Valley Emperor

Although Hong Linquan had a bad premonition before entering Jingzhou and was quite pessimistic about the future, he thought that with his 10,000-strong army and the thousands of remnants in the city, he would be able to fight at least one battle, even if he could not win. , but it is also good to rush into Jingzhou City.

But what he did not expect was that the pseudo-Tang thief army was so sharp, the two sides had just set up a battle, and within a few hours before and after, their army was completely defeated, and the speed of defeat was so fast that it made The defenders in the city have not had time to leave the city to attack before and after.

At this time, he couldn't help but remember what Wei Yan had said at the beginning, and was ridiculed by many people: Tang thieves are invincible.

Although the army of pseudo-Tang thieves in front of them is less than 10,000 people, it is close to 10,000 people. When they fight, they have no ability to fight back. It only takes a few hours before and after. To be precise, the real battle is not as good as a quarter of an hour. The army just started to collapse. Even if Hong Linquan tried his best to mobilize the troops to try to save the front line, it was all in vain. After another quarter of an hour, the whole line was defeated!

Looking at the rout soldiers on his side and the Tang thieves chasing from the front, Hong Lin was full of despair!

He lost the battle, not only damaged the 10,000 people he had on hand, but also hadn't been able to get through the food route, so the 30,000-strong main force in Xingquan Mansion would definitely not be able to hold on any longer.

It's over, it's over.

The army was defeated, and he could imagine his tragic end!

Shangfeng will definitely not bypass him, cast a thief? Don't even think about it, he is a native of Henan, and his family is in Henan. If he dares to commit thieves, it won't take long for his family to be implicated.

In desperation, he slowly pulled out his waist knife, and instead of shouting that the defeat of this battle is the death of me, he cut it directly towards his neck!

Having suffered this fiasco, he definitely has no way to survive. For the sake of his family, all he can do now is suicide.

Hong Linquan's slaughtering action was so fast that the soldiers around him didn't react, and the blood on his neck was already spraying high.

Hong Lin was dead and killed himself on the battlefield!

But at this time, Hong Linquan died, and it made no difference to the Ming army's defeat, because the army had already been defeated, and everyone was running for their own lives, but few people would pay attention to Hong Linquan's life and death.

The main general on one side has already killed himself, while the main general on the other side is smiling and watching the Ming army collapse ahead!

This battle was almost a textbook-style frontal battle. During the whole process, Chen Keqiao himself didn't even show any commanding art, and the troops fought step by step.

Many regiment-level and battalion-level officers did not need to give orders, and they had already launched relevant operations themselves.

Because in the martial arts school and the imperial school, they learned this kind of combat mode, and commanding this kind of formal field decisive battle has almost been integrated into their instinct.

"The next pursuit and capture of defeated soldiers and cleaning the battlefield will be left to you!" Chen Keqiao had already turned around and started walking down the hill where he was watching the battle, and continued: "I woke up a little early today, and I was very sleepy. , I have to go back and get some sleep!"

As he spoke, he was still yawning, and the chief of staff beside him asked, "What about Jingzhou City?"

Chen Keqiao said: "What's the hurry, I'm afraid that Jingzhou City will not be able to fly away, and the siege matters will be discussed when the official wakes up!"

After all, Chen Keqiao also ignored them, and went back to the camp of the Chinese army to sleep on his own, leaving a group of generals under his command speechless.

However, Chen Keqiao is now delegating power to them to handle follow-up matters, which is also a great opportunity for their deputy brigade commanders, chief of staff and other levels. Although the main battle is over, there will still be a lot in the future. As for the piecemeal warfare, not to mention anything else, it is actually very important to just chase the enemy, capture the enemy, and at the same time prevent the Ming army in the city from jumping over the wall.

No matter what, this is also an opportunity to command the army, there is no such opportunity in the usual time!

Immediately, the brigade commander and chief of staff of the 3rd Infantry Brigade and several regiments discussed it and decided to send the 6th Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion to continue the pursuit and capture the prisoners. A garrison regiment cleaned the battlefield and treated them. The wounded, and the 5th Infantry Regiment was gathered up to prevent the Ming army in the city from rushing out.

Although these officers did not have the opportunity to command an army or even a brigade before, these people are also considered to be middle and senior officers in the Wang Division of the Tang Dynasty. He climbed up all the way, and he was not short by the side of senior generals such as Chen Keqiao and Hao Bainian, and he also learned a lot of the art of commanding.

