Dodor's decision to withdraw was a matter of desperation.

At noon, the scout reported that the Yangzhou army was approaching, and Duoduo was not confident that Kong Youde could stop the Yangzhou army, but he still decided to take ** with all his might, and he would give an explanation to the court in the future.

Duoduo didn't expect that the ** small city would hold so tenaciously under the personal command of Huang Degong, and the Han army besieging the city could no longer bear huge casualties.

Just now, several groups of Han generals had come to the tent to beg to give up the siege, and Duoduo, who was furious, even killed a resolute general, which forced the Han army to attack desperately.

Kong Youde's news came soon, although they killed the Yangzhou army greatly, they still failed to destroy the strange car, and the Yangzhou army still drove towards the **.

Seeing that the ** county seat was about to fall, the messenger who returned from Shouzhou made Duoduo give up and continue to attack the city.

Liu Liangzuo, who was stationed in Shouzhou and Fengyang, had already made it clear that he had surrendered when the Duoduo army pressed the border.

Due to the urgency of attacking Yangzhou, Duoduo did not bother to incorporate his army.

After dividing the troops from Tianchang this time, Duoduo felt that his troops were insufficient, and sent a messenger to ask Liu Liangzuo to bring troops to support.

However, the news brought back by the messenger today said that Liu Liangzuo had found several reasons, and finally it came down to the fact that Liu Bu could not send troops at present.

Realizing that Liu Liangzuo's attitude had wavered, Duoduo became alarmed.

Duoduo thinks that even if he captures the ** county, but the Ming army that has been continuously reinforced from all over the country is under the leadership of the angel governor, it is impossible for him to march to Pukou again, in case Liu Liangzuo stabs him in the back again, the consequences are unpredictable.

Originally, the Ming army that reinforced from all walks of life could be repelled with the white armor soldiers of the Great Qing Dynasty, but now the strange car is still there, and the Qing warriors are afraid of it.

Duoduo thought about it for a long time and decided to move to Fengyang and Shou County, and solve Liu Liangzuo's ministry first and then make a later plan.

Once the decision was made, Duoduo did not delay for a moment, on the one hand, he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and on the other hand, he ordered the various departments that did not participate in the siege to quickly pack up their camps and leave the outskirts of the city, so as not to be damaged by the Yangzhou army.

There was no case in the camp, Luo Jian, like the other generals, sat on the small horse, and the military meeting was held on time.

"Today's battle is like this, the main responsibility lies with me, the previous battle was fought too smoothly, I am indeed too underestimated by the enemy. I hope that everyone will think deeply and find out what problems we have, so as to avoid similar situations in the future."

Luo Jian made an opening remark, and he hoped that through this form, the generals could learn from the war.

Li Chengdong looked at Luo Jian with some surprise, although this time it was not a big victory, but the goal of forcing the Qing army to retreat had been achieved, why did the governor still ask everyone to find problems?

As soon as Liu Zhaoji heard Luo Jian's words, he stood up.

"Governor, how can you be the main responsibility? It's me who is too careless to underestimate the enemy, most of you have not been here for a long time, I don't know that Kong Youde's Tianyou Army is mainly firearms, Kong Youde himself is very expert in artillery, I should think of it. ”

Luo Jian waved his hand to sit him down, and Liu Zhaoji hesitated, but still sat down.

"I thought that the Qing army's red-coated cannon was destroyed in Yangzhou, and even if there were, it was only a small cannon such as a tiger squat cannon, which was not enough to pose a threat to the warrior car. I didn't expect Kong Youde's determination to be so great, so many generals' cannons were not used to attack the city, but to ambush us. Liu Zhaoji continued.

"I also have a lot of responsibility, the bombardiers pulled the grenade ring in advance and it was not in accordance with the operating specifications, but the first few battles were too smooth, and I didn't correct them, resulting in such a large number of casualties."

