When Li Zicheng woke up again, it was already three full days later.

The location where he was also retreated from the battlefield of Chen County to the north-northwest for a full 200 miles, and moved to Zhuxian Town around Kaifeng.

One of his eyeballs had been completely gouged off by the military doctor in the army during the coma, and his head and face were wrapped in tight and thick gauze, and there was still intermittent bleeding.

This is also something that can't be helped, because of the butterfly effect, Li Zicheng's injury this time is more serious than the injury he suffered under Kaifeng City in the same period in history.

If you are just shot in the eye by a bow and arrow, at most you will be pulled out directly like Xiahoudun, and the subsequent infection will be easier to control. The risk of infection and poisoning is naturally much greater, and the parts to be cut off are naturally much greater.

Li Zicheng sobered up a little, and recalled that his side seemed to have suffered a new fiasco, his lips were dry and scorched, and pale and bloodless, but he still trembled and agitated a few times, and asked others in a low voice:

"How many men and horses have our army broken? Where did you retreat? ”

Song Xiance had been guarding beside him, and hurriedly reported: "King, you should rest first, the dragon body is important." Our army is fighting this battle...... I'm afraid that 50,000 or 60,000 horses have been broken, but there should still be some soldiers who have been defeated and fled, and they can slowly gather back.

You were in a coma for three days, and we carried you back for 200 miles, and we also abandoned Yuncheng and other places. The officers and troops should still be clearing Yuncheng now, their army is marching, it is not as fast as us to flee lightly, we can't catch up here for the time being, you can rest for two more days and make a decision. ”

When Song Xiance reported the loss, he was obviously restrained, and he didn't want to stimulate Li Zicheng more.

In fact, the losses in this battle will be a little more, even if the scattered men and horses who can escape back and collect are counted, the absolute losses are at least more than 60,000, and the details are still unclear.

Before Li Zicheng fought with Shen Shuren, he was known as an army of 380,000 people, and he had attacked the city several times before, losing more than 10,000 to 20,000 people each time, and Huang Degong departed his master to defeat Yuan Zongdi, eliminate Li Jiyu, and make a forced landing on Yuan Shizhong, and each wave of losses was more than 10,000 people.

So all in all, in the past two months, Li Zicheng's department has at least folded 150,000 horses in the hands of Shen Shuren.

His army of 380,000 now has about 2.12 million men left on hand. Even if the deserters who were collected later are counted as some blood, the maximum is no more than 2340,000.

Of course, the Shenshu people on the opposite side also had losses, and after all the bloody battles, the total number of casualties on the part of the officers and soldiers also reached 10,000 or 20,000.

Before the war, Shen Shuren claimed to have 140,000 Huguang troops, bringing 90,000 people to deal with Li Zicheng, plus more than 10,000 Haishui divisions (Zhang Mingzhen's troops) seconded from Nanzhili, so the actual troops participating in the war also exceeded 100,000.

After two months of fighting, the loss of 10,000 or 20,000 was about 15 percent, and if it was to suffer such a large loss at one time, the army would definitely collapse. Fortunately, it was slowly grinding and slowly consuming the dead and wounded in the past two months, and the morale was maintained, and the more you fought, the more resilient you became.

Moreover, the medical conditions and logistical support of the officers and soldiers are certainly much better than those of the army.

On the side of the army, except for the old battalion in Shaanxi, which can have relatively perfect medical treatment, the other cannon fodder soldiers, who account for the vast majority, are all injured and resigned to fate. Therefore, among the losses of 150,000, the mortality rate was so high, and the seriously wounded basically died in the end as long as they were not officers.

On the side of the officers and soldiers, except for those who are obviously fatal and cannot be saved, there will be more or less medical input, and the armor and stomach are relatively sophisticated, so there are indeed not many people who died directly in battle.

