Lin Bao smiled bitterly and said, "At that time, most people also realized this and made suggestions from Yuan Jingluo! But at that time, he was like he was crazy and couldn't listen to anyone's advice. The newly subjugated victims raped and looted in Liaoyang and Chenyang City, and the people thought it was very painful. And the most serious thing was that there were many spies from the Later Jin among the victims who surrendered. Just when Yuan Jingluo was inappropriate and the city was in chaos, the enemy chief Nurhaci took the opportunity to lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers to Chenyang."

"The thing that happened later was that the general officer He Shixian, You Shigong went out of the city to fight and unfortunately died in battle. The spies of the Later Jin Dynasty, who had already been infiltrated in Chenyang City, took advantage of the chaos and joined forces with the Mongolian victims to open the city gate and lead the Later Jin army into the city. At that time, the reinforcements of the Liaoyang where I was located had just arrived at the south bank of the Hun River."

Zhou Xian was confused. According to Lin Bao, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty had occupied Chenyang City at this moment. The best choice for reinforcements at this time was to retreat urgently before the Later Jin Dynasty discovered their whereabouts. In this way, he could preserve his strength and wait for the Later War. But after listening to Lin Bao's previous words, he did not seem to think that retreating was the best choice.

Zhou Tai couldn't help asking: "Master, what should you do next?"

Lin Bao sighed and said, "At that time, the leading generals were Chen Ce and Tong Zhongkui, but the two armies also had their own corresponding generals. The Bai Gan Bing's generals were Zhou Dunji and Qin Minping, and the Qi family army was General Qi Jin. At that time, General Chen thought of retreating at the first time, but both the other leading generals and the soldiers participating in the war were all excited and eager to fight. You may have guessed the reason?"

Zhou Kun first spoke: "It seems that the generals at that time said, 'We can't save Chen, what's going on in this three years?', which made the main general Chen Ce finally strengthen his determination to take the initiative."

Lin Bao nodded and said, "Since the end of the Battle of Sarhu, these two armies have been stationed near Liaoyang. It was exactly three years when the Battle of Chenyang began. In these three years, no one left the team alone. The only thought in their hearts was to find Manlu to avenge Tongze in the past. This sentence did express the thoughts of most soldiers at that time, but it was not the main reason. All the commanders who led the troops at that time were experienced in many battles. How could they ignore the lives of seven thousand soldiers for the sake of the anger in their hearts?"

Zhou Xian became more confused when he heard this and asked, "Master, why is that?"

Lin Bao was silent for a while and said, "This has to start from three aspects. One is the time for our army to arrive, the second is the equipment and personnel composition of our army and the Later Jin army, and the third is the overall situation around Chenyang at that time. If you explain these three points clearly, you should be able to understand that it was not that you were unwilling to retreat, but that you could not retreat and did not dare to retreat."

"We arrived the second day after Shenyang City was broken. At that time, Shenyang City had just been broken and the city was in turmoil. Disasters were everywhere, and defeated soldiers ran around. The Later Jin army only controlled the four gates and various walls, forbidding everyone from entering and leaving, but did not completely control Shenyang City. When they were close, you could still vaguely hear the sounds of killing coming from inside. Do you know what this means?"

Zhou Xian pondered for a moment and said, "If Shenyang City is completely controlled by the Later Jin army, it will be basically declared that it is completely impossible to retake it again. However, the sound of shouting killing in the city means that the resistance is still continuing. If the inside and outside are in harmony, it is still possible to retake Shenyang City again."

Lin Bao nodded and said, "You are right. Although you know that hope is slim, for those of us who vow to seek revenge on Manhu, a little hope is very hope. Moreover, if we leave, it is equivalent to putting the city guards who are still resisting after the city is broken. How can we go to that cruelty? Moreover, in the situation at that time, it is too late for us to retreat."

Zhou Kun was puzzled and asked, "Master, is there something happening in the middle?"

Lin Bao sighed and smiled bitterly: "Although the enemy is the enemy, I have to say that this person is indeed a top-notch coach. Whether it is his personal tactical qualities or the combat qualities of his subordinates, they have reached a terrifying level. While our army was sending reinforcements from Liaoyang, he sent out a number of scouts and followed closely. In other words, he knew what we were going all the way. However, at that time he was busy dealing with the defenders of Chenyang City and had no time to worry about us. When we arrived at the south bank of Hun River, he had already started to mobilize troops out of the city and was ready to attack us at any time."

Lin Bao paused for a moment, looked at Zhou Xian and said, "Xiao Xian, I have told you about the composition of the Qi family army before. Can you roughly infer the organization and the weapons of the 4,000 Qi family army at that time?"

Zhou Xian thought for a while and said, "According to the organization of the Qi family army, the main formation should be the Mandarin Duck Formation. However, due to the increase in equipment in the later period, the proportion of musket soldiers should increase, and perhaps there are many rocket cars and tiger squat cannons and other weapons."

Lin Bao nodded and said, "It's roughly good, but you also missed one. Among the four thousand soldiers, there were three hundred cavalrymen. The weapons they equipped were three-eyed guns, which were controlled by me at that time. But they were the only cavalry troops among the seven thousand army, and the rest were infantrymen. The four thousand Qi family army had a complicated weapon, with more than 40% of the firearms, and they had a great lethality, but they took a certain amount of time to prepare. As for the white-rod soldiers, the weapons in their hands were sharp bamboo spears and straight swords, and they were also infantrymen. Do you see the problem?"

Zhou Xian frowned and said, "The Later Jin army is all cavalry, and they knew your whereabouts at that time. If you retreated at that time, your speed would definitely be lower than that of them, and they would inevitably be covered and killed by them from behind. Even if you retreated to Liaoyang, you would probably suffer heavy losses."

Lin Bao smiled bitterly again and said, "It's not as simple as heavy losses, but the entire army was wiped out. Because at that time, the Later Jin army around Chenyang had more than 60,000, and they were all eyeing each other. When retreating, the formation must be less strict than usual. Firearms are our advantage and our shortcomings. Because, whether it is the reloading of gunpowder or the volley of fire guns to play the greatest role, it takes time to prepare. If the Later Jin army came over with several times of its strength, although the Qi family army and the Baigang soldiers were both elite, they couldn't last long."
Chapter completed!