Chapter 1686: Haizhou Recovered
The battle on three sides of Haizhou City continued until dawn.
There was no suspense, and the direction of the east gate was the first to be broken through by Qi Jiahao's department.
Because the people of the city had been slaughtered by the orders of Jishiha and Rambai [5200] in the previous battle.
Qi Jiahao covered the direction of the east gate with dense artillery fire without any psychological obstacles, and sent a demolition team to carry out a tough blast on the east gate blocked by the enemy.
More than 1,000 defenders at the east gate only resisted for an hour, and then they were already exhausted and scattered into the city.
The entire tower was blown down by excessive gunpowder.
And Qi Jiahao, who was full of hatred in his heart, did not hesitate to give the order and attack the south gate.
When the loud explosion of the east gate and the sky-high fire, it shocked the defenders of the south gate at the same time, but also shocked Yue Le, who was fighting against Qian Qiaogong.
In fact, at this time, both the enemy and us knew in their hearts that Haizhou City could no longer hold it and was going to change hands.
Yue Le also understood that since the Northern Expeditionary Army could come from the east, it must be the sailors by the sea.
And it is impossible for him to send troops to blockade the coast, so that the enemy's reinforcements will continue to pour in, and Haizhou will definitely not be able to hold it.
But at this time, Yue Le not only did not panic, but instead gave birth to the blood of fighting against the water.
He immediately adjusted his tactics and launched a surprise attack on the flank of the Xiaolin cavalry with the last mobile cavalry of 600 people around him.
At this time, Qian Qiaogong had no reserves in his hands.
Resisting Yue Le's elite cavalry, the combat power of the Wind and Thunder Cavalry has reached its limit, if it weren't for the "big killer" like Xiaolin Cavalry, the Wind and Thunder Cavalry would not be able to support it now.
But the heavy cavalry is not completely invincible, otherwise, how could Dolgon's heavy cavalry be defeated?
The heavy ride is truly invincible head-on, especially when it is already accelerating.
But the flanks of the heavy rider are its soft underbelly.
When an enemy rider strikes its flanks, it is not difficult to imagine that the result is bound to roll over.
The weight of the heavy cavalry determines that it cannot change direction as easily as the light cavalry, which means that even if it knows that the enemy is coming from the side, it cannot turn its head in time to deal with it head-on.
The enemy cavalry made a very fast detour, from dispatching troops to detouring to the left of Xiaolin Cavalry for five miles, it only took half a pillar of incense, and it had already completed the pre-battle whole team, and accelerated in the direction where Xiaolin Cavalry was.
The situation on the battlefield suddenly became severe, and Qian Qiaogong was already sweating behind his back.
But he really couldn't think of a good way to deal with it, all the cavalry was already stuck with the enemy, and he couldn't draw troops to cover the Xiaolin cavalry.
At this dangerous moment, a cavalry suddenly appeared behind Yue Le.
Zu Dabi and his troops finally arrived!
Originally, Zu Dabi should have arrived at least half an hour earlier.
But Zu Dabi didn't know that Qian Qiaogong had led his troops to the north gate and had already fought fiercely with the enemy.
Therefore, Zu Dabi's march, called the search march, is equivalent to the speed of the infantry march, because he was worried that the lone army would fall into an ambush by the enemy cavalry when he went north, and he would not succeed in that way, and he would be on his back.
It was this kind of over-caution that delayed Zu Dabi's arrival outside the north gate.
It wasn't until the sky gradually brightened that Zu Dabi sped up.
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At this time, the choice needs to be made by Yue Le.
Yue Le had two choices, one was to defeat Xiaolin Cavalry as originally planned, but the consequence was that his main camp was not guaranteed, and there were not many people around Yue Le.
In the face of the cavalry of more than 1,000 ancestors coming from behind, no matter how good the Qing cavalry tactics are, can they defeat one against a hundred?
The second option is to immediately order the withdrawal of troops and use the cavalry that has accelerated to block Zu Dabi's cavalry.
