The battle lasted less than half an hour, and everyone looked at the side of the Qing army, only to see a horn sounding, and most of them began to retreat two miles away one after another, but they were still densely gathered there, and the chariots were arrayed in a strict array, and they did not attack or retreat into the camp. Maybe it's a break, or maybe it's a countermeasure.

At this time, it was almost noon, and when Lu Xiangsheng saw this, he ordered all departments to clean up the battlefield, and the Central Military Department made a fire to make food, and hurried to reward the soldiers.

Dense Ming soldiers came out to clean up the battlefield, and some Qing army sentries rode up. However, they were afraid of the firearms of the Ming army, and the Ming army also had a lot of cavalry, which were scattered outside at night, and those Qing cavalry seemed to be reluctant to do much, and did not dare to get too close.

Liu Yan, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei each cleaned up their own positions, collected the weapons and banners of the Qing army scattered on the ground, cut off their heads, and stripped off the armor on their corpses.

After a fierce battle in the morning, Liu Yan ordered Wang Bo's troops to take over Chen Xun's defense line and let his men go out to clean up the battlefield.

The soldiers under Chen Xun's command were all cleaning up the battlefield with the joy and pride of victory.

"It's a pity, a lot of heads are broken."

While Chen Xun was in high spirits, he couldn't help but muttered in a low voice when he looked at the many smashed heads all over the ground.

The soldiers under his command carried the corpses of the Qing army between the low walls and trenches, and easily made up for the wounded Qing soldiers who did not die with a knife or a shot.

The corpses of the Qing soldiers between the low walls and trenches were fine, but many of the Qing soldiers' bodies were beaten to pieces in several passages, including their heads.

The pools of flesh and blood parts on the passage cannot prove that they are the heads of the Qing army, and the military merits have lost a lot, which makes Chen Xun heartbroken. Accompanied by several guards, he patrolled everywhere and shouted, so that his subordinates were more nimble.

At this time, the cold was pressing, with a foul smell of blood, and the pungent smell of gunsmoke had not completely dissipated, inhaling into his lungs, making Chen Xun sneeze a few times. Although the weather is extremely cold, the soldiers are still busy with a thick white breath, and the excited discussions of everyone are coming.

"Mr. Chen Bai, the Tartar corpses in the trench are not easy to move?"

Several soldiers with bruised hands and feet complained to Chen Xun.

The corpses of the Qing soldiers between the first low wall and trench were quite full, and although their corpses were stiff and stiff, and the frozen blood was combined to form a solid mass, it was still easy to carry.

There were only a few remaining trenches, and the high trenches were slippery, and there were many sharp wooden thorns underneath, and jumping into the trenches was obviously not a wise choice. Everyone saw that there were many corpses of Qing soldiers between the trenches, horizontal and vertical, and the deaths were different, or they were beaten to death by firearms, or they fell into the trenches and were stabbed into meat skewers.

"Stupid, won't you look for some long hooks? Borrow some hook and sickle from the brother troops.

Chen Xun scolded with hatred that iron is not steel, while sighing at his cleverness. Those soldiers woke up and went to the battle with all hands and feet.

Liu Yan, accompanied by the general officers, quietly came to the passage, his feet were full of the internal organs and blood stains of the Qing soldiers, as well as their scattered thighs, calves, palms and arms and other things. Without exception, in the bitter cold weather, it was frozen into a hard piece, mixed with blood and dirt on the ground, firmly frozen together.

The cold wind was trembling, Liu Yan stood motionless on the battlefield of flesh and blood, quietly not knowing what he was thinking, only the cold wind lifted his bright red cloak from time to time.

From time to time, the sound of the soldiers happily cleaning up the field was heard. They moved the corpses of Qing soldiers into the earthen wall, and all the weapons and flags were packed, and the broken chariots on the various passages were also pushed into the earthen wall.

In any case, it is also good for these broken chariots to be split to make a fire to keep warm. It was also a consideration to keep the passage clear so that the clearers could charge again. The corpses of the Qing army were moved into the earthen wall and slowly piled up like a hill. "There should be hundreds of heads, thousands of armor pairs......

Liu Yan heard the discussion of the generals beside him, especially Wang Yue's excited voice, which was easy to recognize. This time, Wang Yue led his troops to defend with Chen Xun's outpost, and won a lot of heads, and promotion after going back was a sure thing, no wonder Wang Yue was so excited that he could see the back molars at this time.

Then Liu Yan walked around the outside of the defense line, and then led everyone back to the earthen wall. Next to the pile of corpses, I saw the soldiers of the baggage team, many of whom were holding short axes, like butchers cutting pigs, cutting off the heads of those Qing soldiers one by one, and stripping them of their armor.

In addition, Xun Jingyun, the magistrate of the town, was patrolling everywhere with the general pickets, all of them holding the documents in their hands, registering the first-level seizures one by one, and accounting for military merits.

