The attack of the Black Khan army continued until sunset and finally stopped. Pan Jie inspected his army, more than three people, killed 65 people, injured more than 200 people, and not many were intact. Even himself, his arms and back were injured three times.

Not long after the attack of the Black Khan army began, the Song army began to send reserve troops into the army to replenish manpower for the army with heavy casualties. Seeing the Black Khan army retreat, Pan Jie looked at his army, and one-third of the people had changed to new faces.

As soon as the sun set, the Song army hung up countless oil lamps around the military formation, and each unit surrounded the front half of the black sweat troops.

In Du Zhongxiao's tent, Zhang Ke and Zhang Sheng took the deputy general and several important generals in the army and sat down. Touching their numb legs, Zhang Ke said, "Zhi Niang, I have been standing for half a day today. Although I didn't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, I was so tired."

Du Zhongxiao said: "This afternoon, it should be the fiercest attack of the Black Sword Army. What are the casualties there?"

Zhang Ke said: "The troops in the middle were hit the most. After the sun set, it was a rough count. More than 800 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. In this battle, good guys, the Black Sweaters seemed crazy."

Du Zhongxiao said: "I think the enemy generals have seen it. We have surrounded the first half of the station and cannot escape. We will naturally counterattack. Tonight, the army in front must be prepared for attack. At dawn tomorrow, we will launch an attack immediately so that they have no more energy to attack the troops in the middle."

Zhang Yingnuo.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Although there are casualties today, it is a very successful tactic to separate the enemy from front to back and forth, and divide and surround the enemy. Our current army is different from before, and it is really impossible to escape when we are surrounded. This area is flat and Irik is surrounded by tens of thousands of people. He has great skills. Tomorrow, he will add enough reserves and fill in the middle army, so that even if they have casualties and injuries, their combat power cannot be reduced."

Fu Bi said: "I saw it today in the battle, which was really terrifying. Jishuai said that since it was inserted into the enemy, the power of the cannon could not be exerted. Take advantage of the cannon to transport it to the position tonight, and it will not be like this tomorrow."

The generals agreed. Today the war was fierce, and the artillery could not be transported to the troops in the middle, which resulted in insufficient firepower. They relied on the muskets in their hands to fight against the enemy. The power of the muskets could not completely suppress the enemy. They must have artillery assistance. Tomorrow the artillery position, the situation will naturally be different. Today, the enemy's dense military formation cannot be set out.

When fighting cold weapons, the soldiers often use dense military formations, and the soldiers are fearless and constantly attack to crush the enemy. Once the dense military formations are dispersed by the opponent, their power will naturally decline greatly and they will no longer be opponents of the Song army.

After a while, the wine came. Everyone was drinking and talking about today's war.

Tan Chong said: "I saw the Black Sweat Army as if crazy, constantly mobilizing the army formation and charging into the middle. My heart was really in my throat. I thought several times, or I would send out the army and attack the enemy first to solve the problem in the middle."

Zhang Ke said: "It's useless. If you attack today, you must attack the castle first, so the enemy can support it. Today's formation is adjusted, and you can trap the enemy in the castle to death tomorrow and attack other troops with all your strength. There is no way to do this battle today. If you want to capture Ilic, you have to go through this battle. Although there are many casualties, it will eventually block the enemy's attack. This army is reliable."

Everyone said it was. After the training, from Du Zhongxiao to the generals below, they felt that this army was not as good as the previous army. Now it seems that no matter how powerful the Yingtianxiang Army was compared with the previous Yingtianxiang Army, they could withstand it at least face a strong enemy.

For the Song army, such strength is enough. As long as the enemy cannot be destroyed, with the national strength of the Song Dynasty, many troops can be pulled out. What are you afraid of? Hei Khan is a major country in the Western Regions and can mobilize nearly 100,000 troops at once, but compared with the Song Dynasty, it is nothing. This time, the troops coming from Du Zhongxiao and Hequ all the way, and Yang Wenguang's 50,000 troops have not moved.

This entry into the Western Regions was not a long-term plan by the Song Dynasty, but just Du Zhongxiao's intention and the court agreed. The Song army was far from doing its best, and it was a disaster for Hei Khan, and the two sides could not be compared. In the past, the enemies entering the Western Regions were distance, not these local forces. Even when the Central Plains dynasty was in full swing, how many people could get here across thousands of miles?

After drinking a glass of wine, Du Zhongxiao said: "Tomorrow morning, Tan Chong's front will attack immediately. He used the most artillery fire and the shortest time to cause the greatest damage to the enemy. After fighting for a day today, the Black Sweat army has not tasted the power of artillery fire. Now they are surrounded and have no room to retreat. When the artillery goes up, they still don't use it to their heart's content!"

Tan Chong crossed his hands: "Jings Supervisor is at ease. The last general ordered his subordinates. The army will immediately push forward tomorrow and drag the artillery to the position. The gunner is ready tonight, just wait for tomorrow to come forward. This time I want to let Yilik know that our army's attack will not be as useless as his Black Sweat Army!"

Zhang Ke said: "I was attacked by the Black Khan Army for a day today, and the generals were filled with anger. You should make some effort tomorrow."

There will be a big battle tomorrow, and everyone has not had a long time to drink. After discussing today's war, they have arranged tasks tomorrow, and then they will disperse.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Du Zhongxiao said to Fu Bi: "If Ilic is captured tomorrow and the main force of the Black Khan Army is eliminated, there should be no war in the Western Regions. The army has been out for a long time, so it is not a good thing for Hequ Road. After the war, Zhao Zi should be allowed to return to Hequ Road, and Zhang Ji's army will stay in the Western Regions."

Fu Bi said: "In theory, if we occupy such a large area in the Western Regions, the court should increase our army. However, the entire army is still under training. The court is short of military strength, so it is probably impossible to send any army. Zhang Ji's army, both to take care of Gaochang and Beiting, and to Shule and even Yutian in the south, are too large. The army is afraid that it can only sprinkle pepper, which is very bad."

Du Zhongxiao said: "That's what I said. The Western Regions is too large, even if the population is not large, the natives are extremely important. After driving away Hei Khan, I don't want to send troops to the local natives. I will take Yuchi Sanlang back and build a new country. Zhang Ji's army was stationed in Yizhou, Gaochang, Beiting, Yangji Bali, and Yanqi, Kucha and Shule in the south. Although the place is large, I can handle it."

Fu Bi smiled bitterly: "Even so, his entire army was distributed within a range of thousands of miles, and one general could not control it at all. The generals below must give greater authority. This is inconsistent with our idea of ​​building an army, but there is nothing we can do about it."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is not the case. After occupying the cities, the court should send officials over as soon as possible, and the civil affairs should be given to the prefect. The local clerks still had to use the Sogdians in the early stage. The Sogdians had a deep relationship with the Han people in the Western Regions. When outsiders came, they were bullied together, and their relationship was still acceptable. The local garrisons were just the helpers of the prefect, and the power of each general should not be too large."

Fu Bi said: "Are you not afraid of the generals having a different intention?"
Chapter completed!