Chapter 21: White Mountain and Black Water (1)

He killed two Jurchen generals and annihilated 4,000 Jurchen's most elite cavalry. The Liaodong army was killed 92 and injured 1,500. In the Second Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army won another tragic victory.

Zhu Zhi and Tie Hyun faced the battle report and looked at each other and smiled knowingly. This result was enough to make the two feel relieved. If you spend a few more battles, the Jurchens would be exhausted, and there was no reason to be unhappy.

But such a victory is not worth showing off, there is no celebration or a banquet. At night, Zhu Zhi took Tie Xuan and other major generals into the medical camp to visit the wounded.

Although more than 1,500 wounded soldiers, although Atractylodes held a training class in the past few months, urgently trained fifty doctors to brief surgical bandages and minor surgeries, in that era, major surgeries were always unable to be performed due to the lack of anti-inflammatory drugs.

Fifty doctors had to deal with 1,500 wounded people, and they were too busy to be exhausted.

However, Bai Zhu said that she was extremely smart. She actually came up with a system of identifying wounded people. The wounded people were divided into three levels, and they must be rescued, wait for rescue, and bandaged.

When each injured person comes down, the doctor first checks, and then sets a different level. Those who need emergency rescue will be carried out immediately. Those who are simply bandaged can be put aside for simple bandages. The last type is the minor wounded person, which is bandaged by nurses who have received simple rescue training in the baggage battalion.

In this way, although there is insufficient manpower, the treatment of the wounded people who need treatment is still guaranteed.

At this time, Atractylodes was in the simple "operating room" surrounded by the curtain to urgently treat a soldier with his left arm with his cut off. Zhu Zhi glanced through the curtain. Under the light, Atractylodes was sweating on his forehead and his hands were still operating nervously.

Zhu Zhi was unwilling to disturb her work and quietly stepped out.

Several minor wounded men recognized Zhu Zhi and hurriedly knelt down: "Your Highness, it's Your Highness!"

Zhu Zhi quickly helped them up. One of the soldiers was very young, but a piece of cotton gauze was wrapped on his left hand, and the little fingers were dyed red. Zhu Zhi said, "What's your name? What's the injury?"

The soldier's face was a little pale, but he still tried hard to smile and said, "Go back to your highness, the little prince is called Chen Gouzi. It's nothing big, it's just that his little finger was slightly injured."

An older veteran next to him said, "Gozi is so brave. Her fingers were smashed by a mace. She said nothing. She is a man." Goozi lowered her head shyly at Zhu Zhi and smiled hard.

Zhu Zhi looked at his still trembling hands, and his heart suddenly felt sad and tears rolled in his eyes. It was all the father and mother who raised the ground. Can the mace not hurt when hitting the meat? But he still smiled and faced the disabled hands.

Zhu Zhi endured the discomfort in his heart and touched his head: "It's so good. I can go home tomorrow and recover from my injuries!"

The dog said, "Your Highness. Just a minor injury, don't send me away."

Zhu Zhi smiled and said, "Haha, you are not afraid of burning firewood when you stay in the green mountains. You are brave enough. You can recover from the injury faster after you go home. You can go back to the battlefield faster."

After appeaseing the wounded soldiers, Zhu Zhi recruited the generals above the guard commander to go to the central army to discuss military information. Everyone gathered in a circle and sat down. Zhu Zhi first said: "The battle today was very good, and more than 4,000 enemies were wiped out. I saw a well-trained team.

I would like to cooperate with the tacit understanding and bravery of the army. The one I want to reward is Zhao Zhen, the commander of the Tieling Guard. "Zhao Zhen quickly stood up and bowed.

Zhu Zhi waved and said, "Sit down. The Tieling Gunners fought very bravely. Today, they can annihilate so many Jurchen cavalry. Tieling Guards should make their contributions.

But today we are not strong enough troops, otherwise we will definitely be able to annihilate all the heavy cavalry in Jurchen. Wait until the court will report to the court in the future and ask for credit for General Zhao.”

The Little Pony King was also powerful on the battlefield, commanding the firearm battalion to advance and retreat. He also shot and killed the Jurchen general, but Zhu Zhi did not praise him in person. The Little Pony King sat there and was still expressionless and said nothing.

Zhu Zhi said: "What should we do next?"

Tie Xuan said: "Drag, just this one word. Now they have been setting out for five days. We just need to delay for another fifteen days and things will be done."

Zhu Zhi said: "If the Jurchens suffer losses, they will definitely not give up."

Tie Xuan said: "I am thinking about it. What other tricks can Zahaqi have? Fight. The Jurchens have already taken away their spirits, and they may not get any advantage if they fight again. Moreover, the Jurchens lose the loss due to the population.

Just those few people can withstand such consumption several times? Retreat, it is also possible that once they retreat, they will have to hand over the land they stolen from the Jianzhou Jurchens a year ago; then the only thing they can do is to stick to confront our army, which is what we most want to see.

