Chapter 157 Unprecedented, Huge Gains
"This... is this Ming Gouzi's cavalry?"
"What's going on? In recent years, the Ming people have always been like lambs to be slaughtered. How dare they take the initiative to come out and attack?"
"Why are you still saying this? Even Lord Mandaan was shot and killed by the enemy. All our triple-level martial arts generals are dead. Why don't we run away?"
"We've been fooled this time! There's something fishy going on here! It must be a trap set by the big Shanxi merchant Fan family, who conspired with the elite officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to swallow up our more than 10,000 spirit beasts and war horses in one fell swoop!"
"That's right! In the interior of the Ming Dynasty, this is a huge fortune that is invaluable!"
"That's the truth! When we escape and report to the high priest, the clan leader and the elders, we must make the greedy Fan family pay the price they deserve!"...
They were suddenly attacked by the Restoration Army. Because their leading generals were quickly killed, the Tatar soldiers here were unable to form a military formation to fight the enemy under the continuous attack of the Restoration Army soldiers. They were quickly defeated and began to flee in all directions.
But they would never have thought that the real reason for their defeat this time was caused by various coincidences.
According to normal people's thinking, they would of course have preconceived ideas and speculate whether this was a big conspiracy by the Fan family, hoping to swallow up more than 10,000 spiritual beasts and war horses in one fell swoop and have a full meal at once.
Li Dingguo, holding a gun and riding on the top-grade dragon-scale horse, roamed the battlefield at will. He was invincible and killed the Tatar warriors one after another in an instant with just a raise of his hand and a shot.
"It's so enjoyable!"
"I finally got to experience it for the first time. It's so exciting and refreshing to roam the battlefield!"
Li Dingguo finally understood why Cao Bianjiao, the legendary number one general in the world, didn't want to use his brain during war.
With the ability to sweep away thousands of enemies, you can do whatever you want on the battlefield. It’s so cool!
The few remaining Tatar generals were caught up by him on his lightning-fast top-quality dragon-scale horse and then quickly killed.
Now, Li Dingguo would rush towards where he saw a large number of Tatars gathered, instantly dispersing the enemy and killing batches of Tatar soldiers after batches.
The most conspicuous person on the battlefield was not Li Dingguo, but Xiao Douya, the increasingly violent girl.
She quickly grabbed a mid-grade dragon-scale horse, subdued it violently, and rode the horse recklessly on the battlefield. The huge mace in her hand was waved by her like a rapidly spinning windmill.
Any Tartar soldier who stood in front of the dragon-scale horse, whether he was a combat soldier or a logistics soldier, had his head blown up by her. Blood mist rose up one after another, full of blood, but also with a unique beauty.
There is no doubt that the speed of the dragon scale horse is much faster than that of the Jiao scale horse, and it can charge continuously for hundreds of miles without getting tired.
As Xiao Douya and Li Dingguo, riding their dragon-scale horses, swept through an increasingly large area, basically no Tartar was able to escape in the chaos.
The reason why I say "basically" is that in such a chaotic battlefield, the number of Tatars is several times more than that of the soldiers of the Renaissance Army. Even if the soldiers of the Renaissance Army try their best to block and intercept them, it is impossible to cover everything.
This is on an endless prairie, not a valley where one can just block the exit to leave the enemy with no way to escape.
At this time, more than a hundred Tatars had luckily escaped from the chaotic battlefield. They galloped their horses as fast as they could and scattered towards the depths of the grassland in the north, fleeing for their lives.
This situation could not be prevented even if Li Dingguo tried his best.
These Tatar warriors have experienced similar situations before. Any tribe has countless of them. They have developed a very mature routine of running away when they cannot win.
They are all excellent riders and are much more familiar with the terrain of the prairie than the soldiers of the Restoration Army.
A quarter of an hour after the battle began, there was no trace of either side of the battle by the small lake.
No matter the enemy or friend, we are already in a battle mode of pursuit and escape.
Nearly half an hour passed before teams of Renaissance Army soldiers, forming cavalry battle formations, returned contentedly from all over the prairie and gathered at the edge of this small lake.
Looking at the tens of thousands of spirit beasts and war horses that had been collected, all the soldiers' young faces were filled with smiles!
There is no way not to be happy.
A life-and-death crisis that was enough to overthrow the Renaissance Army was not only easily resolved by their own team, but they also turned disadvantages into advantages and won the final victory in a one-sided battle!
This time, the Restoration Army not only won the victory, but also obtained more than ten thousand spirit beasts and war horses, which was a huge harvest!
It is estimated that the total number of all the spiritual beasts and war horses owned by the famous Cao Wenzhao's troops is just this many.
More importantly, this ambush demonstrated the absolute confidence of the soldiers of the Renaissance Army!
For any strong army, it is crucial to have strong self-confidence.
This kind of intangible gain is the greatest benefit of this war.
