The whole raid battle was beyond imagination, and the time it took was unbelievably short.

More than 10,000 North Korean troops, whose morale had collapsed, had just shown signs of surrendering on their knees. This kind of thinking, like a plague, quickly spread on the battlefield.

In less than an hour, the battlefield turned into a captive camp full of captives of all kinds surrendering and kneeling with all kinds of captives.

looked at the black pressure in front of him and the commander of the Second Infantry Division who hurried in front of him. Zhao Hu's calm and stern face was finally covered by a thick smile from the heart.

At this moment, the deputy division commander, who counted the results, also greeted him with a smile on his face. Before the person arrived, the sound of the report full of excitement had already reached the ears of the two people.

"Division Commander, Division Commander Huang, a great victory...... The raid battle in front of him can definitely be called an unprecedented victory. ”

As he spoke, the deputy division commander sent a list to Zhao Hu and continued to speak: "The number of enemies destroyed has been preliminarily counted...... In the raid just now, not many North Korean troops really died in our hands, less than 4,000 people. However, the number of Korean troops who surrendered to us on their knees was very large, directly amounting to a staggering eleven thousand people. The only regret is that the commander-in-chief of the North Korean army and a number of officers have left their troops and fled, and none of us have been caught. ”

Faced with this result, the smile on Zhao Hu's face became even stronger. Facing the deputy division commander, he said with a nonchalant expression: "In my eyes, these more than 10,000 ordinary prisoners are much more important than those dozens of North Korean officers. As for the more than 10,000 captives on the battlefield, that's the real treasure. Because, with these free laborers. Let's Liaodong. Large-scale mining is also possible...... I believe. Dashuai will be very happy when he sees this result. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Hu quickly shifted his gaze to Huang Zhitao, the commander of the second division in front of him, and said with a smile on his face: "Division Commander Huang, now the North Korean army has also solved it." In Liaodong, there is only Huang Taiji who is besieging Liaoyang. I don't know if you have any good ideas, let's talk together? ”

From the more than 100,000 tigers and leopards, he stands out with his own skills. Becoming the commander of one of the more than a dozen main divisions of the Tiger and Leopard Army directly proves that even if this Huang Zhitao's skills are worse than Zhao Hu, they are not much worse.

Therefore, Huang Zhitao, who was under Zhao Hu's gaze, only thought for a short time, and then opened his mouth to analyze: "Commander Zhao, I have a total of two regiments here, except for the battle losses and those who must be left to guard the prisoners in front of them, they can still fight. That's two thousand musketeers. As for these cavalrymen of yours, I also took a look at it. There should be only about 3,000 people.

And this means that even if our two divisions are all combined, they will not be one main division before the war. Can such a force, even if it rushes to the Liaoyang battlefield, work? ”

"In my opinion, not only will it not play any role, but if it is not good, it will become a piece of fat in the mouth of Houjin Emperor Taiji. After all, the strength of the Houjin Emperor Taiji is there, and we are going to fight the Houjin Tartars in the field battle they are best at. “

Hearing this, Zhao Hu's face directly showed an expression of approval.

Then, he affirmed to Huang Zhitao: "I think so too, but I'm just worried that you will panic and say that I won't save me when I die, so I asked this question, after all, in Liaoyang City, there is still one of your divisions trapped." However, I also believe that with the strength and equipment of the Liaoyang defenders, even if they hold it for another ten days and half a month, there will be no problems. "Besides, according to the marshal's agreement and military order, within two days, the reinforcements under the commander's personal command can land in Liaodong and launch an attack on the Houjin Emperor Taiji besieging Liaoyang to rescue Liaoyang ......" "Since Division Commander Huang and I have the same idea, then we will be stationed here and stand still." After the marshal arrived, he joined forces with the marshal and marched in the direction of Liaoyang together. “

To Zhao Hu's surprise, the plan he proposed was not affirmed by the other party.

Under the gaze of Zhao Hu's eyes, Huang Zhitao shook his head in surprise and denied: "No, Senior Commander Zhao, even if we can't immediately reinforce Liaodong, we can't watch the Houjin Emperor Taiji attack Liaoyang and stand still here." "My idea is to gather all the forces that we can muster and send troops to reinforce Liaoyang with great fanfare. It's just that this reinforcement speed must be controlled, and we can't give Houjin Tartar a chance to eat us. While marching towards Liaoyang, he waited for reinforcements led by the marshal himself......"

Seeing the puzzled expression that quickly floated on Zhao Hu's face, Huang Zhitao hurriedly explained: "The reason why I did this is for only one purpose, that is, to let Huang Taiji know that the imperial court officers and Korean troops who cooperated with him to attack Liaoyang are gone. The current Houjin army in Liaodong has become a lone army, and it may fall into the heavy encirclement of the tiger and leopard army at any time. "Under such circumstances, in the future, Jinhuang Taiji has always been cautious, and he will definitely give up attacking Liaoyang and withdraw from Liaodong. In this case, the Liaoyang crisis will be self-defeating......"

