Where there is a fight on the battlefield, the plain is covered with bones.
Wang Guoxi and Li Laiheng led 3,000 heavy armored infantry into the Shangshan and Manzhu Dali troops. They were different from ordinary Ming troops. Each of these 3,000 Ming troops wore three layers of armor, holding hammers and ruthless sticks.
Heavy weapons such as large axes and thick-backed broadswords were used to smash people when they saw them, and to chop down horses when they saw them. The corpses of Qing soldiers were scattered all over the field.
Shang Shan rushed to the front, but could not dodge at this time. He drew his waist knife and struck at the heavy armor of a Ming army.
"Bang", the steel knife curled its blade and only cut through two layers of armor. Shang Shan became red-eyed and hit the heavy armor's helmet with the back of the knife, knocking the heavy armor over. He then took off a mace from his horse.
, smashed with a stick.
"Bang", there was a loud noise, and Wang Guoxi's mace arrived. The weights of the sticks were almost the same. The only difference was that Wang Guoxi had been recharging his energy, while Shang Shan was inevitably tired from fighting from early morning to afternoon.
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Wang Guoxi knocked away Shang Shan's stick, and smashed his head with another stick. This was the third Baylor killed by the Qing army since the Battle of Liuhe, and there was one less man from the Aixinjueluo family.<
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Seeing that the situation was not good, Manzhu Xili turned his horse and tried to escape. Li Laiheng chased after him, cut off the horse's leg with a knife, and rolled off the horse.
Just as he was about to take his own life, Manzhu Xili shouted: "Don't kill me. I am Manzhu Xili, the king of Zasak Dorobatulu County, the left wing center banner of the Horqin tribe. If I are released back to Horqin, I am willing to send thousands of war horses in exchange."
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"Hey, this Tartar is actually a Mongolian prince. Let's tie him up." Li Laiheng ordered his men to tie up Manzhu and perform rituals before continuing to kill him.
Three thousand heavy armors broke into Dhoni's central army.
After young Doni heard the news that Shang Shan had been killed in battle, he was so shocked that he "blowed the trumpet to retreat" and issued a military order through gritted teeth.
Retreat is a matter of course. If it is commanded by a veteran general, he must send troops to block the Ming army's attack before retreating. In this way, the army will not be in chaos and the losses will not be too great.
Cordoni was only twenty years old and lacked battlefield experience. He hastily ordered a retreat, which directly led to a complete collapse.
"Woo~woo~woo~"
When the bleak retreat horn sounded, all the Qing troops suddenly lost their fighting spirit and fled like headless flies, unable to form a formation or line up.
Luo Keduo, the king of Qingping County, heard the military call and turned his horse to leave, but veteran Yuan Zongdi arrived and killed him.
"Da da da", Yuan Zongdi has experienced hundreds of battles, and his battlefield experience is not comparable to that of Luo Keduo, who is new to the battle. When the two horses are in stirrups, he pulls Luo Keduo off the horse easily with a tug of his left hand.
"Prince," the Goshikhas were shocked and tried their best to rescue them, but they were killed by Yuan Zongdi's soldiers.
"Hahaha", Yuan Zongdi laughed loudly, "I didn't expect to capture a Manchu prince alive. It seems that my title will be shaken this time."
Gushan Erzhenzhuoluo was attacking Bo Mabao's military stronghold in Damingpu City. Hearing the horn of retreat, he immediately panicked.
Ma Bao took advantage of the situation and led his troops out of the stronghold, killing Zhuo Luo.
Melezhang Jingmang Gutu was unlucky. His horse stumbled while escaping, and he was captured alive by Xuanping Bo Dong Fangce.
The wind and smoke billowed, and there were bursts of killings. Wang Deren, Hao Shangjiu, Hao Yongzhong, Ta Tianbao, Ma Jinzhong, Bai Wenxuan, Luo Chengyao and other generals were all furious, and they attacked and killed countless Qing generals at all levels. The Ming army stretched for thirty miles.
Camp, there are Shura battlefields everywhere.
Zu Zerun and Zu Zepu were in charge of guarding the rear. They were startled and suspicious when they heard the horn to retreat. Suddenly they saw Duny, Fu Ka and others fleeing back.
"General, what's the situation like? Why retreat?" Zu Zerun asked.
Doni said with a pale face: "Our army is defeated, so we should quickly form a formation to support the defeated army's retreat to the Great Copper Mountain." After saying this, he led the defeated army to the Great Copper Mountain.
Zu Zerun and Zu Zepu's troops had just formed their military formations when Gan Hui's troops of the Ming army arrived and killed them; after resisting for a while, Liu Guoxuan's troops came and killed them; Wu Bangxian's troops and Hui Zhiguan's troops came again??
The Ming army surged in more and more numbers, and the Zu brothers could no longer resist it.
"Brother, you retreat first, and I will stop the Ming army," Zu Zepu said to Zu Zerun.
"No, second brother, we have to evacuate together." Zu Zerun refused.
