The tragic scenes of the war were shocking to the eyes of Huo Luochi, who was experienced in many battles.

The entire battlefield of dozens of miles was full of soldiers from the Shang regiment army, and the Mongolians were retreating everywhere. No place could make people shine. It was nothing more than archery, fighting, defeat, and escaping... Such cycles of cycles, although the battlefield was large and there were many trenches, in the eyes of experienced commanders, such resistance could not last long. Not only was the unfavorable morale of the war, but the morale of the army had already crossed. Now everyone's resistance was only subconsciously inertial effect of no desire to win. When all the soldiers on the front found that resistance was useless, the time for the entire battlefield to collapse would come.

On the left wing of the battlefield, there were cavalry and a small number of hunting cavalry entangled. Neither side invested heavily in the west. The Shang army was because of the existence of the Western Route Army, and the marching route was directly north of Baichengzi. If you want to cut from the western wing, you have to detour a hundred miles away. Obviously, Zhang Han was unwilling to do this. Moreover, the eastern wing was empty, the Mongols could cut out from the eastern wing, and there would be a strategic gap of hundreds of miles, which could easily cause uncontrollable consequences.

To the east, there was the Heishui River as a barrier, blocking Honger Mountain and Huichengzi dozens of miles away. However, in the eyes of Huo Luochi and others, a large number of leather valves were floating on the river. Moreover, the merchant army did not use leather valves to cross the river, but just built floating bridges on the river.

The people working on the river are all engineers, and they are very familiar with the work at hand. There are also rivers on the grassland, which is enough for engineers to carry out daily drills. Although the Hei Shui River is in the period of ice-shaking water, it is not difficult for engineers. In their hands, a floating bridge has gradually taken shape.

The pontoon bridge looks so terrible, but there seem to be engineering troops building up the upstream. If the pontoon bridge is 10% of the pontoon bridge, there is no danger at all. A large number of cavalry can cut from the eastern section of the Heishui River and directly reach the pasture near Baichengzi. It would definitely be a disaster.

Huo Luochi and Elinchen had to send some cavalry to the east road to guard the war. Both of them did not expect the sent troops to defeat the Shang army that crossed the river, but simply went over and judged the time to cross the river.

More tribes and Taiji were dispatched to fill the battlefields that had begun to be empty.

Elinchen noticed that the truly powerful tribe and Taiji people in the Taomen were dispatched to Yulin area. He said in horror: "Are you going to make preparations now?"

"We have to leave tomorrow." Huoluo Equator: "We can hold on until tonight but we dug a lot of ditches, otherwise we have already crossed and we can't even cross the side wall. We need to make arrangements now and be careful. We must neither let the merchant army know, nor alarm the Ming army on the opposite side."

Elinchen knew that Huo Luochi's judgment was correct, and the herdsmen and soldiers on the defense line could not last until noon tomorrow.

He said with some pain and reluctance: "What should the soldiers in front do? If they don't disturb the merchant army, it will be difficult for them to retreat."

"In the evening, the elite troops and the herdsmen who were approaching were withdrawn, and those who passed the north end had to give up."

Huo Luochi lowered his eyes and said, "Sometimes we have to give up our own tribes. This is painful, but it is still worth it. We must hide, and don't think about it. The grassland belongs to us Mongolians. As long as there are tribes that we have been resisting like this, they will sooner or later bring more people to resist. The Shang army is strong, but the Han people suffer because they are not the owners of the grassland. They will be exhausted and will have to withdraw in the end. I have read some historical books of the Han and Tang dynasties. The place we established during the Han and Tang dynasties was their territory. At that time, they set up prefectures and counties here, with people, villages, and strong troops, but later they still withdraw. This shows that this place belongs to us, now, and in the future will belong to us."

Huo Luochi was excited and looked ferocious, but Erlinchen was no longer moved.

So far, the people who were invested the most in front were the people of the E tribe, and the people who were in the front were the people of the Tao tribe when they were about to escape. In Qinghai, Elinchen and his remaining tribes must have to rely on the breath of Tao tribe to survive. What kind of righteousness and regaining their hometown are empty, and how to live in the future is real.

The Ordos tribe occupied the most fertile areas and pastures. The fertile land that even Altan Khan envied was also one of the 60,000 households enfeoffed by Dayan Khan. The tribe leader has always had the official title of Jinan Nong, which is not the great khan that everyone can call himself now. The gold content of this Jinan Nong is much greater than that of Ketu Khan.

Elinchen wanted to throw away his pasture, sacrifice his troops, and then run to the Hu of Qinghai to survive... Huo Luochi said beautifully. Who knows when the troops would dare to come back with a military advantage like Hu Ji? Ten or twenty years? Now the two troops are no match for the combined forces, but they will be opponents in twenty years?

