Cheng Mingjiu was in the middle of the killing, but he was shocked to hear the news from the communication army, and the general asked him to retreat, how could this be acceptable, it was like a table full of wine and meat in front of him, and he didn't even drink the wine after eating half of it, so he forced people to leave.

"Do you hear me? Did you hear that right? ”

Cheng Mingjiu was excited, and grabbed the collar of the communication soldier, who was also the short of the communication soldier, and was actually lifted up by him. The communication soldier was strangled out of breath, but he didn't dare to resist, so he had to reply with difficulty:

"General, villain listen, listen, no, that's right, general, indeed, indeed ordered the withdrawal of troops."

Cheng Mingjiu also lifted the communication soldier up in a moment of enthusiasm, and after realizing his gaffe, he immediately put him down again. He also knew a little about the general's training of these signal soldiers, and if the military order was wrong, the punishment was extremely severe, and the punishment was varied, but there was only one punishment, that is, beheading. No matter how big the mistake is, there is no room for recovery, and all that awaits them is the landing of their heads.

However, although this military position is extremely risky, it is better than the good salary, each person is paid a huge amount of ten taels of silver per month, and after death, whether he is killed in battle or executed, his family will also receive a generous pension, all say that people die for money, birds die for food, and despite all kinds of harsh military regulations, there is still no shortage of people who apply for this signal army.

Although Cheng Mingjiu once questioned that the military punishment was too much, Li Xin pushed him back with only one sentence, and the communication between the front and back on the battlefield is really the most important thing in the army, and the slightest deviation may lead to the failure of the whole battle or even the entire campaign, so it has to be harsh.

It was only at this time that Cheng Mingjiu understood why he had the good intentions of such harsh torture on the communications troops. Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, although the Qing army was in a mess, killing one piece and pouring out another, I don't know the right way to finish it, but after all, it was a shame before the snow, and I ruthlessly let out the evil anger in my chest.

"The whole army obeys the order and immediately withdraws to the city, without a moment's delay, and those who violate it will be immediately killed!"

The Three Guards have always been known for their orders and prohibitions, and once the military order is issued, even if there is no understanding, the battalions can only obediently obey the military order. It's just that the retreat of the five gun carriages is a bit funny. Due to the huge size, it was extremely troublesome to turn back and forth, so he could only move in the opposite direction, and withdrew from the Qing army camp with the rear of the car as the front of the car with the change of the infantry battalion of the Three Guards.

When all the three guards withdrew, the sky gradually brightened, but the smoke of gunpowder that permeated the air of the Qing army camp did not disperse for a long time. Prince Li shrugged his nose and tried to drive out the smell of gunsmoke and sulfur that filled his nasal cavities, but a large smell of gunsmoke and sulfur came in, which made him almost nauseous, but he endured it because of the face of the prince.

"Master, after a rough count, there are many dead and wounded, thousands of people!"

The green tendons on Dai Shan's head burst out, but he still didn't have a seizure, and his tone was quite calm: "Thousands of people are thousands? Is it a thousand, or two thousand? Or five thousand, eight thousand? Although the tone was steady, the more he spoke, the stronger the killing intent became, and the general kneeling in front of him didn't even dare to let out the atmosphere.

"Back to the master, minion, minion, let's go and investigate!"

The number that was finally counted made Dai Shan's heart tremble and he was distressed, and there were actually 5,000 people. If the dead and injured are all Han Eight Banners and Full Eight Banners, it would not be a big deal, but tonight the dead and injured are all his subordinates who are in the Red Flag, how can they not feel distressed with blood?

Dai Shan had a calm face and looked at the general who was kneeling on the ground, he wanted to figure out how the Ming army in Jinzhou City beat the elite of his Red Flag into the bird in front of him.

"Talking, why have you become dumb? Wasn't everyone quite active when they first asked for war? What's going on now? Are you scared of being beaten by the Ming army? ”

Dai Shan's words are extremely serious, the Manchu Eight Banners have won almost every major battle since Taizu, and the Ming army is also more and more brave in the face of the war, and it is true that there will be some contempt for a long time, but it is absolutely beautiful to the point of arrogance, and it seems that tonight's fiasco is unthinkable in advance anyway.

But the reply he got made Dai Shan very angry, and he lost that his own subordinates were all rare Baturu, and he could actually say anything nonsense about the monster practices of the Ming army, thinking that he could shirk the responsibility for the defeat? At this point, Dai Shan had already become murderous and was determined to kill a few people to deter his lax subordinates. It's just that he is still unwilling, he must figure out how these warriors of the Red Banner were defeated by those Ming troops.

"Borto, how did you lose?"

Borto is Daishan's brother-in-law, and although he is the youngest of his lineage, of course he will not lie to him.

"Prince Huili, the Ming army did dispatch a few huge monsters, which can spit out cannons and scattered bullets in their mouths, and the wall of our big camp was knocked down by this thing, otherwise how could such a strong wall be knocked down by manpower? I don't believe that there are still several crushed ruts at the wall. ”

Prince Li Daishan frowned, and asked Borto to take him to see it. When I arrived at the wall, I found an unusual situation, the wall of the wall sandwiched by logs fell into a piece, and some places were crushed and broken by some heavy objects, and then looked at the surrounding land, there were clear and obvious ruts.

