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The two armies are also composed of well-trained and experienced soldiers as the backbone. All the old soldiers who witnessed the scene just now understand the difference between superior and inferior, and also understand the meaninglessness of continuing to fight.So the battle broke out and ended as quickly as it did.

When the infantry soldiers of the Black Army arrived from the rear and began to transport their own lightly wounded troops, Ding Haijun had withdrawn his troops and turned back to Zhigu Village.

It was these archers who caused considerable casualties to the Black Army knights.Liang Hu narrowed his eyes, looked in the direction of the archers, and then at the moaning knight beside him, then bent down and dragged the knight back.

He hadn't healed from the injury he suffered when the city of Pingzhou was broken, and he was limping when he walked, and he paused when he dragged the knight.The knight's voice of crying out in pain rose and fell, and it sounded a little ridiculous if he was chilling the battlefield.

So several archers in Dinghai laughed out loud.This also shows the relaxed mood of Ding Naval officers.Such a battle is probably not difficult for them.

When the black army officers and soldiers heard the laughter, they all felt harsh, and several people immediately held weapons and glared at them.

Liang Hu noticed that the bows held by these Dinghai archers are all horn bows, there are horse locust face bows with large horns, and loach face bows with small horns, all of which are well made.

Even if the academies in the northern states of the Kingdom of Jin could buy enough horns, they were in short supply of materials such as lacquer, swim bladder glue, and arrow shafts.Therefore, the bow body is mostly covered with animal skin or bark, and the arrow shaft is mostly made of birch, peach wood, and willow wood.Because of the lack of bow strength, the heavy arrows were used in vain to maintain the lethality, but they couldn't shoot far.Compared with the weapons of Dinghai archers, it is far inferior.

It is said that the Ding Navy controls the sea trade channels, so it is very generous.Liang Hu reckoned that they had also acquired weapon-making craftsmen from the Southern Dynasty, otherwise they would not have been able to make so many strong bows; and after sufficient weapons were available, the soldiers would be able to use knives, guns or crossbows proficiently, and the effort in training would be even greater. Horrible.

Fortunately, the strength of the Black Army was too great, and the defenders of Zhigu Village did not dare to fight far away from the stronghold.The miscellaneous soldiers, including Liang Hu, brought their rescued companions and collected all the weapons and armor that could be stripped away. Then they heard the order from the leading officer, and the cavalry changed their array back and forth, and began to slowly retreat. withdraw.

Even if they suffered losses during the charge, the cavalry still had a lot of experience, and the retreat was not chaotic, at most a bit frustrated.

The front team and the rear team switched alternately, the infantry and the knights covered each other, from the saline land by the sea to the bushes and woodland in the upper reaches of the Lushui River, the warriors in black armor gathered slightly in front of the woodland, and the team became a long line again, and soon, The soldiers of the Ding Navy who were in Zhigu Village could only see successive small black dots, and the small black dots disappeared quickly.

A young Dinghai admiral whispered: "They have a lot of cavalry, if they want to leave, we can't stop them."

The other general beside him also sighed: "It's a pity."

The two generals are both young men in their 20s, and they speak with the same accent.They are all Laizhou people who followed Ding Haijun in Haicang Town and fought with Tuo Lei's troops.The two have only been in the army for more than a year. With their achievements in that battle, they were promoted to the position of generals, and they are in the ranks of Guo Ning's bodyguards. The future is boundless.

Generally speaking, those who occupy high positions in the Ding Navy are mainly the defeated soldiers from northern Xinjiang, and then the people from Zhongdu. The Shandong people who joined the army in Haicang Town, Laizhou ranked third, and currently occupy many grassroots officer positions.

But it is a little difficult for them to continue to go up.After all, these Laizhou people had little experience in the army. Even if they boasted of loyalty and bravery, their ability to govern the army and respond to changes was not as good as the old soldiers who were continuously recruited by the Ding Navy from the Red Coat Army and even the Shandong Jin Army.

As long as those old soldiers are familiar with Dinghai's military law and tactical routines, they can easily perform well.They first served as detainees and commissioners, and then went to the rank of lieutenant.As a result, the low-level military officers borrowed from Laizhou were inevitably a little impatient.

