Chapter 172: Reinforcements Arrive (2)
The end of the battle was that the Qing army withdrew from the Yellow River and set up camp thirty miles away, and then the personal guard regiment, the lion regiment and the wolf howling regiment set up camp on the spot. It was already night, the weather was still icy and frozen, and the ice on the surface of the Yellow River was even thicker.
Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Yuan, Wang Shishi, Ma Peng and others were sitting together to analyze the enemy's situation.
Zhang Yuandao: "Brother Wang told the Qing army about the defeat of the Qing army in the Tiger Prison Pass and the capture of Azig, and the Qing army will definitely shake its morale and decline." But Dodor is a great man after all, and we should be careful, maybe he can boost the morale of those soldiers. ”
Ma Peng said: "Now that the Qing army has less than 20,000 horses, there is nothing to fear, our three regiments together can destroy them." ”
Zhang Yuan sighed heavily and said: "Brother Ma, do you know something, now our wolf roaring regiment has suffered huge losses, the first battalion has just been counted, there are less than two hundred people, and there are still four hundred people left in the second battalion, as for the third battalion, because most of them are archers, and some of them protect the regiment headquarters, so there are not many casualties." Now we have only a thousand men left in the Wolf Howling Regiment. In this battle, more than 1,000 horses were lost. Moreover, there are not many soldiers and horses in your army, and the number of our three regiments together is only more than 3,000, which is really ......."
Wang Shishi said: "Then since this is the case, we have to wait until the general leads more troops to come, but now because of the battle of Tiger Pass, all our battalion strength is not much, Zhang Liang's new regiment is now reorganized into a leopard cavalry regiment, the number is only more than 1,400 people, the tiger regiment is also a huge loss, and now there are 1,300 people left, as for the second regiment of recruits is now stationed in Tongguan and cannot move." The Yingyang battalion was only 400 men and horses, and more than 30 people were killed and injured when they burned grain and grass. ”
Zhang Yuan said abruptly: "In this way, the Tiger Regiment, the Guardian Regiment, the Leopard Cavalry Regiment, the Lion Regiment, and my Wolf Roar Regiment together have less than 10,000 troops......
"By the way, how many troops did we capture?" Zhang Yuan pondered for a while and asked.
Ma Peng said: "We have captured 20,000 people in the Tiger Prison Pass, and there are several thousand people in the Hangu Pass, but these troops are not available now!" If they rebelled, we would be even worse off. ”
Zhang Yuan's face showed bitterness, and said: "Okay, brothers, let's go back and rest, tomorrow we will see how the Qing army is, if they fight us, we will defend, if they don't fight, we will also rest on the spot, until the general arrives, we will make plans." ”
The weather is getting colder and colder day by day, and it has entered November, and the very cold weather has caused many soldiers to suffer frostbite.
The next day, there was no movement of the Qing army, and I didn't know what they were doing. In fact, at this time, Duoduo was considering whether to withdraw his troops, after all, Azig's army of 70,000 had been defeated, and it would be pointless if he held on to the death, but if he could wipe out all of Meng Jin's troops, it would still be possible to enter Luoyang, regardless of the fact that now he couldn't eliminate the Pingbei army of thousands of people at all.
"Report!"
At this time, a scout walked in and said respectfully to Duoduo: "Returning to the prince, according to the information we have received, Prince Ying, Prince Ying was indeed defeated and captured by the Ming army. ”
"Humph!" Duoduo snorted coldly, threw all the things on the table, and said, "Damn Han dog, this king will never spare you!" ”
"Monk Wu Sangui is happy?"
The scout said: "Back to the prince, it is said that Wu Sangui led 10,000 horses to Hubei, and Shang Kexi also followed. ”
"Hubei?" Duoduo wondered.
"What are they going to Hubei for?"