Zu Zepu was very anxious, "Brother, my father is old, can you bear to let him lose two sons at once?"
Hearing that his second brother mentioned his old father, Zu Dashou, Zu Zerun was heartbroken and couldn't bear to see his younger brother riding a horse at a gallop.
"Kill", Zu Zepu let out a wolf roar and chopped down another Ming soldier. The sword was curled and his shirt was stained with blood.
"Puff puff puff", several spears pierced his chest.
The war is over, and the blood reflects the sunset red.
"I am so angry that I lean on the railing, and the mist of rain has stopped. I look up, look up to the sky and roar, my heart is so strong??" I don't know who started it. Outside Liuhe City, the three armies sang "The River is Red".
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At the foot of Datong Mountain in Yangzhou Prefecture, a broken Anyuan Jiefang general's banner stood weakly.
Doni gathered the defeated troops, and the army was 120,000, less than 40,000.
"General, our army has suffered such a great defeat. We can no longer defend the south of the Yellow River. It is better to withdraw to Xuzhou and the north of Huai'an and rely on the Yellow River to defend it," Mele Zhangjing Fu Ka reported.
"Hey," Doni sighed, "our army suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle and lost all its food, grass and baggage. How can we retreat?"
"General, our army can first withdraw to Jiangdu, and then take a boat to the north via the canal. This is faster. We can replenish food and grass in Huai'an Prefecture along the way," Zu Zerun said.
"Well, let's follow Ezhen's plan," Donnie said listlessly.
"Report, Ming cavalry was found at the foot of Datong Mountain", the scouts came to report.
"What!"
Doni was frightened at this time and ordered the entire army to immediately retreat to Yangzhou Prefecture and Jiangdu, intending to flee north along the Grand Canal.
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In Jiangyuan, Jiangdu City, Yangzhou Huizhou merchant Jiang Guomaozheng, his son Jiang Yan, and his old friend Wang Biao welcomed an old friend.
Yes, my old friend, Song Erquan, a foreign official in the salt class of the Ming Dynasty.
When Song Erquan approached Huibang to sell excess salt from the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Guomao secretly ordered him to cooperate in the name of his old friend Wang Biao. In the past few years, they had made a fortune together in the salt business.
"Brother Song, I am so happy and congratulated to hear that the king's division has won consecutive battles and the Qing captives are frightened." Jiang Guomao first congratulated Song Erquan.
Song Erquan smiled and said, "Brother Jiang, you still don't know, but the Battle of Liuhe is over. Wang Shi has won a great victory, and Yangzhou will be restored soon."
"What!"
Everyone was shocked at first, and then overjoyed. Fortunately, they could finally meet their ancestors without having to keep money.
These businessmen are all extremely shrewd. They secretly thought: Song Erquan came early or late, but he came at this time. There must be something important. Do you want us to revolt in Yangzhou? But everyone only has a few housekeepers.
, there is no army, but there are thousands of soldiers and horses of General Li Qifeng in Jiangdu City, and more than 10,000 naval troops of Lieutenant General Zhang Wei in various ports outside the city. How can this be successful?
Jiang Guomao said in a deep voice: "Brother Song, if you have anything to do, just ask me."
"Good", Song Erquan praised him and said loudly: "The Holy Spirit has given an instruction to Jiang Guomao, and Wang Biao will sink salt ships to block the canal and prevent the Qing army from escaping north along the canal."
It turned out that after Zhu Hengjia won the Battle of Liuhe, after discussing with Zheng Feng, Liu Maoxia and others, he felt that the possibility of Qing captives escaping north along the canal was extremely high. He suddenly remembered that he had ordered Cao Dengbang to send people to contact Hui merchants and march to the captured areas.
Regarding the dumping of sea salt, he ordered Cao Dengbang to send people to tell Jiang Guomao and Wang Biao to sink their ships and block the canal to prevent the Qing captives from going northward along the river.
Although the "Edict" is not as formal as the "Edict" and does not need to be stamped with the national seal, and the oral edict is just a sentence spoken by the emperor, Jiang Guomao and Wang Biao did not dare to neglect at all, and knelt down to listen respectfully.
Ever since they cooperated with Ming Dynasty to sell salt, they had no way out and naturally followed orders.
That night, Huizhou business gangs sank hundreds of salt ships in the southern Gaoyouzhou section of the Grand Canal, blocking the canal.
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Doni led the remnant army to retreat to Jiangdu, and after joining forces with Yangzhou General Li Qifeng, they had 45,000 land divisions and 15,000 naval divisions.
He did not dare to stay in Jiangdu for a long time, so he ordered his deputy general Zhang Wei to lead 15,000 naval troops to guard Jiangdu Port to prevent the Ming army from pursuing him. He led his land army to flee north along the canal by boat.
At Dantu Port in Zhenjiang Prefecture, the deputy commander of the Ming Dynasty Navy and the Assistant Ming Hou Lincha were hesitant.
