571.The Battle of the Qing Dynasty (10)
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Not all the Manchu and Mongolian nobles only cared about fleeing to the city of Beijing and the grasslands, and some chose to go south in order to avoid the pursuit and obstruction of the Xia army. Therefore, before the main force of the Xia army on the southern front learned of the victory in Gu'an, Yinhe, who was sticking to the camp in Dongchang, already knew the news of the destruction of the Mongol army.
The Mongolian cavalry that relied on his arm was overturned, such a big crisis, if Yinhe couldn't see it, then he would have lived in vain all these years, so he didn't have time to think about it, Yinhe issued an order to attack immediately. The so-called sortie, of course, was an escape, and the cumbersome Wucheng Yonggu General Cannon was abandoned, and only the slightly lighter Shenwei General Cannon was allowed to carry.
At this time, seeing a number of bloodstained Mongolian wolves fleeing into the camp, the news of the Gu'an fiasco had begun to spread wildly throughout the Dongchang camp, and the army's morale was already unstable. Fortunately, the generals at all levels obviously know that a little sluggishness is a situation of self-destruction, so they don't need to give an order to urge their subordinates to speed up their actions one by one.
The commotion in the Dongchang camp was naturally observed by the Xia army detectives from afar, but the Xia army detectives did not know the real situation, so they could only report what they observed. Although the front-line command of the Xia army also had speculations, it did not dare to attack indiscriminately because it was not supported by specific intelligence, so it had to prepare the troops in formation on the one hand, and strictly order the rangers to find out the movements of the Qing army on the other hand.
A little later, the Xia army scouts, who had increased the search and reconnaissance radius, finally intercepted a few Mongol routs who were disoriented and pulled behind, and when the sentry finally figured out the situation and reported to the headquarters, several groups of messengers sent by Kuching had also arrived at the location of the Privy Council.
It's just that after such a delay, the Qing army has already taken the lead in escaping from the camp. Not only was he on the run, but Yinzhi also sent someone to notify Yinzhi and others. Of course, this is not that Yinhe, as the crown prince, kindly hopes to retain more vitality for the Qing court, but he understands that only by escaping from all directions can he more effectively contain the pursuers of the Xia army - Yinhe hopes that the Xia army will find soft persimmons first, instead of eating the hard walnuts that he still has more than 100,000 horses - so that he can escape in chaos.
Of course, the retreat of hundreds of thousands of troops cannot learn from birds and beasts, so the march of Yinyu's department cannot be fast at all, and the pursuit force of the Xia army can also not be chased and killed in a swarm, so the two departments maintain a safe distance of dozens of miles very tacitly, and no one will risk physical exhaustion to widen or narrow the distance between each other.
Because in addition to the five main cavalry divisions that had been sent out, the Xia army on the southern front also had the cavalry infantry of the fourth division of the Iron Cavalry Army and the four divisions of the Flying Cavalry Army, so the Qing army could not get rid of the maggot-like repeated attacks of the Xia army along the way. Fortunately, due to the restrictions of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, it would have been more difficult for the Qing army to defend itself against attacks by the Xia army from all directions.
Finally escaped to Linqing, Yinhe stopped his troops, and he felt that he could no longer move along the canal. You know, going all the way down the canal is Dezhou, Cangzhou, and Tianjin. Among them, Dezhou and Tianjin have not heard of the fall for the time being, there is no problem, but Cangzhou has fallen into the hands of the Xia army, in case the Xia army is blocked in Cangzhou, wouldn't there be no way to advance and no way to retreat? So Yinhe decided that the whole army would cross the canal in Linqing, and then go all the way north, passing through Jizhou and Shenzhou and Baoding, and then decide whether to go to Beijing or go directly to Xuanhua to get out of the Great Wall according to the situation after arriving in Baoding.
Of course, Yinhe has actually decided to choose the latter, but the families of most of the officers and soldiers in the department are in Beijing, so it is not impossible for them to abandon their families and businesses and follow him to escape to the pass, but they just have to play some tricks, not to mention that now Xia Jun is still staring at himself, whether he can hold on to Baoding is still a problem.
