Chapter 251: The Battle of Ying Tianfu
If this pattern of slaughter is not broken, it will be a matter of time before the Ming army collapses.
All the generals were anxious, but they couldn't come up with a way for a while.
When the situation was extremely critical, the savior finally arrived.
Chen Sheng and Chi Erhan arrived with their troops and saved the Ming army from danger.
Shen Zhiyuan quickly led more than 600 cavalry to attack Boluo's tail.
Chi Erhan's division was divided into two, one was led by Chi Erhan to reinforce Liao Zhongping's department, and the other was led by Chen Sheng to flank the Boluo department.
The arrival of these nearly 6,000 fresh forces quickly alleviated the crumbling situation.
The tide of battle began to level off, and the combat power of both sides was balanced.
At this time, Qian Sule finally did one thing right, he proposed twice to send 3,000 defenders in the city to directly attack the former Qing army that had been beaten by the Ming army.
At this time, Zhu Yujiao and Zhang Huangyan did not object, and Zhang Huangyan recommended himself and asked to lead the army to attack.
As a result, this army of 3,000 people became the last straw that crushed the morale of the Qing army.
Dodor's army was held back at the western entrance, unable to join the battlefield.
In the battlefield, the Qing army that originally attacked the city was only 4 or 5,000 people, plus Boluo's more than 3,000 cavalry, adding up to only 8,000 people.
After deducting Liao Zhongping's troops and previous casualties, the Ming army still has about 7,000 people, plus Shen Zhiyuan's cavalry and Chen Shengsuo's 2,000 people, and now plus Zhang Huangyan led the army out of the city with 3,000 people, the total strength has reached 12,000 people, and nearly half of them are new forces.
Although the Boluo cavalry was strong, after several charges, the horse's speed had decreased, forming a stalemate with the Ming infantry, and it was difficult to launch a high-speed charge.
In other words, in this part, the Qing army has fallen behind.
The scales of victory began to tilt in favor of the Ming army.
If this part of the Qing army can really be defeated, then maybe the history of Shaoxing Mansion can really be rewritten.
Because of the loss of this part of the Qing army, in addition to the people who stayed in the post pavilion and stationed in Shaoxing Mansion, there were only 10,000 people under his command.
This kind of force can only hold on to the Ming army, but cannot crush and disappear.
But this is just a wish, Bolo battlefield sensitivity is very high, when he confirmed that the Duoduo army could not quickly break through the Ming army's blockade, he quickly took over the command of the Qing army on the battlefield, and ordered 1,000 cavalry to open the way, and more than 2,000 cavalry to block the rear, and the whole army retreated to the north.
This order saved the Qing army on the battlefield.
Zhang Huangyan led his troops on the way to the north, and the northernmost Qing army had not yet made contact with Zhang Huangyan's troops at this time, and retreated calmly.
In the face of the cavalry of the Qing army, Shen Zhiyuan was not stupid, and more than 600 cavalry naturally could not pursue.
Chen Shengbu approached behind Shen Zhiyuan and stopped.
Although Zhang Huangyan was unwilling, he could only stop.
Bolo waited for the infantry to retreat before taking the cavalry away.
The battlefield quickly fell silent in the time of a pillar of incense.
The enemy and us in the western battlefield are also separating, and Liao Zhongping's department has been lost by more than half, and if it were not for Chi Erhan's 3,000 reinforcements, I am afraid it would have collapsed long ago.
Duoduo knew very well that he might not be able to succeed today, so he accepted it when he saw that it was good, and led his army to slowly withdraw from the battle.
The Ming army was powerless to pursue, and the battle finally subsided.
In this battle, the enemy and us sent more than 20,000 troops before and after, and the number of casualties was very close.
The Qing army suffered a total of more than 4,000 casualties, of which 3,000 came from the army that originally attacked Fenghui, and this army, if there was no Duoduo to lead the army to help, I am afraid that it would really be disabled by the Ming army.
From 10,000 before the war, there were less than 4,000 left when they retreated.
The casualties of the Ming army were nearly 5,000 people, and the largest casualties were divided into two parts, one was Duoduo who led the army to help, Liao Zhongping's troops sacrificed their lives to block, and by the end of the battle, there were only more than 1,000 people left in his department, which could not be described as not tragic.
Another part of the heavy casualties, was produced by the Boluo cavalry assault, just a pillar of incense time, casualties amounted to 800 people, after Bolo led the army back and forth ploughed several times, where it passed, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, the number of casualties in this part, the total number of casualties was more than 2,000 people.
As a result, if you don't count the army that Chi Erhan came to help, the Ming army can basically be said to be disabled.
But the road was tortuous, but the result was good, after all, it was victorious, and it was the Qing army that retreated.
But no one was happy, at this time, even people who didn't understand military affairs at all understood a truth, Fenghui City couldn't be defended.
Full of calculations, the Ming army probably still has more than 10,000 troops, not to mention the fatigue of horses, the key is that the backup has been lost, the reinforcements that can be sent have arrived, the only Ming army around Shaoxing Mansion is Chi Erhan left in Hangzhou Mansion 5,000 people, but the 5,000 people can not move, in case Shaoxing Mansion is lost, the Qing army crossed the river to attack Hangzhou City, there are not enough troops to garrison, Wu Zheng is unable to return to help, then the hard work paid before, will be burned.
Therefore, Fenghui must not be able to hold on.
At this time, everyone's mood is heavy.
Since the start of this war, the soldiers of the Ming army can not be said to be heroic, and the court can not be said to be unified.
But I still lost.
Providence is so, not a crime of war! There is such a sad sentence in everyone's heart.
In the evening of the same day, Zhu Yujiao, the princess of Ping, the governor of the prison state, issued an edict to abandon Fenghui and move to Pinggang Mountain.
Laohuai Village in front of Pinggang Mountain was suddenly blocked, and the influx of tens of thousands of people made it overwhelmed.
Fortunately, before the war, Chen Sheng, Shen Zhiyuan, Jiang Boli and others had been preparing for war for several months.
As the outpost of Pinggang Cottage, Laohuai Village has been built into a complete strategic facility.
In addition to the fact that no moat was built, a small city with a semicircle of mountains and a height of one zhang has begun to take shape.
In addition, Wu Zheng has always had the idea of building Pinggang Cottage into "Noah's Ark", with strong support from daily financial and material resources.
The grain and grass and war equipment hoarded in it were enough for these 10,000 people to consume for several months.
And Zhu Yujiao, Qian Sule and other princes of the imperial court entered the Pinggang cottage, and the provisional government was still perfect.
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Wu Zheng's judgment was not wrong.
Once Hong Chengchou decides to defend Yingtianfu, the Qing troops around Yingtianfu will be quickly transferred to Yingtianfu.
Wang Zhiren led the water division to attack Zhenjiang City, and the defenders in the city were only 800 people.
With 5,000 infantry, King Zhiren of Xingguo went down in a battle and took Zhenjiang lightly.
Three days later, Lu Zhiyu sent a messenger to deliver good news and conquer Taiping Mansion.
As a result, the Ming army formed a three-sided encirclement of Tianfu.
Wu Zheng pulled out the camp and headed west the next day.
Two days later, Dan Sunshine returned.
The time is fixed on April 18, which is the first time that Nanming launched a reconquest war against Tianfu.
More than 9,000 people from the Lu Zhiyu Department went out of the Taiping Mansion to attack Tianfu.
Wu Zheng led 6,000 people to attack Tianfu through Jurong.
Wang Zhiren led 10,000 sailors and 6,000 infantry to attack Tianfu.
The total strength of the Ming army reached 31,000 men.