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The first thousand four hundred and seventy-six chapters end

The battlefield in the middle has collapsed, and the right wing of the Han army on its left wing was also broken. It is difficult for cavalry to spread out on the other side. Now a considerable number of cavalry have already hiked into the river to avoid guns and bullets.

There were shouting and horses neighing in the river. Many people and horses were washed away by the river... It is summer, the season of water rises, and the river surface is wide and the water flows fast. For the Mongolians who have never taken a bath a few times in their life, no one has had the experience of swimming, and falling into the water means death.

At this time, someone shouted from afar: "Report to the Khan, Asarlan was hit in the chest by a musket, and his injuries were severely damaged."

But Tu Tuhan felt ache in his heart, and a feeling of sorrow came to his heart.

That was his beloved son and his future heir, and it was the place where hope was, his beloved son lost his life in this inexplicable war.

The strongest one was the first to collapse. After the enemy's infantry and musketeers faced each other, the remaining heavy cavalry also crossed. The right side was full of cavalry scattered and fleeing cavalry, and the middle side was in chaos, and the left side was directly penetrated. At this time, the red-robed cavalry were even more pierced. They appeared again and rushed straight along the right wing. It was obvious that they had to come from the right side and include more people in the encirclement.

Without waiting, Tuhan gave the order, many Taiji had already taken their own people or were fleeing herdsmen and ran away.

The higher the tribe, the heavier the losses, no one felt that this battle could be won. In fact, it was all messy so far. Many people still didn't know what was going on. They knew that just as they rushed forward, the people in front began to run back, and the people around them were running around, and there were crowds of people running around like flies. Many people didn't know what was going on and ran away. They didn't even see the shadow of the Han army. Some old people were crying and felt humiliated. However, more were the indifferent young people. They had no blood and courage and had no self-esteem. They only knew that they had to run ahead of others in such a scene, so they ran very fast and waited for the business group.

When the army advanced to the middle, there were no Mongolian cavalry facing the enemy. Everyone was running away. However, there were too many people, and there were quite a few old men and teenagers. They hugged each other and pushed each other. Many people and horses collided. Then they found that there were already Han cavalry on the right side, constantly setting up muskets and shooting people who dared to resist off the horse. This made the shepherds of the Quetu Khan tribe feel even more panicked. Everything in front of them was completely different from what they said before. There were no weak Han people, only spear gun arrays that were as strong as walls that made people dare not collide, only cold bayonets and bayonet arrays that seemed more difficult to break through, only infantry wearing heavy armor were collecting.

Cut the lives of cavalrymen. Some herders accidentally broke forward, either being shot over by muskets in an instant or died under the swords of heavy armored infantry. No one was spared. Compared with these herders, the Han army's killing skills were skillful and sophisticated, and they did not give the herders any chance. Even if they had an escape, they needed to strive for it. People and horses were getting more and more crowded, and more merchant soldiers began to chase. The hunting cavalry had been rushing forward along the right side of the grassland, and they kept moving more people in circles. Most of them were indeed trapped. Only then did the herders realize that this was not a tribe meeting. Everyone was not hurt to be kind and compared to riding and shooting skills or wrestling. This was the battlefield, and their movements were transformed.

The horses and people have severely overdrawn their physical strength. If there is no cavalry on the flank, these people may have probably been able to leave the battlefield. Although they will be chased by the tail without any resistance, they will lose all their supplies and suffer heavy losses, but at least they can escape most of them. But now they feel that it is too late to do anything. They have neither the courage to rush forward nor the courage to break through the hunting cavalry that is coming around. What makes them panic is that more Han cavalry are coming over, and there is the sound of cannons and muskets behind them. They are already scared enough, and fear is overwhelming everything. When someone first throws away his weapons and dismounts and surrenders, many people do not feel humiliated or angry, but feel relaxed.

It was more than two hours after Ren Jing and Xia Xiping caught up. The sun shadow was slanting westward. There were many grasslands and hillsides where the owner had lost his horses and discarded weapons everywhere. There were also some off-putting robes or cotton armor. The number was not large. The Mongolians were indeed too poor.

There were also many corpses along the way. When hunting cavalry was chasing, they would start killing as long as they had a little resistance. Later, the dragon cavalry chased by horses was not inferior, and they fought to the back of the enemy.

During long-distance marching, since there is only one horse in the horse-riding infantry, in fact, sometimes marching is slower than infantry, and only when entering the battlefield and chasing the enemy, it shows that it is much stronger than pure infantry. The main force still moves forward with an insurgent formation. Even if the pace speed is increased to the fastest, the array must be kept relatively complete. It is impossible to catch up with the cavalry.

There was chaos everywhere, and only the sound of muskets fired, and the sound of the Mongolian bow was not heard.

