In this battle, the Qing army was defeated, whether it was the Eight Banners or the Green Battalion, whether it was the soldiers or the auxiliaries, they all gave up the idea of continuing to resist and ran desperately towards the way they came. As the current supreme commander of the Han army with a white flag www.biquge.info Zu Zepei and Xu Yong, the supreme commander of the green battalion, made the last efforts, but they still couldn't change the situation of the rout by half a point, and finally had to join the defeated team with the idea of "keeping the green mountains and not being afraid of no firewood".

Under the command of Pang Yue, more than 4,000 Ming cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry launched a comprehensive pursuit, chasing after the defeat of the Qing army.

Listening to the earth-shattering and surging sound of iron hooves behind them, the Qing cavalry had already forgotten about other things in a panic, and only wanted to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible. All of them had horses, and the soldiers were even equipped with twin horses, so the chances of escaping were much greater.

And those horseless green battalion infantry and Baoyi Aha are much more miserable, how can they outrun the Ming cavalry with only two legs? And their own cavalry not only did not help cover them, but instead accused them of being in the way, knocking them over or cutting them down one by one.

Some clever clothed Aha and the infantry of the Green Battalion led those ownerless war horses one after another, stepped on them and galloped wildly, somewhat increasing the probability of some successful escape, but most of them were still caught up by the Ming cavalry. Fortunately, the main pursuit target of the Ming cavalry was the defeated Qing cavalry, and without too much entanglement, they directly chased past these Qing infantry and chased forward, handing over the task of annihilating the remnants of the enemy to the Ming infantry behind.

In the face of the infantry of Huguang Town, which had been preparing for a long time and had high morale, the green battalion soldiers and the clothed Ahabs, who had been in disarray, were also in an extremely disadvantaged position.

Although these more than 2,000 green battalion soldiers are the elite under the command of Xu Yong, the general soldier of Huangzhou. Among them, there are many experienced and skilled fighters on the battlefield, but at this time, most people don't think that there is any point in resisting. Nonsense, all the officials took the lead and ran. What kind of thing is it that a soldier is still hard-working? The only ones who resisted in despair were the soldiers around the general and general officers, but because of the small number of people, they did not play much role, and soon became worthless victims. As soon as the brave people who dared to fight died, the rest of the green battalion soldiers were even more frightened, only hating the old lady for having two legs and fleeing in all directions.

In comparison, the coated Ahabs are even more miserable. The Green Battalion is still a regular army with training and formation, while the Clothed Ahabs are cannon fodder with no freedom at all. It is almost no different from an animal, and now that the masters have fled far away, there is no need for them to hold on. However, these coats are much more self-aware than the Green Battalion soldiers. Knowing that he was unfamiliar with his life, it was difficult to escape, and most of them knelt on the ground and surrendered, saving a lot of trouble.

In the wilderness, there were green battalion soldiers fleeing in all directions and some clothing. The soldiers of the Gangfeng Battalion and the Broken Barracks were divided into many pursuit squads, chasing down, slashing or capturing those who were still clinging to the last of their luck.

At the same time, the Ming cavalry had also chased out a long way, leaving only a large puff of smoke and dust in the north.

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The pursuit of the Ming army did not end until the evening.

The cavalry of the Ming army, who had been notified by the heralds sent by Pang Yue, returned to Dingjia Village one after another. brought back a large number of captured war horses and Qing army armor, and many beheaded Qing soldiers' heads were still hung on the horses. Almost all of the Ming cavalry who came back had blood on their bodies. But they were all excited and unsatisfied, and there seemed to be no change in the number of people. It can be seen that the process of this pursuit was quite smooth.

Since the Qing army's vanguard had almost been disabled, and its main force was still in the area of Xiangyin City, Pang Yue asked the army to rest temporarily in Dingjia Village for one night, and then return to the towns and camps early tomorrow morning.

While the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield and preparing the temporary camp, the generals of the Ming army who participated in today's battle gathered in a courtyard in the village, discussing the harvest of the battle in a happy mood.