The scout said: "Tell the prince, the little ones have not found out what they are doing in Hubei, the grain and grass were burned that day, the army was unstable, at this time the Ming army in the Tiger Prison Pass took the opportunity to send troops, and broke the camp in one fell swoop, many soldiers scattered and fled, Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi also urgently gathered their own soldiers, and then fled, and finally Kong Youde and Prince Ying were captured by the Ming army. ”
After hearing this, Duoduo's eyes showed blood red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Wu Sangui! It's still gratifying! You two are really good, you only care about running away by yourself, and you actually fell into the hands of the enemy brother, and when you return to the capital, you will look good! ”
"I have to break through this Luoyang and rescue my brother! Luoyang must be broken, and the order will be sent down to say that the Twelfth Brother was not defeated, and those Ming troops came from Hangu Pass, not from the Tiger Prison Pass, so that none of the soldiers from the Tiger Prison Pass came, and they were fighting against the 70,000 troops of the Twelfth Brother. Hmph, as long as Liu Xia doesn't come, then this king believes that no one can expose this lie, go ahead! ”
"Yes!" The scout listened and walked down.
According to Duoduo's orders, the guards soon defeated Azig, and the news that these Ming troops were from Hangu Pass spread, and soon the whole army knew about it, and the morale gradually returned.
On this day, the soldiers and horses of both sides did not move, and they passed this cold winter day peacefully.
Liu Xia has left the Tiger Prison Pass, the Tiger Prison Pass Liu Xia handed over to the Leopard Cavalry Regiment to guard, and he led the Tiger Horse Regiment to come, the Tiger Den Regiment is also a full cavalry, although the Tiger Prison Regiment lost a lot of men and horses before, but the Tiger Prison Regiment can still fight a lot of personnel, at present, Liu Xia has not filled the vacancies that died because of the battle, so he directly brought the Tiger Regiment.
The other 20,000 surrendered troops, Liu Xia temporarily handed them over to Zhang Liang to take care of, after all, Zhang Liang had served as the head of the recruit regiment for a long time, so he was still very experienced in training recruits and brainwashing recruits.
"According to the news, the general will be able to arrive this afternoon, and we must all be ready to meet the general!" Wang Shishi said to Zhang Yuande and the others in the tent in the camp.
Zhang Yuan's face was full of joy and said, "The general is really coming?" ”
Wang Shishi said: "Then there is still a fake? It will be here this afternoon. ”
Zhang Yuan immediately said to Jiang Xin: "You go and tell the prefect of Mengjin County the news of the general's arrival, so that the prefect of Mengjin County can prepare, after all, the general can't let us live on the edge of the Yellow River in this cold weather, it is better to live in the city." ”
Jiang Xin heard the promise and hurriedly walked down, heading towards Mengjin City.
"Report!"
"Returning to the generals, the Qing army has sent 5,000 cavalry, and they are about to cross the Yellow River."
"What!" The crowd exclaimed.
According to the analysis of the night before yesterday, the Qing army should be unstable! How dare Dodor send troops?
"Could it be that Duoduo has already solved the morale of the Qing army?" Ma Peng wondered.
Zhang Yuan said: "There is only this possibility, otherwise, Duoduo will not send troops at this time." ”
"Gather all your forces at once, and the artillery is ready!"
Dada
"Rush!"
"Woo woo woo woo ~ ~~"
All the men and horses of the Guards Regiment mounted their horses and charged away.
"Kill !!"
Liu Xia led the Tiger Ben Regiment at the same time with twenty Tiger Ben regiments at the same time and rushed to Mengjin, Liu Xia's Tiger Ben Regiment and the Guards Regiment and the Lion Regiment set off at the same time, but Liu Xia brought some more artillery, so the trip became slow.
Liu Xia looked at the heavy snow all over the ground, and couldn't help sighing, "It would be great if there was a train!" If you have a train, you don't have to pull things so hard, you just need the train to pass, and you have everything. ”
"That's right! Repair trains, I don't know if the world's first train appeared, I remember that the early trains seemed to be made using steam engines, after this battle, we must set up a department specializing in science and technology, make trains, and then lay rails, so that the control of the territory will also be greatly increased. ”
Liu Xia rode on the horse, looking at the uneven and pitted ground, and thought to himself.
"Report! General, we still have fifty miles to reach Mengjin City! ”
Liu Xia smiled: "Okay! Accelerate forward, you must reach Mengjin as soon as possible, and solve the Qing army as soon as possible, I don't know how the battle situation is now! ”
"General Ben will go with the Tiger Ben Regiment first, and Wang Xiaotong will lead the artillery team to follow."
Wang Xiaotong said respectfully: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”