The soldiers of the Shang regiment army actually had the foundation for archery. When they were formed a few years ago, they emphasized that soldiers should also be able to shoot in the field, which is used as a vanguard to suppress enemy rangers. Later, the firepower has been strengthened, and the singular shooting course was cancelled, but the soldiers can basically shoot. The archery sounds that can be heard at this time were actually emitted by those walking soldiers. However, they soon stopped shooting archery. Everyone in front of them was either dead or surrendered. They were wearing heavy armor, their bodies were wet, their lips were dry and their lips were stuck together, and they had no strength to chase them any longer.

Before dark, bonfires were lit everywhere on the grassland, and the dragon cavalry searched lightly. The hunters should chase after them for at least thirty or forty miles, and they would turn back around before dark.

There were bonfires everywhere and moans could be heard everywhere. Military doctors were giving priority to treating their own people. However, they found that the casualties were really limited, and there were less than a hundred people in total, but there were casualties during the wardrobe. In addition, there were injuries when fighting with the cavalry rushing towards them by the river on the left, but it was quite limited. A large-scale fierce battle of nearly 60,000 people, less than a hundred people were killed or injured on one side. This can only be described as a miracle.

Since military doctors and medical soldiers did not have much task, they began to treat the Mongolians. If the fire is injured by muskets, they will be amputated. Ordinary disinfection cannot solve the infection, so they can only be solved by amputation. If the injury is on the abdomen or chest, it can only be simply debridement, and the injured are asked to wait for the miracle to happen. Of course, there is generally no miracle.

Fortunately, the injured persons injured by the knife and arrow, or those who fell or stepped on him, are easy to treat, and almost no one will die of infection or fever after the injury.

From dusk to over 100 military doctors and stretcher soldiers, they were busy. By the evening, they simply treated more than 2,000 people, and more than 1,000 people were waiting to be dealt with.

The two battalions of the Dragoons were ordered to clean up the battlefield. The young men took off their armor and even took off their military uniforms and robes, only wearing linings, and even bare-shirts. They carried and pointed out the numbers of the corpses. Hundreds of people were digging pits. They could not delay in summer. They counted and buried them while burying them. Their own people used the old method, picked up many branches and piled them into large piles of firewood, divided them into pieces and burned them, and brought them back in an urn. Whether they were for the Martyrs' Temple or handed them over to their families, they were handled in this way according to the rules.

The senior officers did not rest. Ren Jing sat on a stool and drank water. At this time, no one thought about eating, although the husbands had already followed and had prepared the dinner.

"Everyone who was killed and injured in our army must remember their names, origins, and ranks, and remember to take off their badges." The military officials shouted loudly, and a group of deputys led the dragon cavalry to do such things. They usually do such things for their comrades, or they choose veterans from the dragon cavalry to do it, and they must be quite strong in spirit.

Xia Xiping looked calm. The victory in front of him was of course happy and worthy of pride, but that was it. This was the case. He won this battle. No one suspected that he would lose this battle before the war, but no one would raise his tail because of this victory... Maybe it would have happened two years ago, but the merchant army would not feel like this victory two years later. Their target was no longer these Mongolians.

"The enemy was basically buried." An officer rushed over with a torch and reported: "More than 1,700 people were killed and more than 3,000 people were injured in the barracks. That's probably what it was."

Ren Jing nodded and said, "If the border army must have been beheaded now, it would be a pity that it would be a huge source of wealth."

The court's attention to the Northern Barbarians now is far less than that of the Eastern Barbarians. The heads of the Jurchens and Zhenyi are quite valuable, and the Mongols are still old. Five taels per head can really get nearly ten thousand taels of silver when they are exchanged for money. In addition to the prisoners all over the ground, it is indeed a very proud victory.

Xia Xiping asked: "How many prisoners are there?"

"We can't calculate it carefully now." The officer replied: "We divide the group into about 500 people, about 30 people. Let's count them carefully tomorrow morning."

"Oh, don't insult and beating. These prisoners will be identified soon, most of them will be let go, and the second half will be servile and in-depth education. They will be the cornerstone of our rule in the future."

All the officers nodded understandingly. Those who were forced to serve were no longer very hard. While serving, they would receive Hutchison's re-education. Generally, the people from the Military Information Department did this. Simply put, they used half a year to a year or two to brainwash. Those who were released had suffered, but they were more respectful to the Shang army than those who were directly released, and had a more gentle attitude towards Hutchison. Of course, some of the people with suitable identities would be used by Hutchison until they had higher power in each department.

This is a very long process, at least a ten-year layout, but Zhang Han and Hutchison's senior officials are not irritated. What they need for the time being is their superficial obedience. Of course, deeper things must be operated slowly, just like taxing the various ministries. There is no such thing as taxing now. Once taxing is collected, it will cause a strong rebound, but this must be done until the tax officials are dispatched. The tax officials are the first step in their rule, which can show everything better than the vague covenant now.
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