No matter whether Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are unwilling, the defeat of the Qing army is a foregone conclusion. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info looked at the wolf rushing subordinates who were being chased on the other bank, Kong Youde could only order the retreat to meet the defeated troops on the south bank, at this time it was no longer necessary to attack the Ming ships in the river, and it would only increase casualties.

"Uncle!" Li Yanzhi came to the bank of the river happily and personally commanded a big victory, which made him ecstatic, and the joy could not stop overflowing from his face.

"Uncle!" Except for the pikemen who went to pursue, the rest of the Daishan soldiers brandished their weapons and gave their commander an earth-shattering cheer.

Defeating the powerful Eight Banners Army and capturing thousands, such a great feat, in addition to the Daishan Army, what Ming army can do?

At this moment, the hearts of all the soldiers of the Daishan Army were filled with incomparable pride.

Ren Siqi stood at the bow of the boat, his arms slowly raised, to meet the earth-shattering cheers of his men. However, he was not carried away by the victory, and knew that the whole army was still in danger.

Although the Qing army on the south bank was defeated and fled, the Qing cavalry on the north bank was coming in a detour and might soon receive their defeated army. The camp of the Qing army is less than ten miles away from here, and there are still 80,000 or 90,000 troops there.

"Brother Yan Zhi has worked hard," Ren Siqi said to Li Yan with a smile, "It's not time to cheer victory, call back the pursuing infantry, the Qing cavalry is coming around the river, be careful of suffering in their hands!" ”

Li Yanzhi was shocked, if he was really attacked by thousands of cavalry, he was afraid that the infantry pursuing him would suffer heavy losses, so he hurriedly ordered the trumpeters to sound the gongs and drums of the retreating troops.

Hearing the sound of drums, the pursuing pikemen returned one after another, lining up southwest with their backs against the river bank to guard against a possible attack by the Qing cavalry.

Others were busy cleaning up the battlefield and clearing the branches of the trees blocking the river so that the fleet could enter the canal.

The actual army invested by the Daishan Army in this battle was 12,000, but 2,000 sailors were responsible for rowing boats and did not directly participate in the battle. The 10,000 infantry who directly participated in the battle suffered more than 1,500 casualties, including 600 killed and more than 900 lightly or seriously wounded.

When attacking the camp of the Qing army, there was not much loss, the main loss was that Ren Siqi led 3,000 people to shoot at the Qing army in the river, and was attacked from both sides, killing and wounding more than 800 people; Moreover, when Li Yanzhi commanded 7,000 men and 5,000 Qing troops to attack, more than 300 were killed and wounded under the bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers, and another 400 were killed and wounded during hand-to-hand combat between the two sides.

Although the casualties were heavy, the results they achieved were also very impressive. When attacking the camp of the Qing army, he killed 1,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners, and when he shot at the Qing soldiers in the river, more than 1,000 people were killed and wounded under the guns of the Daishan army. And the battle commanded by Li Yanzhi just now also killed at least more than 2,000 Qing soldiers, because there were 2,000 corpses of Qing soldiers left on the battlefield.

Time was pressed and there was no time for a detailed inventory. The soldiers of the Daishan Army hurriedly cleaned up the battlefield, picked up the remaining knives and guns, took off the armor on the corpses of the Qing soldiers, mended the Qing soldiers who did not die, and cut off their heads by the way.

Because the head is the evidence of military exploits, in the Ming Dynasty, merit has always been calculated by the number of beheadings. Although the Daishan military system has another method of calculating the battle record, this head must be brought back to Yangzhou to show Shi Kefa, who represents the Southern Ming court, and by the way, deter other Ming troops in Yangzhou City and improve the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city!

Just when the Daishan army was cleaning up the battlefield, the 3,000 Qing cavalry under the leadership of Li Shutai went around the upper reaches of the river to the south bank, but before they could reach the battlefield, they saw the defeat of the Qing infantry in front of them.

