Chapter 183: The Battle of the Blue Hoof Pavilion VI

Although more than 1,000 Qing troops and eight banners were surrounded by the Xia army, it took a while to really solve them.

The reason is simple, they refused to surrender, and the Xia army refused to surrender.

Zhang Xuan's orders have never been changed, the Manchu Eight Banners have never surrendered, and a victory is not enough to change the current situation of the Xia army, Zheng Chenggong has no effort to take care of the prisoners, so these Eight Banners soldiers understand that they will never have any life.

The only difference is how to die.

Case.

They naturally decided to resist to the end, killing one was enough, and killing two made money.

Azig watched the movement of the Xia army from a distance, gradually settled down, sighed, and said, "Order the withdrawal of the army." ”

At this moment, the sun is like a fireball, which has dissipated its light, only with a red color, slowly connecting with the earth, the sunlight is half erased by the horizon, and the remaining light suddenly becomes blood red. It is most suitable for today's scene.

Azig understood that with this setback, before nightfall, he would not be able to win Zheng Chenggong.

This battle cannot be fought in one go, the time has dragged on for a long time, and it is also quite unfavorable for Azig, not to mention anything else, the manpower and material resources south of the Han River have been owned by Xia. Seoul is only a dozen miles away. The battle is like this, and within three or five days, I am afraid that the summer soldiers of the brigade will be able to support it.

If Azig still had fifty or sixty thousand cavalry in his hands, he would be willing to give it a try.

But now, there are not enough troops.

And for this battle, Azig smashed too many chips in his hand, not to mention anything else, spilling the entire Seoul supplies on the road. There were also tens of thousands of Korean soldiers loyal to the Qing army. If he can't bring enough strength back to Pyongyang. I'm afraid I have to retreat directly to Liaodong.

You can't do it, and you can't decide it right away.

Azigliu's cavalry made a big noise in the night, and then quietly headed northwest.

It's just that at this time, Zheng Chenggong doesn't know yet.

The summer army camp was brightly lit.

Zheng Chenggong walked in the camp with a few guards.

Xia Jun's camp was simply made of local materials.

Dig a trench on the spot, and then mix the soil from the trench with various corpses to build out the wall. All kinds of obstacles, a large group of soldiers, resting behind such an earthen wall in batches, and there were no tents, and fortunately, although it was autumn now, the weather was still very cool, even after late at night, there was a little chill, but for these soldiers, it was nothing.

It's just that there are not many bonfires to illuminate, and even the corpses of the Qing army are added to the fire to ensure the brightness of the flames.

That's pretty good.

The most uncomfortable place for Zheng Chenggong was the Xia army soldiers

The corpses of a large number of dead soldiers on display of the enemy were too late to be buried, and they were all placed in the middle, covering their faces with cloth. Zheng Chenggong looked at it at a glance, and the dense density made him feel dizzy.

The Xia army that followed him to Korea did not exceed 100,000. And there are thousands lying here, and there are still some seriously wounded people struggling to survive, and in the future, the face will be cut off, and the medicinal materials or something will not be delivered for a while, even if there are some medical officers in the army, but what can be done.

Come to think of it, a large number of the seriously injured will die here.

Coupled with the previous loss, Tian Xiong's department, Ma Sanbao's department, and even the previous loss, calculated that now, there are probably as many as 30,000 soldiers who died on the land of North Korea under his command, and if you add the previous losses, I am afraid that there are 50,000 or 60,000.

Zheng Chenggong is the same as Azig, Azig doesn't care how many North Koreans die, and Zheng Chenggong also doesn't care how many Koreans and Japanese die, but the people in the headquarters still care.

The battle was like this, and Zheng Chenggong didn't know how to explain to Nanjing for a while.

And now the crisis has not been solved. What the future outcome will be is unknown. Zheng Chenggong could only restrain his mind and put it on the current war.

In the middle of the night, Liang Huafeng came with several groups of messengers, who seemed to be worried and were intercepted by the Qing army halfway.

Zheng Chenggong and Liang Huafeng agreed that the two sides would slowly approach tomorrow, and Liang Huafeng also got the news of Seoul, Chen Yonghua had already begun to organize manpower to defend Seoul, as long as the army could retreat to Seoul, he would be able to stabilize his position. If you want to come, the Qing army can't do anything about them.