Of the 20,000 casualties, only 4,000 or 5,000 were killed in direct battle, 2,000 or 3,000 were seriously wounded and died, and nearly 10,000 people could be saved. Among them, two or three thousand disabled soldiers who need to be resettled will be removed, and after half a year, at least 7,000 wounded soldiers who will be able to recover their combat strength will be recovered.

After such a bloody baptism, the Huguang Army's fighting will and technical and tactical level will obviously be sublimated to a higher level, even if the number of troops is reduced by 15 percent, it can still fight stronger and stronger after resting.

……

Li Zicheng also knew that Song Xiance probably hid something from him and comforted him with nice words. But now that he is seriously injured, he doesn't want to take it seriously.

Li Zicheng is a person who can afford to let go, in this life, he has been defeated like a mountain and fled alone, he doesn't know how many times he has done it, and if he comes again, he will not worry about lice and lice.

So he quickly walked out of the psychological shadow, and sighed: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, I listened to Mr. at the beginning, I didn't seek this field decisive battle, just retreat, everything is Lone's fault, I'm sorry for the soldiers of the three armies and so many old brothers."

But knowing that mistakes can be changed, it's still too late, let's not save face, this is much more flexible than Chongzhen's poor man, Chongzhen's guy, sooner or later, he will die in his inch. ”

Song Xiance breathed a sigh of relief: "The king can bend and stretch, and he will be able to make a big deal in the end." ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand with difficulty and ordered: "Pass my general's order, the whole army will abandon Zhuxian Town and other siege camps around Kaifeng, and let Liu Zongmin dig the Yellow River embankment, release water to resist the enemy, and block the pursuing soldiers."

Our army retreated to Xingyang and defended itself with the danger of the tiger prison. After the lonely's injuries improved and the armies recovered their combat strength, they then sought to enter Tongguan westward. At present, the people of Luoyang can only suffer for a while, and the military food will be supplied by the people of Henan Prefecture, Ruzhou, and Dengfeng. ”

Li Zicheng took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the people of Luoyang with King Fu last year, so that the defenders should break Luoyang and kill Queen Fu, and once tried to buy the hearts of the people in the local area.

When the city was first broken, he also fulfilled his promise and opened a warehouse to release grain to the poor with a considerable part of the money he had killed and looted from the Fuwang Mansion and other wealthy officials in Henan. Therefore, in the Luoyang area, there are still some living mouths. But Li Zicheng was so defeated, and the food was not raised to grab it, so naturally he could only fish with all his might.

Even if he completely robs Luoyang and kills it all, leaving no base area, he must ensure that he recovers blood quickly, has the strength to fight with Sun Chuanting, and at least can break through or bypass Tongguan to enter Guanzhong.

There are still more than 200,000 troops to raise, and they just rely on the territory of one or two prefectures, and they can't scrape the ground and leave no chickens and dogs.

After listening to this, Song Xiance felt that he couldn't afford to rely on Luoyang alone, so he euphemistically suggested that Li Zicheng consider dividing his troops and eating again.

In the last two months of winter, we can consider revisiting the troops who had robbed Huaiqing, Weihui and other places after crossing the Yellow River to the north, and crossing the Yellow River north again, but after crossing the river, we can change to the west and go to the southern counties of Pingyang Prefecture in the southwest corner of Shanxi to eat.

That place, that is, the Yuncheng Basin in later generations, has Anyi, Jieliang, Linjin, Wenxi counties, the agricultural foundation is relatively good, and there is also the salt lake of Yuncheng, and the fishing should be able to share tens of thousands of troops to survive the cold winter.

Moreover, from the Yuncheng Basin, in the future, it can also go down the river along the river, enter the Yellow River from Pubanjin and then cross west to reach Guanzhong, so that you can bypass the natural danger of Tongguan and directly fight with Sun Chuanting on the Guanzhong Plain.

Li Zicheng was seriously injured and had not recovered, and his brain was not fast, so after listening to Song Xiance's suggestion, he was not allowed, so he asked him not to bother again and do it immediately.

