The two battalion officers, Hu Wang and Wu Si, each reported the losses of their men to Zhao Qiang. Their guard battalion had 107 dead and 96 wounded, and there were still 97 capable soldiers. [] There were only 21 Han soldiers left, and the Oroqen people
42 people, including 15 Hezhe people, 7 Daur people, 3 Mongolians, 5 Evenki people, and four who are not from any ethnic group.
The losses of the Gun Battalion were slightly smaller. Because most of them were arrows, the death rate was much lower than that of the Guard Battalion. There were only 57 killed, 114 wounded, and 147 capable fighters.
When Qi Zhuang's cavalry battalion entered the valley, they basically encountered no resistance from the Qing army. Therefore, except for one person who fell from his horse and was trampled, there were also casualties. However, all the strong men of various ethnic groups in the battalion who served as reserve cavalry suffered losses. This loss does not mean that they
All died in the battle, but most of them ran away. The number was probably between forty and fifty.
After listening to the casualty figures reported by two hundred Hu and Wu households, Zhao Qiang calculated in his mind that the dozen or so Han soldiers who were captured by Guo Fei in Shouyi City and the few who were injured in Songshan Fort were less than 300 Han soldiers.
There are only more than a hundred Oroqen people and strong men of all ethnic groups left, which means that in the battle of Tuerling, Zhao Qiang lost half of his troops. This battle was truly a tragic victory!
After a brief meeting with Hu Wang, Wu Si, and Qi Zhuang, Zhao Qiang made the decision to organize all the Oroqen people and strong men of all ethnic groups who had not escaped, as well as the Han soldiers in the gun camp, into the cavalry camp. The specific reorganization will be done after returning to the cavalry camp.
Shouyi City will make arrangements again, and what needs to be done now is to completely clean up the battlefield.
The commander-in-chief of the cavalry battalion, Ma Long, had been ordered by Qi Zhuang to lead his men to chase the strong men who fled before the battle. Because Zhao Qiang had ordered not to kill them, so when Ma Long led his men to chase these deserters, he did not kill them all, but only chopped them down.
A few who still wanted to run away were brought back, and the rest were temporarily kept together with the Zhenghongqi prisoners.
Qi Zhuang brought back more than 600 Mongolian war horses from Songshan Fort. When he came to Tu'erling, he beat rabbits in the grass and drove more than 200 war horses from Zhenghuang Banner into the valley, including his own more than 60 horses.
The total number of war horses has reached one thousand, but nearly two hundred of them were completely scrapped due to injuries to their bare feet. Less than a hundred more were killed in the chaos, and dozens more were scattered around without knowing where to run.
Where did they go? So the number of available war horses left is about 600.
There were countless weapons captured by the Qing army. The number of long knives, spears, sabers, bows and arrows could allow Zhao Qiang to expand a thousand-man team. However, there were no muskets and medicine. In addition, there were still a small number of leather armors from the dead Qing soldiers.
The armor was stripped off. Zhao Qiang's order was to search out everything that could be used by me, and not leave anything behind. The soldiers carried out this order thoroughly, and many Qing soldiers' corpses were even naked.
Not even a piece of covering cloth was left.
Materials are scarce, and he does not have his own arsenal or logistical supply points. Everything can only be obtained from the enemy. Looking at the stripped corpses of the Qing soldiers, Zhao Qiang did not feel dumbfounded at all. All he could do at the moment was to
War feeds war, as the guerrilla song of later generations sang: Without food and clothing, the enemy will send us forward; without guns and cannons, the enemy will make them for us...
Grab, grab until we are strong enough, we will be an invincible and powerful army
What made Zhao Qiang happy was that Wei Xiaojiang was not dead. When the gunfire sounded, he cleverly rolled to the side, then climbed the hillside while the Qing army was in confusion, and remained hidden there without participating in the battle. This
It wasn't that he was timid, but he was using his bare hands and he couldn't go downhill to kill the enemy. He just hid there until the outcome was decided.
"Xiao Jiang, you are the hero"
This was Zhao Qiang's first words after seeing Wei Xiaojiang. After that, he asked him to stay with him, and asked Chen Wei and Yan Qian to take him with him and make arrangements later.
Although Zhao Qiang didn't say anything more to Wei Xiaojiang, the sentence "You are the hero" was enough. Wei Xiaojiang was very satisfied with Zhao Qiang's arrangement. When he came, this Zhao Qianhu was much better than the officers he had seen before. He had never seen
I have never had an officer who was so kind, not cold and harsh, and willing to speak his mind to me.
