Chapter 242: Dorgon's Last Madness (1)
Chang Shunhou's army not only destroyed the empty Qing army camp and killed Duoduo, but also destroyed a large amount of grain and grass and gunpowder shells to hide from the rain.
It is said that after Dolgon received the news that the remnants of the Ming army had attacked the camp, he immediately dispatched 5,000 Eight Banner Iron Cavalry and 30,000 Han Banner Army to come to the rescue.
It's just that at a distance of 5,000 meters, when the Qing army arrived, the entire camp had been destroyed, and the 5,000 and 8 Banner Manchurians who rushed to the front were even fortunate enough to see the terrifying scene of their Yu Prince Duoduo's head being chopped off.
"Lord Wang!" The Manchurian general who led the five thousand eight banners shouted with wide eyes.
"Ah, kill these Ming dogs to avenge the prince!" Five thousand full eight banner iron horsemen rushed to kill with infinite resentment.
"Mom, run!" Ming Junqian was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he turned around and ran, but before he ran, he still didn't forget to bring Duoduo's head with him, which was the proof of his monstrous achievements this time, and he couldn't forget his life.
Naturally, this scene angered the Manchurians even more, their eyes were bloodshot, and the crazy murderous aura seemed to be able to wash away the rain in the sky, which made people palpitate!
"My lord, the Qing army reinforcements are here!" A Ming soldier came to Chang Shunhou to report.
"Withdraw!" More than 10,000 Ming troops retreated quickly.
"How many people are coming from the Qing army?" Chang Shunhou asked as he ran.
"At least thirty thousand!" The soldier who followed Chang Shunhou thought for a moment and replied.
"It's a pity that it can only attract so much." Chang Shunhou sighed slightly, and ordered: "Order the army, retreat to the west, retreat while fighting, and be sure to firmly hold off the Qing army that is chasing." ”
This was in Chang Shunhou's plan, he led the remnants of more than 10,000 soldiers to dedicate themselves to a sneak attack on the Qing army camp, just to attract a part of the Qing army to chase out of Xuzhou, he did not know the situation of the emperor and other armies besieged by the Qing army in Xuzhou, but he could reduce the pressure of the besieged army and the emperor, and he did his part.
Chang Shunhou led the 35,000 Qing troops all the way to the west, and fought and retreated, how long could he delay the more than 30,000 Qing troops, and in how much time, the pressure on the besieged army and the emperor would be reduced during this time.
Things are as Chang Shunhou expected, the Qing army is in hot pursuit, especially the 5,000 soldiers with eight banners, it is like crazy, no matter whether Chang Shunhou's army is dripping water or running into the woods, 5,000 full of eight banners are closely following, and even got rid of the 30,000 Han Banner army behind him to chase and kill alone, a look of not killing Chang Shunhou's more than 10,000 troops who swore not to give up, in less than an hour, Chang Shunhou's army was killed by the Qing army in the pursuit of more than 3,000 people.
"What's going on?" After a long time, Chang Shun was shocked.
According to his original plan, the Qing army should return to Xuzhou after pursuing him for a period of time to continue to participate in the siege and annihilation of the emperor and the Ming army, after all, that is the most important thing.
Indeed, Dolgon's original order was actually just to chase more than ten miles, but because of Duoduo's tragic death, the Manchu people who pursued it were angry, and the Manchu generals who commanded five thousand Manchu Eight Banners were from Duoduo's inlaid white flag, and now Duoduo was killed by Chang Shunhou's army, how could the Manchus not go crazy.
"Great, my lord, my subordinates feel that this should be the reason why the Qing army is in hot pursuit." The Qian Zong who killed Duoduo said, handing Duoduo's head to Chang Shunhou.
"This is Dordor!" After Chang Shunhou took this person's head and looked at it, he immediately widened his eyes in horror, and his steps were so startled that he forgot to escape for a while, and stopped there in a daze.
"The Qing army is about to catch up, run away!" That Qian Zong hurriedly grabbed Chang Shunhou, who was stunned.
Chang Shun only then reacted, ran and fled again, and at this moment he finally understood that the Manchus were so crazy, it turned out that his army actually killed Dorgon's brother Duoduo when they attacked the Qing army camp, according to Duoduo's status among the Manchus, it is no wonder that the Manchus are so crazy.
"Hahahaha, if you can kill Duoduo, even if Lao Tzu confesses here today, it's worth it!" Chang Shunhou laughed, his blood boiled, Duoduo swept away the existence of Li Zicheng's million-strong army with more than 100,000 Qing troops, and died at his hands.
Chang Shunhou led this army to sneak attack, and any achievements made by this army can be counted as his share, so Duoduo can also be said to have died at the hands of Chang Shunhou.
