Xiao Ruxun didn't know if there were other Northern Barbarians who escaped in other directions, but he didn't care. This was because Xiao Ruxun couldn't see the end of the black mass of Northern Barbarians in front of him.
From the Monocular, Xiao Ruxun could already see countless cavalrymen chasing after the Northern Barbarians. These people who were running forward couldn't break through their formation, so their living space was slowly being squeezed.
When the Northern Barbarians completely collapsed and scattered, the Musketeers didn't stay in the back and wait for an opportunity. Under Wang Hui's orders, they put down their muskets and pulled out their machetes and rushed forward. They displayed their melee combat ability that made Xu Guangqi speechless. Xu Guangqi didn't expect these Musketeers to not only shoot, but also draw their machetes and engage in melee combat on the battlefield.
"Muskets have a big weakness. They can't be used once it rains. So, I ordered all Musketeers to be good at melee combat first. Only those who pass melee combat can become Musketeers. Those who don't can be Gunners or Shieldbearers!"
Xiao Ruxun stood beside Xu Guangqi and looked at the shocked expression on Xu Guangqi's face. He was quite proud of himself.
His investment of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year really wasn't in vain. These thirty thousand Zhennan Army were really trained according to the standards of military officers. Xiao Ruxun's bottom line was that every soldier should be able to recognize at least a hundred words. If one of them was less, he would be beaten with a board. Using various methods, Xiao Ruxun forced the soldiers of the Zhennan Army to learn how to read. When it came to the promotion of military officers, the more words they knew, the more advantage they would have. This was also one of the reasons.
Looking at the entire Daming, which general dared to say that all of his soldiers were literate?
Xiao Ruxun dared to say that every one of these soldiers was literate, and every one of them had the ability to become an officer, or at least a corporal.
In fact, when he received permission to train the Zhennan Army, Xiao Ruxun thought that Germany could only maintain a 100,000 army after World War I, but the German government trained these 100,000 soldiers as officers. A few years before World War II, these 100,000 soldiers became the backbone of the invincible German Army in Europe. Using this as a foundation, the German Army quickly expanded, and when they fought, they could destroy the world.
Fighting a war was about logistics and money. This was one point. Fighting a war was also about training, and fighting a war was still about fighting a low-level officer. Especially in this era, when tens of thousands of people were fighting, the soldiers couldn't even hear the lion's roar. At most, their orders could only be transmitted through whistling arrows, war drums, and gongs. Their methods were quite limited.
In order to achieve smooth command on the battlefield, the quality of a frontline commander was very important. Otherwise, if they couldn't even understand orders, how could they fight a battle? On the battlefield, there was very little room for individual bravery. The kind of one person riding a horse to scare off millions of soldiers was all a fantasy.
If there was a chance to expand the Zhennan Army in the future, these soldiers would all be like soldiers, and they would train accordingly!
The battle lasted for more than two hours. During this time, Xiao Ruxun stayed with Xu Guangqi and didn't go forward to participate in the killing. There was no need to. The moment the cavalry and infantry of the Ming Army met, the battle had already ended. There was no longer any suspense about the outcome.
The Battle of Datong ended smoothly, and the Ming Army won a great victory. When Nurhachi led a very good grassland horse over, Xiao Ruxun could no longer see a single standing Northern Barbarians.
What entered his eyes was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"This is a horse that I found in the camp of the Northern Barbarians. I want to offer it to the governor."
Nurhachi looked like a loyal henchman. Even though he was bathed in blood, he couldn't hide the smile on his face. He led a snow-white horse that was only stained with a few bloodstains to offer to Xiao Ruxun.
Xiao Ruxun liked white. Although the main color of the Ming Army's uniform was red, the cloak Xiao Ruxun wore had always been white. His original horse was also light colored, not dark. Nurhachi didn't know where he heard this news, so he happily came over to offer this horse to Xiao Ruxun.
Xiao Ruxun was very happy to see this snow-white grassland horse. He was even more surprised to find that this fellow hadn't been castrated. Although he didn't know how its previous owner treated it, it was obvious that the previous owner wanted it to breed the next generation of white warhorses so that he could always ride white warhorses.
Xiao Ruxun hadn't seen a warhorse with such a pure color for a long time.
"Good, good. Where did you get this horse?"
Xiao Ruxun was very happy to touch the warhorse's head. Nurhachi smiled and said, "It was taken from the crotch of a fat tribal leader. That guy wanted to escape, but I chopped off his head with a saber. I took this horse. Seeing that the governor likes white, I thought that the governor would definitely like this white horse."
"Hahaha, good, good. General Tong is very thoughtful. Reward! Hahahaha! "
Xiao Ruxun looked at this seemingly frightened warhorse for a while, then directly turned over and sat on it. For some reason, this fellow actually obediently let Xiao Ruxun ride, and didn't struggle at all. Nurhachi was surprised and said, "The governor and this horse are really a good match!"
"Yes! Hahahaha! "
Xiao Ruxun urged the warhorse to walk. This fellow actually obediently walked, very obediently, which made Xiao Ruxun very happy.
"Good! General Tong, how is the situation in Datong City? "
Nurhachi replied, "Commander Li has already led the troops into Datong City, but I hasn't entered yet."
"Well, good. You are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield here and calculating the casualties. Then, Mr. Xu, let's go to Datong!"
Xiao Ruxun ordered.
"Yes!"
Nurhachi took the order, but Xu Guangqi didn't answer.
Xiao Ruxun looked back at Xu Guangqi.
"Mr. Xu?"
Xu Guangqi just stood there stupidly, with a dull face and eyes, as if he was greatly stimulated and didn't move at all.
Xiao Ruxun instantly understood.
At first, he was excited and could still watch the war calmly, but now that he was actually on the battlefield, among the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he must be frightened.
"Mr. Xu?"
Xiao Ruxun rode his horse to Xu Guangqi's side and shouted. Xu Guangqi trembled all over and looked at Xiao Ruxun with fear in his eyes.
"Governor … Governor …"
He couldn't even speak clearly.
"Frightened?"
Xiao Ruxun looked at Xu Guangqi and asked with concern.
Xu Guangqi closed his eyes and swallowed, then shook his head.
"No, it's just … just the first time I see it, and I can't get used to it."
Xiao Ruxun nodded and turned around to look at the blood-red land. She didn't feel any discomfort.
"It's good that you can't get used to it. In today's world, not getting used to it is the greatest happiness. If I could eat meat and drink wine calmly even in such a place, that would be the greatest sorrow. Mr. Xu, I hope you will never get used to it."
Xiao Ruxun sighed, "Let's go, Mr. Xu, let's go to Datong City and have a look!"
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