Chapter 559: Qin Rigang snatched Nurhachi's corpse
Qin Rigang saw that the Qing demon had fled to the east of the city, and hurriedly led his troops to pursue him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info He was worried about the Taiping army in ambush in the eastern suburbs, most of them were recruits, and their combat effectiveness was low, so he was afraid that he would not be able to resist.
In the eastern suburbs of Shengjing City, nearly 30,000 Taiping soldiers and 25,000 banner soldiers and bannermen fought together. At the beginning, the Taiping soldiers in ambush still had the advantage, but after all, most of the Taiping soldiers were Han brave soldiers who had recently swept and held hostage, and they were quickly defeated when they encountered a charge from the 5,000 cavalry of the Qing army.
In the Taiping Army, only more than 8,000 people were the original soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and their combat power was slightly stronger, although they led more than 20,000 recruits to forcibly support, but under the crazy charge of 5,000 Manchu cavalry, plus the death battle of 10,000 banner infantry and 10,000 bannermen, they finally could not support it, and they were defeated at once.
The leader of the Qing army was the Shengjing general Yixing.
He didn't expect to be able to defeat the long-haired thief. Originally, he was just thinking of death, thinking that if the tombs of Taizu and Taizong were dug up by the long-haired thieves, he would be dead, in this case, it was better to fight to the death. So, he led the Manchu soldiers who also had the heart of death, full of humiliation and anger to attack the long-haired thief soldiers, unexpectedly, to his surprise, although the number of Qing soldiers was small, they actually defeated the large number of thieves in one fell swoop.
Yixing was overjoyed, he hurriedly led his Qing army to kill the long-haired thieves all the way, and the two armies immediately fought together.
At this time, Longketuo, the deputy commander of Shengjing, led 4,500 horse infantry soldiers and 4,500 Han slaves to escape, followed by 30,000 Taiping soldiers who were pursuing. It was Qin Rigang who led the main force of the Taiping army and simply gave up the siege and pursued the Qing army with all his might.
More than 10,000 of the main forces of the Taiping Army in this part of Qin Rigang were veterans of the Northern Expeditionary Army who had gone through several bloody battles, and their combat strength was strong. With the addition of this part of the main force of the Taiping Army, the situation was reversed.
Tens of thousands of veterans of the Northern Expedition finally caught up with the Qing army who were fighting fiercely with the Taiping army on the side of a mountain beam in Gaoguantai.
50,000 or 60,000 Taiping soldiers fought with more than 30,000 Manchu Qing troops on a battle line several miles long in the eastern suburbs of Shengdong. And the defeated Qing army of Longketuo was like a poison, mixed into the Qing army, and it was transmitted to the rest of the Qing soldiers at once.
As a result, the morale of the Qing army began to decline, and the corresponding Taiping army was high in morale because of its large number and new reinforcements.
Qin Rigang personally led the more than 10,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, after dozens of bloody battles, most of the weapons have been captured shotguns and firearms and other firearms, in the face of the Manchu cavalry with high horses, do not panic, have full experience in dealing with cavalry The Northern Expedition soldiers let the spearmen and swordsmen resist in front, use the formation to stab and slash, and the musketeers put their guns in the back to ambush, for a time, the Manchu cavalry was killed without the power to parry, and the Qing army had to force the Hannu to charge again and again, consuming the gunpowder of the Taiping army.
The two sides fought each other. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. The two armies fought from the afternoon to the evening, and from the evening to the dawn of the next day, until the sun rose in the morning, when suddenly there was a cry of joy, and it was rumored in the Taiping army: "The ancestral tomb of the Qing Demon Chief has been dug open!" ”
Hearing this, Qin Rigang was overjoyed and ordered tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers to shout in unison, announcing that the ancestral grave of the Qing Demon Chief had been dug up, and the bones of the deceased Demon Chief were burned, and the bones were crushed and ashes.
The morale of the Taiping army was greatly boosted. On the side of the Qing army, morale was low, and all the full-flag soldiers were like ashes for a while.
Yixing is even more like being struck by lightning! He knew he was finished!
The tombs of Taizu and Taizong were still dug up, and even the bones of the two emperors were dragged out and destroyed by the long-haired thieves.
Everyone knows that the reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to win the Central Plains and win the world for 200 years was because the ancestral tomb was buried on the dragon vein. With the blessing of this dragon vein, the throne of Aixinjue Luo will last for generations; And if the ancestral grave is dug up, the dragon vein will be broken, which means that the decline of the Qing Dynasty and the demise of the Manchus will begin.
This is no longer a question of whether or not you fail to lead your troops in battle, but it is related to the foundation of the national system, and the national honor cannot last long. The emperor in the capital, can he still let himself go?
Therefore, Yixing, who was desperate, led the Qing soldiers who were also like ashes, and rushed to the Taiping army like death, preparing to die together and fight to the death.
