Chapter 134: Explosion (Part II)
The shout, Chen Kai at the head of the city and Li Jianjie, who had already circled the northwest of Beibao under the city, broke out at the same time, and in just a moment, the cry of the flight was replaced by the mouths of more Ming soldiers who heard this, and became the main theme on this battlefield.
The Ming army was in hot pursuit, wantonly slashing and slashing the rout. In the southwest direction of the fortress, the rear feudal soldiers had already taken the lead in escaping, and Zhang Daoying, who had already stood at the forefront to boost morale, was instantly overwhelmed by the Ming army. Dongguan Town was defeated, and Huizhou Town in the northwest was not far behind, but Huang Yingjie was the first to turn around, and finally did not drown in the first wave of military defeat.
However, getting on the horse, it doesn't mean that he will be able to run away, his position is too high in front of the battle, but it has the effect of boosting morale, but once it is now, even if it is on the war horse, the surroundings are already crowded with routs, not to mention that it is difficult to move an inch, but it has become the target of the Ming army.
The sword and shield soldiers and pikemen chased after each other, and the archers behind saw such an obvious commander of the Qing army, and they also hurriedly drew their bows and arrows, and shot Huang Yingjie into a frightened hedgehog in just an instant. The hedgehog shook his horse a few times, and then his head tilted, and his whole body fell, and he was drowned under the big feet that were either fleeing or pursuing.
The pursuit continued, the Ming infantry drove out the Qing rout, and the follow-up troops had already crossed the pontoon bridge and followed. There were also cavalry from those two towns that directly bypassed those defeated foot soldiers to pursue the cavalry of the Qing army.
Four infantry towns plus two garrison towns, nothing more than 5,000 soldiers chasing nearly twice as many enemy troops on the road as they may sound a little funny, but the morale of the Qing army has fallen to the bottom, the army has no fighting spirit, even if there are only one or two Ming troops behind them, they can still chase them around, just like how the Eight Banners Army has pursued thousands, or even tens of thousands, of Ming troops with a small number of soldiers and horses over the years.
The Qing army was defeated, and the area where Geng Jimao was located in the main position was not affected too much by the previous explosion, at most it was blown by the wind and waves a few times. But the sudden explosion on the left and near, the tragic rout of the army in the distance, and especially the frantic shouting and killing, had already made his brain go blank.
There are still 3,000 iron armor under his command, whether it is fighting or leaving, there must be a number. If it is ordinary, the combat experience is insufficient, just Geng Jimao, who has the identity of a prince, the generals can still find Xu Degong or Lian Decheng to call the shots, but now, the life and death of Lian Decheng, who arrived close to the command earlier, and the chaos of the explosion also made Xu Degong nowhere to be found, although the explosion did not affect too many Qing troops, but those who were swept up by the wave of gunpowder explosion wooden thorns, clods of soil, and some other things were very embarrassed to some Qing troops near the range.
The situation was urgent, and the captain of the guards of the Jingnan Palace shook Geng Jimao's body desperately, trying to wake him up as soon as possible. The sky was pitiful, and in less than a moment, the prince's cognition finally recovered some color. It's a pity that these colors imply, or even represent, only fear, and nothing else.
Geng Jimao, who had eased up a little, didn't say a word, turned his horse and left, almost throwing the captain of the guard off his horse. The frightened shouts and hiss cracked their lungs, and the generals were slightly stunned, and they also knew that this pampered little prince was probably frightened, where did he dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly organized their respective troops to flee to the west.
The chain reaction caused by the rout swept the entire Qing army, 10,000 soldiers of the Jingnan Domain, 3,000 Huizhou Town Green Battalion and 3,000 Dongguan Town Green Battalion, as well as twice the number of Qing army auxiliaries to flee the road, they had already suffered a lot of casualties in the earlier siege battle, and at this moment they gave their backs to the Ming army's waist knives and spears.
The pursuit continued until late evening, when the Ming army turned back. When he came back, the bright moon and stars were already hanging overhead, and in the place where the Qing army had originally set up camp, the soldiers and auxiliaries who had not followed up with the pursuing troops had already prepared camp tents and water for rest. The head, the capture, everything is still in the light, but this battle is indeed a great victory, there is no doubt about it.
The key to victory lies in the fact that the fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Qing army is bleeding here, and what it is facing is not the whole of the fortress defense system in the true sense of the European continent. It's just that Chen Kai knows so much and what he sees in the book. However, the Qing army knew nothing about this, but it was no wonder to others.
The fortress and the Ming army that fought from both sides of the north fort had overwhelmed the Qing army, and the scales of victory had begun to tilt greatly in favor of the Ming army at that time. However, Chen Kai's shot was just the last straw that crushed the Qing army.
The deviation of that artillery and the effective damage to the Qing army were more on the artillery crew and the auxiliaries who carried the artillery. The Qing soldiers in the main position were very few, but Xu Degong, the general soldier of the left wing, was organizing the follow-up of the Qing army and the retreat of the artillery, and he was closer to there, and was knocked unconscious by something I don't know. And the chaos that followed made it impossible for others to take care of him.
However, this kind of situation, which seems to be lucky, has happened too many times in the era of solid bullets. Especially in naval battles, the gaps made by solid shells, wooden battleships can hold out for a long time by digging for water and repairing, but once the shells hit the powder keg, the fire will quickly sweep away, and even drown the entire ship in the sea of fire, which can be said to be the situation that occurs in almost every sea battle.
That night, the army slaughtered pigs and sheep to celebrate this great victory, but drinking was still forbidden by Chen Kai, because although the Qing army was defeated now, it is still unknown whether its remnants have fled back, and it is always necessary to be vigilant.
There are non-combatant troops on the periphery who are on guard, and there is laughter and laughter inside, and the soldiers of the Ming army are holding mutton and pork, and their mouths are full of oil, which really makes the officers a little embarrassed.
"If you win, it doesn't matter what you eat, what matters is that Wang Shi is the winner!"
With the help of the bench, Chen Kai flexibly jumped on the table, shouted loudly, and saluted the surrounding Ming soldiers with tea instead of wine, the wine could not be drunk, but it did not prevent Chen Kai from encouraging and boosting morale. Especially over the years, after the victory, there are some officers who toast, but the civilian officials have never heard of toasting to the soldiers, even if it has caused cheers from the soldiers.
The towns and battalions that participated in the war had a round of salutes, but in fact, they were nothing more than the Beibao garrison, the reinforcement of Houzhen, Qianchong Town, Tieqi Town, Hussar Town, and Zhongchong Town and Houchong Town, which followed up. After a round, Chen Kai returned to the big tent, and the generals had been waiting here for a long time and did not dare to move their chopsticks, just because their boss had not arrived.
When Chen Kai returned, the generals congratulated Chen Kai. In the final analysis, although Chen Kai is a civil official, unlike other civilian officials, he planned the entire battle in a more reasonable way, and calculated everything into account in order to have a great victory. The congratulations here are not only due to his status as the general system of eastern Guangdong, but more importantly, the talent he has shown to compete with the elite of the Qing army.
"It's a good thing to win the war, I hope that the history books of future generations will not write down what the army of the Jingnan Domain is Bocheng, the king fought hard for a day, the damage is not counted, Chen Kaifu asked Emperor Gao to bless, the emperor Ming three hundred years of fire virtue came into the world, and the flames swept the great array of the captive master and other paragraphs came out, I will be Amitabha."