Niu Wancheng, who escaped from the Ming army's ambush, could be said to be in a state of embarrassment and disgrace all the way, and his mood was extremely bad. It was like a roller coaster that first floated and then sank to the bottom, almost making him scream with fear from his throat.
After finally escaping to Dachang, looking at the scattered troops behind him, Niu Wancheng, who had even abandoned his mount, couldn't help stamping his feet in hatred, and then directly put himself in "confinement" in the surprised eyes of the generals, even the basic Defensive measures are lazily deployed.
Du Si Qi Yikui, who had escaped later, couldn't stand it anymore, so he organized manpower to barely set up Dachang's defense system.
Thanks to the management of the Ming army in the past, there were two defense systems built with earthen walls, fences, and arrow towers inside and outside Dachang. The Qing army could use them with just a little tidying up, without having to put in effort to build any more, which saved the Qing army a lot of money. Less physical strength.
After deploying defensive measures, Qi Yikui led others to collect the retreating soldiers. Finally, he counted the heads and found that the number of soldiers who retreated was about 1,400.
The overall headcount was reduced by one-third.
It cannot be said that it was a physical injury, it can only be said that it was a heavy loss.
If it weren't for the darkness and the Qing army's retreat too quickly, the Ming army would not be able to follow and pursue them, and probably not even half of them would be left.
Although the morale of the defeated Qing army was low and they were all very frightened, Dachang Town, which had a complete defense system, still allowed them to calm down and take a breather.
Qi Yikui combined the experience gained from many years of military career and judged that the Ming army would definitely take advantage of the great victory to attack Dachang, and would most likely launch a night attack!
Therefore, after the general Niu Wancheng "abandoned himself", he took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility and ordered people to continuously strengthen the defenses everywhere. At the same time, he also patrolled everywhere with his own soldiers without taking off his armor.
Qi Dusi's figure was like a divine needle that fixed the sea, giving the group of green soldiers who had collapsed from the battlefield a backbone.
As time went by, I gradually came back to my senses.
Perhaps because he knew that it would be too shameful for him to refuse to do anything, a listless Niu Wancheng came out of the house in the middle of the night.
Seeing Qi Yikui busy, Lieutenant General Niu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly and walked towards Qi Yikui.
"Sir, victory or defeat is a matter of military strategist..."
Seeing Vice General Niu coming, Qi Yikui quickly comforted him.
What to advise?
Just a cliché.
Lieutenant Niu really listened to this.
There is no other reason, mainly because I am used to it.
In the past two years, if we count the battlefields between the Huguang Qing Army and the Kuidong Ming Army, the Huguang Qing Army would lose eight out of ten battles.
If it weren't for the Qing army commanded by Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan on the Western Front, who kept suppressing the Ming army, who knows if the Ming army would have reached Wuchang City by now.
Therefore, Lieutenant Niu was really used to it. He even did ideological work for himself when he was in the room just now.
The reason why he couldn't think of locking himself in the room was mainly because he was a five-foot-tall man.
Human beings are more or less self-respecting.
After returning to his normal state, after listening to Qi Yikui's analysis, Vice Admiral Niu suddenly plucked up the courage and prepared to lead his men to a showdown with the Ming army in Dachang.
In order to boost morale, he immediately ordered that all livestock seized from the people in the town be slaughtered and eaten.
As soon as the big pot is stewed, the aroma comes out, and the effect comes immediately.
However, what puzzled the Qing army was that there was no movement all night long.
Not to mention the Ming Army, there is no ghost.
After staying up all night, no one dared to close their eyes, and at dawn, there was movement.
"The Ming Army is coming, the Ming Army is coming!"
The first person to spot the Ming army was the sentry on the observation deck.
The cry alerted the drowsy Green Camp soldiers, and also alerted Niu Wancheng who was dozing off holding a big knife in his arms.
But what kind of Ming army came? It was obviously a group of braided soldiers!
