Chapter 124 The Southern Line is also a great victory
The sudden rout of the Qing army surprised the whole army the most. The defeat of the Ming army did not surprise Chen Yongfu. However, during the chaos of the battle, Yuan Shitai was able to capture alive Li Fuming, a well-known and brave general in Guan Ning's army.
A great surprise that boosted the morale of the army.
The collapse of the coalition forces came so suddenly. The biggest surprise was that the invaders were not prepared to expand their victory.
Needless to say, Wu Sangui and Liu Zeqing both hurriedly withdrew their direct troops from the battlefield before the coalition collapsed, and their strength was hardly affected.
Although the Qing army's movements were a bit slower, in terms of grasping the timing of retreat, even the veteran Abatai could not compare with long-distance running champions like Wu Sangui and Liu Zeqing who were rich in transfer experience.
However, the discipline level of the soldiers of the Qing army was indeed much higher than that of Guan Ning's army. Even under the fierce attack of Zhang Pizhu and Yuan Shitai, the Eight Banners soldiers were able to fight and retreat to a certain extent, and did not disintegrate immediately after the engagement.
"Continue to pursue and capture more prisoners..."
Chen Yongfu, Fang Yiren, Ma Shiyao and others, who led the main force of the breakout army to the Baiyangdian battlefield one after another, were all surprised by the major victory achieved by Zhang Pizhu and Yuan Shitai.
Chen Yongfu immediately ordered the main force to follow up and expand the results. Although he predicted that the coalition forces would rush out of camp and send out many troops, there would be huge chaos, which would give the intruders an opportunity.
However, I never expected that victory would come so suddenly and easily.
"The customs soldiers in Qiantun Town and Shanhaiguan attacked each other, and most of them were defeated. Now it depends on how many prisoners we can capture." Ma Shiyao pulled the reins and looked at the Guan Ning soldiers who were in a mess on the bank of Baigou River, thinking of this
He was the last elite soldier of the Ming Dynasty, so he sighed sadly, "Li Fuming is brave and powerful, but it's a pity."
Fang Yiren tightened his collar, but his expression was very relaxed in the icy cold wind. He smiled softly and said to Ma Shiyao:
"If Li Fuming had followed the example of Wu Sangui, Liu Zeqing and others and escaped first, they could have retained this elite soldier for the imperial court. But when the imperial court reached the point where fighting to the death was a sin and running away to preserve strength would be a meritorious service, what future would there be for Chongzhen again?
We can no longer restrain these arrogant soldiers!"
"The world is about to change its surname. These people are just clearing out the vanguard for King Li Chuang."
This series of victories made Chen Yongfu even more grateful for his choice to join the Chuang camp. He said that the world would belong to King Chuang, but in his heart he was grateful for the advice from Chen Xin, the military governor of Jingxiang, and the fact that Li Laiheng had previously broken an arrow for him.
A sworn promise.
The Eight Banners soldiers fled north, so it seems that the circuitous Qing army will also be doomed. The Guan Ning army was defeated again, and the Chuang army has won consecutive battles. Is it still difficult to conquer Beijing and pacify the world in the future?
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Chen Yongfu stroked his beard and began to feel proud and proud of his success in joining the ranks of the founding fathers of the Republic of China.
But Fang Yiren looked at the vast expanse of white in the north that extended to the end of the horizon, and finally merged with the clouds in the sky. It was difficult to distinguish the snow from each other, but he said with a solemn expression:
"Sun Chuanting never sent his troops south. Where do you think he is?"
This question made all the generals feel a little confused. Sun Chuanting held 30,000 Qin soldiers and his position was very important.
But now the Eight Banners soldiers are fleeing north, Guan Ning's army has suffered heavy losses, but the Qin army has not appeared for a long time. What on earth was Sun Chuanting thinking? Where are his troops?
It’s impossible to suddenly and inexplicably evaporate like this!
Chen Yongfu guessed: "The decline of the Beijing camp is unavailable. This is a matter known to everyone in the world, and Chongzhen would not have been unaware of this. The Beijing camp claims to have tens of thousands of heroes, but in fact they only live on the roster. In fact,
It's hard to say whether there were one or two thousand soldiers. Chongzhen may have been worried that the capital would be raided by the Chu army, so he asked Sun Chuanting to stay in Beijing and lead the Qin army to defend the capital of Yan."
