Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Battle That Follows

After three rounds of rocket bombardment, the outside of the treasure gate has become a Shura hell, the loss of people and war horses is paved layer by layer, more than 10,000 Qing cavalry who went out of the camp to attack, only more than 4,000 people can retreat with their whole body, among which the most elite Tumut left and right two main forces are even more annihilated, no life survived, the two banner owners Shanba and Mubuchu were blown to pieces.

Li Guo looked at the scene on the battlefield, his hands covering his ears didn't know when they had been released, and his mouth was open enough to stuff a duck egg. Following Li Zicheng's expedition to the east and west, when have he seen such a fallen war, once dominated the world, few matches, so that the Ming army avoided the Qing army iron cavalry actually suffered such a big loss, and in addition to a few soldiers who were burned by the bazooka, in addition to more than a hundred soldiers who were killed and injured by the Qing cavalry feather arrows, the huge difference in the casualty ratio between the Ming and Qing dynasties is just like a ghost story that makes people unbelievable, even if it appears alive in front of them.

Li had already heard that as early as the Battle of Julu, Zhu Ping'an assisted Lu Xiangsheng and annihilated more than 20,000 elites of the Qing army in one fell swoop. Later, under the command of Yang Tinglin of the Shandong Army, I realized that Zhu Ping'an's army was equipped with such a big killer weapon -- the Ming Army's mobile rocket vehicle, which attacked cities and conquered cities and destroyed the enemy in field battles. Thinking about it, Li Guo is really a little afraid, even if the Shun army meets Zhu Ping'an's Shandong army at its peak, even if there are many people and want to eat the Shandong army in one bite, it is simply an impossible task.

Although Li Laiheng has been a veteran of the army for many years, he has also studied in the martial arts hall. But after all, he was a half-grown child, and as soon as the war ended, his childish side was immediately revealed. Look at the one-sided battle and the heavy losses of the Qing army. The smile was almost grinning to the back of his head, and he high-fived and cheered with several relatives.

"What the hell is this, what the hell is this?" Li Guo stroked the bamboo tube he took from the gunner, it was very heavy, and the temperature on it was still a little hot, but with the bamboo tube. The gunner can be completely supported with both hands when covered with cotton pads and gloves, but this bamboo pipe is estimated to be replaced after a few uses.

Li Laiheng excitedly explained to his stepfather. This is still what Li Yan advocated after defecting to the Shandong Army. The original Ming army rocket car needed to be assembled on the battlefield in time, and the weight was not light, just a set of rocket vehicle equipment. Two trucks are required to load it. Coupled with the time and precision required for assembly, the need for war is still a bit slow. Therefore, Li Yan boldly proposed this kind of bazooka that can be operated by individual soldiers, which was originally designed to deal with possible field battles, especially in the face of the cavalry impact of the Qing army, this kind of bazooka that can be launched by individual soldiers will play a huge role. Facts have proved that Li Yan's assumption is also completely in line with reality.

However, due to the current process and the cost of rockets and the limitations of technical accuracy. The bazooka can only be forged with reference to the Ming army's previous firearms such as flying swords, flying knives, and divine fire crows, and the accuracy and destructive power of the attack need to be further improved. In particular, rockets are too expensive to build. It requires both high-level forging technology and extremely pure gunpowder, and at present, it is far from meeting the daily needs of the front-line troops.

This easy repulsion of the Qing army's artillery, infantry and cavalry combined attack, in a large-scale killing and wounding of the Qing cavalry main force at the same time, but also heavy damage to the Wuzhen Chaoha Division, has been confirmed in the news revealed, Wuzhen Chaoha's main general Gongshun Wang Kong Youde, the Han army is the red flag Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu, Wu Sangui's general Liu Zhiyuan and others were killed in the shelling. Chen Ting went deep into the enemy camp and died with Kong Youde and a group of relatives, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Han military camp. The three Han army banner princes who first defected to the Qing court and had a huge impact on the war in Liaodong are now only Geng Zhongming.

When the news came, Nanjing was jubilant, Shi Kefa, Duan Xinian, Qian Defu and the left-behind Cao Yanlun, Kang Zeyu and other ministers also climbed the Dysprosium Tower together, seeing the great victory of the Ming army, many people shed tears of excitement and waved their fists, and the excitement and excitement in their hearts were difficult to suppress. Everyone congratulated Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu and Li Yan together, but Yan Yingyuan could only force a smile, he knew very well that for this battle, Jiangyin had paid countless prices, and people like Chen Ting had paid a lot of money.

The Qing army was defeated in this battle, but the number of soldiers and horses was still far more than that of the Ming army, and they were bound to face their crazy counterattack next. Yan Yingyuan knew very well the thoughts of the commander of the Qing army, after this defeat, the Qing army could not give up, and the future battles would be even more tragic.

The soldiers and horses withdrew to the city, the Jubaomen was closed again, and some of the artillery fire of the Qing army hit the city wall, Yan Yingyuan immediately ordered the craftsmen to repair it, and a large number of young and strong craftsmen carried cement, stones, city bricks and other things to the city quickly, and nervously began the repair work.

