Chapter Twenty-Six: Unbelievable Good News (Part 1)
Glancing at the hideous-looking human head in front of him, Shanjia raised his eyebrows and asked, "This is Gao Yigong?" ”
"Yes, general, the last general has already found several prisoners to confirm, this is Gao Yigong, I heard that he is still Li Zicheng's brother-in-law." The reply was a cavalry commander, and he was also the one who killed Gao Yigong in the chaos of the army.
The speed of the collapse of the Dashun army not only surprised Shanjia, but even Gao Yigong himself was unexpected, so he didn't even have time to escape, and was scattered by the chaotic army.
Then he happened to be targeted by the cavalry of the Jiang family's army, which was chasing and killing the rout.
If Gao Yigong had been a little more low-key, he might not have died. It's a pity that his bright mountain armor is too eye-catching, and his personal soldiers are too conscientious, even in the chaos of the army, he still insists on waving his banner as the main general.
Such a conspicuous target is that everyone knows ten big fish, so it will be cold after a high grade, and it will be completely cold.
"Okay, put it away, go back and give the Lord the good news, and give you a credit." The scarlet waved his hand.
"Thank you, General!" The thousand men grew up and said with joy.
In the Jiang family's army, officers above the commander of a thousand commanders (including commanders) can become generals. The commander is one level higher than the general.
This commander killed the enemy's commander-in-chief, and it is very likely that he will be promoted to a partial general due to his merits.
"How was the capture of this battle? Caught too many prisoners? Shanjia looked at the lieutenant Bige again.
"General, there are quite a few captures, but most of them are in tatters. A little bit of what you can see is just more than 400 war horses. Of course, these war horses are only a little bit of a look, and they are really far worse than our war horses. Bigg was clearly in a bit of a mood as he spoke.
"There are a lot of prisoners, but General, it seems useless for us to ask for these prisoners." Bige said helplessly.
"Why didn't it work? Although these people are fighting and cowardly, they can farm. There is so much land in Liaodong that no one cultivates now, so it is just right to get these people to Liaodong. Shanjia raised his eyebrows.
After finishing speaking, he ordered: "Take a good look at the prisoners, send someone to the lord to report the victory, tell the truth about the situation of this battle, and say that the general thinks that the combat effectiveness of the rogues is vulnerable, and the soldiers who can fight are less than one percent, and it is recommended that the lord directly lead the army to press over, and he will definitely be able to sweep away the main force of the rogue in one fell swoop." ”
Sima of the former army next to him said in a deep voice: "The last general obeys the order, and this will draft a battle report." ”
The responsibilities of the military Sima are actually equivalent to the military staff officers of later generations, but because of the different eras, the responsibilities are also different. But one thing is the same, that is, as the secretary of the main general, he counts all kinds of data, draws up battle reports, and sends and receives orders for documents.
Shanjia pondered for a moment and then said, "Send someone to contact the left army to see how the battle is going on their side." ”
"Also, clean up the battlefield quickly, and dispose of the corpses the old way. It's getting hot this day, don't make a plague. After thinking about it, Shanjia explained.
The old method was to let the captives dig a pit, then gather the bodies of the dead in the pit, and then burn them and bury them at the end.
Now that the weather is getting hotter, if these corpses are not disposed of in time, it is very likely to cause a plague.
Don't be defeated by the living at that time, but be cleaned up by the dead, it will be too embarrassing.
The lieutenant general Bige took the order, and everything was busy in an orderly manner.
When Gao Yigong's troops were defeated, Di Qing's side had just confronted Yuan Zongdi's 80,000 horses.
Yuan Zong's idea was similar to Gao Yigong's at the beginning, it was absolutely as long as his 80,000 army charged, the Jiang family army on the opposite side would collapse, but the truth quickly gave him a slap in the face.
The fierceness of the Jiang family's artillery fire was simply the only one he had ever seen in his life.
Di Qing's left army was different, because of the terrain, he pulled all fifty artillery pieces up a small hill and seized this commanding height.
At this commanding height, the firing range of the Jiangjia Army's field artillery can completely cover the entire battlefield.
Therefore, Di Qing was not polite at all, and as soon as Yuan Zongdi's men and horses started to charge, they were stunned by the artillery fire flying from the commanding heights.
Moreover, Di Qing also ambushed people on the top of another higher, steeper hill. This hilltop cannon can't go up, but people can.
A thousand grenadiers were placed on it by Di Qing.
And Di Qing's large array was placed between this hill and the top of the small hill.
Therefore, the 80,000 men of Yuan Zongdi were honored to taste the power of the grenadiers.
Yuan Zongdi's merit is better than Gao's brilliance in that when he found out that something was wrong early, he turned around and ran away with his own soldiers without hesitation.
Yuan Zong ran first, and without the Dashun army that the overseer team was forcing with knives and guns behind his buttocks, it collapsed faster than the 100,000 horses and horses of Gao Yigong.
At this point, all that remains is to hunt down the defeated soldiers and capture the prisoners, and clean up the battlefield.
In terms of numbers, these two battles can definitely be called big battles.
But for Di Qing and Shanjia, a battle of this intensity is like a game at all, and it is also a relatively boring game, which makes people unmotivated.
For professional soldiers like them, the more powerful the enemy, the more they can arouse their fighting spirit.
No matter what aspect the Dashun Army is, it is not at the same level as the Jiang Family's Army.
If Jiang Jiajun's current level is high school students, then Da Shunjun is simply a group of kindergarten children.
High school students beat kindergarten children, but no matter how much they kill, they don't have much sense of accomplishment.
Therefore, although the battle on his side started early, the end time was basically the same as that of the mountain armor.
And the distance between the two battlefields is actually not far, only less than fifty miles.
When the people sent by Shanjia saw Di Qing, the people sent by Di Qing had just found Shanjia.
After knowing that the other party had already dealt with the other party, the main errand of the two teams was to send people to escort the prisoners to the rear on the one hand, and on the other hand, they began to guard against the attack of Li Zicheng's main force.
In fact, the battlefield is only about a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan, and it will take you a day and a half to get there.
When Jiang Chuan received the battle reports from Shanjia and Di Qing in Shanhaiguan one after another, looking at the content of the battle report, he was also stunned for a while before he came to his senses.
Although the fall of Hao Shaoqi before allowed him to see the true combat effectiveness of the Dashun army.
However, the contents of the two battle reports in front of him still made him feel a little unbelievable and incredible.
"The army of 180,000 was defeated like this? Even 180,000 pigs are probably not so easy to catch, right? Did Li Zicheng rely on such an army to attack the city all the way to Beijing? ”
If it weren't for Jiang Chuan knowing that his subordinates would never be able to make false reports, especially the real generals like Shanjia and Di Qing.
But he still couldn't believe it.
Hu Zongxian also felt unbelievable after reading it.
"It seems that the Ming Dynasty really deserves to die, such a rabble army can defeat most of the Ming Dynasty, and there is really no reason for it not to die!" The two looked at each other without saying a word, and finally sighed.