On Zhao Hu's face, he first showed an expression of approval, but this expression did not last long, and was covered by the following worries.

Facing Huang Zhitao, he subconsciously asked: "Senior Commander Huang, in this way, won't Houjin Tartar escape from Liaodong." Even if the reinforcements under the command of the marshal rushed to Liaodong, there was no way to defeat Huang Taiji and eliminate these Tartars? ”

Huang Zhitao shook his head and replied: "That's true, but think about it from another aspect, if we don't do this, will the Houjin Emperor Taiji wait for the reinforcements under the command of the marshal himself outside Liaoyang City to have a decisive battle with him?" ”

"Not surprisingly, the current Huang Taiji already knows the news of the retreat of the imperial court officers and troops attacking Chaoyang, and also knows that the news that you brought 3,000 cavalry to reinforce me is not only that, but in less than two days, the news that the Korean army was wiped out by us will also reach Huang Taiji. Of course, as soon as the marshal lands in Liaodong, the news of the marshal's arrival will also be one step ahead and reach the ears of Huang Taiji. ”

"In this case, Huang Taiji will still command the troops and flee Liaodong before we surround him. It's just that in this way, he Huang Taiji will have a few more days to continue to attack Liaoyang. ”

"You must know that among the reinforcements brought by the marshal, the infantry must have accounted for the majority. When the reinforcements brought by the marshal arrived in Liaodong and marched all the way to Liaoyang, four days was less, one was not good, and five or six days were possible. ”

"For such a long time, even if we have confidence in the army commander and the defenders of Liaoyang, we dare not guarantee that there will be no accidents that we didn't expect for such a long time."

It is reasonable to be reasonable, Zhao Hu must agree with Huang Zhitao's idea.

In order to increase the strength of the reinforcements, give the Houjin Emperor Taiji the greatest deterrent. The bold Zhao Hu directly picked out 5,000 young men from the captives, changed into the uniform of the Tiger and Leopard Army, carried the unloaded musket, and followed Zhao Hu and others to reinforce Liaoyang.

In this way, the number of tigers and leopards reinforcing Liaoyang increased from 5,000 to 10,000 in a short period of time. Not only that, but in the mighty marching ranks, there were dozens of cannon guns with the most powerful guns among all the equipment of the Tiger and Par Army.

In the Houjin Army barracks outside Liaoyang City, Huang Taiji, dressed in bright yellow armor, was standing on the high ground, staring at the Liaoyang battlefield a few miles away with a solemn face.

When he saw the new attack of the Houjin army, he was once again repelled by the Haw Par army, and he also left hundreds of corpses on the battlefield. A sigh full of helplessness came out of Huang Taiji's mouth directly.

Then, he asked Fan Wencheng beside him, "Military Division, this is the first attack today?" ”

"Five times...... Combined with the losses in this round of attack, we have lost more than 1,800 people in one day today...... As for the Tiger and Leopard Army defending Liaoyang, because they are hiding in the caves of the city wall, we can't help them at all, and we don't know how much success they have achieved. ”

"Isn't there a way to destroy the caves that the Haw Par Army uses to hide?" Huang Taiji clenched his fists and asked rhetorically with a face full of unwillingness.

Fan Wencheng nodded first, then shook his head again, and finally spoke.

"Yes, yes, but the price is too high... A day earlier, we had come up with the idea of firing solid shells from a redcoat cannon for direct aimed fire. However, in order to achieve the effect, the red-coated cannon had to advance a hundred paces outside the city. However, the Haw Par Army defending the city is not vegetarian either. As soon as our redcoat artillery reveals its target, it will be hit by their destructive blows. ”

"At the end of the day, it took six red-coated cannons to destroy the three caves where the defenders were hiding."

"Such a big price in exchange for such a small result...... This is definitely not something we can afford, after all, we have a limited number of cardinal cannons, and if one is destroyed, there will be one less......"

After shaking his head with a helpless face, Huang Taiji continued to ask, "Don't worry about this question for now...... I don't know if there is any news from the North Korean army. ”

"As soon as the Ming court attacking Chaoyang withdrew its troops from Liaoyang, the defenders of Liaoyang organized thousands of cavalry to go there. If the North Korean army is wiped out by this tiger and leopard army cavalry again. In Liaodong, we are fighting alone. ”

"Therefore, we must keep abreast of the movements of the North Korean army, and only in this way can we continue to attack Liaoyang here with peace of mind. Otherwise, all of us here will be dragged here by the Tiger and Leopard Army from all over Liaodong. ”

Speaking of this, Fan Wencheng's face also became solemn.

He replied with a look of agreement to Huang Taiji: "The Great Khan is wise, speaking of which, it is all to blame on the Ming Dynasty." If they hadn't withdrawn their troops without permission, we wouldn't have been so passive? ”

"Now the minions hope that the 20,000 North Korean troops can hold out for a longer time under the attack of the Tiger and Par Army, and buy us more time." (To be continued......)