Chapter 184: Take control of northern Henan

More than 2,000 cavalry brigades, judging the situation according to the starlight and the afterglow of the western artillery fire in the dark night, staring at the approximate location of the Qing army, when the Qing army began to retreat, this group of elite cavalry had been transferred to Kaifeng City, completely covering the retreat of the Qing army,

The poor Qing officers and soldiers are still desperately retreating, and they all hate their parents for having two legs less, and all kinds of galloping howls,

The cavalry units waited, listening to the shouts of the enemy, the sound of their steps, the neighing of their horses, and immediately lit up their sabers, and at the same time, lit the torches that had been prepared for a long time, and this kind of torches, which were soaked in oil, as soon as they were ignited, quickly rose up into a bright flame, and then burst into a blazing flame,

In order to create a huge psychological deterrent to the Qing army, the cavalry of Huaxia Tian** showed their identity and formation, and suddenly rushed towards the enemy.

"The cavalry of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom is here, and all the Qing demons surrender immediately."

"Those who surrender will not die, and the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom will give preferential treatment to prisoners of war."

"Our army has captured Kaifeng City."

In fact, the cavalry of the Huaxia Army did not capture the city, in that case, it would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the rear of the Qing army, but there is no problem with the principle of such a roar.

Although the cavalry charge was at night, the dense torches like stars had already made the Qing army understand that they had fallen into a terrible trap.

A fierce battle, almost in the middle of the night,

Under the front and rear attacks, the Qing army had to attack the two wings, escape some of the men and horses, and did not dare to enter Kaifeng again, but fled without knowing where to go.

When the Qing army collapsed, the cavalry immediately moved to Kaifeng City, but seeing that the city gate was closed and could not be conquered, they could only wait patiently.

Luoyang's infantry army dispersed the Qing army brigade, pounced up, and stared at the west gate of Kaifeng City, and there were very few Qing troops left on the city wall.

Soon, Luo Yang personally came, led the infantry and artillery, attacked the city overnight, captured the Qing army foreign artillery, quickly advanced, bombarded the city tower under the city, and then, there were soldiers will be several explosives bags, bravely lurk across the moat, pile up and ignite at the city gate, a few loud noises, the city gate was blown open,

The infantry of the Chinese army swarmed forward and broke into the city,

Outside the city, the Xi'an general Mu Tushan, was also ordered to lead the troops to attack the northern line of the Huaxia army, in order to ensure the safety of the flank of the Changshun army, itself was a feint, only sent a force of 2,000 people, after the bluff, they returned to the barracks, when a large number of Qing troops rushed by, they firmly blocked the barracks, not let anyone enter, in this way, the Qing army in Changshun can only continue to escape,

Mu Tushan's choice can't be said to be wrong, he was worried that Huaxia Tian**'s troops were fishing in troubled waters, so he rushed in directly,

The huge explosion at the gate of Kaifeng, the chaotic torches, etc., made him understand the problem, and he hesitated until dawn, when the Huaxia army lined up to attack him, he reluctantly gave up the barracks and fled.

Mu Tushan was a shrewd and capable fellow, and when he hesitated in the fourth or fifth watch, he ordered the officers and soldiers to make all preparations, so the order was given to retreat, and the whole army ran away.

What's more, before retreating, Mu Tushan ordered the artillery to bombard in the direction of Huaxia Tian**, in order to gain a safe time for the retreat of the large army.

The next day, sunny, bitterly cold, dripping into ice, Huaxia Tian** three-way army, all entered Kaifeng City, and achieved a victory.

The remnants of the Qing army quickly crossed the Yellow River, relying on the Yellow River, and established a temporary defense line, especially the troops of Seng Lingqin, mainly cavalry, in the dry period of the Yellow River, in some places where the flow was broken, quickly crossed the river, and joined the army of Mu Tushan and Changshun,

The cavalry units of the Luoyang Army did not pursue in time, not because they made a mistake, but because they were worried about what tricks the Qing army would play on the southern front with troops of unknown origin.

The occupation of Kaifeng means the victory of the Kaifeng campaign.

In this battle, Huaxia Tian** achieved a major victory,

Nearly 20,000 Qing troops in Henan Province in Kaifeng City were surrounded and intercepted by all sides, and more than 14,000 people were annihilated, of which 6,000 were killed, and the rest were captured, and the infantry of the Monk Greenqin Army was annihilated 7,000 people, and more importantly, the three-way Qing army, Xi'an General Mu Tushan, Kaifeng General Changshun, the minister of Qincha, and the prince Seng Greenqin, are the main force of the elite Qing army, and the department is the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners Army that has been tested and trained for a long time, and there are also attached part of the Han Army training, all their heavy weapons, a total of more than 200 foreign cannons of various types, Tens of thousands of shells fell into the hands of Huaxia Tian**,

Kaifeng City, corpses piled up, corpses all over the mountains, bloody breath, outrageous,

After a whole day of aftermath processing, the body was buried, and all the captured Qing army materials were dragged to the city.

A total of more than 3,000 foreign guns of the Qing army were packed from the position, more than 4,000 sabers, thousands of iron spears, and a large number of military supplies and food in Kaifeng City.

The losses of Huaxia Tian** are not small, mainly in the southern front of the Lan Chengchun army, the losses of the Luoyang troops are negligible, total, 3,800 people, the Qing army lost more than 21,000 battles, the ratio is six to one,

The battle of Kaifeng greatly encouraged the fighting spirit of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, especially those old Taiping soldiers, they all knew the most ferocious unit number in the Qing army, and they were afraid of Seng Lingqin, after the enemy was intensively equipped with foreign cannons and foreign guns, Huaxia Tian ** with a short range of earth cast iron cannons can have a huge power of foreign shooting, or doubts, now, all problems have been solved, not only no doubts, on the contrary, a huge number of seizures have made Huaxia Tian ** have a powerful foreign artillery weapon group,

Henan is a plain area, which has always been densely populated, and is a good place to raise soldiers, so Luoyang did not rush to the north, nor did he rush to plan a new attack on the Qing army, but sent officers and soldiers to go deep into the urban and rural people, backed by force, to coerce those local regiments to be disbanded immediately, to collect weapons, and for ordinary people, it was widely publicized.

In the army, it was also reorganized and rectified, the captured Qing troops were identified, all Han soldiers were educated in the national spirit, and for officers, they were arrested and imprisoned.

The Chinese Heavenly Kingdom has established a system of political work cadres, many of whom are engaged in political propaganda warfare, and they are not allowed to abuse the captured ordinary soldiers, and they are to talk to each other, and they have analyzed the unfairness in society, pointed out the reasons, and showed that this regime is for the happiness of the common people, and exaggerates how corrupt and cruel the Manchu Qing is, from the Manchu genocide to the harsh taxation, to the decay and incompetence of the Manchu Qing in foreign wars, in short, the nonsense things that the Manchus have done have been told.

On the other hand, he explained the situation of Huaxia Tian**, how strong the military strength is, how well the people are treated, what kind of country will be established in the future, etc.

If it were not for the conflict between the worship of God in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the inherent culture of China, if it were not for the intervention of the great powers and the import of advanced weapons, even if there was a Tianjing Rebellion in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it would still be very possible for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to overthrow the decadent and reactionary Manchu Dynasty.

Transforming prisoners and mobilizing the people, in the northwest region of Henan, Huaxia Tian** quickly gained the support of the people, quickly replenished the battle losses, and also formed two additional supplementary brigades,