In the sound of rhythmic war drums, the soldiers of the Tianwei Battalion held sharp blades and wore silver-white chain mail, and pressed directly towards the chaotic army. Their speed was fast, their footsteps changed with the sound of the drums, and they accelerated forward shortly after stepping out of the line.

Zhou Shixian watched the battle between the two armies on the hillside less than two miles away, and the belief in his heart became even firmer-relying on these insects could not save the Ming Dynasty.

Under the blow of muskets, these Ming army rebels killed and wounded nearly 30 people, and were killed by arrows before more than a dozen people, the casualty ratio was close to 20%, the so-called formation and morale have collapsed, and in the face of the impact of the heavily armed soldiers of the Tianwei battalion, there is no power to fight back.

They never thought that Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses on the other side would be so strong, and the kind of faith and contempt in their hearts at the beginning had disappeared with the smoke and fire of the muskets, with the falling companions, and the sound of war drums and bugles from the opposite side.

The soldiers and cavalry of the Tianwei battalion launched an attack at the same time, these rebels had nowhere to escape, they were crowded together, and some people were trampled to death because they fell to the ground, and more than a dozen rebels who fled back one step ahead were almost all killed by the cavalry on the surrounding flat ground, and no one was spared.

The officers on horseback were also blocked by their soldiers, and only one of them was able to escape from their own military formation, but before they could rejoice, they were shot by two sentinels of the Tianwei battalion with arrows.

Zheng Chenggong did not join the battlefield, he watched the process of the battle from the original position of the Tianwei battalion, from the confrontation between the two armies to the harassment of the cavalry flanks of the Tianwei battalion, the shooting of muskets, the attack of the soldiers, and then to the current encirclement and pursuit, it was completely a one-sided slaughter.

"They are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, how can this be...... How could it be so bad? ”

Listening to the howling sound coming from the battlefield, Zheng Chenggong muttered in his mouth: "If my Zheng family's soldiers and horses come, I'm afraid it's not much better than this!" ”

The battle ended quickly, and at the behest of Zhou Shixian, the eight sentry horsemen deliberately let go of an opening, allowing five or six chaotic soldiers to escape.

After all, this matter should be known to Gao Jie, and the fastest and best way is this. If you send someone to Xingshi to ask for guilt, it will not be easy to grab the other party's pigtails.

Nearly half of the other more than 200 rebels were killed on the battlefield by the Tianwei battalion, and half of them knew the current affairs and reacted quickly, so they chose to lay down their arms and surrender. But Zhou Shixian didn't let them go, and according to military law, they were all killed.

He needed to use the heads of these men to tell his army that the consequences of violating military discipline and plundering the people were this.

After Zhou Shixian confirmed that his soldiers and horses could indeed fight, and their combat power far exceeded that of these Ming soldiers, his troops hiding behind the hillside also appeared around this messy barracks.

In the evening of the same day, Zhou Shixian led his troops into Tianshui County, and was warmly welcomed by the gentry in the county, but he did not show off, but ordered the main roads around him to be blocked, so as not to spread the news of his appearance in Fengyang prematurely.

After dealing with the squire, Zhou Shixian and the generals also began to calculate the captures on the battlefield, and asked Xue Lao Er to make a brief report on the battle situation.

Although it was a small battle, these rebels had the opportunity to premeditately loot, and the Tianwei Battalion had a lot of gains. More than 40,000 taels of silver alone were seized, and jewelry worth four or five thousand taels was seized, as well as a lot of grain. This silver is enough to start from scratch and practice two thousand totals.

In addition to gold, silver and food, there were more than 70 captive women and more than 50 young adults in the camp of the chaotic army, Zhou Shixian did not intend to let them go, such a chaotic time, it was almost equivalent to letting them die.

These people were naturally sent back to the barracks and sent to the workshop, and it happened that Zhou Shixian was also short of cheap labor.

After calculating the seizures on the battlefield, and also informing the three soldiers of embezzling dirty silver, and being punished on the spot, Xue Lao Er also began to report on the battle situation of the battle:

"Horses, in this operation, it is the hundredth general of the first bureau of the first thousand headquarters dispatched, and eight sentry cavalry are sent to strengthen, a total of one hundred and twenty-five enemies were killed in this battle, one hundred and thirty-six enemies were captured, four of us were killed, twelve were wounded, three of them were seriously injured, all of them were injured to the heart, I am afraid that they will not survive tomorrow night, the other nine are not fatally injured, but one person has injured his muscles and bones, and may be disabled, and the rest of the problems are not big, and he can be healed after a period of rest."

Zhou Shixian listened, nodded, and then looked around at the people in the room, except for Zheng Chenggong's face was still a little shocked, the other generals were all like water, most of them had participated in the "Battle of Qinghe" before, and they still had some understanding of the combat effectiveness of these friendly forces.

After a while, after listening to Xue Laoer's follow-up report on the damage of weapons and the problems exposed on the battlefield, Zhou Shixian said in a deep voice:

"In this battle, the performance of the military camp in Tianwei is good, and after going back, this horse will inevitably be rewarded for meritorious deeds, in addition to the court's reward, there will be another reward. But...... I also hope that you will remember that the Tianwei Battalion is the most elite existence in my army, and against a rabble, it is a victory, and there is nothing to be happy about.

At the same time, you also have to think about it, these friendly forces, the so-called four towns in Jiangbei, are this virtue, and it is absolutely impossible to rely on them to block the Qing army that is about to go south. In the future, we will only be able to rely on ourselves in the war with the Tartars.

Therefore, we must pay attention to the problems mentioned by Chief Soldier Xue just now and think carefully about ways to improve them. There are also provisions in the military law, if you can find out about the problems of army training and combat, put forward improvements, and give rewards of twenty-five taels, fifty taels, and one hundred taels of silver respectively according to the size of the merit, I hope you can all get it. ”

After hearing this, the generals all nodded in unison: The combat effectiveness of this chaotic army is indeed too poor, if Gao Jie's elite family members come, they may be able to fight. So they didn't dare to ask for any reward. Zhou Shixian's unexpected reward is actually a small favor and a small favor, and he continues to buy people's hearts.

And the problems exposed by the army on the battlefield made them feel guilty in their hearts, and they were even more worried that the horses in front of them would be rectified by thunderous means.

"Horse, how will the army move next, will it continue to move north, or?" Xue Lao Er asked again.

"Go to Sizhou, but don't be in a hurry, first send a sentry to explore the road, and after Gao Jie starts to act, let's start again, and let the army continue to stand by in the city in the next few days."

Zhou Shixian paused, and then continued to order: "Also send some sentry horses into the Huai'an territory to see how Liu Zeqing's side moves." ”

Zheng Chenggong listened calmly, he knew that Zhou Shixian was waiting for the situation to be more chaotic. After all, he is now using Liu Zeqing's name, Gao Jie will definitely not give up, and when the time comes, the two sides will make a fuss, and after the dog eats the dog, it will be even more justifiable to intervene.

And now, it is only in the name of the horse inspection, and Zhou Shixian can only point to it.