In order to be able to cover the retreat of the main force, the wild boar skin could only use the tactic of adding oil and throwing troops into the rear of the palace little by little, so as to delay the pursuit of the Tengxiang cavalry army.

When the main force of Jiannu had already gone away, the Tengxiang cavalry army had annihilated more than 5,000 Jiannu.

It's a pity that Jiannu ran too fast, and the infantry divisions of the Central Army moved relatively slowly, and the roundabout outflanking was not successful. Sun Chuanting's attempt to annihilate the main force of Jiannu in one fell swoop ended up bankrupt.

However, at the same time that Jiannu withdrew to Liaoyang in embarrassment, Jiannu, who originally had a strength of 80,000, lost nearly 40,000 after a big battle, that is, nearly half.

Therefore, although the plan to encircle and annihilate Jiannu failed, it still succeeded in bloodletting Jiannu.

Yaozhou camp, the main force of the Ming army has been stationed here, at this time the city of Yaozhou has long been dilapidated, the city wall here has long been bulldozed by Jiannu, the city has been abandoned, and there is no human population in the wild.

Sun Chuanting personally sat in Yaozhou at this time and held a military meeting here.

"Report to Lord Junmen, the statistical results have come out, in this operation, I Jinzhou Town annihilated more than 37,000 Jiannu people, and captured 345 Jiannu, including Jiannu Taiji Dudu, who is the commander of the white flag." The General Staff reported the statistics to Sun Chuanting.

The military attaches present all showed a look of surprise, Sun Chuanting nodded, and said: "The results of this battle are indeed huge, and we have achieved the phased strategic goals we have predetermined. What about our battle damage? ”

"In terms of battle losses, the 003rd Division suffered the heaviest, with more than 5,300 officers and soldiers killed. More than 300 people were seriously injured. Minor injuries are not counted. More than 800 officers and soldiers of the Tengxiang Cavalry Army were killed. Twenty-five people were seriously injured. In addition, more than 1,300 war horses were lost, and more than 800 horses were pulled. Six artillery pieces were destroyed. ”

When everyone heard this number, they all took a breath.

Sun Chuanting also paused for a while, knocked on the table, and said affirmatively: "Division 003 actually used as a bait this time to introduce Jiannu into the war of attrition. And it is not easy to hold on to the siege of 70,000 Jiannu until the reinforcements arrive, and the battle to the death has not collapsed. This official shall be enlightened to the Holy One. Please take credit for the 003 division. ”

"Thank you, Junmen." Liang Qingchang got up and gave a military salute to Sun Chuanting.

"Although it is necessary to reward meritorious deeds, the battle is not over. After the results of the consultation between the General Staff and the officer, since Jiannu has been defeated this time, then the next time is for us to recover the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone, please see, this is the Liaodong Peninsula, and our next goal is to recover the entire Liaodong Peninsula and take Zhenjiang in one go. Sun Chuanting stood up, pointed to the map and said: "The reason why it is said that the time is ripe to recover the Liaodong Peninsula is mainly because the terrain of the Liaodong Peninsula is very favorable to our army. ”

"The peninsula is only flanked by a flat corridor. And the central region is all mountainous. This means that after our army recovers the Liaodong Peninsula, it only needs to set up checkpoints in the mountainous areas. It can curb the main force of Jiannu from breaking into the Liaodong Peninsula. The entire Liaodong Peninsula will become a stable rear, without fear of being harassed and plundered by Jiannu after the reconquest. ”

The Liaodong Peninsula is like an oblique V-shape, and on both sides of the V-shape is a corridor that is not too wide, and such a corridor is not wide enough for Jiannu to give full play to the advantages of cavalry maneuvering and harassment. If Jiannu wants to take this corridor to plunder the Liaodong Peninsula, he will have to fight with the infantry of the Ming army first.

But the Ming army was on the front, and it had long been no longer instigated to build slaves. It is not difficult for the infantry to defeat the cavalry, as long as the infantry can form a formation. It is absolutely impossible for Jiannu to attack the Ming army, after all, in the open terrain, large-scale cavalry operations will be detected in advance.

