At this moment, no one, including Huang Taiji, was unclear or could not guess whether the Tiger and Leopard Army was hiding any conspiracy against the Houjin Army. But they were not blind. It is very clear that in the process of attacking and pursuing, under the artillery fire of the Tiger and Par Army, the officers and men under his command will pay a very heavy price for every step forward.

In their minds and minds, this loss and casualties, if not interrupted immediately, would have lost more than half of the 20,000 attacking troops in an hour at most.

And this is definitely not the result that these Houjin generals want to see.

Therefore, less than a mile after the Haw Par Army retreated, a bearded Tartar general shouted with an anxious face: "Great Khan, the attack speed of those Han people is too slow. If the attack continues like this, there will be another hour, and the attacking troops we send out will not be able to fight with the Haw Par Army......"

"The minions contacted and took advantage of the favorable opportunity for the Haw Par Army to retreat, and ordered the attacking troops to quickly cross those Han slaves and attack the Haw Par Army directly......

"The Haw Par Army is retreating, and as long as our attack is fast enough, we will definitely be able to catch the Haw Par Army by surprise and fight them together. Use the melee combat that the warriors are good at to destroy these tiger and leopard troops. ”

When his subordinates first proposed this idea, Huang Taiji was indeed moved.

Because, in many classic battles in history, the victor suddenly launched an attack when the opponent retreated, and defeated the opponent in one fell swoop to achieve the final victory.

However, when the Haw Par Army retreated in an orderly formation, it was clearly displayed behind Huang Taiji's vision. Huang Taiji's heart just appeared in the heartbeat. Just disappear completely.

And under the watchful eye of the subordinates. In a firm tone, he said no, "No." Although the Haw Par Army retreated, their formation was not chaotic at all. To attack the Han slaves now is to let the warriors ram the muzzles of the tigers and leopards, and let the warriors send them to death, and it is meaningless to send them to death. “

Seeing the gloomy expression on his subordinates' faces, Huang Taiji's words changed and continued: "Of course. Just because we don't attack now doesn't mean we won't attack in the future. Ben Khan didn't believe that the retreating formation of the Haw Par Army would be maintained......"

"As soon as there are signs of confusion in the opponent's retreating formation, we will attack......"

Disappointing Huang Taiji, the soldiers under his command chased forward for a full two miles, and once again paid a loss of almost 2,000 people. The retreat formation of the Haw Par Army is still very orderly.

Faced with this situation, Huang Taiji had to sigh to his subordinates: "Ben Khan really wants to know how these tiger and leopard troops in front of him are trained. After retreating for so long, the military formation has not changed in the slightest......"

"Now it seems. The Haw Par Army in front of us does not intend to attack us. A chance to be with them? ”

After military Fan Wencheng showed an expression of approval on his face, he directly asked Huang Taiji: "Great Khan, what do you mean, withdraw the troops immediately......

Huang Taiji nodded and affirmed: "Yes, it is to withdraw the troops." Not only to withdraw troops, but also to switch from offensive to defensive? ”

"Now that the Haw Par Army has broken the human shields in our attack, we will use these human shields for defense. Ben Khan didn't believe that the Haw Par Army still had a way to break the human shields we were using for defense. ”

After speaking, Huang Taiji issued an order to his subordinates to withdraw their troops.

Of course, for the Houjin army that quickly withdrew from the battlefield, the Haw Par Army did not pursue, but only ordered the artillery to send off with flowering shells, so that the Houjin army left hundreds of corpses again in the retreat.

So, the battlefield, which had roared for almost half an hour, was once again quiet.

More than 30,000 soldiers of the Haw Par Army, 40,000 cavalry of the Houjin Army, and 20,000 Han slaves who were still increasing once again confronted each other on the steppe as far as the eye could see.

Wei Zheng, the commander-in-chief of the Haw Par Army, originally thought that the Tartars would be able to suddenly get hot-headed during the pursuit and attack, and directly cross the meat shield they used as shields to launch an attack on the retreating musketeers and cavalry under their command, thus being knocked to the head and bleeding and suffering heavy losses.

However, what Wei Zheng didn't expect was that the Tartar, who had always been brave and headless, was not hot-headed this time. And it was also very timely to order the troops to withdraw from the battlefield and avoid greater losses.

Therefore, as soon as the Tartars began to retreat, Wei Zheng's face was covered with disappointment.

However, when the Tartars put on a defensive posture and prepared for a military confrontation with the Tiger and Par Army, the picture appeared behind the vision of Wei Zheng. The disappointed expression on Wei Zheng's face was directly covered with a sneer.

Under the gaze of the subordinates around him, he said with a mocking face: "Huang Taiji's reaction speed is still quite fast, the offense can't beat us, and it will immediately become a defensive ......."

Compared with the ridicule and sneer on Wei Zheng's face, Wang Feng's face once again showed a worried expression from the heart.

Without the slightest hesitation, he reminded Wei Zheng: "Dashuai, in my opinion, the defense of the Tartars is more difficult to deal with than the offense......"