Yan Yingyuan saw Liu Mao's figure at a glance. He sent a letter from Jiangyin, and after days of fatigue and fright, he was extremely weak after entering the city, and he had just recovered his strength in the past two days, but at this time he took off his scholar's robe and put on a short dress, and his thin body made him unable to undertake the work of ordinary craftsmen, so he joined the ranks of carrying water and mixing cement for the craftsmen.

Thinking of Liu Mao's heart-rending cry not long ago when Chen Ting detonated explosives in the Qing army camp, even Yan Yingyuan's heart was sour. When the family and country were in trouble, these powerless scholars put down the poems, books, pens and ink in their hands, and threw themselves into the battle against the Qing Dynasty without hesitation.

When Lu Zhenfei was in Jianghuai, he often lamented that the party and government of the imperial court had misled the country and the people, and some court officials did not seem to be loyal to the country, but they were single-mindedly planning for personal interests, and all the family, country and society were left behind, and even did not hesitate to betray the court and the ancestors. But it is undeniable that many scholars and Confucian scholars still retain the purest blood and soul in their hearts.

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Compared with the bustle and jubilation in Nanjing, the Qing army's camp was bleak, and the forward battalion that advanced to the city of Jubaomen had almost become a scorched earth, and the Qing army had to retreat again. The main force of the cavalry lost sixty percent of its combat strength, which was a huge loss that the Qing army had never seen since it went south, not including the wounded soldiers in the Qing army, and after several days of fighting, there were 20,000 dead and wounded. Bolo was shocked and gloated, looking at Tunqi's joke, after all, he is now the commander of the Eastern Route Army of the Qing Army, and with the guilt, he will not be the first to escape.

One can imagine the thunderous fury of the Dorgon brothers when they heard the news, and the title of Dorobelle of Bolo would be crumbling, and he would be about to leave him in the blink of an eye.

Tun Qi also lost his spirit, and curled up in the corner of the big tent without saying a word. The commander of the Qing army, in the camp of the Chinese army, was deserted for a while. Many people who should have been present have become lonely ghosts on the battlefield, and Kong Youde, the king of Gongshun, did not even leave a corpse, and was directly crushed and scattered.

In all fairness, there were no problems and flaws in the strategy of Bolo and Tunqi, but the mistake was that the Ming army had the first opportunity, coupled with the Ming army's sudden appearance of killing weapons, which caused heavy casualties to the Qing cavalry. For this, Qin Guanglian and other Han generals were also frightened, and if they came to attack the city, they might not be able to do better.

Wuzhenchaoha's troops were disabled, and there were about fifty remnants of artillery left, which was far from the Ming army and could not play much of a role. Not only did the cavalry suffer heavy losses, but the psychological advantage it had was also gone, and even if it encountered the Ming army in the field in the future, I am afraid that it would no longer have the indomitable momentum of the original.

"Or, urgently order Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses to move closer to the south and Zhili?" Tunqi, who had been silent, suddenly whispered.

When Bolo heard this, he couldn't wait for a big-eared melon seed to be slapped on Tunqi's face. This defeat made the Eight Banners Fierce General like Tunqi become this virtue. At this time, transferring Wu Sangui's southbound army back is not tantamount to a slap in the face of Bolo?

The Eight Banners Army can't do it, and then change to the green battalion of the Han Army to attack Nanjing, which makes Bolo's face where to go! If it is spread out, it will not become a laughing stock among the Eight Banners. Moreover, Wu Sangui is now all the way like a bamboo, and Zheng Jun has fought three tough battles in a row, each battle is a big victory, and now it has arrived at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian, it will not take long to enter Fujian and go straight to Zheng Zhilong's lair, at this time, as long as Wu Sangui is not a fool, who will be willing to come to Nanjing to carry this black pot and gnaw this hard bone!

"Tunqi Beizi!" Bo Luo looked at Tun Qi coldly, "Think carefully in your heart before you speak, think about it thoroughly, don't talk nonsense, in this way, it will cause a big disaster!" You know? ”

Tunqi is a spirit, he is also very clear about his situation, the strategy is defeated, the Dolgon brothers are held responsible, Bolo can't escape as the commander of the first army, and he, the initiator, can't escape, compared with the great achievements made in Jiangyin in the past and this defeat, it is simply negligible.

But an important question in front of the generals is, without the support of artillery, how should the next battle be fought?

Retirement? It seems impossible, and he retreated to Huguang in a gray manner, not to mention Bolo's title, whether Xiang Shang's head can be kept is between the two. The rest of the generals don't want to leave anything behind. Fighting in the south and attacking Jiangnan, but the battle that the Manchu court had high hopes for is related to the direction of the general trend of the world in the future, and will also determine who of the two families can have the last laugh.

Therefore, at this time, the Eastern Route Army could only advance, not retreat. Nanjing, I had to take it down.

Bolo gritted his teeth and made a decision that made the generals tremble: "Starting tomorrow, all units of our army will begin to launch a fierce attack on Sanshan Gate, Chaoyang Gate, Shicheng Gate, and Jubao Gate, Jubao Gate is still the focus of the attack, and the attack of the rest of the gates is aimed at attracting the strength of the Ming army and making it difficult to take care of the end." Regardless of the casualties, the various departments were on top in the order of wheels, so that the Ming army was exhausted, taking care of one and losing the other, until they were exhausted! (To be continued......)