Chapter 449: The Last Battle
Just when Zhu Hai was tragically ruined by Xiang Rong'er, Changyi Town, which was far away from Nanchang, was engaged in a decisive battle, and it was also the last battle in the entire Battle of Nanchang.
Although the siege of Nanchang City was lifted, the Qing army still had 70,000 or 80,000 people left, and these people retreated along the river north under the leadership of Tan Tai after learning of the destruction of the water division.
However, it is so easy for 70,000 or 80,000 people to withdraw, and when they attack, they are like a bamboo, and when they retreat, they are defeated.
After the Guangdong New Army solved the Qing army outside Nanchang, under the leadership of Ma Kun, it followed the Qing army with the first regiment and the second regiment as the lead.
The water area of Poyang Lake in the Ming Dynasty was larger than that of later generations, and Changyi was already by the lake, Tan Tai found that there was no way back when he arrived here, and regretted it in his heart, knowing that it was better to leave a few small boats here in Changyi at that time, at least to escort the ten kings to escape. However, at that time, because of the need to collect the villagers, the fishermen by the lake were afraid that they would escape into the lake, so they had already burned all the fishing boats.
Just when Tan Tai was in a hurry, the rear team covered the retreating Zhengbai Banner Leader Bayan and chased after him.
"General, the Ming army is catching up behind, and we are still ten miles away!"
"Bayan, you bring 20,000 people, you must block the advance of the Ming army and leave time for the army to cross the river!" In fact, Tan Tai is a fool's dream, how can there be boats to cross the river, at this time the Ganjiang River is abundant, the boats in the Yangtze River can go directly to Ganzhou from the mouth of the Yangtze River, the river is five miles wide, even if there are boats, seventy or eighty thousand people can not cross it in three days.
Just when Tan Tai was helpless, a personal soldier came to Tan Tai.
"General, the Ten Kings are awake, let you hurry over!"
Hearing that Duoduo had woken up, Tan Tai was relieved a lot, in their hearts, Duoduo would always find a way, and now that they have the backbone, everything will pass.
Tan Tai came to an ox cart in the midst of the rebellion, which he had found on the road and used to pull the unconscious Duoduo.
Tan Tai saw Duoduo sitting on the ox cart, and by the light of the torches, he saw that Duoduo was looking very good, and was talking to several generals on the side.
Seeing Duoduo like this, Tan Tai's heart was completely ashes, he knew that Duoduo's illness would not get better so quickly, and now it was a return to the light.
"Ten Kings, how are you? You're finally awake! ”
Seeing Tan Tai coming over, Duoduo smiled and said, "Tan Tai, I know my own body, I'm afraid this king won't be able to do it!" ”
"Ten kings, you will be fine, we will still occupy Daming under your leadership! There are still a lot of beauties waiting for us to rob, and there are still many cities waiting for us to kill! ”
"Hehe, I've been in the border for more than ten years, and I've killed countless people in my life, don't I know my own situation? Tan Tai, you are the deputy marshal, after I die, you must guarantee that the remaining 15,000 taels of white flag elite will be brought across the Yangtze River safely, you know! This is the last hope of our two white flags! ”
Seeing that Duoduo was still worried about the two white flags before he died, Tan Tai cried: "Ten kings don't worry, even if I don't leave, I will let my brothers return to Beijing!" ”
Hearing Tan Tai say this, Duoduo nodded, and then said: "You go back and tell the fourteenth brother, let him be careful of the new army in Guangdong, they are not something we can beat, if you don't have a hundred times the strength, don't provoke them!" ”
Tan Tai heard Duoduo say this and asked, "Ten kings, what will we do in the future?" ”
"When I entered the customs, I told the fourteenth brother that the Central Plains has a population of hundreds of millions, and it is not at all that we Manchurians can rule, so it is better to grab a handful and run, and return to live our peaceful life outside the customs, but the fourteenth brother does not listen. Tan Tai, you said to the fourteenth brother, if you can't do anything, why don't you retreat outside the gate, that is our home! ”
Duoduo said that he pulled Tan Tai to his side and whispered, "You and the fourteenth brother, tell him to keep quiet when he receives the news, and immediately kill Dai Shan and Zilharang, so that our family can save their lives!" ”
Duoduo's words became slower and slower, and finally the muffled ones were almost inaudible, and slowly Duoduo's face turned gray, his head tilted, and the "Ten Kings" who were the first in the Manchu Dynasty's military exploits died on the shore of Poyang Lake.
As soon as Duoduo died, everyone cried, Tan Tai wiped his tears, stood up and shouted: "Don't cry, everyone, what is in front of you now is how to let the brothers go home safely!" ”
He Luohui was shot in the shoulder by a musket in the bloody battle in the morning, and now he hung his arms and said: "General, the ten kings said to listen to you, you say, what should we do?" ”
"Okay, everyone listen to my order, let the brothers of the two white flags gather by the river, He Luohui, you take two thousand people to collect boats by the lake, not the door panels, the beams of the house, as long as they can float on the water; Iribu and Zakdan, the two of you take all the Mongol and Han army flags, go to Bayan, and be sure to block the Ming army and ensure that the two white flags cross the river! ”
Tan Tai was desperate, in order to ensure the elite of 15,000 taels of white flags, he even asked the Mongols to be cannon fodder.
