With the sound of the continuous cymbals, the Qing troops attacking from both directions quickly broke away from contact with the Ming army and quickly withdrew in the direction of the big camp like a tide. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo!

At this time, the Han army, which suffered heavy casualties from the side-fired artillery, and the Qing soldiers of Shen Zhixiang's army were extremely happy, and sighed in their hearts for the wisdom of the commander Duoduo. If you don't retreat in time, a few more rounds of intensive and continuous shelling like the one just now will completely collapse your side.

While the Qing soldiers felt fortunate, the officers and soldiers of Ma Jinzhong's troops guarding the mountain pass in the northwest were finally relieved, the high-intensity white-knives battle with the Manchurian soldiers just now made them feel unprecedented pressure, and the time seemed to have become extraordinarily long. Now that the pressure is gone, many people have a feeling of being in a desperate situation, and some veterans even roar loudly to vent their long-suppressed emotions in their hearts.

Looking at the rejecting horses that had been knocked to pieces at the mountain pass, the layers of corpses of both the enemy and the enemy, and the blood-soaked land, Ma Jinzhong couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh and scolded "donkey hammer" again. Since the incident in Shaanxi, he thinks he has been on the battlefield for a long time, but no battle has made him as difficult as today. Those arrogant Manchurian soldiers were really brave, and despite the unfavorable terrain they were in, they still rushed fearlessly, and almost everyone's force should not be underestimated. Although more than half of the 4,000 foot soldiers under his command are veterans who have followed him for many years, and they can be regarded as the elite of the battalion, they are still much worse than these Manchurian soldiers.

After the battle, Ma Jinzhong did not dare to launch a pursuit like the officers and soldiers of Huguang Town on the frontal defense line, so he was able to let the Manchurian soldiers take most of the corpses, and the results of the battle could not be accurately counted. However, Ma Jinzhong knew that his own casualties were probably greater than those of the Manchurian soldiers.

At this time, Ma Jinzhong couldn't help but secretly think in his heart: if there was no previous resistance from the officers and soldiers of the Taishan battalion, if the terrain was convenient for the Qing army to deploy, if there were no traps, horses and other things to delay the Qing army, if there was no friendly army in Huguang Town behind him as a backing to stabilize the army's morale...... What about the war?

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It was close to noon when the Qing army retreated. When the robes who participated in the fight and pursuit returned to the camp, the soldiers of the Huashan battalion went to clean up the battlefield as usual, clear the trenches, cut the heads, and collect the enemy's armor, weapons, flags, and so on.

Soon after the whole army had lunch, the Huguang Town Supervision Department counted the capture and its own casualties and reported it to Pang Yue. On the frontal line of defense. The number of dead and seriously wounded in the Gangfeng battalion and the trapped camp was nearly 400. The trapping camp that was in reserve behind it was also hit by several shells, killing twenty or thirty people and seriously wounding them. After the fact, more than 500 heads of Qing soldiers of the Han army with red flags were cut off, and more than 600 heads of Shen Zhixiang's department were killed, and dozens of Qing soldiers were captured. Other than that. The Taishan battalion, which defended the northwest mountain pass together with Ma Jinzhong's troops, also paid the price of more than 100 dead and seriously wounded in the process of blocking the attack. As for the casualties and results of Ma Jinzhong's troops, they are responsible for their own statistics, so they do not know for the time being.

Subsequently, when all the generals gathered in Zhu Dadian's Chinese army tent to discuss matters, Pang Yue learned of the casualties and captures of Ma Jinzhong's troops. Ma Jinzhong reported to Zhu Dadian with an ugly face. A total of nearly 700 people were killed and seriously wounded in Changde Town, almost reaching 20% of the total strength, but only less than 100 Manchurian soldiers were harvested.

Faced with this result, Ma Jinzhong was in a very bad mood. Although the Qing soldiers took most of the corpses with them when they retreated, the ratio of battle losses was undoubtedly huge.

Seeing the bitter look on Ma Jinzhong's face, Pang Yue could also understand, after all, these were the veterans in his camp, and they were the guarantee for his life. Losing so much at one time will make anyone feel pain.

The content of the noon proceedings was also relatively brief. Zhu Dadianfen once again arranged the defensive tasks of each battalion, and encouraged them to continue to fight bravely against the enemy. However, due to the small number of troops that could be rotated, the specific arrangements were basically unchanged from the morning, and Ma Jinzhong's troops were still responsible for defending the mountain passes in the northwestern hilly area.

In the face of this arrangement. Ma Jinzhong couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart, after all, the experience of the morning was still vivid, and he felt a pang in his heart when he thought of the tremendous pressure he had in the face of the Manchurian soldiers. But it can't be helped. Since you bring troops to support, you can't watch from the sidelines, right? Besides, the battle line defended by Pang Yue's men and horses was much wider than that small mountain pass. The pressure is also greater. He didn't complain, and he was embarrassed to show his displeasure, so he had to take over the task of defending the mountain pass again.

After explaining the task, giving some encouragement, and making a series of promises, Zhu Dadian asked the generals to rush back to their respective armies, reorganize their forces, and prepare to meet the Qing army again. After receiving the order, all the generals present got up together and hugged their fists and retreated, and walked out of the Chinese army tent one after another.

"Mr. Ma!" When Ma Jinzhong walked out of the big tent with a complicated mood, he heard someone calling him behind him, turned his head and saw that it was Pang Yue.

"Dingwubo!" Although Ma Jinzhong was in a bad mood, he still turned around and hugged his fist and said hello.