Although there were disputes and uncertainties in the whole process, it still supported the follow-up closing battle.

Chen Keqiao slept for a long time. He didn't wake up until it was almost evening. When he woke up, he saw a group of people waiting for him.

"Tell me, what happened after the fight?"

Immediately, everyone responded!

"The thieves in the city have already retreated. For the sake of safety, our army has not given chase, and has now re-encircled the city!"

"The troops chasing the routed soldiers returned one after another, and they also brought back thousands of prisoners!"

"The cleaning of the battlefield has also been completed. Our wounded have been treated one after another, and the seized materials are being sorted!"

Chen Keqiao nodded slightly after listening to it: "Well, not bad, good job!"

Naturally, everyone said in unison that they did not dare to do it. It went so well because you commanded well, General!

Chen Keqiao naturally didn't care about his subordinates' praise, but quickly asked the question he was most concerned about: "Has the casualties of the enemy and us been reported, and how are the casualties of our army?"

The chief of staff of the 3rd Infantry Brigade immediately said: "The detailed reports of the various ministries have not yet come out, but the approximate data has already come out. Although there are some casualties of our army in this battle, it is completely relative to the huge results. worth it!

In this battle, our army not only defeated 15,000 enemy troops, but also killed at least 2,000 enemy troops and captured at least 5,000 enemy troops. These rout soldiers are already unable to organize the enemy army! "

Compared with an army of 15,000 people, the number of killing and wounding the enemy army of 2,000 is not much, but this battle is not a battle of encirclement and annihilation, but a battle of rout. large casualties.

For the cold weapon army, there is not much difference between rout and annihilation. If the opponent is defeated, then it is difficult for these rout soldiers to organize each other. Many will surrender and become prisoners, and those who escape will basically become deserters.

Therefore, Chen Keqiao did not say anything about this victory, which was completely expected.

"In terms of loot, the loot captured by our army is mainly the ordnance of the Ming army, with very little rations, and not many animals such as horses!"

Hong Linquan's army had no food at all, and even the animals and horses in the logistics force were slaughtered as rations, and there was not much left for the King of the Tang Dynasty to capture.

"As for our army, the casualties of various divisions were not large. The third infantry brigade, cavalry, artillery and other regular troops lost about 100 people, the first battalion of Liuzhou Independent Regiment lost dozens of people, and the garrison lost about 100 people. The total number of casualties was about 300, of which about 200 were killed and 100 were wounded.

The reason why the number of casualties was smaller than that of the wounded was naturally because the seriously wounded were basically unable to survive.

The Fourth Army paid the cost of 300 casualties, routed 15,000 Ming troops, killed 2,000 Ming troops, captured 5,000, and the rest fled.

Although the casualties are not small, considering that the regular army only lost about 100 people, Chen Keqiao thinks it is acceptable. After all, today's battle is not an ambush, nor a sneak attack, but an upright head-to-head battle.

No matter how powerful the Tang Wangshi's combat effectiveness is, it is impossible to completely avoid casualties.

It is worth noting that most of these casualties occurred before the full-scale charge. Before that, the Ming army had also carried out fierce resistance, and the main means of resistance were artillery shelling and archery.

But when the two sides entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat, the Ming army collapsed instantly.

When the Datang Wangshi hadn't rushed up, they could still use bows and arrows and artillery to fight back, but when the Datang Dynasty rushed in front of them, they simply didn't have the courage to fight the Datang Wangshi hand-to-hand.

In fact, this is also a common problem faced by many ancient armies in the face of modern armies~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In the battle of Bali Bridge in the late Qing Dynasty in history, the Qing army was not defeated by the guns of the British army, but was defeated by Under the British bayonet charge!

When it comes to the combat effectiveness of melee combat, in fact, the modern army is far stronger than the ancient army. This has little to do with the equipment, but is mainly a matter of tactics and will to fight.

The ability of modern armies to bear casualties is far greater than that of ancient armies!

"Everyone has worked hard today, rest well tonight, there are still many battles waiting for us!" Chen Keqiao didn't let these subordinates continue to waste time in various discussions, but waved them out. .

After everyone went out, Chen Keqiao also walked out of the tent and looked at Jingzhou City in the east through the afterglow of the setting sun.

The Ming army in Jingzhou City was obviously frightened, and now it is closely guarded, but no matter how strict the defense is, it is only the surface. Did the regular army of the Ming army have 3,000 people?

So now he is hesitant to take the opportunity to knock down Jingzhou City.