Zhang Guodong opened Huang Taiji's helmet and found that half of his face was smashed and destroyed, leaving only half of his face. Huang Taiji's mount was still pressed against one of his legs, which twisted into an odd angle.

"This is the Tartar Emperor?" Zhang Guodong asked.

"Just ask the Tartars, those Tartars all call this their emperor." A group of Ming soldiers next to him replied.

Zhang Guodong looked at the Qing army in front of him, and a Qing army general wearing heavy armor and a pointed helmet threw down the sword in his hand, "I surrender." ”

"We surrender."

Several more swords were tossed aside, clanging.

Zhang Guodong looked at this group of Qing soldiers who were like mourning and dejected, and he vaguely believed it in his heart. "This is Huang Taiji?"

"Yes, this is our emperor."

"Hahaha!" Zhang Guodong was excited, and pulled Hu Kai over, "Okay, you kid, you are lucky to walk shit, the Tartar Emperor was actually killed by you." What is your name? ”

Hu Kai hurriedly stood up and reported loudly, "Report to the chief, I am Private Hu Kai, a platoon of light infantry in the first standard of the second infantry of the first division of the eighth town, the third company and the second team. ”

"Okay, write down the name, and I'll personally ask the big man for credit for you when I go back."

Zhang Guodong is in a position where the fighting has stopped, but the fighting elsewhere continues.

He saw that the nine-headed birds on both sides of the southwest had surrounded them, and the space of the Qing cavalry was getting smaller and smaller, and they were still desperately rushing to kill, but rows of bullets kept shooting them down.

The Qing people are still fighting the trapped beasts, but it is believed that the battle is about to end.

"Your choice is wise, you have already lost!" Zhang Guodong looked at the Qing soldiers who abandoned their weapons and surrendered and smiled, but those Qing soldiers knelt on the ground, looking at Huang Taiji, who only had half of his head left, and they were all silent.

"Go and tell the big boss right away that we killed Huang Taiji." Zhang Guodong said. At the same time, people began to move the horse that was holding Huang Taiji away, and preserved Huang Taiji's body, "His armor and weapons must also be put away." ”

At this time, the horn on the battlefield sounded again.

The Nine-Headed Bird launched an all-out offensive and launched the most fierce offensive against the stubborn Qing army. The artillery fire became more and more intense, and the platoon guns were fired at the Qing army in all directions, and the flag of the nine-headed bird fluttered on the battlefield.

Zhang Guodong saw that Liu Jun had landed on the shore, he was wearing gold armor and surrounded by five hundred guards cavalry. The rising sun shines on the tip of the gun. Liu Jun's handsome flag flew overhead.

The remnants of the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, and they could not resist the encirclement and strangulation of the Ming army, and they fell one after another, like frost under the scorching sun, quickly melting.

Many Qing knights finally gave up resistance and chose to surrender, but there were also some Jurchen knights who would rather die than surrender and fought until the last moment.

But no matter how much they resisted. They were still defeated. Those who surrendered were seized and strung together in a large string to be disposed of, and those who resisted, one by one, were killed on the battlefield.

Liu Jun arrived on horseback. He first looked at Huang Taiji's corpse, which had only half of his face left.

"Array Slash Tartar Emperor, you guys fought very well." Liu Jun said to his disciple Zhang Guodong.

Zhang Guodong was praised and very excited, "It's a pity that half of the sky has been knocked out." I'm not sure this is the Tartar Emperor. ”

"Since the Qing army prisoners all identified this as Huang Taiji, the armor mounts on the corpses were also correct, and the seals found on the corpses were also correct. Then he is Huang Taiji. Liu Jun said with a smile, but he was also worried that if this was a stand-in for the Tartar Emperor, and the Tartar golden cicada came out of the shell, it would be very troublesome to admit the mistake.

"I've sent out cavalry to start sweeping the perimeter in case any fish slip through the net."

"If it's really the Tartar Emperor, then we've really made a great contribution this time." Fu Shan also sighed on the side.