The Ding Navy treats warriors favorably, and all officers and soldiers have gained great benefits from joining the army, so they are eager to be promoted in the army system.The establishment time of the Ding Navy is very short, and the expansion is extremely fast. During this process, whoever can seize the opportunity will almost certainly bring prosperity and wealth that cannot be imagined in their dreams.

But to seize the opportunity, it depends not only on military exploits, but also on luck.

This time, the two young generals were obviously out of luck. When they retreated, they still lamented: "There are so many generals, and the momentum is so scary, so they just left? What are these people trying to do? Is it just a nuisance? "

Fortunately, the war is becoming more and more fierce, and the two generals do not worry about the chance of making meritorious service.From this day on, the Black Army and Ding Haijun continued to advance and retreat along the Lushui River.

When the black army attacked a certain camp with great force, the Ding navy retreated from the waterway, and once the black army retreated, the Ding navy went back and regained control of the camp.During the past ten months, apart from Zhigu Village itself, several strongholds from Huoyin County changed hands, and both sides suffered casualties.

However, if the black army aims to cut off the external communication channels of the Central Capital, it will undoubtedly fail.

After the beginning of spring, the water volume of Lushui increased greatly, and the Ding Navy could often sweep along the river with more than [-] ships and nearly a thousand people, and directly arrived in Tongzhou.And the more than a thousand troops under Chen Ran's command, after experiencing a series of vicious battles, got a rotation. The new force who arrived on the battlefield had the idea of ​​making contributions, and their fighting spirit became more and more high-spirited.

Although the Mongol-affiliated troops once captured Zhuozhou and Bazhou, almost cutting off the land connection between Hebei and Jinshan and Zhongdu, the water channel has never been broken, and many people in Tongzhou even passed through Lushui. Ding Navy's water army withdrew.

So far, Tongzhou, which has gathered more than 3000 households, is the last big city that can stand guard against Zhongdu.Leading [-] elite troops, stationed here is Yan Chenghui, the emperor's confidant and marshal of Pingzhang's political affairs capital.

Because the Mongolian army encircled Zhongdu and Tongzhou more and more tightly, the fields outside the city could not be harvested, and the grain storage in the city became increasingly tense.However, the grain transferred by the Ding Navy from Lushui has its limit after all.So Wanyan Chenghui invited Xu Ding as an intermediary, and reached an agreement with Du Shisheng, who represented Dinghai, to release the people in the city one after another and hand them over to Dinghai for resettlement.

This is indeed what the Navy needs.

Previously, in order to fight against Jebe's troops, Han Xuan and Li Yun recruited many vassal tribes in Liaodong and made many promises.Afterwards, it was implemented one by one, and more than [-]% of the registered households in Liaodong Fu and Gai prefectures were tribal people of various ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang.If Wan Yan Chenghui's request had not been made, Guo Ning would have planned to relocate the people from Shandong Road in order to maintain the ratio of Han people and foreigners in Liaodong.

The people of Tongzhou were also happy to leave.In the past two months, the supply of materials in Tongzhou has been extremely tight.All the strong men in the city had to participate in the defense of the city, and as the Mongolian army kept tightening the noose, since the elderly, women and children could not go out of the city to pick up wild wheat, they became a complete burden.

Of course, Guo Ning did not send out kindness out of thin air.

It's just that the old and weak, women and children have arrived in Liaodong, and there is no man in the family to set up a household. How is it different from the sheep falling into the tiger's mouth if they are placed among the surrounding barbarians?What's more, the elderly, women and children are also unable to open up wasteland. If people go to Liaodong and starve to death, it will inevitably cause people's turmoil.In the eyes of those attached barbarians in Liaodong, it is even more detrimental to the prestige of the navy.

Therefore, according to the agreement between Guo Ning and Wanyan Chenghui, after these women and children leave first, the men in their families will also leave.Fortunately, the scale of Tongzhou City is such that the lack of a few strong men will not affect the overall situation, but will reduce the pressure on supply.And Wanyan Chenghui, as a veteran general who has fought for a long time, is very handy in controlling the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and he is not afraid that after the people leave the city, the soldiers will panic and riot.