When the sky became dark, the earth-shattering shouts finally began to subside. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After another battle that lasted for a whole afternoon, the vicinity of Wanshou Bridge has completely lost its former quiet and peaceful appearance, on the hillside and in the wilderness, the blood that has begun to congeale renders the original spring scene extremely weird, and the corpses in different military uniforms are scattered layer upon layer, piled up into small stacks, and the smell of blood floating in the air for a long time is stronger than in the previous days.

After the Qing army retreated, the soldiers of the Ming army did not give out the overwhelming cheers of the previous days. After fighting for so many days, today's battle was particularly fierce, and while the battle was still going on, everyone didn't feel anything yet, but as soon as the battle was over, they immediately felt a sense of exhaustion from the bottom of their hearts. Especially in the camp, when the formation returned to the main camp, many soldiers even did not have time to take off their helmets after receiving the order to "disband" and lay on the ground, gasping for breath, which attracted bursts of reprimands from the officers.

Pang Yue, who personally led the troops up the mountain to support, left the troops in charge of vigilance, and then returned to the camp at the bottom of the mountain. Although the battle on the mountain was fought relatively hard, fortunately, it still held this crucial commanding height. The soldiers on the other two lines of defense also repelled the Qing attack. When he returned to the camp and saw the smoke rising from the cooking, his heart was relieved, and he even felt a faint sense of exhaustion. With such a fierce battle, I don't know how many times I will experience it next, and I don't know how many soldiers will give their lives for it.

When the Tiger Fu military flag fluttering in the night wind came into view, Pang Yue couldn't help but sigh in his heart: No normal person would be born with a penchant for killing. Me too! But peaceful means cannot make the aggressors automatically put down their butcher's knives, although violence cannot solve all problems, it is the only effective means to solve those beasts!

Silently muttering these words in his heart, Pang Yue walked to his tent.

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As night fell, when the generals in the Wanshouqiao camp gathered together to prepare for the meal, Liu Chengyin's department in Wugang Town finally moved, and the general Chen Youlong came over with a thousand cavalry and two thousand foot soldiers.

After getting this news, although Zhu Dadian's face was gloomy, he still couldn't hold back and didn't have a seizure, and he angrily asked Chen Youlong to enter the account.

"Overseer. The two commanders-in-chief, the last general is not too late, right? As soon as he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, Chen Youlong respectfully saluted Zhu Dadian, Pang Yue and Ma Jinzhong, and said this.

You're here early! Pang Yue secretly mocked this in his heart, but there was still a faint smile on his face, and he was not moved at all.

Ma Jinzhong simply shifted his gaze to the side, preferring to observe the corner of the tent rather than look at Chen Youlong more. None of the rest of the generals in Huguang Town and Changde Town showed a welcoming attitude towards Chen Youlong, or their expressions were indifferent or frowned, and a few simply glared angrily.

Zhu Dadian, who was sitting in the first place, did not behave as explicit as Ma Jinzhong and others. It's not like Pang Yue with a fake smile and an expressionless face. Twisting his beard, he quietly looked at Chen Youlong, and did not speak for a while.

As early as noon the day before yesterday, Zhu Dadian sent an order to Liu Chengyin's camp, asking him to send some people to come over to support. Seeing that Liu Chengyin did not move at all yesterday, Zhu Dadian specially sent someone to urge him twice. The first person sent there reported that Liu Chengyin said that many officers and men in his battalion were not accustomed to the water and soil, and several battalions were unusable, and he would send them to support after he carefully selected and reorganized them. The person sent for the second time reported that Liu Chengyin said that he was preparing various ordnance for the reinforcements, and asked the supervisor to wait patiently for a while. When it was Zhu Dadian, it became popular. If it weren't for the battle of Wanshou Bridge in his heart, he really wanted to personally carry Shang Fang's sword to Liu Chengyin's camp.

In any case, it was really unreasonable to drag on for more than ten miles to get here. If he had relied on Zhu Dadian's previous temper, he would have wanted to punish Liu Chengyin fiercely. However, whenever this kind of thought arises, Zhu Dadian can't help but think of what Emperor Longwu said to him before leaving. Now is the time to employ people, if the military general has no major faults, it is better not to push him too quickly. As soon as I thought of this, my anger turned into a deep sense of powerlessness and a hint of sadness.

After Chen Youlong, who was standing in the tent, finished his salute. Facing the unkind eyes from three directions, I felt uncomfortable, and I quickly realized that what I had just said was inappropriate. However, he really couldn't find any reason to explain for a while, and he didn't dare to sit down at will without Zhu Dadian's permission, so he had to stand in place awkwardly.

"It's good to come, General Chen, please take a seat!" Zhu Dadian sighed softly, but still let Chen Youlong go. Chen Youlong was pardoned, and after saluting and thanking Zhu Dadian, he carefully sat down at the bottom of the right side.

Before the meal was served, Zhu Dadian discussed with the generals the gains and losses in the past few days and the next battle plan, and specially asked Pang Yue and Ma Jinzhong to report the losses in their respective armies. When he learned that the number of dead in Huguang Town was close to 3,000, and the number of dead in Changde Town was also more than 1,000, Zhu Dadian sighed heavily.

