Chapter 58: The Qing Army Retreats
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Jueluo Bahana's face was cloudy, and he slapped his horsewhip fiercely.
The battle situation was very different from what he expected.
Originally, he thought that the Han army with Shi Tingzhu was pinned with red flags in Xicheng, and he sent real Manchurian Zhenglan Banner warriors to attack the city, so that he could take Beicheng in one fell swoop, so as to control the entire Dezhou.
Who would have thought that the defenders at the head of the city were much more tenacious than he imagined.
At one point, the Manchurian white-armored soldiers even rushed to the city, and they should have ushered in a one-sided massacre, but they were brutally defused by the defenders, and dozens of white-armored soldiers were not spared!
It's incredible!
Is there really an empty army in the city of Texas, and there are only village soldiers and government servants to defend the city?
Kyaw Lo Bahana doesn't think so!
From the beginning of their siege, the defenders have been very calm and calm, and they have dealt with it well.
This is by no means something that some recruit eggs can do.
Kyaw Lo Bahana thinks there must be a sharp army in the city of Texas!
Damn Wang Aoyong, Fang Dayou!
At this moment, Jueluo Bahana gritted his teeth, eager to swallow the two of them alive.
If it weren't for these two people lying and telling the regent that Texas was empty, it could be broken in one fell swoop, how could the regent send flag soldiers to collect Shandong.
The Eight Banners were the elite of the Qing Dynasty, with a total of only 100,000 people.
These 100,000 armor soldiers died one less than one, and they definitely couldn't withstand the attrition of the Ming army.
It was the regent who decided to use the green battalion as the vanguard to attack and plunder.
The so-called green battalion was actually the official army of the original Ming Dynasty, and after surrendering, it was not broken up and reorganized, but directly commanded by the original future and worked for the Qing Dynasty.
Take the Green Battalion soldiers in Kifu and Henan as examples, the regent asked them to go to Shanxi to fight Li Zicheng's troops in order to consume Li Zicheng's strength.
And the 'beauty difference' like collecting Shandong is naturally left to one's own people.
But now Kyorobahana has found that this is not a beauty difference, but a drudgery that kills people. There must have been elite soldiers and horses stationed in the city of Texas, first showing weakness and leading them to attack the city, and then taking the opportunity to consume the troops of the Qing Dynasty.
No, we can't go any further.
Now the more than 2,000 people of the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner he brought have been lost by more than 30%, and the situation on Shi Tingzhu's side may be even worse.
They were already not well prepared here, and it was too much of a loss for them to attack the city without siege equipment.
It is the best choice to save the strength of the squad to return to the dynasty and ask the regent to send more green battalion soldiers to take the lead.
Having already thought about it, Lobahana no longer hesitated, and decisively ordered the army to retreat.
"Woo, woo, woo!"
The flag-bearers who heard the sound of the horn breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated.
Jueluo Bahana also sent people to inform the Shi Tingzhu Department who stormed Xicheng as soon as possible, not to make any more senseless sacrifices, and to evacuate immediately.
The execution of the soldiers of the Eight Banners is still very strong, except for dozens of people who were injured by stray arrows on the way to retreat, very few people were injured and killed again.
Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu gathered their banner soldiers together, and after making some inventory, they turned around and set out. Originally, they wanted to snatch back the corpses of the dead flag soldiers. But the Texas defenders have plenty of arrows, and forcibly snatching the corpse may be shot intensively, and the risk is too great.
In desperation, Jueluo Bahana could only give up this idea and preserve his vitality as much as possible.
Texas, I remember, it won't be long before I get back again. At that time, the city will be destroyed in one fell swoop, and the chickens and dogs slaughtered in the city will not be left.
I promise!
Kyaw Lo Bahana swore secretly in his heart.
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"The Tartars have withdrawn. The Tartars have retreated! ”
The Ming troops at the head of the city were all jubilant and waved their fists excitedly.
Qin Gongming was solemn and did not say a word.
He could understand the mood of the soldiers at this moment.
In the minds of ordinary soldiers, the soldiers of the Eight Banners are not only ferocious and tyrannical, but also extremely strong and invincible.
Now that they have repelled the flag soldiers with their own efforts and held Texas City, how can they not be happy?
The victory in Texas, the good news was sent to the imperial court, the son of heaven was happy, and the soldiers would naturally be rewarded.
No matter how you look at it, this is a great joy.
But Qin Gongming felt a little regretful.
His original plan was to let Zhu Shuaiqin, the king of Qing, surrender by deception, so that when the Qing army entered the city, he would launch a surprise attack and annihilate it.
But Zhu Shuaiqin was worried that the fraudulent surrender would arouse the suspicion of the imperial court and resolutely disagreed, so Qin Gongming had no choice but to retreat and wait for the Qing army to take the initiative to attack the city.
He asked the soldiers to stick to the city and not go out, giving the Qing army the illusion that the Texas army was empty. In this way, the Qing army is bound to attack the city without hesitation.
Qin Gongming is naturally confident in holding Texas. But what he wanted to do was not only to hold Texas, but also to consume as many Qing troops as possible.
The number of Eight Banners elites is limited, and it is impossible to effectively replenish them in a short period of time.
If these more than 5,000 soldiers and eight banners can be completely annihilated, it will definitely be a great blow to the Qing court.
But this is not something that Qin Gongming can do alone, and it also needs the "cooperation" of the generals of the Qing army.
However, Luo Bahana was very cautious, and after weighing it, he directly chose to retreat.
In this way, this Qing army still retains a lot of strength.
If the 20,000 people under Qin Gongming's command are all elites such as white-pole soldiers, they can also choose to go out of the city to pursue. But most of his subordinates are regimental training village soldiers, and it is still okay to defend the city, and the field battle with the Eight Banners is basically to send them to death.
It was Qin Gongming who could only watch as Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu led their troops to evacuate.
After this battle, it is believed that the Qing court will have a new understanding of Shandong's reality and the importance of Shandong, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not make troop adjustments.
If he tilted his forces to the eastern front and wanted to take Shandong first, then the garrison pressure of Qin Gongming and Gao Jie would also increase greatly.
But these are not issues that need to be considered immediately. Now that he has just won a big victory, what Qin Gongming has to do is to send someone to count the number of heads of the beheaded Qing soldiers, and then report the victory to the imperial court.
Since the fall of Jingshi in March and the martyrdom of the first emperor, the imperial court has been under great pressure, and bad news has come almost every day.
Although the princes of the court and the central government do not say it in their mouths, they actually have no bottom in their hearts. It's a time like this that really needs a big win to be exciting.
The victory of the defense of Texas is not only related to the gains and losses of one city and one place, but also affects the entire world war.
This battle broke the myth of the invincibility of the Eight Banners army, allowing the imperial court to straighten their waists and fight with the East Royals to the end.
In the final analysis, the three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly in the minds of the people.
Now Li Zicheng is in a state of decline, and Zhang Xianzhong is shrinking in Sichuan. That is, the Ming court in the south has the strength to fight against the eastern court. As long as the imperial court can show the determination and strength to protect its people, the people's will be inclined to the imperial court and used for it.
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