The Qing army on the other side of the river showed obvious signs of fleeing north, but the main force of the navy was taken by Sun Gui to burn Fengjicang. He only had 10,000 navy troops under his command. Should he pursue them or not?
Finally, Lin Cha made up his mind: chase!
As a general, how can you not fight when you see a fighting opportunity? Although you have few soldiers, your morale is high; although the enemy has many soldiers, they are already frightened. There is nothing to say, fight!
He summoned his generals Wang Xing and Yu Long and said: "The enemy in Yangzhou is preparing to flee north, and I want to pursue them. However, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. Do you dare to fight?"
The two generals were both famous water bandits before they returned to the Ming Dynasty. They were very brave and brave, and they were so excited that their faces turned red.
"What did the commander say? When has the general ever been timid in fighting?"
"The general is chasing the enemy, but the last general is willing to be the vanguard!"
Wang Xing and Yu Long asked for a fight.
Lin Cha saw that his army was ready, so he led 10,000 naval troops to attack the Qing army Zhang Wei's 15,000 naval troops stationed in Jiangdu Port.
On December 16, the Jiangdu Water War began.
At that time, the Qing army's land division had already fled north by boat, and the naval division was frightened and lacked fighting spirit.
Zhang Wei reluctantly formed three formations on the canal.
As soon as they formed the formation, the Ming army warships arrived. Wang Xing led 20 boats and sailed up the river as fast as the wind. The Qing guerrillas attacked Zhang Pu and led his troops to block them. After a short battle, Wang Xing jumped to help the formation and killed them.
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Not to be outdone, Yu Long broke into the Qing army and killed the guerrilla Tian Hun.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Wei led dozens of boats to flee north through the canal.
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Doni, Fu Ka, Zu Zerun, and Li Qifeng fled to the Gaoyouzhou section of the canal, only to cry out in pain. This section of the river was blocked by numerous sunken ships, making it impossible to navigate.
We had to order the sergeants to tow away the sunken ship and dredge the river.
While he was busy, Zhang Wei fled and said, "General, tens of thousands of Ming naval forces have captured Jiangdu Port and are pursuing the canal." He suffered a defeat, so he naturally wanted to exaggerate the number of Ming naval forces.
When Doni heard that tens of thousands of Ming navy troops were chasing him, his face turned pale with horror and he did not dare to fight. He ordered a landing and fled north to Huai'an by land.
The change of water and land route delayed time. He fled to Dahewei, Huai'an Prefecture, and was pursued by the Ming army's cavalry Sun Guangwei. In fact, there were only nine thousand pursuers, but the Qing army had no fighting spirit at this time and collapsed at the first touch.
The Ming army chased the Qing army and killed them all!
The Han army with a red flag and a real stone pillar on the front of the mountain heard that Duni was defeated and led an army of 10,000 people from Shanyang City to respond. Sun Guangwei retreated.
Doni counted the defeated troops and found that there were only more than 20,000 soldiers left. Even if he included Shitingzhu, Cao Dubiao Camp, and Huai'an Green Camp, there were only 46,000 troops. He didn't dare to fight anymore, so he quickly crossed the Yellow River, along the Yunti Pass, to Anton
, Qinghe, Suqian, Pizhou, Zhenkouzha area defense.
Now, he can only place his hope on the natural dangers of the Yellow River.
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Zhu Hengjia's army arrived at the south bank of the Yellow River.
On the south bank, he discussed his merits and rewarded them.
During the Battle of Liuhe, Yuan Zongdi captured Luo Keduo, the king of Ping County in the Qing Dynasty, and Li Laiheng captured Manzhu Xili, the king of Horqin County. Although the two had the same title, Luo Keduo was the great-grandson of Daishan and a member of the Aixinjueluo family.
The princes of the county agreed that Yuan Zongdi should take the first credit, and Li Laiheng should take the second credit.
Therefore, Yuan Zongdi was granted the title of Duke of Yue, and Li Laiheng was granted the title of Prince Shaobao.
Zhu Hengjia fell into deep thought while he was preparing to cross the Yellow River and regain the Central Plains.
In the direction of Huguang, Yan Zungao sent a military report, and he was confronting General Luo Tuo, who captured Jingnan in Ningxia. In the direction of Sichuan, Fan Youxian sent a message to Shu that he had repaired the plank road and was about to attack Li Guohan and Li Guoying. Only Yang Huai, in the direction of Liaodong,
Since the last letter came, saying that it had arrived at Shemi Island in North Korea, there has been no news.
Yang Huai was a member of Zhu Hengjia's personal guard. He saved the life of Emperor Guangwu in the Battle of Baiyun Mountain, and the relationship between the emperor and his ministers was very deep.
Liaodong was too far away and news was slow. Zhu Hengjia couldn't help but worry about Yang Huai and ordered Chen Qice, the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Navy stationed in Taiwan, to rush to Shenmi Island as soon as possible to reinforce Yang Huai.
This chapter has been completed!