But in this way, Yue Le would have to retreat north, and it was likely that some of the cavalry would not be able to withdraw from the battle, and might be pursued by the Wind and Thunder Cavalry.
Cavalry engaged, unlike infantry.
Cavalry engagements are guerrilla, not like infantry standing still.
So, if one side wants to retreat, it is relatively much easier.
Yue Le's choice is not suspenseful, his previous desperate gamble is actually a trick.
From the time he led the cavalry out of the north gate, he was a red heart and two preparations, and it was naturally best to defeat the wind and thunder cavalry, if he couldn't defeat it, he would lead the cavalry to the north to "turn in".
Because Yue Le had already realized from the moment the cannon sounded at the east gate that Haizhou was ...... Pit.
A big pit!
This war is far from what the imperial court predicted, and the enemy just wants to take revenge or take advantage of it, but ...... Decisive battle!
It was this realization that Yue Le was anxious to spread the news to the north, but he was unable to inform the retreat of the army that had fallen into a stalemate at the south gate.
The infantry could not be withdrawn.
If you force a withdrawal, the result is either annihilation or capture.
Instead of that, let them ...... Die in battle!
Yue Le quickly sent out the flag order - the whole army retreated north!
It was Yue Le's determination that allowed this enemy horse to be saved.
The Wind and Thunder Rider was even inexplicable, and the pressure on his body dropped sharply, but he didn't know how to deal with it.
Even Qian Qiaogong was hesitating at the time, should he chase it?
But in this stunned effort, the enemy has already retreated like a tide.
At this point, the recovery of Haizhou City has become a foregone conclusion, and nearly 5,000 Qing soldiers who are fighting fiercely with Wu Songwei at the south gate of the city have become outcasts but do not know it.
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The battle continued until the end of the hour.
This Qing army was indeed fierce, and for half a night and two and a half hours, it was stunned to block the assault of Wu Songwei and almost the whole army.
But when the Wind Thunder Cavalry and the First Army led by Qi Jiahao appeared behind them, this Qing army also collapsed.
The psychological gap made the morale of the Qing soldiers decrease, and while they were panicking, they instantly realized that they had been abandoned.
The Qing army wanted to surrender.
But Qi Jiahao didn't agree!
Qian Qiaogong, a righteous man and gentleman, tried his best to resist it to no avail, so he had to lead the wind and thunder to ride back to show his disapproval and non-participation...... Didn't see it.
After Qi Jiahao kowtowed to Qian Qiaogong, he brazenly ordered a volley of guns.
In this kind of decisive slaughter, none of the nearly 3,000 Qing soldiers resisted, which shows that people with demoralized morale, no matter how strong they were before, in fact, in the face of strength, they are also Tuo X.
Qian Qiaogong kept his back to the south gate, he didn't want to see it!
According to his temperament, he will definitely be stopped, and he can be stopped, he is the commander of the Wind and Thunder Cavalry, and Qi Jiahao's military position is three or four levels lower than him.
Even if Qi Jiahao breaks his head, it won't work.
But Qian Qiaogong didn't stop it in the end, not because Qi Jiajie died in battle, but for the tens of thousands of innocent souls in Haizhou City who were slaughtered by this army!
It was the battle, and the Battle of Haizhou officially ended.
Nearly 30,000 troops were invested on both sides, and the Qing army withdrew from Haizhou with almost all the infantry annihilated.
The casualties of Wu Songwei were not small, and there were more than 6,000 casualties in the two major battles before and after, especially in the battle of Xinba, when he was assaulted by the enemy's cavalry, he suffered more than 3,000 casualties.
But the results of the battle were also huge, Haizhou was recovered, Ganyu was in front of him, and the door of the Northern Expedition was suddenly opened.
The point is that the Qing court has not yet realized that this is not a local war, but, a decisive battle!
Wu Zheng was too "insidious", and he coaxed everyone, including the princes and ministers of the Jianxing court and the princes of the general's mansion.