Chapter 56: The Battle of Luoyang VI

But the war is never diverted by personal feelings.

Whether it's Ji'erharang's or Cao Zongyu's.

The soldiers on the Qing army's side were afraid of war, and the Xia army's side also had them.

It's just that the organizational ability of the Xia army is above that of the Qing army, whether it is the martial arts officers who are all over the lower levels, most of these people have one characteristic, that is, they are ambitious and want to fight for fame and wealth.

They are not afraid of war, because only war can make them famous. Nor is he afraid of death. Many of them did not know how to wander around before joining the army, and joining the army was their only way.

They had no choice but to do so.

It was these people who formed the famous officer corps at the beginning of the summer, or the Great Xia Xungui group, which presided over the foreign conquests that lasted for hundreds of years.

Now, most of these talents have emerged in this war.

It's just that Cao Zongyu didn't think about it so much at the beginning.

And the soldiers are all under the control of the imperial court, and there are officers charging ahead, so they are naturally willing to follow.

"Lord Wang, the Qing army will not be able to support it, let our cavalry out." A strategist said.

Cao Zongyu shook his head hesitantly and said, "It's not time yet." ”

No matter how the war goes. Cao Zongyu held a cavalry in his hands as the last reserve. After all, the Xia army had the fewest cavalry and the most elite.

Cao Zongyu was also under great pressure.

He even felt that the front was about to collapse almost instantly. He had even already arranged to put a lot of small cannons in front of the formation, and if the front really couldn't withstand the pressure, he would fire the cannons indiscriminately.

It's just that compared to tenacity, the Xia army is still better than the Qing army.

And this chip determines the winner or loser.

On the battlefield, it was not even discovered who was the first person to escape, and the battlefield where the Qing army and the Xia army had been fighting for several hours collapsed.

For a while, Xia Jun was stunned.

I didn't think about it at all, what to do.

Immediately, countless people shouted: "Great Xia Wansheng, Great Xia Wansheng." ”

For a time, a large number of Xia troops on both flanks rushed over and pursued desperately.

Cao Zongyu immediately ordered the cavalry around him to be released, biting the Qing army to death.

However, none of the troops that really fought with the Qing army pursued them. Because they can't move, in fact, the pressure on the Xia army does not have to be small at all.

If the Qing army supports it for a while, maybe it will be the Xia army that will collapse.

When these people saw the collapse of the Qing army, they wanted to chase after them. But their bodies did not support their thoughts at all, and most of the soldiers fell to the ground, motionless, except for the heaving chests that distinguished them from the corpses.

Cao Zongyu came up with the medical camp and saw that he was extremely disabled

The cool battlefield, coming up from the rear, all the way with blood and corpses, countless corpses criss-crossed, and it was a little better in the back. But at the heart of the fierce battle, there was no place to settle down.

Everyone is fighting on corpses.

Some of the corpses have long been trampled on, and even the Qing army or the Xia army can't tell the difference, it's just a mess of flesh.

Almost all the military doctors in the army were sent. However, although Xia Jun's military medical system can be called perfect, he is facing tens of thousands of wounded and cannot be busy for a while.

At this time, the artillery fire at the head of Luoyang City was fired.

It's indiscriminate, bombarded as long as there are people.

Just when the Qing army collapsed, Jierharang saw that the general trend had gone, and came to the south gate of Luoyang first, ordering the soldiers of the Eight Banners to maintain order and let the Qing army enter the city in turn.

It's just that this big defeat also defeated the prestige of the Eight Banners, and at the beginning, there were still people who listened to orders, and the Xia army behind them chased more and more tightly, and they all bit the army behind.

A large number of troops were blocked in front of the city gates, and they did not care about the fear of the Eight Banners.

For a while, he actually started with the Eight Banners.

Caught off guard, the soldiers of the Eight Banners were not able to be killed or injured.

After all, no matter how famous the Eight Banners are, they still have one head, two hands, and two feet. If you can't react, don't chop it into puree.

And at this time Zilharang was on top of the tower.

