choke element

Chapter 414: Broken Arm

When the battle has reached this level, is it considered a loss or a win?
The cavalry of Dinghai gathered their troops and waited until dawn. After a little calculation, more than a thousand cavalry died in the battle, and three hundred died, and there were more than a hundred people who were seriously injured and could not fight anymore.At the same time, I took a rough look around and saw that the corpses of the Red Coat Army were everywhere, and the number was extremely large. I am afraid that more than a thousand people died in the battle on the spot. In terms of the number of casualties, this fierce battle did not suffer.

Considering that they defeated Yao Yun's troops last night and killed countless enemies, it seems that they have made a little profit.

However, the cavalry under Li Ting and other generals are all the backbone of the army, and they can be regarded as brave fighters.Damaged to this extent, the entire army is already shattered.

Needless to say, Li Ting was shot in the shoulder by an arrow and Qiu Huiluo was shot in the neck. Both of them were generals in the Ding Navy.

Now, the group of soldiers and horses had no choice but to return temporarily and settle down in the Lushui barracks where Yao Yun's troops were originally stationed.

At this time, several military medical officers rushed over from the rear to diagnose and treat Qiu Huiluo.Li Ting waited outside the tent, and because he was too irritable, he punched the two medical officers fiercely.

Fortunately, the medical officers immediately came out to report that Qiu Huiluo's injuries were serious, but if he was treated properly, his life should not be affected.

The broken blade swung open a seven or eight-inch long wound, almost cutting half a circle along the side of the neck, but it did not cut off the large blood vessels. Qiu Huiluo's body is very strong, and it only takes a few days. If the wound scabs over but does not develop sepsis, it can recover slowly.

Li Ting turned his anger into joy, and pulled the two unlucky medical officers into a deep bow, said very polite and flattering words, and finally took out his own money and gave an extra reward.

The medical officer saw that his arms were dangling, and hurriedly diagnosed and treated him. He changed the best golden sore medicine and applied it to the wound, and prescribed a decoction.

Li Ting cheered up, accompanied the medical officers to inspect the wounded barracks, and then returned to his tent and fell into a drowsy sleep.

In this short half day, Yang Miaozhen led his troops back into Zhucheng, which actually boosted morale again.Around noon, the Red Coat Army sent small groups of troops out of the city to harass.Fortunately, Gao Xin led his troops to repel them.

Ding Haijun's soldiers and horses from the South Route traveled swiftly for hundreds of miles with light horses, originally relying on their own vigor.After the first battle, apart from other things, the vigor has lost a bit.Even if the generals were all dissatisfied and said that the red-coated thieves were treacherous, they could only wait for the infantry brigade to arrive behind and gather a large force of more than [-] people.

Who would have thought that when Shi Poli brought his infantry to the Lushui military camp, the spies sent to Zhucheng reported that Yang Miaozhen, relying on Liu Quan and Guo Yaoer's appeal, searched for all the local food and fodder, and caused many defeats. When the soldiers were defeated, they suddenly expanded their army by thousands.

There is really no way to win the battle of thousands of soldiers facing thousands of mourners of the Red Coat Army.

For a while, the two armies made their own attempts, and small-scale confrontations broke out in many places in Mizhou.After all, the Ding Navy has the upper hand in terms of training and equipment, and has caused Yang Miaozhen's troops to suffer several times in a row, but in terms of the overall battle situation, it seems a bit stalemate.

At this time, Guo Ning had led his army into Linzi, and dispatched troops to pull out many strongholds of Li Quan's garrison in Yidu Prefecture one by one.

He himself is inspecting Linzi city defense.Because he walked half a circle around the city, he was hot all over, so he chose a shady place under the battlement wall to avoid the sun.

Just as he sat down, the hoofbeats under the city were hurried, and the military envoy arrived on flying horses, presenting the battle situation of the South Route Army.

Guo Ning opened the document and read it, and stood up in surprise.Without paying attention, his shoulder hit a crossbow mounted on the battlement.The ballista spun and fell outwards, hitting the ground and bursting out fragments.

"Jie Shuai, what's wrong?"

Left and right hurried forward.

"It's okay, I was negligent... Send someone to clean it up, and find a craftsman to repair it as soon as possible."

Guo Ning gave instructions to the attendants, and told the envoy to go to rest quickly.

