After the Battle of Boye, Li Laiheng only entered the city to rest for a while. After briefly discussing the military situation on the front line with Gu Junen, he immediately decided to return to the north and take advantage of the power of victory on the southern front to reinforce the Baigouhe battlefield.
It's just that the actual fighting situation on the northern front was not as difficult as Li Laiheng and Gu Junen imagined.
The Chuang army and the Ming and Qing allied forces did not engage in a fierce offensive and defensive battle along the river. Abatai was so eager to go south to rescue his son Fu Guo Gong Bohe Tuo that he made a foolish move of suddenly breaking camp.
The coalition generals were suspicious of each other. Liu Zeqing seized the opportunity to escape first, which opened Pandora's box. Wu Sangui's escape left the coalition forces without any hope of victory.
Upon seeing this, Abate had no choice but to give up the fight and quickly withdrew. Only the two troops, Li Fuming and Gaudi, led by the upright commander, fought against the intruders in panic and chaos, and immediately suffered a comically devastating blow.
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By the time Li Laiheng led his elite cavalry from the south back to the vicinity of Baigou River, the end of the battle was over.
The 50,000 troops of the Ming and Qing allied forces first suffered more than 7,000 casualties in the frontal battlefield of Baigou River, and then the 9,000 roundabout troops led by Bohe Tuo, the auxiliary country, suffered another 6,000 casualties.
Zhang Pizhu and Yuan Shitai quickly defeated the enemy in Baiyangdian, frightening the towns of Shanhai and Qiantun to collapse, and wounded and captured more than 3,000 enemy soldiers.
After that, Chen Yongfu and Fang Yiren arrived at Baiyangdian with the main force of the rebel army, and continued to pursue the defeated coalition forces, capturing prisoners along the way, continuously expanding their results, and annihilating nearly 4,000 coalition troops.
Calculated in this way, after various battles before and after the Battle of Baigouhe, the Ming and Qing coalition forces suffered a total loss of about 20,000 people. The losses of artillery, equipment, and baggage were even more times this number.
Especially in terms of artillery, it can be said that almost all the intruders were captured, and all kinds of war horses were also piled up in countless forms.
More importantly, this battle further damaged the enemy's morale and proved that the myth of the so-called invincible Eight Banners soldiers was not worth mentioning at all.
Emperor Chongzhen paid a huge price for the imperial court and the three hundred years of accumulated prestige behind Taizu Hongwu in exchange for the aid of the Eastern Division in the suppression, which was not able to save the declining Ming Dynasty.
"Chen Yongfu, you did a great job!"
Li Laiheng galloped into the military camp. He held Chen Yongfu's arms and said with a cheerful smile:
"In several battles at Baigou River, we destroyed 20,000 enemies. The important thing is not how many enemies were destroyed, but the magnanimity of the founding army of the invading army, and the bragging that the Eight Banners soldiers were invincible. Now the people of the world are
It’s time to see clearly that even if the imperial court resorts to such despicable methods as borrowing teachers to help suppress the enemy, it will not be able to stop the changes in the general trend of the world.”
"The commander-in-chief is ridiculous. The first contribution in this battle should be made by Yuan Duwei. Yuan Duwei rushed into the battle with a thousand men, defeated several times the enemy, and captured the Ming Dynasty's chief military officer Li Fuming alive. He was very brave. The commander-in-chief should be commended.
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Li Laiheng didn't realize for a moment who Captain Yuan was talking about. Only when he saw Fang Yiren looking at Yuan Shitai did he remember this old general from Yuan's camp.
In the process of taking back the troops of Xiao Yuan Camp, Li Laiheng used some methods, and fought several times with the brothers of Xiao Yuan Camp.
Yuan Shitai was able to disregard past grievances and make such contributions to the army, which also made Li Laiheng look at him with admiration:
"Yuan...Captain Yuan! I remember you, you are Yuan Shizhong's brother, right? Brothers Dujinjiebo are here, and Xiao Yuan's camp has always been a part of the army. You are the first to contribute in this battle. When His Highness conquers Shaanxi,
After you return, it’s time to promote you to a mighty general!”