As for the infantry of Jiannu, they were also no match for the Ming army. The firearms of the Ming army were very effective against the sluggish infantry.

As for the mountainous area, the Ming army suffered a major defeat at the beginning of the Salhu, obviously because of the wrong posture.

When entering the mountainous area to fight, the Ming army only needed to take every step of the way, and set up checkpoints and fortresses everywhere with the narrow terrain of the mountainous area along the way. Don't send too many troops in at once, even if Jiannu can break the Ming army one by one in the mountains, how many roads can it break? How many Ming troops can be killed?

As long as the attacked Ming army gained a foothold, defended with narrow terrain, and waited for reinforcements, Jiannu had no way to take the Ming army that had entered the mountains.

At the beginning of the Battle of Salhu, the Ming army made many mistakes. The first is a swarm of bees pouring into the mountains, and when the people are crowded and rushed by Jiannu, they will collapse for thousands of miles.

The second is the leakage of operational intelligence, and the movement of the main force of Jiannu was not grasped, so it was naturally broken by the enemy by concentrating superior forces to break the Ming army one by one.

The mountainous area is like a wild area in a competitive game, and when entering the wild area, you need to do more to ensure safety and initiative.

Not to mention grasping the specific movements of the main force of Jiannu, that is, if the operational intelligence of the Ming army is not leaked, launching an attack in the mountainous area is enough to make Jiannu anxious.

It would be even easier if you could also grasp the location of the main force of Jiannu.

Just like now, Jiannu has just been defeated. The main force has been pinned down by the Ming army in the Liaohe defense line, as well as in the Liaoyang area. This made it almost easy for the Ming army to regain the Liaodong Peninsula.

Since the Ming army has an advantage in military strength, the wild boar skin can only take Jiannu to fight a sports war, and the Ming army at this time simply adopts the tactic of pushing and pushing, and the wild boar skin can only take care of one and lose the other.

It's like killing people in the game, people are killed, and the next thing is to push the tower.

The Ming army gathered in Yaozhou immediately divided 50,000 troops to carry out a major counterattack and sweep in the mountainous and hilly valleys of the Liaodong Peninsula.

This sweep was obviously extremely easy, and the main force of Jiannu retreated to Liaoyang, and there was no time to take care of the Liaodong Peninsula. Not to mention that it was in the mountains, Jiannu was blind to the strength and distribution of the Ming army in the mountains, and did not dare to rashly support Jiannu in the mountains.

With its sharp artillery, the Ming army attacked the city along the way, and the momentum was like a bamboo.

Jiannu itself is not good at defense, and the fortifications themselves are relatively scummy, mostly relying on the passes left by the Ming army, but under the artillery of the Ming army, these passes have been bulldozed by the Ming army.

Tianshui Station and Yanshanguan took the lead in recovering it, and then Sanyang, Xindian, Kuandian, Dadian, Yongdian, Changdian, Lingshanbao, Phoenix, Tangzhan and Zhenjiang were recovered.

In the process of sweeping, more than 1,500 soldiers and more than 20,000 soldiers were annihilated.

Sun Chuanting personally led the 70,000 Ming army to continue to advance northward, all the way to Anshan, which was only separated by a river from Liaoyang.

The entire Liaodong Peninsula was fully recovered by the Ming army.

In order to consolidate the fruits of victory, Sun Chuanting immediately ordered the construction of the Taizi River defense line, which formed a V-shape with the Liaohe defense line of the Ming army in Liaodong Town.

Liao River, Hunhe River, Taizi River, is three rivers that flow into the Sancha River, at this time Sun Chuanting built the Taizi River defense line, so that Jiannu to the west has the Liao River defense line to contain, to the south there is the Taizi River defense line to contain, completely block the possibility of Jiannu plundering the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)

PS: Yesterday I said that I had three more, but there were only two more, ashamed!