Chapter 522: Heavy Losses
The difference in numbers made the Qing soldiers gradually fall behind, and the casualties on both sides were also increasing, but Wu Sangui and Hao Ge were both veterans who were used to fighting, and they all knew that fighting at this time was a breath, and whoever could hold out until the end would be the winner.
But at this time, some people couldn't stand it anymore, Fan Wencheng anxiously said to Haoge: "Prince Su, we can't go on like this, it's not easy for us to cultivate a warrior in the Qing Dynasty, we can't fight the Han people in this kind of war of attrition!" ”
Haoge's grim face moved, and he said coldly: "This king knows, but he can't withdraw now, if he withdraws, we will lose!" ”
Although Fan Wencheng is a civil official, he also understands that what Hauge said makes sense, but such a cruel loss still makes him feel a pain in the flesh.
How many people were there in the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty? Through continuous conquest and attrition in recent years, the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has dropped to barely more than 90,000, which is also the main reason why Huang Taiji has not dared to invade the south on a large scale in recent years.
As for the Han people, in the eyes of the high-level people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Han people are like Filipino vegetables in the field, and they will grow again soon after cutting a stubble, which is simply inexhaustible.
Although Haoge pretended to be casual on the surface, but in fact, he was secretly anxious, this time he volunteered to receive this errand from Huang Taiji, originally wanting to show his face in front of Huang Taiji and the Manchu Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to add points.
But I didn't expect to first encounter a group of hateful night guards, relying on the advantage of firearms to make them disgraced, and then encountered Wu Sangui's brigade of cavalry had to fight together, watching his own people continue to fall, Ma Haoge's heart was like a knife, these people are the most precious warriors of the Qing Dynasty!
Just when Haoge's heart ached, Wu Sangui on the opposite side also jumped to his feet, and fought with the Qing soldiers on the opposite side for a long time, his 6,000 cavalry had shrunk by nearly half, although the Tartars on the opposite side did not please him, but Wu Sangui still felt distressed and panicked. After all, these elite horsemen are his family background!
After thinking for a long time, Wu Sangui looked at the six hundred elite cavalry around him, these cavalry were his family members and the most elite subordinates around him, and it seemed that he had to use this last family foundation today.
"Wu Yong!" Wu Sangui shouted at the top of his voice.
"Humble duty!"
A twenty-five or sixteen-year-old young man with a tall figure and a fierce expression immediately walked over and said respectfully to Wu Sangui: "General, I don't know what you command?" ”
Wu Sangui fixed his eyes and stared at Wu Yong carefully, and then said slowly: "Wu Yong." Now that our army is in a stalemate with the Tartars, this officer needs you alone to open the stalemate and defeat the enemy army, and this officer immediately thinks of you, can you do it? ”
Wu Yong clenched his fists and said proudly: "Lord Qiyu, although the Tartars are brave, they are not vegetarians, and if they lead the team with a low position, they will still not be able to break the deadlock." Willing to come to see him! ”
"Good!" Wu Sangui praised loudly: "It is worthy of being a good man in Liaodong, he is really arrogant, if he can defeat the Tartars today." This official immediately reported to the superintendent and gave you a great credit! ”
Wu Yong was overjoyed, bowed down and said, "Lord Xie, I will definitely do my best to defeat the enemy!" ”
Wu Sangui nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you go, this official will personally cheer for you!" ”
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Wu Sangui and Wu Yong both just said to defeat the enemy army. No one dared to say that it was the total annihilation of the enemy army.
Wu Yong got on his horse, held a spear, and shouted to the group of soldiers behind him: "Brothers, kill the Tartars!" ”
"Kill the Tartars!"
Six hundred men armed with spears and horses, shouting slogans, rode their horses and killed them in front of them
With the addition of this new force. The Qing army, which had gradually fallen behind, finally could not support it, and the casualties increased rapidly.
On the position of the Qing army, a bloodied Jiala Zhangjing ran to Hauge and gasped: "Lord Wang, those Han people have increased their military strength again, and the minions and minions can't withstand it." You might as well send reinforcements! ”
"Smack!"
With a crisp sound, a whip mark appeared on the face of this Jia Lazhangjing, and Haoge pointed at him and shouted angrily: "You useless minion, you can't even do this little thing, what does this king want you to do!" ”
Jia Lazhangjing cried sadly: "Lord Wang, it's not that the minions are useless, but that there are too many Han people, and the minions can't stand it even if they have three heads and six arms!" ”
"Bastard, Wu Sangui %¥#!"
A burst of Manchu national scolding blurted out from Haoge's mouth, and after a while, he said: "Okay, you don't need to say any more, this king will hand over the last three hundred Bayala soldiers to you, if you can't defeat Wu Sangui, you won't have to see this king, you can wipe your neck and kill yourself!" ”
"Wow! Thank you, Lord Wang! ”
When this Jialazhangjing heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly knelt down to thank him. The three hundred Bayala soldiers around Haoge are not ordinary, they are all the elite of the Zhenghuang Banner personally led by Huang Taiji, who is the Son of Heaven's own army, and they are also the most elite warriors in the entire Qing Dynasty.
