Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 212 Chapter 210 Two Leave No One Behind

Wu Sangui never imagined that the defeated army he had gathered just now was so easily frightened by Zhu Cihong's hundreds of cavalrymen, ignoring his obstruction, and galloped behind him like a wild horse running wild.

But just when Wu Sangui wanted to organize his own soldiers to restrain the defeated soldiers and make them stop to resist the Ming cavalry.

But his own soldiers grabbed him and persuaded him, "My lord, let's run quickly, the cavalry of the Ming army will kill them immediately, we will leave the green hills, and we are not afraid of running out of firewood. It's not worth the risk."

Wu Sangui disagreed with his words very much, but the actual situation is like this now, even if Wu Sangui is not afraid of death, the soldiers around him are not afraid of death, but those defeated soldiers are afraid of death.

They have already been defeated by the Ming army on the frontal battlefield, and it is impossible for them to have the courage to fight again in a short time.

One's comrades-in-arms were killed by the enemy in front of one's face, and thousands of comrades in the same robe who fought with one's side were chased away like chickens chasing dogs. Under such circumstances, who can still have a heart of resistance?

Even if Wu Sangui really stood in front of the rout soldiers, no one would listen to him, after all, his life was his own, not Wu Sangui's.

Although Wu Sangui treated them well, no one would fight for him if there was no possibility of victory.

In the feudal era, it was impossible to have a situation like modern times, where millions of people gathered together and fought with their lives for the sake of ideals and doctrines.

"Thousands of people are nothing. We still have more soldiers. Besides, even if we don't have soldiers, as long as you are still there, as long as you still have money and food, you can't go anywhere without recruiting people who are willing to serve as soldiers and eat food."

This sentence became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Wu Sangui knew that the current situation was irreversible, and the loss of these thousands of people was not a serious injury to him.

Even if all these thousands of people died on today's battlefield, Wu Sangui still has the capital to be king.

Besides, the number of soldiers killed on the battlefield is always a small number, and most of them will either be captured or flee. This is the main reason for the loss of an ancient army.

Moreover, some of these people would flee back to the barracks and continue to serve as soldiers and eat food under Wu Sangui's tent, so Wu Sangui's loss was not as great as imagined.

"Oh, it's really defeated like a mountain." Looking at the messy battlefield in front of him, Wu Sangui couldn't help sighing.

On the battlefield, once the situation is unfavorable and the army flees, it will be difficult to organize them to launch an attack. This is not to mention the classical army like Wu Sangui, even many modern countries cannot do it.

"Withdraw. It's time for me to go back and report to Prince Yu. I really didn't expect that the little emperor Zhu Cixi could be so powerful."

Ever since Zhu Cixiang's flag was raised, Wu Sangui knew who the unit he was fighting with belonged to, and even knew who was commanding it.

Thanks to the Ming court's clan pig raising strategy, most clans that were close to the royal family were raised as pigs, and they were not allowed to do anything, and they didn't know anything at all.

Therefore, people with the surname Zhu are qualified to lead the army to fight, and there are basically no people who command thousands of elite soldiers. As the emperor, Zhu Cihong has many flags and banners around him to show his noble status, so Wu Sangui knew that Zhu Cihong was there when he saw this army. command.

He made up his mind that he must tell Doduo about Zhu Cihong's existence when he goes back. Zhu Cihong's status is extremely special, and Wu Sangui believes that Zhu Cihong's existence will definitely surprise Doduo.

Maybe Duduo would ignore the matter of his defeat.

After Wu Sangui left, the cavalry sent by Zhu Cixiang chased for a certain distance and then stopped chasing. It was not because they were afraid of Wu Sangui or the possible ambush of Qi Qing, but because they had captured too many prisoners of the Wu army, a total of 2000 people, which was almost [-]. I can't see it anymore.

If more soldiers are sent out, the prisoners will run away, and the military merits obtained will be wasted. But if there are few soldiers sent out, Wu Sangui is not easy to handle. If there are few soldiers sent out, he will be killed. .

So these cavalry immediately decided to take the captives back and bring these people to Zhu Cihong. The result of this battle is enough, and Zhu Cihong will definitely be satisfied.

"Your Majesty, all the prisoners of the Wu Army are here, a total of [-] people." An officer told Zhu Cihong the number of the prisoners.

"The harvest this time is really great." Zhu Cihong was very satisfied.

2000 people were captured, and at least 1000 more people were killed on the battlefield just now, and half of Wu Sangui's ambush soldiers were wiped out at once. This is already a considerable victory.

The number of ancient armies is incomparable with modern armies. A few tens of thousands of people is considered a fairly large army. Unlike modern times, a large-scale battle on the European continent can have 20 million, or even several 10 people. People, as well as a large number of artillery, aircraft and other technical weapons.

"Your Majesty, what should these people do?" Just as Zhu Cihong was feeling emotional, someone suddenly stepped forward and asked Zhu Cihong how to deal with these prisoners.

Seeing that Zhu Cihong was calm and calm, with a face full of indifference, he waved his hand and said, "Kill them all."

"What, kill them all?" The officers and attendants around Zhu Cihong almost dropped their jaws to the ground in shock.

"They are all elite soldiers."

These Wu army captives are all elite Guan Ning army, with strong combat effectiveness. If they can be recruited and surrendered, they will definitely strengthen the Ming army’s combat effectiveness. Moreover, these people are all Han Chinese. The bureaucratic army has many exchanges.

"Betraying Daming and disobeying the emperor's order, no matter how elite they are, what's the use of them?" Zhu Cihong said firmly.

In his eyes, if it cannot be used by him and is not loyal, what does the strength of an army have to do with him.

"Yes, I will obey." Zhu Cihong's tone was unquestionable. As subjects, these officers did not have the courage to refute Zhu Cihong, so they could only do as they wanted.

……

On the battlefield just now, countless Wu army captives were rushing to clean up the corpses and weapons on the battlefield. The weapons and armor on them had been dragged off, so the soldiers of the Ming army took them to clean the battlefield with confidence.

As the ox carts pulled away the armor, weapons, and the corpses of the Ming army and Wu army, the battlefield gradually returned to its original appearance.

After cleaning the battlefield, the Wu army prisoners had nothing to do, so they squatted on the ground to rest one by one. They had just experienced a bloody battle, and they had been busy cleaning the battlefield for a long time. They were exhausted.

At this time, two Wu soldiers, one old and one young, squatted on the grass and started talking.

(End of this chapter)