Chapter 360: A Fiasmatic Victory
Zheng Jinhong had long been staring at the handsome banner of the Houjin Tartars, and when Duoduo was evacuated surrounded by his own soldiers, he led a thousand Zheng family soldiers to catch up, so many people escorted the evacuation, he must be the commander of the Houjin Tartars.
Many soldiers were holding their breath, the tragic situation on the battlefield, they were stunned, watching the brothers fight in the back, watching the brothers fall in pain, but they couldn't stand up immediately, that kind of taste was the most uncomfortable, so after launching the charge, they were like tigers descending from the mountain, mercilessly tearing the front of the Houjin Tartars.
Following Zheng Jinhong to pursue the evacuated Houjin Tartars, everyone tried their best.
The arrogance of Duoduo was knocked down, and his heart was already like ashes, and the eight thousand white flag sergeants from Gaizhou were very few who could go back, and such a heavy defeat was indeed unbearable, and more importantly, his own brother Azig was facing great danger, and when the soldiers surrounded him to evacuate, the Ming army had already attacked, and Azig definitely had no chance to evacuate.
Duoduo, who was in grief and indignation, heard the angry shouts and screams behind him, and he didn't need to look back to know that it was the Ming army that had caught up.
Duoduo instinctively wanted to turn his horse's head to face the battle, but he couldn't, Azig had created an opportunity for him to evacuate, and if he couldn't evacuate quickly, it would be in vain for Azig to do so.
The mist appeared in his eye sockets, and Duoduo galloped forward with all his might.
The screams behind him grew more and more, and the bow and arrows whined past him, and Duoduo could not turn back, knowing that his own soldiers were desperately resisting, and such resistance meant more heavy losses.
When the yellow sand appeared in front of him, Duoduo was desperate, he couldn't imagine that there was a Ming army in front of him, if he was surrounded by the Ming army, he would not be able to escape no matter what.
When the familiar white appeared in front of him, Duoduo's tears finally fell, not for himself.
The leader was Abatai, the seventh brother he had insulted.
Zheng Jinhong, who was pursuing, found the reinforcements of the Houjin Tartars. He quickly raised the spear in his hand.
All the soldiers of the Zheng family army stopped the pursuit.
Zheng Jinhong frowned, who are these Houjin Tartars, why did they appear at this time, in the battle just now. Why was it not possible to reinforce.
Although the number of Houjin Tartars is not large, Zheng Jinhong will not continue to pursue, the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and Houjin Tartars have already suffered a fiasco, so they will continue to chase and kill at this time. I am afraid that it will trigger a strong backlash.
All the officers and soldiers of the Zheng family army who were pursuing quickly gathered around Zheng Jinhong and arranged them into a battle formation.
Abatai had suffered defeats and knew the strength of the Zheng army, he had a premonition that the Ming army occupying Lushun and Fuzhou should be the Zheng army, and Duoduo and Azig led 8,000 soldiers to meet the battle, in case they fell into the encirclement of the Ming army, the consequences would be unimaginable. Thinking of the serious consequences, Abatai couldn't be discouraged, and after Duoduo and Azig set off, he ordered a thousand soldiers to stay in Gaizhou, and the city was under martial law, and no one was allowed to enter and leave at will, and he led a thousand soldiers in the direction of Fuzhou.
Seeing Duoduo desperately fleeing, and the Ming army pursuing behind him, Abatai's heart sank. He saw that there were less than a thousand children of the Eight Banners, and the expressions on everyone's faces were panicked, what did it mean, it meant that Duoduo had suffered a fiasco.
What's worse is that. Azig was not seen in the procession.
Upon seeing Abataus, Dordor wiped away tears.
"Brother Seven, I can't think of it...... It's all my bad ......."
"Fifteenth brother, don't say it, why didn't the twelfth brother see it."
Duoduo bowed his head and did not speak.
"Fifteenth brother. You go back to Gaizhou quickly, and I will lead the brothers to fight, and no matter what, I will take back the twelve brothers......"
Duoduo, who had calmed down, spoke without hesitation.
"Seventh brother, no, the Ming army is too strong, the number of people far exceeds us, it is better to evacuate quickly and report everything that happened here to the emperor, this is my responsibility, everything is borne by me, no matter what way I think, I will save the twelfth brother, even if I exchange it, I will save the twelfth brother."
After all, Abatai is much older, and when he heard Duoduo say this, he quickly understood everything, you must know that Duoduo is very arrogant and will not admit defeat easily, but at this time, he is blocking the rescue, which shows that the opponent is extremely powerful, and these people led by him, even if they kill him, it will not have much effect.
Dordor and Abatai led the sergeants in a swift evacuation in the direction of Gaizhou.
Zheng Jinhong watched from afar as Houjin Tatars withdrew, and he did not ask the soldiers to attack.
At this time, the pursuit, if you want to capture the commander of the Houjin Tartars, the possibility is not big, it is impossible for the Zheng family soldiers to completely wipe out the Houjin Tartars who came to reinforce, the cavalry fights, if you make up your mind to evacuate, it is difficult to pursue, unless it is an ambush and encirclement battle, not to mention that the Houjin Tartars are recuperating and their combat effectiveness is not ordinary, and they must be very tragic at this time to catch up.
