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Chapter 910 Withdrawal

The Seventh Infantry Regiment stopped its eastward advance plan and no longer had the ambition to sweep the tribes. At the same time, it urgently reported to Lizhuang and Qingcheng, because the Tangma cavalry did not know the specific location of Zhang Han.

Five days after withdrawing from the Korqin tribe, Yang Sisun received information and learned about the war between the Gun Cavalry Regiment and the Jurchens in the Bahrain tribe. Yang Sisun was sorry for this. If he had known this, he would have just broken up and started to do it. At least he had to teach Shumu a lesson.

While the Seventh Infantry Regiment retreated, the First Regiment of the Gun Cavalry also began to retreat. They were very wounded and they had to be wary of the Jurchens following and chasing. The retreating pace was very slow. Half a month after the war, the First Regiment of the Gun Cavalry Regiment, the Seventh Infantry Regiment, and a retreating artillery battalion met in the old place of Zuotunwei in the Kaiping.

The two main groups and more than a dozen baggage brigades provide supplies along the way, plus an artillery battalion, and the feeling of being strong and strong horses immediately came out.

However, the morale of the Gun Cavalry Regiment was still very low.

More than 30 serious injuries were killed, and nearly 500 soldiers were killed in battle. Now there are less than 3,000 gun cavalry registrars. The first brigade was the most serious. The commander of the brigade Wang Jingzhong was seriously injured and had not healed. Deputy commander Liu Jingrong was killed in battle. The military and political officers were missing. The regiment-level officer was only the military judge Li Shaochuan safe and sound, but the military judge could not be responsible for command, and the first brigade commander could only be temporarily taken on the command of the brigade.

The entire first brigade of senior officers suffered heavy losses. More than 230 ordinary soldiers died in battle, nearly half of the number of people killed in the entire regiment. The number of serious and minor injuries was also large. The entire brigade suffered more than 30% of the losses. This is a loss that is enough to cause collapse for ordinary troops. Even for the Shang army, it is enough to cause the morale of the whole country. Fortunately, it is just a sluggish morale and has not yet broken the backbone.

When the army arrived at the old Kaipingwei land, the time was approaching early autumn, and at least on the grassland, it was quite chilly in the morning and evening.

This is a dangerous moment. The war horses of the nomadic peoples are the most fat at this time. The soldiers do not need to prepare hay for winter at this time, nor do they need to raise war horses. The herd is also strong and can provide enough meat and cheese for the soldiers to eat.

Duoer, Du Fulei, Yang Sisun, Wang Yiji and others held a pre-military meeting, and decided that the troops would temporarily station on the spot to restore physical fitness and morale. The infantry regiment and baggage soldiers were responsible for defending and building defense lines, and the gun cavalry regiment and artillery battalion were resting.

Although there is no higher-level command, the internal system of the Shang regiment army is enough to solve such troubles and problems. What is lacking is the candidate for decision-making and ultimately responsible on the battlefield. Therefore, Zhang Han is already planning to appoint division-level commanders, who can command tens of thousands of troops at once.

Duoer felt frustrated by this. The battle of the Gun Cavalry was not beautiful. The result after the collision could not be said to be a crushing defeat, but it could be said that the war was unfavorable.

Of course, it can still be considered a great victory by the standards of the Ming army. Unfortunately, the Shang army never measured its strength by the standards of the Ming army.

Zuotunwei was established by the Ming Dynasty. It was the territory of Kaiping's old capital during the Yuan Dynasty. Later, the Ming Dynasty also gave up this place and changed it to a pasture for various Kalaqin tribes. When people set up camps, they saw many former sites during the Yuan Dynasty and when the Ming Dynasty established Tunwei more than 200 years ago. The broken walls and ruins made life feel like the vicissitudes of life.

The camp address was very good, close to a small Haizi, which became a Manchu autonomous county in later generations. The small lake formed by this seazi also became a tourist attraction. In the Qing Dynasty, it was part of the famous Mulan paddock. You can imagine how good the scenery was.

There are some small hills everywhere. In early autumn, the leaves begin to turn yellow. There are some obvious roads that have become paths leading to the forest. The outer edges are low shrubs, which are also yellow. The paths lead directly to the mountain. The layers of forests are not dense. Walking in it, stepping on the thick fallen leaves, the air is good. There are the most animals such as rabbits, badgers, roe deer, etc., and there are also many pheasants. After the soldiers settled down, many people went to hunt. In the evening, everyone was full of prey, and the camp smelled of barbecue every day.

In such an environment, people's morale recovered quickly, and the injuries of seriously injured people such as Wang Jingzhong quickly stabilized.

A few days later, Ren Jing led the Ninth Regiment stationed in Anguli Nao to guard the south. The troops in Zuotun Guard were even stronger. The Kalaqin people were scared to death. According to the reconnaissance of the squad, Bai Hong Dataiji had gathered all the Dingkou. The troops were in the southwest, just north of the Zhangjiakou area. The Northern Lu were hiding from Heyusheng's troops, while the Ming garrison in Xuanfu and Jizhen was scared to death. The Ming court was extremely nervous because of this. He ordered Datong and Yulin towns to be on guard together, and there were warnings on the entire nine sides.

