Chapter 58: The Defeat of Li Dingguo (II)
In July, the main force of 100,000 Qing troops under the command of Doni, the general of Yuanjing Kou in Qing'an, attacked Anzhuangwei. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time, Li Dingguo's main force was still in Guanling, and An Zhuangwei's guards were only more than 6,000 people.
The Qing soldiers suddenly arrived, the Ming soldiers were caught off guard, and they lost the battle in a hurry, and the general soldier Liu Zhenguo was killed at the Xiangshui Bridge in the north of the city, and An Zhuangwei was lost.
The first victory, the morale of the Qing army soared, and the Qing army led by Doni, the general of Yuanjing Kou in Qing'an, took advantage of the victory to attack Guanling.
In the early morning of July 16, outside the town of Guansuoling.
At this time, the sky in Guanling was gloomy, and thick gray-white clouds covered most of the sky.
There was no wind, the branches and leaves of the grass and trees did not move, and the air was extremely humid.
Between heaven and earth, there is a suffocating and depressing atmosphere.
Li Dingguo did not defend in Guanling Town, he wanted to fight to the death with the Qing army, and the first battle decided the ownership of Qiangui.
68,000 "Qin soldiers" lined up in front of the pass, and 24 war elephants lined up to wait.
Before Li Dingguo set up his horse formation, he carefully looked at the camp of the Qing army.
The ranks of the Qing army were neat, and Zhang Tuo was strong.
In order to eliminate the Great Western Army, this time the Qing army also took out the only remaining bit of family funds.
After several heavy defeats, the foundation of the Qing army was full of casualties among the cavalry of the Eight Banners, from the beginning of almost 100,000 veterans of the hundred battles, now there are less than 30,000 left.
In addition to the more than 10,000 cavalry of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion that had to be stationed in Beijing, the remaining more than 16,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners had all been sent out by Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty.
After entering the customs, the children of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty enjoyed the preferential treatment of the victors and were hardcore dealers.
They gradually developed a culture of pursuing a comfortable life, and they were far from being as simple and courageous as they were before and after entering the customs.
Except for the veterans of a hundred battles, the remaining Eight Banners disciples have fallen and are not of great use at all.
If they lose again, the Manchu Eight Banners cavalry will no longer be able to take the initiative to attack.
It is precisely because these more than 16,000 Eight Banners cavalry are very important that Shunzhi is not at ease to let Hong Chengchou be in charge, and is willing to let Doni, who has never been the commander, take over.
Hong Chengchou also knows this, so he will hand over the position of commander of the middle army to Doni.
Doni was the son of Duoduo, Prince of Yu, and was only twenty-three years old when he became the general of An Yuan Jingkou, and almost never commanded a large army, unlike his father.
It's just that the leading generals in the early days of the Qing Dynasty withered due to smallpox, infatuation with women and internal rolling.
Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty inspected the whole dynasty and found that there was no one who could take on the great responsibility.
Even the commander could only appoint the Han Hong Chengchou, and in desperation, he could only pull out the general with a short man, and Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty chose Doni to take on this important task.
Dhoni had never been a commander before, but he had followed his father on expeditions and knew about the military.
Dhoni waved the flag forward slightly, and the dull and majestic sound of bull's horn sounded, and the sound soared into the sky.
Immediately afterwards, the majestic and powerful war drums roared, like thunderbolts in the sky.
The Qing army, which was ready to go, slowly marched towards the pass, and one after another huge ink-colored flags soared into the sky, fluttering in the wind.
The phalanx of Qing infantry marched neatly as the war drums moved forward.
In the neat steps, with every step, the Qing soldiers shouted.
"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"
In this solemn killing, the spirit of the Qing soldiers became more and more high, and their faces were twisted and hideous due to bloodthirstiness.
Before long, the two armies were fighting together.
The 160,000-strong army fought fiercely on this land with a radius of less than 20 miles.
Drums thundered over the flag pass, trumpets shook the sky, and soldiers shouted loudly.
The earth-shattering drums and horns could not hide the violent shouts of tens of thousands of soldiers.