"Haha, they all say that Tartar is powerful, I don't think that's it!" Chen Youlong, the general of Wugang Town, said excitedly to the surrounding generals in a Beizhili tone, "Our old Chen slashed so numb that they didn't dare to turn back and resist." What does this look like? Oh, by the way, just like when I learned to kill pigs from my master, those pigs were slaughtered like this! ”

Chen Youlong has a short figure, a stout physique, and a dancing appearance that makes people laugh, and such an apt analogy caused everyone present to laugh.

Wang Yuncai, deputy general of Changde Town, said with a smile: "General Chen is reasonable, but today's battle is thanks to Ding Wubo's proper command and good planning, and our army can achieve such a great victory." ”

"Well, that's right!" Chen Youlong nodded again and again, and then looked at Pang Yue, who was sitting in the first place, and gave a thumbs up, "The firearm battle formation in the Dingwu Bo army is really powerful, and the Tartars were beaten to pieces before they could touch the edge." After we go back this time, we will also light the firearms, and the next time we meet the Tartars, we will also fight like this! By the way, Uncle Dingwu, can you sell some of the guns in your army to the last general? The price is yours! ”

The surrounding generals were once again amused by this short and concise general, and actually wanted to buy firearms from Ding Wubo, but they didn't know if Ding Wubo could see his financial resources in his eyes.

Pang Yue also smiled, and at the same time, there was a faint worry in his heart. The defeat of the Qing army's advance in this battle can certainly greatly boost the morale of the army, but now it seems that Wang Yuncai, Chen Youlong, and even the generals of Huguang Town have more or less underestimated the enemy. In order to completely defeat the enemy, it is necessary to have a correct attitude, and fearing the enemy like a tiger and treating the enemy like a sick cat are two extremes, both of which are undesirable. What's more, now is not the time to sit back and relax, Duoduo's tens of thousands of main forces are in the Xiangyin area, maybe they will go south in the next two days.

After the thoughts flashed in his mind, Pang Yue smiled at Chen Youlong and said, "Firearms are certainly sharp, but General Chen should not regard them as omnipotent. It must be known that no matter how sharp the firearms are, they also need elite soldiers to use, so diligent training of elite soldiers is the real way to strengthen the army. As for the purchase that General Chen said, Pang didn't dare to take it, we are all generals of the imperial court, and we are all to kill the enemy and serve the country, so why bother to be so angry? After a while, I asked the people below to send a batch of firearms to General Chen's camp. ”

After speaking. Pang Yue looked at Wang Yuncai with a smile again: "Naturally, there is also a share of General Wang." ”

Hearing Pang Yue say this, Chen Youlong and Wang Yuncai were both overjoyed, and got up and thanked Pang Yue.

Pang Yue waved his hand and asked them not to be polite. After that, he said in a more solemn tone: "Although our army defeated the Qing Capture Advance in this battle, you must not be careless. This time, after all, it was our army that had set up an ambush in advance, and we had the advantage of firearms, coupled with the fact that the Qing captured and paralyzed the enemy, and lacked firearms, so we were able to achieve such a result. However, the current situation is still not optimistic, the main force of the Qing captives led by the chief of the white flag slave and the prince of Yu Duoduo has arrived in Xiangyin, among which Kong Youde, the puppet king of Dingnan, and Shang Kexi, the king of Zhishun, are equipped with a large number of firearms. In particular, the sharpness of its artillery is far above that of our army. It is estimated that there will be a surge in the south in the next few days, and we still need to be vigilant, and we must not be careless! ”

"Dingwubo rest assured!" Chen Youlong said disapprerovitically. "No matter how powerful the Tartars are, now that tens of thousands of troops of my Ming Dynasty are gathered in the area of Changsha Mansion, even if they can't be completely annihilated, they won't be able to bargain for anything!"

Wang Yuncai was more tactful, and did not make any remarks that disagreed with Pang Yue's opinion on the spot. However, judging from his expression, it seems that he also supports Chen Youlong's statement. After all, it was a bit easy to win today.

Chen Youlong and Wang Yuncai's expressions naturally did not escape Pang Yue's eyes, but he also knew it. Now that these people have their own attention, no amount of talk will make a difference. I could only sigh secretly.