Seeing their own cavalry, these defeated infantry ran over as if they had seen their relatives, crying and shouting, trying to hide behind the cavalry to avoid the pursuit of the Ming army.

Looking at the appearance of the rout, Li Shutai frowned, not only did not continue to lead the army to meet him, but instead took the reins and took the lead to run south, avoiding the rout of the rout, and running around to the east.

If the rout is allowed to rush, it will inevitably curb the speed of the cavalry, so Li Shutai chose to bypass the cavalry and detour to the rear of the side to give the pursuing Ming army a hard blow.

However, when Li Shuotai bypassed the defeated and fleeing Qing army, he was surprised to find that the pursuing Ming army had retreated and lined up in a neat queue against the riverbank.

Looking at the forest-like spear queue of the Ming army in the distance, Li Shutai slowly pulled the reins.

"Forehead, why don't you kill it?" One of the generals behind him asked.

"Kill what kill? Wouldn't it be a death to use cavalry to attack the pike formation, besides, there are still many artillery pieces in the canal of the Ming army, and we don't have enough people to fill it in. Li Shutai said lightly.

The combat effectiveness of this group of Ming troops was different, which reminded Li Shutai of the guerrilla general's subordinates he met in Qingzhou, no, this group of Ming troops was even stronger than the guerrilla general's soldiers.

From the banner, Li Shutai did not recognize that the powerful Ming army in front of him was the one in Qingzhou in the past. Because Ren Siqi is now the chief soldier of Su Lubo and Ningbo, his banner has changed from the past.

That defeat in Qingzhou was the first crushing defeat in Li Shutai's life, and now he is smart and does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

From the current point of view, the main responsibility for the failure of this battle is Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, and the dead and wounded Qing soldiers are also their subordinates. Li Shutai himself and the 1,000 cavalry directly under him were unscathed, so even if Duoduo was to blame, he couldn't blame himself.

Since the responsibility for this defeat has nothing to do with himself, how could Li Shutai risk the lives of his subordinates to make up for the mistakes of Kong Youde and the others!

What's more, he had already seen that Kong Youde and the two were not pleasing to the eye, and he wished that the two of them were unlucky, so it was best to go back and Prince Yu Duoduo was furious and cut off the heads of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming!

Just as the cavalry of the 3,000 Qing army watched from afar, the sailors of the Daishan army cleared the branches of trees blocking the river and cleared the river, and the infantry quickly cleared the battlefield.

The dead and wounded brothers were carried to the ship, and the severed heads of the Qing soldiers were also put on board. The flotilla of the river entered the canal, and the infantry also got into the original river boats.

The oars rowed, and hundreds of river boats turned around and rowed in the direction of Yangzhou City.

And here, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming have already gathered the defeated soldiers, and they are attacking Li Shutai with great momentum.

"Nephew Li Xian, why didn't you attack the Ming army with three thousand cavalry, how could you watch them escape?" Geng Zhongming asked angrily.

"Eight thousand elite soldiers are still defeated, what can three thousand cavalry do in the face of the infantry phalanx waiting for the whole formation?" Li Shutai said lightly.

"And you're going to watch them get on board?" Kong Youde was about to be angry, if Li Shutai was a little faster, he might be able to rush to the battlefield in time and reverse the defeat. At this moment, Kong Youde subconsciously thought that Li Shutai deliberately delayed time to frame himself.

"An army of 18,000 can't deal with a few thousand Ming troops, but I have to lead only a thousand cavalry to bear the responsibility for the defeat, are you two embarrassed?"

Li Shutai coldly sarcastically mocked the two, beat the horse and galloped away, he was not interested in arguing with the two. The 1,000 cavalry under his command immediately followed him and rushed towards the Qing army camp. The sound of horses' hooves thundered, and clouds of dust were splashed on the ground.

Looking at the arrogant figure of Li Shutai who was far away, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, who had eaten a mouthful of dust, looked at each other and were relatively speechless. (To be continued.) )