The gun battalion was responsible for transporting the wounded, so they made dozens of temporary stretchers. The seriously injured were all transported back on the stretchers. Those with minor injuries who could walk on their own were left, and those who could not walk were carried by war horses. The bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle were
They were all piled up together. Although Zhao Qiang had said that he would take the bodies of the brothers who died in the battle back, the weather was too hot and there was a serious shortage of manpower. If he waited until he returned to Shouyi City and sent people to carry the bodies, the bodies would have already stunk. Therefore, Zhao Qiang
After the officer leading the small flag kowtowed three times to the remains of the war dead, he issued the order for cremation. Afterwards, the ashes were collected together and taken back to Shouui City.
Zhao Qiang had already thought about the arrangement of ashes. He wanted to choose a cemetery near Shouyi City to bury these war dead. Regardless of whether they were Han or not, all war dead would be buried in it regardless of each other. The name of the cemetery would be "Han".
tomb".
For reasons of plague, Zhao Qiang did not allow the corpses of Qing soldiers to be exposed in the wild to be eaten by wild beasts. Instead, he piled them up for cremation. The ridge was ten miles long, and the bodies of some Qing soldiers who had climbed up the slope were not discovered because of the woods.
When we got together, time was limited, and Zhao Qiang couldn't care too much. Besides, since the Qing troops of the two banners had suffered such heavy losses, someone would definitely come to investigate afterwards, and they would be responsible for disposing of the cremated bodies of the Qing troops.
The remaining men of the guard battalion were responsible for the weapons and the escort of the escaped prisoners, while the strong cavalry battalion was responsible for the rear.
The return process went smoothly. The cavalry battalion at the rear did not find any Qing troops following them. Because there were too many wounded, the entire army moved slowly. It took four days to return to Shouyi City. Guo Fei and Wei Ji, who had long been trusted, commanded the fort.
The women in the house and Wu Jun's family members properly settled the wounded. Most of the wounded who were able to return to Shouyi City were injured by swords and arrows, and they were flesh wounds. There were no vital injuries. As long as they are well nursed back to health, they can recover easily. In these four days
There, more than 30 seriously injured people could not hold on and died. Their bodies were brought back and were not cremated. Instead, they chose to be laid to rest.
After returning to Shouyi City, Zhao Qiang couldn't wait to hold a meeting of general banner officers and formally ordered the musketry camp and the guard camp to be merged into the cavalry camp. All the strong men and Oroqen people of all ethnic groups who had fought in the war at Mengerling would enjoy the benefits of Han soldiers.
benefits, and can serve as a small flag officer. In the future, the accumulated military merits and promotions will not be restricted by origin.
This order is actually a certain degree of integration. It is an adjustment made by Zhao Qiang to his previous policies. This adjustment completely refers to the process of the Qing Dynasty's rise and will continue as a policy that will never change. The sense of belonging is
The effect Zhao Qiang wants to achieve through this policy adjustment.
Those strong men of various ethnic groups who fled before the battle and the captured Zhenghong Banner Qing troops were used as auxiliary troops. Their food and accommodation conditions were inferior to one level. They were semi-slaves. They had no personal freedom at all. They were fed the worst and worked hard.
Living the most miserable life and living the most tiring life was the punishment given to them by Zhao Qiang. However, Zhao Qiang still gave them hope that as long as they achieved military merit, they could obtain the status of full soldiers and no longer be the lowest slaves.
The cavalry camp has 600 horses and can form 600 pure cavalry. With the weapons of the Qing army, Zhao Qiang does not have to worry about the shortage of weapons. But now there are less than 400 soldiers who can fight, so he first arranged for Qi Zhuang and Hu Wang
The two serve as officers of the Hundred Households, each leading 200 men. The remaining two hundred horses will be used after the wounded return to the team, and will be used as mobile guards of the Thousand Households directly under the Guards.
The Battle of Tuerling not only made Zhao Qiang realize his own shortcomings, but also taught him a big lesson, that is, no matter when, where, or what the situation is, you must have a mobile reserve team.
Wu'er Leng and the strong men of various ethnic groups who went to pull the heads could not come back for the time being, so Zhao Qiang assigned all the capable soldiers to Hu Wang and Qi Zhuang and gave them orders, one to go east and one to the west.
As long as we see anyone alive, we will capture them all, regardless of gender or age.
"I don't care what methods you use, I just want people"