The smell of blood on the battlefield was so strong that it was nauseating.
There were an unknown number of human and horse corpses on the ground, as densely packed as jellyfish on the beach after low tide. After being trampled by the cavalry in the rear row, these people and horses who fell on the ground were all dead. When these corpses were trampled by the horses' hoofs, a large amount of them flowed out.
The blood was red everywhere on the ground.
Only some of the Tatars near the front caltrops were not trampled by the horses. Some of them were still alive after being shot and were twitching on the ground.
Almost only half of the 60,000 cavalry were left, stepping on the corpses of their compatriots and fleeing to the northeast, panicking like a bereaved dog. However, by this time all the heavy armored cavalry had been killed. None of these defeated soldiers had armor on them, and they had to fight in the process of fleeing.
Under constant fire from sharpshooters.
The crackling sound of gunfire continued on the battlefield, and the panicked soldiers were knocked down one by one by snipers.
The main force of the Aixinjueluo clan on the front was defeated, and the 60,000 other bannermen on the two wings were immediately defeated without a fight.
These bannermen are Mongolians, Hans who have attached themselves to Houjin after Sarhu, or small Jurchen tribes that have been under high-pressure rule over the years. Their loyalty to the Aixinjueluo family is limited. Their fighting will is not high, and they slowly
They approached the two flanks of the Huben Army. However, until the frontal battle was over, they did not enter the firing range of the Huben Army.
Seeing that the 60,000 most loyal cavalry of the Aisin Gioro family were completely defeated, they had no reason to continue to work for the Tatars and dispersed in a hurry.
They didn't even flee in the direction of Dorgon. After this great defeat, there was no Qing Dynasty in the world, and they were no longer prepared to follow the Aixinjueluo family.
Li Zhi's 5,000 cavalrymen from the Selected Front Regiment mounted their horses and chased the fleeing Tatars. Zu Dashou's 4,000 Guanning cavalry also went out to pursue the defeated Tatars.
Dorgon's face turned pale when he saw the Qing army defeated on all fronts. He was trembling all over, with tears streaming down his face, and he couldn't move even while standing on the hillock.
"The Qing Dynasty is over..."
"Under the underworld, how can I face my father Khan and my brother..."
The guards around Dorgon looked at each other for a while, no longer said anything to Dorgon, but forcibly carried the trembling Dorgon onto the horse. Dorgon was still immersed in despair, and the guards
A whip was thrown on the butt of Dorgon's royal horse, and the horse carried Dorgon to flee northeast.
The Qing Dynasty was completely finished. The Han, Mongols, Haixi Jurchens and Savage Jurchens had all abandoned Dorgon and fled in other directions.
Only the most loyal Jianzhou Jurchens, about ten thousand people, were still following Dorgon, chasing Dorgon's Long Banner from a distance.
Dorgon could only escape to the northeast, to the Huntong River. As long as he went deep into the mountains, he could use the complex terrain to hide.
Of course, there are many savage Jurchen tribes there. They have been under the high-pressure rule of the Aisinjueluo family over the years, and they hate the Aisinjueluo family very much in their hearts. If Dorgon fled there with his defeated troops, he would inevitably have to fight the local tribes in a bloody battle.
But even so, there is still a glimmer of hope to survive.
As for the women, children, old and young who stayed in Alchuka, Dorgon could no longer think about it. Whether they would be beaten as slaves by Li Zhi in the future or whatever, Dorgon couldn't care about it.
Dorgon was riding his horse to escape, but suddenly he heard the crackle of gunshots coming from behind him, and he couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart, secretly thinking that it was not good.
He turned around and saw that behind the more than 10,000 people who were following him, thousands of Hu and Ben army cavalry armed with muskets were chasing after him. The distance was a bit far, and Dorgon couldn't see clearly how the Ming cavalry was killing the defeated Jian.
State Jurchen, but Dorgon knew one thing very well - the ultimate goal of these cavalry was himself.