Tan Tai gave an order, and the generals began to prepare everywhere.
In the midst of the chaos, Iribu finally gathered the Mongol and Han banners, and there were less than 30,000 men, and they led the remnants of the defeated army to the blocking position of Bayan in front.
"Bayan, how is it, what is the movement of the Ming army on the other side!"
Bayan turned around and saw that it was Iribu and Zakdan coming, and hurriedly saluted: "The two leaders are also here, and the Ming army stopped by the river opposite, probably waiting for dawn!" ”
At this time, it was almost dawn, and the east was already white, and Iribu stood up and looked at the opposite side, and could vaguely see the Ming soldiers in red shirts on the opposite side, as if they were eating.
Zachdan looked at the surroundings and said in a low voice: "Bayan, the Ten Kings are gone, now it is General Tan Tai who is in charge, and the general orders the three of us to lead all the Mongols and Han army banners to stop the Ming army here, and we must buy time for our remaining brothers to cross the river!" ”
Bayan is a man with a yellow flag, and he is also a domestic slave of Duoduo, so he should pretend to cry twice, but he can't take care of it in this time of crisis.
"Two leaders, now that the Mongols have been broken by the artillery of the Ming army, they probably don't dare to go up!"
"If you don't dare, you have to go up, and after a while, you will organize the supervision team, and the one who doesn't go will be killed on the spot!"
These three guys are here to discuss how to use the Mongols and Han Chinese as cannon fodder, and the new army on the other side is tired enough.
The Cantonese New Army disembarked yesterday morning and began to fight, breaking the Qing cavalry outside the city of Nanchang and clearing the perimeter of Nanchang. Last night, under the leadership of Ma Kun, he marched fifty miles in a hurry, and finally blocked the Qing army brigade here in Changyi.
Ma Kun was also very distressed to see his brothers tired and out of breath, but he knew that if he didn't completely annihilate this group of Qing troops and let them return to the north of the Yangtze River to relieve their breath, Jiangxi would have no peace.
Ma Kun looked at Poyang Lake not far away, now the sun is just about to rise, the Poyang Lake is red, standing in the distance and looking at it is very beautiful.
"Like the wind, let the brothers insist on persevering, and drown the Qing army into the lake in one go, and after winning this battle, I will give the brothers three days off and have fun in Nanchang City!"
Ma Rufeng nodded and ordered the herald to go down and give the order. All the soldiers also knew that this was the last battle, and struggled to stand up at the instigation of the junior officers.
The junior officer asked all the soldiers to take out the ration of sugar, pour a whole bag into their mouths, and send it down with water. White sugar is not only a welfare for the new army, but also a natural stimulant, because a large intake of white sugar will increase blood sugar in the blood, promote adrenaline secretion, and can make people less tired and energetic for a certain period of time.
After all the soldiers ate the sugar, they felt less tired, and their spirits came up, and they lined up under the officer's organization.
When the Qing army on the opposite side saw the Ming army standing up and lining up again, they knew that the attack was about to begin. Bayan knows his own family affairs, he looks at a lot of people here, there are almost 50,000 Mongols and Han Chinese, but most of them have no horses, less than 3,000 cavalry, and there is a lack of bows and arrows, and all the grain, grass and baggage are lost in Nanchang. Some soldiers are just running for their lives, throwing away their weapons, and now standing there empty-handed, how long do you expect them to hold out on to this kind of army?
Bayan saw the Ming army on the opposite side tidying up the ranks, and quickly ordered his men to stand up and prepare for battle. However, the Qing army was not a strictly trained Ming army, and after last night's death, they had already lost their physical strength, and they were lying or sitting one by one, but they just couldn't get up.
Bayan and Zachdan were angry, and personally picked up the whip, beating and scolding one by one, and it was easy to organize the team.
Bayan rode a horse and stood at the front and shouted: "All the good men of the Mongols, the opposite side is the Ming army, let's fight to the death with them in a while, kill a Ming army and reward 100 taels of silver, catch a live reward of 200 taels of silver, if you escape from the battle, you look at the back, the knife of Lao Tzu's team does not recognize you!" ”
Bayan organized three hundred pro-soldiers of three people together and made a team of overseers, but he didn't know how effective it was, so it was better than nothing!
The place where the Qing army is located is already the tidal flat of Poyang Lake, the water network is dense, the right side of the Qing army is the Ganjiang River, the left side is a small river a few zhang wide, there is only less than two miles of distance between the small river and the Ganjiang River, there are 50,000 Qing troops squeezed in it, and the formation cannot be spread.
But Bayan still cares about the life and death of the Mongols, and his order is to fill it with human lives, as long as he can block the Ming army for a while, the brothers with the two white flags behind him can have a little more certainty of escaping.
Bayan saw that his team was finally organized, and he knew that he must not wait here for the Ming army to fight. Now the morale of the Qing army is extremely poor, if you wait for the Ming army to come up and don't need anything else, the whole army will completely collapse if the cannon bombards it twice, and now you can only charge first.
Bayan shouted, "The cavalry and I charged, the infantry followed, and if anyone escaped, the Overseer would cut off his head!" After saying that, Bayan took only 3,000 cavalry and began to walk towards the Ming army.