The bloody day finally ended in the smoke of gunpowder and the choking smell of gunpowder. Mixed with the smell of gunpowder is a disgusting smell of all kinds. The sounds of fighting, screaming, and the roar of guns all stopped with the sound of Ming Jin's soldiers.

The remnants of Jiannu slowly retreated, and the Ming soldiers who were sticking to the trenches finally breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone's faces showed the joy of victory. This battle is too simple, too enjoyable. On the battlefield in front of them, the cipher codes were all Jiannu's corpses, and around them, there were not many fallen companions, at most a hundred or so. This is another completely one-sided war, the Ming army with powerful firearms, when facing the Jiannu who is only equipped with bows and arrows and war knives, the price paid is unimaginable.

In the battle just past, on the positions of several guard divisions of the Ming army, in the densely arranged trenches, tens of thousands of muskets fired non-stop, and the charging Jiannu fell like a straw cut. These more than 1,000 Jiannu, after taking the lives of more than 100 Ming soldiers, finally failed to retreat.

How many Jiannu died in front of the Ming army, no one can count it for the time being, and there is no way to judge it from the scale of Jiannu's charge. Because in the smoke of gunpowder, it is not easy to see the situation from a distance or near clearly, even in the presence of high winds. However, the number of attacks in each wave of Jiannu can still be roughly judged, and the attack momentum of tens of thousands, thousands of horsemen and horses and hundreds of horsemen is completely different.

In today's battle, it is estimated that at least 20,000 Jiannu lost their lives in front of the position, and the number of wounded was also quite large.

The side has suffered hundreds of casualties, and it has annihilated tens of thousands of opponents, and this kind of battle is really enjoyable. Many people even felt a little pity for the Jiannu, and the wild boar skins rushed forward regardless of life and death, but they had no chance to rush to the front of the Ming army. was shot, this is a bit unfair to them, they don't even have a chance to show their combat power, Jiannu is very tragic, very tragic.

Both veterans and newcomers are very fond of firearms in their hands. It's a great thing to be able to shoot Jiannu from a great distance when they can't rush in front of them. This weapon is more useful than bows and arrows, swords, guns, and armor combined, and no one remembers the bows and arrows and knives that once accompanied them. Even war horses could not arouse their interest. The soldiers' concept of war was also completely overturned, and they not only realized the importance of firearms, but also had a fundamental understanding of the importance of trenches and positions.

Trenches were sometimes more useful than fortified walls, and soldiers could hide in the trenches and shoot with only one head exposed, which greatly avoided being shot by Kennu's arrows. The trenches were distributed in echelons, and the musketeers in the front and rear rows could shoot together and support each other, which was more advantageous than the city walls. On the city wall, because of the small space. There are very few sergeants who can stand in a platoon, only one sergeant can stand in each battlement, and the number of sergeants that can stand in a section of the city wall is limited, but there is no such restriction in the trenches. If you are not afraid of affecting the shooting, more sergeants can be crowded inside.

Moreover, the trenches can be connected to each other, and if there is a situation, they can respond to support at any time, and if the situation is unfavorable, they can retreat in an orderly manner through the communication trenches.

Perhaps this is the era of hot weapon warfare. The generals who commanded the battle attached great importance to the field fortifications, but the reason why the fortified city was abandoned.

More importantly, even if Jiannu can rush into the trenches. The deep ditch also greatly limits the flexibility of the war horse, and the horse running at high speed is likely to trip over the deep ditch, and the rider on the horse falls into the ditch and becomes the target of the Ming soldiers at close range.

At the battle summary meeting that night, Cao Yue also boasted complacently about the usefulness of field fortifications and trenches: "If Jiannu wants to break through our defensive line, they must attack our position, as long as they attack our position, we can use the trenches to inflict heavy damage on them, even if they can rush to our position, they can't quickly occupy it." The cavalry was of little use in the trenches, and our sergeants were well protected by hiding in the trenches, and the chances of the arrows fired by Jiannu falling right on the heads of the sergeants hiding in the trenches were not very high, and even if they could shoot the arrows at our positions, our casualties would be much smaller than those of the enemy in formation. As long as we advance and retreat in an orderly manner, the Ming army with strong firepower will never be defeated by Jiannu. ”

Before the Battle of Liaocheng and the Battle of Dezhou, most of the generals in the army did not agree with the construction of field fortifications and digging trenches, and almost no one could understand the usefulness of this, not even Cao Bianjiao. However, after several battles, the great usefulness of field fortifications and trenches was fully realized and recognized by everyone. However, many people know that field fortifications are only used by armies equipped with a large number of firearms, and that cavalry and pikemen are not suitable for building such fortifications.

However, most of the generals believed that such tactics would become the mainstream of the Ming army in the future, as long as the Ming army was all equipped with firearms.

Encouraged by today's victory, the battle discussion quickly became lively, and the generals rejoiced at today's victory and discussed fiercely how the war would proceed next. Although the discussion was intense, there was little doubt that the Ming army would eventually win the battle, and the focus of their argument was how many Jiannu troops would eventually be annihilated.

"Governor, as long as we continue to take the defensive, if Jiannu dares to continue to attack with his life, within a few days, the hundreds of thousands of troops in the hands of Dolgon will all be lost in Texas," Cao Bianjiao said to Cao Yue with emotion: "I really didn't expect that in a few years, the war would become like this, the role of mounted archery is almost negligible, and it will be guns and artillery that determine the victory on the battlefield." ”

"As long as our Ming Guards are equipped with more muskets and artillery, and continue to improve muskets and artillery, no army in the world can defeat us!" Cao Yue said very confidently. "If we are equipped with more and more advanced guns, we can conquer the world."

"Governor, do you think Dolgon is stupid, knowing that it is impossible to achieve results in such a charge, but why does he continue to attack and fight like this?" Tonight, the red lady, who didn't speak much, listened quietly for a while, and finally couldn't help but express the doubts in her heart: "This is tantamount to suicide, sending a large number of troops to the guns of our army, they can't break through our army's position!"

"Such a result, after a brutal fight to get out, although the battle of Liaocheng they were defeated, but Jiannu still does not recognize that the cavalry archery has been outdated, they still believe that the war can be won by sophisticated cavalry archery," Cao Yue smiled and said to the red lady: "Or many Ergon have realized this, but he can't think of a better solution, so he can only attack with his life and strategically break through the position of our army." Jiannu believed that as long as he broke through the position of our army, he could immediately expand the results of the battle and finally defeat our army. ”

In the original history, when the European powers invaded China, the Manchu army still used the ancient method to fight against the coalition army, trying to defeat the European army equipped with firearms by cavalry archery, just like the famous Battle of Bali Bridge, and the Qing army that finally participated in the war was almost wiped out, while the European coalition army only paid the price of dozens of casualties.

The current state of war is nothing more than a flip board in the battle of Bali Bridge.

Cao Yue also knew that it was impossible for Dolgon to continue to adopt such a tactic, otherwise he would really lose all the old capital of the Manchu Dynasty! (To be continued.) )