Chapter Fifty-Eight: Victory
War horses gallop! It's close! It's close to the Qing soldiers! Qing Bing was frightened, he seemed to see a dead cavalryman, yes! A dead cavalryman drove his mount forward!
He's raising his saber and he's about to cut it down! "Uhh Qing Bing couldn't help but be so frightened that he hugged his head with both hands, and the fear of death had already taken over his soul.
He thought he was dead, but all he heard was a "porphyr", then a "da", followed by a loud "boom", and then a wail: "Ahhh ”
He didn't feel any pain in his body, and he couldn't help but open his eyes to see what was happening. He saw that the Ming cavalry who wanted to raise his sword to cut him was hit by more than a dozen arrows, and he was urging the strength of the most rear, but he still couldn't hold on anymore. No, as soon as he raised his saber, he fell off his horse.
No wonder Qing Bing could see that his eyes were blank just now, and the whole person seemed to be lifeless, like a corpse staring at him and riding on a horse. It turns out that he is long dead! Maybe it's his heroic soul that drives the war horse forward, at least he has to pull a cushion.
And his war horse was still rushing forward because it was driven by its master, and collided with a Qing cavalry not far away, and the Qing cavalry was pressed under the horse, and the wail just now was sent by him. Yes! Mingqi succeeded! The soul can rest in peace! Because I really pulled a cushion back.
When the Qing soldiers saw the dead Ming Qi after the most reluctance, their souls flew away! Because he seemed to see Ming Qi suddenly stand up, glaring at him, and raising his knife to split his head in two!
"Ahh Qing Bing was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and he looked at Ming Qi again! It's just that he thinks that even if Mingqi is dead, his soul is not dead. Yes! The souls of heroes like him live on! The heroic soul still defends the rivers and mountains!
Five hundred warriors quickly cut off the Qing army, striking a blow to the confidence of the Qing army. Let the Qing army recognize the truth, what they encountered is no longer a sheep-like Ming army. It's all tigers!
It's time to arrive! Zhang Biwu's main force arrived, and he was killed, and Zhou Yuji also came, and the Qing army was also defeated.
"Long live Daming! The Ming army is mighty! A roar roared from the horizon, rolling majestically and reverberating in Abatai's ears.
Abatai exclaimed, "What's the matter? Why is it going to be a mess? Where did the Ming army come from? Abatai tried his best to pretend to be calm, but he was also observing everything.
Yiqi Express: "General, this is the men and horses led by Zhang Biwu!" Abatai was startled for a moment, and he heard shouts in the southeast, and there was a commotion in the southeast.
This is Bai Guangen's men and horses who have come to participate in the war. Bai Guangen ordered his headquarters to march slowly, and when he heard Zhang Biwu's two-sided attack and achieved victory, he of course ordered his army to advance quickly, and it was a big fanfare, so the fruits of victory were indispensable to him.
Under the onslaught of more than 20,000 people, Abatai could not stop his defeat.
No, the retreating Qing cavalry walked quickly, at this time. The Qing army, which was being chased away, saw a big long horizontal ditch in front of them, when was this dug? Why don't they know the truth?
The horizontal ditch was dug by the people all night and day without rest, and having this horizontal ditch in front of them could prevent the defeat and escape of the enemy army, so that the Qing army fell into the ditch and trampled on each other, and countless dead people died. It also makes it difficult to support enemy forces coming from the other side.
This horizontal ditch is more than ten miles long, about two zhang deep, nearly six meters. It is one foot wide, and I don't know how much manpower it took to complete. On top just cover it with grass. It's all fresh grass, like this. The Qing soldiers could not see that there was a ditch in front of them.
Until the Qing army fled forward without warning, the rows of cavalry who rushed to the front fell into the ditch.
Either the first person lands on the ground, or the horse lands on the ground, the person who lands first is pressed by the horse behind, and the war horse that lands first will also throw people out. No, a clear ride is a chin shattered. The upper body touches the ground and clings to the earth wall, while the lower body is raised high to the sky. His body was broken and broken, and he couldn't move.
Even if people are not thrown out, the next people and horses that fall will crush the cavalry on horseback. It's no wonder that one of the Qing horses fell, and when he was in shock, he suddenly felt that the sky and the earth were dark, and he looked up to see that there were people and horses pressing towards him above!
"Ahh
There was a Qing rider whose feet were pressed by the war horse, and he desperately tried to push the war horse away from the immobilized horse, but he didn't have enough strength and was useless.
At this moment, he heard a whistling sound, and he knew that another man and a horse had fallen from above. He shouted in Manchu: "Ah! No! But it didn't work, the "porphyry" didn't fall on his side, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and a smile just appeared on his face, but his smile was revealed too quickly! Because the immediate fall hit him right and killed him.