Liu Jun played with Huang Taiji's seal, and his face was very calm, "When we sent out the troops, we had already predicted that half of this battle would have surrounded Huang Taiji alive, and half of them might besiege Huang Jitai after being surrounded." Now that Huang Taiji has been killed, it is not an accident. ”

In this battle, the Chu army can be said to have taken a great risk. After all, the Chu army had never fought such a tough battle before, and more than 20,000 people raided Huang Taiji's 5,000 elites.

"What about our casualties?" Liu Jun asked.

Chief of Staff Wang Qian reported, "The casualties are not small, and the Tartars desperately broke through the siege, causing us a lot of casualties." If it weren't for the fact that we had brought a large number of mountain grenades this time, combined with shrapnel shells, and the light infantry was also equipped with two short guns, I was afraid that the outcome would be unpredictable. We've won now, but it's a pyrrhic win compared to our previous record. ”

"According to preliminary statistics, we have killed more than 2,000 people in the battle, and hundreds of others may not be rescued, and about 3,500 people will have to be discharged even if they are rescued."

No less than 3,000 men and horses were lost in the first battle, which was an unprecedented huge casualty for the Chu army. This loss is extremely heavy. This is still the case that the Hydra has such advanced firearms, and has been beaten with such large casualties, if it were not for those mountain grenades and short guns, this battle may not have been won.

The key is that the infantry is inherently weaker to the cavalry, especially in the field, or this kind of surprise attack launched by the Ming army. There are no positions and fortifications that the Chu army is good at, and there is no field artillery and heavy artillery with strong firepower, which is equivalent to weakening the combat power of the Chu army a lot. Fortunately, there are also mountain grenades that are lightweight, which can quickly move with the troops, quickly disassemble and combine them into the battlefield. There were also short guns and bayonets, which improved the defensive capability of the infantry bayonet formation.

In this battle, the Qing army broke into the Ming army's formation several times, and thanks to the lethality of the short gun at a critical time, it stabilized its position.

"More than 20,000 people fought against 5,000 Qing troops, and we suffered 3,000 casualties." Liu Jun shook his head, the nine-headed bird is good at firearms, and it is good at siege and positional warfare, and it is really a weakness to fight this kind of field battle.

"It's already good, five thousand Tartars, all of them are the most elite warriors of the Shangsanqi under the command of the Tartar Emperor, all cavalry. We fought with them in the field, and we won a big victory, and we didn't let go of a single Tartar, which is quite rare. The Tartars died more than we did, less than 800 of the 5,000 remained, and the rest were all killed in battle, including the Tartar Emperor and his brother Bel Abatai, and captured Fan Wencheng and other important figures. ”

"What do we do next?" Fu Shan asked.

"Huang Taiji was waiting for Dai Shan's soldiers and horses here before, and it is estimated that they are about to arrive, so let's withdraw to the east bank of the Liao River first." After Liu Jun thought about it, he decided to accept it first. Just finished a tough fight. It's not appropriate to stay here now and fight hard with Dai Shan.

"Marshal, we have confirmed the body of Rao Yu Belle Abatai, and we have also screened out Anping Bel Dudu and Belle Shuo from the captives, as well as Fan Wencheng, Xi Fu, Ganglin, and the ministers of the Interior, Gushan Ezhen Turge, Gushan Ezhen Yingordai and others."

"The big fish harvested are not small." Liu Jun said with a smile.

"It's a pity that the four princes of Daishan, Dolgon, Zilharang, and Hauge didn't come, or they would have been wiped out." Zhang Shan was a little greedy and insatiable on the side.

"Dashuai, Fan Wencheng asked for Huang Taiji."

When Liu Jun heard this request, his face was full of displeasure, "Fan Wencheng, a big traitor, still has the face to say such things." What is he trying to prove by this? Prove that he is a loyal servant of the Tartars? Then why didn't he ask about his own origins? The Han people of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, the talent of the imperial examination, were not captured and taken captive, but they took the initiative to defect to the Tartars, and for many years, they gave advice to the Tartars, thinking about how to attack my Ming territory, how to plunder and enslave my Ming people, this kind of big traitor. How dare you make such a request to me? ”

Liu Jun was about to laugh angrily.

