"There's not much value in the camp." The logistics staff officer took a few pieces of paper and hurriedly ran into the Ya Nei of Anqiu County, and reported to Mo Ming: "In addition to more than 1,000 stone of grain, 300 stone of black beans, and more than 50,000 bundles of forage, there are only a small number of arrows, cotton armor, knives and guns, and the quality is better than the weapons of the Ming army captured before." In addition, there are some carts, mules and horses and other livestock, the specific number is on the last page of the attached table. ”

Mo Ming flipped through it casually and found nothing of value, and then asked, "What are the casualties of our army?" ”

"According to preliminary statistics, 29 people were killed and 57 wounded in the fighting during the day; The Eight Banners New Army lost 7 killed and 15 wounded; Army artillery killed 1 and wounded 2; Army infantry killed 2 and wounded 1; The scouts lost 9 killed and 17 wounded; The cavalry brigade suffered 76 killed and 111 wounded; In addition, 3 people were killed and 8 wounded; The statistics add up to 117 killed and 201 wounded, for a total of 338 casualties. The logistics staff officer took the statistics and read expressionlessly, "The above number may change slightly, because some people are seriously injured and may eventually join the ranks of the dead." ”

Hearing the logistics staff's cold casualty statistics report, Mo Ming nodded, secretly relieved in his heart, fortunately, the core armed army of the East Coast people and the New Army of the Eight Banners suffered fewer casualties. The bulk of the casualties were mainly in the cavalry units, and the last cavalry duel between the two sides resulted in more than 200 casualties on the east bank, and of course the cavalry infantry of Li Shutai also lost about 700 people. The reason for the 1:3 battle loss ratio is mainly due to the high morale of the cavalry brigade, the high horse-fighting skills (professional cavalry versus mounted infantry), the sophisticated cavalry equipment (simple cavalry cuirass) and the surprise tactics (pistols, mounted spears). However, in the future, this kind of hard-fought battle is better to fight less, and it is difficult for the soldiers on the east coast to replenish. Even the hired Polish cavalry was an extremely valuable asset, and it could not be compromised.

Li Shutai's cavalry lost more than 700 people on the spot, and later was intercepted by artillery, guns, bows and arrows on the way to retreat, and dozens of people were dropped one after another, plus the casualties of more than 400 cavalry he sent to Zhang Ruxing's department to supervise the battle, and only about 1,100 of his 2,000 cavalry were successfully withdrawn in the end, and the losses were huge. In addition to the cavalry, his 2,000 foot soldiers also lost more than 100 people under the artillery fire of the people on the east coast, and more than 200 auxiliary troops on the following service. Other words. Lee So-tae's 8,000 headquarters suffered nearly 1,300 casualties in today's battle. Most of them were soldiers. And since the battlefield fell into the hands of the East Coasters, the 1,300 casualties could basically be judged to be killed, because the East Coasters would not heal their wounded soldiers, and it would be good to be merciful enough to give them a knife so that they would not continue to suffer in the cold.

The 2,000 people of Zhang Ruxing's army, who were saved as cannon fodder, were basically wiped out. Except for the few three or four hundred who fled. About six or seven hundred of the remaining people were killed or wounded. More than 900 people were captured, and even its commander Zhang Ruxing was killed by a harpoon by an unknown Shandan man, which can be described as extremely tragic.

This was recorded by the staff officer of the army as a battle of "Anqiu Campaign". With more than 15,000 men on both sides, it was one of the two largest battles ever fought by the East Coasters (the other being the Battle of the Blood River in South Africa). However, unlike the defensive battle of the Battle of the Blood River, the Battle of Anqiu was an authentic field battle, according to the Ming Dynasty, both sides lined up in a dignified formation, and then fought each other. Therefore, such a battle of winning more with less still greatly boosted the self-confidence of the people on the east coast. Before the war, even if Mo Ming, Mao Desheng, Li Renjun, Yang Mingyang and others were full of confidence, they still had some apprehension in their hearts in the face of the legendary "Eight Banners Force" - although it was just an impostor. But this battle broke everyone's psychological shadow, and the Han Eight Banners turned out to be so weak, and they were not even as brave as those barbarians in South Africa. At least the Xhosa people were much stronger than these people, and some of the recruits of the River Security Regiment were not one or two of them who were so frightened that their legs and stomachs trembled when the barbarians charged all over the mountains.

By the evening, the battlefield had been basically cleaned, and the soldiers lit torches and loaded the materials in the Qing army camp overnight to Anqiu County. At the same time, the Qing army camp was demolished, the trenches were filled, and all the timber was taken to burn. As for those prisoners of Zhang Ruxing's department, they were imprisoned in the Anqiu County Prison. After sending a group of scouts to send Zhang Ruxing's head and some captured Qing army flags to Qingzhou City overnight, Mo Ming once again summoned several commanders of the army to begin a post-war summary and discuss the next course of action.

First of all, he praised the tremendous exploits of the cavalry units, and praised Yang Mingyang, the captain of the brigade, Pei Qin, and Zagrasky, who were wounded in the battle, and more than 10 officers below them, and ordered the logistics staff officers to give them a corresponding amount of bonuses in accordance with the combat regulations. At the same time, he also praised Che Yuan, the deputy captain of the Advance Brigade, who took the initiative to bring three squadrons of soldiers to reinforcements this afternoon when the cavalry brigade was fighting fiercely with the enemy, which played a key role in scaring off the cavalry led by Li and Tai.

