It was almost evening, and Zhu Cijiong finally reluctantly withdrew his troops.

First, the Mongolian cavalry that had fled had entered Jinghai County from the south gate, and there was no Mongolian cavalry to fight outside the city, and secondly, the sky was gradually darkening, and it was not conducive to the Ming cavalry fighting at night.

On the way to retreat to Chen Guantun, Zhu Cijiong met Hu Guozhu.

Before, the two of them had a clear division of labor, and Zhu Cijiong led the two thousand elite cavalry brought over by Liaodong to be responsible for the pursuit, because the two thousand elite horses were all good horses, and they were fast, so it was appropriate to be responsible for the pursuit.

As for Hu Guozhu and the remaining 6,000 cavalry, they were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.

The main thing was to capture the wounded and lone Mongolian cavalry and collect the war horses by the way.

"Dingwang!" Hu Guozhu gave a military salute to Zhu Cijiong on horseback.

The military salute was introduced by Chongzhen at the beginning of the year, and then quickly became popular in the military.

Now even many scholars no longer salute each other, but instead salute the military.

Zhu Cijiong returned the military salute and asked, "Mr. Hu, how many Mongolian cavalry have you captured?" ”

"I don't know how much, but at least there are fifteen thousand." Hu Guozhu said, "We also collected more than 10,000 war horses, and most of the Eight Banners Mongolia were disabled by us." ”

"It's a sure thing to be crippled." Zhu Cijiong nodded.

"The Mongolian cavalry that fled into Jinghai County will have 20,000 cavalry."

"So we've killed half of us?" Hu Guozhu was overjoyed when he heard this, "If there is another big victory like this, the Eight Banners Mongolia will no longer exist, heh." ”

"There is no such good thing."

"It's hard to trick the Eight Banners Mongolia out again."

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said, "By the way, did those camel artillerymen catch it?" ”

Hu Guozhu immediately replied: "Jiannu's camel artillery has been completely annihilated, and all 200 camel cannons have been captured, and people have been sent back to Chenguantun." ”

"It's a pity that there are only 200 camel cannons."

Zhu Cijiong still has some regrets, such a good opportunity.

Hu Guozhu smiled again and asked: "King Ding, this battle has come to an end, why don't you report to Beijing?" ”

"Victory, must be successful." Zhu Cijiong also smiled, "In one battle, I killed 15,000 Eight Banners of Jiannu Mongolia, by the way, what is the bounty of Eight Banners Mongolia?" ”

Speaking of this, Xu Wuniu next to him immediately came to his senses.

"King Ding, the reward of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Army is the same, all of them are ten yuan." Xu Wuniu said, "Only the Eight Banners of Manchuria is fifty yuan, and this time we are fighting the Eight Banners of Mongolia." ”

"What? Only ten dollars? Zhu Cijiong was a little disappointed.

"Doesn't that mean that there is a bounty of 150,000 yuan in total?"

"According to 8,000 people, each soldier is only less than 20 yuan."

"Dingwang, 20 yuan is already a lot." Xu Wuniu said.

"This amount of money is enough for an average family of four to spend for a year."

Speaking of which, Xu Wuniu added another sentence in his heart, it is enough for me to marry a daughter-in-law.

By the way, Xu Wuniu has saved a lot of money, and the salary and reward in the past few years have all added up to more than 100 yuan, which is more than enough to marry a daughter-in-law.

"Also, it's better to have a reward than no one."

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said, "Then report to Beijing." ”

Hu Guozhu immediately arranged for Guozisheng to report to Beijing.

……

Early the next morning, the good news was delivered to the Ming army camp outside Chaoyang Gate.

After reading the good news, Chongzhen raised his head and said to Xu Yingwei, Zheng Sen, Jiang Tianyi and others: "Tell you two news, one bad news and one good news, the bad news is that there has been a change in Mobei, Sangar fled to Juyanhai with the help of the cavalry of the Oirat Department and erected a Khan court, calling himself Sanggar Khan and issuing a golden arrow order to summon the Mongolian tribes. ”

"If nothing else, Sangar must be preparing to turn against the pseudo-Shun."

"Li Zicheng lifted a stone and hit himself in the foot this time, and found himself a strong opponent."

After a pause, he said: "It's just that this is a good thing for the pseudo-shun, and a bad thing for the Ming dynasty, because it means that we need to work hard to destroy the pseudo-shun after we destroy the Jiannu." ”

"It's a big fake obedience, and I escaped." Zheng Sen smiled and asked, "Holy Lord, what about the good news?" ”

Chongzhen said: "The good news is that the cavalry town fought a great victory near Daliuli, defeating the Eight Banners of Mongolia in one fell swoop, and then annihilated more than 15,000 horsemen in the pursuit. ”

"Color!" And all the men cheered in unison.

Chongzhen smiled again and said, "200 camel cannons were also captured. ”

Speaking of this camel cannon, several of the soldiers present showed knowing smiles on their faces.

In the words of the saint, after losing to the Ming Dynasty at the political, economic, and military levels, Jiannu also lost to the Ming Dynasty at the level of espionage and use.

……

Hong Chengchou was a little depressed at this time.

In fact, this is also human nature, and always eating defeat will definitely make people doubt themselves.

The kind of person who has been defeated again and again, who has never wavered in himself, and who has always maintained a strong heart, does not exist in reality, and Zeng Guofan did not also skip the Xiangjiang River.

Hou Fangyu obviously couldn't accept the reality.

"Hong Butang, the lower officials feel that something is wrong."

"Cavalry to cavalry, the Eight Banners Mongolia can't beat the cavalry of the Ming Army, I believe it."

"But in the battle of Daliuli, the Eight Banners Mongolia had the help of the artillery of the Green Battalion, and they actually lost again, I don't believe it, will there be other mysteries here?"

"Hou joins the army, losing is losing, and if you don't believe it, you still lose."

Hong Chengchou sighed and said: "It seems that the field battle really can't beat the Ming army, whether it's infantry or cavalry, our Qing soldiers really can't beat it, admit it." ”

"Hong Butang, the lower officials can admit defeat, but they must figure out the reasons for failure."

Hou Fangyu was very persistent: "Please ask Hong Butang to summon the defeated soldiers of the Eight Banners Mongolia to ask one or two, and see how the Battle of Daliuli was lost?" ”

"Hou joins the army, is it necessary?"

"If necessary, please summon the defeated soldiers from Hong Butang."

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to let Hong Da find more than a dozen defeated soldiers.

Soon, more than a dozen defeated soldiers, including the capital commander Agoura, were called to the provisional governor's office.

"Agula Dutong, please tell me the beginning and end of the battle of Daruri." Hou Fangyu said solemnly.

"Huh!" Agoura did not hide it at all, and immediately said from the beginning, starting from the outpost battle between the two sides, and saying that the two armies showed their artillery in their respective formations, which was interrupted by Hou Fangyu.

"What did you say?" Hou Fangyu was shocked, "The Ming army brought a red-clothed cannon? ”

"Yes, the Ming army brought a red-coated cannon." "And there are 90 cannons in red. ”

"It can't be!" Hou Fangyu shouted, "The red-clothed cannon is extremely heavy, to say the least it is two or three thousand catties, how can it keep up with the speed of the cavalry?" Are you dazzled? ”

Hong Chengchou was also a little incredulous, the red-clothed cannon?

"How can you be dazzled." Agoura was furious.

"Whether it's a red-coated cannon or not, I still can't figure it out?"

"Well, Agoura Tutong, I don't doubt what you mean."

Hou Fangyu hurriedly apologized and said, "Please go on, it's hard work." ”

Agoura snorted softly, and went on to talk about the entire battle.

After listening to the whole process, Hong Chengchou and Hou Fangyu fell into contemplation at the same time.

After a long time, Hong Chengchou first asked: "Agoura Dutong, you just said that the artillery battle between the Green Battalion and the Ming Army lasted for half an hour?" ”

"Yes, at least two quarters of an hour."

"And then the Green Battalion lost only five camel guns, and the Ming army was unscathed?"

"The Ming army should not have suffered any losses, as for the green battalion, it lost 30 guns at the beginning, but it did lose only five camel guns in the later artillery battle."

"By the way, did any of the Green Battalion artillerymen escape?"

"No, none of the Green Battalion artillerymen escaped."

"It's a pity, can you tell me more about the artillery battle at that time?"

Agoura tried his best to recall the situation at that time, and talked carefully to Hong Chengchouzai.

"Alright, Agoura, you can go back." Hong Chengchou was relieved, "The defeat of Da Liuli, the headquarters will present the details to the regent, and the defeat of this battle has nothing to do with the Eight Banners of Mongolia." ”

"Lord Xie Butang." Agoura let out a long breath.

According to the military regulations of the Qing Dynasty, those who suffer defeat will be punished.

But now that Hong Chengchou has said this, there is no big problem.

Seeing Agoura's figure leave, Hou Fangyu asked, "Don't you think it's strange to Hongbutang?" How did the red-coated cannons of the Ming army come over? With such a bulky red-coated cannon, it is enough to keep up with the speed of the cavalry, and it can still hide the night when the Eight Banners Mongolia is scattered? This is really a bit unbelievable. ”

Hong Chengchou only cared about thinking about the problem and ignored Hou Fangyu.

Hou Fangyu continued to take care of himself: "Also, in the previous battle, it was obviously the Ming cavalry that had the upper hand, so the question is, why did the Ming cavalry think of bringing the red-clothed cannon?" Could it be that they expected in advance that the Eight Banners Mongolia would bring camel artillery? Won't they become immortals? ”

"Forget it, Hou joins the army, what is the use of thinking about these questions?"

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "The wood has become a boat, and the result is already unchangeable." ”

"How can you not ponder?" Hou Fangyu frowned and said, "If we can't figure out the reason, next time our Qing soldiers will still be defeated, and they will be defeated." ”

"Next time? Do you want to have a next time? Hong Chengchou's face fell.

"It's enough to have two fiascos of Chen Tunguan and Da Liuli, and the headquarters doesn't want to have a third time!"

Hou Fangyu frowned and said: "Hong Butang, Xia Guan didn't mean this, Xia Guan wanted to say ......"

"It doesn't matter anymore." Hong Chengchou interrupted Hou Fangyudao, "Take the initiative to attack or fight in the field, this is the end, there will never be a third time in the future, we must not make the same mistake three times!" ”

"Even if the regent transfers the Outer Mongolian domain, the Motobu Hall does not intend to start a field war."

After a pause, Hong Chengchou said again: "Facts have proved that the Ming army can't really be defeated in a tough battle or a field battle!" But then again, our Qing soldiers are not without the slightest chance. ”