Chapter 984: The Ottoman Empire's Fiasco (7)
The Kamai Valley Pass that originally led to Damascus City was blocked by a large number of Qing soldiers, and the Ottoman army had to break through the valley if they wanted to withdraw to Damascus City, but not only the Qing army at the valley mouth, they were also facing the siege of other Qing troops from all sides, I am afraid that before they broke through the blockade of the valley mouth and returned to Damascus, countless Qing troops in all directions would wipe them out first. Tian Lai Xiao said. 2
The Kamai Valley is not a dangerous place, except for the area of the valley mouth in the west, there is a very open plain behind the valley in the east, and the Ottoman army can completely flee in the open direction of the plain, but this direction leads to the territory of the Qing State, and there is no defense group like Damascus for them to hold onto, and there are no supplies, they can also not escape the pursuit of the Qing army, which is also a dead end.
Boundless despair was spreading in all the remaining Ottoman armies, and while Erconi and many Ottoman generals were considering whether to venture out into the eastern plains, a large number of Qing soldiers at the mouth of the valley suddenly opened a gap on their own, no longer blocking the mouth of the valley.
It was strange, but Erconi and other Ottoman generals had nothing else to do, and they had to retreat to Damascus and hold on to them.
"God bless, everyone rush!" The remaining 400,000 Ottoman soldiers, although they were divided into many pieces, each was besieged by the Qing army, and fought separately, but the Qing army's siege of each Ottoman soldier must be from all directions.
Now all the remaining Ottoman soldiers retreated in the direction of Taniguchi and broke through.
More and more Ottoman soldiers broke through from the valley and retreated in the direction of Damascus.
However, the strange thing is that the surrounding Qing soldiers did not know why, and did not intercept the defeat of the Ottoman army towards Damascus, and even took the initiative to give way for the Ottoman army to retreat in the direction of Damascus.
The Kamai Valley is not far from Damascus.
Soon, the first Ottoman soldiers were defeated and retreated to the edge of Damascus.
At this moment, the Qing army has completely abandoned the division of the Ottoman army, and the Ottoman army of the original more than ten battlefields has all been regrouped together, and there are about 420,000 soldiers left, and the number is still huge.
The "Boom ----Rumble" war horse galloped, and countless Qing troops pursued behind the Ottoman army, and the Qing army still had 770,000 soldiers left at the moment, completely crushing the Ottoman army in terms of numbers.
Dressed in white armor and riding on a white warhorse, Dorgon watched the chaotic rout of the Ottoman army ahead.
Dolgon sneered in his heart, the Ottoman army did not know that Damascus City had been captured by the Qing Dynasty, and the defense around Damascus City was also full of Qing soldiers, and the rout back to Damascus was the real dead end of the Ottoman army, which would completely disintegrate the will and morale of the Ottoman army.
"Poof! Burst! Poof---- "There is no doubt that the backward Ottoman soldiers were killed by the Qing army.
When all the Ottoman soldiers had retreated to the edge of Damascus, the Ottoman army had been reduced by more than 10,000 to just over 400,000.
"God willing, Damascus has finally arrived!" Erconi was almost about to cry, this battle was completely beyond his expectations, the Qing army was too terrifying, it had left a thick shadow in Erconi's heart, Erconi no longer wanted to defeat the Qing army, he just wanted to save his life.
"Quick! Retreat to the city of Damascus! A large number of Ottoman generals shouted and ordered their soldiers to retreat into the defenses of Damascus.
Erconi was already overjoyed and rushed towards the city of Damascus with the first group of Ottoman soldiers.
However, no sooner had they rushed into the defensive belt of the large ravines and wooden fences in front of Damascus than countless Qing soldiers suddenly emerged from the ravines and fired a large number of arrows at Erconi and other Ottoman troops.
The dense rain of arrows ----- instantly shot hundreds of Ottoman soldiers.
The rain ----of arrows continued to rain, one after the other, and the Ottoman army suffered heavy casualties.
Erconi and the Ottoman generals were shocked, and looked in the direction of Damascus with pale faces.
Qing Army! There are Qing troops everywhere!
The city of Damascus had been occupied by the Qing army, and the defensive groups around the city were also full of Qing soldiers.
It is no wonder that the Qing army will let go of the blockade of the Kamai Valley and let them retreat to Damascus, which turned out to be a dead end, a more desperate road than being divided and besieged in the Kamai Valley, and there is no way to advance or retreat.
"Boom! Rumble! Boom ----" suddenly came from the city of Damascus with a dense artillery fire.
Hundreds of shells exploded in the middle of the Ottoman army.
These cannons originally belonged to the Ottoman army, but Erconi ordered the entire Ottoman army to be dispatched, and the cannons in Damascus were bulky and could not be carried, so they were all left in Damascus. The Qing army captured Damascus, and naturally captured these cannons, which originally belonged to the Ottoman army.
The main force of the Qing army in the rear also caught up, and the Qing army was in all directions, and there was a rain of arrows shot by Qing soldiers in all directions, and a large number of Ottoman soldiers fell under the arrow rain of the Qing army at every moment.
"Bang bang bang bang----" The musket team of the Qing army also advanced from one side towards the siege of the Ottoman army.
The barrage of bullets and buckshot was even more terrifying than a rain of arrows, with thousands of Ottoman soldiers killed in each volley.
"Boom ----" Qing cavalry also entered the Ottoman army from the other side, wantonly slashing and killing Ottoman soldiers.
Hundreds of Qing artillery pieces that followed the main force of the Qing army were also pushed out and bombarded the dense Ottoman army.
"Boom! Rumble! Boom ---- "These Qing artillery cannons that followed the main force of the Qing army were much stronger than the hundreds of cannons that originally belonged to the Ottoman Empire in Damascus, and the explosion made the Ottoman soldiers' bodies tremble, crying for their fathers and mothers, and suffering heavy casualties.
The Qing army launched the fiercest attack on the Ottoman army from all sides.
The Ottoman army, on the other hand, was already demoralized and saw the city of Damascus as its last hope, but now this last hope was shattered before their eyes, and the blow to them was the deadliest.
Hopeless, desperate! Completely shattered the last will and morale of the Ottoman soldiers!
Some Ottoman soldiers even threw away their weapons in despair, completely losing the will to resist!
Not only the ordinary soldiers were desperate, but Erkoni, the Ottoman commander, was also completely desperate, this kind of large-scale war was not as taken for granted as he had always thought, he really regretted not staying in the prosperous imperial capital Istanbul to enjoy, but he came here to lead the army to fight against the murderous Qing army, and now he is in a desperate situation.
Losing their fighting spirit and morale, more and more Ottoman soldiers were killed, and soon the number of Ottoman troops fell below 380,000.
"Poof!" The head of another Ottoman soldier flew.
Such a scene is still being played out in many more places, and if this continues, the number of Ottoman soldiers will soon be killed to less than 350,000.
With no hope of victory in sight, and the soldiers no longer have the will and morale to continue resisting, the only way left is to surrender.
"Marshal Erconi, order the surrender of the army!" An Ottoman general said to Erconi in despair.
Erconi immediately woke up.
Right! Surrender! Only surrender can save his life!
"Surrender! Let all the soldiers surrender! Erconi shouted in a trembling voice and ordered all the remaining 300,000 Ottoman soldiers to surrender to the Qing army.
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