When Mou Wenshou arrived in Liaoyang, all the corpses on the battlefield had been buried. Those brothers who died in the battle had been buried near the battlefield, and wooden tombstones with their names written on them stood firmly in the field.

There are more than five thousand people in a row!

More than five thousand lives!

Even for Mou Wenshou, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. He looked at the endless tombs in astonishment. Although he had experienced the near-annihilation of Jiangbei's army, he did not expect that now Yingyang Town

would suffer such a heavy blow.

When Mou Wenshou found Yang Yufan, he looked at the old brother sitting in front of the tombstone and sat down quietly.

He is also a father, and he has also lost his son.

Looking at Yang Yufan, whose hair seemed to have turned gray in one day, he wanted to offer words of comfort, but was speechless. Because of the loss, he understood this kind of pain, which was indescribable in words.

"Yu'er is dead..."

After a long while, Yang Yufan said.

"I was the one who killed him..."

"Brother Yang..."

"I killed so many brothers, a total of 5,621..."

As he murmured this number, Yang Yufan's eyes flashed with pain.

"They all support themselves by being their parents' shit. I, I..."

Once upon a time, for Yang Yufan, he didn't care about the lives of his brothers. Even in battles, there would inevitably be casualties. If you are not kind enough to lead an army, one general will accomplish great feats and thousands of bones will wither!

But, today, after he lost his most beloved son, he finally felt the pain.

That’s 5,620 families!

…

When receiving the report, Zhu Guoqiang was stunned for a long time. How could this happen?

Is it Yang Yufan who rushes in?

No, he marched according to plan, moving steadily and steadily, looking very safe.

Is the Qing army too strong?

The same is not true. Even if the Qing army started playing with firearms, where would the Ming army be?

But why did it fail?

"You underestimated the enemy."

Zhu Guoqiang said after putting down the report of several marchers joining the army.

It was Yang Yufan who underestimated the enemy too much. He thought that as long as there was artillery bombardment, Jiannu could be easily eliminated. However, he did not expect that the opponent would set up an "ambush" and even show weakness, waiting for his charge.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, otherwise the loss would have been even more severe.

"When fighting a war, we still have to fight steadily!"

When the prince finished speaking, Yan Ermei said from the side.

"Your Majesty, Yang Yufan not only underestimates the enemy, but also has too much selfishness. With such a disparity in strength between ten thousand and thirty thousand, he should be more cautious, but he..."

Before Yan Ermei could finish speaking, Zhu Guoqiang stretched out his hand to stop him and said.

"The defeat of Liaoyang can be regarded as a reminder to us, so that everyone should not think that with guns and cannons, we can be tyrannical. Yang Yufan is not the only one who underestimates the enemy!"

His expression looked a little dull, not just because of the heavy casualties, but also because he felt sorry for the sacrifices of so many soldiers.

Yang Yufan did have selfish motives, but his selfishness was entirely due to underestimating the enemy. Why did he underestimate the enemy?

"Ever since we moved south from Jinan, we have been fighting smoothly. Even I myself underestimated the enemy and became conceited... The Han army is completely invincible."

With a rather helpless sigh, Zhu Guoqiang knew very well that this lesson was not only for Yang Yufan, but also a reminder for himself.

With a percussion gun, is the howitzer invincible?

Jiannu now also has artillery and muskets, and they are also learning. The dimensionality reduction attack at the beginning may have demonstrated the huge differences between civilizations in a cruel way, but now, after a year of learning, Jiannu

I have adapted to that style of play.

They can dig trenches, build forts, and of course they can also use firearms and make firearms. Unless they can maintain the absolute lead in weapons, the "dimensionality reduction strikes" from the year before last will slowly disappear soon.

Perhaps, the slave establishment will become another Russia... Thinking of the Crimean War, Russia, with its backward equipment and crude production, faced the attacks of Britain and France, and also brought extremely heavy casualties to Britain and France.

Of course, the price they paid was even heavier.

It seems that the equipment of rifled guns will be accelerated!