More than 1,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army followed Zheng Jinhong to turn around and go in the direction of the battlefield, along the way they met the evacuated Houjin Tartars, all of them were mercilessly killed, leaving no prisoners, Zheng Jinhong had resentment in his heart, and he was about to catch up, and he was about to capture the commander of the Houjin Tartars, it should be the Yu Prince of Houjin Duoduo, if he could capture Duoduo alive, it would be a huge blow to Huang Taiji and Houjin Tartars, and it was also a huge victory for Zheng's army.
At this time, Zheng Jinhong didn't know that Azig, the king of Wuying County of Houjin, had been captured alive.
The battlefield had calmed down, and there were occasional sporadic fights, which began at the moment of the hour and lasted until noon, and the fierce fighting of nearly three hours had turned this place into a hell on earth.
After the battle, the extremely tired soldiers of the Zheng family army dismounted and rested, and some of the soldiers did not even have the strength to clean the battlefield.
Some of the soldiers led by Wang Xiaoer and others are stepping up to clean up the battlefield, and their main responsibility is to find out the wounded Zheng Jiajun soldiers from them.
Zheng Xunrui looked at everything in front of him, his eyes were a little moist, he would succeed in ten thousand bones, history is like this, behind every major victory, there is the blood of thousands of soldiers, but there is no way to do it, the Ming Dynasty is already full of holes, weak and weak, people just want to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat you.
Zheng Jinhong rode to Zheng Xunrui's side, and silently watched everything on the battlefield.
After a long time, Zheng Xunrui spoke to Zheng Jinhong, Hong Xinyu and others.
"This battle is a tragic victory, the brothers also know the power of the Houjin Tartars, and they know that the Liukou is far from being able to compare with the Houjin Tartars, respecting the opponent is respecting yourself, this is the rule on the battlefield, Hong Xinyu, you go and tell Wang Xiaoer, order the army to be in the middle of the army, and also treat the wounded of the Houjin Tartar, this is what we should do."
Hong Xinyu nodded a little reluctantly, he also wanted to join the battlefield to fight, but his task was to protect Zheng Xunrui, which was more important than fighting on the battlefield, seeing the tragic situation on the battlefield, Hong Xinyu felt uncomfortable in his heart, and he couldn't wait to kill a few Houjin Tartars, at this time Zheng Xunrui ordered to treat the wounded of Houjin Tartars, and he was really reluctant in his heart.
The work of cleaning up the battlefield began in earnest at two o'clock in the afternoon and continued until the unitary hour.
Zheng Xunrui always watched everyone clean up the battlefield, and he didn't even move his posture, Zheng Jinhong accompanied him, constantly giving orders, Yang He stood on the side covered in blood, and he didn't speak, this fight was too tragic, and cleaning the battlefield was not something that could be ended in a short time.
Finally, the herald came to report it.
"Report, in this battle, 6,278 Houjin Tartars were killed, and 421 people were captured, including Azig, the king of Wuying County of Houjin, and 4,887 soldiers of the Zheng family army were killed and 222 seriously wounded......"
Zheng Xunrui's face had no expression, Zheng Jinhong's body trembled slightly, five thousand against seven thousand, after a battle, the number of dead exceeded 10,000, and the casualties of the Zheng family army exceeded 5,000 people, this is still a victory in occupying a numerical advantage, you must know that the total number of Zheng Jiajun and the Houjin Tartar cannot be compared.
After the herald left, Zheng Xunrui spoke to Zheng Jinhong and the others.
"In this battle, the Zheng family army won the final victory, but this victory, our heavy casualties, is enough to wake up all the soldiers, our victory in capturing Lushun and Fuzhou and other places, came too easily, so that the soldiers despised the Houjin Tartars, you must know that the combat effectiveness of the Houjin Tartars must not be underestimated."
"The total strength of the Zheng family army is only 40,000 people, and the loss of 5,000 people in this battle is a heavy blow, the total strength of the Houjin Tartars has reached more than 200,000 people, and their losses are much smaller than ours, so we must make all the preparations, and defend Fuzhou, Yongning, Jinzhou, Lushun and other places, and in the face of the counterattack of the Houjin Tartars in the future, try to focus on the city battle, and before our strength is not strong enough, it is easy not to carry out large-scale field battles."
"Yang He, stationed in Fuzhou and other places, the task is very arduous, no matter what, you have to hold on, 15,000 soldiers are stationed here, and the strength is insufficient, so you have to start to find a way to recruit sergeants, the combat effectiveness of the Han people in Liaodong is good, the disadvantage is that the military discipline and military regulations are lazy, we must train strictly, and continue to grow our strength, my consideration, within three months, recruit 10,000 Liaodong Han people, so that the strength of the garrison here will reach 25,000 people, so that even if Huang Taiji personally conquers, don't think that you can defeat the Zheng army."
"Starting tomorrow, except for the Zheng family army stationed in Fuzhou and other places, the rest of the soldiers will be evacuated from this place, and Wang Yuncheng is responsible for sending the prisoners and heads of Azig and Houjin Tartars to the capital to report the victory."
"The imperial court should make a move, as long as the Liaodong army makes an offensive posture, Huang Taiji has no intention or dares to attack Fuzhou and other places at will." (To be continued.) )