Cao Wenzhao turned his horse's head, and the wall cavalry relined behind him, but each row was a lot shorter. Looking up at the battlefield, there were people and war horse corpses everywhere, the corpses of Jiannu and the corpses of Ming soldiers were mixed together, and at a glance, the number of people killed in their own battles turned out to be quite a lot, which made Cao Wenzhao slightly stunned.

In Cao Wenzhao's expectation, the wall cavalry attack method should have a great advantage, after all, the formation of the cavalry is very dense when the cavalry is attacked, and the two sides can form a flanking attack on Jiannu when they fight.

However, in fact, the speed of the horses on both sides is very high, even if they can successfully cut off the other party's horses, but the horses on both sides cannot avoid the collision, under the high-speed impact, both sides will turn over on their backs, and their own queues are very dense, and the cavalry next to them will inevitably be implicated.

Under the collision, the thin cavalry wall will inevitably be knocked out of the gap, and the Jiannu cavalry queue is very scattered and long, and the follow-up Jiannu will naturally fine-tune the direction and choose to rush in from the gap......

Riding on the wall collision, the battle damage of the two sides should be equal, but what really killed the other party was the first round of ironclad heavy cavalry, as well as the firing of the cavalry's firearms when they were about to fight, which brought a lot of casualties to Jiannu.

The heavy cavalry and the Jiannu light cavalry collided with each other and had little to no loss, while the three-eyed firearms of the wall cavalry also brought great damage to Jiannu. Overall, in this cavalry duel, the Liaoxi Iron Cavalry still had the advantage.

This is the same number of cavalry duels, and the other party is known as the invincible Jianzhou Eight Banners, and it is enough to be proud to be able to play such a result.

However, Cao Wenzhao was still not satisfied, and he thought about how to improve the wall riding tactics.

"Headquarters, Jiannu has escaped!" Suddenly, a subordinate shouted.

Cao Wenzhao looked up and was surprised to see that Jiannu did not fight again in the distance, but fled like this, leaving the battlefield and fleeing directly.

This is tantamount to completely ceding the battlefield to the Ming army. There are soldiers on both sides who have died on the battlefield, and there are a large number of wounded soldiers who have not died, and abandoning the battlefield is equivalent to abandoning their own wounded soldiers.

When did Jiannu become so timid?

glanced back and saw that Zhou Yuji was hurrying with infantry in the distance, Cao Wenzhao understood Jiannu's choice again, this is afraid of being surrounded by his own foot cavalry!

"The auxiliaries and heavy cavalry stayed to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded brothers, and the wall cavalry chased me!" Cao Wenzhao shouted loudly, and chased away with the remaining about 2,000 wall cavalry, embellished with the tail of the Jiannu cavalry.

Since Jiannu was defeated and escaped, he naturally had to beat the water dogs!

Cao Wenzhao chased out thirty miles all the time, and killed more than 100 Jiannu cavalry who were backward, and then led his troops back.

"Congratulations to Cao Zongzhen for breaking Jiannu and defeating the Jiannu cavalry with cavalry, Cao Zongzhen deserves to be the first general soldier of my Ming Dynasty!" Zhou Yuji greeted him and said with a smile.

Cao Wenzhao is Cao Bianjiao's uncle, Zhou Yuji and Cao Bianjiao are friends, and they are naturally a generation shorter in front of Cao Wenzhao.

"Fart's big victory, don't you see that I also lost a lot of brothers?" Cao Wenzhao rolled his eyes, and was very uninterested in Zhou Yuji's sycophancy.

"Grandma's Jiannu, you can escape quickly, if you hedge again, I will definitely be able to kill them." Cao Wenzhao scolded and scolded.

"Zhou boy, you performed well, and you were able to block the same number of Jiannu attacks with infantry." After scolding, Cao Wenzhao said to Zhou Yuji again.

"If it weren't for your uncle coming in time, I'm afraid our army formation would have been broken by Jiannu." Zhou Yuji smiled bitterly.

As the commander in his twenties and in charge of the army, Zhou Yuji naturally thinks very highly of himself, thinking that with the well-equipped and disciplined Praetorian Guard, he can compete with any army in the world. Now it seems that I am so arrogant. Facing just ordinary Eight Banner soldiers, it became like this, if it was the main force of Jiannu, what if it was the most elite white-armored protector of Jiannu? I'm afraid it would have collapsed a long time ago!

At this moment, Zhou Yuji's previous pride disappeared by half.

In fact, among Zhou Yuji's 10,000 subordinates, only 3,000 were Praetorian Guards, and the rest were the weak Dongjiang Army of Guangludao, which was extremely rare.