The mood of the generals in Huguang Town and Changde Town in the tent was also relatively low. Especially the generals of Changde Town, they have lost a lot of subordinates who can fight and dare to fight today, although they have also achieved a lot of results, but they are still not in a good mood. So much so that after the fireheads came up with their meals, everyone was more depressed. In the end, Zhu Dadian and Pang Yue said some words of encouragement, which raised the atmosphere a little.

However, the most depressed had to belong to Chen Youlong, who caught a glimpse of that fleeting and hostile gaze during the meal, which made him feel extremely aggrieved, and secretly complained in his heart: Lao Tzu is not Liu Dashuai, can I decide when to send troops?

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After dinner, Pang Yue convened the town's battalion officers and above generals in his military tent to deliberate.

"Liu Chengyin, that birdman!" Seeing that only his own people were left in the tent, Shi Youliang had no scruples, and scolded by name: "Let's desperately resist the Tartars here, and he is watching from more than ten miles away!" Damn*. When he is in trouble next time, let's go and see the excitement more! ”

"Okay, big man Shi, we are fighting for the imperial court, not for him Liu Chengyin, what do you care about him?" Seeing that Shi Youliang was a little excited, Lu Qiwu opened his mouth to persuade.

"They are all taking the food and salary of the imperial court, why can they only let us go into battle and work hard, just let that birdman watch the excitement from the sidelines? Lu Heizi, you * are also elbowing out! There are no losses in your battalion? Shi Youliang's voice became louder.

"Well, Hugh is going to quarrel again! Your Excellency has summoned us here to deliberate. I'm not here to quarrel! Seeing Pang Yue frowning slightly, Zhang Yunli hurriedly stopped the quarrel between the two, if they were allowed to quarrel like this, I don't know when it would be the end.

In fact, not only Shi Youliang, but also the battalion officers of the other battalions also have some opinions about Liu Chengyin. Although everyone did not expect much from the combat effectiveness of his army, he could not drag it out, which is obviously a matter of attitude.

Pang Yue also felt understandable about the emotions in everyone's hearts. After these three days of fighting. The town of Huguang can be said to have suffered the greatest loss since the founding of the army. Among them, the Flying Tiger Battalion lost more than 200 people. The three battalions of Gangfeng, Pojun, and Taishan all lost more than 600 people, the Agni Battalion lost nearly 400 people, and more than 300 people in the trapped camp were put to rest. The total number of dead in the town has reached nearly 3,000, reaching half of the troops on the expedition. If there is a large-scale battle to follow, the losses will continue to increase. Seeing that the subordinates who were once alive and well became cold corpses, no one would be in a good mood.

When the noise in the tent subsided, Pang Yue first asked the battalion officers a series of questions, such as the mental condition of the officers and men in the battalion, the treatment of the wounded soldiers, and the aftermath of the dead officers and soldiers. After getting a fairly satisfactory answer. Pang Yue once again reiterated some precautions that he had previously instructed. However, before he could finish speaking, Wei Yuan hurriedly walked into the tent and came to his side: "My lord, Master Ma said that there is something important that needs to be reported to you immediately!" ”

The Ma people in Wei Yuan's mouth are Ma Yuancheng, director of the Intelligence Department, and according to the usual practice, he does not participate in this kind of military meeting. Many times it is reported to Pang Yue alone. Now he came to ask for an audience without caring about the end of the account discussion, apparently getting the latest urgent information from the front.

"There are no outsiders in the tent, let him come in and talk about it!" After pondering for a moment, Pang Yue commanded.

"Yes!"

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A large camp of the Qing army a few miles away

Duoduo, who had changed into civilian clothes, was slowly pacing back and forth in the tent with a gloomy face and hands behind his back. It looks like he's in a bad mood. It has been three full days since the army marched here, but it has never been able to break through the Ming army's defensive line. Pang Yue, the general soldier of Huguang who seemed to have very little seniority, with an army of no more than 20,000 people, plus the fortifications built in the wilderness, actually blocked the way of his army of 70,000 or 80,000. When did the Eight Banners Iron Rider encounter such an embarrassing situation? How many high cities and towns have been taken down, but they have paused for three days in front of so many trenches and earth walls, which is really incredible!

Not only that, but at the just-concluded military meeting, Duoduo also felt a little worried after listening to the casualty figures reported by the generals of various ministries. In just these three days, the whole army has lost more than 8,000 people, including nearly 4,000 green battalion soldiers, Manchuria Zhengbai flag, blue flag, Sanshun Wang, Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang each part of the number of casualties are four or five hundred, the Han army with red flag losses are particularly heavy, the number of casualties has exceeded 1,000, and most of them are soldiers. Combined with the losses of the Han army, which had been ambushed and disabled by the Ming army, with white flags and the green battalion of Huangzhou, the entire army had lost 14,500 men in the last six or seven days. Since entering the customs, there has hardly been a time when the Qing army has suffered such great losses in such a short period of time! Moreover, most of these losses were caused by the soldiers and horses of Huguang Town in Pangyue.

Although he had begun to pay attention to Pang Yue before, Duoduo now found that he still underestimated him too much. A person like this can basically be classified as a major danger in the Qing Dynasty, and it may take a little more effort to get rid of him.

Just as Dodor was pondering his next steps with a grim face, one of his personal guards walked in and gave him important news.

After listening to this, Duoduo couldn't help but perk up, and his voice became extremely loud: "Pass him in!" ”