Entering November, Xu Huaicai issued an order restricting recruitment and surrender, that is, the generals of the Han army in Xiongzhou and those below the tenth commander of the Semu army were allowed to surrender;
Three to ten heads of the Chihu people can redeem their merits and allow them to surrender; the soldiers of the Chihu clan, the Xiongzhou Han army, and the generals of the Semu army who have committed the most heinous crimes will be punished without mercy.
At the same time, Jingsheng's army also began to organize soldiers to rush into the prison camp through the gap in the collapsed city wall.
In addition to Xu Huai issuing a killing order to the surrendered generals of the Han army and the Chihu soldiers among the besieged soldiers, the weather in the Huainan area also turned cold in November, and there was even two light snowfalls, which made the south bank captives
The soldiers saw hope of holding on until the Huaihe River froze.
The resistance of the captive soldiers did not disintegrate because of the collapse of the city wall and the loss of the city. Hundreds of captive generals and surrendered Han generals even more severely coerced the lower-level soldiers and thousands of civilians to dig and build trenches inside their camps.
One after another, the earth walls are trying to resist and hold on to the end.
Jingsheng's army was not in a hurry to extend deep into the prison camp. Instead, it used shield vehicles, ballistas and other war weapons to seize and control key points step by step and continuously compress the enemy's defense space. At the same time??????????
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King Qin's soldiers and Shouchun's soldiers from all directions came in to fight and consume them.
Although the Lubing Navy no longer had the determination to pull the main warships into the Huaihe River for a battle, the attacks and harassment by small groups of ships never stopped.
Enemy ships dispatched more frequently at night, which also caused many casualties to the Jingzhou Navy. This encouraged the soldiers on the south bank to grit their teeth and persist until the Huaihe River was frozen.
In early November, three to four hundred small and medium-sized warships of the Jingzhou Navy finally entered the Huaihe River through Shanyangdu (the Huaidong section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal) which was divided into several sections by weirs.
At this time, the Jingzhou Navy, after joining the Huaidong Water Camp and the Xinyang Water Camp, not only had the ability to block the Shouzhou section of the Huaihe River at night, but also launched an attack on the Yingshui River mouth controlled by the Lubing Navy...
In the end, the soldiers on the south bank failed to hold out until the Huaihe River froze. On November 21, Yang Jingchen ordered the dozens of guards who were still following him to pile firewood in an ancestral hall that had not yet been lost. Together with his second son Yang Congyu,
Yang Congtong lit firewood and committed suicide. Later, thousands of remaining soldiers of the Han army in Xiongzhou surrendered, announcing that the southern camp was completely eradicated.
The East Camp was mainly garrisoned by Chihu Ten Thousand Commanders Qie Buhei and his troops, but they resisted stubbornly until they were completely wiped out on November 26th.
Zhou He and Wang Boqian, accompanied by Dong Cheng, Zheng Tu, Zhu Tong and others, inspected the prefectures and counties that Huaixi had successively recovered, and were invited to rush back to the camp at the mouth of the Peishui River to meet Xu Huai.
At this time, hundreds of civilians had already begun to clean up the battlefield, pulling out the charred corpses one by one from the dilapidated prison camps filled with smoke on ox-carts or mule-drawn carriages.
Among them were the soldiers of the Chihu and Zhusemu tribes, as well as the generals of the Xiongzhou surrender army, who were sorted out from the piles of corpses and decapitated. The heads were wrapped in lime one by one and preserved to be sent to the capital; and then those
The corpses, headless, with all limbs mutilated, were thrown into large dug pits like animals.
In this burial pit, every time dozens of corpses are thrown away, a thick layer of lime will be spread to prevent the plague.
Zhou He, Wang Boqian and the accompanying officials once again stood on the enemy viewing platform, feeling dizzy as they watched this scene.
"This battle has finally come to an end. Has Duke Pingliang compiled the results?" Zhou He calmed down and asked with emotion, "I must also ask for rewards for Duke Pingliang and the generals of the three armies in time!"
"It can only be said that it has come to an end for the time being, but the Huaihe River is about to freeze. It is difficult to say that the captive soldiers on the north bank will no longer be ready to move," Xu Huai said, standing at the destroyed ferry with his hands behind his hands, looking up at the captive camp on the north bank, "
As for the results of the war, there are only brief statistics. Only counting the battle at the mouth of the Peishui River, nearly 26,000 Hulu and surrendered Han troops were killed successively, and more than 12,000 Han troops and other soldiers of various colors were captured, and the captives were rescued.
There were more than 6,000 civilians, but less than 3,000 horses were captured..."
When the captive soldiers went south, they carried a large number of war horses as well as ordinary draft horses and pack horses. Even the captive soldiers at the rear also had a large number of war horses. However, after being besieged, the captive soldiers wanted to save beans and wheat fodder and reserve as much meat as possible to hold on.
War horses and other livestock were slaughtered in large quantities, and in the end only more than 4,000 war horses were kept, thinking of using them as a final assault force.
In the final battle for these war horses, more than a thousand were killed by the captive soldiers. In the end, the harvest was less than 3,000 good horses. Calculated based on the gains and losses of the war horses alone.
, this battle between Beijing and Xiangzhou is not considered profitable.
After eight or nine thousand Khitan generals passed through the Qionglai Mountains, it was much more convenient to come by boat for reinforcements via waterways, and it was easier to hide their whereabouts, but the vast majority of war horses were still provided by Jingxiang.
In this battle, in addition to the cavalry troops stationed in Rucai and other places, Jingxiang and Xiang pulled out almost all the war horses, including those in active service, those stocked in horse farms, and even stallions, and put them into the Huaixi battlefield.
