The second battle between Song Yingchang's army and Wang Shengrong's army was even more tragic than the first one.

In the first battle, Song Yingchang's army had nearly 80,000 people. During the battle, Song Yingchang's army was nearly 10,000 people died or were captured, and more than 10,000 people were injured (excluding minor injuries), and less than 70,000 people could continue to fight.

At that time, Wang Shengrong's army had more than 63,000 people. During the battle, Wang Shengrong's army had more than 2,000 people killed and nearly 1,000 injured (excluding minor injuries), and more than 59,000 people were able to continue fighting.

In this second battle that just ended, Song Yingchang's army had a force of up to 100,000, more than 34,000 people were killed or captured in battle, more than 2,000 injured (excluding minor injuries), and more than 63,000 soldiers could fight.

Wang Shengrong's army had more than 65,000 people. During the battle, Wang Shengrong's army died in battle, more than 11,000 people were injured (excluding minor injuries), and more than 50,000 soldiers could fight.

In the Second World War between Wang Shengrong's Army and Song Yingchang's Army, although the proportion of casualties in the two armies was almost one to three, the combat effectiveness of Wang Shengrong's Army seemed to be no less than that of Song Yingchang's Army, which had a greater number of casualties.

The four regiments of the First Landing Army had more than 5,000 people, more than 3,000 people were killed or injured, nearly 4,000 people were killed or injured, and more than 2,000 people were killed or injured. It can be said that the strength of the First Landing Army and the Grenadier Army, as the second main force, were reduced by more than half.

Even with the three infantry battalions of the firearms unit, which had not many casualties, fired so many times on the battlefield, the barrel was seriously worn, and its combat effectiveness also decreased greatly.

More than 14,000 casualties can be said to be the most casualties since the People's Army raised the flag, but this is not the end. Perhaps there will be more casualties and injuries in the future. The People's Army's goal is not only to occupy a place in Guangdong, but to overthrow the Ming court to dominate the entire world.

After the war, Wang Shengrong reflected on the battle. He felt that he had made a big mistake, that is, the size of the grenadiers was too small.

Before the war, the Grenadiers of Wang Shengrong Army had three regiments, with nearly 4,000 people. Because the grenades were heavy, all the soldiers of the grenades carried sufficient grenades, accounting for about one-third of the grenades reserved by Wang Shengrong Army.

The grenades carried by the grenadiers alone brought more than 10,000 casualties to the Ming army. If the size of the grenadiers doubled, the number of casualties brought to the Ming army on the battlefield would also double, and the People's Army would be able to defeat the Ming army if it paid a smaller number of casualties.

The past is irreversible. Wang Shengrong has made a decision in his heart to expand the scale of the grenade troops as soon as possible, and can reach up to two brigades. Even if all the reserved grenades are thrown out at one time on the battlefield, just defeat the enemy with smaller casualties.

At present, the People's Army's strength has been greatly reduced, but Wang Shengrong is not worried about a large-scale battle with the Ming army in a short period of time. The number of casualties in the Ming army is several times that of the People's Army, and its strength has also been greatly reduced. Moreover, the Ming army is the defeated side, and the morale will be greatly reduced. It will take some time to restore morale. The People's Army has enough time to restore combat effectiveness.

Only Wang Shengrong was more worried that the Ming court was too powerful. This time, more than 30,000 people were killed or injured in the Ming army. More Ming troops might be mobilized next, and the People's Army led by him could not increase too much force.

Wang Shengrong could only hope that more tiger-headed spears and grenades could be sent from the rear, so that he could lead the People's Army to block the ever-increasing Ming army.

Wang Shengrong was also deeply moved by the Ming army's performance in this battle.

At the beginning of the battle, tens of thousands of people were killed or injured under the attack of the People's Army's grenadiers, and the troops were withdrawn only when more than 30,000 people were killed or injured and one-third of the total force was withdrawn. The Ming army's tenacity surprised Wang Shengrong. If the Ming army fought against the People's Army in the future were like this, the battle in the future would be difficult.

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After confirming the number of casualties on his own side during the Ming army camp, Song Yingchang sat motionlessly.

Song Yingchang knew that the Ming army would suffer more casualties in this battle, but he did not expect that the number of casualties would reach more than 36,000, accounting for one-third of the total military force of the Ming army.

Thinking back on the war, Song Yingchang soon discovered the reason for the failure of the Ming army.

This time, the Ming army's plan to siege the People's Army in three directions was a very good tactic. Song Yingchang and a group of Ming army generals were relatively sure to defeat the enemy. From the situation where the Ming army was about to gain the upper hand in the front battlefield and the east battlefield in the middle and middle stages of the battle, it can be seen that if the People's Arms firearms troops did not support the front battlefield, the Ming army would have a greater possibility of completing a breakthrough on the front battlefield.

Unfortunately, Song Yingchang did not expect that the People's Army's firearms troops would be placed on the battlefield on the west side. In order to move quickly, the Ming army on the left and right did not carry heavy artillery and combat chariots. Under the attack of the People's Army's firearms troops, the Right Route Army was defeated. If the People's Army, which pursued the Right Route Army, had not retreated, the number of casualties in the Right Route Army would not have been only 10,000.

If the three-way siege plan was more sufficient, the victory of this battle would definitely belong to the Ming army, but the war had passed, and the Ming army was defeated and time could not return to before the war began.

Faced with the Ming army whose deaths and injuries were more than 36,000 people, Song Yingchang understood that the Ming army could not fight the People's Army in a short period of time.

Song Yingchang even more understood that this battle was so many more casualties than the previous battle of the Ming army. When the news reached the capital, his position as commander of the army would definitely be replaced. He might be sentenced to death. Song Yingchang could only hope that he would not implicate his family.

But now Song Yingchang is still the commander of the army. He did not give up the idea of ​​not paying attention to the army and being loyal to the emperor. He did not want to see the People's Army defeat the Ming army and take away the Ming Dynasty. The more this time, Song Yingchang would lead the Ming army to defend here and resist the People's Army.

At this time, Song Yingchang also thought of the three battlefields of Huguang, Fujian and Guangxi. Before the war broke out in Jiangxi, Song Yingchang sent the Ming army in three places to hold back the People's Army.

The strength of the People's Army is unimaginable. All 100,000 Ming troops were defeated on the Jiangxi battlefield, and I don't know what the situation of the other three battlefields looked like. Song Yingchang could only hope that the Ming troops on the three battlefields would just drag the People's Army, rather than gathering the army to launch an attack again.

In fact, the situation of the Ming army on the three battlefields of Huguang, Fujian and Guangxi was just as Song Yingchang hoped. It was also the last battle that allowed the commanders of the Ming army in the three places to see the true strength of the People's Army. This time their goal was to drag the People's Army on the other side and did not have the idea of ​​blindly defeating the People's Army on the other side.

Before and after the war between Song Yingchang's army and Wang Shengrong's army, several small-scale battles broke out between the Ming army and the People's Army on the three battlefields of Huguang, Fujian and Guangxi. The total number of casualties in the Ming army was less than 5,000, and the number of casualties in the People's Army was only more than 1,000.
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