Those Qing troops who were behind, who were not bombarded by the Taiping army's "witchcraft" and did not fall into crowding, did not hesitate to run back when they saw the tragic situation in front and those Qing soldiers who were crying and running back. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info couldn't take care of anything, and there were Qing troops everywhere who were in a hurry to retreat. Those with horses run directly, and those without horses rush through the crowded crowd, and they are also like eight immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers, some go to pull the ownerless horse on the battlefield, and some go to snatch the war horse under the crotch of the Manmeng soldiers. At this moment, Uncle Manmeng doesn't care anymore, and it's the most important thing to go back alive.

In the chaos, Sunit, the king of Doluo County, the former banner of Horqin's left wing, was unexpectedly disrupted by a group of Han troops that had fallen down. Sunit was wrapped dozens of feet away by this group of Han soldiers on the mount with the reins, and when he found that the Taiping army behind him no longer used artillery to use witchcraft, but a cavalry rushed over, a Han army suddenly pulled Sunit off the horse, and then took the handle of the knife to Sunit is a heavy blow to the head. By the time Sunit reacted with his big bag in his hand, the Han army had already run away on his warhorse.

The Manchurian Eight Banners and the Mengba Banners were all in chaos, and some sensible generals wanted to suppress the rout, at least stabilize their positions, and prevent the cavalry of the Taiping Army from covering up behind, but their efforts did not have the slightest effect. Even if it is stable here, the soldiers in other places are still running, how can those routed soldiers who can't even settle down still listen to orders, so they run while the generals are not paying attention, and they refuse to stop.

Wu Keshan, the eldest uncle of the Qing Emperor, the prince of Horqin, was also a little panicked, when the explosion sounded just now, he seemed to see his third brother Sonomu leading the troops to rush forward, and now there are dead bodies everywhere in front of him, and he is very worried that Sonomu has died. He wanted to take people to inspect it, but there were routs in all directions, and the Taiping troops who had originally retreated also rushed out again, and the cavalry of the two Taiping armies also rushed out on horseback. In the line of sight, a Taiping Kou soldiers and horses in full iron armor also emerged from the smoke of gunpowder, and the leader of the Kou was holding a big iron hammer high and shouting something to those ironclad soldiers.

The defeat was like a mountain, Wu Keshan weighed the pros and cons, Sonomu was probably dead, and even if he found the body, it would be useless. The most important thing at the moment is that he hurriedly leads his people to retreat, he must not be overwhelmed by the rout, as long as he is out of the battlefield, he can always clean up the room for redemption. If you're really stuck here, then it's useless to say anything.

After Prince Korqin's banner went north in the wind, the Mongolian soldiers were even more able to escape. The fiercest ones who fled were those Mongolian soldiers who came from outside the mouth, and a group of large and small Taiji whips faster than they pumped people. Just now, they are fighting for themselves, and now they are also fighting for each other - fighting for who will run out first.

The Outer Mongolian soldiers came from various tribes outside the mouth, and they had no concept of military discipline on weekdays. To some extent, they are not even as good as the Baoyi Aha under the eight banners of Manchuria. A group of Mongolian soldiers on horseback ran from side to side on the battlefield, and soon made the already chaotic Qing army even more chaotic. The generals of the Eight Banners of Mongolia were eager to slaughter all these foreign soldiers, but now they are also mud bodhisattvas crossing the river and it is difficult to protect themselves, so they can only withdraw as much as they want.

Since the beginning of the war, the Han army and the green battalion have been at the forefront as cannon fodder, and the casualties have been very large, and the Han army and the green battalion who died under the "witchcraft" of the Taiping army accounted for half of them, with 2,000 people. This will long be a time before the soldiers don't know the soldiers, the soldiers don't know the generals, and the big guys just care about running. Some of the Han soldiers kept looking their heads as they ran, lest the big cotton bag of Taiping Kou would fall.

