I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In fact, when the Ming army was in chaos, Wang Dayong couldn't see clearly, after all, he couldn't see clearly at night.

However, as the Ming army did not continue to advance, there were some chaotic voices, which made Wang Dayong and several other senior generals unanimously believe that the Ming army had panic and chaos, and it was a good time to attack.

Wang Dayong would not give up such an opportunity, and immediately ordered some troops to attack, while the other continued to hold the camp.

Wu Jun maintained his formation and pursued slowly.

Despite their slow progress, they were able to catch up with the enemy.

This is the difference between organized and unorganized. When the chaotic Ming army fled, they were panicking, but the road back to the city was not a straight line. As a result, a large number of Ming army had gone the wrong way.

And these people were either shot to death or captured alive.

After chasing for a mile or two, Wu Jun chose to retreat because he was worried that the Ming army in the city would come out to meet him.

Anyway, for them, if the conspiracy of the enemy's night attack did not succeed, it was already a success, and the small victory after that was an extra surprise.

In Xuancheng City, Fang Guoan has not slept, waiting for the news of the night attack.

When he heard the commotion outside, a bad feeling appeared in his heart.

Sure enough, Xu Wenwei then came in to report the failure of the night attack.

"How many people came back?"

Fang Guoan suppressed his anger and asked, it is not easy for him to get angry directly about the failure of the night attack, after all, this is a difficult technical task.

"There are about 2,000 people, and some of the scattered soldiers are still returning one after another. It is expected that hundreds of people should be able to return by dawn."

Xu Wenwei said cautiously, he lost half of his troops directly, and he didn't get any results, which is an extreme failure.

"Go down and appease the soldiers. Your military salaries this year will be temporarily withheld, and will be released when you have made meritorious deeds."

Fang Guoan made a penalty of fines.

This kind of punishment is not serious, but Xu Wenwei is still a little unhappy.

After all, the failure of his night attack this time was not his fault. The night attack was Fang Guoan's strategy, and Wu Jun used a special way of reporting in the night attack, so he couldn't blame him for that.

In the retreat that followed, although his performance was not good, there were no particularly major mistakes.

In short, this is not a war crime.

But he was punished anyway, which made him very unhappy.

On Wu Jun's side, the results and losses were not counted until dawn.

Only after dawn did they go out to collect the corpses and collect the weapons and equipment left by the enemy.

According to statistics, they killed more than 400 Ming troops last night and captured more than 700 people.

This is only a visible result. Wang Dayong knows that in this case, the loss of the Ming army will definitely exceed 1,110 people, and a large number of soldiers will definitely be scattered.

Some soldiers may not return to the barracks after they are separated. They may fall into trouble, or quietly sell their weapons and go home to farm.

The enemy suffered heavy losses, but on the side they were attacked at night, the loss was only more than 40 people, most of whom were not killed by the enemy. the majority.

This casualty ratio is perfect for the party who was attacked at night.

"The enemy is stealing chickens without losing money. We are the masters of night raids. They want to play night raids with us. It can only be said to be whimsical."

Wang Dayong smiled and said that he had participated in two night raids before, and they were both successful.

In terms of night battle experience alone, he is richer than most generals.

"Thanks to those few soldiers on guard, it's a signal that they exchanged their lives for."

"That's right, awards must be given to meritorious soldiers. The whole army announced that a few soldiers who were sent to guard last night died for the army, and their families can receive a pension of 22 taels of silver and tax exemption for three years."

Only by clear rewards and punishments can soldiers maintain their will to fight at critical moments.

Wang Dayong's reward is to tell those soldiers that as long as they contribute to the army, their family will not be mistreated even if they die in battle.

This kind of reward, more or less, still has some incentives.

Subsequently, Wang Dayong ordered to strengthen the fortifications of the camp, dig larger and deeper trenches, and arrange more open and dark posts.

Anyway, they are not attacking the city now, and they must wait for the arrival of reinforcements with peace of mind. Without reinforcements, it would be too difficult for people to take some Xuancheng with them.

In Tongling, after receiving help from Wang Dayong, Liu Hansan immediately brought the army and Zhang Yingyuan to Xuancheng.

It is more reassuring to take Zhang Yingyuan by your side, and at the same time, when attacking the city, you can let Zhang Yingyuan's troops go first and consume his direct line troops.

Although Zhang Yingyuan will be supplemented with troops in order to maintain the establishment afterwards, but in the process of supplementation, he can play some tricks, such as supplementing the entire company and the entire battalion.

And these added troops must be the diehards of Wu Changqing.

These people usually obey Zhang Yingyuan's command, but once Zhang Yingyuan has any unruly intentions, these people will betray immediately.

Such a supplement will imperceptibly weaken Zhang Yingyuan's power.

Liu Hansan also learned a lot from Wu Changqing in such small routines.

Liu Hansan brought a total of nearly 20,000 troops in the past to support, and Wang Dayong's troops were no longer disadvantaged in terms of strength.

In terms of weapons, they crushed the Ming army.

Not to mention other things, the forty cannons alone are enough for Fang Guoan to have a headache.

The army arrived in Xuancheng and rested for a day, preparing to attack the city the next day.

At this time, Fang Guoan's messenger came to the Wu army camp and asked to see Wang Dayong.

Fang Guoan was ready to admit his cowardice. The last time Wang Dayong beat him with 10,000 troops, he screamed. Now the strength of the Wu army has increased to 30,000, and the number of artillery and guns has doubled.

In the face of this army, he did not have the confidence to hold Xuancheng.

In desperation, he could only bow his head under the eaves and send messengers, hoping to reach a settlement.

In order to show goodwill, Fang Guoan was willing to return Li Chengdong's 8,000 troops.

Of course, Fang Guoan also played a trick here. He was going to select eight thousand old and weak from the army, or temporarily trick a group of young men in the city to serve as Li Chengdong's subordinates.

Unfortunately, how did Fang Guoan know that Wang Dayong and the others didn't care about Li Chengdong's 8,000 subordinates, they just wanted Xuancheng.

Anything to return Li Chengdong's troops is an excuse.

Wang Dayong once again stated that if he wants to reconcile, he can just let Xuancheng go.

This request made Fang Guoan threw a few more teacups in anger.

"Bullying people too much, deceiving people too much, is it tolerable and unbearable?"

Fang Guoan cursed loudly. He was a dignified duke, and it was enough to be aggrieved when he prepared to agree to some unreasonable conditions of Wang Dayong.

Unexpectedly, Wang Dayong was not satisfied at all, and he even intensified his demands for Xuancheng.

If Wu Changqing personally came to make such a request, he would have gritted his teeth and endured it.

But it was only one of Wu Changqing's generals who made such a request. There were several of Wu Changqing's generals of this level.

"General, are we really going to fight them? I'm afraid there will be heavy losses."

Xu Wenwei persuaded that the generals must not act on their will, and an order of the generals can determine the life and death of tens of thousands of people.