"Clean up the battlefield immediately!"
"We have to hurry back and join up with the large force led by Hongmei!"
"This battle is only halfway through. There is another battle waiting for us tonight!"
"Tang Guangqiang! I'm talking about you! Why are you grinning? Go and lead your soldiers to complete the battlefield cleanup as soon as possible!" "Don't forget, three hundred miles to the east, on the bank of the Jialu River, there are three middle-grade treasure ships loaded with a large amount of supplies, waiting for us to receive them!"
Li Dingguo laughed and scolded these complacent guys, which immediately caused a burst of laughter!
Although they were happy, everyone began to carry out the orders given by the commander-in-chief meticulously.
Even Li Dingguo was not idle. He helped one soldier after another and used his top-level spirit beast affinity talent to easily tame one spirit beast warhorse after another.
If the soldiers wanted to travel with such a large herd of war horses, they had to recapture them first and eliminate their fear.
Otherwise, it would be a very troublesome and difficult task to lead this seemingly endless group of spirit beasts and war horses back to the temporary base where the main force was located.
After all, there are only a thousand soldiers here, which is too few.
"Report to the commander-in-chief!"
About half an hour later, a clerk who was in charge of recording military merits and all spoils of war, including spiritual beasts and war horses, came to Li Dingguo with a smile on his face and reported, "In this battle, because we had the advantage of time, place and people, it was a one-sided battle, so the casualties among the soldiers were not great."
"All the wounded have been helped by their teammates and treated using the battlefield first aid medical kits they carried with them."
"They don't have any disabilities and all of them can return to the team after they recover from their injuries."
The battlefield first aid medical kit he was talking about was naturally made by Li Dingguo.
With the memories of two lives, he knew too well the value of wounded soldiers returning to the team.
Because his medical skills had already reached a high level, when he was in Dingbian City, he developed several ready-made Chinese herbal medicine formulas such as hemostatic drugs, wound medicines, and blood-replenishing soups suitable for battlefield first aid.
When Dingbian City was vigorously purchasing various supplies, a large amount of money was spent on purchasing these Chinese herbal medicines.
Under the personal command and help of Li Dingguo, the newly formed medical battalion developed a method for batch processing of these finished drugs.
Under the leadership of Li Dingguo, hundreds of soldiers in the medical battalion successfully developed a battlefield first aid medical kit during the free time of the large army's march along the way.
Later, they experienced three wars in succession, namely Liujiabao, Lijiabao and Ligui Town, and obtained a huge amount of supplies, including a large number of various urgently needed medicinal materials, which enabled them to produce a large number of battlefield first aid medical kits.
On the day of leaving the border, the instructions for using these battlefield first aid medical kits and temporary battlefield rescue training had been popularized throughout the army.
These battlefield first aid medical kits were used on the battlefield for the first time and the effect was very significant.
In this magical world, the medicinal effects of various pure wild Chinese herbal medicines are much stronger than those on Earth in his previous life.
In his previous life in the 21st century, it was not that Chinese medicine was not effective, but that almost all Chinese herbal medicines at that time were grown using hormones, chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Not only are these Chinese herbal medicines ineffective, some are even harmful to patients.
A good cook cannot cook without rice. No matter how skilled your medical skills are, you can only sigh in despair.
This is the fundamental reason for the decline of traditional Chinese medicine.
Otherwise, apart from some surgical operations, there would be no room for Western medicine in the country.
Under the general environment at that time, various interest groups controlled public opinion and carried out a series of brainwashing and deception operations, which was the most important reason for all this.
"Great Commander!"
The head clerk continued to report, "In this battle, we not only obtained hundreds of spiritual weapons, but also 10,383 spiritual beasts and war horses."
"Unfortunately, hundreds of horses were taken away by the more than one hundred Tartars who escaped. Hundreds of spirit beasts and war horses also ran away in the chaos of the battle and ended up on the prairie."
"The most precious trophy among them is a set of top-grade spiritual weapons equipped by the commander of the Tartar army."
"And there are the dozen or so dragon-scale horses, including the top-grade dragon-scale horse that you, the commander-in-chief, subdued yourself."
"It can be said that after this battle, the strength of our Renaissance Army has been more than doubled in an instant!"
After finishing his report, his face was still flushed with excitement.
It was because the spoils obtained this time were too amazing. Not only him, but all the soldiers of the Restoration Army present were grinning from ear to ear.
At this time, the battlefield had been cleared, and even the bodies of the dead Tatars had been collected by the soldiers and buried in pits.
From now on, this area will be the designated sphere of influence of the Restoration Army. Of course, we must pay attention to hygiene and do a good job of post-disaster work to avoid the spread of the plague.
"set off!"
"Let's go back and reunite with the main force!"
With a wave of Li Dingguo's hand and an order, the soldiers of the four combat battalions led a large group of war horses forward and happily began their return journey.
(End of this chapter)
