Although there were only two battles between the Ming army and the rebels today, it was already approaching dusk when both sides retreated.
When the Ming army entered the camp, they could still maintain an orderly formation under the orders of their respective military attachés, but after a while, the entire Ming army became a bit chaotic.
Why? They are hungry! Most of the soldiers have been hungry for a day, and they all hurriedly started cooking. After Hu Zhahai filled his stomach, the Ming soldiers who had worked hard for a day returned to their tents one after another.
Go to sleep.
But you must know that after the hasty encounter with the rebels yesterday, the Ming army's camp was not solidly established at all. And the work that should have been done to solidify the camp now was not carried out because the soldiers were too tired.
In addition, those whistleblowers who were selected to guard the camp complained about their bad luck and did their job of guarding the camp half-heartedly. Some even found a corner to sleep where no one could see them.
Many military attachés were blinded by the lax defense of the camp. After all, their soldiers had also worked hard. Besides, the rebels had been severely defeated in today's daytime battle (according to the Ming army's view, these losses of the rebels were indeed
It was a big defeat), so at least it will be safe tonight. Let the children have a rest.
All these factors combined together made the defense capability of the Ming army's camp extremely weak. But Governor Liu Yulie still knew nothing about all this.
As soon as Liu Yulie returned to the main camp, he immediately called Jiang Guerrilla, who had made two meritorious service in today's battle, to his main account. He first asked the clerk to record Jiang Guerrilla's meritorious service in the merit book, and then talked cordially with Jiang Guerrilla.
Started the daily routine.
In today's Ming army's battles, it is true that only Jiang Guerrilla's performance is remarkable. Not to mention his tactical qualities, at least Jiang Guerrilla and his army are brave enough to fight.
Besides, Jiang Youyi's appearance is indeed very likable. He has been honing his skills in the officialdom for such a long time, and his behavior and conversation are very good. Therefore, Liu Yulie and Jiang Youyi had a very pleasant conversation. Even after having dinner together, the two of them were very happy.
The people also chatted happily for a long time.
Liu Yulie was not worried about his Ming army. Behind him, there were Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's rear army of more than 10,000 people (including civilian husbands). Of course, out of caution, Liu Yulie also sent people to request again.
The rear army stepped up its pace and joined the main force of its Ming army as soon as possible.
Moreover, this time the Ming army dispatched troops, there is still a partial division. Wu Anbang, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army stationed in Ninghai on the east road, will also attack the rebels in Dengzhou from the east in the next few days as planned.
There was another reason why Liu Yulie was in a good mood. After the battle that day, he immediately sent a messenger to the rebels to demand their surrender. In order to show his sincerity, Liu Yulie even asked the messenger to take away the more than 300 prisoners.
, returned to the rebels.
When the rebel military attachés headed by Kong Youde saw the unfavorable outcome of the battle during the day, they seemed to be interested in surrendering. The messengers they sent to Liu Yulie were courteous, but they also put forward conditions for their surrender.
This condition seems a bit high in Liu Yulie's opinion. However, Liu Yulie believes that since Kong Youde has expressed his intention to surrender, the subsequent bargaining is just a technical issue. The recruitment matter seems to be resolved.
Therefore, after sending Jiang Guerrilli away, Liu Yulie took up the pen himself and used his magical pen to write today's victory in a memorial report to the court on today's battle situation.
We can imagine what happened after that. In the middle of the night, Kong Youde gathered all his cavalry, took advantage of the Ming army's lax defense, went around the back of the Ming army and burned the baggage and food.
The rebels who stayed in Dengzhou City once again used the false surrender. Wu Anbang, the commander-in-chief who listened to the rebels' false surrender, was defeated again and had to retreat to Ninghai.
At this time, although there were Ninghai, Wendeng, Haiyang and other coastal defense stations to the east of Dengzhou, with a large number of soldiers stationed, they were afraid of the enemy but did not dare to attack the rebels and could only protect themselves. The rebels were afraid of the enemy.
