When the battle reaches this level, is it considered a loss or a win?
Ding Haijun's cavalry gathered their troops. When dawn came, a little later, more than a thousand cavalry were killed, three hundred of them were killed, and there were still more than a hundred who were seriously injured and could no longer fight. At the same time, a cursory look around showed that the bodies of the red coat soldiers were everywhere.
, the number was extremely large, and I am afraid that more than a thousand people were killed on the spot. In terms of the number of casualties alone, this fierce battle did not suffer.
Considering that Yao Yun's troops were defeated last night and countless enemies were killed, our side seems to have made a little profit.
However, the cavalry under Li Ting and other generals are all the backbone of the army and can be regarded as good soldiers. With such damage, the entire army has been damaged.
Not to mention, Li Ting was hit by an arrow in his shoulder, and Qiu Huiluo was hit by a knife in his neck. These two men were both generals in the Ding Navy. Both generals were injured, and their military morale was inevitably frustrated.
At this time, the group of troops had no choice but to return temporarily and settle down at the Lushui Military Camp where Yao Yun's troops were originally stationed.
At this time, many medical officers accompanying the army rushed in from the rear to treat Qiu Huiluo. Li Ting was waiting outside the tent. Because he was too irritable, he even shook his fist at the two medical officers.
Fortunately, the medical officers came out immediately to report that Qiu Huiluo's injuries were serious, but if treated properly, his life should not be affected.
The broken blade opened up a seven- to eight-inch long wound, cutting almost half a circle along the side of the neck, but it did not cut off any major blood vessels. Qiu Huiluo's own body was very strong, and in just a few days
Once the injury is scabbed but not septic, it will recover slowly.
Li Ting turned his anger into joy and pulled the two unlucky medical officers into a deep bow. He said some very polite and flattering words, and finally spent his own money to award extra rewards.
When the medical officer saw him hanging his arm, he hurriedly diagnosed and treated him. He put the best gold sore medicine on the injured area and prescribed a decoction.
Li Tingqiang cheered up and accompanied the medical officers on a tour of the wounded barracks. Then he returned to his tent and fell into a drowsy sleep.
In just half a day, Yang Miaozhen led his troops to retreat into the cities and once again boosted morale. Around noon, the Red Coat Army sent small groups of troops out of the city to harass. Fortunately, they were all repulsed by Gao Xin and his troops.
Ding Haijun's soldiers and horses on the south route traveled hundreds of miles with light cavalry, relying on their own spirit. After the battle, if nothing else, their spirit was quite dissipated. Even though all the generals were dissatisfied, they all said that the red coat thieves were treacherous.
We can only wait for the infantry group from behind to arrive and gather a large force of more than 7,000 people.
Who would have thought that when Shi Poli and his infantry gathered at the Lushui military camp, the spies sent to Zhucheng reported that Yang Miaozhen relied on the appeal of Liu Quan and Guo Jiaer to plunder all the local grain and supplies, causing many rout
After being defeated, the army suddenly expanded to thousands.
Thousands of Ding navy troops face thousands of mourning soldiers of red-coat troops, but there is really no sure way to win.
For a time, the two armies were testing each other, and small confrontations broke out in many places in Mizhou. After all, Ding Haijun had the upper hand in terms of training and equipment, and caused Yang Miaozhen's troops to suffer several losses in succession. However, in terms of the overall battle situation
, which actually seems to be a bit of a stalemate.
At this time, Guo Ning had led his army to Linzi and distributed his troops to eradicate the many strongholds of Li Quan's garrison in Yidu Prefecture one by one, with overwhelming momentum.
He himself was inspecting the Linzi city defense. Because he walked half a circle around the city, his whole body felt hot, so he chose a shady place under the battlement wall to avoid the sun.
Just as they were sitting down, the sound of hoofbeats pounded rapidly below the city, and military envoys arrived on horseback, presenting the battle situation of the Southern Route Army.
Guo Ning opened the document and read it, and stood up in surprise. Without noticing, his shoulder hit a crossbow machine mounted on the battlement. The crossbow machine spun outwards and fell, hitting the ground, ejecting fragments.
"Jie Shuai, what's wrong?"
Left and right hurriedly approached.
"It's okay, I was negligent...send someone to clean it up and find a craftsman to repair it as soon as possible."
Guo Ning gave instructions to his attendants and asked the military envoy to go and rest quickly.