From the ditch came painful groans and wails, all begging for their salvation.
The Qing cavalry in front of the ditch found that there was a long ditch, and they wanted a fate different from the comrades in the front rows, but how could he stop the galloping horses?
"Bang la la" was accompanied by a long cry of pain: "Don't! Stop it! Then there were rows of Qing soldiers, and the men and horses fell into the ditch.
Someone was lucky enough to stop the war horse, it was really a precipice, so happy! But they rejoiced too soon! Behind him, the cavalry, who had not been able to stop the horses, rushed over and knocked him down the ditch.
The cavalry rushing behind heard the shouts from the front: "There is a long ditch ahead, stop!" Stop! "The cavalry behind is lacking in strength, and they can't stop if they want to.
They still rushed over, and if they slowed down, they knocked the cavalry in front of them into the ditch, and if they were fast, they couldn't reduce it, and then they would naturally knock the cavalry in front of them.
Either it flew high and fell into the ditch, or it hit the other side of the ditch and didn't fall into the ditch, which is also considered lucky.
In this case, the whole ditch seems to have become a burial ditch, burying people and horses in it.
In the midst of the gaps, a hand reached out and shook it, as if begging for someone to save him quickly. But who could save him? After the last hand, it hung down and never moved again......
The defeat is like a mountain, like this situation, the losses of the Qing army will be bigger and bigger, fortunately, Fei Yangguo, who has long been prepared, led his men and horses to block Zhang Biwu.
Not only that, but there were also two uncles and nephews, Shuotuo and Adali, who came with men and horses, and they shouted, not saying what Prince Rui expected, so they could prepare in advance, and they could work with Fei Yangguo to resist Zhang Biwu and protect the armies from suffering big losses.
The death-to-death battle between Feiyango and Shuoto and Adalee's uncle and nephew undoubtedly gave Abatai a good opportunity and time to calm the army's morale.
Abatai has a chance to organize a counterattack and retreat, and can cope with any situation. The Qing army was well-trained, and as soon as they heard that Feiyanggo and Shuoto would fight together, and they heard Abatai's order, they would naturally be able to calm down, and they could organize a decent resistance, or retreat, so that they would not panic as they had just now.
Although Abatai suffered a defeat, he did not lose much, and the main force was still there.
At least half of the captives were rescued by Zhang Biwu's army, but most of the gold and silver treasures they captured were still in the hands of the Qing army.
Under the defeat, the Qing army did not collapse on all fronts, on the contrary, even if the defeated Qing soldiers were separated from the large army, they would be organized together piecemeal, and even some legions still maintained a lineup, which did not look like a defeated army at all. I have to admire that the Qing army is very organized.
Although the Qing army suffered this defeat, suffered a surprise attack, suffered heavy casualties, and the main force was still there, Zhang Biwu did not dare to fight with the Qing army, which had calmed down and was eager for revenge, and had become a mourning soldier.
With this victory, Chongzhen Longyan can also be happy! Sure enough, when the good news came, Chongzhen was very happy, he was very happy.
Since the Qing soldiers have entered the Kou, he is rarely happy to show his face, and now he is even more happy to have this great victory! He issued an order to praise Zhang Biwu and Zhou Yanru.
Why do you want to praise Zhou Yanru? Because when Zhou Yanru heard that Zhang Biwu led the army to fight the Qing army, he had already written two memoranda, one was to shirk responsibility, and the other was to grab merit, so he said that he planned this great victory, and Zhang Biwu was just the implementer.
Anyway, in order to please the emperor, he fabricated a lot of victories, and now it is much better to make such a big order than before.
No, Zhou Yanru's performance was presented to Chongzhen's imperial case one step ahead of Zhang Biwu's good news, and then Zhang Biwu's good news. This is equivalent to the distinction between primary and secondary, as the main Zhou Yanru reported first, and then Zhang Biwu, who was in the position of secondary, reported.
got Zhou Yanru to take away Zhang Biwu's credit, Zhang Biwu's whole army couldn't help but be indignant, they were very angry, Zhou Yanru hid in the line, he didn't even dare to let out a fart, and he was faster than anyone else to grab the credit! The soldiers couldn't swallow this breath, they felt that they should find Zhang Biwu and let Zhang Biwu give Zhou Yanru some power.
However, Zhang Biwu had his own plans, and he thought that as long as Zhou Yanru could listen to him, so as to join him in attacking the Qing army, which was already demoralized, this Qing army would not be able to return to Liaodong safely from the Ming Realm.
Of course, after this defeat of the Qing army, the news had already reached the ears of Huang Taiji, who immediately ordered the spies scattered in the Ming Dynasty to start their activities, and it was necessary to ensure that his expeditionary force could return to Liaodong safely and soundly. (To be continued......)