Seeing such a scene, Dai Shan already believed half of it, but after all, he couldn't imagine what kind of terrifying thing could knock over such a strong wall in an instant, and hit the elite of Zhenghongqi hard?

Puzzled, there is a kind of unspeakable uneasiness hidden. Because as long as Li Xin can break through the walled wall here in this way, he can theoretically break through any walled wall and sneak attack any section of the army and company camp surrounding Jinzhou City. And once this happens, the army will inevitably be exhausted and nervous by this shameless sneak attack, and thus become the besieging side to the always vigilant side, so what advantage does he have at all?

And what made Dai Shan's heart ache even more was that Beizi, the most powerful young generation under the Red Flag, was actually beheaded by the Ming army.

……

In Jinzhou City, the general was filled with the joy of victory in the war, only Cheng Mingjiu was sullen, and Lu Jiu came to him and slapped him on the shoulder.

"Look, it's like losing a battle, where is the appearance of a triumphant return?"

Cheng Mingjiu said angrily: "Victory is victory, but it is clear that you can continue to expand the results of the battle, but the general suddenly ordered the troops to be withdrawn, how can you be willing?" ”

Lu Jiu nodded, also agreeing.

"What Brother Cheng said is that if it were Lu Jiu, he would definitely blow up his lungs, and he would have to ask the general why he ordered the withdrawal of troops halfway!"

Cheng Mingjiu glanced at Lu Jiu and said, "If you want to ask, you ask, I don't ask, if the general wants to explain, he will say that I will listen to you." ”

What if he doesn't say it? You can't pin this introduction in your stomach for the rest of your life, can you? Yes, if you don't ask, I'll ask, it's worth the big deal to be scolded! ”

Seeing Lu Jiu's attitude of not caring, Cheng Mingjiu said with a straight face: "I don't ask, Brother Lu doesn't ask, it seems that this kind of behavior of questioning military orders in public is actually setting a very bad precedent in the army!" ”

Lu Jiu disagreed, "Tell me the question in your heart, how did it become a bad thing in your mouth?" ”

Cheng Mingjiu patiently explained: "With the precedent of you and me questioning military orders, the army will inevitably go up and down, and when the time comes, a figure in the army will question the general's military order. If it's at a critical moment, maybe it's going to be a big deal? ”

Hearing what Cheng Mingjiu said so alarmist, Lu Jiu did not refute it for the first time, but thought about it very seriously for a while, and then sighed with a gloomy expression: "How can this person's status be high, there are so many twists and turns, this is also a rule, that is also a rule, and the person who is straight can't breathe!" ”

In the face of Lu Jiu's venting, Cheng Mingjiu did not take it, but just sat upright and said nothing. Lu Jiu said suddenly: "This main hall is stuffy, I'll go out to breathe, Brother Cheng, you sit first, and then call me when the thirteenth brother comes!" ”

Lu Jiu turned around, but was blocked by a person in front of him, who turned out to be Zhang Shi from the grenadier battalion. Although it was a little unpleasant before, after the last battle of Xuanfu, the unhappiness between the two had long since disappeared, and they even became friends who cherished each other.

"Two brothers, last night's battle was very happy, I was in the city, but I looked at it with greedy saliva!"

Hearing Zhang Shi say this, Lu Jiu glanced at Cheng Mingjiu and said with a smile: "Really, it's not good to watch the lively gluttony, it's strange to eat a mouth full of oil and good meat." ”

"Brother Lu, don't be ridiculous, with last night's shape, you can indeed kill some more Tartars."

Cheng Lu's words made Zhang Shi stunned for a moment, and then he smiled happily: "Brother Cheng, I'm afraid I misunderstood the general's thoughts!" ”

"Oh? How to misunderstand the law? Lu Jiuqi said.

"It's not complicated, with the situation at that time, the sky is about to brighten, and the Tartars will react and fight back with all their might. And our Three Guards have long been exhausted after a night of fighting, and I am afraid that if it drags on for a while and a half, it may be impossible to know whether the advantages and disadvantages will be reversed. ”

"Brother Cheng only saw those defeated Zhenghongqi defeated soldiers, but how did he forget that there were 100,000 people in the Tartars, and if those energetic elites were rushing up, let alone winning the battle, I am afraid that it is unknown whether they can escape safely."

Although Cheng Mingjiu didn't speak, he already agreed with this statement in his heart, but he heard Zhang Shi say again: "Moreover, the general has deeper considerations, the artillery carriage is even more mysterious under the cover of night, if it is peeped into by the Tartars after dawn, I am afraid that the deterrent effect will be greatly reduced." ”

Lu Jiu gasped and exclaimed, "There is still such a saying!" ”

Zhang Shishi responded: "Don't believe it? I'm afraid that generation of good people is sitting on pins and needles at the moment! ”