Chapter 600: Retreat
Zhai Zhe under the city of Yangzhou didn't know these things that were born in Nanjing.
He agreed to the cabinet's suggestion and promised to let Emperor Longwu go to Qixia Temple to worship the Buddha, because the paper was the face of several cabinet scholars to the royal family.
The sky is slowly brightening.
The rain gradually stopped.
The Ming army and the Qing army confronted each other seven or eight miles away.
Suddenly, the soldiers and horses of the Qingyu brigade moved, and the flag went north.
"The Qing captives have withdrawn" Zhai Zhe breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that the battle by Ailing Lake had been decided.
In the canal, the warships sailed, and seven or eight small boats flew south, and the messenger came ashore and took the arrows to take the horses in the post station, and rushed to the continuous camp.
"Report, Ailing Lake Victory"
Zhai Zhezhuan smiled at Zhai Tianjian, and there was pride and encouragement in his smile. This is the decisive victory from thousands of miles away
The messenger went to the Chinese army and knelt in front of Zhai Zhema's horse and announced: "Report, Ailing Lake is a great victory, General Feng defeated the cavalry of the Aobai Division, beheaded 1,800, and captured 300"
can make Aobai's cavalry lose nearly half, this battle is quite beautiful, and it can be regarded as revenge for Yuan Zongdi, who died in Luzhou Mansion.
"Very good"
The Ming army did not pursue.
Dolgon's position was not chaotic, and he pursued the cavalry with infantry, and if he was not careful, he would steal chickens and rice. The ready-made cheap is not over, and Zhai Zhe doesn't want to take risks yet.
Dolgon was leaving, and the Ming army borrowed him to go south and eat nearly 7,000 cavalry from Manchuria, and Zhai Zhe was very satisfied. Accumulating small victories into big victories, he thwarted the spirit of the Qing regent, and now it is time to chase and fight.
He turned over and dismounted, and gave the order: "All battalions of soldiers and horses unload their armor and return to the camp." ”
The day after tomorrow was May 20, and many of the original captives fell ill and died, just as the new Jurchens made up for them.
The soldiers and horses of the Ming army waited in the morning fog for more than two hours, without waiting for the order to attack. After the soldiers had unarmoured, the servants began to prepare breakfast, but they had been standing hungry for so long.
Outside the city of Yangzhou, the smoke curls up, blending with the fog, a harmonious scene.
Zhai Zhe returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, took off his armor, changed into a cloth robe, and ordered: "Send Li Zhian to see me"
About a quarter of an hour, Li Zhian was ordered to come to the Chinese army. Only now did he understand that King Jin did not allow him to attack at night yesterday because someone attacked at night.
"See the prince, congratulations to the prince"
"It's just a small victory, it's not a big joy" Zhai Zhe waved his hand and said: "After Dolgon retreats north, I estimate that he has already had the idea of giving up Yangzhou, in order to prevent a long night and many dreams, he broke the city wall tonight and attacked Yangzhou City." ”
"Obedience"
Li Zhi'an was overjoyed, he always saw others eating meat, and he drank soup. Today, King Jin finally served him a meal.
Dolgon hurriedly moved south and retreated, and the impact on the Yangzhou defenders was fatal. Not only the Han Chinese, but even a few Jurchens had the idea that they had been abandoned by the imperial court
At this time, it is the right time to break the city.
Throughout the day, the miners laid out gunpowder and fuses in the tunnels. The city of Yangzhou presents a calm scene that has not been seen for many days. Bolo couldn't figure out why Dolgon had withdrawn so lightly.
On the shores of Lake Ailing.
The corpses of the Jurchens and the war horses have been cleaned up. The Ming army only took ranks, not bodies, and the river was covered with headless corpses.
Covered in mud, he knelt in front of Dolgon's horse.
"Aobai, what did I say to you before I set out?" Dolgon was as cold as ever, and his tone sounded like he wanted to kill.
"It's the crime of the last general, and the last general shouldn't be attacked by the Fengqin Department"
"You've lost to this guy for the second time"
Ao Bai is speechless.
"See?" Dolgon pointed around and said, "They all had to retreat because of this defeat."
Ao Bai was not convinced in his heart, but he was convinced in his mouth.
"You were guilty last time, and later you made meritorious service in Luzhou Mansion, and the merits and demerits were offset. This time, I'll spare your life again."
Ao bowed to the ground and said, "Thank you prince"
Dolgon turned his horse away, turned back and pointed to the headless corpses, and said, "These people are all elites with yellow flags, and they can't be allowed to go wild."
"Obey" Now Dolgon is afraid that he can agree to whatever he says, for fear that Dolgon will take the opportunity to correct him on the spot.
Last night was a nightmare.
The Ming army suddenly attacked at night and bombarded his camp with iron artillery. He had already prepared, absorbed the experience of the last defeat, and ordered the cavalry to rush to the Ming army in scattered formations, wanting to break through the Ming army's self-fire queue.
Then, there's the clash between the reload of the self-fire and the cavalry's charge. The drizzle in the air made it impossible for the Qing soldiers to use bows and arrows, but they didn't expect the Ming army's self-bird guns to be unaffected.
The cavalry with the yellow flag was too brave to learn to run away when the situation was not good.
There was a moment when he thought he had succeeded, and a cavalry crashed into the Ming army's ranks, but he didn't expect that those bird-swordsmen would be so fierce in battle.
The accuracy of the Ming army's bird guns is crazy and fascinating. Therefore, he did not hesitate to kill a dozen people and snatched back a bird gun that could shoot itself.
"Defeat is defeat," Ao Bai peeked at Dolgon's departure, relieved.
Although the regent put the blame on him, he did not pursue him for defeat.
It's a balance. The regent should suppress the three banners, and do not provoke the three banners.
The Qing soldiers loaded more than 2,000 corpses into carriages and followed closely behind the army. The people of Yangzhou hated the Qing soldiers to the core, and they did not dare to bury the Jurchens here.
Dolgon ordered the army to go all the way north, and he urged his horse to the outside of the Fengqin barracks.
The camp of the Ming army by the Ailing Lake was there, and the Ming army was not polite this time, and when they saw someone peeping outside the camp, they immediately entertained Dolgon and his party with iron cannons.
Dorgon drew his knife and slit the thumb of his left hand, a wisp of blood oozing from the wound.
"This king swears that if he does not wash away the shame of this battle, he will not die well"
He was arrogant and did not punish Aobai, because he had no face to punish Aobai. Since going south, he has been played by Zhai Zhe, and he entered the most ** last night. He had to watch Aobai be defeated and couldn't come to his aid.
It's really a shame, he is very worried, I don't know if Zhai Zhe's move is a coincidence or an accident,
If Zhai Zhe did it on purpose, it means that this opponent of the Qing Dynasty is too terrifying.
He was pondering when the guards came to say, "Lord, please see you."
"Let Him Come Over"
Ao Bai came with a bird gun, and the bird gun was left a dozen steps away by the guards.
Ao Bai knelt on one knee and said: "Lord Wang, yesterday I snatched a new type of bird gun used by the Ming army, the design is ingenious, no fire rope, and can be cast in the drizzle. ”
Dorgon beckoned to the guards and said, "Show it to me."
The guard came near, raised his hands, and offered the bird's gun.
Dolgon played with his horse for a long time, then lowered his head and said, "Put this bird gun here first, and wait for me to send it back to the capital for the craftsman to imitate." ”
As soon as this gun is fired, the bow and arrow will be useless, and Dolgon's sorrow will be even heavier, because mounted archery is the foundation of the Eight Banners.
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