In fact, less than three or four thousand Qing soldiers died under the flying thunder artillery, and this casualty was a great defeat in any previous battle in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but in this kind of war, although the casualties were large, it was not enough to cause the collapse of the Qing army, after all, they had compressed the Taiping army to the line of the Yizhen River, and there was only one last step away from victory. More importantly, at this moment, the Qing army still has 30,000 or 40,000 troops, while the Taiping army has only more than 10,000 people.

What made the Qing army collapse was the flying thunder cannon, a big killing weapon that had never been seen before, and the vacuum belt formed by the flying thunder cannon in front of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the dead corpses on it completely destroyed the fighting spirit and fighting spirit of the Qing army. They didn't know how far that kind of cannon could hit, they only thought that they had entered the trap of the Taiping army, and the previous breakthrough was just that the other party deliberately let them in, in order to shock them to death in pieces. It can be said that the Qing army was defeated by the flying thunder cannon, but it is better that they were frightened by the flying thunder cannon.

The effect of having no conscience made Zhou Shixiang very satisfied, and now it was time to mobilize the reserves to counterattack.

The 3,000 cavalry drawn from various towns were ordered to go to the battlefield, and from Qianhu to Xiaoqi, all the officers drew their swords and took the lead. Seeing that the Qing army in front of them, whether it was cavalry or infantry, was fleeing, how could the cavalry of the Taiping Army not be demoralized, they fought bravely to be the first, shouting and rushing forward.

The collapse of the middle line made Ao Bai so anxious that he didn't know how to do it, and after seeing a large group of Outer Mongolian soldiers running over on horseback, Ao Bai gritted his teeth and ordered the Zhenghuang Banner Forbidden Rui around him to go up and intercept them. Even if this battle is really lost, Ao Bai must gather the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers, and must not let them escape without a trace, which will be an even worse disaster. More importantly, the central line collapsed, but the two wings were not defeated, if the middle line can be stabilized, this battle is a defeat for both sides, unable to stabilize, the impact of defeat will quickly affect the two wings, resulting in a unilateral rout of the Qing army.

The hundreds of forbidden brigades and eight banners of the Zhenghuang Banner instigated their horses to rush in front of the group of Outer Mongolian soldiers, and one of the assistant leaders raised his saber and beheaded the Mongolian Xiaotaiji outside the horse, and shouted loudly in Mongolian to order these Mongolian soldiers not to retreat. Some Mengbing soldiers restrained their horses and looked at Taiji who was killed by the Manchurian soldiers in a daze, while others continued to beat their horses and run forward regardless of these Manchurian soldiers. Seeing this, the full soldiers of the Yellow Banner did not know whether to chase them and kill them, or let them escape.

"Catch up with them!"

The co-leader who killed the Outer Mongolian Xiaotaiji was very decisive, and chased after him with dozens of horses, and in a blink of an eye, they chased after him. The Outer Mongolian soldiers, who were anxious to flee for their lives, saw that the Manchurian soldiers behind them refused to let them go, and a few of those who fell behind were actually fierce, and pulled out their swords and turned back, wanting to cut and kill a few Manchu soldiers, so as not to entangle them.

In the other two directions, there were also Manchurian soldiers rushing on horseback. The co-leader of the Zhenghuang Banner was called Duo Mo and A, and when he saw that this group of Mongolian soldiers dared to wave their knives at each other, they were not angry, and they were about to order their subordinates to come forward and kill them, but when they heard a "whoosh", a sharp arrow hit the forehead of a Mengbing soldier. Before the soldier could figure out what was going on, he fell from his horse with a bang. There were several "whoosh" sounds, and there were not only Mengbing soldiers who fell back from their horses, but also full soldiers, and for a while, Mengbing soldiers and Manchu soldiers were stunned, not knowing where the enemy came from.

Domo and Ah quickly woke up, and he exclaimed, "Quick, go back and protect Aobai, the old white flag is in rebellion!" (To be continued.) )