【Chapter 746】Everything is messed up
The hunting cavalry led by Liu Chuang greatly improved their field combat capabilities after being equipped with Han-style insurgent guns. They could already fight with the Great Jin cavalry in any form. After the Great Jin army and the Mongolian cavalry retreated, they immediately chased after them. The Great Jin army and the Mongolians tried to fight back and killed one of the caravans, but they were all repelled by the hunting cavalry.
The vulture cavalry soldiers who had no ability to pursue the moment began to conduct a preliminary cleaning of the battlefield in the Sheepguan Castle. The entire Sheepguan Castle was simply hell on earth, with corpses of people and war horses everywhere, as well as messy flags, bows, arrows, swords and guns, saddles and other miscellaneous items. The flowing blood was like the ocean, with all connections. The depth of blood accumulated in some places had exceeded the human thighs.
The civilians who were responsible for transporting the bodies began to be busy again. This time, their tasks were even more heavy. Later, they were unable to undertake such heavy tasks, so they had to invite a large number of civilians from the coast of Dengzhou. Just so happened that near the port of Dengzhou, there were a large number of Han people who fled from Liaodong who were waiting for the government to arrange their work. Xu Xingxia immediately ordered them to come to Yangguan Fort first and clean up the Yangguan Fort.
In the end, the number of civilians responsible for transporting the bodies increased to more than 500. A large number of trolleys, flatbeds, wheelbarrows and so on were used. The entire Sheep Guan Fort seemed like a large morgue, with corpses of the Jin army and the Mongols everywhere. If it weren't for veterans on the battlefield, seeing all this would have been a nightmare. In fact, many civilians from the rear could not help but vomit wildly when they saw the Asura hell-like battlefield.
The preliminary casualties of the White-Clothed Army have also been counted. So far, the casualties of the hunting cavalry have been about 400. The casualties of the Eagle Cavalry have been about 100. The casualties of other people are about 300. The total casualties of all the casualties is about 800. Xu Xingxia is quite satisfied with such casualties. The casualties of the White-Clothed Army are 800, and the casualties of the Jin army and the Mongols are probably more than 8,000.
Xu Xingxia did not expect that the Great Jin Kingdom could be defeated in one battle. The rising Great Jin Kingdom would not easily admit defeat. However, judging from the current situation, after the battle of Yangguanbao, the military strength of the Great Jin Kingdom was indeed greatly hit. No matter how strong Nurhaci was or how scheming Huang Taiji was, they all had a fatal weakness, that is, it was hard for a skilled woman to cook without rice. They did not have enough reserve troops to supplement the losses. The losses in the battle of Yangguanbao were that the Great Jin Kingdom could never make up for.
The population base of both the Mongols and the Jurchens is limited. As long as the White-Clothed Army is prescribed the right medicine and constantly consumes their population resources, their complete failure is inevitable. Without a sufficient number of cavalry teams, they can only be slaughtered. Therefore, after the battle of the Sheepguan Fort ended, the White-Clothed Army's strategic policy is to continuously consume the vitality of the Great Jin Kingdom. In layman's terms, one can be killed, two can be killed, and two can be killed. The Great Jin Kingdom will eventually fall.
"Sir, let's chase us out too!" Zhang Yi said impatiently.
Zhang Yi was really unable to sit steadily when he saw the hunting cavalry soldiers chasing the embarrassing Jin and Mongolians in a crazily manner. Originally, the Vulture Cavalry he led was the most suitable for doing such a thing. But now, the hunting cavalry has snatched the mission, so it would be strange if he could calm down. You hunting cavalry, you are just the chairman's guards. Don't take away all the credits of the field battle!
But Liu Chuang, the commander of the hunting cavalry, still kept cheering loudly in front of Zhang Yi, clapping and cheering for his subordinates, as if he was an ungrown child. This was so exciting to Zhang Yi's nerves. If Xu Xingxia hadn't been by his side, Zhang Yi would have been unable to help tearing Liu Chuang's mouth and tied up his hands. You are so unethical that you are just happy and forgetting the pain of others.
In fact, Liu Chuang had a rare opportunity to show off. The hunting cavalry is indeed a guard force, and everything is based on the safety of the chairman as the highest principle, and there is almost no chance of field battles. To be honest, their lives are indeed a bit awkward. As the chairman’s guard force, glory is glory, but it is not satisfying!