After everyone dispersed, General Guo Ning held the newspaper in his hand and slowly turned back to the city battlement. The next moment, he clenched his fist and punched the wall violently. With one punch, several bricks burst out.
Stone debris.
He is the commander-in-chief of the entire army and has already planned the future of the navy. Therefore, he feels the pain of this battle more deeply than Li Ting's generals.
When Guo Ning gathered his troops at Xijunhe, he made the elite cavalry the core of his army. Later he entered Zhongdu, went down to Shandong, and went north to Liaohai. Every victory was mostly due to the strength of the cavalry.
However, the boundaries of the three states of Denglai are narrow after all, and the replenishment of grain and the construction of pastures cannot be accomplished in a day. Therefore, in terms of cavalry construction, we can only expand steadily and strive to make them elite. Until this time, the size of the cavalry did not exceed 3,000.
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Among these three thousand knights, there are Han'er from the North, warriors from the Central Plains who joined the army, Bohai people, Khitan people, and Wanggu people. Many of them followed Guo Ning from Monan to Hebei and arrived in Shandong. According to Guo
Ning expected that each of these cavalrymen would be able to hold positions above generals and chiefs in the future expansion of the army.
Guo Ning read quite a lot of classics this year, and he remembered a sentence called "This is the elite of the four parties, which cannot be found in one state." This sentence is very appropriate when used to refer to the cavalry of the Dinghai Navy.
As a result, Li Ting and Qiu Huiluo led more than a thousand cavalry and lost nearly 600 people, killing three to five thousand infantry of the Red Coat Army?
The Red Coat Army recruits troops like ants, with tens of thousands of people swarming around at every turn. What does their lives count? To the Red Coat Army, three to five thousand men are just numbers that can be summoned at a moment's notice.
When 600 of our own troops left, they lost one-fifth of the total number of cavalry in the Ding Navy!
What's even more troublesome is that this battle proved one thing.
That is, even if the Red Coat Army falls apart, there are still outstanding figures within it who can unite the troops and fight back against the outside world.
We previously speculated that since Yang An'er is dead, the navy soldiers will be able to destroy everything once they arrive... This obviously underestimated the tenacity of the red coat army, and also underestimated the fourth lady Yang Miaozhen!
The Red Coat Army was like a centipede insect, dead but not stiff. But now, they and Ding Haijun were at odds with each other.
Guo Ning confidently attacked in two directions, like a giant waving his arms to sweep left and right, encompassing the land and people of Shandong. But as soon as he stretched out his left arm halfway, he was hit hard, and the two leading generals were seriously injured.
The military newspaper made it clear that Qiu Huiluo would have to recuperate for a month or two. As for Li Ting, whether this arm can regain its original appearance depends on the effects of subsequent conditioning and training.
Thinking of this, Guo Ning opened his palms, opened the military newspaper that was crumpled into a ball of paper, and read it again. After reading it, he became even more angry.
He threw the general's report to the ground and couldn't help but complain: "Li Ting and Qiu Huiluo are both going to become important generals in the future. But one by one, they are full of dangers and surprises. With the generals
With his identity, he did what a brave man does! The result..."
When he said this, he was horrified and surprised.
When he was about to retrieve the military newspaper, Xu Jin took half a step forward, took the military newspaper in his hand, and pressed it flat.
After a while, Xu Jin whispered: "Jie Shuai, you can't blame them both."
Guo Ning nodded and smiled bitterly.
Why are Li Ting and others so aggressive with their troops? It's because Guo Ning himself asked for it.
Why did Li Ting and others go to dangerous places as important generals? It was because Guo Ning himself liked it.
Since Xiangjunhe raised his troops, every victory of the Dinghai Navy has been achieved through bold actions and fierce attacks, with all generals taking the lead.
But the premise for this is that the enemy's strength is not enough to compete with the Ding Navy; or the enemy is placed in a situation where it cannot fully exert its power, and the Ding Navy can use its strengths and avoid its weaknesses.
Has Guo Ning always paid attention to this premise?
This time, Guo Ning himself and the staff of the military government all overestimated their own strength and underestimated the enemy. They were thinking about sweeping Shandong with thunderous power. So, how could the generals under his command be accurate?
How about taking control of the situation?
Guo Ning sighed, shook his head vigorously, and put aside his self-blame and introspection for the time being.
How to deal with a small setback in front of you?
While I was thinking about it, there were rapid footsteps not far away, and another military envoy hurriedly climbed to the city.