Section 201 Exhortation
At this time, further south, none of the captives who had been driven away and fled had fled, and it seemed that they did not dare to abandon their commanders.
After such a fight, the number of captives is already less than fifty, so there is no need to worry, but it will be troublesome if they come up to harass them.
The most important thing is that if the battle situation in the south spreads to the north, and there are more than 100 captives in the north, it will not be good for them to come up together.
For the shock infantry with cavalry formed on the flat ground, Yang Chao would not be naΓ―ve to think that his infantry could resist.
Although Wang Pu was depressed, he still immediately carried out the order, he had already sobered up at this time, he was indeed impulsive just now, but he also saw the chaotic formation of the captives, especially when he saw that the main general of the captives seemed to be bombarded by cannons, and he attacked only when he commanded the chaotic situation for a while.
Of course, it is still too risky to say, if it weren't for the kind of smugness that Li Wuliu has been in front of them these days, he might not be so uncalm, even if he saw the chaos of the captives, he would definitely not risk using infantry to attack the cavalry.
Yang Chao asked many men and Song Kun to let his own soldiers rush into the battlefield to collect the bodies of wounded and dead comrades.
Many men and Song Kun have been lining up in the southernmost side, although the captives on the opposite side have regrouped, but they have always lingered and no one dares to come up, not even shooting arrows, so that Yang Chao collected all the wounded and dead soldiers, many men and Song Kun led the team to retreat calmly.
From the beginning to the end, the captives did not harass again, the first is that their organization has been completely dispersed, and there is no organization and command system, and the second stragglers have completely broken their courage, and they do not have the courage to launch an attack on their own, perhaps in their eyes, the Ming army can take the initiative to retreat, so they can breathe a sigh of relief. At this time, it was not that the Ming army was worried about their harassment, but they were more worried that the Ming army would continue to attack them without reluctance.
The reason why they hung in the distance and didn't leave was just because they were worried that the Ming army had captured their main general. And the consequences of losing the main commander made them very frightened. But in the face of the more frightened Ming army, they did not dare to take the initiative to rescue them, and the two contradictory emotions clashed in their hearts, making them hang behind, but they did not dare to attack, and their behavior was extremely strange.
Back in the camp, Yang Chao breathed a sigh of relief, not afraid of anything. Rather, he breathed a sigh of relief for this active and successful sortie.
In Yang Chao's view, his army finally mastered the initiative and brought back the experience of victory.
Looking at the record of the Ming army's annihilation again and again, you should know how rare this experience is.
It has been many years since the Ming army dared to take the initiative to attack the captives, Yang Chao has done it very rarely, it has been many years since the Ming army defeated the captives, even handsome talents like Hong Chengchou were captured and surrendered by the Eastern captives, and even fierce generals like Zu Dashou were besieged by the Eastern Captives for half a year and could not break through, but Yang Chao was able to take the initiative to attack. Not only did they retreat with their whole body, but they retreated with complete victory.
Looking back, the warehouse was between the large camps of the captives. The corpses of a captives killed in battle.
Of course, some soldiers were very sorry for the corpses that failed to cut back the heads, but seeing the panicked remnants of the captives in the distance, Yang Chao felt that in fact, the panic in the eyes of the captives was his biggest achievement, and in comparison, the first level was nothing.
But it is undeniable that Yang Chao is also very enthusiastic about the heads left behind on the battlefield, especially those war horses that have lost their owners and wander around.
However, there are remnants of captives roaming all around. Yang Chao didn't want to go up to collect the fruit at this time, even if he was casually devoured by these remnants and lost one or two soldiers. Yang Chao will be very distressed.
Fortunately, the captives also lost their fear, and only wandered a hundred paces away from the periphery. No one entered the battlefield, and Yang Chao didn't have to worry, those loot would be his own sooner or later.
It is now more important for soldiers to rest.
Injuries and illnesses were handed over to martial arts.
Among the thirty pro-soldiers, five were directly shot by heavy arrows and died on the spot, and five were shot through the iron armor and had hope of surviving, and there were eleven who were slightly injured, even including Zhang Dian and Li Liang, who blocked the arrows for Yang Chao, and Zhao Kang.
Although it suffered heavy losses, it also proved that if he showed the courage to fight head-on, Yang Chao's wall formation could completely hedge against the captive cavalry.
Many men and Song Kun and other flag teams that followed Yang Chao's charge, the losses were very light, and only one person in many men's flag teams was killed, Song Kun was seriously injured in two places, and Sun Changfu and Zheng Yongwang's soldiers each had a slight injury.
Obviously, when charging, Yang Chao's personal soldiers who were at the forefront bore the brunt, and the blow that followed behind was much smaller.
But the heaviest loss was not Yang Chao's personal team, but Wang Pu's general team.
Wang Pu commanded the general team of 100 people, 30 were killed in direct battle, and more than 20 were wounded, of which eight were seriously injured, and Wang Pu lost more than 30% of the general team at once.
This made Yang Chao very angry, and he had already notified the officers to hold a meeting to discuss how to punish Wang Pu.
But before that, it is better to let the soldiers rest first, and wait until after this battle.
Yang Chao observed the battlefield on the roof, and after feeling that the captives should not have the courage to steal the fruits of Yang Chao's victory, he went down to the roof and went to the wounded camp to take a look.
