Also involved in the search and pursuit are ordinary farmers in the suburbs of Xiaoshan County and Hangzhou, who seem to be honest and harmless, as well as local tyrants in the countryside.

Although these peasants usually seemed to pose no threat to the Qing army, and the Qing army had been fully cooperative in the conquest of Hangzhou and the battle with the Ming army, they had already leaned towards the Ming army in their hearts after the shaving order, so they would rather kill the defeated Qing army by mistake than let it go.

For the Qing army after the rout, these seemingly harmless peasants and local tyrants in the countryside were much more threatening than tens of thousands of Ming troops.

Although the Ming army formed a series of encirclement and interception, this heavy defense line was not tight, and there were always gaps to drill. However, the armed peasants led by these rural tyrants were completely different, blocking almost every way they escaped and reporting to the Ming army as soon as possible, and the result was that a large number of routs and routs were completely annihilated in the encirclement, and only two or three out of ten could escape back to Hangzhou.

When the results of the battle came, there were jubilant voices on both sides of the Qianjiang River, Empress Zhang didn't expect that her crossing the river could cause such an amazing chain reaction, she said to the female officials Zhu Meier and Bian Yujing next to her: "It seems that I am in a hurry!"

The slim Zhu Meier had already guessed Queen Zhang's thoughts: "Where is the coincidence?" Outside it is said that it is the credit of Niangniang, and they all say that Niangniang is really the daughter of the Mandate of Heaven, and after the Niangniang crosses the river, the Mandate of Heaven is in the Ming, and even the Duke of Yue Guogong says so!"

The corners of Empress Zhang's mouth couldn't help but add a warm smile: "Yue Guogong is still in front and hasn't retreated?" ”

In fact, Empress Zhang still doesn't know how this great victory came about, although she brought 3,000 reinforcements across the river, but the 3,000 reinforcements are now only 2,000 people at most across the Qiantang River, how can the invincible Qing soldiers in the world suddenly collapse on the whole line, does she really have such an amazing charm in her own imperial conquest?

And Bian Yujing said very seriously: "So you are the queen of the prison country, the Duke of Yue Guo has sent a message to him, saying that he has been busy with military affairs in the past two days and has no time to meet Niangniang, but he has already understood Niangniang's kindness, and he will not forget Niangniang's kindness in this life and this life!"

Although Liu Yongxi said it very implicitly, Empress Zhang could hear the wisps of affection in these words, and she became happy: "Yue Guogong is loyal to the country, I will not forget his benefits, anyway, we can meet in a few days, before I came, I really didn't know that the Yue Guogong soldiers were like gods to such a point, and there has been no such a big victory since the Seven Hatreds of Jianyu, I hope to recover Hangzhou as soon as possible!"

Empress Zhang still remembered that when she crossed the river, she swore that unless she recovered the capital, she would never go to the river, but she really didn't expect the Qing army to be defeated so quickly.

Bolo also did not expect that the Qing army's defense line on the north bank of the Qiantang River would suddenly collapse.

And what's worse is that although he felt that the battle was not going well, he always thought that he could finally drive the Ming army down the Qiantang River, and at worst, he could suppress the Ming army in several bridgeheads in the north of the river, but he never expected that the Qing army would suddenly collapse on the whole line inexplicably.

Until now, Bolo didn't understand what was going on, the Qing army that came to the city after the rout had their own explanations, the new annexed army said that the Eight Banners Army was defeated first, and they fought hard but did not save the defeat, while the Eight Banners officers pointed out that the new attached Green Battalion army was defeated first, and the Waifan Mongolian Niulu said that the Eight Banners Army and the Han army retreated at the same time, and they were the group that suffered the most.

But Bolo can no longer know the whole truth, after all, the battle of Jiangbei hit the Qing army too much, Bolo invested more than 20,000 troops to the south and west of the city, but now the Qing army that broke through and returned to the city is less than 10,000.

Many battalion leaders and Niu Lu were completely annihilated or suffered annihilating blows in the battle, and the losses of the Eight Banners Army and the Mongol soldiers of the Outer Domains exceeded 2,000 people, and the losses were still expanding, which made Bolo sad and did not know how to explain.

For the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners Army and the Mongol soldiers of the Outer Domains can be said to be the true cornerstone of the country, as long as they are engaged in battle, there is no enemy that cannot be solved, but now in a battle, more than 2,000 Eight Banners Army and the Mongol soldiers of the Outer Domains have been lost, and even the regent Dolgon will be heartbroken.

Even in such a strategic decisive battle as the Battle of Shanhai and the Battle of Tongguan, the Eight Banners Army and the Mongol soldiers of the Outer Domains did not suffer such a shocking blow, although many of the casualties of the Qing army occurred in the previous confrontation stage, but the main loss is today's total collapse.

Bolo could only piece together the general truth based on the accounts of the remnants of the defeated generals: "According to your statement, our army originally had the opportunity to drive the Jinhua thieves down the Qiantang River, but unexpectedly, the puppet Empress Zhang of the Ming State suddenly drove the imperial expedition and more than 10,000 people of the Ming Imperial Forest Army participated in the battle, so our army had this defeat?" ”

Zhang Jie, the deputy general who took the lead in leading his troops to escape, kept his strength relatively intact because of his fast running, and now his voice is particularly loud: "Baylor is wise, this is indeed the case, if it weren't for more than 10,000 Jinhua thieves suddenly crossing the river, we would never have failed!"

Zhang Cunren, the governor of Zhejiang, who belonged to the same Han military banner as Zhang Jie, was also helping Zhang Jie speak: "Baylor, even the Eight Banners were defeated in this battle, which shows that the soldiers have done their best, and the top priority at the moment is to clean up the mess and hold Hangzhou, otherwise the situation in the southeast is unimaginable!"

Bo Luo knew that the matter was actually in the shaving order issued by the regent, but although he was a Manchurian nobleman, he didn't dare to say anything more on this issue, so he could only say very implicitly: "Things have come to this point today, it doesn't matter to say anything, as long as you can keep Hangzhou City, everything is not to blame!"

Although Bolo also wanted to be held responsible, the Eight Banners and the Mongol soldiers of the Outer Domains suffered astonishing losses in the two battles of Qiantang Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

Although there were still more than 2,000 Eight Banner soldiers and Mongolian soldiers from the outer domains in the city, the main force was the Eight Banners Han Army and the Han Army under Zu Dabi who operated more than 30 red-clothed cannons, so that he had to temporarily rely on these Han troops and Han generals while ordering the Eight Banners armor soldiers in Jiaxing to withdraw quickly.

Hearing Bo Luo say this, the former Ming army generals including Zhang Jie and Zhang Cunren were relieved, they knew that the situation in the Qing Dynasty was completely different from that of the Ming Kingdom, and as soon as Bo Luo's sentence of "the past is not to blame" came out, they were relieved and hurriedly gave Bo Luo an idea: "Baylor, you have to quickly ask Prince Yu to send troops to rescue Zhejiang, and if it goes on like this, it will be over!"

"That's right, the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners in Jiaxing hurriedly withdrew, and Hangzhou can't be without soldiers!"

"Lord Belle, not only do you want to ask King Yu to send troops to help, but you also want to ask King Ying to send troops quickly!"

Although Duoduo wanted to solve this matter on his own, in the eyes of these Han officials and Han generals, since the matter had gotten out of control, it was logical to ask the British king Azig to send troops, after all, if the British king really wanted to enter Zhejiang, the matter could naturally be solved, but Bolo felt that something was wrong: "The British king enters Zhejiang, this matter must be nodded by the regent, right?" ”