E Linchen was confused and felt that his decision was wrong for the first time.

If you learn from Bai Hong Dataiji...

Elinchen said calmly, "Everything is as Nuoyan said."

Huo Luochi closed his eyes and said nothing, turning his eyes back to the battlefield.

In the evening, the merchant army broke through more than half of the trenches and successfully built three pontoon bridges on the Heishui River. The lancers would dispatch a battalion and cooperate with the dragoons of the battalion to take a detour from there to attack.

The entire battlefield was filled with bonfires, and the tired soldiers took off their armor and gathered in a group in the form of a team.

The baggage soldiers were still working, cleaning up and cleaning the battlefield.

There was no hot food. All the soldiers were eating dry food for the fourth day, and of course there was no hot water. However, it was not difficult for everyone. Many people poured cold water into the iron lunch box and placed it on the bonfire to heat it, and then used hot water with heated cans or jerky, and served with wheat cakes to satisfy their hunger.

Snoring sounds were heard everywhere, and there were no soldiers on the front line on duty today. Although the Mongols could not come to attack at night and there was a trench in the middle, soldiers were still sent to take turns to guard the situation, which made the soldiers who had fought more at ease.

For those who have fought for a day, nothing is more important than sleeping soundly after eating, so all the rules tonight have been cancelled. There are no regular meetings at night and the prescribed time to eat and sleep, and all the soldiers can do whatever they want.

Lu Si fell asleep with a wheat cake in his mouth. After a day of hard work, more than a dozen wounds on his body were added. This was because he was always on the front line, and he did not hide behind the soldiers because of his identity, nor did he take turns to rest.

In fact, all the sergeant commanders were almost the same as Lu Si, so there were many sergeant and sergeant commanders among the dead.

When Zhang Han stood in front of the bodies of the fallen soldiers, the pain on his face really came from the bottom of his heart.

These people are not only his subordinates, but also living lives. They also have their own joys, sorrows, sorrows, and family, dreams or things they want to do.

For Zhang Han's dream, they spent their lives ahead of schedule, fell on the battlefield, and died under sharp weapons.

A deputy chief officer of the Military and Political Department reported: "Today, a total of 171 soldiers were killed, and dozens of seriously injured people were making their lives. It is estimated that there will be more tomorrow, but the numbers are not easy to infer. There are more than a thousand minor wounded people, but fortunately, they don't have much impact, and they can even continue to participate in the battle tomorrow. The losses of armor and weapons are not large, and the specific numbers will not be reported tomorrow. The loss of war horses was two, and they accidentally fell into the water while testing the first floating bridge."

Zhang Han looked down at a wounded man, and Lu Si who was sleeping with wheat cakes in his mouth. He recognized the young man and was quite impressed by him. When he was surrounded in Jining Fort, the little guy ran back desperately. Although it was a conspiracy of the Mongolians, the things he brought back were quite useful, and expressed his loyalty with his actual behavior, which also boosted the morale of the merchant army at that time.

The reward Zhang Han gave to this kid is the top medal. So far, this kid is the youngest of the medals, and this record is probably difficult to break in the future.

"It can be seen that this kid is very morale."

Zhang Han saw that there were many soldiers around Lu Si, sleeping with their sergeant. Lu Si also covered his body with a military blanket. The guy who contributed it was obviously trembling coldly and squeezed under a blanket with the other two.

Hutchison's military supplies are already in place, but the soldiers are at least ten miles away from their departure point. It is too unwise to run back to pick up their own items. It is enough to have a good sleep for such a long time.

The battle time tomorrow may be set from four to five in the morning, and the sky will be bright but you can see the objects. The weather is quite cold at this time, especially when frost will occur at night, but for the tired soldiers, the current environment is already waiting for heaven.

Lu Si still had many traces of bandage of medicine cotton on his body, which was even more of a medal for an excellent soldier. With so many wounds, the soldiers would respect and respect more.

Only then did Zhang Han say to the officials of the Military and Political Department: "The soldiers who died in battle will do the same according to the old rules. If they are unwilling to burn and sign the order, they must each have a coffin. Whether it is sent to the cemetery or sent back to their hometown for burial, all the procedures must be completed according to the old rules, and there must be no negligence or negligence. The soldiers have lost their lives for us. No matter how much money and effort we spend, it is all right."

Zhang Han showed a contemplative look on his face, and after a while, he slowly said: "After all, compared with human life, everything else is too small and insignificant."

This attitude is also Zhang Han's persistence and is well-known to everyone. Zhang Han said something and stopped talking about it. Too much is as bad as too much. Everyone present had already shown an extremely touching expression.

It can be said that what Zhang Han said is also one of the cores of the formation of the merchant army. It attaches importance to human life and respects the efforts of soldiers. This is Zhang Han's attitude.
Chapter completed!