If this time was not to test the various performances of the Han-style insurgent gun, the hunting cavalry would not have the chance to participate in such a bloody battle. Now there are more than 100,000 white-clothed army, which is really strong and powerful, and it is like a tiger. It is impossible for Xu Xingxia to appear on the front line. With the gradual finalization of the Han-style insurgent gun, mass production and large-scale assembly, the chances of hunting cavalry appearing on the battlefield will definitely be less and less. If you don’t seize the opportunity and vent it hard this time, you will probably have no chance in the future.
"No! You can't pursue it!"
Xu Xingxia decisively and explicitly rejected Zhang Yi's request.
It’s not that he doesn’t believe in the combat effectiveness of the Eagle Cavalry, but that he feels there is no need to take risks. The current equipment of the Eagle Cavalry is not suitable for large-scale sporadic field battles with the enemy. If he falls into the trap set up by the Great Jin army and the Mongols, the losses will be huge. With the gradual assembly of the Han-style insurgent guns, scattered troops such as the Eagle Cavalry will definitely change their clothes as soon as possible. That time is the time for them to show their strength. Now, wait for a while.
In fact, in the face of a large number of Great Jin and Mongols, the hunters were also more cautious in pursuing the Great Jin and Mongols. They had not yet been dispersed and pursued the Great Jin and Mongols relentlessly. They still fought in groups in small groups. Therefore, if the Great Jin and Mongols ran too fast and too scattered, there was no need for the hunters to chase them.
Xu Xingxia did not want the Han-style rifle gun to fall into the hands of the enemy before mass production. This is not a good thing. Although the enemy may not be able to imitate it in a short period of time, they may not be able to crack the technology. However, if the samples fall into the hands of the enemy, there will definitely be someone to imitate it in three to five years, or at most ten years.
If someone sells a sample gun to the Western Super Powers, the time it will be imitated will be even shorter.
The main target of the hunting cavalry is still a large group of enemies. Each team has sixty people, sixty Han-style insurgent guns, which can deal with hundreds of Jin and Mongolians. If there are too many enemies trying to counterattack, several teams will join forces to completely curb the enemy's counterattack stones. During this period, they may also receive support from artillery fire.
Under the pursuit of the hunting cavalry, the retreat of the Great Jin army and the Mongols seemed even more chaotic. While crossing the mortar blockade of the White-clothed Army, the Great Jin army and the Mongols suffered a lot of casualties. After crossing the blockade, they were secretly glad that they had saved their lives, but suddenly found that the way forward was blocked again. The ones who blocked the road were the ants-like Han army flags and Koreans.
At this time, the Great Jin Dynasty made a fatal mistake inadvertently. They hoped to drive the Han army flag and the Koreans up, disperse the firepower of the White Army, and seize time for the escape of the Great Jin army and the Mongols. However, doing so inadvertently cut off the retreat route between the Great Jin army and the Mongolian cavalry. What will happen if a large number of cavalry and infantry collided with each other, it is conceivable. This is simply a mess.
Nurhaci witnessed all this and suddenly turned his eyes and almost fell into a coma. He did not expect that he had done bad things kindly and caused trouble to his military team. However, he had no time to blame him, nor did he have time to summarize his experience and lessons. He had to find a way to remove the Han military flag and the Koreans, and withdraw all the people.
However, such a chaotic scene is simply fatal to pass the order. Even Nurhaci's highest order is very difficult to convey to Amin and Dudu in front of it. Because the snipers of the White Army are very bad, they are specializing in shooting and killing the commands of the Great Jin Army, which often leads to delays or interruptions from the Great Jin Army's orders.
Many times, even Nurhaci didn't know whether the order he issued was successfully passed on to the target person. He had to rely on his own eyes to judge it. Moreover, he also felt that the number of commanders around him seemed to be getting smaller and smaller. He didn't know who they were shot and killed. In his naked eyes, it seemed that the existence of the White Army was not found. It was really evil.
In fact, even Amin and Du Du did not waste time at all receiving the correct orders. It would take a lot of time to implement the orders. Because at this time, the entire wilderness in front of Yangguan Fort was already in chaos. The Han army flag, the Koreans, the Jin army and the Mongolians, and several different forces were intertwined with each other, and it would be strange if they could not be confused. Even Amin, who had been through many battles, felt that everything was in chaos, and unprecedented chaos.
A large number of Han flags and Koreans flocked behind. Even if they wanted to rush over, they could not rush over! Their war horses had no speed and could not rush away the dense crowd. If they wanted to increase the speed of the war horses, they had to run back, stretch the distance, and then hit forward fiercely. However, if they did this, they would be covered by artillery fire from the white-clothed army and suffered heavy casualties.
Chapter completed!