The final statistics were brought over by Xun Jingyun, the magistrate: "My lord, in this battle, our army beheaded a total of 595 levels and captured 1,251 ...... of various armors."

After all, many of the Qing soldiers who died were multi-layered heavy armor, and in addition to iron-inlaid cotton armor, they mostly wore chain mail inside. Although the armor has been broken by the Musket Cannon, it can still be used after repair. Liu Yan estimated that after this battle, the number of armor in his army would increase greatly, and when he expanded it again in the future, the number of armor would no longer be so tight.

Everyone around listened to these data with smiles, especially Chen Xun and Wang Yue, who opened their mouths and laughed. In just one battle, there are such military exploits, which is really profitable.

After beheading so many of his own frontal defense lines, Liu Yan estimated that the actual casualties of the Qing army were greater, after all, the armies on both wings must have gained. Moreover, in long-distance combat, there were many Qing Tartar soldiers who were killed and wounded by artillery rockets. It's just that the bodies of the wounded must have been snatched back by the retreating Qing army.

Liu Yan ordered all the captured armor and weapons to be stored in the treasury, and at the same time instructed the craftsmen accompanying the army to select a part of the armor that had been repaired before, and put it on all the bird soldiers in the army, so that each of them could wear double armor to increase their protective power. After all, pikemen are protected by sword and shield hands, and bird gunners can only rely on their own armor to protect themselves when shooting.

Subsequently, the casualties of Liu Yan's department were also counted, and the new army of Xiahezhai suffered more than 130 casualties in this battle. Most of them were arrow wounds, and the large number of rockets launched by the Qing army caught them off guard, and many birds were hit by arrows in their arms, and most of these people were slightly injured.

However, during the war, the Qing army's chariots stormed the passage, and more than a dozen bird-fired soldiers were shot in the face and were seriously injured. The most serious was the artillery fired by the Qing army, and more than 30 pikemen or bird-fired soldiers were hit by jumping and tumbling shells, or died on the spot, or broke their hands and legs.

In this kind of cold weather, people with serious injuries and disabled limbs are afraid that many people's lives cannot be saved. Liu Yan led a group of subordinates to see the wounded and the deceased, and felt sad, and when the siege of the Qing soldiers was over, I don't know how many soldiers would die.

The smoke curled up, the baggage soldiers or auxiliaries of each battalion prepared the meal, and after the battle, there were bursts of laughter and laughter in the Ming army's defense line, and everyone gathered around the fire, let go of their bellies to eat and drink hot food, while excitedly discussing the battle just now.

Liu Yan was summoned to Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army tent, here, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and others had arrived first, and everyone was overjoyed, obviously in the battle in the morning, everyone had won a lot.

As soon as he saw Liu Yan's face, Yang Guozhu shouted: "General Liu, I am beheading two hundred and thirty-four people in the barracks, how many are you beheaded in the new army of Xiahezhai?" ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "The last general will be beheaded at level five hundred and ninety-five." ”

Yang Guozhu took a breath and muttered "good guy".

Afterwards, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei also glanced at each other meaningfully.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the results reported by the battalions, with a smile on his face, and won a lot on three sides of the defense line. Liu Yan beheaded 595 levels, Yang Guozhu beheaded 234 levels, Hu Dawei beheaded 212 levels, and more than 1,000 levels have been beheaded here, Lu Xiangsheng estimated that the actual casualties of the Qing army were more.

Although the battalions together suffered more than 500 casualties, of which more than 200 were killed in battle, after all, under the attack of the Qing army's artillery and rockets, the battalions were somewhat inferior to hunters. However, at present, all battalions have a sense of protection, and they have a solid earthen wall defense position, so there is no problem at all in holding the position.

Later, at Lu Xiangsheng's mention, everyone was discussing military affairs while eating and drinking, during which everyone was full of praise for Liu Yan's fortifications. Under this kind of fortification, the superior forces of the Qing army could not be spread at all, and their own soldiers were slaughtered like one-sided. As soon as the war started today, there was such a result, just like Liu Yan said, it is completely feasible to shed the blood of the Qing soldiers in front of the Ming army camp!

Lu Xiangsheng also praised Liu Yan a few words, and then loudly encouraged the generals: "In today's first battle, the thieves have lost their spirit, as long as our army firmly holds the position, in a few days, the army of slaves and thieves will be exhausted, and the spirit will be exhausted." At that time, the Duke of Gao led the army with a thunderous blow, and tens of thousands of slave soldiers could be eliminated in one battle. ”

Everyone was even more laughing, and during the banquet, Liu Yan took the opportunity to ask Lu Xiangsheng and the generals for some masks. In fact, the iron masks under each helmet have always been the standard equipment of the Ming army, and each mask looks hideous, like a ghost. Because Liu Yan thought that the mask obstructed his vision, and his bird-fired soldiers had experience in protecting against arrows, he did not have the equipment. But for now, it seems that this iron mask still needs to be partially equipped.

