Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Battle of the Jiahe River VIII

When Nikan received an order from Hong Chengchou. Half an hour has passed.

And at this time, look in the direction of Nikan.

The wall is no longer visible.

Or the strong wall of the Qing army has been punched out of a large gap, and the Xia soldiers rushed in, and the focus of the battle between the two sides has entered from the periphery of the Qing army's camp.

Nikan also had his own judgment on the war.

He was not engaged in battle with the Xia cavalry at the moment. But it also restrained a considerable part of the Xia army. But he also understood that if he struggled to attack, he might not be able to break through the Xia army's main formation and threaten Cao Zongyu.

But at this moment, take away the cavalry under his command and leave Hong Chengchou here. As far as Nikan himself is concerned, he will never want to.

He's not shameless enough yet.

It's just that the Qing Dynasty is in danger to the point where it is now, and every soldier and pawn under his command is quite important.

Nikan pondered for a long time before he made up his mind. said, "Go." ”

Nikan made up his mind and turned around with a large group of cavalry and left.

Crossing the pontoon bridge on the Jiahe River, he walked in the direction of Beijing without looking back.

As soon as Nikan went, he officially shattered the already fragile determination of the Qing army.

The collapse of the Qing army began.

Sergeant Xia rushed in frantically.

The resistance of a large number of Qing soldiers and soldiers also weakened considerably.

At this time, many Qing troops resisted, just to save their lives, today's battle, although it is not over, but both sides do not know how many died on the bank of this river.

In the case of killing red eyes, where you want to surrender, you can surrender. If you put down your arms, you are more likely to be killed by the opposite side neatly and neatly, which is counted as military merit.

Even if the military judge sees it, it's just a matter of turning a blind eye.

So a large number of Qing troops began to break and flee.

Some people crossed the river through the erected pontoon bridges, but countless people were fighting for two or three pontoon bridges, but they couldn't reach it if they wanted to hurry. A large number of soldiers fell from the pontoon.

There were even two pontoon bridges that collapsed violently.

At this time, only Hong Chengchou still had an organized army by his side.

"My lord, we'll escort you out." Several generals said.

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "It's like this, let's go." ”

Hong Chengchou already has the heart to die.

Hong Chengchou is a smart man, the smarter he is, the more he can see the situation in the world clearly, after this defeat, the main forces of the Qing army have gathered in Beijing.

Even so, the number of soldiers and horses gathered in Beijing will not exceed 150,000.

And the Xia army, from Luoyang to here, there are 500,000 soldiers and horses on this line, Liaodong seems to have 200,000, and as for Taiyuan City, there are at least 100,000.

Coupled with the people stationed behind, at best, 1.5 million is not necessarily a boast

Sheet.

That's almost a 1:10 ratio of troops.

What was the hope of the Qing court? Hong Chengchou can't see that there may be a glimmer of hope in Mongolia. But Hong Chengchou didn't want to follow the Qing court out of the fortress again.

The reason is very simple, when he surrendered to the Qing court, he saw that the Qing court had the ambition to win the world. Now he fled to Mongolia to survive, willing to be a barbarian, but it is not what Hong Chengchou thinks.

At his age, sooner or later, he will only die, just in the intervening years.

Why bother in the end that even the bones can't be returned to the Central Plains?

I may not be able to go back to Fujian in this life, so I can't get a handful of old bones to Mobei. In addition, Hong Chengchou understands very well what the Qing court thinks of him.

If the troops under his command were still there, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor would definitely be polite to him. Once he returns defeated, it is estimated that there will be no good face.

It is estimated that it is impossible to flee to the grassland, want to make a comeback, become a member of the Qing court, and re-lead the army.

I really think about it, this life has come to this point, but it is just a matter of death.

Hong Chengchou said this, and the generals below glanced at each other, said a few polite words, and all retreated one after another, and fled with their headquarters for their lives.

This is also Hong Chengchou's accumulation of power, these people did not want to take off Hong Chengchou's head and ask Xia Jun for credit.

Even so, Hong Chengchou still has hundreds of soldiers around him.

Hong Chengchou retreated to the middle tent, holding a candle and looking at the scrolls of documents in front of him, all of which were articles he wrote in his spare time, although most of his life's fame was in martial arts, but after all, he was still a scholar in his bones.

