Baili Wuji originally thought that Ding Sijin was going to burn the First Army and the enemy, but now he understands that the explosion caused by Ding Sijin around the periphery of the First Army was to distance himself from the Liao army and prepare for musket shooting.

Baili Wuji turned from great sorrow to great joy, and couldn't help scolding: "This kid is really a ruthless person." ”

At this time, the south gate of Dadingfu was like an open mouth, sucking countless Liao troops into the city, but due to the rapid closure of the new armies on both wings, a part of the Liao army was intercepted outside the city of Dadingfu.

This part of the Liao army was immediately divided and surrounded by the new armies on the left and right flanks, and finally all of them were annihilated.

The battle lasted about four hours, and from mid-morning to mid-afternoon, the casualties of the Second and Third Armies were almost negligible, while the Fourth Army did not move at all, and remained stationed on the side of Bailiyi as a reserve.

The casualties of the First Army were enormous, and by the end of the battle, the casualties of the 25,000-strong First Army had reached nearly 10,000.

The greatest loss was not caused by Ding Sijing's order to detonate the periphery, but by the continuous attrition of the Liao army when it was surrounded on three sides. Of the 10,000 casualties, 8,700 were killed and only 900 were wounded.

As for the Liao army, after counting the corpses and wounded soldiers, it was found that more than 37,000 people were killed and more than 9,700 were wounded.

In this battle, the new army exchanged nearly 10,000 casualties for 47,000 casualties of the Liao army, in terms of numbers. It is already a big victory, but if you look at it from the hearts of Baili Wuji and the generals of the new army, it is only a small victory.

The most fortunate. The iron cavalry of Jeruzarat did not appear, otherwise the victory or defeat would still be unknown.

But the iron cavalry is like a boulder, still pressing in the hearts of Baili Wuji and the generals of the new army, always on guard, not daring to relax a little.

In the evening, Baili Wuji summoned the commanders of Baili Yihe and the four armies to comment on today's battle and fill in the gaps.

"First of all, it needs to be clear. Today, our army has won a great victory over the Liao army, and this is beyond doubt. "Baili Wuji intends to boost the morale of the army," the First Army fought very tenaciously today. Showing the appearance of the new army, I decided to give the army a reward of one rank for each of the commanders and soldiers, as a reward for their merits. ”

The generals, including Bai Liyi, congratulated Ding Sijin one after another, and this rank also made Ding Sijin rise from the third rank to the third rank general. Naturally, Ding Sijin was extremely excited. It is only one order away from the second grade of Bailiyi.

Ding Sijin stood up and thanked him and said: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, and the ministers must do their best to achieve better results." ”

Baili Wuji smiled and said, "General Ding will sit down first." ”

"But in today's battle, there are many problems, the most important is that the casualties of the First Army are too high. Of course, there are many reasons for this problem, but General Dante, as the commander of the First Army, did not really think about how to reduce casualties before the war. This was the general disease of most of the generals of the Ming Kingdom. Only care about victory, not about the cost. This problem is especially evident in today's battles. "Baili Wuji has switched from handing out candy to wielding a stick.

"After pacifying the north, the Ming State needs a large number of troops to turn to Divination and Tubo, such a heavy battle damage, the Ming State can't afford it, and ask the generals to plan for the people of the Ming State, treat the soldiers under their command well, and protect the soldiers under their command, do you think so?" Baili Wuji's tone gradually became cold.

Hearing this, the five generals led by Baili Yi stood up and said: "The ministers should remember the emperor's teachings. ”

"Sit down." Baili Wuji slapped his hand and changed the evidence, "Let's talk about it, from tomorrow, what is the response to the Liao army hiding in Dading Mansion?" ”

Bai Liyi first spoke: "The minister thinks that after today's battle, it is impossible for the Liao army to go out of the city to meet the battle, plus the Ministry of Wuxing and the Ministry of Culture and Chen Yanzheng are approaching, and it is not difficult to force the Liao army to surrender or retreat on three sides, and the new army can be stationed outside the south gate of Dading Mansion to maintain deterrence, which is also in line with the emperor's instructions to protect the soldiers." ”

Baili Wuji turned his head and asked, "What objections do you have with the other four people?" ”

Ding Sijing, Guo Tingwei, Zheng Yanhua, and Zhou Baozhong stood up and replied: "The ministers seconded the marshal's intentions. ”

Baili Wuji nodded, after this battle, the Liao army has shrunk Dading Mansion and dare not go out of the city, it is feasible to surround Dading Mansion, so there is no rush to attack the city and fight hard, and wait for the two armies on the left and right to meet, even if the Liao army does not withdraw, it is not too difficult to break the city. Moreover, the new army has also achieved its goal of sharpening itself.

Thinking of this, Baili Wuji said: "That's fine, then let the new army camp outside the south gate, but you must be careful not to attack the Liao army out of the city." ”

The five of them answered: "The ministers have the order." ”

In the evening of the same day, two waves of messengers arrived at the camp of the Forces nouvelles. brought two news, one far and one near, one happy and one worried.

One is a messenger from Xia Zhou. Chai Rong got the news that Yelu Moji and the remnants of the Hinder Army had escaped, so he sent a messenger to Yan Yun, he didn't know what arrangements Baili Wuji had for Hexi, but no matter what, it was always a pity to escape these 30,000 enemy troops, so Chai Rong felt that he should notify Baili Wuji immediately, and make arrangements.

Chai Rong was deeply wary of Zhao Kuangyin's unauthorized pursuit of the north, and the rumors had already made Chai Rong feel uncomfortable, but now with this matter, Chai Rong already had the heart to take back Zhao Kuangyin's military power. But considering that now that Zhao Kuangyin is leading the troops, it is not the time to take back the military power, Chai Rong can only choose to forbear. Chai Rong ordered Xiang Xun to guard Lingzhou, and sent a powerful part of the army to the north to get in touch with Zhao Kuangyin's department, and ordered him to return south immediately.

Baili Wuji outside the Dading Mansion was shocked when he heard the news, and more than 30,000 people from the Yelumo and the remnants of the Hindu Army escaped, and the Hexi tribes fell into a crisis.

The main force of the Jiaoguo Luo tribe in the Hexi tribes had been defeated by Xu Shouren and Yun Yang earlier, and the Jiaoguo Luo had no more than 5,000 people in their hands at most, and the Uighur Jingqiong division in Ganzhou was only a few thousand soldiers, even if you added the 6,000 Guiyi troops brought by Baili Wuji from melons and sands, all of them were more than 10,000 troops, not to mention that they were not gathered together, but scattered in two places.

If the remnants of the Jeruma and the remnants of the Blockade Army escaped and did not continue to return to the country in the north, they would inevitably go west into the land of Su, Gan, and Liang, and prepare to join the 50,000 reinforcements of the Blockade Army, which is quite probable.

As a result, not only the Uighurs of Ganzhou were in danger, but also the Gua, Sha, and Jiaoluo tribes were also in danger.

Baili Wuji immediately sent someone to order Yun Yang and Xu Shouren, who were resting in Yizhou, to quickly reinforce the Hexi tribes, and take the opportunity to defeat the Blockade Army that came to reinforce and the remnants of the Blockade and Liao Armies who escaped. (To be continued......)