The martial arts leader is urgently dealing with the injuries of these people.
Wu Yi told Yang Chao that many of them were not in good condition, many of them were unconscious, and they were still suffering from fever and fever, although they had cleaned their wounds with spirits in accordance with Yang Chao's consistent requirements, whether they could survive or not, Wu Yi really didn't dare to guarantee.
In addition, the captive general was also handed over to the martial arts.
Yang Chao asked about the situation, and Wu Yi said that this captive was seriously injured, although there were no knife wounds and arrow wounds on his body, but his two leg bones were broken, his left arm was also broken, and several ribs were broken, but he checked the pulse and said that he was very lucky, and he did not hurt his viscera, so he should not worry about his life.
Only then did Yang Chao understand why this captive general did not move on the battlefield, kept holding a spear, and stood quietly in place, it turned out that he had no action at all, and it was much better than the generals and officials of the Ming army to stand and survive the whole battle.
As for how this captive general was injured, it was obviously injured by the cannonball, and it could not have been directly hit by the cannonball, but should have been affected, and it was probably hit by the captive, war horse or even the stump that was knocked away by the cannonball, and the blood stains and scraps on his body also confirmed this speculation.
Yang Chao asked people to prepare some food for the captive general, but this guy's performance made Yang Chao a little stunned.
Give him horse meat, eat it when you hold it, give him wine, drink it when you hold it, but don't say a word when you ask him.
Of course, Yang Chao may not understand it, and the prisoners caught in front of him are all like this, and they can't understand it at all.
Yang Chao was not interested in interrogating him, he was just a captive general who commanded more than 100 people, and it was a Niu Lu Zhangjing who died to die, and he was just a general of the Ming army, no matter how he said it, he was a petty official, otherwise Yang Chao would not think that Wang Pu's risk attack was not worth it, if there was a banner owner in front of him at that time, let alone Wang Pu, Yang Chao himself would not hesitate to take advantage of the chaos to attack.
Let Wuyi look at this captive general, and don't need to cure him, as long as he doesn't die, it is a credit to send it, no different from a human head, but it is of course better to be able to hand over a living person, the great tomorrow has the tradition of captives sacrificing to the Taimiao, maybe he can offer a captive general, it is naturally best to please the Son of Heaven and add officials to the knighthood, and it is not bad to be able to give some rewards to his soldiers.
Leaving the wounded barracks, Huang Fengfu had already organized the women and children to cook a meal, and at this time, the soldiers who had unloaded their armor were eating one by one, and happily boasted to each other about their bravery.
Yang Chao also ate some food, mainly dry rice, no vegetables, and not much horse meat, Yang Chao was left with injuries.
During the meal, Li Liang and Zhang Dian beside him looked thoughtful, the two of them were also slightly injured, and after a simple treatment, they immediately returned to Yang Chao's side to guard, Yang Chao ordered them to rest, they knelt down and pleaded, anyway, they were not seriously injured, and Yang Chao did not force it.
As soon as Yang Chao finished eating, Li Liang went out under the pretext of going out, but when he came in, he followed a group of people.
All of them are Yang Chao's personal soldiers, even including those who are injured, in addition to the personal soldiers, there is also Huangfeng Mansion.
As soon as the men entered, they fell to their knees.
Zhao Kang took the lead in speaking: "The villain implores the adults, in the future, above the war, don't risk the arrows!" β
Yang Chao couldn't help frowning, because he felt like he was coercing himself, but when he saw one by one injured, wrapped in bandages, and oozing blood kneeling on the ground, he couldn't help but be moved.
"Get up and speak!"
Yang Chao coldly ordered.
But no one got up.
Zhao Kang said: "If the adults don't agree, the subordinates don't dare to get up!" β
Yang Chao snorted coldly: "Zhao Kang, it's against you!" β
Zhao Kang said: "Your Excellency forgives your sins, you want to be beaten and punished, and you will admit it, but please give your subordinates a guarantee." β
Yang Chao couldn't help frowning, these subordinates seemed to have negotiated and didn't let themselves go into battle in person, this was to protect themselves.
Thinking back to the scene above today's battle array, Yang Chao thought that there were several times when someone took the initiative to block in front of him, this was definitely not a temporary idea, maybe they had already discussed it and reached an agreement, and they put Yang Chao's life above their own.
In fact, in person, Yang Chao is not without considering the consequences, today Wang Pu is in a deep crisis, Yang Chao can not accept the end of Wang Pu's annihilation, but also in a hurry to personally lead the team to charge, at that time I thought that if I had my own demonstration, the soldiers would not be afraid of danger, and the later results were also obvious, I personally went into battle, and no one in the pro-soldier team was afraid, and they all moved forward bravely.
The behavior of the pro-soldier team encouraged others, many men and Song Kun followed closely, Zheng Yongwang and Sun Changfu followed behind, and completely defeated the captives with one charge, why did these recruits have? It's not because of the bravery and fearlessness led by Yang Chao!
Thinking of this, Yang Chao felt that when necessary, officers could take the lead and play an exemplary role.
Therefore, Yang Chao said to everyone: "I know you all have good intentions, but this official can't do it!" As a general, you should have the consciousness of dying on the battlefield, you will not be afraid of death, and the soldiers will not be greedy for life! If necessary, the next time the official will personally go into battle! (To be continued).