He then clapped his hands and asked: "Li Fuming is a famous general in the Guan Ning Army. He has a reputation for bravery. Being able to capture this man alive is an unexpected surprise. Where is Li Fuming now? I want to see him."
Before Yuan Shitai could speak, Fang Yiren smiled and said, "Does the Lord want to recruit this person?"
"Hahaha!" Li Laiheng burst into laughter and said, "Li Fuming made a mistake in suppressing the Chuang army, but he made a contribution in defeating the captives. This is a matter that needs to be looked at separately. Besides, Your Highness has a strategy for the Chuang army's next use of troops. He asked us to try to recruit the Ming army to surrender.
General. My attitude towards Li Fuming should always be adequate."
"Where is Li Fuming?"
Li Fuming was also caught by soldiers from Xiaoyuan Camp. His hair was disheveled and he had several wounds on his body.
When he was captured by the invaders, Li Fuming fell from his horse and rolled over. He was seriously injured. There is still blood in his mouth and he looks extremely miserable and miserable. He does not look like a famous Ming army general at all.
After Li Laiheng met Li Fuming accompanied by the generals, he immediately arranged for soldiers to treat his injuries, put him in a brand new cloak, and gave him a sit-down conversation.
"Li Zhentai fought to the death for the imperial court on the Baigou River the day before yesterday. He was quite heroic. But I heard that Li Zhentai was a famous general in the Liao army. He fought against the Eastern captives several times and had a mortal enemy with the Qing people. The Battle of Baigou River
, but the officers and soldiers joined forces with the Donglu and made things difficult for me. I would like to know, are the Zhentai and Donglu coalition forces trying to follow the Wuqiao bandit's old wisdom? "
The Wuqiao bandit Li Laiheng refers to is Kong Youde, who defected from the Ming Dynasty and joined the Manchus after the Wuqiao mutiny.
Kong Youde was originally the adopted son of Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town. He was also a famous general in the Liao army and had a sworn blood feud with the Manchus. In the end, he put aside these hatreds and actually recognized the thief as his father.
Although Li Fuming was forced to join forces with the Eastern Lu because of the imperial government's national policy of borrowing troops to help suppress the enemy, he considered himself a loyal man. How could he tolerate Li Laiheng comparing him to someone like Kong Youde?
Li Fuming immediately reprimanded:
"You, the horse thieves, are the same people as the Wuqiao thieves. They are all the same! It's useless to say more. Since I have fallen into your hands, don't expect me to beg for surrender. At most, I will die!"
"Haha," Li Laiheng said with a smile, "Wu Qiao bandits and Hong Chengchou are all guests of the Ming Dynasty now. Treating blood feuds as reinforcements and attracting ghosts into the country is the old wisdom of the Song and Jin Maritime Alliance. Zhentai thought it would work
What is the result? When the day comes when Jingjia appears in this world, will you continue to obey the orders of the Lord of the Five Kingdoms City, or will you kill the prisoners?"
Li Fuming immediately became angry when he heard that Li Laiheng used the situation in the late Northern Song Dynasty to satirize Emperor Chongzhen, and described the wise emperor as a figure like Huizong of the Song Dynasty, implying that Chongzhen would sooner or later end up hunting the Five Kingdoms City in the north.
Burn.
He said angrily: "Today, the Ming Dynasty has the talent to suppress the dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is about to revive. Do you thieves really think you have won? Where do you think Mr. Sun is? Now Taiyuan has probably been recovered by the Ming Dynasty King's Division.
Bar!"
"Taiyuan?" Fang Yiren said in a deep voice, "As expected, Sun Baigu did not participate in the Battle of Baigouhe because the Ming army... No, the main force of the coalition army was not in the south, but in the west... Sun Chuanting must have been in charge of the Qin army.
They are uniting with the main force of Donglu and preparing to attack Taiyuan."
Li Laiheng's face also darkened and he said: "I have written to Commander Tian several times, asking him to kill all the generals who have repeatedly surrendered, including the generals of Datong... Has he never done anything?"