Huang Taiji saw Hauge lying under his horse through the telescope, and his body shook violently.
Haug died in battle.
After Li Zhi's Huben Division defeated the 50,000 Qing cavalry, they could easily go to support the east and west wings. Many of the more than 200,000 Qing troops were unarmored auxiliary soldiers, and they could only say that they could not compete with the 170,000 Ming troops.
They had a slight upper hand. Li Zhi and his more than 10,000 troops from the Tiger Division supported other troops. The balance of the battlefield was about to turn in an instant, and the Qing army's collapse was right in front of them.
This war against the Qing Dynasty was a nationwide mobilization.
If this battle is lost, it is certain that Mongolia and North Korea will rebel against the Qing Dynasty. The territory of the Qing Dynasty will suddenly shrink by thousands of miles. Not only will these foreign vassals rebel, but the Eight Banners Mongolia may also become disloyal.
Huang Taiji could not have imagined that he would end up like this. In the past ten years, he had been fighting in the south and in the north, turning the Hou Jin Dynasty, which was almost desperate, into the Qing Dynasty that dominated the north with a territory of 5,000 miles. He watched as he entered the pass and captured the Han people.
The country was just short of its last breath, and in the end it suffered a huge defeat, completely destroying the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty.
What makes Huang Taiji even more unacceptable is that his position as emperor cannot be inherited by his heirs.
The rest of his sons are either useless or too young. The only one who has any hope of inheriting his throne is his eldest son Hauge. In recent years, Huang Taiji and Dorgon have been fighting openly and secretly, just to suppress Dorgon and let Hauge succeed to the throne.
In the battle of Hutouba, not only did the 40,000 cavalrymen rush forward and were defeated, but Hauge, his own hope, also died.
My body is getting worse every year, and I don't see much time left. Once Hauge dies, the throne behind me will undoubtedly fall into the hands of Dorgon, who is highly favored by Shenfu.
I never imagined that a lifetime of fighting would end like this.
Huang Taiji only felt a salty liquid pouring out from his throat and rushing to his mouth. He spat out the liquid with a sound, only to see that it was a mouthful of bright red blood.
Can't do it yourself?
Huang Taiji looked at the blood vomited on the chariot in shock, his body trembled, and he sat weakly on the chariot.
When Fan Wencheng and several civil servants saw this scene, they were so scared that they were sweating. Huang Taiji was their master. If Huang Taiji died, God only knows how the new master would treat them. They knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.
Said: "Your Majesty, you must take care of your dragon body!"
Huang Taiji looked at the Hu Ben division who had won a great victory ten miles away. His face was ashen and there was blood at the corner of his mouth. He said with a look of reluctance: "Ming Jin, withdraw the troops! Go back to Shengjing!"
Fan Wencheng trembled and said: "Your Majesty, this withdrawal of troops will probably be a huge rout!"
Huang Taiji closed his eyes and said nothing.
Fan Wencheng shouted loudly: "Ming Jin withdraws the troops! Xuan Taiyi!"
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The 150,000 Ming troops on the battlefield were still fighting hard. Facing the 180,000 Qing troops, they were at a numerical disadvantage and the fight was very difficult. In particular, Datong General Wang Pu and Shanhaiguan General Ma Ke faced more than 20,000 Han military flags.
The fire gun soldiers were beaten to the point of collapse.
However, the situation on the battlefield took a turn for the worse. Just when the Ming army felt that the battle was unwinnable, they suddenly saw that the Qing army no longer rushed forward and actually retreated back.
The front line of this battle stretched for more than ten miles, and even relying on messengers to send messages would take a certain amount of time. The Ming army commanders fighting in other places did not know at the first time that Li Zhi had broken through in the middle.
The Ming generals were very surprised for a moment and didn't know whether they should pursue them. They watched helplessly as the Qing troops retreated for several miles until Li Zhi's messengers rushed into the various Ming generals, explaining that the tigers on the middle road were fighting. The division had defeated Huang Taiji's 50,000 cavalry and formed a breakthrough. Only then did the Ming army generals suddenly realize that they whole army pursued and killed the Qing army.
