Chapter 486: Huang Taiji's Worries
Under the attack of this new tactic, the squad led by platoon commander Zhong Zhaoyu captured dozens of houses in the Tartars in just half an hour, and eliminated the White Tartars before and after. What's more, during the entire attack, none of the dozens of brothers under his command were killed in battle.
However, this good fortune did not accompany Zhong Zhaoyu until the end of the street fighting.
Because, the Tartars are not fools either. After tasting the tremendous power of the Haw Par Army grenades, the remaining Tartars slowly changed their passive defense and took the initiative to attack to avoid being given a pot by the Haw Par Army grenades again and again, without even seeing the shadow of the Haw Par Army.
However, the change in the tactics of the Tartars did not stop the Haw Par Army from attacking more and more bravely.
With the complementarity of the two weapons of grenades and bayonets, dozens of soldiers of the garrison division, although constantly falling on the offensive road. However, the remaining soldiers are becoming more and more accustomed to this kind of street fighting......
In this way, this kind of bloody street fighting lasted for two hours. In the Tatar tribe, the constant sound of gunfire and grenade explosions slowly stopped.
At the same time, hordes of Han Chinese slaves began to move out of the tribe under the drive of the attacking troops......
Perhaps because of the heavy use of grenades in the street fighting, after the attack, there were less than 2,000 Tartar women and children captured.
However, Sun Chengzong's eyes were not set on these captives and Han Chinese slaves.
For Sun Chengzong, what he cares about most is the loss of more than 10,000 soldiers under his command.
Therefore, the mighty garrison division soldiers have just begun to walk out of the Tartar tribe. Sun Chengzong began to pay attention to the number of these soldiers......
As more and more soldiers came out of the tribe one after another. The worried expression that had been hanging over Sun Chengzong's face. There are finally signs of dissipation.
Because, so far, there are more than 8,000 soldiers out of the Tartar tribe......
Count according to the thirteen thousand musketeers who entered the Tartar tribe themselves. No matter how great the losses in the street battle that has ended, it is impossible to exceed forty percent of the total strength......
Soon, a result that made Sun Chengzong breathe a sigh of relief was placed in front of Sun Chengzong.
"Chief of Staff. The losses have been counted...... The cavalry division lost six hundred and fifty-five men...... The 1st Garrison Division lost 1,900 men, and the 2nd Garrison Division lost 1,850 men......"
"Of the two garrison divisions involved in the offensive, almost every infantry platoon lost more than one infantry squad. What's more, some infantry platoons directly lost two infantry squads, which can be described as heavy losses. ”
However, the heavy losses of the soldiers were not unrewarded...... The remaining more than 5,000 young men of the Tartar tribe, including tens of thousands of their families, were all killed......"
"You know, in street fighting, the enemy is in the dark. We're in Ming. can be in such a situation, with such a loss. Achieving such a price is already a good ending for an army that is not trained in street fighting......"
Hearing this, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief......
At this moment, Luo Jingshan, commander of the cavalry division, continued: "Chief of Staff, although the losses are large, thousands of elites have been selected for us...... Not only that, but there are also a large number of low-level officers who emerged in this street battle...... Among these people, the last general remembered the most was a platoon commander of the First Garrison Division of Liaodong......"
"In the whole street battle, the Tartars who died in the hands of this infantry platoon were definitely more than three hundred. However, this infantry platoon, under the command of platoon commander Zhong Zhaoyu, only suffered a loss of nine people. Of all the units involved in street fighting, the losses of this infantry platoon were definitely the lowest......"
"If the last general is the commander of the infantry division, he must be asked to come over and give him a company commander as a ......"
"Uh......" Hearing this, Sun Chengzong's face also showed an expression of interest.
Then, he said with a happy face: "If this is true, then we will launch it, and the purpose of this street battle will be achieved...... With so many elites, as long as there is time, the Second Infantry Division of the Haw Par Army can be formed immediately......"
Of course, excitement is excitement, and Sun Chengzong has not forgotten his current duties.
After taking a deep breath, he ordered to Luo Jingshan: "Commander Luo, according to the plan before we sent our troops, we must take at least two Tartar tribes before we can withdraw our troops. In order to seize the time, the battlefield here was handed over to the cavalry division for cleaning...... Rest here for the night when you're done. Early tomorrow morning, march to the next tribe of the Tartars......"
"Strive to withdraw to Liaodong before the Tartars really react, form the Second Infantry Division of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time to meet the retaliatory attack that the Houjin Tartars may launch against Liaodong."
In the next five days, the Western Expeditionary Corps under the personal command of Sun Chengzong once again captured the two medium-sized tribes and one small tribe of the Tartars with lightning speed, and wiped out the 15,000 young and strong Tartars who could be transformed into Houjin Iron Cavalry at any time, and weakened the war potential of the Houjin Tartars as much as possible.
Subsequently, with more than 40,000 Han slaves rescued from Houjin, 12,000 Tartar captives, herds of cattle, sheep and horses, and countless gold and silver finances, he retreated to Liaodong.
Because Sun Chengzong's attack on Houjin was too fast and the time was too short, it took less than ten days in total. Coupled with the deliberate blockade of the two flags inlaid with red and red, the connection between the flag and the flag could only be transmitted through the guò cavalry. It wasn't until two days before Sun Chengzong decided to retreat that Huang Taiji, the Great Khan of Houjin, learned the news of the defeat of the two banners of red and red in Liaodong......
Faced with this shocking news, Huang Taiji's first reaction was incredible......
However, when he learned that it was not the Ming border army that defeated his brother, but the tiger and leopard army that he feared the most. The incredulity in my heart was replaced by shock. However, this shock did not last long on the face, and was replaced by the worry and fear that followed......
Huang Taiji, who has suffered defeat at the hands of the Haw Par Army and has a special understanding of the Haw Par Army, is very aware of the fact that the Haw Par Army is a powerful military force that is not satisfied with the status quo and is not stable.
When the former Houjin and the Ming border army were neighbors, the Houjin did not need to consider the possibility of the Ming border army launching an attack on the Houjin. However, with the new neighbor of the Liaodong Tiger and Leopard Army, Huang Taiji did not dare to guarantee that the belligerent Tiger and Leopard Army would not launch a direct attack on Houjin on a whim one day......
Under such circumstances, as the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, he had to draw out a part of the limited forces to guard against the Haw Par Army and arrange it on the front line in Liaodong to engage in a military confrontation with the Haw Par Army.
It's just that in this way, their limited forces will become even less. (To be continued......)