On the frontal battlefield, Wu Sangui's troops collapsed after holding on for two hours.
Wu Sangui had retreated two-quarters of an hour ago, and the 20,000 people behind him became an abandoned lone army. From the morning until now, at least 5,000 of the 20,000 people have been killed by mortars, and they no longer have any morale to hold on.
In the trench. No matter how the officers roared, the soldiers were no longer willing to wait to die in the tunnel.
First, the soldiers in the western section began to collapse, abandoning the Jiangbei guns and fleeing south. At first, the defeat of these soldiers did not cause the collapse of the entire team. The governor's battalion guarding the formation still had the fighting spirit to maintain the morale of the entire army and raised their guns.
Shoot at these deserters.
But soon, as the number of casualties continued to rise, even the military governors who were guarding the battle line could not control the situation. The wave of defeat swept across the entire front, and the panicked soldiers jumped out of the ditch with their heads in their hands and headed desperately toward Nanjing.
direction to escape.
There were even soldiers who were escaping while shooting at the supervising team.
In the end, too many soldiers attacked the supervising team. The supervising team was completely overwhelmed by the defeated troops and had no choice but to flee behind with the routed troops. So the soldiers fled without any hindrance, and fled back as if a dam had broken.
Li Xing laughed when he saw the defeat of Jiangbei Army.
He shook his hand suddenly and shouted: "Charge, charge forward to chase Jiangbei Army, don't let anyone go!"
The flag soldiers waved flags and conveyed Li Xing's orders to the entire front. Fifty-five thousand Tigers and Ben Army soldiers rushed out of the trench like tigers descending from the mountain.
Boss Wei led his infantry platoon to the front. This veteran who had been in the army for eleven years was now an experienced grassroots officer, fighting bravely and tenaciously. At this time, his twenty-eight soldiers and four squad leaders followed
Behind him, he ran wildly with his gun in hand, crossed the ditch of Jiangbei Army, and chased all the way south.
After eleven years of training, Boss Wei's physical fitness was very good, far better than other soldiers under his command. As he ran, he cursed at the subordinates behind him: "You crooked people, you run so slowly, your military achievements are all inferior to those of the other soldiers."
The people in the platoon have escaped! If Wang Mazi’s platoon passes ours, where do you want me, Boss Wei, to put my face?”
The soldiers behind were panting and running, and no one answered Boss Wei's curses.
After running for ten miles, Boss Wei was out of breath and finally caught up with the defeated troops.
The defeated soldiers of Jiangbei Army had completely dispersed, scattered one by two on the field. Boss Wei saw more than thirty defeated soldiers in his field of vision, panting and running away to the south.
Boss Wei suddenly rushed forward and squatted on the ground. He held up his well-made Jinwang breech-loading rifle with a scope, skillfully opened the bolt, loaded the bullet, closed the bolt, and loaded the primer.
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"Snapped!"
A crisp sound resounded in the field. A defeated soldier from the Jiangbei Army three hundred meters away fell down and fell into the river. When the other deserters next to the defeated soldier saw that Pao Ze was beaten to death, they all bent their waists and ran away.
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Boss Wei sneered, opened the gun again, loaded the primer, and fired again.
Three hundred and fifty meters away, another broken soldier screamed and fell on the ridge of the field.
Boss Wei proudly blew a little bit of white smoke coming out of the gun, and shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Spread out and chase!"
The soldiers behind Boss Wei dispersed with their front-loading rifles in hand, each staring at a target and pursuing it.
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The Huben army pursued them all the way, and the 20,000 troops Wu Sangui left behind after the trench break ended up being killed by 16,000. Only 4,000 people survived by hiding somewhere. In addition, they were killed by mortars before.
Of more than 10,000 people, Jiangbei's army lost nearly 30,000 people in Huai'an. They were routed thousands of miles away and were no longer able to organize effective resistance north of the Yangtze River.
Shi Kefa and Wu Sangui led the Jiangbei Army to escape day and night, crossing the Yangtze River from Guazhou as quickly as possible and fleeing to Nanjing.