At dusk, the battlefield had been completely cleaned up, and the wounded soldiers on their side had been treated, and after some counting, the casualty figures were sent to Zhou Yuji and Cao Wenzhao, and both of them sighed after seeing them.

Both armies suffered heavy casualties, with a combined total of nearly three thousand. The two armies combined were only 15,000 men, and the casualty rate reached 20%! In just half a day of fighting, there were so many casualties, which shows how fierce and cruel the battle was!

Zhou Yuji's subordinates suffered more than 2,300 casualties, of which 580 were killed in battle, more than 400 were seriously wounded, and the rest were lightly wounded. In this era, it is difficult for the seriously injured to survive, and most of the lightly injured are arrow wounds, but there is a good chance of recovery. Among the 2,300 people, the Praetorian Guard suffered less than 1,000 casualties, and the rest were the right-wing Dongjiang soldiers, and the 3,500 Dongjiang troops on the right flank suffered more than 30% casualties, but they still did not collapse and showed great resilience.

The reason why the right-wing Dongjiang Army suffered such heavy casualties was really because its combat strength and equipment were far inferior to those of Jiannu, and under the leadership of Gao Yuanwu, they were all supported by one breath, if it weren't for Cao Wenzhao's cavalry coming in time, they would probably collapse.

Cao Wenzhao's cavalry suffered nearly 700 casualties, the heavy cavalry had almost no casualties, all the casualties were wall cavalry, most of the casualties were caused in the collision with the Jiannu cavalry, and most of them were either dead or seriously injured, and there were few lightly injured.

All in all, both armies suffered heavy casualties.

Of course, compared to the large casualties, the results achieved were also extremely brilliant!

The heads of the Jiannu who died in the war were all cut off, and the injured Jiannu were also killed and cut off their heads, and all the heads of the Jiannu were counted and stacked into two large piles, one of which belonged to Zhou Yujibu's capture, and the other belonged to Cao Wenzhao.

The head of Jiannu means military exploits, means a large amount of silver and promotion, and these are the things that are hard to fight for, and must not be ignored. For the sake of these heads, Zhou Yuji's subordinates and Cao Wenzhao's subordinates also had a small dispute, but it quickly subsided. The battlefields of the two sides are not in the same place, and their respective gains are naturally well distinguished.

In this battle, a total of more than 3,550 Jiannu were killed, of which more than 1,900 were captured by Zhou Yujibu, and the rest were captured by Cao Wenzhao.

Zhou Yuji and Jiannu fought on foot, and the right-wing Dongjiang Army was almost collapsed by Jiannu, but the Chinese Praetorian Guard had the advantage in the face of Jiannu and shot a large number of Jiannu with firearms. Hearing that Cao Wenzhao's cavalry was attacking, Jiannu retreated in a hurry, and hundreds of Jiannu after the break were basically wiped out. There were 2,300 casualties, and less than 2,000 were captured, which shows that Zhou Yujibe and Jiannu were still at a disadvantage in the battle.

And the reason why Cao Wenzhao's troops were able to win so much was mainly because Jiannu retreated in a hurry and gave up the battlefield, resulting in many Jiannu who were not killed falling into the hands of Cao Wenzhao's cavalry.

After the inventory, Zhou Yuji and Cao Wenzhao were very satisfied while grieving the casualties of their subordinates. In the face of Jiannu's head-on battle, it can achieve such a result, and it is also unique in the battles between Daming and Jiannu over the years!

The two parts were combined into one, and it was decided to rest in place for two days to recover their combat strength. The wounded soldiers were transported to the seashore, loaded onto sea ships, and sent back to southern and western Liaoning to recuperate.

In the military tent, Cao Wenzhao and Zhou Yuji were discussing the next move, and Tian Ergeng, the commander of Jinyi Wei Liaodong, was present.

Cao Wenzhao and Zhou Yuji are both general soldiers, but Cao Wenzhao is hung with General Pingliao, and his grade is higher than Zhou Yuji, plus he is older than Zhou Yuji, and his military experience is many years more than Zhou Yuji.

As for Tian Ergeng, he was only in charge of intelligence and overseer, and he didn't know much about how to fight the war.

"I heard that the slave chief who led the troops is called Derge, he is worthy of being the son of the old slave, and he escaped decisively, if he hedges again, at least he can leave more than 1,000 slaves, and the next battle will be much easier." Cao Wenzhao was still annoyed.

Zhou Yuji also nodded and agreed with Cao Wenzhao's words.