Wang Qiang's eyes were a little red as he spoke, these bombardiers and riflemen were trained by him, although the contact time was not long, but these soldiers respected him like a god, and now these soldiers in a regiment are almost completely killed and wounded, and he has been feeling very uncomfortable since the afternoon.

"I don't blame you, I blame you! If it weren't for my blind confidence, I should have sent fewer people up to test and bring out the intentions of the Qing soldiers, and the casualties would not have been so great. ”

Ma Yingkui's voice was low, and everyone present was infected by his emotions, and the atmosphere of the whole venue became dull.

"Report! Jingnan Hou asks to see! The sound of reports coming from outside the tent broke the silence inside the tent.

Huang Degong had been here for a while, and the guards outside the tent were about to report when they saw it, but he stopped him.

Standing outside the tent and listening for a long time, Huang Degong wondered a little in his heart, could it be that most of them lost the battle? How could the Qing soldiers withdraw after winning the battle? Anyway, Huang Degong was a little confused.

Seeing that the tent was quiet, Huang Degong asked the guards to report.

Huang Degong walked into the tent and looked at it, he was a little dumbfounded, the imaginary handsome tent did not exist, and he only saw a large circle of people sitting in the tent.

After taking a closer look, I found that three of them were dressed differently from everyone else, and seeing that Luo Jian was younger and a little older, it was estimated that this was the Metropolitan Governor.

Just as he was about to step forward to salute, Luo Jian had already stood up, clasped his hands into fists and bowed to Huang Degong.

"General Huang, welcome, welcome."

Huang Degong stepped forward and knelt on one knee, and was about to be courteous during the march, but Luo Jian pulled it up.

"We don't have this in the army, and General Huang doesn't have to."

Luo Jian has a good impression of Huang Degong, only Huang Degong is the only one in the four towns of Jiangbei who is upright, his army is strictly disciplined, and he never disturbs the people.

Wang Qiang stood up and let Xiao Mazha out, and stepped forward to ask Huang Degong to sit down.

After Huang Degong sat down, his eyes swept over the generals attending the meeting, and when he saw Li Chengdong, his face suddenly changed.

Seeing Huang Degong staring at him, Li Chengdong smiled wryly, stood up and clasped his fists with both hands and said, "The last general, Li Chengdong, has seen Jingnanhou. ”

Luo Jian knew about the previous festival between the two.

In the past, when Gao Jie was still there, Huang Degong was ambushed by Gao Jie's army on the way from Yangzhou to Gaoyou, Huang Degong was almost killed, and his subordinates in Yizheng were attacked by Gao Jie's army, and suffered heavy losses.

Huang Degong snorted coldly and ignored Li Chengdong.

"General Huang, how about listening to me?" Luo Jian knew that if he didn't come forward again, the two might fight.

"Please give me instructions!" Huang Degong clenched his fists and said to Luo Jian.

"The past has passed, please General Huang focus on the overall situation. And at that time, General Li was Gao Jie's subordinate, obeyed the orders of the commander-in-chief, and the main responsibility was not him, and now that Gao Jie has died, General Huang hopes to put aside his past grievances, and everyone must share the same hatred and unite to deal with the Qing soldiers. ”

"If someone wants to do something wrong in the future, you will never be polite." Huang Degong is a man who can afford to lift and let go.

"This is natural, if there are any mutual attacks in the army in the future, they will be dealt with seriously according to military discipline, and they will never be spared!" Luo Jian's face turned cold, and he said extremely harshly.

"General Huang, how is the battle going these days? Can you tell us about it? "Luo Jian is also extremely concerned about the situation in ** city.

"Alas, the Metropolitan Governor, the Tartars are like crazy today, our Luzhou army has suffered great losses, the defenders in the city have suffered more than 4,000 casualties, and the Minzhuang has also suffered more than 100 casualties."

From Huang Degong's words, everyone knows how tragic the offensive and defensive battles of ** City are.

"But the Tartars didn't get a good deal, this afternoon when they cleaned up the battlefield, more than 4,000 Qing soldiers were collected under the city, and there were hundreds on the city, plus they had already cleaned up the previous two days, and it was estimated that no less than six or seven thousand Qing soldiers were killed or wounded."