The cavalry troops seemed to have only participated in the assault on the enemy camp and the assault on Fudu, which lasted only a little more than half a day. After that, they were mainly responsible for guarding the periphery, but the loss of the horses was still huge.
Especially when attacking at night, so many cavalry are running blindly through the undulating fields. If the horse's hoof steps into a pit, the horse's hoof will be broken at every turn. The horse will be immediately disabled, and it will be difficult to recover from the injury before riding again.
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When rushing to the mouth of the Peishui River at night, hundreds of soldiers were even injured from falling off their horses. The number of casualties was not even much lower than the casualties caused by fighting at the mouth of the Peishui River and attacking Fudu.
However, the main casualties were still concentrated in the naval battle and the later attack on the prison camp with the Jingsheng Army as the main force. The number of people killed and seriously disabled in the battle exceeded 4,000.
When it comes to the Second Battle of Huainan, the casualties suffered by Dai Viet's army and civilians were tragic.
The Jianye Navy was destroyed, and the number of generals and sailors who died in battle or drowning was over 25,000. In the end, less than 10,000 generals, boatmen, and sailors were left, and they were recruited into the Jingzhou and Runzhou Navy; Jianye
Twenty to thirty thousand soldiers and civilians suffered casualties.
Hefei fell. In addition to the nearly 10,000 elite soldiers of Youxiaosheng Army who died in battle, nearly 20,000 local defenders in Hefei City either died in battle or surrendered and were taken captive to the north bank of the Huaihe River.
In addition, more than ten prefectures and counties including Huoqiu and Feixi fell, and more than 20,000 local soldiers were killed or captured.
The entire German army, totaling 30,000 people, surrendered to the enemy.
When it comes to civilian casualties and plunder, Huaixi's losses may have exceeded 200,000, considering only the young and strong population.
The first Huainan Battle mainly took place in Huaixi
After the battle, the population of Huainan dropped sharply to less than 1.8 million; this time the Battle of Huaixi is over, and when people return home one after another, the population may drop sharply again to about 1.2 million.
Compared with the total population of 36.7 million during the Tianxuan period, Huaixi at this time can basically be said to be completely disabled.
Simply speaking in terms of total casualties, Dai Viet can be said to be miserable, but the faces of most of the generals in the South Bank Camp were filled with pride and the joy of winning a great victory at this moment.
Although the Second Battle of Huainan resulted in extremely heavy military and civilian losses, anyone with a discerning eye can see the huge turning point that this battle represented.
Prior to this, even before the Second Battle of Huainan, Jingxiang and Xiangxiang faced off against 300,000 soldiers on the middle road for two years. In the end, the main force of the soldiers retreated voluntarily when they saw that they could not bear the strong force. Jingxiang was unable to launch a large-scale attack in the end.
The counterattack did not achieve the impressive result of annihilating nearly 40,000 enemy troops in one go.
Not to mention the first Battle of Huainan, where after huge sacrifices were made, the weather mainly relied on forcing the soldiers back.
Although the results of the Battle of Ruying were greater, the Battle of Ruying relied more on the flooding of the enemy to cut off the enemy and form a mass attack on the local battlefield.
A widowed situation.
As for the Second Battle of Huainan, in the final stage, they pressed nearly 40,000 soldiers on the muddy ground at the mouth of the Feishui River and fought to death, and they also isolated the soldiers on the north bank purely by military force.
The soldiers on the north bank failed to provide reinforcements, and the soldiers on the south bank failed to break free from their grasp from beginning to end.
What does all this mean? Do we need to elaborate?
Whether the time has really come to expel the Huru and regain the Central Plains, few people can say this well, but anyone who has a little understanding of the current situation knows that the Chihu people will never dare to cross half of the Huaihe River in the future.
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At this time, a group of cavalry slowly came from the east and were stopped by the guard for interrogation.
"It should be Han Shijun and General Ge Yu who have arrived..." Zheng Tu looked over there for a while and guessed.
After a while, the guard came on horseback and reported: "Huaixi has established a pacification envoy, Han Shiliang, and all the soldiers and horses have deployed Ge Yu to see the envoy, the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister!"
Zhou He, as the prime minister, still had the highest nominal status; Wang Boqian was still the privy envoy and was the prime minister; Xu Huai was officially awarded the title of Jingzhou Jiedu envoy, and Pingliang County Duke also took charge of Beijing and Xiangzhou and appointed the appeasement envoy.
The person who governs the world's soldiers, horses, and diligent kings and recruits envoys is called envoy prime minister, which is a step further than "envoy king".
"When we go down now, we can just meet Han Shiliang and Ge Yu in front of the big tent; Gu Shijun, Deng Hou, Liu Hou, Yang Qiye and others should all arrive tonight, so we will have a drink and a banquet while waiting...
"Xu Huai extended his hand to invite Zhou He, and Wang Boqian went first.
Zhou He looked relaxed, but Wang Boqian was worried.
Although it was too late for the Red Husbands to lick their wounds at this time, anyone with a discerning eye knew that even if the Huaihe River was frozen solid, the Red Husbands would never attack easily again, but after all, hundreds of thousands of the Red Husbands still gathered on the north bank and did not leave.
At this time, in the name of discussing winter offensive and defensive operations, Xu Huai summoned the troops of King Qin of Huaidong, Huaixi and other roads, as well as the main generals and officials of the Five-Road Envoy Department to the Peishui camp. Even Wang Boqian and Wei Chujun guessed that he
He has other intentions, but who can say that he doesn't?
