Near evening, Zhu Cijiong finally reluctantly withdrew his troops.
Firstly, the fleeing Mongolian cavalry had entered Jinghai County through the south gate. If they stayed outside the city, there would be no Mongolian cavalry to fight. Secondly, the sky was gradually getting dark, which was not conducive to Ming cavalry operations at night.
On the way to retreat to Chenguantun, Zhu Cijiong met Hu Guozhu.
The two of them had a clear division of labor before. Zhu Cijiong led the two thousand fine cavalry brought from Liaodong to be responsible for the pursuit. Because the horses of these two thousand fine cavalry were all good horses and fast, it was perfect for them to be responsible for the pursuit.
As for Hu Guozhu and the remaining 6,000 cavalry, they were responsible for cleaning the battlefield.
The main purpose was to capture the wounded and lone Mongolian cavalry and collect their horses.
"Prince Ding!" Hu Guozhu saluted Zhu Cijiong on horseback.
Military salute was introduced by Chongzhen at the beginning of the year and quickly became popular among the military.
Nowadays, even many scholars no longer bow to each other and use military salutes instead.
Zhu Cijiong returned the military salute and asked: "General Hu, how many Mongolian cavalry have been captured?"
"I don't know the exact number, but it is at least 15,000." Hu Guozhu said, "We also gathered more than 10,000 war horses. Most of the Eight Banners Mongolia were crippled by us."
"It is certain that he will be disabled." Zhu Cijiong nodded.
"The number of Mongolian cavalry who escaped into Jinghai County is only 20,000."
"So we killed half of them?" Hu Guozhu was overjoyed when he heard this. "If there is another great victory like this, Eight Banners Mongolia will no longer exist, haha."
"How can such a good thing happen?"
"It will be difficult to deceive Mongolia from the Eight Banners again."
Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "By the way, have those camel artillery been caught?"
Hu Guozhu immediately replied: "Jiannu's camel artillery has been completely wiped out, and all 200 camel artillery have been captured, and people have been sent to transport them back to Chenguantun."
"It's a pity that there are only 200 camel guns."
Zhu Cijiong still felt a little regretful about such a good opportunity.
Hu Guozhu asked with a smile: "Prince Ding, this battle has come to an end. How about reporting victory to Beijing now?"
"Victory must be reported." Zhu Cijiong also smiled, "Killing the 15,000 Eight-Banner Mongolian slaves in one battle. By the way, how much is the reward for the Eight-Banner Mongolia?"
Speaking of this, Xu Wuniu next to him immediately became energetic.
"King Ding, the rewards for the Eight Banners Mongolia and the Eight Banners Han Army are the same, both are ten yuan." Xu Wuniu said, "Only the Eight Banners Manchuria is fifty yuan, and this time we are fighting the Eight Banners Mongolia."
"What? Only ten yuan?" Zhu Cijiong was a little disappointed.
"Doesn't that mean that the total reward is only 150,000 yuan?"
"Based on eight thousand people, each soldier only has less than 20 yuan."
"Prince Ding, 20 yuan is already a lot." Xu Wuniu said.
"This amount of money is enough for an ordinary family of four to spend for a year."
Speaking of this, Xu Wuniu added in his heart that it is enough for me to get a wife.
By the way, Xu Wuniu has saved a lot of money. His salary and rewards in the past few years have totaled more than one hundred yuan, which is more than enough to marry a wife.
"Yes, it's better to have a reward than not to have one."
Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "Then report the victory to Beijing."
Hu Guozhu immediately arranged for Guo Zisheng to report his victory to Beijing.
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Early the next morning, the good news was delivered to the Ming army camp outside Chaoyang Gate.
After reading the good news, Chongzhen raised his head and said to Xu Yingwei, Zheng Sen, Jiang Tianyi and others: "I will tell you two news, one bad news and one good news. The bad news is that something happened in Mobei. With the help of the Oirat cavalry, Sanggar
He fled to Juyanhai and set up a Khan Court, calling himself Sangar Khan and issuing the Golden Arrow Order to summon all the Mongolian tribes."
"If nothing else happens, Sanggar will definitely be preparing to turn against the hypocrite."
"Li Zicheng shot himself in the foot this time and found himself a powerful enemy."
After a pause, he added: "It's just that this is a good thing for the hypocrites, but a bad thing for the Ming Dynasty, because it means that after we destroy the Jiannu slaves, we need to spend more time to destroy the pseudo-slaves."
Okay."
"It's a big hypocrite and you escaped." Zheng Sen asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, where's the good news?"
Chongzhen said: "The good news is that the cavalry town won a great victory near Daluli, defeating the Eight Banners of Mongolia in one fell swoop, and then annihilated more than 15,000 cavalrymen in the pursuit."
"Cai!" All the scholars cheered in unison.
Chongzhen said with a smile: "200 camel cannons were also seized."
Speaking of the camel cannon, the faces of several scholars present showed knowing smiles.
In the defeat of Daluli, Jiannu was not unjustly defeated. In the words of the Holy Emperor, after losing to the Ming Dynasty on the political, economic, and military levels, Jiannu also lost to the Ming Dynasty in the espionage and personnel levels where he was best at it.
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Hong Chengchou was a little depressed at this time.
This is actually human nature. Being defeated all the time will definitely make people have self-doubt.