He believed that as long as these 300 Bayala soldiers joined, the entire situation of the battle would definitely be reversed, and even if it could not reverse the entire situation, it would definitely be able to contain the rout of the battle.
Sure enough, with the addition of the three hundred most elite cavalry in Hauge's hands, the battle situation on the battlefield began to stalemate again.
Seeing such a scene, Wu Sangui and Hao Ge smiled bitterly, if it goes on like this, unless one party drains the blood, there will definitely be no winner or loser.
Just when both sides were at a loss, the sky gradually darkened, and when Haoge and Wu Sangui looked up at the sky at the same time, they realized that they had been fighting for a long time.
Under the circumstance that the main generals of each side were intentional or unintentional, the soldiers on both sides slowly disengaged and returned to their own formation, and at this time, the 1,000 Qing troops who had originally gone out to pursue Li Nian and his party also returned.
A Jia Lazhangjing on the side asked, "Lord Wang, let's attack the thousand men and horses come back, do you want to continue fighting?" ”
Haoge shook his head solemnly, and said bitterly: "I can't fight anymore, we don't have much family background in Zhenglanqi, and if we continue to fight, this family background will be gone!" ”
After hearing this, this Jia Lazhangjing was silent, the population of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not large, and it was even more difficult to train a warrior, if every battle was so squandered, it would not take two years, and the Qing Dynasty would have to be wiped out.
After another half an hour, the sky finally got dark, and Wu Sangui and Hao Ge coincidentally led their troops back thirty miles. They each treated the wounded, counted the dead and wounded, and the final result made Hauge so distressed that he almost cried on the spot.
In this battle, nearly half of the 5,000 cavalry were killed and wounded, and now only more than 2,000 people can still hold swords and guns.
Such casualties are simply too great, to the point that Hauge can't bear them. The blue flag is one of the three flags, and it has always been led by Huang Taiji himself.
Because Huang Taiji loves Haoge's eldest son, he handed over the Zhenglan Banner to Haoge's commander, and this time he lost more than 2,000 elites, and Haoge didn't know how to explain to Huang Taiji after he went back.
Looking at Haoge with a sad face, Fan Wencheng's fault of serving the lord was committed again, and he comforted Haoge and said: "Lord Wang, the slaves of today's battle have also seen it with their own eyes, and I really can't complain about you, and the slaves will be truthful to the emperor after they go back." ”
When Hauge heard this, his eyes made a few circles, and then he suddenly remembered that there was such a spy sent by his father here, and as long as he said a few good words to his father after he went back, wouldn't his guilt be much smaller?
Thinking of this, Haoge's gaze at Fan Wencheng immediately became unprecedentedly cordial, he immediately grabbed Fan Wencheng's hands and said cordially: "Master Fan, I didn't expect you to be the most righteous, and after I go back, I will rely on you to say a few more good words in front of my father!" ”
Fan Wencheng was not confused by Haoge's sudden enthusiasm, he just smiled bitterly: "Lord Wang, the slave is ordered by the emperor, and he is the emperor's messenger, and he should serve the master loyally, and tell the truth about the situation here that the emperor is a slave." ”
Although Fan Wencheng's words were not salty or light, Hao Ge still shook his head vigorously for a while before putting it down, and praised it: "That's that, who doesn't know that Fan Bachelor is a famous loyal minister of our Qing Dynasty, and even the emperor is full of praise for this." ”
Fan Wencheng smiled bitterly, this Haoge saw that he still had a nose and not a nose and eyebrows before, but once he asked for it, he immediately put on this appearance again, it was really this time and that time
Not to mention that when Haoge was racking his brains about how to explain to Huang Taiji, Wu Sangui was also counting the casualties with a broken heart.
"Six thousand elite cavalry have lost more than 3,000 people, and now we can still fight less than three thousand brothers!"
Listening to the report of his subordinates, Wu Sangui looked ahead with a dull expression, and kept muttering: "It's a big loss, it's a big loss this time!" ”
Wu Sangui was distressed, most of the six thousand elites were lost, and he didn't know how to explain to her father after he went back, this was the elite that their father and son had worked hard for several years and exhausted countless money, and now they had gone to most of the battle, how could they not make him feel distressed!
Seeing the pain in Wu Sangui's eyes, Wu Yong on the side came over and comforted: "My lord, don't worry, although we have consumed thousands of brothers today, the harvest is not small, although we can't clean the battlefield when we are in the right place to fight, but we have also captured more than 100 heads. As long as we report the results of the battle to the overseer today, the superintendent will not treat us badly, and then the weapons, armor, food, and silver will give us an extra share! ”
"Well, that's the reason!" Wu Sangui thought about it, although he failed to complete the supervisor's order today, but there was a reason for the incident, and he couldn't blame himself entirely, besides, he fought so badly, in order not to chill the soldiers, the supervisor would not treat himself badly.
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui's mood gradually improved again (to be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )