After the first day of the first lunar month, the New Army newspaper, which was rushed from the front line for 800 miles, was also sent into the imperial city.

This new military newspaper was sent from Xi'an, signed by Su Dingyuan, the governor of Shaanxi, who reported the progress of the Xia army in Shanxi and the results of the enemy's killing, but also listed the list of generals killed in the battle.

Although the three generals who died in the battle one after another were all from the Thirteen Kuidong families, Su Yan still couldn't help but feel a little frightened, but after seeing the cause of death of the three people, he breathed a sigh of relief.

In addition to the military newspaper, there is also a copy of Zhang Mingzhen's recital, Zhang Mingzhen asked the imperial court to reward the three people who died in the battle, in order to boost the morale of the three armies, he also explained the threat of the Mongols, and hoped that the imperial court would allocate funds to train cavalry and attack the northern part of the country to sweep the Mongol tribes to avenge the revenge of the Koubian.

Su Yan naturally agreed to Zhang Mingzhen's invitation.

He took out Zhang Mingzhen's recital in the court meeting the next day, asked for opinions from hundreds of officials, and finally after some discussion, decided not to posthumously seal the three people, but only reward the widows of the three people, and give them good land and gold and silver.

But because Tan Hong has no descendants, his reward can only be divided equally between his brothers Tan Wen and Tan Yi.

In addition, Su Yan also ordered the recruitment of cavalry in Shaanxi, Shaanxi has many horse farms, rich in war horse resources, is the only war horse production area currently controlled by the Xia Dynasty, and now Su Yan can recruit through the system The types of cavalry are also quite rich, he decided to form a cavalry brigade in Shaanxi alone after some thought.

The establishment of the cavalry brigade is similar to that of the infantry brigade in the general direction, and there are 60 people in a cavalry company recruited by the system, and this number does not need to be changed, from the bottom to the top it is still five people and one army, and ten people and one tithe, but the sentry has been changed from 40 people to 30 people and one sentry, two sentry posts are a company, and six companies are a battalion.

The establishment of the standard and brigade will be fixed, unified into four battalions and one standard, four standards and one brigade, and the cavalry brigade will be the largest independent establishment.

That is to say, a cavalry brigade has 5,760 cavalry under its command, with a cavalry artillery battalion of 16 cavalry guns.

The first cavalry brigade consisted of 5,760 Cossack cavalry and four teams of 6-pounder cavalry guns (16 guns), and the Cossack cavalry was chosen not only because of their strong reputation, but also because of their way of fighting from near and far.

In addition to being equipped with sabers, the Cossack cavalry was also equipped with a carbine, which could shoot the enemy with the carbine before the battle, and then rush into the enemy line with a sharp saber to slash and kill.

Therefore, Su Yan gave an order to recruit Cossack cavalry in the state capitals of Shaanxi, but because the artillery buildings in Shaanxi had not yet been built, it was impossible to recruit 6-pounder cavalry guns, so Su Yan could only recruit in Jiangning, a city with all kinds of facilities, and finally send it to Shaanxi.

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Eyes back to Shanxi, the New Year's celebration did not infect the retreating Zhou army, because of the continuous casualties and retreat, the Zhou army was filled with a pessimistic atmosphere, the Zhou army changed their minds, and many soldiers who had made a fortune in Beiping wanted to find an opportunity to escape, and returned to their hometown with the wealth they had robbed to live a lifetime of rich people.

Wu Sangui realized the low morale of the army, but he was at a loss for a while, the gold and silver rewards had been used several times, how could it be effective if he continued to use them, he could only order his personal guards and the remaining Guanning Iron Cavalry to patrol the army, and severely suppress those who spread the idea of escaping.

However, the good news was that the heavy snow that fell with the New Year made the snow on the ground deeper, and the Xia army could not continue the pursuit for a while, allowing the Zhou army to survive in Yi City for a while.

Wu Sangui was naïve, his habitual thinking told him that no military operation could be carried out in such a snowy weather, but he did not expect that there was a special force in the Xia army that could ignore the rain and snow.

That's Rogers Commando.

The Rogers commando team that had eliminated Emperor Yongli of Ming Zhaozong for Su Yan continued to be active in the rear battlefield of the Qin army after that, and after the recovery of the southwest, they did not return to Jiangning, but followed Su Dingyuan to continue fighting.

After arriving in the cold northern battlefield, the Rogers Commandos once again had their place, wearing special snowshoes, under the cover of heavy snow, running long distances to kill the city of Yi.

The severe cold in North America can't help them, let alone the snow in the inland of Shanxi, from the distance of 44 miles from Linjin to the Yi clan, they actually didn't leave anyone behind, just like a divine soldier descending from the sky outside the Zhou army camp outside the Yi clan.

That night, the Zhou army camp was brightly lit, and the cold winter made the Zhou army foot soldiers hide in the warm camp tent as much as possible and did not want to go out.

The goose feather snow continued to fall from the sky, and the snow on the ground was almost as thick as an adult's calf, and even Wu Sangui and ordinary pawns didn't think that Xia Jun would be able to cross this 44-mile distance to kill outside the Yi Clan, so they were almost defenseless.

Tragedy struck.

Waiting until late at night, under the cover of the sky, Rogers' commandos quickly approached the snow with special snowshoes, and they concentrated their forces to launch a fierce attack on a corner of the Zhou army's camp.

There was a burst of gunfire, and the sentinels in this area were killed in an instant, and the Rogers commandos immediately blew up the wall with black powder and rushed into the camp, and they raised their guns to shoot any Zhou soldiers who rushed out of the tent, while setting fire to the camp everywhere.

Wu Sangui in Yi Clan City was still asleep, when he was suddenly awakened by a loud explosion, he jumped up from the bed suddenly, didn't bother to put on his shoes, rushed out of the room, and tore his throat to ask what happened.

But he quickly understood what was happening, because there were soon fierce gunshots outside the city, and Wu Sangui's face suddenly turned pale - he reacted instantly, Xia Jun came over!

The fire spread rapidly under the deliberate guidance of Rogers' commando, and the fire plunged more than 20,000 Zhou troops in the camp into chaos, screaming and fleeing in all directions in the camp, only a few people were able to barely raise their weapons under the order of the general, and rushed in the direction of the gunfire, intending to resist the enemy.

But they were doomed, for Rogers Commandos withdrew from the camp after setting the fire, and only after they had counted the numbers to make sure that no one was missing before quickly disappearing into the night in the reflection of the skyrocketing fire.

The fire lasted until the second half of the night before it was finally extinguished, a full army of more than 20,000 people, thousands of people died directly in the fire, and thousands of people disappeared, some people said that they took advantage of the chaos to escape the camp, and some people said that they were captured by the Xia army, there are different opinions, but Wu Sangui can be sure that they must have been deserters.

A night attack and a fire completely broke the little remaining fighting spirit and morale of the Zhou army, Wu Sangui looked at the military camp that had almost turned into white ground in despair, and he could only comfort himself with the reason that fortunately the grain, grass and important baggage were placed in the city to avoid being engulfed by the flames, so that he would not be so desperate.

Wu Sangui didn't think about following the footprints on the snow to find this Xia army to take revenge on them, but the heavy snow that fell all night was enough to cover any traces, and this Xia army with an unknown number disappeared into the night.

In order to avoid being attacked again and completely slumping the already unstable morale of the army, Wu Sangui had no choice but to adopt Hu Guozhu's suggestion and move the remaining army into the city of Yishi, so that the soldiers and the people in the city could be crowded into the same house.

But even if thousands of people were lost before and after, the remaining soldiers were still more than 15,000 people, how could the small Yi clan city accommodate so many people, and those who couldn't squeeze in could only live in the county school, county government and other buildings in the city.

Seeing that all the Zhou troops were crowded into the small Yi City, the Rogers commandos, no matter how powerful they were, could not sneak into the county town where the city gates were closed, so they had to shoot at the soldiers patrolling the city walls at night to intimidate the Zhou troops in the city.

The nightmare attack lasted for more than a month, as the climate warmed up, the snow on the ground began to melt gradually, Wu Sangui did not dare to stay any longer, for fear that one day the main force of the Xia army would appear outside the city, so he counted the troops and horses and withdrew towards Jiangzhou.

Almost as soon as the Zhou army opened, the Rogers commando team discovered their movements and hurriedly reported the matter to Linjin, but waited for Su Dingyuan to get it

When he knew this, Zhou Jun had already left the county seat and walked a long distance.

Su Dingyuan was unwilling to give up this opportunity to defeat the main force of the Zhou army, in order to be able to catch up with the Zhou army as soon as possible, he quickly mobilized the third town, personally led the third town to pursue the Zhou army, and before he set off, he ordered Liu Shixun, the general of Anyang, to temporarily take command and lead the remaining soldiers and horses to follow the north.

The third town consisted of Russian garrisons and Cossack infantry, and the snow had far less effect on them than on the Han army, so the starry night march under the leadership of Su Dingyuan, after joining up with Rogers' commando, caught up with the Zhou army retreating north the next afternoon.

Immediately, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides on the shore of the river.

Despite the fact that the Xia army was at a disadvantage in strength and because the soldiers were tired from the rapid march, their morale was still high, which was in stark contrast to the demoralized Zhou army on the opposite side, which had a numerical advantage but was demoralized.

However, they did not carry artillery, which was another disadvantage of the Xia army.

Without any foreshadowing, Wu Sangui hatefully looked at the handsome flag fluttering in the wind in the Xia army's formation, he once again promised a heavy reward to the soldiers of the three armies, and then ordered to blow the horn of attack, and more than 16,000 Zhou troops surrounded the Xia army.

In the face of the menacing Zhou army, the Xia army was still in formation, they lined up with Cossack infantry, and shot at the Zhou army in turn.

The battle only lasted for more than an hour, the Zhou army was defeated again, the defeat was like a mountain, this time the rout could no longer be gathered, Wu Sangui was angry and vomited blood, almost fainted, and finally abandoned the irretrievable rout under the escort of Hu Guozhu and retreated to the north.