Liu Rukui immediately followed and said:
"It seems like we are going to have to fight another tough battle under the city walls of Beijing!"
"Otherwise." Chen Yongfu shook his head and said, "The officers and soldiers have been defeated in repeated battles, all the way to the north. Although Sun Chuanting is known as a famous general in the world, he cannot drive the people from the city into the army. How can he fight a tough battle with us with only an army whose morale has been shattered?
?I think after the battle at Baigou River, all the way to Beijing, we will be just like Taizu Hongwu during his Northern Expedition. We will have smooth sailing along the way and easily pick the ripe fruit of Beijing."
After Yuan Shitai captured Li Fuming, the chief military officer of Qiantun Town, he continued to run wildly, and then defeated the frightened Shanhaiguan customs soldiers.
It was a pity that Gaudi had a group of favored Mongolian servants around him who were quite capable in fighting. They actually defended Gaudi and protected him from the siege when the army was completely defeated.
Yuan Shitai regretfully lamented that he missed the victory of capturing the Second General Soldier in the first battle, but just leading a thousand men to defeat the forwards of the Eight Banners Army and the Guanning Army in the two towns was enough for Yuan Shitai to restore the glory of Xiaoyuan Camp.
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He personally brought a large group of officers, soldiers and even Manchu prisoners to greet the generals.
Chen Yongfu saw the coalition soldiers helpless and extremely depressed, and said even more optimistically:
"The imperial army's morale has been shattered and its troops are no longer available. As long as the commander-in-chief shows his intention to forget the past, presumably except for Sun Chuanting and Gao Jie who will resist stubbornly, the rest of the Ming army will switch sides and surrender, and take the initiative to surrender."
"If only things were this simple!"
Fang Yiren stretched out the folding fan, and a small snowflake happened to fall on the fan.
"It's snowing again."
Ma Shiyao frowned and said, "Sudden snowfall may affect our capture of prisoners."
"In the Northern Expedition of Taizu Hongwu, King Zhongshan was defeated. How could he know that Sun Chuanting did not have Wang Baobao's talents? The Qin army failed to come out many times. I am only worried that they are not in the capital and will endanger Hedong."
Fang Yiren's words finally surprised all the generals. Chen Yongfu knew more about the total strength of the Qing army and knew that Huang Taiji could invest tens of thousands or even 100,000 troops to fight in the pass if he wanted to.
Combining this with what Fang Yiren said, Chen Yongfu vaguely thought of a speculation similar to Fang Yiren's.
"Secretary Fang...Secretary Fang thought that Sun Chuanting was not in the capital, but was going to attack Shanxi?! The Qin army only had 30,000 soldiers, and Commander Tian stayed behind in Taiyuan and Datong. They had a lot of troops, and Datong is a famous dangerous place in the world. Sun Chuanting
No matter what, there is no way to endanger Shanxi!"
"I heard that in the Battle of Songjin, the Qing army defeated Hong Chengchou's 130,000-strong army in one fell swoop. Even though the Ming army often had vacancies, the Battle of Songjin was a strategic decisive battle different from the past. The generals must have gone all out, and in the end
There are always at least 100,000 soldiers participating in the battle. But they were defeated by the Donglu in the first battle. It can be imagined that the total strength of the Donglu is no less than 100,000."
Small snowflakes were flying among the generals. As Fang Yiren slowly analyzed the battle situation, everyone gradually felt an increasingly chilly chill.
"In the Battle of Baigou River, the Qing army was divided into two groups, but the number of troops in any one group was less than 10,000. Is this because the Donglu did not intend to fight for the imperial court with all their strength, or because the main force of the Donglu was fighting elsewhere?
Activity?"
At this point, Fang Yiren's meaning was already very obvious. Everyone couldn't help but wake up from the joy of victory and suddenly felt dizzy.
"General! Secretary! The general is back with his troops..."
"The master of the palace is back? How is the battle on the southern front? How is the situation in Boye City? Is there anything going on?"
"The southern front...the southern front is also a great victory! Most of the Eastern captives are defeated, and the generals are not lost!"
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Due to work reasons, Yuwen has now gone to Xinjiang. Faced with the situation of no network and no computer, he can only use mobile phone codes to update. In the past half month or so, he can only try his best to maintain it.