As long as he can stay, we can stay with him for as long as we have to do it.”

The generals below burst into laughter after hearing what Tie Xuan said. As a civil servant, there were not many soldiers in the early Ming Dynasty, so the generals were not very convinced by Tie Xuan at the beginning, but Zhu Zhi supported him behind him, so they had to accept it.

But this time the entire combat plan was formulated by the General Staff. Today, the entire battle was won under the command of Tie Xuan. The generals who participated in the battle were completely convinced.

Qu Neng said: "Will we take advantage of the depressed morale of the Jurchens to rob another camp today?"

Zhu Zhi said: "Haha, General Qu is worried about what? Our current task is to confront the Jurchens, bite Zahaqi, and waste time with him. As long as there is no big mistake, it will take half a month to make a great contribution."

Tie Xuan said: "From tomorrow, we will spread scouts in this radius of hundreds of miles, and beware of the infiltration of the Jurchen cavalry and threatening our army's food route. At other times, we will hang high-level battle signs to avoid large-scale battles with them. Let's drink and eat meat in the camp.

"Haha... the generals burst into laughter again.

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The Jurchen camp was filled with sorrow and mist. The losses of 4,000 people were unbearable for the Jurchens. One thousand archers, two thousand five cavalry, and five hundred personal guards were all the most fierce warriors of the Jurchen tribe in Haixi.

Zahaqi walked in the military camp gloomyly, and there were the wailing soldiers everywhere. The shaman witch doctors used the methods of treating the wounded to be low-level and ignorant. They sprinkled some divine powder on the wound, and then mixed the divine powder with water to let the wounded take it. Only the Jurchen genius knew how much effect this rescue method could have.

Some whispering sounds floated over, "The Han people cast magic today, and the smoke is magic. As soon as people enter, they die. And we are behind. It seems that they can't even find the direction after drinking the ecstasy soup, and the team is completely messed up."

"Yes, our bows and cavalry had already lost hundreds of people from the smoke, and the more powerful magic was the smoke in front of their formation. At that time, I was following Commander Delenha. I watched Commander De fall down the ground with his own eyes and shoot him without arrows. He seemed to be suddenly pushed by something.

Then he fell down. You all know the horse's horsemanship of Commander De. Last time he was shot, he never fell off his horse without falling. The Han people must have used magic tricks."

"The sweat is coming, the sweat is coming, stop talking..." Several soldiers saw Zahaqi coming, and quickly knelt down and stroked their hands to salute.

Zahaqi did not blame these people. What they knew was that his master general was incompetent and affected the three armies. But Zahaqi was sure.

The Han people used not magical magic, but new weapons that the Jurchens didn't know about. What exactly were they?

Delenha was snatched back by his subordinates, but Mingzhang was completely gone. Delenha lay quietly in the camp. His brothers were crying around his brother.

Seeing Zahazi coming in, the few people quickly got up and saluted.

Zahaqi walked to Delenha and, according to the Jurchen rules, the dead were naked during the mortals. After 7 days of stopping, put on the best clothes and buried them.

Zahaqi stroked Delenha's face. This was his favorite general. When he was ten years old, Delenha began to follow him, from being a companion to a personal guard, from a personal guard to a commander general, now he has passed away and can never get up again.

Zahazi noticed a wound on his chest, a round black hole. There were still some burning marks around the wound.

Is this the secret weapon of the Han people? Zahaqi stroked his hands around the wound, sighed softly, and ordered: "Delenha returned to heaven bravely, and gave him fifty taels of gold, hundreds of slaves, and hundreds of cattle and sheep."

After leaving the account, Zahazi ordered: "Check the wound and see what it is inside. How can such a small hole be fatal?"

Zamuling was lying on the lying collapse. Her upper body was wrapped in bandages. She saw Zahaqi entering the tent. She struggled and remembered to salute. Zahaqi walked over in three or two steps and gently pressed him down: "Xiao Qi, don't move, how about the injury?"

"Xiao Qi is thick in skin and flesh, it's okay." Zamuling smiled slightly, and the personal soldiers beside him cried, "What are you crying? Useless things, I'm not dead yet!"

Zamuling is the youngest of the eight partners who have been with Zahaqi since she was a child, but she is both wise and brave, and she is most trusted by Zahaqi. Zamuling asked, "Where are the second brother and the fifth brother?"

Zahaqi said with a dim expression: "It's all over the world."

Zamuling could no longer hold it back and tears burst out from her eyes.

Zahaqi's eight great kings, Dexing A's leader, Mingzhang's second, Miei's third guard Lalu Mansion, Hezheshun's fourth, Delenha's fifth, Mu Shitu's sixth, he Zamuling's seventh, and an old Ba Mintu died in the war with the Jianzhou Juzhen a year ago.