We must maintain a certain technical advantage. Technical advantage is the fundamental reason why the Han army is one against five!

While he was thinking about this in his mind, he stared at Yang Yufan's confession report, and after thinking about it for a while, Zhu Guoqiang gave the order.

"Send a letter to Yang Yufan in my name, telling him that victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs, and to comfort him about the pain of losing his son. What a pity, that boy is a good young man!"

Even now, Zhu Guoqiang still feels pity for Yang Yu. He has met that young man. When he first met in Nanjing, he was not yet sixteen years old. Although during the army reorganization process in Dalian, Zhu Guoqiang promoted Yang Yu to be a servant.

The so-called generals of the Yang family, the generals of the Mou family, and the generals of the Huang family are actually their relatives and servants, scattered to various armies. However, considering some traditions, Zhu Guoqiang still agreed that Yang Yu should stay with his father. As for his eldest son Yang Zhen, he has been

Now that he is a bodyguard of the General's Mansion, this is not only a certain kind of trust, but also a certain degree of hostage.

Of course, for them, this is also their background, just like many officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were from "imperial guards". As military aristocrats to a certain extent, how to ensure the loyalty and combat effectiveness of these hereditary officers, imperial guards

It's a good choice, but it's a pity that in the Ming Dynasty, there has never been such an option.

In fact, if these hereditary officers are used properly, they themselves are a sharp weapon against the civil service system. Just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty used the Eight Banners dignitaries to balance the civil servants, the civil servants were eventually tamed and became slaves. Of course, they relied on more than just balance, the knife was what tamed them.

Fundamentally, but one thing is certain, only balanced power is stable.

Because of this, Zhu Guoqiang has been trying to build his "military aristocracy", and using the nephews of military officers as bodyguards is an attempt, and perhaps he knows these people very well.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Guoqiang ordered again.

"Ask Yang Zhen to come over and I will tell him the news personally."

Almost at the same time that the news came that more than half of the casualties in Yingyang Town came, Zu Dashou personally led an army of 20,000 people out of Daling River City and marched eastward, crossing the Liaohe River and heading towards Shenyang, which was the so-called "Shengjing" of the Qing Dynasty.

They were invincible along the way, and all the Jiannu slaves "abandoned the city and fled after hearing the news." The mighty army was stationed in the city along the way. Once upon a time, the cities in the west of Liaohe River that Nurhaci and Huang Taiji spent nearly twenty years to conquer were successively "conquered" by Zu Dashou.

When crossing the Liaohe River, only 15,000 of the 20,000 troops under his command were left, and the other troops...all went to take over the cities.

When Zu Dashou's army crossed the Liaohetao River, there was also chaos in the pseudo "Shengjing City". Hundreds of thousands of Manchu soldiers and civilians gathered from various places and hurriedly withdrew from Liaodong.

Standing at the top of Shengjing City, Fei Yangguo looked at the city in front of him. Many places in the city were empty. Last year, when the Ming army left Shengjing, they burned down all the buildings including the palace. The entire city was completely destroyed.

Burned to a red ground.

Although Brother Fourteen has rebuilt many buildings, there are still many places in this city that are empty land, and now they have to give up this place.

Hey, Fei Yangguo couldn't help but sigh. Who would be willing to give up the capital like this if there was even a slight possibility?

But now for the Great Qin State, there is no other choice. If the Fourteenth Brother does not make this decision decisively, but fights to the death with the Ming Army here, both sides will suffer, I am afraid it will be the least serious, and may even be fatal.

After the defeat, the battle in Liaoyang made Fei Yangguo clearly realize that the current Qing Dynasty was definitely no match for the Ming Dynasty. If the Qing Dynasty wanted to defeat the Ming Dynasty, it had to recuperate, recharge its energy, and accumulate strength.

Strength, only in this way can we defeat the Ming army in the future, which should be said to be the Pinglu army!

As for the other Ming armies, how could they be the opponents of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty?

Everything here right now is just temporarily handed over to those people for the Eight Banners. It is just a temporary gate, and they will be taken down in a few years.
Chapter completed!