If there were individual generals, then there would be nothing to be seen in this war.

The original big victory turned into a big defeat, and finally collapsed, it is so ironic to say, but it is the truth. But fortunately, it is no one else who is dispatching in the center now, but Sun Chengzong.

Seeing that Houjin had killed a horse pistol, and that his firearms had also exploded on a large scale, Sun Chengzong had to tilt his focus to the Guanning iron cavalry and infantry, and quickly changed the formation, so as to stabilize the situation.

Houjin took advantage of it at first, but as the situation stabilized, as well as the harassment of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the sky also darkened, he had to suspend his troops.

Finally returned to the camp, and all the Houjin generals, including Huang Taiji, expressed great dissatisfaction with this decisive battle. Worst of all, they were already sure that there was no need to continue the battle at this point. If you continue to fight, the opponent will play a turtle shrinkage strategy again, and the firearms on your side are almost destroyed, which is not suitable for attacking at all.

Since the turtle shell is so hard to gnaw on, there is no one who knows this and still gnaws on it, except for fools.

"Could it be that way?" Azig was the first to complain.

"What else can we do besides retreating, we have lost nearly 20,000 people, and this is my Houjin's warriors. The population of my Houjin is not large, how many 20,000 people can be buried? Huang Taiji leaned on the marching bench with his forehead propped up, and after hearing Azig's complaints, he looked up and spoke.

"If I knew this was the case, I might as well go to the old fourteen!" Azig muttered.

"Thanks to the old fourteenth army, I think we may not have nothing to gain from going south this time. It's a pity that I want more gains, but I can't help it. Huang Taiji listened.

Time passed little by little, and at about ten o'clock in the middle of the night, a troop returned to the camp in a mighty way, but it was Dolgon, who had divided his troops to fight.

"Old Fourteen, look at your radiant appearance, but you have gained a lot?" Huang Taiji finally managed to squeeze out a smile.

Everyone knows that Dolgon is not very good with him, and there is a faint tendency to be self-contained, coupled with the policy of the four major bailes formulated by Daddy Nurhachi in turn, so that this guy always has an unstable heart. Fortunately, this system Huang Taiji had already taken advantage of the beginning of the Battle of the Daling River and abolished it early.

It can even be said that the purpose of the Battle of Dalinghe may be to uproot the key stronghold of Dalinghe City, and at the same time take advantage of the time to plunder. But Huang Taiji also took advantage of this opportunity to abolish the old system formulated by his father, take back the right to let it out, and strengthen the centralized power of the emperor.

"lived up to the trust, captured 300,000 border troops and civilians, and also got a batch of supplies. It's just a pity that there is no way to continue south. Dorgon was excited to tell him what he had gained, and then complained a little sarcastically.

Thinking about it, he also knew that today's decisive battle was a winless and undefeated one, but it was a rare result of defeat for Houjin. If you don't take this opportunity to attack Huang Taiji's authority, it will be too expensive, not to mention that your gains are so huge.

Speaking of which, he also took advantage of Zu Dashou, a prisoner, to skillfully mix the sentry posts and defense lines of the Ming army, and went south in one fell swoop to plunder and then returned with pleasure. If it weren't for Zu Dashou's help, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy for him to go south.

Now that Sun Chengzong has begun to defend himself, the result of the Jin army's southward movement is that the fact that Zu Dashou surrendered will soon spread, and it will be impossible to continue to use him to sneak through the checkpoint fortress at that time. After all, Sun Chengzong is not a fool.

At the same time, it cannot be denied that if Huang Taiji can defeat the border army, then the result will be that the two armies will eventually merge into one unit, rampage like a flood, and those who dare to stand in front will be crushed into scum by the thunder. However, this ideal result was not achieved.

"We have gained a lot from this trip to the south, but it has also exposed many problems. For example, we still don't care too much about firearms, especially the research of firearms. Sun Chengzong reminded me this time that in the future battlefield, I am afraid that in this world of artillery and firearms, the destructive power that other infantry can cause has become very limited, even if it is cavalry combat, it is constantly weakening. To put it mildly, maybe one day, the cavalry will completely disappear from this world. Although we are a nation on horseback, to ride and shoot to make a fortune, but we can never stick to the beauty of the past, if we can't look forward, the final elimination can only be us, don't forget jì, the Ming is constantly intoxicated in their former glory, only to gradually become so weak. Huang Taiji was not affected in any way, and he talked eloquently.