These eight people have followed Zahaqi together since childhood, each with their own strengths. In addition, Zahaqi's eldest son Feile is all the ministers of the Khan. Now that they have lost two brothers for a while, how can Zamuling not be sad?

Seeing Zamuling crying, Zahaqi wiped his tears and said, "Stop crying, be at ease to recover from the wounds. It's all my fault. If the command is not effective, the three armies will be affected."

Zamuling held back her tears and said, "Sweat, I have a few words to say." She looked at her left and right. Zahaqi nodded and understood, and asked her left and right to go out.

Zamuling said: "I wonder what Khan has to do to save it now?"

Zahaqi said: "In Xiaoqi's opinion, how should we deal with it."

Zamuling said: "Although this defeat was tragic, it did not move our army's vitality, so the enemy on the other side was not afraid, and the enemy inside was a big problem."

Zahaqi's eyes sterned and said, "Continue."

Zamuling said: "The basic strength in Dashan's hands is only 25,000, and he has lost 4,000 today. I'm afraid some people have evil thoughts.

The Yan tribe and the Yisu tribe were both Jianzhou Jurchens who surrendered to last year. The Khans had strong soldiers, so they surrendered. When the Khans encountered setbacks, they would inevitably not surrender and rebel again. I heard that Guni's rebellion had communicated with these movies in secret.

Now that our army is newly defeated, they have a total of three or four thousand soldiers in the army. The Khan should prepare early and be careful about them."

Of course, these things were already under consideration by Zahazi, and he nodded.

Zamuling Xu said: "Khan, at present, our army should not attack, and should retreat across the board, which can be shown to be weaker than the Han people. He leads the army to retreat north and lures the Han people to chase. As long as he leaves the camp, we Jurchens will have a chance. First, we will harass them constantly, second, cut off the food route, and third, we will ambush and invite attacks.

The great sweat can be applied as appropriate.”

Zamuling is both civil and martial, and is the general who is most respected by Zahaqi among the eight great Vajras. At this moment, he can still give such a clever plan while being injured, and Zahaqi is not as depressed as before.

Zamuling said again: "There is another thing. Lalu is the foundation of my Haixi Jurchens. Now the third brother and one guard seem thin. It is better to transfer His Highness Fele back to the army to guard the army.

"The third brother mistook his steadfast and lacked in progress but had more than enough guards. It turned out that Zahazi was very relieved to defend Laru, but he didn't know why Zamuling suggested that Feile return to defend. He must have something in his words.

Zahazi hesitated and said, "The north road is also very tight, I'm afraid Feler can't walk."

Zamuling said: "Khan, I have to be careful of the past..."

Zahaqi waved his hand and said with a gloomy face: "Forget it, don't say it anymore. Ben Han swears that this matter will not be mentioned again."

Zamuling looked depressed and lowered his head and said, "God Khan forgives the crime."

Zahaqi said: "Okay, I will consider your suggestions, so be at ease to recuperate." Although he didn't say it, Zamuling's words were like a stone thrown into Zahaqi's heart and stirred up a ripples.

The two armies stalemate in Sarhu for three days, and the Jurchens suddenly made unexpected moves. At dawn on the fourth day, the scouts came to report that the Jurchen army suddenly set off their camps and retreated north overnight, and had already traveled north for twenty miles.

This tactical action was far beyond Zhu Zhi and Tie Xuan's expectations. Tie Xuan thought of the Jurchens harassment, seeking war, stalemate, and cutting off the food channels, and made arrangements one by one, but the retreat was puzzled.

Zhu Zhi quickly recruited the generals to discuss: "Dingshi, was it activated from the north?"

Tie Xuan said: "It's impossible, time cannot be so fast no matter what!"

Qu Neng said: "According to the subordinate's view, the Jurchens are making temptations."

Zhu Zhi said: "This idea is somewhat insightful. General Qu, please tell me in detail."

Qu Neng said: "In the past, Neng had confronted the Mongolian Tartars. When they were facing each other head-on, the Tartars had no choice, they would adopt the tactic of retreat. Some generals were careless and pursued them recklessly, and they were easily ambushed. During the march, they were killed by the Tartars and their entire army was wiped out.

The current situation is very similar to these battle examples. The Jurchens suffered a great loss in the head-on confrontation, but it was not as fatal as it was. They could only retreat to advance, hoping that our army would pursue lightly and wait for an opportunity to take a bite. This is the judgment of their subordinates."

Mobile warfare? Hehe, isn’t this the best show for our party and our army? For Zhu Zhi, who knows the history of modern civil wars, he has already figured out this trick after Qu Nengyi’s analysis.

Zhu Zhi smiled on his face: "General Qu is right, and I agree with you. So, how should our army deal with this?"

Tie Xuan said: "The most important thing to deal with luring the enemy is not to be impatient. Take a steady step. The scouts must keep abreast of their opponents' whereabouts at any time, bite them, and give them no chance. In addition, they must protect the food route so that they will not gain any advantage if they can tempt them in every way."
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