With a shout, countless long arrows roared out, and the dark clouds formed by the arrows that came and went almost obscured the sky.
The arrows were as dense as rain, with a terrible howl, interweaving clouds of death in the sky, devouring stubble after stubble of life.
The "boom, boom, boom......" shells carried an unstoppable momentum through the crowd with an unstoppable momentum, and the sound of smashing on the ground was deafening.
Blood spilled and scattered, and with each round of bombardment, it was inevitable that a few more souls would be added.
In the face of these powerful attacks that cannot be resisted by manpower, being killed by a single blow is quite a good result, and the worst thing is to be smashed to the point of missing limbs and short bodies.
The generals of the two armies shouted hoarsely to their sergeants to fight, the expressions on their faces were a little deformed, and their foreheads were full of sweat, and they couldn't take care of all this.
When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
The soldiers on both sides who had already fought in close quarters were like madness, with hideous faces, bloodthirsty roars, and red eyes, as if they were eager to eat each other in one bite.
In a frontal battle, the victory or defeat of the Qing army and the Great Western Army was only five or five.
But Hong Chengchou is cunning and cunning, although he let Doni serve as the coach in the middle, but in order to win, he still arranged a backhand.
Seeing that the two armies were fighting, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao immediately followed Hong Chengchou's orders.
The pre-selected soldiers with loud voices shouted: "Your lord has surrendered, so surrender quickly!" ”
"Daming is about to perish, you surrender quickly, otherwise you will definitely die!"
"Surrender, the Qing Dynasty will not lose you, but no one in the country will be pardoned, and the others will surrender, and the Manchu Qing will be rewarded."
"Your lord has surrendered, and has been given the title of king, and he regards the prince as a favor. With him testifying, what are you worried about? ”
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The sound of persuasion to surrender spread throughout the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Great Western Army were greatly affected.
Sun Kewang surrendered because of this, and the soldiers below are not clear, but after he defected to the Qing Dynasty, he was named a prince, which everyone knows.
Sun Kewang is enjoying happiness, why do Lao Tzu and his gang have to work hard here.
As the former supreme leader of the Great Western Army, Sun Kewang defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the sequelae appeared.
The attack formation of the Great Western Army gradually dispersed, and the morale became low......
Seeing that the offensive of the Great Western Army weakened, he stayed in the rear and did not move, allowing the Green Battalion and the Han Army to fight in the front, and the Eight Banners Cavalry, which had been self-recuperated, was finally dispatched.
As soon as they approached the Great Western Army, the vanguard of the Eight Banners Cavalry threw the horsetail grenade in their hands towards the most threatening war elephant in the Great Western Army.
The grenades burst one after another, and the sound was deafening.
Several elephants in the center of the explosion were suddenly blurred by the explosion, and what was worse was that the war elephants were frightened by the huge explosion and desperately scurried, disrupting the entire front of the Great Western Army.
With the capital commander Ji Xihage as the head of the goose, and the deputy capital commander Mang Gutu as the tail of the goose, more than 16,000 eight-banner iron horsemen are lined up into a three-fold goose marching array.
The Iron Cavalry Ground Attack was like a wheel rolling, one after another, and it continued to impact the Great Western Army.
Although the Great Western Army fought bravely, the disadvantage of fewer cavalry gradually became apparent.
The war elephants were scattered, and they were powerless to resist, and the overwhelming tide of iron cavalry impacted.
The left army of the Great Western Army, which was charged by the iron cavalry of the Qing army, was the first to collapse, Li Dingguo shouted angrily, and there was no way to effectively restrain the soldiers under his command by killing more than a dozen deserters one after another.
The scattered resistance could no longer stop the siege of the enemy troops, and gradually and gradually it was "drowned".
Looking at the defeated Great Western Army, Li Dingguo looked up to the sky and sighed, "Order, the whole army retreats!" ”
"Woo~~Woo~~!" The horn of retreat rose into the sky.
The dizzying smell of blood rose into the sky with the flying smoke and dust.
The Great Western Army collapsed on all fronts, and the Qing army took advantage of the victory to chase and kill for twenty miles, and corpses were everywhere. (To be continued.) )