"Bring Fan Wencheng up."

Fan Wencheng was in his forties at this time, a native of Shenyang, Liaodong, and an authentic Han Chinese. At the age of eighteen, he and his brother Fan Wenyu were in Shenyang Xiucai. Three years later, in the forty-sixth year of Wanli. After Jin captured Lushun, Fan Wencheng followed his brother and took the initiative to run to Nurhachi and surrender to Houjin.

Fan Wencheng is regarded as the head of the traitors of Houjin who voluntarily surrendered, from Nurhachi to Huangtaiji. Fan Wencheng won the trust of the two Tartar emperors, and from the Later Jin to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, most of the regulations came from his hands. He has always been regarded as the head of the civil servants.

In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it has always been a group of traitors such as Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I who have repeatedly proposed to attack the Ming Dynasty, enter the Guannei, and seize the Great Tomorrow.

This big traitor really thinks of himself as a man.

"Your Majesty!"

As soon as Fan Wencheng came over, he saw Huang Taiji's corpse placed there, and immediately let out a miserable scream, and directly threw himself on Huang Taiji's corpse and cried, just like a filial son crying and mourning.

"Your Majesty." Fan Wencheng cried and grabbed the ground, which was more uncomfortable than his dead father. He cried for a while, then turned back to Liu Jun and the others and shouted, "How can you treat me like this to the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, you have to give me the respect that the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty deserves." ”

"A wild boar skin chief, what more respect do you want? If he stayed in Jianzhou with peace of mind and became his wild boar skin leader, and respected my Ming Zhengshuo, how could my father kill him? ”

Liu Jun snorted coldly, "Fan Wencheng, you traitor, look at those real Tartars who don't cry as hard as you do." Confessing the thief as your father and turning your back on your ancestors, what face will you face in the future to see your fathers? ”

Liu Jun couldn't help but scold.

After scolding, Liu Jun was still angry, "Seeing that you are so loyal to the Tartars, my father will fulfill you." With that, he pulled out his sword and threw it in front of him, "Aren't you very loyal, then you can kill yourself and follow your master, the dog slave is a traitor!" ”

Fan Wencheng didn't expect Liu Jun to have such an attitude.

"I, I" I was for a long time, and I couldn't say anything. It's one thing to cry for the Tartar Emperor, it's another thing to let him kill himself and show his loyalty.

"What, reluctant to die? It seems that you are just pretending, and you are not very loyal to the Tartars. Liu Jun teased, "Come on, pull him down and cut it, let's fulfill him." ”

Several Chu soldiers stepped forward and grabbed Fan Wencheng.

Fan Wencheng never expected this kind of result, his face turned pale with fright, and he began to shout forgiveness.

"It's a scourge to keep it, cut it!"

Liu Jun didn't want to see this person for a moment, and he was not ready to send him to Beijing with his life at all.

No matter how Fan Wencheng begged for mercy, it was useless, and after a while, his head had been cut off and put on a wooden plate and brought up.

"Put his body and Huang Taiji's together and take it away."

Huang Taiji's corpse has been recognized by many Qing soldiers, and Kong Youde and other rebel generals have also come to confirm it, and it can basically be determined that this corpse with half of his face missing is the real Tartar Emperor Huang Taiji.

"Send someone to report the good news to Jingshi, and by the way, inform the Tartars of Liaoyang and Jinzhou of this news." Liu Jun ordered.

Bursts of cheers erupted in the Chu army, and everyone was immersed in the excitement of killing the Tartar Emperor.

In the first battle of Liaohe, he annihilated the elite of the Tartars by 5,000, beheaded Huang Taiji, killed Huang Taiji's brother Rao Yu Bel Abatai, and captured Bel Du Du and Shuo Shu alive.

Du Du is the grandson of Nurhachi and the first son of his eldest son, Guanglu Beile Chuying, and Shuo is the grandson of Nurhachi, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the second son of Prince Li Daishan.

He also captured two Gushan Ezhen and three scholars.

Extremely rich, unexpectedly abundant! Three thousand casualties were paid for this, and it was worth it! (To be continued.) )