Through the smoke of the fire, Lu Xiangsheng also spotted the Yingordai Jiannu cavalry in the distance, but the two sides were separated by burning sorghum fields, although there was no flame on the middle road, but the temperature under the barbecue on both sides was extremely high, and people could not approach it at all.

After a while, Ingordai retreated with his cavalry, and he was sure that no bannerman would come out of the fire again.

Seeing the Jiannu cavalry retreating in the distance, Lu Xiangsheng also breathed a sigh of relief, now that the crops were still being harvested outside Ningyuan City, it was not appropriate for a big battle to occur at this time.

The terrain of western Liaoning is complex, the left side is the reckless mountains, the right side is the wide sea, between the mountains and the sea is a narrow corridor dozens of miles wide, the corridor is not all flat, but distributed with many hills. The complex terrain makes it impossible for the flat land to spread indefinitely.

An hour later, the fire finally stopped, and the green smoke was misty, and the ground was full of ashes, and there were many burned corpses of men and horses in the ashes.

More than 100 corpses of Jiannu were left on the battlefield, the heads were cut off by the Ming soldiers, and the remaining Jiannu were burned beyond recognition in the sorghum fields, and there was no need to cut off the heads again.

According to rough estimates, this battle annihilated more than 1,000 Jiannu horsemen, which can be regarded as an unprecedented victory.

Since the Liao Rebellion in the 46th year of Wanli, the Ming army has been defeated in every battle in the face of Jiannu, and there has never been an establishment to annihilate Jiannu. Although only one of the vanguard cavalry of Jiannu was destroyed today, and it was destroyed by fire by chance, it was a great victory. It's just that most of the heads were burned by fire, and they couldn't be beheaded for the imperial court to inspect, but they were a little unbeautiful.

However, after this battle, Sun Chuanting's prestige will be greatly enhanced, and the position of the governor of Liaodong can be regarded as completely secure.

The results of the battle were large, the casualties were also very large, the battle of 5,000 standard battalions were all dispatched, and Jiannu directly engaged 3,000 horsemen, the number of casualties amounted to more than 500, of which more than 150 were killed on the spot, more than 360 wounded, most of them were shot by Jiannu's bow and arrows.

With such heavy casualties, if it weren't for the well-disciplined standard battalion, if it weren't for the absolute superiority of troops in the face of Jiannu, I am afraid that the other Liao soldiers would have been defeated a long time ago, and it would have been impossible to have such a big victory. The lack of tenacity in combat has always been the weakness of the Ming army. When encountering a strong enemy, it is rare to be able to hold out to the last soldier, and when the casualties reach a certain number, they will inevitably be defeated. Of course, the exceptions of the white pole soldiers and the Qi family army in the Battle of the Hunhe River.

In order to improve morale, after returning to Ningyuan, Sun Chuanting announced on the spot that he would issue a reward, according to the beheading of 1,000 Jiannu, a head reward of 20,000 taels of silver, on the spot reward of more than 20,000 taels of silver, the battle dead were rewarded with 30 taels of silver, the wounded were halved, and the rest was divided by more than 2,000 cavalrymen who fought with Jiannu, and each person could also get about five taels of silver, which was worth three or four months' salary. And the 2,000 standard battalion cavalry who will have time to fight with Jiannu in the future will also be rewarded with one or two silver each, after all, without their deterrence, the Jiannu cavalry will not flee to the sorghum field so quickly, which can be regarded as reinforcements.

Under the silver hair, the standard battalion soldiers thundered with joy and morale, which also aroused the envy of other Ming troops in Ningyuan City, but they had nothing to say.

Sun Chuanting is the governor of Liaodong, and now the annual Liao salary is distributed by him, and now the Liao soldiers have given up continuing to build the castle, plus Sun Chuanting has cleared some empty redundant soldiers, and the money and food in his hands are quite sufficient, so he will naturally not delay the reward. Only by clearly distinguishing rewards and punishments can we enhance the morale of the Liao soldiers and enhance their passion for killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions.

The biggest hero of this battle was Cao Wenzhao, Sun Chuanting promised on the spot that he would carry out the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Promote Cao Wenzhao to the deputy commander-in-chief.

Cao Wenzhao was naturally very excited, pitiful, his nephew Cao Bianjiao was promoted quickly after joining the Praetorian Guard, and now he has become a general, and he has been on the same level as Cao Wenzhao, who has been in the army for more than ten years, if he is not promoted, Cao Wenzhao will not have the face to see his nephew in the future.

"Using cavalry as a wall, attacking Jiannu, blocking its retreat, and forcing it to enter the sorghum field, such tactics are unheard of, but I don't know how General Cao came up with it?" Sun Chuanting asked with interest.

Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "Back to Futai, the last general is also a whim." Although the cavalry of our standard battalion is elite, but in terms of cavalry and archery can not be compared with the slave cavalry, at that time and the slave cavalry hedged and changed positions, the last general found that our army fell far more than the slave cavalry, according to this way, it will definitely not be able to leave the slave cavalry.

Seeing that the battlefield was narrow and there were impassable sorghum fields on both sides, the last general had a whim, and ordered the cavalry to approach each other to form a wall, hoping to block the retreat of Jiannu by leaning on the wall of cavalry, and waiting for Futai to lead troops to come and encircle and annihilate Jiannu. In desperation, Jiannu collapsed into the sorghum field, but Futai was wise, and thought of a fire attack strategy, and burned nearly 1,000 Jiannu with one fire. ”

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said, "If you hadn't blocked the retreat of the slaves, Benfu would have been helpless against them." And if it is changed to winter, the fire attack strategy cannot be implemented. ”

Before winter, the sorghum in the fields has already been harvested, and the sorghum stalks will be transported into the city to be used as fuel and forage for war horses.

"However, this wall cavalry tactics are worth promoting, if the training is good, and then put on the horse armor, thousands of cavalry will roll forward like a wall, and they will be able to destroy and crush all strong enemies!" Sun Chuanting said thoughtfully.

Such wall cavalry is definitely a nightmare for infantry, and it can also greatly make up for the shortcomings of the Ming army's cavalry that is not as good as slave cavalry. But the problem is that it is not easy to train uniformly, and the requirements for both men and horses are high, and they must be rigorously trained.

"The last general thinks so." Cao Wenzhao said excitedly, he had already felt the benefits of the wall cavalry, and even the elite slave cavalry was helpless in the face of this kind of cavalry formation.

"However, the range of the Three-Eyed Fire Gun is too close, and it has no advantage in the face of Jiannu's bow and arrows. Futai, the last general thought that the cavalry should be equipped with a longer range of birds, but there were too few birds in Liaoxi, and the quality was also worrying. Cao Wen said.

Sun Chuanting smiled slightly: "This is easy to do, Your Majesty has opened a royal arsenal in Beijing, and the Lu Mi guns produced are long-range, powerful, and of good quality, so I will give your Majesty a sparse and ask Your Majesty to allocate 5,000 Lu Mi guns." Well, the three-eyed gun does not need to be replaced, and in the future, the standard battalion cavalry will be equipped with both the Lumi gun and the three-eyed gun. Reload your ammo in advance, shoot with a Lumi Gun at long range and a Three-Eyed Gun at close combat! ”

"That's great!" Cao Wenzhao said happily.

"From today on, you will be responsible for training wall cavalry tactics, and I will ask the craftsmen in the army to make vests, hoping to give Jiannu a big surprise in the future!" Sun Chuanting said with a smile.