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The small hills near the village are full of Ming army guard posts, and there are a large number of scouts and horsemen who are on patrol and guard for dozens of miles around. Just over the wilderness where the battle has just been experienced. A large number of soldiers of the Ming army were cleaning the battlefield, cutting off the heads of the enemy, collecting armor, weapons, war horses and other trophies, and so on.

"Alas, it's all good things, it's a pity!" Liu Wu, the general manager of the Gangfeng Battalion, who was cleaning the battlefield with the soldiers, picked up a large fragment of jet-black armor and sighed repeatedly. It is not difficult to see from the fragments of the armor that it is the mercury iron armor that only the soldiers with white flags can wear, but it is a pity that most of them were bombarded into pieces by the artillery of the Ming army when they charged.

Throwing down the fragments of armor and looking around, Liu Wu found that this was the area where the Baya soldiers were swept away at that time, and all kinds of miserable fragments of human and horse corpses were scattered everywhere, and there were also fragments of the exquisite armor unique to the Baya soldiers in the development of a glimmer, which seemed to tell the glory of the past at the end.

If there were no cannons and muskets, let these brave Bayala soldiers rush to the front of the battle, I don't know how many dead and wounded the brothers would have! Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Wu suddenly felt a little happy in his heart, but then he had some other thoughts: If he fought like this in the future, wouldn't the killing skills he had worked so hard to practice be useless? There were already some signs today, from the Tartar attack to the defeat, his own team did not go out until the pursuit of the Tartar rout.

"Little Five!" Just as Liu Wu was looking down and thinking about something, a voice suddenly came from behind him, and when he turned his head, it turned out to be his fellow countryman, Wang Zhangtang, the head of the Flying Tiger Battalion A Division.

"Yo, which gust of wind blew Mr. Wang over?" Liu Wu said with a smile, the two are fellow villagers, and they usually have no scruples when they speak.

"The wind can't talk about it," Wang Zhangtang looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Looking for you, have you found the mercury iron armor of the Tartar Baya Soldiers?" If you find it, give me a few pairs! You kid can't take it all to himself! ”

"It's all there, go pick it up yourself!" Liu Wu pointed to the surrounding rags, and then shook his head, "I said you, don't keep this thought all day long, if you don't make trouble, you will have to go to the supervision department to be beaten with a military stick, and all seizures must be handed over This is the rule of our Huguang Town!" ”

"Oops!" Wang Zhangtang ignored Liu Wu's ridicule, walked directly to the tattered, picked up a helmet that was only half left, and sighed incessantly: "What a pity!" ”

"You say, if we rely on cannons and muskets in this war in the future, won't there be no place for us?" Liu Wu told Wang Zhangtang about his concerns.

"Bullshit!" Wang Zhangtang dropped the rotten helmet in his hand, turned around and said disapprerovingly, "Although firearms are powerful, at the critical moment, we have to rely on those of us with knives and guns!" Wasn't this the case in the original battles of Ganzhou and Ji'an? Firearms can't withstand everything, if today's charging Tartars are not 5,000 but 50,000, and they rush to us, how can cannons and muskets be hit? I heard that the main force of the Tartars coming from behind also has firearms, and at that time, I am afraid that our firearms will not be able to play such a big role, and we will have to rely on us to fight the enemy with knives and guns. ”

Is it? Hearing Wang Zhangtang's words, Liu Wu looked into the distance and fell into contemplation again.

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When it was dark, the results were counted. In this campaign, the officers and men of the five battalions of Huguang Town, together with some cavalry of Wugang and Changde Towns, annihilated more than 3,200 soldiers and auxiliaries of the Han army, more than 300 people of Baoyi Ahha, more than 1,800 soldiers of the Green Battalion, 103 soldiers of the Han Army with white flags, 210 auxiliary soldiers, 1,027 soldiers of Baoyi Aha, and 735 soldiers of the Green Battalion. More than 1,100 war horses were captured, as well as a large number of armor and weapons, including more than a dozen Furlong bronze cannons... )