He could see clearly that the cavalry of the Xia army had rushed over, and in the face of these Qing army routs, the cavalry of the Xia army was like a rock splitting the waves, and came straight to the city gate.

If the Xia army is allowed to lay down the Luoyang City Gate, with the morale of the Qing army, this Luoyang City will not have to be defended.

Zilharang immediately made a decision and ordered the city to open fire, regardless of the Qing army and the Xia army, all the soldiers outside the city were their targets.

The gates were then closed.

Tens of thousands of defeated soldiers were imprisoned outside the city.

For a time, almost all the outside of Luoyang City became a slaughterhouse, and the dense artillery was aimed at the dense crowd, this was not a massacre, what was it? Seeing this, the cavalry of the Xia army naturally retreated immediately.

The cavalry of the Xia army is extremely expensive, so naturally it is not consumed in this place.

After the cavalry of the Xia army left, a large number of Qing troops surrendered to the Xia army, and when the Qing army opened the city gate again, it only brought more than 10,000 Qing troops into the city.

In fact, from the morning to the afternoon, the casualties on both sides were about the same, but what really distinguished the casualties of the two sides was the final pursuit of the Xia cavalry, and the artillery bombardment of Erharang.

Seeing the retreat of the Xia cavalry, Jierharang breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time saw such a mournful scene, he only felt that his chest moved, and a mouthful of blood was about to rush out, and he swallowed it hard.

As one of the highest echelons of the Qing army, he never knew the significance of this battle.

After this battle, Luoyang

The city has almost lost the courage to go out of the city to fight, and the battle of Luoyang will enter the siege stage.

This is just Luoyang, and the impact on the general trend of the world is so important that he doesn't dare to think about it, you must know that he leads almost most of the elite of the Qing army.

Although this battle was not all lost outside the city, the morale of the army had collapsed, and there was no need to look at the people below, many veterans around him were terrified.

The generals are all like this, not to mention the soldiers below.

And he can't support the Qing Dynasty, who will support him at this time?

As a general of the older generation, Zilharang followed the old slave, Huang Taiji. And this year is not young, and the body is not very good.

Seeing this, it is normal for the heart to not be stimulated.

It's just that at this time, there is no room for Zilharang to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Zilharang was sure that as soon as his physical condition was spread, some of the generals below would probably have two hearts. After all, the authority of the Qing Dynasty was based on force, and it never cared about people's hearts.

And at this moment, when the force is insufficient, the situation will only fall apart sooner than imagined.

Jierharang supported his body to comfort the wounded, arranged defense, and inspected Luoyang City, looking indifferent, but while writing to Beijing to ask for guilt, Chen said that it was very powerful, and even said: "This is the case, and the Qing Dynasty needs to prepare second-hand." ”

As for what kind of preparation is being made, the Queen Mother naturally knows. 、

And after this battle, Cao Zongyu did not continue to attack.

Because of this battle, the Qing army was defeated miserably, and the Xia army was also defeated.

Both sides were red-eyed that day. Post-mortem counting.

Cao Zongyu didn't know how much the Qing army had invested, but he put fifteen battalions of soldiers into it before and after, but after the war, as long as the soldiers were gathered, it was only 30,000.

Among them were a large number of wounded.

On the first night, more than 3,000 wounded died. Hundreds of people died every day after that. Most of these are due to the severity of the injuries. Xia Jun's medical resources are limited. Most of these seriously injured people have given up treatment.

It was only after a few days that it was counted that there were less than 20,000 people who survived this battle, and together with the casualties of other parties, there were about 50,000 casualties in this battle.

Under Cao Zongyu's command, I don't know how many battalions have become empty shelves, which has greatly damaged their vitality. In the face of Luoyang Jiancheng, he simply did not have the strength to attack, and he had to wait for supplies from the rear.

At least it will be stagnant for more than half a month, and this is still the case of timely transportation of materials and medicinal materials in the rear.

However, although Cao Zongyu stopped attacking, and the Xia army fought in other directions in the Luoyang Basin, but the scale was not large, but the impact of this battle seemed to have wings, and the wind spread all over the world. It spread to Beijing and Nanjing, as well as to various other powerful figures, causing a series of changes.