The Qing army fled, and the Ming army pursued them closely. The two sides chased for dozens of miles across the land of western Liaoning, and the battle ended only after dark.
At night, the Qing army took advantage of the darkness to flee towards Shenyang. The Ming army had already chased to the north of Yizhou City and each camped in the wild. Hong Chengchou finally found Li Zhi's troops thirteen miles east of Yizhou City. , walked into Li Zhi's Chinese army tent.
Hong Chengchou's feet were fluttering, his eyes were bright, his face was red with excitement, and his whole person was in a state of extreme excitement.
"Marquis Xingguo, a great victory, a great victory that has never been seen in this dynasty!"
Li Zhi killed and injured more than 1,300 soldiers of the Tiger Division in this battle. He felt a little depressed and said lightly: "It is indeed a great victory."
Hong Chengchou asked loudly: "In this great pursuit, the governor's 3,000 standard-setting soldiers captured and killed 731 Qing troops. Marquis Xingguo broke through Huang Taiji's central army and pursued them for another day. How many were captured and killed?"
Li Zhi looked at Zheng Kaicheng.
Zheng Kaicheng said: "The heads are piled up together and I don't have time to count them. I think there are at least 17,000 levels."
Hong Chengchou was stunned when he heard this scary number.
After a long time, Hong Chengchou said: "The Marquis of Xingguo has gained so much in this battle, the emperor must give him a heavy reward!"
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Late at night on March 29th, in the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty was holding the victory report jointly handed in by Li Zhi, Hong Chengchou and Zhang Ruoqi, his hands trembling slightly.
The good news was delivered to the capital overnight, without stopping at the cabinet, and was delivered to Zhu Youjian as soon as possible.
After a long time, Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief and put the good news on the table.
"I can't think of it, I really can't think of it."
Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chengen, stood up and said: "Wang Chengen, I didn't expect such a great victory! What a great victory! I didn't expect that my Ming Dynasty king's army had insufficient food and salary, so he rushed to the battle, and he was able to defeat the Tatars in one battle. , creating a situation unprecedented in thirty years."
Wang Chengen smiled and said: "It all depends on the Holy Heart of the Holy One to rule and the supreme power of God!"
Zhu Youjian laughed, and there was an indescribable heartiness in that laughter.
"We captured and killed 46,000 Qing troops in one battle, chased them for fifty miles, and recovered Yizhou. In the past thirty years, has there been such a great victory?"
Wang Chengen smiled and bowed his hands, saying nothing.
Zhu Youjian walked back to the court case, picked up the good news again, and read it carefully.
"Li Zhi, the Marquis of Xingguo, is truly a tiger general!"
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "If Marquis Xingguo hadn't broken through the Qing army's 50,000 cavalry head-on, how could we have won this battle? Marquis Xingguo achieved such a great victory in one battle and made Dongnu no longer able to go south. This is a great achievement."
"I want to reward you!"
Wang Chengen said in vain: "Your Majesty, if I reward Li Zhi again, I will make him a Duke!"
Zhu Youjian sighed, shook his head and said: "Now that the generals hold heavy troops and have made such great achievements, how can we not reward them? Especially Li Zhi. In this battle, Li Zhi commanded the generals, and he had the potential to be the leader of the generals. .In this battle, Li Zhi not only had the courage to break through, but also had the ability to defend the enemy. If he is not rewarded at this time, what should he do if he becomes dissatisfied?"
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Youjian took a breath and said: "After this battle, the world will be settled. Li Zhi has made great contributions to the south and north in these years, and he is named the Duke of Tianjin. Admiral oversees military affairs in a town in Tianjin."
"Let Li Zhi lead a group of civil servants and generals back to Beijing quickly to accept the reward!"