After everyone dispersed, General Guo Ning held the report in his hand and slowly turned back to the front of the battlements.The next moment, he clenched his fist and punched the wall hard.With a punch, several pieces of masonry debris burst out.

He is the commander-in-chief of the entire army, and he has a budget for the future of the navy, so he feels the pain of this battle more deeply than Li Ting's generals.

When Guo Ning gathered his troops in Feijunhe, he used fine cavalry as the core of his army. Later, he entered Zhongdu, went down to Shandong, and went north to Liaohai. Every victory relied on the strength of cavalry.

However, the boundaries of the three states of Denglai are narrow after all, and it is not a day's work to replenish food and fodder and build pastures. Therefore, in terms of cavalry construction, they can only expand steadily and strive for the elite.Until now, the size of the cavalry has not exceeded [-].

Among the three thousand knights, there are Han'er from the north, warriors signed into the army from the Central Plains, people from Bohai, Khitan, and Wanggu.Many of them followed Guo Ning all the way to Shandong from Monan and Hebei.According to Guo Ning's expectation, each of these cavalrymen can serve as generals and above the rank of brand head in the future large-scale army expansion.

Guo Ning has read a lot of classics this year, and remembers a saying that "this is the elite of the four parties, and not one state can have it."This sentence is very appropriate to refer to the cavalry of the navy.

As a result, Li Ting and Qiu Huiluo led more than 1000 cavalry, paid nearly 600 losses, and wiped out three to five thousand infantry from the Red Coat Army?
The conscription of the Red Coat Army is like ants swarming, tens of thousands of people swarm rampantly, what is their life worth?For the Red Coat Army, 5000 people are just a number that can be called immediately.

When 600 of our own troops went, they cut off one-fifth of the total number of cavalry in the Ding Navy!

To make matters worse, this battle proved one thing.

That is, even if the Red Coat Army falls apart, there are still outstanding figures within it who unite the troops and counterattack externally.

Previously, our own side speculated that since Yang An'er was dead, Ding Hai's soldiers would be able to destroy them as soon as they arrived... That obviously underestimated the tenacity of the Red Coat Army, and also underestimated the fourth lady Yang Miaozhen!
The red-coated army is like a centipede, dead but not stiff.But now, they are at odds with Dinghai.

Guo Ning attacked in two directions with full confidence, as if a giant waved his arms and swept left and right, covering the land and people of Shandong.But as soon as the left arm was extended halfway, it was severely injured, and even the two leading generals were seriously injured.

The military newspaper made it clear that Qiu Huiluo might have to train for a month or two. As for Li Ting, whether this arm can be restored to its old look depends on the effect of subsequent conditioning and training.

Thinking of this, Guo Ning stretched out his palm, opened the military newspaper squeezed into a ball, and read it again.After reading it, I became more and more annoyed.

He threw the general report on the ground, and couldn't help complaining: "Li Ting and Qiu Huiluo are both figures who will become important generals in the future. But each of them is full of surprises with their heads full of danger. With my identity, I went to do the work of a brave man! As a result..."

Having said that, he was horrified.

When he was about to take back the military report, Xu Yu took half a step forward, took the military report in his hand, and pressed it evenly.

After a while, Xu Yu said in a low voice: "Jie Shuai, you can't blame them both."

Guo Ning nodded and smiled wryly.

Why did Li Ting and others use troops so aggressively?It is because Guo Ning himself requested this.

Why did Li Ting and others go to the dangerous place as a heavy general?It's because Guo Ning himself likes it that way.

Since the rise of the army in Feijunhe, every victory of the Dinghai Navy has relied on bold actions, fierce attacks, and various generals taking the lead.

But the premise of doing this is that the enemy's strength is not enough to compete with the Ding Navy; or, the enemy is placed in a situation where it cannot be fully utilized, and the Ding Navy can use its strengths to avoid its weaknesses.

Has Guo Ning always paid attention to this premise?
This time, Guo Ning himself and the staff officers of the military government all overestimated their own strength and underestimated the enemy, and they were full of thoughts about sweeping Shandong with thunderous force.Then, how can the generals under his command accurately grasp the situation?

Guo Ning sighed, shook his head vigorously, and temporarily put aside his self-blame and introspection.

A small setback in front of me, how should I deal with it?

While he was thinking, hurried footsteps sounded not far away, and another military envoy rushed to the city.

(End of this chapter)