Chapter 245 Chase and Kill
The sudden arrival of the Ming army on the Jiang Shang greatly shook the fighting will of the Qing army. The Qing soldiers, who had already suffered too much loss due to the bloody battle with the Taiping Army, were unable to withstand the last moment. Although the Taiping Army in the encirclement was no longer supported, the Qing soldiers no longer intend to fight the Taiping Army to the end. The commander-in-chief Qin Guocheng chose to withdraw. He was not sure to end the battle with the remaining Taiping Army before the arrival of the Ming reinforcements, and then integrate the troops to deal with the attack of the Ming Navy.
Geshha of Qin State was ordered to convey orders to the Qing army everywhere. Soon, the Han flag soldiers and their soldiers who received the orders to retreat began to retreat, but the Qing army's retreat did not retreat in disorder, but an orderly retreat, and the various divisions could also echo each other. The remaining troops of the Shang family insisted on waiting for the flag soldiers to retreat for a mile before they began to fight the horses and turn.
"Qing Yao was defeated, Qing Yao was defeated!"
After discovering that the Qing army withdrew its troops, the Taiping Army, who had survived death, suddenly burst into cheers. The first ones cheered were the soldiers who were descending from the Han army flags in the team. They were speaking in Liaodong dialect and waving a big sword and a spear, leaping endlessly.
"Kill!"
Shao Jiugong screamed excitedly. Without waiting for Zhou Shixiang to give the order, he waved his knife and rushed up with his Jiangxi soldiers, intending to chase and kill the fleeing Qing soldiers. He beat the dog in the water to a very pleasant and light job. He didn't have to worry about being afraid of being afraid, so he just followed behind and chopped.
However, after leading his troops to chase after a hundred steps, Shao Jiugong stopped at a loss because he found that although the Qing army opposite was defeated, it was impossible for him to take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill him. Moreover, there were only more than a hundred Taiping troops who followed him, and the brigade did not move. With this little force, it was obviously impossible to chase the Qing army with nearly ten times more troops than them.
"Shake the flag quickly and let Qianhu lead the brigade to catch up!"
Shao Jiugong was so excited that he let his personal soldiers shake the banner of Xiong Weiying. However, he did not get a response from Zhou Shixiang immediately, but saw fires rising from the north.
The place where the fire broke out was the camp where the Qing army detained the young and strong civilians. Under the black smoke, someone could be seen shouting with wooden sticks.
The Qing army, who was retreating, also noticed a fire in the north. However, they did not show any surprise and surprise, but only fled eastward.
Zhou Shixiang ignored Shao Jiugong's request to chase the Qing soldiers. He was observing the retreat of the Qing army in the east and was also waiting for the navy to come up. He didn't want to take advantage of the situation to kill him, but there were thousands of Qing infantrymen who retreated to the east and there were two or three hundred cavalrymen, but he could mobilize only less than 500 remaining soldiers. If he pursued easily, if he was not careful, this amount of force would probably be swallowed up by the Qing army who retreated to the east.
"If you send the order, you will not be able to pursue the Qing demon without my order!"
Zhou Shixiang's order was approved by Qin Zhisheng. He was not overwhelmed by the retreat of the Qing soldiers, but instead remained awake enough. Otherwise, when Shao Jiugong led his men to chase him out, he would have followed him long ago.
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Chen Qice brought all the soldiers who could get ashore in his navy, with a total of more than 4,000 people. In addition, the Taiping Army led by Ge Yi had more than 300 people in the remaining troops of the Zhenlu Battalion. After defeating the Qing army's green camp along the river, the two armies joined forces to support the eastern front battlefield. Along the way, a team of soldiers from the camp and hundreds of healthy women sent by Duke Xiang of Song in the city joined. Just look at the number of people was several times that of the Qing army in the east.
Such a huge force joined the battlefield and forced the Qing army to retreat, which was in a tough battle with the Taiping Army.
"I passed this general order, and the army fought bravely to kill the enemy and killed the Tartars with the brothers of the Taiping Army!"
General Linghai Chen Qice was full of energy. He sent orders one after another and ordered his commander Wu Yuan, the chief general of Qianhai, to "General Wu, you lead your troops to chase the northern front and flee the Tartars. Wait until the enemy in the north is cleared and then meet with the brigade! Remember, if the Tartars run far away, let them go and don't pursue them alone!"
"Abide by the order!"
Wu Yuan responded loudly and led some out of the brigade to the north.
After passing the order, Chen Qice glanced at his staff and former magistrate of Taishan Hu Deyu: "Is this arrangement possible?"
"It is more appropriate for the general to make this arrangement." Hu Deyu nodded slightly and raised his hand to point forward: "The Tartars have cavalry, and although they have friendly troops to drag them down, they are forced to retreat, but our army should not be blindly chased and killed. In order to avoid the Tartars' dogs jumping over the wall and fighting with me. Although our army has a great victory, the soldiers are skilled in water battles and are weaker than land battles. If they really want to fight against the Tartars in the field, it may not last long."
"Zi Xuan said so much."
Chen Qice waved his hand and smiled, waved his hand to order his subordinates and generals: "Several generals will go to war now, and be sure to drive the Tartars away completely so that they will no longer have the intention of spying on the Xinhui."
"Yes, General"
General Zhou Sheng and others hurriedly held their fists and left. Soon, the navy officers and soldiers who came ashore concentrated their main force to fight to the east.
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When the Ming army, holding a big sword and spear, came to chase the Qing army fearlessly, the fleeing north collapsed. In addition to some of the former guards of the Ming army of the Ming army of the Guangdong Army, most of the Guangdong fishermen were Guangdong fishermen who had a grudge against the Qing army. In recent years, under the suppression of the Qing army of Guangdong, the officers and soldiers of the navy had no choice but to retreat to the island. At this moment, they had the opportunity to land again and fight with the Qing army. The hatred that the navy had long suppressed in their hearts suddenly broke out, and they rushed forward bravely towards the escaped Qing army.
"Kill the Tartars, kill the Tartars, and avenge our relatives!"
The shouts resounded throughout the sky, and none of the thousands of Qing troops fled on the northern front had the courage to turn around to block the navy. Soon, the Qing army was caught up by the navy officers and soldiers led by Wu Yuan. After slashing and killing, the Qing army piled up hundreds of corpses and more than a thousand surrendered. The rest were panicked and fled.
"No running, no running!"
Wang Shiqing, who had just escaped from the river, cursing and waving the horse whip in his hand, constantly whipping the defeated soldiers who had retreated. His personal soldiers were also trying their best to stop the defeated soldiers, but they could not stop the group. When they saw the Ming army coming towards him in a dark way, Wang Shiqing understood that he could not stop the Ming army. He decisively left the defeated soldiers, beat the horse and turned his head to run, and never looked back again.
The defeat was like a mountain of fallen. The collapse of the Qing army on the northern front caused by the Zhenghuang Banner soldiers and the governor-general model escaped first. At this time, the registered general Wu Yuan drove thousands of Qing troops in front of him to like a rabbit with only more than a thousand troops. Several miles of ground were filled with chaos everywhere, and there were Qing soldiers kneeling on the ground everywhere. Few Qing soldiers had the courage to resist the Ming army.
The soldiers of Zhenghuang Banner and the governor of the Governor had the advantage of running first. When the battalions behind were basically killed by the Ming army, they had already run a few miles away. Seeing this, I remember that Wu Yuan, who was instructed by the old general, no longer chased after him. He hurriedly distributed a force to guard the prisoners and led the remaining troops to kill the eastern front. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!