The two sides fought more fiercely. The Qing army suffered heavy losses, hundreds of men and horses were killed by the Taiping army, and of course, hundreds of Taiping soldiers were also killed in battle.
The personal soldiers around Yixing were desperately guarding, however, several commanders of the Taiping Army had already set their eyes on him, leading the Taiping soldiers to rush towards him, and finally, the personal soldiers around Yixing became fewer and fewer, and after the price of losing hundreds of Taiping soldiers, dozens of spears were inserted into Yixing's body.
Yixing's death in battle should have been the straw that crushed the Qing army. But at this moment, a fierce killing cry came from the northeast, and the sound of horses' hooves caused a sensation in the eastern suburbs of Shengdong.
Tens of thousands of Manchu cavalry arrived, but it turned out to be the Heilongjiang cavalry and Jilin cavalry two support armies rushed overnight, at dawn finally arrived at the eastern suburbs of Shengjing, seeing the rout of the Qing soldiers in Shengjing, Heilongjiang general Yinglong and Jilin general Jing Chun each led the vanguard cavalry tens of thousands, launched a fierce attack on the Taiping army.
The Taiping army originally only had a limited advantage, but after killing countless Qing troops, they were exhausted, tired and hungry after fighting for a day and night, how could they be the opponent of the newly entered Manchu banner soldiers?
Under the fierce onslaught of the Manchu cavalry, the Taiping army, especially a group of Liaodong heroes who had not been in the Taiping army for a long time, soon collapsed, and the Taiping army was defeated.
Qin Rigang was shocked, and hurriedly led the main elite of the Taiping army to the east, wanting to resist the impact of the Manchu cavalry, but under the infection of the defeated Taiping army, where could the formation be effectively organized?
The tens of thousands of recruits of the Taiping Army suddenly collapsed and fled in all directions.
Qin Rigang saw that the situation was not good, so he had to lead his elite and retreat in battle, leading his troops to retreat to the south of Shengjing City, and at the same time sending people to organize and collect the defeated army.
The Qing army, under the leadership of Heilongjiang General Yinglong and Jilin General Jingchun and Shengjing Deputy Commander Longketuo, took advantage of the situation to pursue, killing countless Taiping soldiers, and finally because they were worried about the situation of Fuling and Zhaoling, and saw that the long-haired thieves had been defeated and fled, they each sent a cavalry to continue the pursuit, but the three of them hurriedly felt Fuling.
I saw that the whole Fuling was in a mess, and the Fuling with the floors and golden tiles, the magnificent buildings, and the majestic Fuling that everyone had in their original impression had been broken and could not resist, and there were broken stone lions everywhere, collapsed bricks and charred wooden beams, especially Fangcheng and Baocheng District, which had been completely dug upside down.
Yinglong, Jingchun and Longketuo were extremely frightened to find that the underground palace of Baocheng had been dug up, and everyone led the troops into the underground palace, and when they saw it, they were all dumbfounded: on the coffin bed in the apse of the Xuangong Palace, the coffins of the Taizu Nurhachi and the Empress of Xiaoci Gao Yehenala have been opened, the coffin made of golden silk nanmu has been broken into pieces, and the bones of the Empress Xiaocigao are still there, but they have been broken into more than a dozen pieces and abandoned around the coffin, and the treasure body of the Taizu of the Qing Dynasty - Nurhachi - It's gone.
The hateful long-haired thief actually plundered the bones of the Great Qing Dynasty Taizu!
Of course, at the same time, many precious burial goods in the underground palace were also robbed, and even the phoenix crown, bracelet and other items originally worn on the bones of Empress Xiaoci Gao were also robbed - this is very likely to be the reason for the fragmentation of her bones.
The three of them hurriedly felt that the northern suburbs of Shengjing City, this Zhaoling Tomb was the same, completely destroyed. The difference is that the coffin of Taizong of the Great Qing Dynasty in the Zhaoling underground palace has been burned, and Taizong's bones have also turned into ashes, leaving only a little scorch, I don't know whether it is Taizong who has not been burned or the coffin that has not been burned.
This long-haired thief soldier is going to crush the Taizong of the Qing Dynasty and scatter his bones to ashes!
The three of Yinglong, Jingchun and Longketuo, who reacted from shock and fear, hurriedly ordered the news to be strictly sealed and not to reveal half of the matter of Fuling and Zhaoling.
But they knew that so many Qing soldiers and soldiers saw it, and there were so many long-haired thieves and fleeing people involved, it was impossible to hide this matter.
It's over, it's over! I don't know how the emperor will blame them after he knows, although the responsibility can be put on the head of Yixing, who died in battle, but no matter what, they are present, and it is inevitable that they will be implicated.
Yinglong and Jingchun were even more bitter in their hearts, they knew that they would have arrived a few days late, and when the destruction of Taizu's mausoleum by thieves was reported to Jingshi, they would be completely irresponsible.
The three of them all hated the long-haired thief in their hearts, and hurriedly led the troops to chase and kill the long-haired thief.