"But after this battle, Jiannu has also broken his muscles and bones!" After being annoyed, Cao Wenzhao said with a smile, "The main force of Jiannu poured out, and there were not many troops left behind, and now we have killed so many at once, if it reaches the ears of the slave chief Huang Taiji, he will be so angry that he will jump over the wall." Xiao Zhou, what should we do next? ”

Zhou Yuji said: "According to Lu Jingluo's plan, our road is a suspicious army, the purpose is to contain the remaining forces of Jiannu, so our next step should be steady and steady, gradually approaching Liaoyang, marching to clean up the surrounding Jiannutun Village, killing its people, burning its houses, robbing its food, causing as much damage as possible, forcing Liaoyang's Jiannu to gather troops to meet us again." ”

Cao Wenzhao thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "The way is a good way, but as far as I know, there are still more than 30,000 bannermen left behind by Jiannu, and if you add the clothed servants and servants, the troops that can be mobilized must be as many as 50,000, and the total number of our two armies is only 12,000 people, and I am afraid that it is not its opponent in a frontal battle." ”

There are only 8,000 Jiannu in this battle, and if it is difficult to win, if the Jiannu who stay behind to fight, the victory or defeat can be imagined. Before thinking about victory, Cao Wenzhao didn't want his thousands of cavalry to be confessed to Liaoyang City.

Zhou Yuji said: "Liu Xingzuo led the Pidao soldiers to capture Phoenix City and is approaching Shenyang, and Jiannu will definitely not attack us with all his might." ”

Cao Wenzhao shook his head and said: "From Phoenix City to Shenyang is mostly a mountain road, as long as Jiannu puts a few thousand soldiers to guard the necessary road, it will be very difficult for Liu Xingzuo to attack Shenyang." Jiannu can gather most of the troops to deal with us, don't become dead soldiers when the suspicious soldiers arrive! ”

Zhou Yuji said angrily: "That's just right." If Jiannu comes to attack us with all his might, its rear will inevitably be extremely empty, and Lu Jingluo can just lead his troops to attack Jiannu's lair! ”

Cao Wenzhao rolled his eyes: "You mean to sacrifice more than 10,000 of our people to fulfill Lu Jingluo?" ”

Zhou Yuji said: "Why not, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, why are we afraid of sacrifice?" ”

Cao Wenzhao sneered: "Lao Tzu doesn't want to die for nothing!" Besides, even if Lu Jingluo was able to copy Jiannu's lair, he only killed Jiannu's women and children, but Jiannu's army did not suffer many blows, so what was the use of birds? To fight, it is natural to destroy its army as much as possible, so that its strength can be truly weakened! ”

In Cao Wenzhao's view, there is no need to make it so complicated and troublesome, and all the forces of the Praetorian Guard, Dongjiang Army, and Western Liaoxi Army should be concentrated to launch an attack on Liaoyang from southern Liaoning, and fight a decisive battle with Jiannu in Liaoyang. As long as you can defeat the Jiannu left-behind army, you will naturally be able to copy the Jiannu's lair!

However, he is just a general soldier, just a military general, and he has no say in how to fight.

But Cao Wenzhao is not Zhou Yuji, and he refuses to let him die.

Zhou Yuji was helpless about Cao Wenzhao's attitude, without the cooperation of Cao Wenzhao's cavalry, his infantry of less than 10,000 people was not the opponent of Jiannu's left-behind army.

"If you have any ideas, just say it." Zhou Yuji said helplessly, and glanced at Tian Ergeng on the side after speaking.

Tian Ergeng was silent, as if he didn't care at all about the conversation between the two, in fact, although he had the responsibility of supervising the army, he didn't have much say in how to fight, and Cao Wenzhao wouldn't listen to him.

"Isn't Liu Xingzuo in Phoenix City, he has more than 10,000 people, so Liu Xingzuo can lead the troops to join us, so that we will have a total of 20,000 or 30,000 horses, even if Jiannu comes out, he can resist for a while." Cao Wenzhao directly said his thoughts.

"But Liu Xingzuo's task is to lead his troops to approach Shenyang, he may not listen to us, and Phoenix City is far away from here, so I am afraid it will be more troublesome for us to cooperate." Zhou Yuji asked.

"From Phoenix City to Shenyang, you will pass through the Prince River, and you can reach Liaoyang west along the bank of the Prince River, which is closer than going to Shenyang, but the road is a little more difficult to walk, Liu Xingzuo is not a stupid person, he naturally knows that if he goes to Shenyang alone, he is likely to be defeated by Jiannu, if he unites with us, his strength will be doubled out of thin air, and he will be able to complete the task of containing the remaining forces of Jiannu!" Cao Wenzhao said coldly.

