More than 55,000 people of the Manchu First Route Army, including more than 27,000 including the commander Zuo Zongtang, were annihilated by the Han army, nearly 5,000 were seriously wounded (waiting to die), and more than 2,300 were captured. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The 1st Brigade of the Han Army suffered 115 casualties and 137 serious injuries, not counting minor injuries, and it was also the most seriously injured road among the Han troops divided into five routes.

On the afternoon of August 14, the dragged Manchu Fifth Route Army was defeated on all fronts after less than three minutes of fierce fighting with the Han Army, and Cen Yuying, the commander of the Manchu Fifth Route Army, and the governor of Yungui, escaped with his life.

From August 8, the first Han army met with the Manchu Third Route Army, and on the afternoon of August 14, the Manchu Fifth Route Army was defeated, and in just seven days, 20,000 Han soldiers divided into five routes, defeating the Manchu 150,000 army of the five-way encirclement, breaking the Manchu illusion that the Manchu wanted to eliminate the Yan regime in one fell swoop.

As the Manchu Five-Way Army was defeated by the Han army, and the strength of the Han army was also spread by the Manchu rout, the Manchu magnates who had just returned to their respective homes hurriedly packed up and fled, fearing that the Han army would come at the next moment, and they did not know that the Han army had won the battle and returned to Siqi Province with the most lightly wounded prisoners.

If the Han army really hits, they will be the first target, so that some officials in the county town have fled without a single left, and the big families in the city are also ready to flee, because they have received news from the four provinces: corrupt officials and businessmen who have done many evils will be arrested, those who have committed the most heinous crimes will be killed, and the lighter ones will also be used as coolies, working day and night.

After getting such news, who would dare to continue to stay, if the "short-haired thief" called, it would be all over, and it would be better to pack up and flee far away.

On August 19, the Manchu court received the news that the Third Route Army had been defeated, which shocked the government and the opposition, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was furious, and Yi ordered the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Yang Changjun, to be arrested and investigated.

Weng Tongyi, who had just received the news, was like a lightning strike in his heart, and the whole person was stunned, and muttered to himself: "How can you lose? How can you lose the battle? No, how can I lose? It's just that he was defeated by the short-haired thief all the way, and there are other four ways, I don't believe that the short-haired thief can still be stopped, and the invincible Zuo Jigao will definitely lead the army to defeat the short-haired thief. ”

Li Hongzhang only sighed after getting the news, and he didn't know whether he was sighing for the defeat of the Manchu Third Route Army, or sighing for the tattered country of the Manchu Dynasty.

Many of the ministers who were demoted because of Yan's "rebellion" smiled and secretly said that Yan's did a good job, but they just hoped that Yan's could teach "those people" some lessons, and in the end it would be better for Yan's to be exterminated.

After getting the news, Prince Gong Yixun, who was "secluded", did not have any smile, originally because of the "indifferent" look of being "secluded", it turned into a bitter smile, even if he was "secluded", he was also the prince of the Qing Dynasty, and his heart was towards the Qing Dynasty, so he naturally did not want the Qing Dynasty to be defeated by the Yan family.

The ministers of the Manchu court behaved differently, but they all hoped in their hearts that the Yan clan would be exterminated, they were the courtiers of the Qing Dynasty, and if the Qing Dynasty was gone, they would be nothing.

However, with the news that the Second Route Army led by Zhang Shusheng and the Fourth Route Army led by Bian Baodi, the governor of Huguang, were defeated by the "short-haired thieves" one after another, the entire Manchu court was completely panicked.

Yang Changjun's First Route Army was defeated, why did Zhang Shusheng's Second Route Army and Bian Baodi's Fourth Route Army also lose? Is the "short-haired thief" so strong?

For several days in a row, a group of ministers were sad, and some ministers couldn't eat for several days.

After receiving the news, the Empress Dowager Cixi was even more furious: "What's the use of raising you stupid slaves? Not even a short-haired thief can beat it. ”

In the face of the anger of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the ministers could only bear it.

There is one last thought in their hearts, that is, the first road army of the main force of the Qing army led by Zuo Zongtang, led by the invincible Zuo Zongtang, there is still a great hope of defeating the "short-haired thief", but the ministers are becoming less and less confident, and there have been three-way armies that have been defeated by the "short-haired thief" in just a few days, it can be seen that the "short-haired thief" is confident enough to divide the troops and fight against the Qing army's five-way army, if there is no self-confidence, how dare to do this?

"Zuo Ji is at stake." Also a high-ranking Han official, Li Hongzhang was also worried about Zuo Zongtang's condition.

However, two days later, after the news of the defeat of Zuo Zongtang by the First Route Army led by Zuo Zongtang came to the news, the Manchu ministers were like ashes, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was so angry that she just wanted to pull these stupid minions out one by one and cut them down, how could she raise this group of useless stupid minions, and the 150,000 army would be defeated if she was defeated.

The 150,000 army was defeated (the ragtag army led by Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, was ignored), the Empress Dowager Cixi and the ministers were left with only deep fear, the 150,000 army was defeated, and who else could stop the "short-haired thief"?

The Empress Dowager Cixi took several deep breaths and cheered up again, as a female streamer can be in charge of the government alone, the Empress Dowager Cixi still has the ability, at this time she can't do nothing, can she still wait for the "short-haired thief" to come?

Cixi ordered Li Hongzhang to take charge of the army and mobilize the Manchu army, and he must stop the "short-haired thief", even if he invites Westerners, as long as he can block the "short-haired thief", he can do anything.

At the same time, he mobilized ships of less than 1,000 tons of the Beiyang Naval Division, which had not yet been formed, to enter the Yangtze River, and did not require them to enter the four provinces, as long as they blocked the waterways outside the four provinces.

Li Hongzhang was actively mobilizing the army, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still in a panic, no one thought that the 150,000 army would be defeated by the "short-haired thief", this is too incredible, in their impression, the "short-haired thief" is at most a child who has just returned to crawling, and the Qing Dynasty is a man in his prime, how can a child who has just returned to crawling defeat a man in his prime?

But in the end, the Qing Dynasty was defeated, and the sudden reversal of the plot made the Manchus panic, not only the ministers of the Manchus, but even the wealthy businessmen who sent silver and grain to the Manchus were also terrified.

We can't let that happen.

Some of the wealthy businessmen plan to take refuge abroad with their families, some live far away from Siqi, and look at the follow-up situation first, and some take out a lot of silver to prepare to form a group to practice against the "short-haired thieves" who don't know when they will come.

The defeat of the 150,000-strong army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty also caused the common people to rush to buy grain to prevent the soldiers from running out of food, which caused the price of grain to rise sharply.

Anyway, the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty was completely chaotic, just because the "short-haired thief" defeated the Manchu 150,000 army.

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