As soon as he returned to the camp, Wu Shigong immediately inspected and began to comfort the wounded and sick one by one. But before he walked half a circle, Wu Shigong couldn't bear it anymore, the miserable scenes in his eyes and the wails in his ears made Wu Shigong's heart ache.

Wu Shigong was afraid that he would not be able to bear the collapse, so he had to return to his big tent first. But when he walked to the big tent, he saw Huang Ding crying, and Wu Shigong didn't know how to comfort him, because he knew the relationship between Huang Ding and Huang Qiqi. After waiting for a long time, Wu Shigong Zuihou could only pat Huang Ding's shoulder and express his heart.

Huang Ding felt that someone was patting him on the shoulder, he immediately raised his head, and saw that it was Wu Shigong standing in front of him, so he cried and shouted: "My lord! Godfather wants to go back to Liaodong in his dreams, and the adults must take us over to destroy all the Tartars! ”

"Definitely! Certain! Wu Shigong solemnly promised.

But as soon as he entered the big tent, Wu Shigong could no longer control his emotions. He sat down in his chair, and with grief came to him, covering his face and crying.

The comrades-in-arms who were jumping around were now turned into cold corpses, which made Wu Shigong unacceptable. Now he is no longer a commander who uses soldiers as numbers for the sake of victory, but a brother and partner of those comrades-in-arms.

Seeing Wu Shigong crying, Zhang Zhiheng immediately signaled his soldiers to tighten the curtain at the door of the big tent, and then he came to Wu Shigong's side and comforted him softly: "My lord's day mourns!" But adults need to be cautious too. Let the sons and daughters see the cry of adults, I am afraid that it will hurt the hearts of the army! ”

Wu Shigong's face was covered with tears and replied, "I'm not weak!" I'm just very, very sad. ”

……

"My lord! The Tartars have abandoned the camp and have withdrawn overnight, do we send troops to harass us? Zug, the acting commander of Pegasus, sat on a recliner, now covered in bandages.

Wu Shigong, who had rested all night, had recovered a lot, and he thought about it for a while. Shaking his head, he said, "Let them go!" Send a message to the officials and troops in the capital and Tongzhou, saying that the Tartars have been defeated by our Runing army, and now they have fled in the wilderness, let them clean up. ”

The current Runing Army has combat effectiveness, and only the cavalry association that the capital has returned to help. However, when they drove back, more than 800 horses were killed, and in order to reduce the weight, even heavy items such as armor and artillery were discarded, so Wu Shigong no longer wanted to lose this army.

"So what are we going to do now?" He Fei asked.

"Let's rest on the spot first!" Wu Shigong replied, "The people in this neighborhood can't be requisitioned, and there are not so many coffins." We can only bury all our sacrificed sons, and then find a way to lift the grave and transport it back to Runing, and then cremate all our dead war horses. After that, let's retreat to Texas to rest! ”

In the Battle of Blood Ridge, although the Runing army won, the entire army was also disabled. There was no longer the ability to pursue the Qing army, so Wu Shigong was ready to wait for the Qing army to retreat outside the pass. He returned to Runing to recuperate his wounds. And now at this time. They will have to rely on the nearest big city, Texas, and camp in the city to rest.

"Master! You trust the small one this time, but you can ......! He Fei said. The Runing Army had such a big casualty this time, and as the commander of the battlefield, He Fei always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Wu Shigong raised his hand to interrupt He Fei's words: "You commanded well yesterday, so you don't need to blame yourself too much." Such a large casualty. Some are providential, some are really gaps. The tartar is like a whetstone, grinding out our gaps and shortcomings. In normal times, our Runing army thought that Lao Tzu was the first in the world, but after this battle. You should realize that we have many shortcomings! ”

"The problem of reconnaissance; the problem of rain wars; The problem of equipment, without firearms, I don't know how to fight; There is also the question of command. Even I was negligent, but fortunately, Huang Ding was on top. In a word: we still have to study, and we still have to train our troops on a large scale. When I get back later, I'll summarize the battle right away. The changes that should be changed, the changes that should be made up, are all lessons learned in exchange for blood! ”

"But my lord! Even so, our Runing army still won. This barbarian is not a big deal, our Runing Army is indeed invincible in the world! "As a Westerner, Gonzalez has always been so direct.

There was silence in the tent, and the officers didn't know how I would react. After a long while, seeing that Wu Shigong's face had not changed, someone let out the first laugh, and then the big tent was full of laughter. Wu Shigong was also quite proud, he smiled and nodded: "It's a victory!" It's a victory! ”

After laughing for a while, Wu Shigong asked He Fei again: "How about the loss of personnel and equipment now?" ”

This topic suddenly made the big tent dull again. He Fei put away his smile and said in a deep voice: "The number of sacrifices has exceeded eight thousand, and there are more than 1,300 injuries, even if they are cured, they are basically disabled. The loss of horses is more than three thousand, and the number that will be abolished after the war will also be more than a thousand. Among the weapons, not to mention the conventional scrapping, the rest of the losses are not large, because after the war, we controlled the battlefield, and everything that fell can be picked up. That is, the artillery lost a dozen pieces. However, the Tartar cannons did not have time to take away, and this time they all fell into our hands. ”

Wu Shigong scratched his scalp a few times and felt quite a headache. He didn't feel it during the war, but now he has to worry about the post-war pension and reconstruction.