To be precise, it was more than a hundred Green Camp soldiers who had their weapons surrendered and came back empty-handed.
Not long after, another group of about a hundred Green Camp soldiers returned to Dachang dejectedly.
Finally, more than 400 Ma Tengyun troops surrendered.
Without exception, they all had their heads drooped.
Qi Yikui led people to interrogate those returning Qing troops and learned that the Ming troops took the initiative to release them.
I can't help but wonder when the Ming army gave preferential treatment to prisoners?
"Hmph, the Ming thief is messing with our military morale and destroying my will!"
Although Lieutenant General Niu didn't have much courage when facing the enemy, he still had enough brains. He knew that the Ming army had no good intentions in releasing the prisoners.
However, he could not order the prisoners released by the Ming army to be killed. As a precaution, he had all the prisoners taken to the back of the town for custody. They were not allowed to talk to other people, so as not to shake the morale of the army.
In addition, he was also afraid that the Ming army would "mix water" with these surrendering troops and give Lieutenant General Niu a big shock at the critical moment.
However, a difficult problem faced Lieutenant Niu.
That means whether the Ming army will come or not?
It was almost noon, and there was still no movement from the Ming army.
Now Niu Wancheng couldn't sit still and looked at Qi Yikui inquiringly: "How about sending someone to take a look?"
Of course you have to take a look.
Qi Yikui immediately arranged for several agile and agile soldiers to find out the movements of the Ming army. More than an hour later, news came - the Ming army had withdrawn!
"Withdrawal?!"
Niu Wancheng had a question mark on his forehead, and at the same time he had an illusion: Didn't I lose yesterday?
Don't be gullible, after all, you just suffered a loss yesterday.
Send someone to investigate again!
But the result was still the same, the Ming army really withdrew.
"Is there a possibility that the Ming army who ambushed us yesterday played a trick with me on leaving an empty city?"
Niu Wancheng raised a possibility.
Qi Yikui thought for a long time before he figured out what the deputy general meant.
It was the Ming army that calmly retreated after successfully ambushing them.
In other words, the Ming army did not want to be followed by the Qing army, so they set up an ambush on the way.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Qi Dusi thought about it from his perspective and felt that the truth might be what the lieutenant said.
"Chase!"
Niu Wancheng made up his mind decisively and must chase. He must not let the Ming army escape from under his eyes, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the admiral.
It doesn't matter if Ma Tengyun dies, but he has also lost hundreds of people!
If he doesn't get the place back, even if the Admiral doesn't embarrass him when he returns, the Governor will probably charge him with it.
Qi Yikui supported the decision of the lieutenant general, because everyone will be prosperous and harmed.
Soon, the Qing army was dispatched again, marching out of Dachang and heading into the mountains.
Arriving at the place where Ma Tengyun was defeated yesterday, the Qing army discovered that only the bodies of Ma Tengyun's men and not the Ming army's were among the dead bodies of both sides.
Apparently, the Ming army took away the bodies of their fallen companions.
This strengthened Niu Wancheng's judgment. He was fooled by the Ming army's "empty city strategy" yesterday.
Vice Admiral Niu, who was eager to save face and recover his losses, immediately ordered the pursuit to continue.
When they arrived at the place where they were ambushed yesterday, all that was left on the battlefield were the corpses of the Qing army, and all the materials left and discarded by the Qing army were taken away by the Ming army.
The deep wheel marks on the ground told it all.
"Chase!"
After giving the order, Niu Wancheng subconsciously looked towards the hillsides on both sides.
Everything is peaceful.
Silent.
You can also see a hare squatting on a stone, looking uneasily at the human team marching below.
"Damn it, if you can, you can defeat me again!"
Niu Wancheng spat heavily into the snow, and then heard a gunshot ringing in his ears, and then countless Ming troops miraculously appeared on the originally empty hillsides on both sides.
"..."
After holding it in for a long time, Lao Niu gritted his teeth and shouted out a few words: "I'll be your grandma!"
