After Xiao Donglou cleared the battlefield, the sky was completely dark. This battle... cannot be considered a battle at all, it is just a unilateral expulsion and capture. The Second Battalion of the Imperial Guards captured more than 8,000 Eastern Captains at the cost of minor injuries to thirteen people, but more than 3,000 of them were newly captured Han slaves along the way, and they had not yet shaved their heads.

Faced with prisoners who were twice as powerful as his own, Xiao Donglou could only let the unshaved slaves stand up first, take the seized weapons, and guard these Dongliu together. Many of the families of people died at the hands of these Dongliu, and because they fell into the hands of the Dongliu for several days, they suffered a lot and wanted to peel them and swallow them alive.

Xiao Donglou could only send soldiers who were resting and recuperating to be the flag captains of these temporary soldiers and strictly regulated them. Otherwise, the five thousand hard workers would probably be killed in a few days.

"It's better to escape a lot." Cao Ning said regretfully: "Some people escaped along the river. What a monster. Can people from Liaodong even float in the water?"

Xiao Donglou was also quite regretful and said, "There are insufficient troops, otherwise there will be more captures. I can't leave tonight, otherwise those people will have to escape."

"Then let's set up a camp first, find two honest people from the prisoners, and lead the way to report a letter to Your Highness." Cao Ning said: "Oh, and also, when you report the merits, don't forget that Mao Shi killed Shi Tingzhu."

"Mao Shi?"

"It's black skin."

"Oh! Yes! It's him." Xiao Donglou said casually: "It's dark, go and arrange the alert quickly. I'll take a look first."

Cao Ning glared at him.

Xiao Donglou smiled and said, "Your Highness said that the military chief is only responsible for orders in war, and everything else is a matter of staff. Hahaha."

"Yes, if you are robbed tonight, the chief officer will bear the blame." After Cao Ning said that, he left.

Xiao Donglou's laughter was choked in his throat, and he had to give up the idea of ​​being lazy and patrolled around with his personal guards. Although he was exhausted, he had inexplicably picked up the biggest result of this battle, which was still pleasant.

...

Zhu Cixuan sat in the first battalion wearing armor and received two military newspapers from Xiao Donglou and Tanning.

Xiao Donglou's military newspaper defeated the Han army of Zhengbai Banner and captured 8,000 people, including 3,000 strong people along the way who were rescued. He killed Shitingzhu in formation and obtained one of Gushan Ezhen Banner and six of Jialazhang Jing Banner.

Tanning's military newspaper used the battalion artillery to bombard the gate of Huolu County. The huge firepower and neat military constituent made Pingnan Bo Liu Zhong surrender without occupying it, and obediently returned the Huolu County and Jingxing Pass that he had occupied before. This time, Tanning did not dare to send surrender troops to guard the rear, and even overcorrected it. Even the generals who had surrendered like Zuo Guangxian did not believe it. Instead, Huixian, who would rather die than surrender, was the general of Jingxing, and he placed a thousand headquarters in the direction of Shanxi, which meant to make up for the sheep.

Zhu Cilang was not very concerned about Liu Zhong's unfaithfulness. From this man's military use and integrity, it can be guessed that he was most likely to have won the position of Pingnan Bo because he was a general of the Ming Dynasty. Any bandit who had been awarded the Marquis for his military achievements had many of his own military opinions. It was common for him to leave without fighting, but it would be a bit too much for him to surrender without fighting.

It is worth noting that Liu Zhong brought more accurate and timely news from Shanxi.

After Jiang Qin killed Zhang Tianlin in Datong, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and joined forces with Ye Chen's troops in the Qing Dynasty to go south. Wu Weihua, the younger brother of the Ming Gongshu Marquis Wu Weiying, was also invited to welcome the horse head when Dorgon entered the capital, and volunteered to go to Shanxi to recruit places for the Qing Dynasty. This was a two-pronged approach for literature and military affairs. Daizhou, Fanzhi, Ganxian, Wutai and other places changed their flags and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Jingle, Dingxiang and other places seemed to be difficult to preserve.

As long as Dingxiang is lost, Yangqu County, where Taiyuan Prefecture is located, will be exposed to the Qing army. It will be difficult to say how many days Taiyuan can hold on. If Li Zicheng moves faster, he can still catch up with reinforcements. If it is slower, he may not have time to cross the Yellow River until Shanxi changes hands.

Another news that Zhu Cilang cared about was that when Li Zicheng evacuated Shanxi, Wenshui Bo Chen Yongfu was left to guard Taiyuan. Chen Yongfu was Chen De's father and was once the general of Henan in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cilang didn't know much about him, and Sun Chuanting did not deliberately mention how this person was good at fighting. Judging from the evaluation, he was even lower than Zuo Guangxian and Niu Chenghu. However, Chen De was really a young general who was optimistic about Zhu Cilang. He was also carefully taught before. He was placed in the engineering camp and did not mean to abandon it, but to hone his mind.