According to the pension standard of the Runing Army, the dead and disabled soldiers alone should be given 50 mu of land to each household, which is more than 5 million taels of silver according to the market price. Of course, Wu Shigong can allocate the land to the families of these people, but this will also greatly reduce the annual grain income of the Runing Army.

In addition, the families of these martyrs will have to provide for each year, purchase war horses, and replenish other equipment, all of which will not be less than two million taels of silver. But now the annual military expenditure of the Runing Army is only more than 600,000 taels, which can be seen what an astronomical amount this is. If it is not done well, the finances of the Runing Army will collapse all of a sudden.

And what about battlefield captures? Only the twelve backward big general cannons.

However, the current Wu Shigong couldn't reveal that the Runing Army was about to encounter a financial crisis in front of his subordinates, he shook his hand with a smile and said, "What is left is some seeds|!" With them, it is possible to pull up an army of 100,000. So let the little monk work harder, and save one more! ”

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When the officers left, Zhang Zhiheng asked Wu Shigong: "My lord! How should we write the good news of our trip to the capital? ”

Wu Shigong then remembered that there was another matter. He thought about it for a moment and said, "Write it as it is!" According to the truth, our credit is not small. It's best to find a way to exchange merit for the court's pension! Also, first send the good news back to Runing, so that the family can rest assured. ”

In this battle, the total number of casualties of the Qing army also reached 14,000, of which the number of casualties also exceeded 7,000. Although this number is slightly smaller than that of the Runing army, considering the gap between cavalry and infantry, it should be said that the two armies are tied.

Although the casualties of the Qing Army's Eight Banners were only nearly 2,000, the casualties of the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Han Army Banner, and the Mongolian tribal herdsmen were large. And because of the population limit of the Eight Banners, such casualties have made the Manchus quite painful. On the contrary, the casualties of the North Korean musketeers were not large, because in this battle, they did not rush to the front line.

Relatively speaking, because the Qing army basically had war horses, their physical consumption was less. In addition, if you are in the pass, you may be in danger if you are alone, so Dolgon's collection of the remnants of the army is quite smooth. It also enables them to retreat on their own initiative.

But as soon as they retreated, they found a Ming army coming from the north, which was the reinforcements of Liu Zeqing and Jiang Cheng. But by this time, Dorgon's Qing army had become frightened birds, and they no longer dared to entangle with the Ming army. Therefore, Dolgon and the others stepped up their retreat, to join up with Dudu's Qing army as soon as possible, and then hurried back to Liaodong.

The Runing army rested in place for five days, and was pleasantly surprised to wait for the combined forces of Liu and Jiang. As soon as they met, Liu Zeqing exclaimed: "Brother Changjing, I didn't expect you to defeat the Tartars, it's really gratifying!" ”

At this time, Wu Shigong was already a little pampered, and he said politely: "It's just a fluke!" Thank you Brother Hezhou for fighting with Jiang Shou! Nothing to say. Brother, I don't have anything else now, just the head of the Tartar, you can watch and take it for yourself! ”

Hearing that Wu Shigong was going to give credit to himself, Liu Zeqing immediately laughed so much that he couldn't open his eyes. But Jiang Cheng didn't react, and he looked preoccupied.

Wu Shigong was very strange and asked Jiang Cheng why, only to learn that Jiang Cheng's help had cut off his own back road.

Unlike Liu Zeqing, Liu Zeqing is a prince, he doesn't need to look at other people's faces at all, he has a strong army of 20,000, and the court has to accommodate him in many things, so he will not pursue Liu Zeqing for the crime of leaving the camp without an order, not to mention that now there is the head of the Tartar sent by Wu Shigong.

And although Jiang Cheng will not be punished by the imperial court, it is uncertain whether he will be settled by the autumn queen. As long as the imperial court pays Jiang Jiang Cheng a little bit and lets him receive some dangerous tasks, it may not be long before his army disperses. And now Jiang Cheng only has more than 700 soldiers, so he is worried about his future.

As soon as he understood that this was the problem, Wu Shigong immediately patted his chest to Jiang Cheng. Wu Shigong promised: As long as Jiang Cheng took refuge in himself, he would immediately appoint him as the co-leader, and replenish his co-ordination and equipment. In the future, the Runing Army will supply the food and salary of the Jiang Cheng Department. Of course, Jiang Cheng will also be under the command of Wu Shigong and incorporated into the system of the Runing Army. However, in public, Jiang Cheng will not disclose his relationship with Ru Ningjun.

Hearing this promise, Jiang Cheng, who was already desperate, immediately readily agreed. The result was a great success.

On February 16, the 11th year of Chongzhen, the whole army of Runing Army and the combined forces of Li Lu, Liu Zeqing and Jiang Cheng withdrew to Dezhou, where Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, and Qiu Lei, the general soldier of Shandong, were located. (To be continued......)