Chapter 192: A Great Victory
The follow-up part of the Battle of Handan was a completely one-sided situation, the Qing army, which had lost the power of artillery, fell into a terrible situation of being completely passively beaten, Huaxia Tian** was unforgiving, using the power of the flying thunder cannon to suppress any resistance of the Qing army, and within an hour, advanced more than 1,000 meters, expanding its occupied area to three-quarters of the city,
The Qing army, which was compressed in a corner of the south of the city, had lost its fighting spirit, and the officers and soldiers were stunned in frustration one by one.
The rampaging monk Grinqin could not tolerate this phenomenon, and killed eight regressive soldiers in a row, a guerrilla general, and two staff generals, but they did not stop the rout.
One thousand meters of city streets, there are corpses everywhere, there are Qing soldiers, there are also ordinary people, more are Qing army, many houses that are bombarded by shells that are said to have misdirected are still smoking, no one cares, Huaxia Tian ** is eager to defeat the enemy, and he will not care about this matter,
Of the 50,000 Qing troops, there are only 7,000 people who can still fight, and the wounded officers and soldiers are piled up in the black pressure, and they can't stay in the last place, so the monk Greenqin had to order to open the south gate of the city and place them under the city wall to avoid the fierce artillery fire of the Huaxia army.
The tearing screams caused by the pain came and went, making the southern part of the city a hell on earth.
At this time, Luo Yang had already personally stood in the middle of Handan City, observing the movements of the Qing army with a telescope, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, send a battalion of troops to help the people extinguish the flames." ”
"Yes."
"Also, I ordered more than 5,000 Twist Army brothers to enter the city and share the joy of victory with us."
"Yes."
"It's best to invite Zhang Zongyu, the king of Liang, and Ren Huabang, the king of Lu, so that they can come and see the last unlucky appearance of Monk Lingqin."
"Yes."
As soon as the two princes of the Twist Army arrived, they were overjoyed when they heard the situation, and Zhang Zongyu said: "King Rui, can you hand over the matter of the final attack on Monk Greenqin to us." ”
"Yes, King Rui, let's fight, this is our great enemy." Ren Huabang is eager to try,
"At this time, don't waste your military strength, how about sending someone to persuade you to surrender." Luo Yang said,
"No, I can't accept his surrender, this monk is a great crime." The two twisted army princes said in unison,
Luo Yang was a little unhappy in his heart, in this battle, Huaxia Tian** fought with the main force of Luo Yang's descendants, paid a heavy price, the fruits of victory were picked by others, thought of the united front, and readily agreed, but commanded, to accept Huaxia Tian**'s artillery cover,
Five thousand Twist Army brothers, under the leadership of the two princes, were full of spirit, and soon rushed to the front of the Qing army, the Qing army's foreign guns and ammunition had been exhausted, and only sabers and iron spears were fought.
The artillery of the Huaxia Army bombarded the Qing army again, and as a result, a round of bombardment came down, and large areas of the Qing army were knocked down, and many people saw that the situation was not good, so they simply galloped over and surrendered.
Looking at the surrendered crowd that escaped like an avalanche, no matter how much the Twist Army brothers wielded their sabers, they couldn't cut down, so they had to accept it.
The artillery fire was too fierce for the Qing army to hold on, so they had to flee to the south of the city wall.
The Huaxia army stood on the city wall, facing the Qing army, and the south of the Qing army was the river water released from the ravines they dug themselves, which was really cocooned and could no longer escape.
Monk Greenqin was extremely angry, he couldn't imagine that he was a hero, and he actually mixed up to such an extent, and finally, without saying a word, he brandished his saber and rushed towards the twisted army,
Driven by him, the Qing army launched a dying struggle, and more than 2,000 Qing soldiers roared and swarmed in.
Before the Twist Army could engage in battle, the artillery of the Huaxia Army in the city opened fire fiercely, and one by one the explosive packets flew to the heads of the Qing army, tearing these loyal and brave officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners into meat floss.
rushed to rush, there were only 100 people left in the Qing army, and Monk Lingqin looked back and knew that it was not good, so he simply took the saber sideways, wiped his neck, and committed suicide.
The remaining Qing troops knew that it was inevitable, and they also committed suicide one after another, and for a time, in the south of Handan City, the Qing army committed suicide and blood flowed everywhere.
Of course, there were many more Qing troops who were not killed, and they were obsessed and stunned, until the Twist Army stepped forward and captured them,
In another half hour, the battle was over,
In the Battle of Handan, the most elite Eight Banners Army of the Qing Army, under the leadership of the most famous general, was completely annihilated by Huaxia Tian** in only two days.
There are more than 50,000 Qing troops, and the real enemy is only Luoyang's pro-army, known as the special task force of five brigades, which is actually 12,000 people, and all the more than 40,000 cavalry of the Twist Army only play a role in cooperating with solidarity.
The Qing army's fiasco lay in passively defending, fantasizing about relying on positional warfare to fight against the Luoyang army, on the contrary, they could only avoid being hit hard by a legion with strong firepower by giving full play to their mobility and using the flexibility and diversity of cavalry.
Because he was worried about the power of Huaxia Tian**, Monk Greenqin entered another misunderstanding, and as a result, he drew the ground as a prison and built a Handan city into a dead city surrounded by water on three sides, wanting to reduce the battle surface and give full play to the power of his heavy artillery, but as a result, he died even more miserably.
The Qing army was all annihilated, and none of them escaped,
Of the more than 50,000 people, more than 23,000 were killed and more than 17,000 were wounded, and of the remaining 10,000, 3,000 were missing, estimated to have been torn to pieces by shells, and could never be found again.
More than 7,000 men, including 17,000 wounded soldiers, most of whom surrendered,
Huaxia Tian** captured more than ten heavy artillery pieces of the Qing army, dozens of foreign cannons of various calibers, the only regret is that there are no shells,
3,000 foreign guns, and the rest of the weapons, because of the battle in the city, the Qing army did not come in handy 8,000 war horses, 6,000 were captured unscathed.
The Huaxia Army also captured dozens of military flags of the Qing army, which symbolized honor and the number of the troops, and became valuable trophies.
After the battle, on the one hand, officers and soldiers were dispatched to search for the remnants of the enemy and escort prisoners of war, and on the other hand, officers and soldiers were also dispatched to help the people extinguish the fires in their houses and to help the people rescue people and property.
dragged the body of Monk Lingqin outside the city of Handan, tied it to a high pole, and showed it to all the people, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, their morale was greatly boosted, and they cheered in unison,
Because of his serious injuries, the two generals of the Qing court, Mu Tushan and Changshun, died one after another, and more than 3,000 wounded and sick soldiers of the Qing army also died because of their injuries.
Luo Yang immediately sent cavalry to Kaifeng and Luoyang to win the victory, and at the same time, sent a cavalry to the north to reconnoitre, preparing to approach Beijing.
Waiting for tens of thousands of twisted troops to get over their addiction in front of the corpse of Monk Lingqin, Zhang Zongyu and Ren Huabang discussed with the generals for a while, and officially came to Luoyang's army, and both knelt down, "King Rui." ”
"You guys, please." Luo Yang was a little surprised, kowtowing to the ass,
"King Rui, we said that as long as you can avenge us, our brothers in the army will always follow you, listen to you, and be your pawn, now, please accept us." Zhang Zongyu said,
Surrendering by cooperation, this is a fundamental change, so the battle of Handan in Luoyang not only annihilated a main force of the Qing court, but also harvested more than 40,000 cavalry of the Twist Army.