The generals of the Shang regiment army did not know about this, and even if they knew it, they didn't care. Seeing that the ten-day rest period was approaching, there was no movement in the Chahar tribe, only a few of the rangers arrived here and were driven away by the gun cavalry. Finally, everyone held a meeting. Before receiving the specific instructions of the military command, Ren Jing's unit replied to the station and the rest of the divisions continued to slowly retreat northwest to the old Zhongdu.

"The scenery here is great." Yang Sisun pointed to the front and said, "There are large lakes, mountains, dense forests and grasslands. The terrain is slow but not steep. There are a lot of prey. When I get old, please give Fengtian here, with the income of tens of thousands of acres of land, build a large house with more than a hundred houses by the lake, and let people look at the villa of Yangzhou salt merchants. I will also spend the second half of my life comfortably."

Before the tribes left, Yang Sisun invited middle and senior officers to hunt and play together. Everyone was rarely together, but they were only in love, and almost everyone who was invited came.

Everyone was fascinated by the scenery. Ren Jing praised: "There are many beautiful places on the grassland, but Kaiping is indeed a rare and wonderful place with excellent scenery. No wonder the Yuan Dynasty once established the capital here."

"It is also an important strategic location." Duoer said: "The old Yuan established the capital and the Ming Dynasty set up the garrison, which is also a very important location in geographical sense."

Ren Jing smiled and said, "Old Yang, you will settle down here in the future, and I will also be here. How about we have a partner, be a neighbor, and have a relative?"

"Ah," Yang Sisun said carelessly: "What else can we say between us? We are all the ones who are now with their own hands, and we have no daughter to make a fortune."

"Participate a few more concubines and have everything."

"I don't want to give birth to you," said Yang Sisun: "At least it must be like the wife's life."

"Then it's decided."

Several regiment-level commanders were laughing and laughing, while the rest of the officers were either hunting with muskets or bows or arrows, or had already set up racks to prepare barbecue. A group of fishing horses were already fishing by the lake, and several pots were cooking soup on the fire. The fish was easily hooked, and fresh fish soup was more attractive than barbecue.

Someone was shouting by the lake, asking several groups to command the lake to drink soup. Yang Sisun and others heard it and walked towards the lake from the tree-lined path covered with fallen leaves.

The sound of hunting around was silent, only the rustling sound of the wind blowing the leaves.

There were also occasional sounds of birds and faint roars of beasts.

There are forests full of forests everywhere, and tree-lined paths are hidden in it. When you walk out of the low shrubs, you will be flat grasslands.

Walking to the lakeside, the water color and the water color brought by the lake hit the face, making people feel refreshed.

The lake surface is calm and blue, and there is no edge at first sight, like a large piece of natural blue gem.

A brigade commander smiled at Yang Sisun and others and said, "The fish here are big and plump, with good water quality and fresh fish meat. After boiling water, it is so delicious."

Seeing that there were white mushrooms floating in the pot, Yang Sisun laughed and scolded: "You should recognize these mushrooms, don't be poisonous. If a group of senior officers from our merchant army did not die among the enemy's riders, they were poisoned by a few mushrooms. It would be a laughing stock when it spread. A hundred years later."

The officer smiled and said, "Of course I recognize it, and we have already drunk a pot."

Yang Sisun was about to speak again, when a pond horse with a flag on his back ran from the grass in the distance. He stopped and looked at the pond horse intently.

Strangely, with the efficiency of the post-transmission of the Shang regiment army, there should have been a new order from the Military Division five or six days ago. As a result, it was the tenth day that the pond horses came here, and Yang Sisun felt a little uneasy.

Everyone stopped moving and waited for the Tangma to come.

The Tang horse is under the jurisdiction of the Military Order Command. The military orders and transmission systems in the army are all the power and responsibilities of the Military Order Command Command. The Tang horse is wearing a gray military robe and is covered with a very bright mail. Seeing a group of senior officers standing and waiting, the Tang horse speeds up and jumps off the horse quickly and jogs towards this side.

"Don't salute." Yang Sisun stood in front and said, "Give me the military orders quickly."

"Yes," Tang Ma said while taking out the enveloped official document: "The Military Command indicated that it was for Yang, Ren and Duoer, three regiment-level commanders to be dismantled and read together."

"Okay." Yang Sisun agreed, and then took off the envelope in front of Ren Jing and Duoer.

"It's very simple..." Yang Sisun glanced at it, and the expression on his face became a little strange. He handed the order to Ren Jing.

Ren Jing took a look and handed it to Duoer.

Duoer opened it and found that it was indeed very simple. The military order was only a few lines: I agreed to the 9th Regiment to garrison the place where I wrote back and forth, and prepared for the winter. The 7th Regiment and the 1st Regiment of the Gun Cavalry Regiment were on standby in the old center, waiting for military law inspection.

Duo'er smiled wryly and put away the order and said to Yang Sisun: "Old Yang, it seems that our Gun Cavalry Regiment has implicated you. We have not fought this battle well, so it is probably not easy for the Military and Justice Department to pass this level."

Yang Sisun spread his hands and said, "Now no one can tell what is going on. Maybe it's because I was arguing at the military commander who was good at making a move in Grejurgen City."

Everyone thinks it is unlikely, but it seems that it cannot be completely ruled out.

Ren Jing felt embarrassed, saluted and fisted again, saying to everyone: "It's not that Old Ren is unfaithful, but he can't help with this matter. You can only wait for the military judge to come with peace of mind. It's useless to think randomly."
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