Chapter 113: The Battle of the Han River VIII

Liang Huafeng was covered in blood, and he was just wearing a cloak on his body, wrapped around his body in the cold wind. At this moment, he had withdrawn as the first echelon of the attack, and at the same time his battalion had withdrawn, but the casualties in his battalion were extremely heavy.

Only a little more than 1,000 people can be withdrawn.

Of course, those who can't be evacuated may not all be dead. Maybe somewhere they are struggling to survive, or in the midst of a melee, they are among other armies, but even if they are overestimated, they will only add a few hundred men.

The First World War suffered heavy casualties, with more than half of the casualties.

Liang Huafeng was able to maintain control of the army despite such heavy casualties.

At this moment, Liang Huafeng never expected that Yang Shenzu would suddenly recommend him, but he didn't want to live up to this opportunity. In the first battle just now, Liang Huafeng charged in front and retreated in the back, and his own soldiers were almost dead, in order to be valued by his boss, he knew that from today onwards, the label on his body was finally removed. re-hung the rising star of the Xia Army.

"The last general is willing to listen to the general's orders, and the people are in the battle." Liang Huafeng said.

Zhou Fuchen knew that he couldn't hesitate, and immediately said: "Okay, the victory or defeat of the whole army will be entrusted to General Liang." ”

Liang Huafeng said loudly: "Yes." ”

Immediately, Liang Huafeng took over the command of the escort battalion.

Liang Huafeng's command is much more elaborate than Yang Shenzu's command.

Yang Shenzu fought before, and when he was commanding, he only managed the general strategy, and delegated the command authority, so that the battalion officers below had their own play. There are more commands, and the reason why this is so is that Yang Shenzu knows the officers below and knows that they are competent, and some is because Yang Shenzu is not too clear about the specific command of the lower levels.

But Liang Huafeng is different, when Liang Huafeng commanded, he even went deep into every hundred households, which was much more elaborate than Yang Shenzu.

At this moment, the cavalry of the Qing army is not afraid of casualties.

Azig is a banner man, and some generals cherish the Eight Banners, but when they really need to use it, they can never do it.

The cavalry flew in, picked up the billowing snow mist, and collided with the Xia army, and for a time the fire and artillery fired in unison. The Qing army suffered heavy casualties, but did not retreat at all.

In fact, the firearms of this era still had limitations, and due to the march, it was not possible to travel with Hongyi cannons. Therefore, there are only some small cannons, and the density of the firepower network cannot be compared with that of later generations.

If the cavalry dies of the heart, under the impact of successive soldiers. Still able to make a gap.

These cavalrymen hid under the saddle one after another, and quickly whipped their horses, and for a time even men and horses were planted, and it was a mess. But there were still a few horsemen who rushed into the queue, albeit in a moment

, was stabbed to death on the spot by countless spears.

But the fire stopped for a moment, giving the Qing army a chance.

However, at this moment, Liang Huafeng's command flex was revealed, and he divided and used each unit, one after another, while limiting the melee to a certain range, while continuing to give full play to the advantage of firepower. In this battlefield, the proportion of casualties between the Qing army and the Xia army was very different.

Azig gritted his teeth and joined the battlefield with groups of cavalry.

"Lord Wang." "The time has passed," Bolo said. The army was defeated. ”

Azig's eyes were slightly red, and he rolled his eyes and shouted, "Waste." ”

Sure enough, in the camp of the Qing army, the two big dragons who fought had already divided the winners and losers, and the Korean soldiers were defeated and retreated first. Collapse is imminent. Azig also understood that although the Xia army was repeatedly overwhelmed by the Qing army. But Xia Jun is resilient. Let Azig have a look of unrecognizability.

There is nothing to do, even if Azig has a big temper, he can only endure it and say, "Withdraw." ”

The retreat is not very easy to retreat, most of the cavalry evacuated the battlefield first, the cavalry's footsteps are fast, if you want to withdraw, the Xia army can't stay. But it is not easy for the Qing army to retreat when the foot soldiers retreat.

