Chapter 174: The Midfield of the Great War

A brutal night passed.

Zheng Chenggong cleaned up the mess.

After two defeats in the first battle, the Korean soldiers were scattered, and the Zheng family's army was also scattered, losing five battalion-level generals and executing three on the spot. Taken together, more than 10,000 people were killed and more than 30,000 wounded, and a considerable number of wounded will become dead in the next few days.

The only thing that made Zheng Chenggong happy was that most of the deaths were Korean soldiers and Japanese soldiers, and the Xia army itself did not suffer much damage. Although the loss of the Zheng family's descendants made Zheng Chenggong feel a little distressed, especially the generals who died in battle, most of them were children surnamed Chen or Zheng family. , Chen, Lin, Huang, and other surnames are all Fujian surnames, and the death of so many people makes Zheng Chenggong feel uncomfortable.

This battle also made Zheng Chenggong rest his mind.

Facts have proved that it will take a long time for the Zheng family army to surpass the strength of the Xia army, or rather, it is simply impossible.

Even though there is a lot of water in the south, it is the army that can really determine the change of regime, not the navy. Even if the Zheng clan is invincible at sea, they will never be able to go ashore. Knowing this, even if Zheng Chenggong is unwilling, he can only understand current affairs.

The Zheng family's army, which suffered heavy losses this time, was simply split and filled into the Xia army at all levels.

In this way, the army directly under the Zheng family has officially come to an end. Although there are still some Zheng family's troops in Nan'an and Taiwan, they can only be used to watch the family nursing home.

Let Azig go.

Although Zheng Chenggong was very unwilling, he was helpless.

However, this battle is not a defeat.

Not to mention the more than 20,000 defenders in Qingzhou City, only more than 1,000 escaped, just to say, Azig was ambushed in the North Korean military camp, and Liang Huafeng had a melee at night, as well as the battle of breakthrough, these three battles, more than 10,000 soldiers were killed in the battle.

All are elite cavalry.

In addition, all kinds of wounded soldiers had to be dragged away on horseback, and perhaps many more people died on the way than those who died on the spot.

Zheng Chenggong estimated that the Qing army would only have more people killed in the battle than the Xia army, not less than the Xia army.

In addition, the main force of the Xia army did not suffer much damage, but most of the damage of the Qing army was the main force, whether it was the Manchu Eight Banners or the Ganshan Green Battalion, they were all the main trump cards of the Qing army. Thinking about it like this, the unwillingness in Zheng Chenggong's heart is a lot less.

The biggest trophy of this battle was the horses.

Zheng Chenggong retracted it and recaptured at least 5,000 war horses in the hands of the Qing army, some of these war horses were injured, and they couldn't survive at a glance, so they could only be executed on the spot and eat horse meat. But there are still thousands of horses that survive.

These horses were enough to form a cavalry.

Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered

"Order Ma San Bao to serve in front of the army." ”

The Zheng family had no cavalry generals, and only let Ma Sanbao come.

Not to mention how Zheng Chenggong cleaned up the Qingzhou battlefield, and after Azig rushed out of Qingzhou City, even though the people were sleepy and lacking, he didn't dare to stop at all, and immediately crossed Cheling Mountain. After several days of continuous marching, they set up camp south of the Han River and rested for a while.

Along the way, many wounded people could not hold on. I can only give a happy one.

In this way, when Azig counted the number of people, he suddenly found that there were more than 10,000 dead and wounded in the army, and more than 10,000 dead and wounded among the soldiers of the Eight Banners.

It can be said that the children of the Eight Banners who entered Korea from Azig lost almost one-third.

Not only for the Azig ministries, but even for the Qing court, it was a nerve-wracking.

"Seoul can't be defended." Azig thought of this instantly.

The Eight Banners can't all die here, otherwise how can the situation in the Central Plains be maintained?

After all, North Korea is an overseas corner and has nothing to do with the overall situation, coupled with the topography of North Korea, one side is a mountain and the other is a sea, and the Xia army has a naval advantage. Fighting in such a geographical environment naturally feels constrained.

It can even be said that this place in North Korea is not as valuable as the Eight Banners for Azig.