The new units such as the cavalry brigade and the standing up team are qualified and can even be said to be excellent, and the Eight Banners New Army and the East Coast Army, which are old units, have played a mainstay role. Especially the infantry of the New Army of the Eight Banners, these wooden-looking, even somewhat stupid-minded Xhosa spearmen did their job extremely well, they stood still under the pressure of the enemy cavalry, and the sharp and well-organized spear formation made these cowardly Qing cavalry linger. Thanks to their efforts, the reinforced artillery company, which was the main force of the enemy in this battle, was able to confidently and boldly export firepower, which played a crucial role in the final victory. While all the units have done an excellent job of completing their tasks, the two army companies, which had been the absolute main force before, were somewhat inadequately ineffective because of the lack of opportunities to show themselves. But they are not to blame, who let the enemy not be able to withstand the bombardment of artillery and hit the range of infantry musketeers?

After making some praise and battle summary, Mo Ming and the others finally entered the second link: discussing the next military action. At this time, Mao Desheng stood up directly and expressed his opinion: "Everyone, although I won the battle today, I still have to say, stop in moderation and accept it when you see it!" This battle cannot be fought any further! Now that the weather is so bad, it is estimated that it will snow heavily again, and even the Manchu army from the white mountains and black waters will not be able to hold out for a long time in this weather. Now they have lost more than 3,000 people under the city of Anqiu County, and some time ago, we wiped out more than 2,000 people from Li Shiyuan's army in Qingzhou and more than 1,000 people from Jiaozhou Town, and a large part of the logistics burden in Jiaozhou Town has also fallen into our hands. The battle is like this, and we are already very worthy of Zhao Yingyuan and others in Qingzhou City. And we have paid nearly 400 casualties before and after this, we can't go on like this, and after a while, Yantai Port will be frozen, and naval ships will be transferred to Rishiri Island for the winter, so we should hurry up and withdraw all the materials and personnel. ”

Yang Mingyang of the cavalry brigade is also somewhat inclined to retreat after a big battle in the afternoon: "We have almost reached our limit. After Zhang Ruxing's head was sent to Zhao Yingyuan and them, if they surrendered, I would have nothing to say, and such a person was not worthy of us to save him. In fact, for people like Zhao Yingyuan, we don't need to spend too much energy at all, Adou is Adou, and we can't help it. Now we have conquered two county towns and one state city in Laizhou and Qingzhou, eliminated more than 6,000 Qing troops, and seized a large amount of materials, which has shocked the Qing court quite a lot. Now that the Qing army has been newly defeated, the morale will definitely be a little low, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 armed forces in Qingzhou City, and there is no reason why they can't hold it in the face of the Qing army, which is only 16,700 people and lacks siege equipment. And after today's battle, the Qing army will also worry about the safety of their flanks, they have limited forces, they simply cannot fight in both directions at the same time, coupled with the continuous bad weather, I think they will choose to retreat to Jinan and make another calculation. ”

The two generals under him both expressed their attitude that they didn't want to toss any longer, and Mo Ming had to seriously consider their opinions. In fact, now the Qing army has gradually gained the upper hand in the Shanxi battlefield, whether it is the number of soldiers, quality, equipment or logistics are a large cut above the Shun army, Li Zicheng has 100,000 troops were dragged in Qinghai and Gansu, Henan still has tens of thousands of people dragged by the Nanming army, can be used to deal with the Qing army full of 100,000 people, in the face of more than twice the advantage of the enemy, his chances of victory is not big, at present it seems to be a lively fight, in fact, it is just a hard support.

In history, yesterday (October 25), the Qing court set up a southward expeditionary army led by Prince Yu and Dingguo General Duoduo, in addition to the Eight Banners, there were more than 20,000 cavalry of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming. At the critical moment when the Shanxi battlefield entered a critical moment, the Qing court actually had time to form a Ming army, which shows that it was at ease. It's just that later, the Shun army launched a major counterattack in Henan, connected many cities, and surrounded the important town of Huaiqingfu, endangering the back road of the Qing army's Yechen Department. Therefore, Duoduo's army of the Ming Dynasty "went by the way" to conquer the Shun army in Henan, and eventually joined forces with Azig's army in Xi'an. It is ridiculous that Liu Hongqi and Xu Dingguobu, the commanders under the command of Shi Kefa, the Ming Governor who were attacking the Shun army in Henan at this time, did not know that it was the Jedi counterattack launched by Dashun in Henan that attracted the attention of the Qing army, and finally changed the direction of their operations, otherwise Duoduo's tens of thousands of cavalry would have gone directly south to Jianghuai.

Will the Qing army be separated from Duoduo's army because the situation in Shandong has not been completely pacified? If this is the case, Henan's Shun army should be able to relieve some of the pressure. Mo Ming turned these thoughts in his head, and finally decided to leave him alone and let it be. The East Coasters have reached their limits, and there is no reason to continue adventuring. Therefore, he quickly made a decision: "Starting tomorrow, except for some of the personnel who go to the countryside to collect grain and grass and recruit reclamation personnel, the rest of the people will begin to transport materials and prisoners by carts and pack horses, and the route will be Anqiu-Gaomi-Jiaozhou-Dagu estuary, and the forward team will send two squadrons to escort it in turn." The scouts were all scattered and closely monitored everywhere, the cavalry brigade was ready to rush to help, and the rest of the troops were all on standby in the city. (To be continued......)