Sure enough, after the more than 10,000 Jurchens who followed Dorgon were dispersed, 500 cavalry rushed towards Dorgon. The gorgeous bodyguards around Dorgon betrayed Dorgon's identity, and these five
Hundreds of cavalrymen wanted to capture the Tatar emperor.
The leader of the five hundred pursuers was surprisingly the commander of the trap division, Zhong Feng.
Dorgon panicked and urged his horses to run forward.
In the process of chasing down deserters, it is always easier for the winning side to succeed. Because in a long chase, the chasing side can follow behind for a long time, but as long as it catches up with the defeated soldiers once, it can complete the kill. And the fleeing party even if it has been
Escape in front, but if you are caught up once, you will be dead. The chasing party can allocate horsepower arbitrarily, and even take advantage of the number of people to stagger their efforts, while the fleeing party can only continue to escape at high speed.
It's like if a person runs two high-speed 100 meters in a row, he will have no energy to run another 1,000 meters, and will be easily overtaken by other runners running at a constant speed.
Sure enough, more than 200 cavalrymen were selected from those cavalry, they galloped their horses and chased Dorgon as fast as possible.
Dorgon and the guards around him could only wave their riding whips and urge their horses to flee forward as fast as possible, even if such speed would exhaust their horsepower as quickly as possible.
The two hundred cavalrymen of the Selected Front Division chased Dorgon for a quarter of an hour. Both sides were panting from exhaustion. Dorgon's horse was foaming at the mouth by Dorgon, but it could only run forward with all its strength. But since the horses
When tired like this, the horse's speed inevitably slowed down, much slower than when it was running at a constant speed.
The two hundred soldiers of the Selective Division who had exhausted their horsepower didn't matter, because they had helpers behind them. They simply stopped their horses and let them rest in the field. Dorgon and his guards, who had exhausted their horsepower,
It was tragic, as he was chased closer and closer by the 300 pursuers who were using their power at a constant speed.
In the end, Dorgon, whose horses could hardly run, was chased dozens of meters away by 300 cavalrymen.
The one hundred Biyala guards around Dorgon roared and turned their horses to stop the pursuers. They wanted to use their lives to buy time for the Qing emperor to escape.
However, they could not even stop the 300 Tianjin cavalry for ten seconds. The soldiers of the front row of the Selective Division who were galloping on the horse shot at the 100 guards with muskets, and in one fell swoop, most of them were knocked off their horses.
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The cavalrymen who had finished firing their bullets circled around to the left and right to make way for the shooting position. The Tianjin soldiers behind them rushed up again and shot at Baiya La. Amidst the crackling gunfire, the thirty emperor's personal guards were still alive.
were also completely destroyed.
"Capture Dorgon alive!"
Zhong Feng roared loudly on his horse, and the Tianjin soldiers did not even look at the beaten dead Baiya La, and chased after the exhausted Dorgon.
The distance was sixty meters, fifty meters, forty meters, and the distance between Dorgon and his pursuers was getting closer and closer.
Dorgon knew that he was about to be caught. How could the emperor of the Qing Dynasty be captured alive by Li Zhi? He pulled out the short knife on his waist and tried to understand himself on the horse.
However, he hesitated for a few seconds before taking action, and Li Zhi's cavalry quickly caught up with him within thirty meters. A sharpshooter stopped his horse suddenly, raised his loaded rifle and aimed at Dorgon's horse's butt.
He held his breath and fired with a bang.
The horse that had been shot in the butt no longer had the strength to gallop forward and fell to the ground. Dorgon was thrown to the ground violently and rolled on the ground more than ten times before he stopped.
As soon as he stopped, two huge rope loops were thrown over and put on his head accurately. Dorgon struggled to break free from the rope, but the rope was tied tighter. A strong cavalryman jumped down
Ma, punched Dorgon hard in the stomach, beating him to pieces and almost fainting.
Two more cavalrymen rushed off their horses and pressed Dorgon's hands behind their backs.
A platoon leader excitedly rushed to Zhong Feng and said loudly: "Report to the division commander that Dorgon, the puppet emperor of Dongnu, has been captured alive."