For Liu Yan's request, Lu Xiangsheng and the generals are generous, and now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, when it is time to have the same hatred. Therefore, when Liu Yan came out, he had already asked for a total of 400 iron masks, and the logistics officers in each battalion quickly sent the masks to Liu Yan's army.

At this time, in the large array of the Qing army, it was different from the joy of the Ming army, and the atmosphere was extremely dull, and the Qing soldiers lit fires, drank water silently, and ate dry food.

Under the banner of Dolgon's golden dragon, the banner owners, as well as the important people such as Baylor in the banner, all gathered around him, and each of them did not say a word.

At this time, the casualties of each flag have been counted, scared everyone, today's battle, the whole flag has been casualties of nearly 2,000 people, of which the number of warriors killed in the battle of each banner is as high as more than 1,000 people, among these people, many of them are still heavy armor soldiers of each banner, the casualties are really too great, no wonder everyone is sad, without saying a word.

Dolgon had no expression on his face, and under the report of the banner owners who attacked the Ming army camp, a rough Ming army defense map appeared in front of everyone. Looking at this sketch, everyone took a breath of cold air.

Abatai said: "What a vicious battle formation and defense line, I am sure that this kind of defensive formation of the camp should not be what Lu Xiangsheng thinks, he is not so ruthless, there must be another fierce general in the Ming army!" ”

Dolgon also agreed with Abatai's assertion, after all, with the intelligence ability of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time, everyone still knew a thing or two about Lu Xiangsheng's behavior and military habits.

Then Dorgon said, "I don't want to mention who this man is, but if we win this battle, we will know." ”

"After today's test by our army, the camp defense of the Ming army is already clear, surrounded by three earthen walls, about one person high. There are five flat passages, and the rest are low walls and ditches, which are not easy to cross. There are about 10 large and small artillery pieces on the front, although there are not many, but the accuracy is very high, and the rate of fire is also fast, and the sharpness of the artillery and fire system of the Ming army can be seen. ”

"Looking at the banner again, I don't want the front of the Ming army to be a small Shandong Dusi Lingshan Guard's defensive officer, according to the Ming army prisoners captured today, this person Liu Yan is said to be a strong general under Lu Xiangsheng. In addition, the two wings of the Ming army are Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the Hu Dawei, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, each with 60 large and small artillery! ”

Abatai asked suspiciously, "Liu Yan? The person who designed such a line of defense, could it be this Liu Yan? Otherwise, how could a small defensive officer be reused by Lu Xiangsheng! ”

A gleam flashed in Dorgon's eyes, and the rest of the group fell into deep thought.

After a while, Dolgon shook his head, and now he had too little information to determine anything, so he had to continue: "Among the five passages in front of the Ming army, each is more than ten paces to twenty paces wide, and there are two or four large and small cannons in the gap in the earthen wall in front. The artillery at the rest of the place, the gap in the earthen wall is two or three steps wide, and the gunners of the Ming army can hide in the parapet wall next to them at any time. In front of these guns, there was a low wall, and there were only a few trenches! ”

In addition to these artillery, in front of the remaining earthen walls, there are a series of low wall trenches, which the Ming army set up to protect with musketeers. Because the gap in the earthen wall is fixed, their artillery is also fixed, and if our army wants to attack, they can attack from the low wall trench, so that they can avoid the artillery of the Ming people! ”

The blue flag lord Zilharang led his soldiers in the banner today, as well as the eight banners of the Mongolian Zhengbai Flag and the Blue Banner, to attack the right flank of Hu Dawei's defense, even if they did not encounter a strong blow from Liu Yan's department in the front, but after today's attack, they still have palpitations, and the casualties of the warriors under them are too great.

Zilharang said: "I was ordered to the general, the Ming army's earthen wall is low, and when our army attacks, the archers in the rear cannot cover the impact of the warriors in front at all. If you want to shoot hard, you will only shoot at your own soldiers! ”

"So," said Dolgon, "we must fill in the trench behind the earthen wall!" ”

Dorgon pondered for a moment, then said, "It's cold winter weather, and those low walls are as hard as a bath, and it's hard to dig them up. However, the low wall is not high, and only the trench needs to be filled, and the warriors of our banners can still break through the earthen wall of the Ming army with the support of archers. ”

A chill suddenly surged in everyone's hearts, and they were afraid that they would just fill those trenches, and they didn't know how much blood would be shed of the warriors in the banner. The first trench is fine, the chariots of each banner can be pushed all the way to the front of the first low wall, and the auxiliaries of each banner can throw the bags of earth into the trench, but the remaining trenches are ......

Some people died, but not completely......