After arriving in Nanjing, Shi Kefa learned about Zuo Liangyu's death. Of course, the news was seriously distorted when it reached Shi Kefa. Shi Kefa did not know that Zuo Liangyu was killed by Wu Sangui. At this time, Jiangbei Army became the sole leader of Wu Sangui's family.
, even if Shi Kefa suspected that Wu Sangui had killed Zuo Liangyu, he would not dare to punish Wu Sangui.
The news of Zuo Liangyu's death demoralized the two towns in Jiangbei, especially the west town of Jiangbei under the command of Zuo Liangyu, which was in a state of chaos without a leader. Wu Sangui did his part and annexed Zuo Liangyu's remnants.
At this time, after a major rout, the non-combat attrition of the Second Town in Jiangbei was extremely serious. Not only did 30,000 soldiers die in battle, but there were also deserters who deserted during the escape. In the end, only ten soldiers and horses of the Second Town who fled to Nanjing were left.
Thousands of people.
Because of the news of Zuo Liangyu's death, Shi Kefa was shocked and did not dare to defend Nanjing. He and Wu Sangui led a hundred thousand remnant troops to continue their retreat and fled to Nanchang Mansion, where Jiangbei Army had previously occupied.
In fact, Nanchang is not an absolutely safe place. If the Huben army goes south to attack Nanchang, it is estimated that Shi Kefa will continue to flee to Changsha or even Chengdu.
The so-called hozens disperse when a tree falls. From Nanjing to Nanchang, I don’t know how many soldiers left the team along the way.
The Huben army had enough time to prepare and went south from Huai'an to invade various prefectures and counties in southern Zhili.
On July 13, Li Laosi led 10,000 Tiger Soldiers to invade Yangzhou.
The strong Jiangbei army was defeated, and the Huben army was invincible. Naturally, the Yangzhou gentry did not dare to resist the Huben army's entry. Not only did they not dare to resist, the gentry also joined the excited farmers and citizens and went to Yangzhou with drinks, cakes and cakes.
Outside the city, the Tiger Army was welcomed to enter.
Li Laosi rode a tall horse into Yangzhou City under the banner of General Soldier. Looking on both sides of the road, there were people and gentry holding tea and snacks everywhere to welcome the Huben army. The people looked at the strict military posture of the Huben army.
, military discipline that does not disturb the people, everyone couldn't help but applaud loudly.
"The Tiger and Ben army are mighty!"
"The Prince of Tianjin is mighty!"
"mighty!"
"What a majestic army!"
Although the gentry tried their best to distort the truth, the news gradually spread throughout the Ming Dynasty over the years. The people of Yangzhou had long known about the wealthy life under Li Zhi, how could they not be excited at this time? You must know that in today's world, powerful officials bully the people everywhere, and the social order
It is in an extremely distorted state. Even in Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, the lives of the people are getting worse day by day.
If the King of Tianjin's soldiers and horses come this time and stay there, and bring Yangzhou under their jurisdiction, then they will really live a good life!
The common people welcomed the Tiger Army with the greatest enthusiasm, for fear that the Tiger Army might come and leave again!
Li Laosi looked at the people who welcomed him, his face was as dark as water, and he walked all the way to the Yangzhou Prefecture Magistrate's Yamen.
The officials in the prefecture's yamen had already fled overnight. At this time, dozens of gentry were standing at the gate of the yamen, and hundreds of jars of Jinhua sweet wine were placed next to the yamen gate.
Li Laosi stopped at the door of the Yamen, looking at the mountains of Jinhua wine, and pondered in silence.
The gentry looked at each other for a while, and finally pushed a middle-aged man to come out and speak.
The middle-aged man raised his fist and saluted Li Laosi, and said with trembling hands: "We, the gentry representing Yangzhou, are willing to help the general."
Li Laosi glanced at these gentry and said coldly: "Have you ever donated money to the Jiangbei Army?"
The leading gentry knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed on the ground with a bang, and said loudly: "General Mingjian! We are all rich and innocent people. Those gentry who have donated money to the Jiangbei Army have been here all night.
Escaped."
The gentry behind him all turned pale, and they all knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Li Laosi.
Li Laosi sneered, secretly thinking that these shrewd gentry had understood the prince's policies thoroughly. If they had really not donated money to the Jiangbei Army, Li Laosi would not do anything to them.r
