Chapter 896: Smile of Victory
In fact, the situation of the Eight Banners Army of the Wakda Department was not very good, at the beginning they still had an absolute advantage in the battle with the infantry of the Guanning Army, and the 6,000 Guanning infantry were knocked back and forth, even if Ma Chuang entered the battlefield with 20,000 Ming troops to participate in the battle, the Wakda Department was still able to maintain itself.
But at this moment, Dolgon fled the battlefield with the remaining 15,000 Eight Banners Army, which directly caused the morale of Wakda's troops to plummet. Although Wakda and other generals understood the priority of the matter, they also had the determination to die. But the ordinary Eight Banners soldiers are different, they are not generals, not Manchurian nobles, and not everyone is willing to sacrifice.
"Dorgon has fled!" The Ming army saw the disappearance of the banner of the Qing army, and many soldiers shouted, which caused chaos among the Eight Banners. Many Eight Banners soldiers looked back and really saw the regent Dolgon's banner disappearing, and many Eight Banners soldiers couldn't help but curse.
Seeing that the war was unfavorable, the regent Dolgon fled with the main force, and many Eight Banners soldiers were desperate, no one wanted to be sacrificed, and everyone wanted to live. Wakda led his own troops to urge and force the Eight Banners to continue fighting, and they could only barely maintain the front in chaos, but the strength to destroy the Ming army at the beginning had long disappeared without a trace.
"Dorgon has escaped!" The infantry of the Guanning Army shouted, their hearts full of surprise. For these Guanning troops who had surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty for several years, the invincibility of the Eight Banners had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so when Wu Sangui decided to surrender at the beginning, many ordinary soldiers were actually very hesitant and full of fear in their hearts. But the main general decided to surrender, and the families of the big guys also fell into the hands of the Ming army, and they had to surrender with them. However, the vast majority of the infantry of the Guanning Army did not have confidence in defeating the Eight Banners.
But now, Dolgon has fled with his army! This surprised all the infantry of the Ning Army, and it also surprised them.
"Kill the Tartars! Cut off the head and get a reward! The guerrilla general Guo Yunlong shouted loudly, which immediately attracted countless soldiers to respond.
The Eight Banners Army was defeated, it was a good time to harvest the heads, according to the reward of the Ming Dynasty that year, obtaining a real Eight Banners head can get a reward of thirty taels of silver, which is a huge wealth!
As a result, many Guan Ning troops shouted, bursting out with great enthusiasm for fighting, and killed the hesitant and shrunken Eight Banner Army, and the Eight Banners who had pressed on their heads and made them fearful!
Even the Guanning army, which had just surrendered, broke out with a passion for battle, and the Ming army under Ma Chuang was naturally not to be outdone. Ma Chuang divided two battalions of soldiers to reinforce the Guanning Army and the Eight Banners to fight head-on, divided the remaining army into two parts, and killed the Eight Banners Army from the left and right flanks, leaving only the south side unattacked.
20,000 Ming troops plus 6,000 Guanning troops, a total of 26,000 people, surrounded Wakda 10,000 banners and launched a fierce attack.
The main force fled, the morale plummeted, it was surrounded on three sides, and the 10,000 Eight Banner soldiers were defeated and retreated under the attack of the Ming army, which is what Aobai saw when he fled.
"Worship?" When the soldiers reported that Ao Bai had fled, Wakda was shocked and suddenly turned to look at Ao Bai covered in blood.
"Wakda Beizi, it's over, the front army of the attack is all over, Shi Tingzhu was killed in battle, and the last general escaped after killing through the encirclement." Ao Bai wept and mourned the situation of the former army.
"What? Defeated so fast! Wakda was shocked, the 15,000 army of Ao Bai and Shi Tingzhu was over, which meant that more Ming troops were freed and joined the battlefield to deal with themselves.
His army was destroyed, but Ao Bai himself escaped alone, which is a serious crime, but Wakda has no intention of pursuing Aobai's sin at this time, and now is the time to use people, and the powerful Ao Bai is used.
"Aobai, I will give you three hundred warriors, you must block the attack of the Ming army in the east!" Wakda snapped.
"Yes, Ao Bai Ling!" Ao Bai agreed, and attacked east with the soldiers of the three hundred and eight banners.
"General Aobai, is the front army really finished?" Niu Lu, who led the troops, asked in a low voice.
Ao Bai nodded: "It's all over, and it will be our turn soon!" ”
"So what do we do?" Niu Lu couldn't help but say.
"What do you want to do? Do you want to live or die here? Ao Bai asked in a low voice.
"Of course I want to live, my son is only two years old, and when he came out, my wife was pregnant again, if I die here, the family will be over!" Niu Lu sighed.
Ao Bai nodded: "If you want to live, listen to me!" ”
"But what about Wakdabezi?" Niu Lu understood the meaning of worship.
"Wakda has decided to defend here, so as to contain the Ming army and win a glimmer of life for the regent, and he will not be persuaded to move." Ao Bai sighed: "But the regent has fled, so we don't need to hold on here." Don't worry, as long as we can escape back to Beijing, no one will cure our crimes. ”
Defeated, how many can escape back to Beijing? The Eight Banners Army poured out, and there were not many young people left in Beijing, how could they be punished, Niu Lu quickly understood this truth.
"General Aobai, I listen to you!" Niu Lu nodded heavily, Ao Bai once successfully escaped across the Yangtze River with a lone army when Azig was defeated and fled back to the north, and his ability to escape can be seen, so with his leadership, Niu Lu and his men are full of confidence in escaping back to Beijing.
So, Ao Bai took these 300 people to attack to the east, fought with the Ming army for a while, and then moved south, because the Ming army did not surround the south, Ao Bai and others successfully fought from the south and escaped from the battlefield.
Someone fled, naturally others followed, seeing that Ao Bai and others successfully escaped, more Eight Banner soldiers also fled to the south, and the number of people fleeing became more and more, and it was no longer possible to stop it, and the battle line suddenly collapsed.
Wakda laughed miserably, raised his iron spear, and rushed towards the Ming army with the last dozens of his own soldiers, and soon disappeared into the chaos.
"I've cut off the head of the Eight Banners generals!" A Guanning soldier grabbed Wakda's head and laughed wildly, and the other Guanning soldiers looked at him jealously, and chased after the fleeing Eight Banners fiercely.
The Eight Banners have fled, and it is time to harvest the heads. A head of thirty taels of silver, as long as you catch up with a fierce knife, you can get thirty taels of silver, which is the same as picking up money.
And as the Wakda troops were defeated and fled, Ma Chuang divided half of his subordinates to chase after the Guanning army, and the battlefield that had been fighting fiercely for most of the day calmed down.
The setting sun shone obliquely on the battlefield, shining on the corpses all over the mountains, shining on countless discarded weapons, and the blood-stained swords were illuminated by the sun, reflecting a bewitching light.
Stepping on the light of the setting sun, under the escort of a team of personal guards, Chen Yue rode to the battlefield of the battle, looking at the situation on the battlefield, with a satisfied smile on his face.