Pang Yue asked the generals of Huguang Town beside him to wait, walked to Ma Jinzhong's side and said with a smile: "I have sent someone to send more than 500 pairs of armor and some weapons and 400 Qing captives to the Ma General Barracks. ”

Hearing this, Ma Jinzhong was stunned. You must know that armor and weapons are an important prerequisite for expanding strength, and the first rank is a symbol of military merit, which is closely related to one's future. Unexpectedly, Pang Yue would give such a big gift to himself.

Although he didn't know why Pang Yue was so generous for a while, Ma Jinzhong, who came back to his senses, hurriedly excused himself and said: "Uncle Dingwu is too polite, these gains are all exchanged for the lives of the soldiers of Huguang Town, Ma is really deserved, or ......."

"It's all my own people, so Mr. Ma doesn't have to shirk!" Without waiting for Ma Jinzhong to finish speaking, Pang Yue interrupted his polite words with a smile, "Those captured armor weapons are used as long as they are used on the battlefield against the Qing captives, whether they are placed in the camp of Huguang Town or Changde Town. ”

Seeing that Pang Yue was quite persistent, Ma Jinzhong finally accepted it "reluctantly" after resigning a few more times, and solemnly thanked him: "Ding Wubo's generosity and righteousness really made Ma ashamed. That Ma is here to thank Ding Wubo on behalf of the soldiers of Changde Town! ”

Pang Yue waved his hand, signaling that he was not polite, and continued: "Qing Yue will not be good at resting after this defeat, I am afraid that there will be a fierce battle in the afternoon, and the defense of the northwest mountain pass will have to ask the general army of Ma to spend more time." Just in case, I will send more musketeers to the nearby hills to block the attack, and I will set aside some manpower to come to reinforce at any time, so that the general army can rest assured that they will fight! ”

is the so-called short-handed, Ma Jinzhong's tone at this time is very happy: "Uncle Dingwu will see the outside as he speaks." As a military general of the imperial court, Ma did his best to kill the enemy for the country! ”

Due to the urgency of time, the two continued to exchange polite words for a word or two, and then rushed back to their respective armies to set up.

When Pang Yue initially decided to send such things to Ma Jinzhong, many of the generals around him raised objections. But Pang Yue insisted on his point of view, and in his opinion, the advantages of doing so completely outweighed the disadvantages. After all, Huguang Town is not short of that bit of broken gadgets, but giving it to Ma Jinzhong can make him have less scruples, so that he will not have thoughts such as "fighting side by side with Huguang Town will suffer losses", so that he can lead the troops to fight with peace of mind.

In fact, Pang Yue has been silently using practical actions to preach to the generals of the Ming army in the rest of the military towns that "if you cooperate with Pang Zongbing, you will have meat to eat". For example, when he set out from Ganzhou, he gave many weapons in stock to Hao Yongzhong, and after the last heavy damage to the Qing army's vanguard, he gave most of the captured armor weapons to Chen Youlong and Wang Yuncai, who only played supporting roles.

The reason for this is also very simple, although Pang Yue has the soul of a traverser, he thinks that he is not strong enough to change history as soon as he appears on the stage, and it is far from enough to change the tragedy of Nanming alone, and it is necessary to unite all the people who can be united as much as possible and work together.

When he read the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty in his previous life, Pang Yue was deeply saddened and regretted by the mutual tilting of the civil ministers and military generals within the Southern Ming Dynasty, and even a generation of famous generals Li Dingguo was not exempt from vulgarity. Therefore, since coming to this era, Pang Yue has been trying his best to use his own series of practical actions to slowly reverse this unhealthy trend, although it may not have much effect in a short period of time, but he has been working in this direction.

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In the afternoon, a large number of Qing troops again poured in from two directions towards the Ming army's defensive line.

Among them, the Manchurian soldiers who attacked the northwest mountain pass were still inlaid with blue flags and positive white flags, but they were replaced with blue flags for the main attack, and the positive white flags were used as reserves. The banner of the Qing army, which was rushing towards the frontal defense line, became dominated by the green flag, and Zhang Yingxiang, the chief soldier of the Henan Green Battalion, and Wang Guangen, the chief soldier of Xiangyang, once again took up this glorious and arduous task. Due to the threat of artillery fire from the Ming army, the warriors of the Eight Banners naturally gave up this position to the minions.

However, on the western hill guarded by the Ming army, Duoduo was still determined to take it. After all, this firepower point is too much of a threat to your own army, and after taking it, it can also be used as a breakthrough point for your own side, thus tearing apart the defense line of the Ming army. As long as the cannons on the top of the mountain are shelled at the Ming army's camp, the Ming army will definitely not be able to stop it.

With this in mind, Duoduo also invested quite a lot of troops in this direction, sending a part of the fleeing Han army with white flags and the remnants of the Huangzhou Green Battalion to attack first. In Duoduo's words, it was to let these people wash away their shame with their own blood, and the monks of Kong Youde followed up as the second wave of attacking troops. In addition, Duoduo even sent his own troops, the white-flaged Bayala battalion, as a warlord, and anyone who retreated would be killed!

After the order of the Qing army's general attack was issued, the sky above Wanshou Bridge suddenly reverberated with earth-shattering shouts of killing, and a total of more than 20,000 Qing soldiers who participated in the attack rushed towards the Ming army's defense line.

In the face of the surging Qing soldiers and the banners of the Qing army flying in the sky, the Ming officers and soldiers guarding the defense line tightly held the weapons in their hands.