Yinhe crossed the river, and sure enough, the Xia army's Kuching Division's blockade south of Cangzhou failed. However, this method of shedding the shell of the golden cicada is not enough to change the overall passivity. On the same day that the Qing army in Dongchang tried to cross the canal in Linqing, the Qing army in Jinan, under the leadership of Yinzhi, fled to Dezhou in panic; The two brothers Yinzhen and Yinyu, who were famous, abandoned the artillery team built by the Qing court at great expense and several green battalions with broken tails, and fled to the front line of Guangzong overnight; Only Yinxi and Yinxiang of Zhangde did not know the fact that the Qing army had collapsed because of the distance, and they were still holding on to the siege troops of the Xia army.
In the evening, Tang Baoyi rushed to the front line of Linqing, and asked directly without waiting to wash away the dust: "How many Qing troops have crossed the river?" β
The Privy Councillor who commanded the former army, Ho Shuzhi, reported: "According to the report of the Tanma who crossed the river, there are about 30,000 men, and if they cross the river overnight, it is expected that they will all be crossed in one night." β
Tang Baoyi asked again: "Lord He, can you confirm that the Qing army's crossing of the river this time will not be a sound attack on the west?" β
He Shuzhi hesitated: "The lower official can't guarantee it, but if our army doesn't cross the river, I'm afraid that the other party will get rid of it." β
Tang Baoyi agreed: "The Qing army has collected all the ships along the way in advance to build pontoon bridges, if our army does not want to cross the river now, it is indeed possible to chase and lose the opponent." However, the Qing army on the Jinan side was fleeing to Dezhou, and it was not ruled out that the Yinhe Department might join forces. β
Ding Peifang, a first-class Privy Council from the Boy Boy Battalion, then said: "Then divide the troops and cross the river." β
Tang Baoyi asked rhetorically: "What if the Qing army takes advantage of our army's unstable foothold to carry out an attack?" β
Ding Peifang immediately responded: "The Qing army can attack me, and our army can also attack the enemy on the east bank overnight. β
"Night raid?" Tang Baoyi immediately denied. "No! Our army has absolute superiority, how can we risk fighting at night. β
"Master Tang is right." He Shuzhi agreed. "The Qing army is not unprepared, and the night attack can only make it impossible for our army's superior forces to be deployed." Ho Shuzhi then proposed a revised Jianyì. "I think it may be possible to change the night attack to a night disturbance, and if it is confirmed that the main force of the Qing army has completely withdrawn through the canal, it may be possible to cut off its rearguard."
Tang Baoyi nodded: "This is okay, but it still can't solve the problem that our army can't catch up with the Qing army in time." β
"After the Qing army crossed the river, there were only two roads to choose from, one was to go west to Guangzong, and the other was to go north to Jizhou." Another first-class sponsor, Kang Ziguo, opened his mouth. "But I don't think it's very possible to go west to Guangzong, the main goal of the Yinyu Department at the moment is to flee to Shuntianfu or escape directly from Guan, and going west to Guangzong can only be a detour, so he must choose to go north directly. In this case, the Privy Council may be able to contact the cavalry of Kuching Koo's office to intercept it, while our department will mobilize the Flying Cavalry and other units to pursue it in the rear. Kang Ziguo paused and added. The flying cavalry army is a cavalry infantry, which is relatively fast, and even if it crosses the river a little later, it can catch up with the Qing army. As for the remaining main force, they will go to Texas first to eliminate the Yinzhi Division??????"
Although the Qing army who didn't know the first line of the daimyo had also begun to flee, Liu Kexiong, who always felt that something was wrong, still ignored the fact that many commanders had already nodded, and stood up against it: "The enemy of Jinan is only 20,000, and it is not a knife to use the main force of more than 100,000 of our army to deal with them, but there are still 120,000 or 30,000 in the Yinhe department, but it is not too big to let the cavalry deal with it, after all, the loss of the cavalry in the north should not be small." β
Tang Baoyi frowned and glanced at Liu Kexiong, and asked lightly: "Then what is your Jianyi?" β
Liu Kexiong thought about it for a moment, and then replied cautiously: "Xia Guan thinks that it is better to rush to the south of Texas with the flying cavalry to ambush the Yinzhi Division, the main force is still crossing the river as usual, and it doesn't matter if you can't catch up for a while, it is impossible for the Yinzhi Department to be too far away from our army, as long as Gu Yanshi can lead the cavalry to drag them for some time, they can still chase them back." β
Tang Baoyi waved his hand to let the paintings retreat, and then discussed with He Shuzhi: "What do you think, Lord He? β
"The way of using soldiers, the more you have to win, the more cautious you must be." He Shuzhi said. "I think it's still advisable for Liu Zhili's construction, and we must be careful of the possibility of building a poor rat to fight back."
