not say anything...... Turned around and walked away.
At the same time, Li Hongzhang finally arrived at Zhumadian with more than 200,000 infantry and successfully followed the footsteps of the remnants of the Taiping Army.
Similarly, at this time, the atmosphere in the Qing army's tent was also very solemn, Li Hongzhang looked at Zuo Zongtang who was depressed and said: "Li will definitely present the merits to the Queen Mother and the emperor to Lord Zuo, as well as the idea of reforming the Manchu Iron Cavalry." ”
Zuo Zongtang said with a strong smile: "As long as we can destroy the remnants of the Taiping Army, of course, it would be better if we could teach Zhang Yun a lesson, and it didn't matter if we really couldn't achieve the goal, we just need to do our best!" ”
"On the ...... of the reorganization of cavalry units Master Li, you don't need to joke anymore, you don't know the current finances of the imperial court, in order to support our big operation this time, it is already a bit ......."
What Zuo Zongtang said, Li Hongzhang didn't know that Li Xiucheng, a thief, led hundreds of thousands of Taiping troops to harm the Central Plains and the entire north!
Therefore~ the taxation of the entire imperial court has been greatly affected, and some of the Taiping army has been severely affected...... He couldn't even collect a tael of silver at all, and he still needed the imperial court to help him.
The most important thing is...... The hundreds of thousands of new troops under his command require military expenses, even for the imperial court, it is not a small amount!
After being silent with each other for a long time, Zuo Zongtang suddenly said: "According to the situation of the cavalry, Zhang Yun on the opposite side with more than 50,000 people has always camped here and has never moved......"
"What do you think of Zhang Yun's strange behavior?"
Zuo Zongtang thought that Li Hongzhang would have some ...... Who knew that Li Hongzhang also shook his head gently.
The entire barracks fell into a dead silence again!