At this time, they had no time to look eastward. They did not pay attention to these guards at all, thinking that these prefectures and counties would be theirs sooner or later.
What's funny is that this rebel's plan to surrender seemed to be a clever trick, defeating all the Ming troops, making their victory unstoppable.
The main force of the Ming army in Liu Yulie's place immediately fell into panic after losing the baggage and food. You know, this time Liu Yulie set out from Qingzhou and did not carry too much food and grass. Because Liu Yulie originally thought that the Ming army's retreat was all there.
Under your own control, if you need food and grass, you can easily transport it from Qingzhou in the rear.
But now the entire army is in a situation of food shortage, and because it suffered a night attack at night, the frightened Liu Yulie immediately ordered the Ming army to retreat like a frightened bird, and to join up with Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's rear army as soon as possible.
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In fact, this kind of panic move is not necessary at all. At this time, the main force of the Ming army is around, ensuring that the soldiers will always have enough food for one or two days. As long as they stand still, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's rear troops are asked to speed up to join them.
, this food and grass problem can actually be temporarily solved.
You must know that in the rear army, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing originally plundered a lot of food and grass from Jining's warehouse. In addition, when they were stationed on the spot and marching all the way, Wu Shigong, the dragon crossing the river, and Liu Zeqing, the local snake, were coordinated.
With a tacit understanding, they collected and looted a large amount of grain and grass. Therefore, the amount of grain and grass in the rear army now can definitely meet the usage of the entire Ming army for more than half a month.
In the next half month, Qingzhou's grain and grass can always be transported up, and because the Ming army has an absolute advantage in numbers, Kong Youde's rebels can be defeated by just fighting with Kong Youde.
On the second day, the Ming army that retreated in a hurry immediately fell into chaos. Because Liu Yulie only issued the order to retreat, he did not arrange which unit of the Ming army was in front and which unit was behind; which unit was to cover and which unit was behind.
Block the enemy. Therefore, the Ming troops who received the order rushed to retreat to the rear.
The most ridiculous thing is that Liu Yulie simply forgot to send someone to let Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's rear army come forward to respond. And the military attachés in the rear army were also completely ignorant of the failure and retreat of the main force of the Ming army ahead.
Seeing this situation, Kong Youde immediately ordered the rebels to cover up and kill them. However, because the Ming army was large in number and huddled together, the rebels were unable to do anything to the retreating Ming army.
But when the Ming army retreated to Shahe, the situation changed drastically. Originally, the pontoon bridge on the Shahe River could pass the army in an orderly manner, but due to the scrambling of the Ming army, too many Ming troops crossing the river caused the pontoon bridge on the Shahe river to break.
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Seeing that their retreat was cut off, the entire Ming army was in chaos. Some of them ignored the cold water and waded across the river. Others scattered towards the upper and lower reaches of the Shah River to find places where they could wade across the river.
Seeing that the Ming army relaxed their formation, the rebels took advantage of the situation and massacred them. The entire Shahe River was quickly filled with the corpses of the Ming army. However, in this way, the Ming army behind could barely step on their own.
The corpse of his companion crossed the river.
In order to protect Governor Liu Yulie from crossing the river, Jiang Guerrilla once again turned around and fought. However, Jiang Guerrilla's life was not so great this time. Unfortunately, he was killed in the pursuit of the rebels.
During the entire battle, the only brave general of the Ming army withered like a cherry blossom. Fortunately, seeing Jiang Guerrillas' troops being extremely brave, the rebel troops did not dare to confront them head-on. So in the end, Jiang Guerrillas' Henan
Most of the soldiers in the army fled back to the west bank of Shahe River in an organized manner.
In this disastrous defeat in Shahe, the Ming army suffered casualties, drowned, captured and fled more than 10,000 people, and almost all the civilians lost their lives. All the artillery of the Shenji Battalion fell into the hands of the rebels. In addition, the rebels captured countless supplies.
.The casualties of the rebels were only in the tens of digits. It can be said that there was no loss at all.
The entire battle of Laizhou ended in an anticlimactic manner.