After a pillar of incense, the remaining 10,000 troops after Chang Shun were once again caught up by the Qing army's iron cavalry, this time, Chang Shunhou was not so lucky, this place was too open and flat, and it was impossible for the army to break through and escape by relying on the terrain again.
"Killing" 5,000 Manchurian Eight Banner Iron Cavalry relied on the maneuver of war horses to besiege Chang Shunhou's 10,000 legions in this open land, in order to completely annihilate Chang Shunhou's army to avenge Duoduo, the Manchu generals who commanded 5,000 Manchu Eight Banner Iron Cavalry did not rush to kill madly, but waited for the 30,000 Han Banner Army behind to follow.
As the 30,000 Qing troops and the Han Banner Army also caught up, Chang Shunhou's 10,000 horses were besieged by nearly four times the size of the Qing army.
", I'm not really going to confess here today!" Chang Shunhou spat on the ground fiercely, and there was no fear on his face.
"Kill! Avenge the king! The Manchurian general roared, and the Qing army began to besiege on all sides.
Chang Shunhou's army did not have the tenacity of the Ying Long army, it was besieged by so many Qing troops, its morale was extremely low, and it was quickly divided into several pieces by the Qing army, and it would not be long before it could be completely annihilated!
"Whew!"
"Damn, fight, if you can kill one more, it's one!" Surrounded by a heavy siege, Chang Shunhou had to fight bloodily, holding Duoduo's head with one hand and constantly slashing with a steel knife in the other, killing one Qing soldier after another.
Because one hand is holding Duoduo's head, Chang Shunhou has almost become the target of the Qing army, at least thousands of Manchurian people surrounded Chang Shunhou, and Chang Shunhou has less than 200 soldiers around him, although it is a desperate situation, but Chang Shunhou still did not give up the idea of Duoduo's head, he thought, even if he will die in battle, he will have to rest the Duoduo's head under his back before he dies.
"Haha!" Chang Shun then brandished the head of Duoduo and the steel knife in his hand and laughed wildly.
As the Ming soldiers around Chang Shunhou were killed by the Qing soldiers one by one, Chang Shunhou was in a desperate situation, and he began to be injured and was slashed in the back by a Qing soldier.
"Catch him alive, you can't let him die like this, you must avenge the prince with a thousand knives!" The Eight Banners general stared at Chang Shunhou and saw that Chang Shunhou was the commander of the remnants of the Ming army.
"Hmph, it's delusional to want to capture Lao Tzu alive, but that's fine, Lao Tzu will kill a few more of you!" Chang Shunhou's face was grim and sneered, he Chang Shunhou died in battle, and he would never be a prisoner of the Manchus, and the Manchus were planning to cut him with a thousand knives, how could he give the Manchus this opportunity.
Just when Chang Shunhou already had a belief in death in his heart and was about to die in battle, suddenly, there was an earth-shattering shout of killing from the west.
"Kill" Countless figures rushed out from a corner on the west side, heading towards the battlefield.
Rushing to the front are tens of thousands of elite soldiers wearing red cloaks, among which there are hundreds of women in military uniforms, one of whom is particularly eye-catching, heroic, like a female god of war, neither the Qing army nor Chang Shunhou did not expect that this woman like a female god of war is the commander of this army that suddenly appeared.
"Kill!" The Red Lady led the Red Battalion and other 110,000 troops to surround the more than 30,000 Qing troops.
The tragic fierce battle broke out in an instant, at this time, there were only about 3,000 people left in the 5,000 Manchu Eight Banners, and there were more than 27,000 left in the Han Banner Army, which was not the opponent of the Red Lady Army at all.
The Red Lady led 10,000 elite Red Battalions to storm 3,000 Manchu Eight Banners, and another 100,000 troops attacked 27,000 Han Banner Army.
The Red Battalion was originally one of the most elite five battalions of the Revolution under Li Zicheng's command that year, and its combat strength was no worse than that of the Manchurians of the Eight Banners, and the three thousand Manchu Eight Banners were wiped out by the Red Battalion after only one hour of support, and the 27,000 Han Banner troops surrendered after nearly half of them were killed and wounded.
Dolgon never imagined that the army of 35,000 people he sent out would be over, and what made him vomit blood even more was the sudden appearance of the 110,000-strong army of the Red Lady, which completely disrupted his deployment.
"This king will never fail, and the Qing Dynasty will never be defeated!" Dolgon didn't even care about Duoduo's death, the most important thing at present was to defeat the besieged Ming army and capture the remnant Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong, only in this way could the Qing Dynasty inevitably win this battle.
Dolgon knew very well that the battle of Xuzhou was related to the national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty, so he went completely crazy at any cost!
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