Chapter Seventy-Nine: Windfall
More and more light cavalry rushed into the city gates, and the stubborn Qing soldiers at the city gates were quickly strangled.
"Rush!" The light cavalry Qianfu waved his spear, and rushed towards the Qing reinforcements who rushed towards the city gate, and the thousand cavalry behind him followed closely.
The remaining archers who were blocked out of the city gate also quickly entered the city, dismounted and cleaned up the corpses at the city gate, and sent some people to handle the city gate, and some people went up to the city wall along the road to clear the Qing soldiers above.
To deal with cavalry, infantry needs at least three times the number of formations to compete with cavalry, and there are high requirements in terms of weaponry, defense, and personnel quality, otherwise it will be a disaster for infantry to meet cavalry.
There were not many Qing soldiers left in Liaoyang City, and there were only more than 1,000 people left, and most of them were veterans. In addition to guarding the treasury, the official office, as well as the city gates, city walls, and patrols, the remaining troops are only four or five hundred.
The Qing army Jia Lae Zhen thought that he could arrive in time to block the city gate, but he did not expect these enemies of unknown origin to fight so fiercely and fearlessly, and before he could bring people to the city gate, the enemy had already poured in from outside the city gate.
Looking at the enemy's tall and sturdy war horses, the cold and cold cavalry spears shining in the sun, and the indifferent and murderous faces of the cavalry, Qing Bingjia Lama really knew that Liaoyang City would definitely not be protected, and shouted to the two Geshiha next to him: "Go out of the city from the north gate, and quickly report to the emperor and Prince Rui, asking them to send troops to rescue them quickly." ”
The two Geshhaleng paused for a moment, took orders in unison, and then turned around and ran wildly towards the north gate.
The commander of the light cavalry took all this into his eyes and didn't care, because Jiang Chuan had already ordered that the fleeing enemy did not need to be pursued and killed, and there was always a few people who needed to leave a few messengers, otherwise the original meaning of this battle would be gone.
The light cavalry soon crashed into the Qing troops, shouting horses, waving spears, and splattering blood, and it was almost a massacre.
Not long after, the largest Qing soldier in Liaoyang City was completely strangled, and the Qing soldier's Jia Lae Zhen was killed by the light cavalry commander who smashed his sternum with a cavalry spear.
"Grab a few prisoners and ask them to see how many troops are still in the city, and if they encounter resistance, they will be killed on the spot. In addition, I will send someone to take control of the treasury granary and other gates, and I will meet your lordship. ”
The commander of the light cavalry wiped the spear on the clothes of the Qing soldiers, and then instructed several centurions behind him, and several of them took the orders and left.
When Jiang Chuan rode a horse through the blood-stained south gate of Liaoyang, the first thing he saw was the corpses lined up on both sides of the road.
On the right is the Qing soldier's, while on the left is the remains of his fallen soldiers.
Jiang Chuan turned over and dismounted, and slowly walked in front of these soldiers who had been silent forever, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and finally fell on a soldier with his eyes wide open, his hands tightly embraced, and his mouth full of blood.
This is the body of the commander of the cavalry who died at the last moment of the victory to capture the gate.
"My lord, our commander was attacked by the enemy, and finally he bit the enemy's throat and died together." The centurion of the archers guarding the city gate behind him whispered behind Jiang Chuan.
Jiang Chuan's mouth moved, wanting to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything, just attached himself to the face of the commander and gently brushed it with his hand, and when the hand was removed, the eyes were already quietly closed.
Although it is not the first time that soldiers have been killed, looking at these fallen soldiers, Jiang Chuan's mood is still very depressed and heavy.
Although it is only four words, it is the two most basic psychological qualities that a qualified commander must cultivate, such as an iron heart and a tenacious will that far surpasses ordinary people.
Jiang Chuan knew that he still had a long way to go on this road.
"Collect the bodies of your commanders and brothers, and take them home when we go back." Jiang Chuan took a deep breath, calmed down his somewhat fluctuating emotions, and commanded the centurion behind him.
"No!" The centurion clenched his fists and took his life.
"From now on, the archers will be temporarily held by you as the commander of the thousands." Jiang Chuan thought about it and said again.
"The subordinates will definitely live up to their mission!" The centurion said in a deep voice.
"My lord, the remnants of the enemy in the city have all been cleared, the treasury and granaries have also been sealed, after interrogating the prisoners, we learned that Liaoyang City only has more than 1,000 troops, which is consistent with the information we received before. And with the exception of a few who escaped, we eliminated more than 700 Tartars this time and captured more than 100 prisoners. ”
The commander of the light cavalry who followed behind Jiang Chuan reported the results of the battle loudly.
"Where are the treasury and the granary? Let's take a look. This Liaoyang City is a bridgehead for the Tartars to attack the Ming Dynasty, and we should have hoarded a lot of grain and grass, maybe we will make a fortune this time. When Jiang Chuan heard the news, his gloomy mood just now suddenly improved a lot.
Although the purpose of fighting Liaoyang was to encircle Wei and save Zhao and force the Tartars to withdraw their troops from Datong, if they could make a fortune by the way, it would of course be a great thing.
Jiang Chuan led people to the granary first.
Liaoyang City was originally a bridgehead for the Ming army against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and in order to garrison troops for a long time, several large granaries were originally used to store military rations. Later, after being occupied by the Qing soldiers, it became a bridgehead for the Qing soldiers to invade the Ming Dynasty in the south, so these granaries were expanded and repaired.
At this time, the dozen or so grain hoards standing in front of Jiang Chuan that were as tall as three stories tall in the later generations and had a circumference the size of half a basketball court made Jiang Chuan's mouth widen.
And he didn't have to come closer, he could see the spiky grain on the grain hoard, it was all golden wheat.
Jiang Chuan saw the big granary when he followed his father to the grain station in the town when he was a child, but when he handed over the public grain, when did he see so much grain.
Obediently, I'm afraid this can't be a hundred thousand stones, right? Jiang Chuan didn't have any idea, but just made a rough estimate in his heart.
"My lord, I just caught the barn keeper of this granary, and he said that there are a total of 350,000 stone of grain here, including wheat, corn, soybeans, black beans and other grains. When Dolgon went out this time, he took with him 100,000 stones, and the rest was 250,000 stones, of which 200,000 were wheat, and the rest were all miscellaneous grains. The commander of the light cavalry looked at Jiang Chuan's surprised appearance and came over to pray.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand stones? Really rich, rich! With this food, Lao Tzu hid in the valley for several years and did not come out and starved to death. And we can gather more people. The gold of the prosperous times, the grain of the troubled times, this thing is now worth more than gold. Jiang Chuan was ecstatic in his heart, he didn't expect that this temporary decision to fight Liaoyang would have such a big gain, it was really unexpected.
"My lord, it's just so much food, let's transport it back?" The commander's words made Jiang Chuan's good mood suddenly stuck.
This is indeed a big problem, my 3,000 people are all cavalry, and they can't transport food.
"Let's talk about this later, there will always be a way, let's go to the treasury and see how much money the Tartars have left for us." Stunned for a moment, there was nothing to do for the time being, Jiang Chuan waved his hand, turned over and rode towards the treasury, and the others quickly followed.