Wanli 1592

Chapter 680 The Good Boy
On April 26th, the [-]th year of Wanli, the second day when the Ming Empire's north and south ends fought simultaneously, Xiao Ruxun led the troops of the four towns to kill Hukou and defeated the northern captives. The vanguard army went south with [-] soldiers, annihilating [-] enemies, and beheading [-]. Hundreds, the rest, except for more than a thousand people who were captured, all fled.

This is the first time that Xiao Ruxun directly faced the northern cavalry going south outside the Great Wall, and he used [-] infantry as the main force to fight against the northern cavalry. After fighting them for half an hour, Li Rusong led the cavalry to join the battle group and defeated the northern cavalry Captive cavalry.

Originally, Xiao Ruxun planned to rely on the city wall of Shahukou to deal with Beilu, but he did not expect that the Beilu who went south had destroyed Shahukou so badly that it would be completely unusable for a while. In desperation, Xiao Ruxun made a decision, Gather [-] infantry, with your own soldiers as the core, and go out of the city to fight in the field again.

To be honest, since Ningxia set off, he has never fought a defensive battle. He has always been attacking and attacking. In his opinion, defensive battles are sometimes used to passively avoid battles. Warriors who really dare to fight will not be afraid of field battles. .

In the later period, the Ming army dared to fight the Qing soldiers face to face with inferior firearms, but they were beaten and fled as soon as they came into contact with the Qing soldiers. They had no ability to fight in the field. The Qing army dared to shoot at the foreigners against the firepower. Once the foreigners charged with bayonets, the Qing soldiers collapsed directly.

An army that dares not fight in the field is not an army!
Xiao Ruxun severely reprimanded those Yulin Taiyuan generals who questioned the field battle, and named them to lead the troops out to face the Beilu cavalry with him. After the signal flare, come out to help the battle.

He wanted to polish off all the fear of the northern captive cavalry that the soldiers on the nine sides had subtly developed for a long time.

He wants these soldiers and generals to know that cavalry is not invincible, and cavalry is not the natural enemy of infantry. After training, infantry can confront cavalry tit-for-tat by relying on the formation!

Therefore, Xu Guangqi, who stayed in the Great Wall, watched a thrilling battle of infantry against cavalry through the binoculars, and witnessed the battle process that Xiao Ruxun said that infantry could also fight against cavalry.

Of course, it was the cavalry led by Li Rusong who completely defeated the Beilu cavalry in the end. With more than a dozen heads brought back, their faces were full of excitement.

"This battle was fought so happily! Governor, these northern captives should be more honest now!"

Li Rusong fiercely looked at the direction in which the northern captives were escaping.

As Xiao Ruxun estimated, they built three Jingguan along the way, which indeed played a considerable deterrent effect. The scouts reported that the Beilu had left the team twice, one time with many people and one time with few people. , and now the number has been reduced by about one-fifth.

But the rest came anyway, and still with overflowing rage.

They were extremely dissatisfied with the behavior of the Ming army beheading their compatriots to make Jingguan, and they were extremely annoyed that the Ming army, which had always been in a weak position, dared to treat them like this. .

According to Xiao Ruxun's previous budget, the current group of soldiers must have a strength of about 10 people. Now that they have been killed, almost one-fifth, and four-fifths remain, they should not be underestimated. They will definitely come again.

In fact, it is already the beginning of spring now, and the north is not as cold as it was a few months ago. Every day at noon, Xiao Ruxun can even feel that his body is warmed by the sun, which is very comfortable. Normally speaking, those northern captives They should have gone back a long time ago, but they didn't, they went south anyway.

Probably pissed off.

It doesn't matter, this is what Xiao Ruxun wants. If these northern captives are not here, he will soon be unable to sit still as the governor. The Northern Expedition is nothing but nonsense. He needs enough time to deal with the northern captives, and then wait for the court to allocate money Once the supplies arrive, the Northern Expedition can begin.

Anyway, the goal of the Northern Expedition was Guihua City. From Killing Hukou to Guihua City, Xiao Ruxun would kill every northern prisoner who could still fight.

Right now, the hundreds of thousands of northern captives going south are camping on the grassland, looking like they want to avenge the Ming army, and they will never stop unless they take revenge, which makes Xiao Ruxun very satisfied, so that he will have enough time to wait for the court's response.

After the war, Xiao Ruxun returned to the pass, took a bath, changed into clean clothes, washed his armor and put on his armor, and then began to inspect the camp of the Ming army that killed Hukou. As usual, the first inspection point was the wounded barracks.

One of the characteristics of Xiao Ruxun's leadership is that he pays great attention to the recovery of wounded soldiers. When he was fighting in Ningxia, he tied almost all the doctors in Ningxia who were good at treating sword wounds to the military camp to form an ambulance camp. After arriving in Myanmar, it became a routine .

Right now here, the ambulance camp is also shining.

The doctors who were rescued from the captured Han people and those who had some medical skills in the army were all summoned by Xiao Ruxun and handed over to the ambulance team that went north with the Zhennan Army to manage them. A field ambulance battalion of more than 400 people was established.

All wounded soldiers, regardless of whether they are fighting or sick, will seek treatment in the ambulance camp. Before each battle, they will check whether the soldiers have brought wounded patients. Only healthy soldiers are allowed to go to the battlefield.

After leaving the battlefield, try to treat as long as you can, and never abandon any wounded soldier. This is the iron law of Xiao Ruxun's leadership, and it is also the reason why he is so popular.

After this battle, the infantry suffered relatively heavy losses. More than [-] people were killed in the battle, and no less than [-] were injured. This is the first time that the battalion has been full of wounded soldiers since this battle.

However, considering that these soldiers were forced into the battlefield by Xiao Ruxun without careful training, it can only be said that this is also a helpless thing.

In the current situation, how could Xiao Ruxun be allowed to train troops calmly?

"Governor, how long will it take for so many wounded soldiers to be treated?"

Xu Guangqi followed behind Xiao Ruxun, looking at the battalion of wounded soldiers, and hearing the constant cries of pain in his ears, he couldn't help frowning.

"No matter when the treatment ends, I will treat it. Veterans who have fought in battles and seen bloody killings are incomparable to recruits. At critical times, one veteran is worth ten recruits. Many times, recruits go to the battlefield and die. Relying on veterans to bring them can increase the survival rate.

Therefore, as long as the veterans still have breath, they must try to rescue them. What's more, most of the wounded soldiers here have only one or two incisions. They can be cured successfully with just a little herbs and some bandages. If they just give up and let their wounds fester and die, It was too cruel. "

"These costs...seem to be high?"

Xu Guangqi asked.

"Consumption is not a problem. It's just a handful of herbal medicine. Compared with a human life, what is a few dozen coins?"

Xiao Ruxun explained in this way.

"That's it, I understand."

Xu Guangqi nodded.

(End of this chapter)