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"How much did we lose in this battle, have you counted it?" Five miles outside the east gate of Luzhou City, more than 10,000 troops of the Wu army camped in this valley. At noon, the sun violently emitted her heat, but after all, it was a February day, and the temperature in Sichuan was really cold. When Wang Pingfan returned to the camp, he asked the general Hu Shouliang.

"General Hui, because Luzhou City itself is small, the place of attack is so big, so although the battle lasted for more than an hour, the losses on both sides were not too much, and on the way back, the subordinates roughly counted it, and we killed a total of 1,600 people, three hundred were seriously injured, and countless were lightly injured." On the siege battlefield, it is generally either dead or slightly injured, and if you want to be seriously injured and not die, it is more difficult than dying directly.

Wang Pingfan also had a rough idea of this battle, but this time he removed 2,000 people, which was enough for him to feel distressed. "Two thousand! This is directly less than one percent! It is estimated that the Tartars are not much better, we have nearly two thousand dead and wounded, so the Tartars have at least a few hundred or nearly a thousand dead. Fortunately, this is not a big city, not a high wall, otherwise we would not have been able to take it down even if we had prepared enough ladders. ”

"There are indeed a lot of Tartar casualties, and my subordinates can see clearly in the telescope, the ratio of casualties between us and the enemy is roughly one to two, we have lost so much, and they will never be less! But general, why don't we pause for two days, let the Chongqing side pull a few cannons, give it a few cannons, and see how they still defend the city! Hu Shouliang waved his hand and said.

"It's too late, and besides, it's just a small city, and you have to use artillery to take a small city. This will also make others look down on Ben General! Didn't we already inform Wu Zhimao? Wait until his army arrives. Let's fight on both sides. I'll see how he keeps it! "Wang Pingfan didn't care about the defeat of the siege in the morning, a small city would be taken sooner or later, and the defenders in the city could be exhausted with his own troops. In the morning, the whole army lost the combat strength of thousands of people, and the remaining 5,000 could not hold out in a few battles?

There is a total of 100 miles of mountain road from Xuzhou to Luzhou, although soldiers were sent to contact Wu Zhimao early this morning, but according to the pace of the march there, it will be almost possible to arrive at noon tomorrow. "So be it. Actually, we should have launched a surprise attack last night, but it was too dark and the mountain road was difficult to walk, so we had to give up. Since it has been decided to fight with Wu Zhimao on both sides, let's wait a little longer, wait until tomorrow to attack together, take Luzhou City in one fell swoop, and destroy all the Tartars! Wang Pingfan said conclusively.

At this moment, the faces of the Qing generals such as He Ye in the city were very ugly, and the joy of defeating the attack of the Wu army was gone. Their losses were even greater than Wang Ping Fan and others expected, and in less than an hour and a half of the battle at the East Gate, the Qing soldiers were killed and wounded 1,500 people. A full 900 men were killed and 600 seriously wounded. Since they are the defenders. Living on the city wall, some of the seriously wounded sergeants were wounded by the Wu army's archers, and the rest were wounded by the Wu army's hand-to-hand combat when they rushed up the city wall. Although the combat power of the Qing army is not bad, but after all, it has not seen blood, and the real scene is still a cut worse than the elite division of the Wu army.

"Lord Dutong, let's break through!" Fu Kejinga did not participate in the battle to defend the East Gate, but after the Wu army retreated, he also came to the East Gate and saw a tragic scene. Now, when you see your own casualty figures, your first reaction is to break through. They are already a lone army, and staying in Sichuan will not have any effect, they can only deliver food to Wu Jun and become a piece of fat in the eyes of others.

"Break out, where to break through?" Herye looked up and asked.

"My subordinates believe that we still have more than 5,000 soldiers, and more than half of them are cavalry, so we can leave some soldiers to continue to defend the city to attract the attention of the enemy, while we lead all the cavalry to break through to the northeast. With our speed, Wu Jun can't catch up with us! Fu Kejing Ah already had a draft, and when he heard He Ye ask, he immediately said it.

"Hmph, but have you forgotten that the attacking Wu army came from that direction? Chongqing is estimated to be in the hands of Wu Gou at the moment, let's go in this direction, it's not just a self-defeating net. This Shu road is difficult, the difference between riding a horse and not having a horse is not very big, if the enemy army sets up an ambush around Chongqing, we will suffer more than in the hands of Wu Zhimao. "Heye also vetoed this plan, it is too risky to break through to the northeast, and it can even be said that it is completely impossible.

Hurib, who was sitting at the bottom left of Heye, was silent all the time, and at this time he also spoke: "I think that only the north can be tried in the four directions of southeast, south, and northwest at this time. The other three sides are dead ends, and if we pass through the dense forest to the north, we will reach the boundary of the Neijiang River on the opposite side. Even if the Wu army moved quickly, it should not have broken through to the interior of Sichuan at this time. This Neijiang is known as an important area of "the hub of central Sichuan and the throat of southern Sichuan", and if we get there, we can temporarily avoid the edge of the Wu army. ”

"But what if Neijiang has also been occupied by the Wu army or Wu Zhimao and other rebels? Aren't we still in the net? Counselor Ruilin interjected, and what he said was also the actual situation.

"Hehe, what General Ruilin said is right, our situation is very difficult now, and it is absolutely impossible to wait here for reinforcements from the imperial court. The three directions of southeast, east and west are dead ends, and only the north can still have a glimmer of hope. And even Neijiang has been taken by the Wu army, so let's attack the city directly. Since there is no way to live in any direction, what else do you want to do at the base, and take the initiative to fight with Wu Jun. Hurib continued.

"I also agree with this, the big deal is just death, there is still a chance to live to the north, but to stay here or in the other three directions is certain death. Go back and immediately reorganize the whole army, and in the afternoon we will enter the dense forest on the back together, and it is best to cross this dense forest to reach Neijiang within a day or two. Heye finally made a decision and set the course.

After only one hour of preparation, the Qing army left more than 4,300 seriously wounded and only intact into the dense forest. So many people enter the mountain, but they open the road in the mountains and build bridges in the water, although the speed of walking is slow, but they have finally left this ghost place! After half a day of hasty escape and discarding all the grain and grass to reduce the burden, the remnants of the more than 4,000 Qing troops led by He Ye finally escaped from the living hell of Luzhou. (To be continued......)