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Chapter 41 The Road Ahead (Part 1)

"Send troops?" Tan Zhenqi's brows couldn't help but frown. He reached out and gently touched his chin.

As a general who wants to make achievements, how could he not want to pursue the enemy? They were pressed by the Tartars in Yangzhou for nearly a month. Although they had achieved the glorious record of killing and killing tens of thousands of enemies on the battlefield, who knows what environment this was achieved? So far, there are nearly 10,000 casualties on Tan Zhenqi.

Many people may not believe that one of them uses firearms, and the enemy is at most a catapult. How could such a huge loss be achieved in such a completely unbalanced comparison? But the fact is that. The important reason why the muskets used by Zhang Shunjun cannot be called muskets is that they are unstable. Although the stamping machine technology has appeared now and has made great contributions to the manufacturing of guns, many parts of this weapon are still not precise, which also makes unexpected problems in the use of muskets. If these problems are usually done, they can barely deal with them, but when they appear on the battlefield, it will be very terrible.

At the most intense time, the Yangzhou siege war had several times because of a large-scale failure of guns, which caused the Tatar army to rush to their positions. There was no way out between the two sides. Although Zhang Shun's troops finally won, this kind of battle always killed one thousand enemies and suffered 800 damage, so it was inevitable to suffer losses. After investigation, it was found that the large-scale damage to the gun was caused by improper operation and too many and too fierce. However, this did not explain any key problem, because in the situation at that time, if you did not fire the gun quickly, the enemy would still rush up, and you would still have to use a bayonet to tell the difference.

Of course, only more than a thousand people died in battle among the tens of thousands of wounded soldiers, and most of the rest were injured. Because Zhang Shunjun's various facilities were relatively complete, the number of deaths in battle was still within the controllable range, but the injured soldiers were not Sun Wuzi, and they could recover as usual in one day. So in fact, Tan Zhenqi still couldn't bring out more troops to pursue the emergency.

Seeing his silence, Fang Guoyu also guessed Tan Zhenqi's thoughts, so he immediately said, "Otherwise let our team be responsible for the pursuit mission, don't worry, we can definitely complete this mission."

Tan Zhenqi didn't say anything. The 995th Regiment is his heart and soul. Generally, as long as it encounters something that is not easy to complete, it needs to show more courage and courage than others. As long as it is handed over to them, it will usually be completed smoothly. But Tan Zhenqi still hesitated today because the string of people in spirit has been fighting for so long is really too tight. This state is actually not suitable for continuing to fight. Moreover, if only more than a thousand people were sent to pursue the enemy, the results they achieved would not be much better. After all, what they need now is not a victory in a defeat battle, but a siege and annihilation battle. It is really difficult to use such a few people to cover so many people on the other side.

"Forget it, let them go. We don't have so many troops here to launch a counterattack. If we pursue the whole line now, it is very likely that they will be bitten back, which is not worth the loss. What I am thinking about now is how to proceed with the next move. It is obvious that if we continue to stay here, it will be difficult for us to get a war again. Guoyu, tell me, what should we do?"

Fang Guoyu also thought about it carefully before saying, "Captain, I didn't think of a better direction for a while. Since this is the case, it's better to say all directions, and then let's see where it is more suitable for us. First of all, the first one is the line of A Shu. As long as we follow them far away, we can go to Dadu. Even if we can't destroy them on the road, we can definitely take advantage of various opportunities to bite their meat. Even if this cow is huge, it will be completely eaten by us. God. But the problem is that the task we get is to defend Yangzhou and A Shu confrontation. Our principal once repeatedly said that A Shu's troops cannot be pursued, they can be attacked and cannot be annihilated. What's more, we don't have enough ships, so how can we cross the Yellow River with them? Whether the places in front of Yangzhou are taken back or not will affect the overall situation at all. It only takes a small army, and we don't ask our army to attack the whole line. Once they cross the Yellow River, we can only sigh at the river."

"What makes sense is that all the naval ships are now busy transporting supplies to various battlefields. We can only rely on ourselves to cross the river, so this is indeed not a good way out."

After seeing his opinion being adopted, Fang Guoyu was also excited and continued to say, "The second way is Shandong. We went to find Xu Ning. From a geographical point of view, this road is closest to us and is the easiest way to find a battle, but in fact I think it is the worst route. First of all, the problem of ships cannot be solved. Secondly, if we go, we may only become helpers, and we may be left to guard the place if we do it. Because the information shows that Xu Ning now has at least 70,000 to 80,000 surrendered soldiers and those scattered soldiers who have fought with the Tartars all the time. We all know that these people's fighting spirit is even better than some of our troops. They are all guys who want to make great contributions. After we go, it is difficult to avoid competing with these people. It is meaningless to do this." He is telling the truth. Any surrendered army wants to make achievements as soon as possible to show others, so they usually fight more than ordinary troops when they encounter battles.

"The third way is to find the Duke, but the problem is that the Duke does not lack our troops at all. It is obvious that he wants to use himself as bait to confuse the enemy. It is useless for us to go."

"You are right. I don't want to go there with my grandfather. I have too much constraints around him. Our general likes to fight with him, but I don't like it. As soon as he rises, he will charge alone with others and ignore other people's arrangements at all. We often have to rely on him to change his tactics in a hurry. This is not a good idea." Unexpectedly, Tan Zhenqi was the first to object. He was unwilling to fight with Zhang Shun from the root. It was so interesting to do it himself, and it was not interesting to be with my grandfather.
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