"The Tartars may have seen our concern for the captives in their hands, and in order to prevent our shelling, they directly dispersed a part of the Han people into the middle of their military formation, so that these people could become their talismans, so that we did not dare to fire at them."

"Coupled with the tens of thousands of civilians in front of them, in order to avoid accidental injury, the muskets and artillery we are equipped with will be turned into decorations. In such a situation, if we want to launch an attack on the Tiger and Par Army and destroy them, we still can't avoid a close fight with the Tartars? ”

Wei Zheng shook his head and asked with interest in Wang Feng: "General Wang, who sued you that Ben Shuai was going to immediately launch an attack on the Tartars in front of him and wipe them out here?" ”

Faced with this rhetorical question, the worry on Wang Feng's face was directly covered with doubt.

Without thinking about it, he subconsciously opened his mouth to Wei Zheng and asked, "Dashuai, what do you mean?" ”

Wei Zheng opened his mouth and explained: "Your analysis is good, we have no other way to defeat the Tartars than to fight them in close quarters without accidentally being injured. ”

"In that case, why does Ben Shuai still joke with the lives of his soldiers when he knows that he can't do anything?"

"Ben Shuai's idea is very simple, since there is no way to defeat these Tartars in a short time, then we will confront them here and fight ...... to consume"

Wang Feng's eyes lit up, and he quickly replied: "Dashuai, I understand what you mean...... With more than 10 million people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces behind us, and we have just had a bumper harvest in Tuntian, Shanxi, we can get a steady stream of supplies as long as the grain road continues. In this case, even if we fight with the Tartars here for half a year, or even a year, there will be no problem. ”

"However, the Houjin Tartars are not good...... Although the post-golden Tatars have begun to shift from nomadic herding to farming, their population is very limited after all. And this, as a result, led the entire Houjin State to only a small number of standing troops. As for the rest of the army, they are soldiers in wartime and people in peacetime, and they are scattered throughout Houjin to engage in production ......"

"There are as many as 40,000 people in front of the Houjin army, and according to the rules of the Houjin army, among these 40,000 people, less than 10,000 are the standing army of the Houjin, that is, the army that does not need to be engaged in production and is directly fed by the Houjin country."

"And now, as long as the Tiger and Leopard Army does not retreat for a day, there is no way for these 40,000 Houjin troops to withdraw to Houjin State. And this means that the number of troops that the Houjin State needs to support has directly increased from 10,000 to 40,000, no, plus 20,000 Han slaves who serve as meat shields, it is a full 60,000 people......"

"This number is definitely an unprecedented pressure for the Houjin country, which is not strong in national strength, and many times, it still needs to rely on looting to survive various disasters......"

"If we really plan to fight with the Houjin Tartars here, unless the Houjin Tartars reduce the strength of the military confrontation with us, otherwise, the first to collapse without being able to withstand the pressure must be the Houjin Tartars......"

Wei Zheng nodded and affirmed: "Since you have understood, let's do it...... The commander ordered all divisions and regiments to camp on the spot and build camps. Commander Wang was responsible for the construction of the entire camp, and arranged the daily vigilance troops to prevent the Jin Tie Cavalry from sneaking attack......"

The 30,000 troops of the Houjin Dynasty and 10,000 Han slaves who served as meat shields did not even touch the shadow of the tiger and leopard army in the attack that lasted for more than half an hour, and they lost 2,000 musketeers and more than 3,000 elite cavalry in vain. And the 10,000 Han slaves who served as meat shields did not even hurt their fur. As for the attacked Haw Par Army, in addition to consuming tens of millions of flowering shells, it also did not lose a single force.

Faced with this result that makes people very aggrieved at first glance. The angry Huang Taiji, in order to vent the anger in his heart, actually killed several Han slaves with his own hands regardless of face, so as to slowly calm the anger in his heart.

However, Wei Zheng, as an old rival, doesn't seem to intend to let him relax like this.

The few corpses in front of Huang Taiji had just been dragged away, and a rush of footsteps reached Huang Taiji's ears.

Then, a general in iron armor hurriedly walked in front of Huang Taiji. Kneeling on one leg, he reported loudly: "The minions have seen the Great Khan...... The Great Khan, the Haw Par Army, which was engaged in a military confrontation with us, had given up the idea of attacking us and began to retreat, as expected by the Great Khan...... But ......"

Huang Taiji's brows furrowed, and he subconsciously asked, "But what?" ”

Under the gaze of Huang Taiji's pair of sharp eyes, the Tatar general hurriedly replied: "Great Khan, although the Tiger and Leopard Army began to retreat, they did not withdraw from the battlefield. Instead, a barracks were built about four miles from us...... Judging from the battlefield situation, the minions guessed that the Haw Par Army seemed to intend to engage in a long military confrontation with us here and fight a war of attrition with us. ”

"War of attrition, a long war of attrition......" Hearing these words, Huang Taiji's face became gloomy again. (Want to know more exciting developments in "My Late Ming Career"?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "Qidianzhongwenwang", follow the official account, and never miss every update! (To be continued......)