"That's what the official thinks, too." Tang Baoyi finally made a decision. "Lord He, please lead the flying cavalry to make a detour to attack Texas overnight, and be sure to annihilate all the Yinzhi troops in the south of Texas." He Shuzhi took the order and left, and Tang Baoyi immediately ordered outside. "Let Yang Lan come to see me." After a while, the commander of the fourth division of the Iron Cavalry Army appeared in front of Tang Baoyi. "Commander Yang, I order you to attack and harass the Qing army with all your strength tonight to prevent it from crossing the canal safely, and in addition, I also want you to confirm that once the Qing army brigade crosses the river, it is not necessary to annihilate the Qing army's rear guard, you know, can you do it?"
Yang Lan is the grandson and hero of Zheng Chenggong's general Yang Laijia, and he is the backbone of the army in the Jiayin period of the boy scouts brought out by Zheng Kezang, although the task assigned by Tang Baoyi is a little difficult, he still agreed: "Promise ??????"
It was already late at night, and the sleepy-eyed Qing army was slowly boarding the pontoon bridge and heading to the west bank of the canal under the scolding of their panicked officials. The sparse torches shone on the bodies of everyone who bowed their heads and hurried away, and the dark shadows kept floating, as if some monster was about to rush out and choose people to eat.
Suddenly, the rumbling horses' hooves rang out, and then a burst of fire exploded in the distance, and there seemed to be some artillery accompaniment, which made the Qing soldiers who were so worried that they were numb that they were speechless.
"Ignore the attack of the sea and keep walking." The officials glanced at the firelight from afar, turned their heads and said. "Tossing a few times a night, it's really not too troublesome." The slightly obscure yellow joke was responded to coldly, making the faces of the officials who were interested in relaxing the feelings of the officers and soldiers ugly. "What are you doing with a sad face, the Qing Dynasty is not dead!"
The night gradually faded, and most of the Qing army had already crossed the pontoon bridge, leaving only more than 20,000 people still waiting to leave. At this time, the Xia army's attack that lasted for a night did not know when it stopped, and even the rear guards of the Qing army, who had become sparse due to retreat, were a little drowsy.
In the dark, Yang Lan asked, "Have you confirmed that the Qingyu Brigade has crossed the river?" β
"If you go back to your lordship, our people have dived through a total of three teams, and we can see clearly that the Qing army brigade has crossed the river and drove directly to the north, and now there are less than 20,000 people left in the east of the river."
Yang Lan nodded with satisfaction: "Twenty thousand?" Great, order down, attack, all for me to stay??????"
The thunder soon exploded, as if hundreds of cannons were firing at him in unison, and this sudden change made the faces of the Qing soldiers who had not had time to cross the river immediately lose blood.
"Hurry up and cross the river." I don't know who is talking, but a group of Qing soldiers ran towards the pontoon bridge in a chaotic manner, and suddenly there was no formation at all, and the establishment was even more chaotic, but there were still people who added fuel to the fire. "The sea reversal brigade has attacked, and there is only a dead end if you don't cross the river???????"
The Qing army guards who watched the brigade leave had a feeling of abandonment, and in this way, the more chaotic it became, even if there were officials who tried to organize the Qing army to continue to resist the attack of the Xia army.
It's just that as the Fourth Division of the Iron Cavalry, which has changed into a hybrid horse, begins to charge, YiqiΔ is already doomed.
But what is even more tragic is that these headless and brainless Qing army guards are still running towards the pontoon bridge, and the Qing troops on the west bank who remain on the pontoon bridge have already set the bridge on fire. Looking at the flames and black smoke in the sky, the Qing army was either forced to jump into the canal and swim westward, or surrendered to the ground like relief??????