late at night.
Outside Ningyuan City, the Eight Banners Army’s central military headquarters.
"What?" Hauge stood up in surprise, stared into the scout's eyes and asked, "Bolo... lost?"
"Yes, Bolo failed to defeat the Ming army that had circled behind! Judging from the results, General Bolo was defeated." The scout replied.
Haoge took a deep breath and asked: "How many troops does the Ming army have?"
"About two thousand."
"two thousand?"
After learning about the strength of the Ming army, Haoge felt more sad than if his father had died.
He waved his fist and shouted, "I gave Bolo five thousand soldiers. Five thousand versus two thousand. The advantage is mine!"
The scout lowered his head and dared not answer.
After Hauge finished sulking, he asked again: "You just said that Bolo lost in terms of the result, but what about the process?"
"process..."
"Hurry up and tell me!" Hauge drew his sword in anger.
"Yes..." The scout briefly recounted the whole process and added, "General Bolo was defeated because he had no chariots and artillery. In addition, the Ming army used the method of camping and carrying artillery, which caught General Bolo off guard."
Although this behavior of announcing a happy news event during a funeral was obvious, Hauge did not expose it.
After all, this is their old tradition.
"What are the casualties of our army?" Hauge continued to ask.
"Two hundred and nineteen were killed, three hundred and thirty-four were seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured but not counted."
"Where are the Ming troops?"
"The Ming army suffered around 300 casualties."
"You," Hauge pointed at the clerk who was recording the casualties in the army and said, "don't forget the rules."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have always kept it in mind." The clerk took out two booklets very skillfully.
He recorded the casualties truthfully in one of the books.
After finishing, he opened another booklet and looked at Haoge: "Your Majesty, how do you write the information for the history book?"
"Hmm..." Hauge thought for a moment, "Just write... In this battle, Bolo's troops suffered 109 casualties, killing and wounding more than 620 Ming soldiers."
"Yes." The clerk recorded the number in the book very skillfully.
"Your Highness," a general suddenly stood up, "Bolo's troops are several times larger than the Ming army at Tashan. Not only did he lose the battle, but he also lost many soldiers and generals. I think we should take away his military power and send someone brave and skilled in fighting to replace him."
Subai?
After seeing the other party's identity clearly, Haoge was surprised at first, but then relieved.
Subai was a Zhangjing of the Niulu of the Plain White Banner. After Dorgon was deprived of his position as banner leader, Duoduo took Subai in as his disciple.
Duoduo has never gotten along with him.
It was obviously Duoduo's idea that Subai chose to cause trouble at this time.
"I second the motion."
"I second the motion that Bolo be withdrawn and punished."
“Second.”
Under the leadership of Subai, a group of generals expressed their opinions.
On the surface, they were dissatisfied with Bolo, but in fact they were dissatisfied with Hauge.
From the beginning of the war till now, they have won less and lost more.
As the head coach, Hauge has an unshirkable responsibility for this.
Hauge narrowed his eyes and began to think of countermeasures.
If we want to calm the situation, we have to start with Bolo.
Is Bolo guilty?
Judging from the results, Bolo was indeed guilty.
But from the analysis of the process, Bolo's guilt is very light.
After all, no one would have expected that the Ming army that had come from behind would be so good at land combat.
In addition, the Ming army used the method of camping and carrying artillery, so Bolo's failure was inevitable.
Not to mention Bolo, even if Duoduo, who is good at fighting, came, he would not be able to gain any advantage over the Ming army.
(The method of carrying artillery in the camp is to hide artillery among the troops during a field battle, so that the enemy will mistakenly think that there is no artillery and make a wrong judgment. Before firing, the soldiers covering the artillery need to move out of the way in the appropriate actual position to make way for the bullet.
Although this tactic can cause great casualties to the enemy, it can also hurt friendly forces in a chaotic and noisy battlefield. Therefore, under normal circumstances, no one uses this tactic. According to historical records, only Wu Sangui used it once in the late Ming Dynasty, and defeated the Eight Banners Army.
After understanding this truth, Hauge snorted coldly.
He stared into Subai's eyes and said, "Subai, I know what you are thinking. This is a battlefield. It's useless to think too much."
"I just want to win the battle, Your Majesty, please understand!"
"Okay," seeing that the other party had taken the bait, Hauge immediately blocked his retreat with words, "I will give you the most difficult task later. If you complete the task, I will personally dismiss Bolo and punish him."
Su Bai took a deep breath and said, "Thank you for your appreciation, Your Majesty. I couldn't ask for more."
The atmosphere at the scene was somewhat depressing.
There are factors such as incompatibility between generals and commanders, as well as concerns about the uncertain future.
After a brief silence, Hauge looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, the Ming army is attacking from both sides. How should we fight the next battle?"
The generals said nothing.
Two fronts, four battlefields.
The Ningyuan River on the western front has three battlefields: the upper reaches, the middle reaches, and the lower reaches.
There is another battlefield at Tashan on the eastern front.
In theory, we should first capture Tashan and open up a retreat route.
At that time, you can attack or defend freely.
but...
Bolo was defeated.
Although they accused Bolo of losing the battle shamefully, no one underestimated Bolo's abilities.
If Bolo can't win the battle, they can't win it either.
Seeing that no one was talking, Haoge smiled and said, "Why? Are you scared by the Ming army?"
As soon as these words came out, all the generals straightened their backs immediately: "Your Highness, please don't try to boost the morale of the Ming army and destroy our prestige! The Eight Banners cavalry is invincible in every attack and battle."
"Your Majesty, just give your orders, and we will obey."
"Your Majesty, please give the order. I will fight the Ming army with real swords and guns."
"Really?" Hauge continued to use provocation.
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