But let him retreat from Seoul like this. He was indeed unwilling to give up North Korea.

He still wanted to give it a try.

It's just that Azig has to admit one thing, that is, a frontal assault, whether it is the camp of the Xia army or the military formation of the Xia army, it is not an easy thing, this contrast between strength and weakness makes Azig feel very uncomfortable.

This shows that the Qing army is not enough.

In the field battle, the Xia army may not have a 100% chance of victory for the Qing army. But this alone put the Qing army in a dilemma.

After the Azig army returned to Seoul, it immediately ordered the troops to retreat, and the army south of Seoul gathered towards Seoul, while the army north of Seoul retreated to Liaodong. And report the situation here to Pegasus to Beijing.

The retreat of the Qing army immediately evolved into a total collapse of Qing rule in Korea.

As I said before, the Qing army was not popular in Korea.

Even though Azig reshaped the Eight Banners of Korea in North Korea to consolidate the hearts of the Korean people, this kind of class shaped with swords may not be dead set on the Qing army. It's just that the Qing army is strong and strong, and it's just a temporary ambush.

If Azig could remain strong for a long time, these Koreans might not be loyal to the Qing court. But that's a little too short.

Therefore, as soon as the order for Azig to retreat came, south of the Han River and north of Cheongju, large areas surrendered to the Xia army.

Even in some areas north of the Han River, envoys were sent

Go south to surrender.

For a time, North Korea was on fire in the form of mountains and rivers for 3,000 miles.

Even King Han, who was in the rear, couldn't sit still.

Since the Qing army attacked Korea, he has changed from the king of Korea to the king of Daxia Han, like a roller coaster, ups and downs, the ministers of the humerus around him, have withered, he has too much insecurity in his heart, this sense of insecurity, one is to the Qing court, afraid of falling into the hands of the Qing court, on the other hand, it is to the Xia Dynasty.

This king of Joseon still has some ability, at least he would not be naïve to think that the Xia Dynasty invested so many troops in Korea, killed tens of thousands of people in battle, cost millions of taels, or even tens of millions of taels. Let Zhang Xuan risk an imbalance in the political structure, and let Zheng Chenggong stand alone in the way. It is not expected in return.

The king of Joseon did not say that he was ungrateful, and even he did not dare to be ungrateful.

It's just that he was worried that Xia Chao's appetite was too big.

If he could restore Korea to its pre-war independent status, he would rather devote all the strength of North Korea to the favor of the country. It's just that he is worried that Xia Jun's appetite is more than that.

But he understands very well, no matter what Xia Jun thinks. He didn't say no.

And it seems that North Korea is in a good form, so he naturally wants to finish his work and integrate North Korea as soon as possible, so that he also has the strength to speak. After all, after this catastrophe, King Han understood one thing more and more, that is, everything was false. Only strength is real.

So he gave full play to his ability to gather all these North Korean troops in his hands, and if he integrated it, he would also have 100,000 soldiers, not to mention the combat effectiveness, but he could also have some momentum. When negotiating with Xia Jun, he also had some strength.

King Han urged, making Zheng Chenggong a little unable to sit still.

Of course, this is only part of the reason.

After the Battle of Cheongju, although the Qing army suffered a great loss. However, the losses of the Xia army were not small, and according to Zheng Chenggong's original plan, in order to resist the cavalry advantage of the Qing army, he should have a good rest in Qingzhou and then continue to march.

After all, although Azig's losses were not small, he was not without the power of a single blow.

But the situation forced Zheng Chenggong to speed up the progress. King Han's urging is only one of the reasons, Zheng Chenggong has never taken him seriously, he just has a good face. However, the current situation makes Zheng Chenggong not want to miss it. Can't miss it.

If you don't take the so-called godsend, you will take the blame.

Zheng Chenggong understands very well that the current situation seems to be very good, but it is impossible to expect these people to be able to shake the main force of Azig. Although Azig suffered a lot of losses, even if he had 10,000 horsemen, it would be quite easy to sweep away all the beacons in these places.

The reason why he didn't move was to see Zheng Chenggong's reaction.

If Zheng Chenggong didn't give him a reaction, they would be on fire all over the place, and they would immediately suffer a catastrophe.