When Huang Degong said this, he was a little proud.

"What's that? The Yangzhou army suffered dozens of casualties and wiped out more than 10,000 Qing soldiers. Li Chengdong muttered, although his voice was small, he was heard by Huang Degong.

"Governor, is what this guy said true?" Huang Degong pointed at Li Chengdong and said.

"What are you talking about?" Luo Jian didn't hear Li Chengdong speak.

"Let the Hou Ye know that what General Li said is true, but yesterday he was calculated by Kong Youde here, and my first division lost more than 800 people, if it weren't for the fact that the Metropolitan Governor personally led the warrior to attack, maybe Duoduo would not have retreated."

Liu Zhaoji gave a brief explanation to Huang Degong.

Huang Degong was shocked in his heart, and said in his heart, you have only lost 800 people, and the Metropolitan Governor has made it like a big defeat, and I have lost more than 4,000 people, and I will not be scolded by the Metropolitan Governor for a while.

Huang Degong looked at Luo Jian with a worried face, and saw that he didn't mean to be angry at himself, and he was a little puzzled.

"Yes, there was a big victory ahead, but that shouldn't be a reason for complacency."

Luo Jian picked up the water cup on the ground and took a sip of water, seeing that everyone was listening carefully, he continued:

"Our adversaries are constantly learning from the lessons and trying to deal with us in any way they can, but what about us? Relying on a few advanced weapons in his hand, he didn't know how thick the sky was, thinking that with a few rifles and a few grenades, he could defeat the Qing soldiers. ”

Looking at everyone's thoughtfulness, Luo Jian felt that this would be worth it.

"Besides, I told you a long time ago that this rifle bullet and grenade are not inexhaustible, what should I do when I run out? Aren't we going to war? Kong Youde has realized the importance of firearms in future wars, what should we do? ”

"Governor, we also need to form our own artillery unit. As in today's situation, if we have artillery, we can fire a few shots, and all problems will be solved. Liu Zhaoji said first.

Luo Jian himself is an artilleryman, and artillery is known as the "god of war", and he must understand the importance of artillery in war more clearly than anyone now.

But Luo Jian knew that in the ** era, the range and power of artillery were greatly limited, and the shooting and aiming of these artillery was basically based on estimates, and only the most advanced modern artillery like the red-coat cannon had the most primitive aiming device, and the current artillery and the future artillery could not be the same at all.

At present, the most fundamental reason restricting the development of artillery technology is the backwardness of steelmaking technology, there is no high-strength steel, and the problem of blowing up the bore can only be solved by relying on thickened barrels, which causes the artillery to be extremely cumbersome, and the charge is small, the firing range is short, and most of the time it can only be used to defend the city.

"Division Commander Liu is right, these are our future development directions, but these things can't be made in a day or two, before we don't have these things, we can't just rely on a few rifles and a few grenades to fight, we also need to update our tactics, everyone has to use more brains."

Luo Jian didn't want everyone to become a "weapon-only theory", so he consciously guided everyone.

"I think there's another issue that we should pay attention to."

Lou Ting, the captain of the cavalry brigade, stood up and spoke, and Luo Jian waved his hand to sit down and said.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were turning to him, Lou Ting was a little nervous, looked at Luo Jian, and saw Luo Jian looking at him with encouraging eyes, and suddenly felt a lot more steady.

"I think our scouts, oh, now called scouts, rely on cavalry reconnaissance on the battlefield, but we can't beat the cavalry scouts of the Shangqing soldiers at all. In this way, the reconnaissance of the enemy's situation will be limited, and the scouts themselves will suffer large losses. ”

"That's a good point, the backwardness of battlefield reconnaissance means has caused us to be unclear about the enemy's situation, and we can't know ourselves and the enemy, so we will be passive when we start this battle." Luo Jian took Lou Ting's words and said.

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