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Chapter 198 Lack of Talent

The Ming army of three routes camped under the city, besieged Dingdong, south and west, leaving the north for the Qing army to escape.

There were more than 20,000 Qing troops in the city and more than 10,000 Eight Banners. They were powerful. There was Hong Chengchou in Nanjing and Zhang Cunren in Yuhang, which were very close to Jinhua. They wanted to raise troops to rescue them and could arrive in ten days and half a month.

If the Qing army defended the city to the death, even though the Ming army had nearly 100,000 people, it would be difficult to capture the city in a short time, so it could only surround three and one missing one to reduce the Qing army's will to resist.

However, it was naturally impossible for the Ming army to escape from the northern city.

After discussing with everyone, Zhu Yihai decided to use the deep trench left by the Qing army to send a thousand people to block the attack, and asked Zhao Ming and Zheng Chenggong to each send out 5,000 troops to ambush the north of the city.

When Boluo broke through, he ambushed Boluo. Qing reinforcements arrived and blocked the reinforcements.

After returning to the camp from Nandaying, Zhao Ming recruited Wang Yi and ordered him to lead 5,000 people to go to the North City overnight.

Then I returned to the tent and listened to Ma Shiao's report, and the results of this battle were counted.

Zhao Ming lost more than 40,000 people in Siming Mountain. In the daytime battle, more than 2,000 people were killed or injured, and more than 33,000 people were still alive. The losses were heavy.

Compared with the losses, the gains were made. Siming Mountain killed more than 4,000 enemies and killed more than 3,000 people during the day. A large part of them were the elite Eight Banners, seized a large number of weapons and armor, captured the Qing army's Dongying, and obtained a lot of supplies.

Ma Shiao counted that in the two battles, more than 7,300 people were beheaded, including 1,800 white armored soldiers, 2,300 Mongolian and Han military flags, 4,500 sets of cotton armor, 300 sets of chain armor, 6,000 pieces of cloth armor, 4,000 pieces of javelin, 3,000 swords, 2,000 arches, arrows, shields, spears, and short axes.

During these captures, the armor and swords and guns were mostly damaged, but only after repair, it was enough to assemble two guards.

If Jintang Island opens the furnace and forges, these equipment may take a year or two to be built.

The seizure of this batch now undoubtedly solved Zhao Ming's urgent need and allowed the craftsmen to cast artillery and muskets with all their might.

In addition, the Ming army captured the Qing army's Dongying, and captured 1,800 war horses, injured horses, and died hundreds of horses.

Boluo received a report in advance and transferred a large number of war horses into the city. Zhao Ming captured Dongying and seized not many horses, but it was enough to form a thousand-man cavalry, which made Zhao Ming very happy.

With cavalry in hand, Zhao Ming's fleet docked, and the soldiers dared to go deep into the mainland. If they advance to the infantry army, they could only walk through the mountains, forests and terrain to avoid being blocked by the Qing army and unable to withdraw. With cavalry, they could gallop across the plains, going deep into hundreds of miles, without fearing the Qing army.

After listening to the report, Zhao Ming told Ma Shiao to sort out the seizure and went to inspect the camp.

Zhao Mingxian walked around the camp and told Ruan Mei to strengthen her defense and be vigilant to prevent Boluo and the Three Kingdoms from slapping the camp at night. He also ordered Liu Si to ask the military police of the Pacification Division to urge military discipline to prevent the soldiers from slacking off, so he went to the medical camp.

The wounded soldiers from the battle of Siming Mountain remained in Wang Yi's village, leaving a group of people to take care of, and most of the medical soldiers followed the army.

Although the Medical Warriors Battalion is called the camp, it is actually only Doctor Li, more than ten Doctors, and more than a hundred inferior baggage soldiers who have taken action.

Zhao Ming came to the camp, and the bunk was covered with wounded soldiers, mainly injured by Qing army bows and arrows.

At this time, Doctor Li had just taken out the arrow for a soldier and bandaged it. When he saw Zhao Ming coming, he walked over with his bloody hands.