"Transfer to Chen Yongfu, telling him that Shanxi must not be defended, and advised him to lead his troops from Jingxing to Beizhi." Zhu Cixuan paused after saying that, and said to Min Ziruo: "Transfer to Chen De and ask him to send this letter."

Min Ziruo said intimately: Let them reunite, wouldn’t they let the tiger go back to the mountain? But thinking so in his heart, he did not dare to question the crown prince’s decision, so he quickly made a record and went down to pass on the order.

Zhu Cixuan sat alone for a while, and heard Xiao Mo's voice outside, as if asking His Highness the Guard if he was asleep. He cleared his throat and said, "Would Xiao Mo? Come in."

"Your Highness," Xiao Mo tidied up his armor and lifted the curtain and strode in. "I saw that the lights in the tent were brightly lit, and I guess that your highness has not yet rested."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Cixuan took the tea from the case and took a sip of it, and he became energetic.

"The war losses have been counted." Xiao Mo lowered his voice and said, "The total war losses rate of the first battalion is 40.3%, and the war losses with the Donglu are as high as one-to-one. Among them, the second and third battalions, which lack support, even exceeded the war losses of the Donglu soldiers."

The war damage report submitted this time is not a simple list of numbers, but also a military doctor's inspection report on the corpse. Therefore, in addition to accurately measuring the number of personnel losses of the flag team, the greater part is the fatal injury position of the war damage soldiers.

Such an autopsy can exercise the doctor's psychological and technical qualities, and can also provide a basis for the teaching battalion to design tactical actions. Combined with the injured position statistics of the injured soldiers, the armor design can also be improved.

Zhu Cixuan took the report, looked carefully, and said, "Although we suffered heavy losses this time, we also tried the Donglu's weight. If we can improve the tactics and offset the Donglu's numerical advantage first, we are not at a disadvantage in terms of combat effectiveness."

"Your Highness said very much," Xiao Mo said, "Now the First Battalion's Staff and Staff Headquarters are summarizing the tactical gains and losses of this battle. The last generals cannot say much, but this battle can also show that the tactics of the Donglu are still very single. As long as our army is disciplined strictly, their harassment tactics will be useless."

Although Zhu Cixuan agreed, he still wanted to sound the alarm: "The large number of cavalry of Jiannu is still stationed on the front lines of Beijing and Shanhaiguan. Even Ye Chen's troops who went to Shanxi led more cavalry than Bahana. Secondly, the early stages of the battle were also arranged on an average line. The 1,000 headquarters was able to break through the Donglu Front, and the 2,000 headquarters was in a stalemate with it, and in the end it was even dissatisfied. This is also a sign of the decline in combat effectiveness after expansion."

Xiao Mo lowered his head and said, "Your Highness said very much. Although the headquarters of the 2 and 3,000-year-old soldiers were built with the old soldiers of the former guard camp, the soldiers were not as well versed in the teachings as the old soldiers."

"So we have to practice from the root," Zhu Ciyang said, "This root is discipline! The Donglu soldiers hunt and siege in their daily lives, and they seem to have no training in the battle formation, but in fact they are practicing every day. They are also cruel, they do not know their natural virtues and have no compassion. Therefore, in terms of individual soldiers, the Chinese people are difficult to resist.

"The only way for civilized people to defeat these barbaric beasts is to rely on strict discipline and advanced weapons. In the final analysis, it is discipline! Back then, our army had red barbarian cannons, tiger squats, and bird guns. What was the case with Jiannu? The reason why it was difficult to defeat Jiannu's offensive was because of insufficient discipline."

"I will remember your highness's teachings in mind!" Xiao Mo said with his head down.

"There is also the matter of expanding the army." Zhu Cixuan said: "This time your army suffered the most casualties. The soldiers at the headquarters of 1,200 headquarters will be given priority to replenish the troops from the reserve battalion. After Liu Zhong surrendered, he will bring more than 20,000 people. I think it would be good if there are 5,000 people to be used. I plan to train five square formations of these 5,000 people, four of which will be supplemented with the first battalion, and first upgrade the first battalion to the First Guard Division."

Xiao Mo was overjoyed and knocked, saying, "The last general will definitely live up to what His Highness hopes, and train a iron army that can conquer and fight well!"

"Since that night I've hit you with a 20th army stick, I've known that you are a talented general." Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "But I will only be able to promote you after the First Division is organized and the military achievements are made."

"I will understand!" Xiao Mo replied loudly, his voice full of joy. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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