After all, Zheng Chenggong is a little too close to Seoul.

After arranging all this, Zheng Chenggong fell asleep.

After all, Zheng Chenggong is the backbone of the whole army, and he is not restless, and the people below are afraid that they will be even more flustered.

I don't know, Zheng Chenggong has been unable to let go in his heart, or because the harassment of the Qing army has always been there, and all kinds of voices have spread until the second half of the night. Zheng Chenggong slept very lightly. When it was dawn on the second day, he was woken up and told that the Qing army had retreated.

Zheng Chenggong didn't believe it at first, but then he had to believe it after asking carefully.

However, to prevent the Qing army from killing a horse gun, Zheng Chenggong first joined Liang Huafeng before slowly retreating to Seoul. After coming to Seoul, Zheng Chenggong breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that since last year, the Korean battlefield has finally returned to calm.

In this battle alone, Zheng Chenggong could only recuperate and ask for all kinds of material supplies from the rear, especially soldiers.

After Azig returned to Pyongyang, he stabilized the situation near Pyongyang in just a few days. Azig also frequently appealed to Dorgon for help.

For Dolgon, the current situation is particularly difficult, with both Koreans and Sichuan being at odds. Especially on the Korean battlefield, the children of the Eight Banners lost at least more than 10,000, and the Eight Banners Army, which was the core of the Qing army, only had those hundreds of thousands.

For a while

I can't add it at all. This is the biggest loss.

Secondly, the loss of money and food is even worse.

Dorgon had to intensify its efforts to conquer the north.

The north is not as good as the south, and with years of war, people's livelihood has long withered. Dorgon may not want to recuperate and rest with the people, but he can't see the situation.

Dolgon's policy began to turn, and it seemed that it had no effect, but this effect was only revealed in the future.

However, on the whole, in the contest of national strength between Xia and Qing, Xia Jun won again.

In the three months after the Battle of Bihokan, the Qing army and the Xia army were at peace, and the battle of more than 1,000 people on both sides began after the winter, but it confirmed the dividing line between Pyongyang and Seoul, and the two sides only made contact for a while, and there was no intention of a major war.

The Line of Actual Control between the two sides was around Kaesong, and it was impossible for the Qing army to give up Kaesong, and the Xia army had no intention of making a big move, so it was stalemate south of Kaesong.

It may be a coincidence, because he controls the line, which is not much different from the 38th parallel. However, in the mountains to the north, the Xia army had some advantages. King Han integrated Korea, Gyeongsang-do, Jeolla-do, Chungcheong-do, and Gyeonggi-do, and sent envoys to appease the Korean people in the north.

North Korea is mountainous, and only in the mountains, there are some remnants of Korean power that accept the appeasement of the Han king and often go out of the mountains to harass them.

Of course, these people are not much different from bandits.

Zheng Chenggong integrated the four provinces and rebuilt the Korean army, supporting the Xia army with Korean grain and grass. reduced a lot of financial pressure, and when he was preparing to attack, he received an edict from Nanjing, and Zhang Xuan recruited Zheng Chenggong into Beijing.

The reason is that the New Year's Day is coming.

The second year of Zhaowu is about to pass, and the third year of Zhaowu is coming.

Zheng Chenggong frowned, but he felt that something was wrong in his heart, and asked Chen Yonghua: "I always feel that something is wrong." ”

Chen Yonghua said: "The prince is busy with Korean affairs, but he has not paid attention to some rumors in the court. ”

Zheng Chenggong was stunned for a moment and said, "What rumors? ”

Chen Yonghua said: "The Privy Council has the idea of changing generals. ”

"Change generals." Zheng Chenggong was stunned.

Zheng Chenggong succeeded in retaking the southern side of Korea, and most of the fighting after that was fought by land. Zheng Chenggong is not outstanding in this regard. It's just that in this case, Zheng Chenggong is absolutely not allowed, how can he cross the river and tear down the bridge?

Chen Yonghua saw that Zheng Chenggong's face changed, and said: "Your Majesty is still hesitating, this time I will definitely ask the prince when I go back, as long as the prince deals with it properly, no one can go past the prince on this side of North Korea." ”

Zheng Chenggong didn't know where to go with a sullen breath in his heart, sighed, and said, "Go and prepare." ”

Being a vassal is a completely different experience from being self-reliant.