Zhao Ming was still very polite to his father-in-law, "Dr. Li, what's the situation?"

Li Langzhong bowed his hand and looked at the soldiers who were wailing and moaning, and said in a deep voice: "The arrows used by the officials and soldiers are mostly heavy arrows of diamond leaves, and they only want to break the armor and hurt the enemy. Jiannu and bandits use arrows, but they are mostly arrows that are driven by shoulders. If there is a barb, they will rashly pull them out, which will cause greater trauma and are very vicious."

Zhao Ming asked: "How many soldiers who were caught in the arrow can recover."

Li Langzhong said: "At present, only wounds can be cut open and arrows are coming to retrieve them, but this will inevitably cause another injury! Fortunately, according to the commander's words, the medical officers used boiling water to disinfect them before using the knife, and bandaging them have also been improved. As long as the arrows are pulled out, the soldiers will be fine, and 70% of them will be cured!"

Zhao Ming looked at it. In the camp, a doctor was pulling arrows for the wounded soldiers. The soldiers let out a shrill cry. The doctor kept digging and cutting arrows, washing the wounds, applying medicine to bandage them. There were vessels on the small stove beside him, which were filled with boiling boiling water.

Zhao Ming nodded slightly, walked into the tent, comforted the wounded soldiers, and encouraged several doctors.

When he left, Li Langzhong chased him out, "Master, when there was no war before, he didn't think there were few people. As soon as the war started, he felt that there were too few doctors in the camp. After this battle, thousands of people were injured in a day, and there was not enough manpower. Many injured soldiers died in the camp because they did not receive timely treatment."

Zhao Ming frowned slightly when he heard the word. All talents went to study and take the exam for fame and fortune, and few people went to study medicine. There were only a few doctors in a county. It can be said that talents were short of.

Zhao Ming was silent for a moment and nodded, "I will find a way to do this!"

After inspecting the camp, Zhao Ming returned to the military tent. It was already the fourth day, so he hurriedly fell on the bed and took a nap.

The next morning, Li Yuanyin led a team of people to Zhao Ming's camp.

After receiving the report, Zhao Ming quickly got up from the bed and ordered people to be invited to the camp first.

Zhao Ming came to a large tent, and Li Yuanyin and a group of generals and schoolmen in armor, with about twenty people, quickly stood up.

"Brother!" Li Yuanyin bowed to Zhao Ming and said with a smile: "This is the person my father and commander asked me to bring."

Twenty generals and schoolmen all held their fists and greeted each other.

As Zhao Ming walked, he looked at him carefully. Everyone looked very strong. It could be seen that they were all experienced in battle formations, but Li Chengdong did not fool him.

Zhao Ming sat down until the main seat, and then said, "Sit."

Zhao Ming glanced at everyone and said loudly: "This commander Zhao Ming, the official appointed as Pinglubo, is the commander of Zhejiang! The commander of General Li will second you to this commander. In the future, you will be your subordinates in this commander's camp. What do you call everyone? What abilities do you have?"

After the words came to the ground, Li Yuanyin stood up and pointed at someone beside him and said, "Brother, this is Luo Wenyao, a household official, good at cavalry fighting, and a whistle detective!"

The man stood up, stepped into the middle, saluted Zhao Ming, and then said loudly: "I am not aware of Luo Wenyao. In his early years, the border troops did not accept them at night. Later, he joined the command of General Li and moved to many places. Now he is under General Zhao, and is willing to serve the general!"

Zhao Ming saw that this man was under forty, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and looked very tough, and he was quite happy, "Okay! You enter my camp, and I will let you train in the future!"

"Here!" Luo Wenyao clasped his fists loudly, then stepped aside casually.

At this time, Li Yuanyin said again: "Brother, this is Huo Jianyan, the chief official of the military flag, good at fighting chariots and firearms!"

One of them stood up and held his fists solemnly, "I am humble to serve Huo Jianyan, the former Qin army's chariot camp, Li Zicheng entered Guanzhong, joined the general Li Damao, and went to Jiangnan! Now I enter the general's camp, I am willing to listen to the general's orders."
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