Chapter 105: The Next Battlefield
"Report! The road is narrow, the cavalry battalion cannot be used, the firearms of the rioters are sharp, the cavalry battalion is seriously injured, and Lord Huang has led the cavalry battalion to retreat."
When Ren Jianxiu learned that the front army was ambushed by the rioters, he was very angry and knew that the situation of the front army was quite dangerous, but Ren Jianxiu felt that this was also an opportunity for the Ming army. The front army recruited soldiers. Even if they encountered more than twice the rioters, they could at least delay the rioters. Then the cavalry supported them, and the central army also accelerated the rioters and defeated the rioters in the past.
However, when the news of the cavalry battalion being blocked by the rioters was returned, Ren Jianxiu felt a little panicked. The rioters were able to separate their hands to block the cavalry, which shows that the rioters still have the strength to deal with the front army. If the central army does not rush over, the rioters will probably be eaten by the rioters in one bite.
Immediately, Ren Jianxiu ordered Tan Tianrui camp, which was mainly recruiting troops in the central army, to give up most of the baggage, leave the central army, and speed up to support the front army.
Just when a battalion of the Ming army left the central army and rushed to support the front army, the People's Army's battle against the Ming army had already ended on the battlefield ahead. After simply cleaning the battlefield, the People's Army escorted the prisoners and quickly retreated to Guishan County with the seized materials.
When the Ming army who came to support arrived on the battlefield, they only found that the battlefield was covered with the bodies of Ming soldiers, and the remaining limbs were flying everywhere. The battlefield had been stained with blood from Ming soldiers.
"vomit!"
Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, some Ming soldiers and even officers vomited directly. Many Ming soldiers looked at it and turned their heads, unable to bear to continue watching.
The most important thing is that after seeing such a tragic scene, the morale of the Ming army in this battalion dropped sharply and its combat effectiveness dropped greatly.
The soldiers of the Ming army all knew that they were here to encircle and suppress the rioters. Ordinary soldiers did not know the achievements of the People's Army. They just thought that they were easy to encircle and suppress the rioters who had little combat effectiveness, and that many people would not die.
Therefore, when performing missions, the soldiers talked and laughed, and did not take the People's Army seriously at all.
The scene in front of him suddenly broke the inherent image of the People's Army in the hearts of the Ming soldiers. It turned out that the enemy was not ordinary rioters. It turned out that the enemy was so strong that he could destroy more than 3,000 people in a battalion of the front army so quickly. Even if the Ming army could wipe out the rioters, he would have suffered heavy casualties.
Thinking of this, many Ming soldiers were worried and afraid. No one could calm down when facing death.
The soldiers' faces changed, and the guerrilla general Tan Tianrui looked solemn. He knew that the situation on the battlefield must be changed, otherwise the Ming army would have a sharp drop in morale due to this tragic scene afterwards.
Tan Tianrui immediately sent his personal guards to the central army to return to the central army to tell the situation of the battlefield, and told the personal guards not to disclose the matter to anyone, and could only say it in front of the general.
After instructing the personal guards, Tan Tianrui ordered his own battalion of soldiers to clean up the battlefield, so that the Ming army coming from behind could not affect morale because of this tragic battlefield.
After all the orders were issued, Tan Tianrui looked east, and his face turned sad. Tan Tianrui knew that this battle was difficult, and the rioters in Guishan County were even stronger than they imagined. No wonder they could capture six counties and destroy Jieshiwei.
Soon, Ren Jianxiu received a message from Tan Tianrui. After learning that the front army had been destroyed by the rioters, Ren Jianxiu's head seemed to explode.
"How is it possible? Three thousand people in each battalion, and they are recruiting soldiers. Even if the rioters attack, they will not be wiped out so quickly. How can the rioters be so strong?"
"Our army cannot defeat the rioters?"
"Impossible, why is the rioters the Ming army's opponent? The rioters destroyed the former army, and they must have suffered heavy casualties and injuries. I have not yet been defeated!"
Various thoughts flashed through Ren Jianxiu's mind, suppressing the worries in his heart to restore the momentum of the Ming army commander, and directly ordered Tan Tianrui's personal guard to rush back, telling Tan Tianrui's camp to stay in place, not to blindly pursue the enemy, wait to meet with the central army, and at the same time to investigate the surrounding situation, beware of another sneak attack by the rioters.
On this side, the Ming army became cautious because of a sneak attack by the People's Army. On the other side, the People's Army was rushing towards Guishan County. The terrain around Guishan County was relatively flat and was the second battlefield chosen by Fang Nan.
It is easy to conquer the city and difficult to attack the city. There is a city defense. With nearly 4,000 troops and more than 500 new soldiers, there is no problem with resisting the Ming army, which has already lost 3,000 troops.
After a sneak attack on the Ming army, Fang Nan did not think about ambushing the second time. Such a thing was enough. It would be impossible to happen again in a short period of time, and it would be difficult to use it for the second time on the same Ming army.
With the first experience, this Ming army would definitely carefully investigate the surrounding situation when marching, and would not give the People's Army the opportunity to ambush and attack.
In fact, from the battles of the Ming army capturing Yong'an County, Haifeng County, Jieshiwei and other countries, the People's Army was able to easily capture the target with relatively small casualties. The most important thing is that the Ming army did not know the existence of the People's Army, nor did it know the strength of the People's Army.
The enemy despises the People's Army, but the People's Army suddenly exerts its strong strength and directly takes over the enemy.
As the People's Army fought with the Ming army led by Ren Jianxiu, it would be difficult to easily defeat the enemy in the future by relying on the enemy's contempt.
The People's Army currently has only six counties, with a population of about 500,000. It can fight more than 10,000 soldiers, and the new recruits may have exceeded 10,000.
Even though the Ming Dynasty lost tens of thousands of troops, it still had a million troops. Tens of thousands of Ming troops could not destroy the People's Army. Next time, it would send 50,000 or even 100,000 Ming troops.
This time, the Ming army will no longer be despised, and it will become more difficult for the People's Army to defeat the next wave of enemies.
The People's Army of Fangnan and the All-Road have not returned to Guishan County, and Tan Tianrui Camp has reunited with the Ming army. During the period before the reunion, Tan Tianrui Camp simply cleaned the battlefield.
At least the bodies of the Ming army who died in battle and their limbs were not left on the battlefield. The soil stained with blood cannot be treated for the time being. Tan Tianrui Camp cannot shovel the soil away in a short time.
It is enough to simply clean the battlefield. At least other Ming soldiers in the Central Army walked through this battlefield and did not see the bodies of their colleagues, which would not cause morale to decline. Perhaps many Ming soldiers would think that the blood was a rioter of the people.
Tan Tianrui's camp joined forces with the central army, and Tan Tianrui came back to Ren Jianxiu.
"General Tan, can you find any problem on the battlefield?" Ren Jianxiu asked.
Tan Tianrui immediately replied: "Reporting to the General, when cleaning up the battlefield, I found that the rioters might have equipped a large number of firearms, but the rioters did not take away the muskets equipped by the front army, but only took away the cannons and ammunition. I don't know why."
On the battlefield, the People's Army took away all the bodies of the soldiers who died on its own. This is probably the only thing that Tan Tianrui could find.
Ren Jianxiu didn't care about the People's Army's large number of firearms equipped, because the Ming Army equipped more firearms.
Chapter completed!