Dolgon led the elite Manchu and Mongol elite cavalry to flee Liaocheng and headed for the Daimyo's Mansion, which was tantamount to adding insult to injury. Nearly 100,000 Jiannu evacuated Liaocheng, and Liaocheng's defensive force suddenly collapsed. After learning that the Manchus and Mongols had fled, the remaining Jiannu lost their fighting spirit. Except for a small unit that chose to continue to resist, the others either threw their weapons and surrendered, or chased in the direction of the Manchurian escape.

What started as a fairly close battle quickly turned into a one-sided slaughter. For any Jiannu who dared to resist, Cao Yue's order was to kill without mercy. For the Jiannu who chose to give up resistance, they accepted their surrender and settled them in a certain place and were strictly guarded.

This siege of the city, which Cao Yue had expected to fight inextricably and with huge casualties, ended in less than a day. After taking full control of Liaocheng, Cao Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The hot weapon combat mode of artillery, musket and explosives finally defeated Jiannu, which was dominated by cold weapons, and won the final victory in the battle of Liaocheng under the condition that the troops were at a disadvantage.

The victory in this war was not so much about firearms as it was about adequate logistical supplies. It was precisely because of the hundreds of thousands of catties of artillery ammunition prepared earlier, and nearly a million rounds of musket ammunition, as well as the continuous replenishment of grain, grass and ammunition through the canal later, that Cao Yue was able to smash the ammunition on Jiannu's head at the expense of blood, blowing them to the ground.

In fact, Cao Yue's style of play, there is no way to ensure that the logistics are sufficient. If the war lasts for another month or two, the ammunition delivered will definitely not be able to replenish the daily consumption. Without sufficient ammunition, Cao Yue believed that he would not be able to defeat Jiannu at all.

In the confrontation of cold weapons, the Ming soldiers still can't compare with Jiannu. But as long as there was sufficient ammunition, with the hundreds of thousands of well-trained Guards soldiers under his command, Cao Yue was confident that he would not only be able to defeat any Jiannu, but also sweep all the armies in the world.

Next, Cao Yue still has to prepare for the follow-up war. Liaocheng and Jinan have been captured, and Cangzhou and Dezhou should also be able to easily capture. These big cities or important towns in the north close to the canal, he must send troops and horses to defend them, and restore and build slave firearms workshops as soon as possible.

Artillery in these places may not necessarily be built, but ammunition can be made at all.

Artillery and muskets were made from the Nanjing Arsenal and other weapons factories in Nanjing, and transported by canal to Shandong, where there were many explosives workshops capable of producing sufficient quantities of ammunition, and the rest of the war could continue in the present way.

Victory in the Battle of Liaocheng. Cao Yue was determined to continue the mode of the Battle of Liaocheng in the follow-up battle, and he also smelled the hope of victory from the victory of this battle. Jiannu, who had the advantage of the strength led by Dolgon, could not defeat the Ming Guards who were at a disadvantage, so after the number of the Ming Guards continued to expand, how could Jiannu prevent the Ming Dynasty from recovering the north?

"In less than two years, Jiannu will be driven out of the Guanwai, and finally completely wiped out, and Shengjing will also become the northern town of the Ming Dynasty!" These were Cao Yue's bold words at the war summary meeting held on the third day after the complete conclusion of the Battle of Liaocheng. "Within five years at most, the Pontus governor will pacify the world. Return peace to the people of the world. ”

If, before the Battle of Liaocheng, Cao Yue said such a thing, it would definitely be considered braggart by almost everyone. Talk. But after the battle of Liaocheng was absolutely victorious, and after defeating Jiannu, who was twice as numerous as himself, with inferior forces, no one dared to laugh at Cao Yue, and almost everyone thought so. This can definitely be done.

After the battle of Liaocheng counted the battlefield, the Ming soldiers were pleasantly surprised to find that in this battle. They annihilated nearly 70,000 Jiannu and captured more than 50,000 people, that is to say, about half of the more than 200,000 horses led by Dolgon were wiped out by the Ming Guard. Although most of the Jiannu who were wiped out were the Ming Army, the Han Army, the Korean Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners, there were not many Manchu elites, but 10,000 people. But after the First World War wiped out so many Jiannu, everyone couldn't help but marvel and cheer.

You must know that in the entire battle of Liaocheng, the number of casualties among the Ming soldiers was no more than 10,000. Most of the casualties appeared after the attack on Liaocheng, and before the siege, the casualties of the Ming Guards were negligible. If there are a few more wars like this, then Jiannu's vital force can be completely wiped out, and after Jiannu's vitality is greatly damaged, he can only withdraw from the border.

Such a result, the most optimistic people also think that it will appear at least a few years or even more than ten years or decades, but the miracle of director Cao Yue has made everyone change their minds.

It turned out that Jiannu was also so unbeaten, and his combat effectiveness was extremely poor, and when facing the artillery and musket fire of the Ming Guards, he had no power to fight back. The battle turned out to be so easy, both veterans and recruits were greatly relieved. Don't be afraid of Jiannu in the future, compared with Jiannu in terms of combat effectiveness, the Ming Guards, equipped with a large number of artillery and muskets, completely have the upper hand.

At this military summary meeting, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and their subordinate Li Chengdong, who had followed the battle, all expressed their sincere admiration, and after praising Cao Yue's outstanding military talent and using firearms to such an extent, they also said that the battle had given them a long insight, and their concept of war had been completely subverted. Cao Yue is a military strategist who opened a new era, and Jiannu is in the hands of the Ming Guards led by Cao Yue, and he can't get any bargains.

The words of praise of these generals are not flattery, but real feelings.

Before the battle of Liaocheng began, they were very worried, for fear that the Ming Guards, who were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, would be beaten by more than 200,000 Jiannu, and finally ended in a fiasco. Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and others even thought about what method they would use to escape the battlefield if Cao Yue was defeated. But now, in the end, with a perfect victory, they are amazed, and their outlook on life is turned upside down. Even if some of them were willing to let their situation become like this and be robbed of military power, Cao Yue's ability still made them deeply admire.

Before Cao Yue, no one would regard firearms as the protagonist of the war, and Cao Yue was the first.

Cao Yue only let the soldiers practice shooting during training, and there were not too many requirements for mounted archery, which originally made people feel very unassertive, but it turned out that Cao Yue's training and combat mode was very successful, and the lethality of firearms in war was far from being comparable to bows, arrows, knives and guns.

After praising him from the bottom of his heart, Huang Degong was bolder than the others, he stood up in public and asked Cao Yue for his life, wanting to personally lead the troops to fight Jiannu and let out a bad breath. Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie were surprised by Huang Degong's boldness, but they did not dare to follow, for fear of annoying Cao Yue and finally being unlucky.

But to everyone's amazement, Cao Yue actually agreed to Huang Degong's request. "Since General Huang thinks so, then the governor of Pondu will give you the opportunity to lead a guard division to the north to help the First Guards Division led by General Cao Jie to conquer Cangzhou and Dezhou!"

"Humble Order!" Huang Degong was also very surprised, Jier was overjoyed, and after solemnly giving a military salute, he made another big salute to Cao Yue on one knee, "Please rest assured that Cao Dudu, the lowly post will definitely do his best to capture Cangzhou and Dezhou, if it can't be successful, the lowly post will come to see you!" (To be continued.) )