Cao Bianjiao read the battle damage report, his fists were clenched, the green tendons on the back of his hands were protruding, and his lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end it just turned into a sigh.

Several staff members next to him exchanged glances, and they all showed meaningful smiles, the two regiments stationed in the Iron Mountain Fortress suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, which was considered disabled, and it was also the heaviest loss since the formation of the wolf battalion, all the generals gritted their teeth and shouted for revenge and blood hatred, but Cao Bianjiao, who was the commander of Phi Dao, reacted unexpectedly, and the expression on his face only looked a little sad and dignified, and it seemed to be more mature than before, which made them feel relieved and happy, His eyes couldn't help but glance at Qin Xuefeng who was standing on the side.

Cao Bianjiao is brave and strategic, is a rare famous general of the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven entrusted him with a heavy task, let him take charge of the wolf camp, stationed on the key land of Phi Island, he did live up to the high expectations of the Son of Heaven, the rear hinterland of the Jin Empire turned the world upside down, and repeatedly made military exploits, but, after all, he is still too young, sometimes it is inevitable to act rashly under impulse, after getting married, the whole person seems to have become a little different from before, and seems to be more mature and calm.

A brave and strategic, mature and steady general in charge of a military discipline and fierce tiger and wolf army is a great thing for the Ming Dynasty, but it is a nightmare for the enemy, and at least half of the growth of Cao Shaoshuai is the credit of the young lady.

Cao Bianjiao led the main force to garrison Tieshan, and Wei Guisheng led the remnants back to Phi Island to rest, there are still 3,000 reserves on the island that have also received formal and strict training, which can be replenished at once, and military instructors only need to re-recruit the reserves and re-conduct daily military training, which is the advantage of getting more reserves, of course, the premise is sufficient military spending.

Because of a heavy rainstorm that caused the gunpowder to get wet, Cao Bianjiao could only lead his troops to station in Tieshan, waiting for the Liaodong Navy Division to send new ammunition, and then attack after replenishing it.

Qierharang led the remnants of the army to retreat back to the camp in embarrassment, after reading the battle damage report that was reported, he wanted to cry without tears, 20,000 elite cavalry battle losses amounted to 6,000, it can be said that it was a wounded muscle, the biggest casualties came from the last desperate attack, and was bombarded by the large-caliber naval artillery of the Liaodong Naval Division with heavy casualties, he knew this, he should not have been greedy in the first place, and took the initiative to attack the Iron Mountain Fortress, but there is no regret medicine in the world, he can only send his cronies, honestly ask Huang Taiji for guilt, and wait for punishment with anxiety.

There was no fighting on the Tieshan defense line for the time being, and at the mouth of the Liaohe River, the large warships of the Liaodong Naval Division were laid out one after another, hundreds of large-caliber naval guns roared one after another, and small and medium-sized warships carried soldiers to land.

There are many tactics for attacking enemy troops crossing the river and landing on them, and attacking halfway is one of the most commonly used and effective tactics, but this tactic is ineffective in the face of expeditionary forces with large-caliber naval artillery cover.

Under the command of Li Xin, the expeditionary force first landed a vanguard force of 500 people, and Abatai, who was stationed at the mouth of the Liaohe River, had already led 10,000 elite cavalry to line up on flat ground and landed in the vanguard battalion of the expeditionary force.

Abatai's tactics and command are correct, in other words, Huang Taiji is also in command, but Abatai neglected the large-caliber naval guns of the Liaodong fleet, the naval guns of large warships are not only large in caliber, long range, and high in lethality, but also have a large number, there are hundreds of them, and the small-caliber Franc machine guns equipped by the army cannot be compared at all.

The 2,000 elite cavalry that charged were indiscriminately bombarded by hundreds of large-caliber naval guns, and the casualties were indiscriminate, and even a few cavalry rushed in front of the vanguard battalion, but they were also shot down by the dense rain of bullets, and only more than 1,000 cavalry fled back.

The combat power of the Shenji Battalion personally trained by Li Xin is not under Cao Bianjiao's wolf battalion, and the Phoenix Legion under the command of Lu Hongniang is known as the three elites of the Ming New Army, followed by Cao Wenzhao's Guangping Army, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, Gao Jie's Royal Guards Independent Division and other troops.

The major new armies have been expanded, the number of troops has been expanded to 10,000, the number of new recruits has increased by a large number, and the combat strength will inevitably decline; Li is confident that he is well aware of the importance of holding the beachhead, so the first landing force sent is a 500-man vanguard battalion composed of several reconnaissance companies belonging to divisions and regiments.

The predecessor of the reconnaissance company to which the division and regiment belonged was actually the former scout, who was responsible for reconnaissance and spying on the enemy's situation, and had to take risks to go forward, and was a high-risk occupation in the army, and was generally composed of experienced elite veterans; the new army was established, and the training received by the reconnaissance company was more formal and systematic than before, and the weapons were all sophisticated muskets and thunderbolts, and when necessary, a team of snipers was also sent to accompany them, and they formed a vanguard battalion to take the lead in landing, with the purpose of ensuring that the beachhead was not lost.

"Retreat!"

Abatai was extremely unwilling to give the order to retreat, the power of the Ming army's artillery was too terrifying, a few rounds of artillery bombardment made him lose nearly a thousand cavalry, this array really can't fight, can only retreat, retreat to the range of the naval guns to be safe, so that can only watch the Ming army calmly land.

The 500 pioneer battalion did not pursue, but only lined up on the beach to cover the landing of the main force, Li Xin calmly commanded the expeditionary force to land, and the Liaodong Naval Division made two round-trips, only to carry the Shenji battalion of more than 10,000 people, grain, grass, Franco, cannon and other military supplies, and then returned to Gao Jie's Royal Guards Independent Division, the sky had already darkened.

During this period, Li Xin led the first batch of more than 4,000 troops to attack the camp set up by the Liao River in Abatai.

After understanding the strategic intention of the Son of Heaven to reinforce the Xian Empire, Li Xin was not in a hurry to advance lightly, but carried a large number of Franc machine guns and ammunition to advance slowly, killing and injuring as many Jin soldiers as possible, and consuming the war potential of the Jin Empire.

Abatai originally left 10,000 people to garrison the military camp to resist and kill a large number of expeditionary forces, and he led 9,000 elite cavalry to cruise nearby, waiting for the fighter to give the expeditionary force a fatal blow, even if it was an attack, the purpose was to desperately block the expeditionary force to reinforce the Xian Empire, and buy time for the main force to conquer the Hanyang Wangcheng.

Abatai's half-crossing tactics were a failure, but they were also decent in military deployment, and there were no mistakes, but he found that Li Xin did not play his cards according to the rules, but only set up artillery to bombard the military camp indiscriminately, and did not send troops to attack, which made him feel a sense of aggrieved that he was powerful but had nowhere to do.

Lead elite cavalry to attack? Don't joke, the expeditionary force lined up several dense phalanxes on the flat ground, put a row of cars in front of the formation, and inserted sharp spears on them, as a basis for the fortifications, not only such as the muskets of the forest, but also the huge lethality of the Buddha cannon waiting, rashly attacking, sharply increasing casualties, but all the generals with normal brains did not dare to attack, if the power of the Ming army's guns was understood many times, they all ended up with heavy casualties, since the Ming army was equipped with a large number of muskets, the battle was not as good as before.

Abatai was very calm, but the grievance in his heart was also greater, he did not dare to lead the army to attack from the front, and could only watch the barracks being bombarded indiscriminately by the artillery fire of the expeditionary force.