"It's a good way, but the two armies are too far apart, and I'm afraid it's too difficult to coordinate." Zhou Yuji had to admit that what Cao Wenzhao said made sense, but he always felt that it was a little difficult to realize.

"The matter of contacting Liu Xingzuo's department can be handed over to Jinyiwei, and the two chief soldiers don't have to worry." Tian Ergeng, who had been silent, finally spoke.

Jin Yiwei has been operating in Liaodong for more than two years, and has sent a large number of fine works to lurk in Liaodong, many of whom are familiar with the terrain of Liaodong, can speak the Jurchen language, and dress no different from Jiannu, which is enough to be competent for the task of sending letters to Liu Xingzuo.

"It's the third day of the first month of November, Commander Tian, how long will it take for you to send someone to deliver a letter to Liu Xingzuo?" Cao Wenzhao asked.

Tian Ergeng thought for a while: "I can order someone to pretend to be a messenger of Jiannu, from here to Phoenix City is about four hundred miles, the mountain road is a little difficult to walk, it will take about four days." ”

Cao Wenzhao nodded: "Then it is agreed that on November 15, the two armies will meet outside Liaoyang City!" ”

Cao Wenzhao was very strong and directly revised the battle plan, although Zhou Yuji felt inappropriate, but he also knew that it would be difficult to complete the task of containing the remaining forces of Jiannu with only his own army, so he had to agree.

After the discussion was settled, the two jointly wrote a secret letter, which was sent by Tian Ergeng to Liu Xingzuo.

......

With the defeated soldiers, Derge fled all the way back to Liaoyang, panicking like a lost dog.

Eight thousand banners went out to fight, almost half of them were lost, and the Ming army has been fighting for more than ten years, and there has never been such a big loss, and it has never been so badly defeated!

With endless sadness, Derge returned to Liaoyang City, and the news of the defeat also made the entire Liaoyang City in grief. More than 3,500 bannermen died in battle, which means that around Liaoyang, there are more than 3,000 bannermen wearing filial piety.

What made the flag people even more sad and angry was that even the corpses of the family members who died in the battle could not be brought back.

Amin sent 5,000 bannermen to Liaoyang to assist in the defense, and after hearing the news of the defeat, he hurried to Liaoyang City and scolded Derge.

Derge hung his head and let Amin beat and scold, leaving him speechless after a big defeat.

After scolding, I also had to face reality. Amin and Derg began to discuss what to do next.

"If it weren't for the arrival of the Liaoxi cavalry, I would have completely annihilated the Liaonan infantry. The cavalry of Liaoxi has hundreds of heavily armored iron cavalry, and its light cavalry adopts wall-style tactics, forcing our cavalry to exchange life for life, because I have never seen this kind of cavalry combat method, and I was caught off guard and suffered a loss. I've found its weaknesses though. The next engagement will definitely break its tactics! Derge said about the battle with the Ming army, and finally concluded.

"According to what you said, the two Ming armies combined are more than 10,000 people, and the strength is not too much. However, whether it is cavalry or infantry, they can fight hard with you without retreating, it can be seen that they are the elite of the Ming army, and these two Ming armies can't let them return to the Ming Dynasty alive no matter what! Amin said in a deep voice.

As the main general left behind, the defeat of Derge is the defeat of Amin, if he can't eliminate these two Ming armies, Amin can't face Huang Taiji who returns tomorrow.

"But if you want to completely annihilate these two Ming armies, at least twice the number of troops can be sure, I have lost more than 3,000 banners, and now all the banners add up to less than 30,000 people, if all the banners are mobilized, this Ming army can naturally be annihilated, but what about Liu Xingzuo in Phoenix?" Derg asked.

Amin sneered: "Don't forget, in addition to the bannermen, we can also mobilize the bannermen's family clothes, and all the bannermen who can ride horses can mobilize them, and there can be almost 10,000 or 20,000 people, so that we can get an army of forty or fifty thousand." Leaving more than 10,000 people in Shenyang, and sending thousands of troops to block the mountain artery from Phoenix City to Shenyang, was enough to resist Liu Xingzuo for a while. Let's gather 30,000 troops and destroy the two Ming armies in southern and western Liaoning first! ”

In this way, it is equivalent to mobilizing all the men in the entire Dajin country, even if the two Ming armies can be eliminated, the consumption will be very large, which shows how angry Amin is.

"I am willing to lead the troops to destroy these two Ming armies again, and I will be ashamed!" Derg howled.

"No, this time I will personally lead the troops, you go to Shenyang, your task is to block Liu Xingzuo." Amin said.

Amin was afraid that the Derg would lose his cool because of the defeat, and if the army was defeated again, the situation would be out of control.