……

The words are divided into two ends.

On the day after the invasion army was defeated and fled, at night,

With the war completely over, and there was no way to pursue after dark, Shen Shucai had time to rest and meet with the generals who came to help.

"The last general will see Lord Futai! Futai Lord God calculates! Congratulations to the people of Futai for building this amazing feat! ”

Huang Degong and Zhang Mingzhen, the two general soldiers, came together, and as soon as they saw Shen Shuren, they bowed down with joy and sincerity, regardless of the armor on their bodies, and it was inconvenient to pay full salutes, making the iron armor on their bodies sound sonorously for a while.

Shen Shuren humbly resigned: "The two generals are quickly excused!" Today, our army can have such a big victory, and the two just right reinforcements are inseparable, everyone shares this merit!

However, at the moment, we are just repelling the main force of the thieves, Kaifeng City has not yet been lifted, His Royal Highness King Zhou, Governor Gao, and General Chen are still suffering in Kaifeng City, let's not make Chongqing Gong, and wait for the day of exhaustion, rescue everyone, and relieve the people of the people in the urgency of water and fire, and then drink with you for three days! ”

Shen Shuren spoke, taking into account both comfort and political correctness, after all, they were ordered by Chongzhen to relieve the siege and Kaifeng, and the primary purpose has not yet been completely realized.

It's easy to fall into the hands of people if you're happy too early, and the imperial historian at the end of the Ming Dynasty is too good at picking bones in eggs.

After Huang Degong heard this, he also understood his distress, but he was actually quite unhappy, but fortunately, Shen Shuren immediately said that there would be no shortage of General Huang's good wine, and he drank as much as he wanted, and Huang Degong praised happily:

"My lord, you know me, we are throwing ourselves to you, all of this is to beware of those dog officials, we know it in our hearts!

But don't worry, when it comes to saving King Zhou and Governor Gao, you already have a few great things in your pocket now - just a few days ago, the last general had already safely placed King Fu and King Lu in Xiangcheng.

Would you like to take some time to pay a visit? Anyway, the thieves were defeated, and the follow-up Kaifeng surroundings are not staking and sweeping? You don't have to do it yourself.

In addition, after the last general learned that you were going to wait for an opportunity to seek a decisive battle with the thieves and solve the problem of the thieves in one go, he took matters into his own hands and said yes when he negotiated with King Lu and King Fu

"When the thieves heard that our army had saved King Lu and King Fu, they wanted to abandon Chen County and go to Xiangcheng to attack and kill the feudal domains.

King Fu of Lu listened to it at the time, and he didn't feel unconvinced, now that our army has won a big victory, you go to pay a visit, just fall into a big favor, and you don't need to bother with it. ”

Shen Shuren was also quite surprised when he heard Huang Degong's words. He always felt that Huang Degong was just a reckless man, and at most he was very good at commanding and commanding troops on the battlefield, but he didn't expect him to have these little tricks in terms of human sophistication.

Shen Shuren couldn't help but praise: "General Huang, you are active enough, but this official shouldn't always be a martial artist." ”

Huang Degong also smiled without seeing it: "The last general doesn't read much, but he doesn't even know how to usher in the world." If you don't take advantage of this bit of cheapness, how can you be promoted to the general army? ”

Shen Shuren is right when he thinks about it, the military generals may indeed not read, but it does not mean that the military generals' emotional intelligence is low.

At the beginning, Qi Jiguang had to send Zhang Juzheng dried sea seals and dried seahorses to these tonic sycophants, can it be said that Qi Jiguang is a bad person.

Huang Dewei told the truth in front of him like this, and he completely regarded himself as a henchman of Shen Shuren.

"Okay, this thing is well done, and the official will naturally take time to cook when he has time. However, if you pursue Li Zicheng alone to break the siege of Kaifeng, you must also be careful. ”