In the continuous roar of artillery and the widespread spread of gunsmoke, the Jiannu retreated on all fronts.

Cao Yue also quickly ordered the artillery to stop the bombardment, and all the soldiers continued to be on the highest alert, but did not send cavalry to pursue.

Cao Yue did not take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, which made Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and others feel a little itchy in their hearts, and their favorite thing to do is to take advantage of the defeat of the enemy army to lead the army to chase and kill, so that they can exaggerate the results of the battle. However, they still did not question this issue in the end, the results achieved by Cao Yue's command of the operation, they were beyond their reach, Cao Yue must have his own arrangements, they just need to know the reason.

The weather is very hot, watching the battle for a long time, my heart has been nervous, and I am also very tired, they were originally very healthy, after relaxing, they actually felt that they were sour all over, as if their strength was drained, and they felt more tired than they went to the battlefield to fight in person. But they also felt very shocked, very enjoyable, today's point of view, let them learn a lot.

The time was already in the afternoon, and I had to feel that a few hours had passed, whether it was the soldiers on the battlefield, or Cao Yue who commanded the battle, and other people who watched the battle, they almost didn't eat in between, at most they drank some water, everyone felt hungry, a little bit of a chest against the back. The soldiers on the battlefield were already seizing the time to replenish food and water, and Cao Yue also signaled to the people around him to go to the boat with him to eat.

In the first confrontation with the army led by Dolgon himself outside Liaocheng City, Cao Yue hit Jiannu at a very small cost and achieved a brilliant victory, although the final result could not be predicted, but at a very small price, such a huge result was achieved, Cao Yue was still very excited.

He ordered his soldiers to prepare wine, and he wanted to drink a little with the people around him to celebrate. Although the war is not over yet, the first battle has been fought like this, and we can celebrate. Drinking alcohol also has a morale-boosting effect.

At the same time, he also sent people to order all the soldiers to fight well, Jiannu is not as terrible as they imagined, and the current Jiannu can not be compared with the Ming army equipped with a large number of firearms in terms of combat effectiveness. When this war is over, he must personally reward the officers and men of the three armed forces and remember the merits of all meritorious personnel.

There was no need to count the results, Cao Yue knew that in the past few encounters, Dolgon had been defeated by him. The losses of Jiannu were at least tens of thousands of horses, while the Ming soldiers had almost zero casualties.

Cao Yue's prediction was basically correct. However, the Ming soldiers were not zero casualties, at least ten sergeants were killed in the blast of the artillery, and many more were wounded. The main reason is that the smelting technology at this time is not up to par, and there are impurities in the steel and copper used to make artillery, and the bore is blown up when it is overheated. Fortunately, Cao Yue ordered before the war to formulate countermeasures for the explosion and other possible accidents to minimize the losses.

When he sat down and was about to drink and eat, Huang Dequan first raised his glass to Cao Yue: "Governor, before today." The lowly position is still not convinced by you, but after watching today's battle and seeing the results of the tactics you arranged, the lowly position is extremely admirable. The lowly position also understood. How did you defeat Jiannu at the same time, and when you were in Beijing, you were able to lead the army to snatch out the body of the former emperor and rescue the Queen Mother, Your Majesty and other members of the royal family. Today's battle also made the humble officials understand what is the way to restrain the Jiannu cavalry. Served as the governor of the capital. Today, I will salute each other with this wine, and I want to follow the Metropolitan Governor all the time to study and watch the battle!"

"I asked you to follow the battle this time, just to let you see. How to change our tactics and how to apply powerful firearms," Cao Yue smiled and toasted Huang Degong, and said happily: "In the past, our Ming army did not give full play to the power of firearms, a weapon with strong lethality, and used its own shortcomings to fight against Jiannu's strengths, of course, it was at a disadvantage. My Daming's firearms manufacturing technology is far superior to that of Jiannu, and the number of firearms that can be manufactured is far beyond their comparison. In future wars, we must change our concepts and try our best to bring out the power of firearms, so that we can effectively contain the cavalry of Jiannu and make it impossible for them to exert their maximum power. In this way, we will be able to win the war. ”

"Humble, teachable!" Huang Degong said, stood up straight, gave a military salute to Cao Yue, and then said loudly: "I hope that I will have the opportunity to command the new army in the future, defeat Jiannu, and avenge the fathers and villagers who were killed by Jiannu." ”

Huang Degong is still quite smart, he knows that Cao Yue will not mercilessly refuse this request in public. As long as Cao Yue does not refuse, and he shows his loyalty to Cao Yue, there will still be a chance to continue to lead the army in the future. In Huang Degong's heart, everything is more majestic than the general soldier who is not actually leading the army, he is a military general, he has been associated with the war in this life, and he is very uncomfortable to let him leave the army before the war is over.

Seeing such a tragic war scene today, the pride that was still very hot in his heart was ignited again, he wanted to make meritorious contributions, he wanted to kill the enemy and defeat Jiannu, so he hoped that Cao Yue could give him another chance to lead the army.

Other people who originally wanted to toast Cao Yue were stunned after hearing Huang Degong's request. They also looked at Cao Yue with a very nervous look, wanting to see how Cao Yue answered Huang Degong.

They have the same mind as Huang Degong, they don't want Mingsheng to be the governor of the city, although the governor of the five armies is very majestic, but they know that these governors have no actual power now, and all the armies are controlled by Cao Yue. They hope to continue to lead the army to fight, especially after seeing today's style of play.

Cao Yue knew the thoughts of these generals, but he couldn't let them continue to lead the army to fight now, but he didn't explicitly refuse, but just said meaningfully: "General Huang's mind is that the Governor of Pondu understands, and it's nothing if you want to surrender your identity and continue to lead the army to fight, but you are not familiar with the current tactics, so the Governor of Pondu asked you to watch the battle with the army." When you are familiar with the tactics of warfare, you have abandoned your previous thinking, and you have adapted to the new situation, the Pontus will consider it. ”

Cao Yue's words, in fact, are very clear, that is, whether you can lead the army or not depends on your loyalty. This period is a period of inspection for you, and if you pass the inspection, it is possible that you will continue to lead the army to fight. These people are all old slippery heads, of course, they also understand Cao Yue's accident, and immediately salute Cao Yue together, saying that they must watch the battle well, study hard, and reflect on what they have done before, abandon bad customs, be loyal to the imperial court, loyal to the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and will never let Cao Yue bother to worry about them.

Continuing these people to say so, Cao Yue didn't say anything more, just beckoned everyone to hurry up and eat, and drink more wine by the way, maybe Jiannu will start attacking again after a while. (To be continued.) )