The kind of person who fights and loses many times, who never wavers in himself and always maintains a strong heart, does not exist in reality. Zeng Guofan also jumped over the Xiangjiang River.
But Hou Fangyu obviously couldn't accept the reality.
"Hong Butang, I think something is fishy."
"Cavalry versus cavalry, the Eight Banners Mongolia cannot defeat the Ming army's cavalry, I believe it."
"But in the battle of Daluli, the Eight Banners Mongolia was assisted by the Green Battalion artillery, but they actually lost again. I don't believe it. Is there any other mystery here?"
"Hou Canjun, if you lose, you lose. Even if you don't believe it, you still lose."
Hong Chengchou sighed and said: "It seems that the Ming army can't be defeated in the field. Whether it's infantry or cavalry, our Qing soldiers really can't defeat it. Admit it."
"Hong Butang, I can admit failure, but I must find out the reason for the failure."
But Hou Fangyu was very insistent: "Please Hongbutang summon the defeated Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners to ask one or two questions to see how the Battle of Daluli was lost?"
"Hou Shenjun, is it necessary?"
"If necessary, please ask Hongbu Tang to call in the defeated troops."
Hong Chengchou had no choice but to ask Hong Da to find a dozen defeated soldiers.
Soon, more than a dozen defeated soldiers, including the commander-in-chief Agula, were called to the temporary governor's camp.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Agula Dutong, please tell me the whole story of the Battle of Daluli." Hou Fangyu said seriously.
"Hey!" Agula didn't hide anything, and immediately started talking from the beginning, starting from the outpost battle between the two sides, and ending with the two armies showing off their artillery, but was interrupted by Hou Fangyu.
"What did you say?" Hou Fangyu said in shock, "The Ming army brought red cannons?"
"Yes, the Ming army brought red cannons." Agula said, "And there were a total of 90 red cannons."
"This is impossible!" Hou Fangyu cried out, "The red cannon is extremely heavy and heavy, weighing at least two to three thousand kilograms. How can it keep up with the speed of the cavalry? Are you dazzled?"
Hong Chengchou also couldn't believe it, red cannon?
"How can you be blinded?" Agula was furious.
"Am I still confused about whether it's a red cannon?"
"Well, Agula Dutong, I didn't doubt your intentions."
Hou Fangyu quickly apologized and said, "Please continue, thank you for your help."
Agula snorted lightly and continued to describe the entire battle process.
After listening to the whole process, Hong Chengchou and Hou Fangyu fell into deep thought at the same time.
After a long while, Hong Chengchou first asked: "Captain Agula, did you just say that the artillery battle between the Green Camp and the Ming Army lasted for less than half an hour?"
"Yes, at least two quarters of an hour."
"Then the Green Battalion only lost five camel cannons, while the Ming army was unscathed?"
"The Ming army should not have suffered any losses. As for the Green Battalion, they lost 30 cannons at the beginning, but in the subsequent artillery battle, they only lost five camel cannons."
"By the way, did any of the Green Battalion artillerymen escape?"
"No, not one of the Green Battalion artillerymen escaped."
"What a pity. Can you tell us more about the artillery battle at that time?"
Agula tried his best to recall the situation at that time, and explained it to Hong Chengchou in detail.
"Okay, Commander Agula, you can go back." Hong Chengchou comforted, "The headquarters will report the details of the defeat of Daluli to the regent. The defeat of this battle has nothing to do with the Eight Banners Mongolia."
"Sir Xie Butang." Agula let out a long breath.
According to the military regulations of the Qing Dynasty, those who suffered a defeat would be punished.
But now that Hong Chengchou has said this, the problem is not big.
Watching Agula leave, Hou Fangyu asked: "Hong Butang, don't you think it's strange? How did the Ming army bring the red cannon there? Such a heavy red cannon can only keep up with the cavalry.
That’s all, how can you hide it from the Eight Banners and Mongolia? This is really unbelievable.”
Hong Chengchou was only thinking about the problem and ignored Hou Fangyu.
Hou Fangyu continued, minding his own business: "Also, in the previous battle, the Ming cavalry clearly had the upper hand, so the question is, why did the Ming cavalry think of bringing the red cannon? Could it be that
Did they predict in advance that the Eight Banners Mongolia would bring camel artillery? Then wouldn’t they become immortals?”
"Forget it, Hou Shenjun, what's the use of pondering these questions?"
Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "It's a done deal, and the result cannot be changed."
"How can we not think about it?" Hou Fangyu frowned and said, "If we can't figure out the reason, our Qing army will still be defeated next time, and the defeat will be as chaotic as ever."
"Next time? Do you still want a next time?" Hong Chengchou's face fell.
"Two disastrous defeats by Chen Tunguan and Daluli are enough. We don't want a third time!"
Hou Fangyu frowned and said: "Hong Butang, this is not what I mean. I want to say..."
"It doesn't matter anymore." Hong Chengchou interrupted Hou Fangyu, "Take the initiative to attack or fight in the field. That's it. There will never be a third time in the future. We must not make the same mistake three times!"
"Even if the regent brings Mongolia from outside the vassal state, the Honbudo will not initiate a field war."
After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "Facts have proved that the Ming army cannot be defeated in offensive battles or field battles! But then again, our Qing soldiers do not have the slightest chance."