The Xia army forcibly defeated the Korean army and the Han army, but when they were about to pursue, the sound of bells rang behind. The Xia army had no choice but to withdraw its troops.

This is not a matter of no way, from the beginning to the end, the Qing army has a team of 10,000 horses on guard, if you pursue, if you are not careful, you will be broken by the backhand, but it is not good. After several hours of fierce battles, Xia Jun's physical strength was almost overdrawn.

It's better to be conservative

Zhou Fuchen, escorted by the guards, entered the Qing army camp.

I saw that there were layers of corpses stacked in front of and behind a low wall outside the camp. Here are some of the most brutal battles, and the corpses are almost level with the low walls. Among these corpses, there were many Qing soldiers and Xia soldiers, and the fire wounds and sword wounds were almost equal.

A little further inside, the casualties of the Qing army were much greater, of which nearly half were injured by firearms, while among the casualties of the Xia army, only the casualties of cold weapons were killed. It can be seen that Xia Jun already has a set of methods for using firearms in hand-to-hand combat.

And it worked.

It's just that when the people were counted, Zhou Fuchen was not happy at all.

The men and horses of the Qing army are not soft persimmons, especially the Ganshan Green Battalion, which is a first-class hard stubble, in such a hard battle, many enemies are killed, but it is also difficult to want to have no damage at all.

There were a lot of losses from all walks of life, but fortunately, it was a victory, most of the soldiers were seriously injured, but they also saved their lives for the time being, plus the medical methods in the army were okay, at least every soldier could be taken care of, plus the weather

It's also cold. As a result, a considerable number of the soldiers survived. But even so, there are less than 20,000 combatable soldiers who are fully calculated.

In such a war, as long as two more battles are fought, even if it is won, it will be like a great defeat.

Between Zhou Fuchen's eyebrows, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Yang Shenzu also saw that Zhou Fuchen was coming, and said: "Don't worry, in this battle, we have lost a lot, and the Dongyu side has also broken our muscles and bones, and the injuries are only more than us, not less than us." As long as you hurry up, there should be no big war from here to under Seoul. ”

It will take time to gather the defeated troops and fight again.

In this battle, no matter how difficult it was, the Xia army finally won. The victory immediately brought high morale, so that even if the army suffered many casualties, the morale of the army was passable. But the morale of the Qing army was not good.

At least three to five days, it will not be possible to recover to the extent of playing.

Within three or five days, it was enough for the army to enter Seoul.

In the camp of the Qing army, Azig Tieqing's face and anger rushed left and right in his heart, but he couldn't find a place to break through. I don't know who to vent this anger to.

Azig said sharply: "Where is Chen Fu? ”

"Report to the prince, General Chen has died in battle." A Han army general said tremblingly.

Azig looked at the past, and the generals in front of him had all retreated from the front of the battle, and before the battle, they were all arrogant, but now they were like quails in the water, and they didn't dare to look up.

Azig sneered and said: "Cheap him, give him a death report, as for them to pull down, execute on the spot, and use military justice." ”

These generals were taken aback and wanted to beg for mercy, but they were covered by the guards and dragged out. The military law of the Qing army has always been so cruel, and it is precisely such a cruel military law that will bring those former Ming troops who are like mud to the hands of the Qing army, and immediately burst out with different combat effectiveness.

It's just that if this military law meets a Manchurian general, there will still be a punishment, but it will not be executed easily, after all, it is necessary to preserve talents for the country, but when it meets the Han people, it has never shown mercy to its subordinates, only strict and severe, in order to set an example.

And especially Azig.

Bolo didn't dare to say anything when he saw it, and said secretly in his worried heart: "If it goes on like this, how many generals are there enough in the army." "It's easy to kill someone, and you will be in a different place with a knife, but it's not easy to train a person. The so-called thousands of troops are easy to get, and one general is hard to find. Not only is it difficult to find a general who leads an army alone, but even a qualified middle-level and low-level officer is not very easy to get.

Azig didn't know what Bolo thought, he immediately said: "Send the order to go down, gather the men and horses, and attack the camp tonight." ”