He gently stroked the pieces, and the familiar sensation on the paper made him a little intoxicated. Looking back on the happiest time of his life, it is estimated that it was when his hometown in Fujian studied behind closed doors.

Hong Chengchou lit a piece of paper and placed it on it, and the flames spread out like a liquid, and as soon as it flew so high, the tent was also ignited.

Hong Chengchou drew his sword, put it on his neck, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for you." ”

Immediately, the long sword wiped his neck, blood and white hair were mixed together, and Hong Chengchou fell to the ground. It was then engulfed in flames.

It's just that I don't know if he said this sentence Your Majesty, whether he meant Shunzhi or Chongzhen.

The place where the fire broke out in the camp of the Qing army was not only the big tent of Hong Chengchou's Chinese army, but also many places, and the flames seemed to be connected.

In addition, it was late, so Xia Jun did not take the risk of putting out the fire, and let them burn it all night, and only on the second day did they start to clean up the mess.

"This is Hong Chengchou?" Cao Zongyu asked while covering his nose.

The soldier below said: "This was found in the big tent of the Qing army, and the Qing army said that it was Hong Chengchou." ”

Cao Zongyu couldn't help frowning, and said, "Look for it again, maybe it's the old thief's plan to fake his death." ”

Such a thing, in ancient times, there was an oolong, and after the rebellion, the bandit leader was **, leaving only a charred corpse, at that time

For the sake of merit, the generals of the counterinsurgency said that the charred corpse was the leader of the bandits.

But later, this bandit leader came out again, making those who put down the rebellion very embarrassed, saying that it was the crime of bullying the king.

Cao Zongyu didn't believe that Hong Chengchou died so simply, and secondly, he didn't want to leave hidden dangers. The order continued to find Hong Chengchou's whereabouts.

But it was never found.

In this way, Cao Zongyu reported this sentence to the scorched corpse. At that time, Zhang Xuan didn't have the heart to care about this matter at all, whether Hong Chengchou was dead or alive was not important?

No matter how powerful Hong Chengchou is, he has no soldiers and horses under his command, and he is just a bare-bones commander, which is useless at all.

In the first battle of Jiahe, 70,000 people were beheaded and 67,000 people of all kinds were captured, many of whom were Qing army officials, especially Shandong.

The reason is simple, the Shandong people were the most powerful in the Qing court.

This historical momentum has spread over generations. For example, the famous Liu Luoguo family, really made a fortune, or the dragon in Shunzhi.

Naturally, there were many people who wanted to follow the Qing court.

However, they were all captured by the Xia army.

The fall of Hong Chengchou's department.

The northern gateway of Beijing is opened.

Cao Zongyu repaired on the spot for several days and counted the casualties, more than 23,000 people. This is also because Xia Jun's medical system is relatively proper, so many people have survived.

Otherwise, the soldiers killed by the Xia army may rush to as many as forty or fifty thousand.

Cao Zongyu's way, although the attack speed is not fast, but it is a tough battle.

Later generations commented that among the Northern Expedition, the four most tragic battles were the Battle of Lianshanguan, the Battle of Luoyang, the Battle of Jiahe, and later the Battle of Beijing.

Li Dingguo is ambitious, the enemies he met are not too firm, and he never wanted to fight hard in the face of Wu Sangui, an old slippery head.

A lot of off-the-market tricks can be done.

Now it swept through Shanxi and besieged Taiyuan City.

As a result, when the news of the Battle of Jiahe came, Fu Shan volunteered to sneak into Taiyuan City, persuade the gentry of Taiyuan City, open the city gate, and welcome Wang Shi.

Li Dingguo decided to settle Taiyuan in the first battle.

More than 10,000 Qing troops fled to Datong.

Li Dingguo sent a partial division to attack Datong, and he himself led the army out of Shanxi and towards Beijing.

Now everyone knows that the work of destroying the country is under the city of Beijing.

Even if Li Dingguo himself doesn't want to join in the fun, for the sake of the soldiers under his command to make meritorious contributions, he has to come to Beijing. In any case, this merit of destroying the country cannot be obtained by Cao Zongyu alone.

As a result, in the city of Beijing, one after another bad news came.

Needless to say, the defeat of Jiahe was defeated. The loss of Taiyuan came one after another, and Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, and Cao Zongyu all came to Beijing.

It is estimated that after ten days, the Xia army under the city of Beijing is estimated to be as many as 400,000.