"Wow!" The issue of firearms has indeed attracted the attention of other generals in this war, not to mention that it has been placed on the same level as cavalry shooting, and it can be regarded as much higher than the previous almost no attention paid to it.

As for the fundamental reason for not giving up mounted archery, it is still forced by a lack of materials.

The army began to return the next day, which made the Ming troops stationed in the Jinzhou area breathe a sigh of relief, and even decisively forgot about the fact that the special troops of Houjin bypassed themselves and stirred up the wind and rain in the rear. Anyway, it was to prevent Houjin from going south.

It's just that Dalinghe City can't be built, and at the same time, Zu Dashou surrendered to the enemy, which undoubtedly gave the border army a very big blow.

Different from history, the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which was originally completely destroyed, has been retained, which makes the Ming army still have the ability to fight with the Houjin in Liaodong. Not to mention, after this battle, Daming will also seriously develop firearms, right?

Well, this is a headache for the cabinet, and Sun Chengzong said that he has finally completed the task......

After Jin went south, the Battle of Dalinghe came to an end in a hurry, and it might be regarded as a joke. It was only a few days later that Zhang Hongbin got the details of the battle, but he thought that this battle would have a great impact on future history.

First, the Houjin still completed their original strategic goal, to put it bluntly, they prevented the construction of Dalinghe City, but it can be seen from the battle report that this seems to be the incidental goal of this southward journey;

Second, Zu Dashou took refuge in Houjin like history, which was a blow to the Liaodong Border Army, and the power of the example was terrible, not to mention that Zu Dashou had been operating in Liaodong for so long, where there were no protégés from the old department, and it would not be said that this group of people would not live in peace in the future.

Third, the large-scale use of firearms and the miraculous results obtained at the same time will undoubtedly make Hou Jin and Daming put more experience in the study of firearms, or try to get drawings from themselves to imitate. In the final analysis, the history of warfare in the Chinese region will be fundamentally changed since this battle, the end of cold weapons will be accelerated, and the time for hot weapons to come to power will be shortened.

However, it cannot be ignored that for a long time, at least before the invention of heavy machine guns, cavalry still had a certain combat effectiveness, especially in guerrilla fighting. In this battle of the Daling River, the establishment of the Guanning Iron Cavalry was not destroyed, so that the Ming Dynasty still retained enough vitality, which made it possible for a long time in the future that the Ming army did not even have to worry about the large-scale southward movement of the Houjin.

Liaodong is divided, so it is naturally the time when the outside must be settled first. In other words, the Ming Dynasty will increase the encirclement and suppression of the rogues, provided that the treasury is rich or Chongzhen's guy takes out a sum of silver in the treasury.

"Husband, are you still reading the battle report of the Battle of Daling River?" Liu Ru looked at him with resentment.

"I'm sorry, I'm so focused that I ignore that there is a beautiful lady next to me." Zhang Hongbin stood up with a smile and hugged Liu Ru in his arms.

"If you care about people, why don't you round the house early...... Now when I walk outside, I always feel like I'm being pointed at. Liu complained.

"It's still early, and it's not developed yet." Zhang Hongbin grabbed a handful on Liu Ruye's chest.

"People, people have grown up here!" Liu Ru straightened her chest, but it still had no effect.

"Haha, I know, I know, we will definitely be a great beauty in the future. Let's not talk about these things for a while, the matter of the imperial examination is going smoothly, right? Zhang Hongbin smiled and stroked her head.

This feeling of being treated as a child, not a concubine, made Liu Ru very depressed, but helpless.

"It's already in order, and the imperial examination will be held in three days. Speaking of which, there are many more people participating this time than before, and it is more than three times as many as the last scientific expedition! Liu Ru could only turn the conversation to work.

"It shows that we're starting to be recognized, and that's a good thing." Zhang Hongbin leaned on his back and muttered.