Chapter 288: The Battle of Laizhou (II)
Although there were only two confrontations between the Ming army and the rebels today, when the two sides withdrew their troops, it was already approaching dusk.
When the Ming army entered the camp, they could still maintain a neat queue under the orders of their respective military attachés, but after a while, the entire Ming army was a little chaotic.
weishenme? Hungry! Most of the soldiers had been hungry for a day, and they all hurriedly started to light the stove and cook. After eating the sea and eating mats to fill their stomachs, the Ming army, who had been tired for a day, went back to their tents one after another to sleep.
However, you must know that after the hurried encounter with the rebels yesterday, the large camp of the Ming army was not strong at all. And the work that was supposed to strengthen the camp now was not carried out because the soldiers were too tired.
In addition, those sentry posts who were selected to guard the camp, they also complained that they were unlucky, and they were also half-hearted about the work of guarding the camp, and some even found a corner where no one saw to sleep.
For such a lax garrison of the battalion, many military attaches also turned a blind eye, after all, their soldiers were also hard. Besides, the rebels have been defeated in today's daytime battle (according to the Ming army, these losses of the rebels are indeed a big defeat), so at least it will be safe tonight. Just give the kids a break.
The combination of these totals made the defense capability of the Ming army's battalion negligible. And for all this, Governor Liu Yulie still knows nothing.
As soon as Liu Yulie returned to the camp, he immediately called Jiang Guerrilla, who had made two meritorious contributions in today's battle, to his big tent. He first asked the clerk to record the merits of Jiang Guerrilla in the meritorious service book, and then cordially started a family affair with Jiang Guerrilla.
In today's Ming army's operations, it is true that only Jiang's guerrilla performance is remarkable. Not to mention his tactical qualities, at least Jiang Guerrilla and his army dared to fight and have the courage to fight.
Besides, Jiang's guerrilla's appearance is indeed very pleasing, and he has been honed in the officialdom for so long, and his actions and conversations are very good, so Liu Yulie has a very happy conversation with Jiang's guerrilla. Even after dinner together, the two talked happily for a long time.
Liu Yulie was not worried about his Ming army. Because behind him, there are more than 10,000 people (including Minfu) of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing. Of course, in order to be cautious, Liu Yulie also sent people to ask the rear army to step up and join the main force of his Ming army as soon as possible.
Moreover, this time, the Ming army still has a partial division. Wu Anbang, the chief soldier of the Ming army stationed in Ninghai on the east road, will also attack the rebels in Dengzhou from the east in the next few days.
And there is another reason why Liu Yulie is in a good mood. Immediately after the end of the day's fighting, he sent messengers to the rebels to demand their surrender. In order to show his sincerity, Liu Yulie even asked the messenger to bring the more than 300 prisoners and return them to the rebels.
And the rebel military attache led by Kong Youde saw that the battle was unfavorable during the day, and seemed to have the intention of surrendering. They gave a good salute to the messenger sent by Liu Yulie, but they also put forward the conditions for their own surrender.
This condition seems to be a bit high in Liu Yulie's opinion. However, Liu Yulie believes that since Kong Youde has expressed his intention to surrender, then the subsequent bargaining is just a jishu issue. It looks like it's about to be settled.
Therefore, after sending Jiang Guerrilla away, Liu Yulie personally wrote his own pen, and used his wonderful pen to write today's victory to the imperial court, and today's battle situation.
We can imagine what happened after that. In the middle of the night, Kong Youde gathered all his cavalry, took advantage of the laxity of the Ming army's defense, and went around to the back road of the Ming army and burned heavy grain and grass.
And the rebels who stayed in Dengzhou City once again took advantage of the fraudulent surrender. Wu Anbang, the chief soldier who had listened to the rebels' fraudulent surrender, was also defeated again and had to retreat to Ninghai.
At this time, although there were Ninghai, Wendeng, Haiyang and other coastal defense posts in the east of Dengzhou, and a large number of soldiers were stationed, they were afraid of the enemy like tigers but did not dare to attack the rebels, so they could only protect themselves. And the rebels didn't have time to look east at this time, they didn't pay attention to these guards at all, thinking that these states and counties would be in their pockets sooner or later.
The funny thing is that this rebel's deception and surrender plan, as if it was a new trick, ate all the Ming troops, making their victory invincible.
And the main force of the Ming army here Liu Yulie immediately fell into a panic after losing the heavy grain and grass. You must know that Liu Yulie set off from Qingzhou this time and did not carry too much grain and grass. Because Liu Yulie originally thought that the back roads of the Ming army were under his control, and if he needed grain and grass, he could also smoothly transfer it from Qingzhou in the rear.
But now the whole army is in a situation of lack of food, and because it suffered a night attack at night, Liu Yulie, who was frightened, immediately ordered the Ming army to retreat like a frightened bird, and to join the rear army of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing earlier.
In fact, this kind of panicked behavior is not necessary at all. At this time, the main force of the Ming army was around, and the rations to ensure that the soldiers ate for one or two days were always available. As long as they did not move and asked Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's rear army to speed up to converge, the problem of grain and grass could actually be solved temporarily.
You must know that in the rear army, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing originally scavenged a lot of grain and grass from Jining Cang, plus when they were stationed on the spot and marching all the way, Wu Shigong, the dragon who crossed the river, and Liu Zeqing, the head snake, cooperated tacitly, and collected and looted a large amount of grain and grass. Therefore, the amount of grain and grass in the rear army now will definitely be able to meet the use of the entire Ming army for more than half a month.
In the next half a month, Qingzhou's grain and grass can always be transported, and because the Ming army has an absolute advantage in numbers, just grinding with Kong Youde can also defeat Kong Youde's rebels.
By the next day, the hastily retreating Ming army immediately fell into a burst of confusion. Because Liu Yulie only gave the order to retreat, and did not arrange which troops of the Ming army were in front and which troops were behind; Which troops cover, which troops hold back the enemy. Therefore, the Ming troops who received the order all rushed to retreat to the rear.
The most ridiculous thing is that Liu Yulie simply forgot to send someone to let Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's rear army come forward to respond. And those military attaches of the rear army were also blinded by the defeat and retreat of the main force of the Ming army in the front.
Seeing this, Kong Youde immediately ordered the rebels to cover up the killing. However, because of the large number of Ming troops and the formation of a regiment, at this moment, the rebels could not do anything to the retreating Ming army.
However, when the Ming army retreated to Shahe, the situation changed dramatically. Originally, the pontoon bridge on the surface of the Shahe River could pass through the army in an orderly manner, but due to the scrambling of the Ming army, too many Ming troops crossing the river caused the pontoon bridge on the surface of the Shahe River to break.
Seeing that the retreat was cut off, the entire Ming army was in chaos. Some of them dodged across the river regardless of the icy water. Some scattered to the upper and lower reaches of the Sand River in search of a place to wade across the river.
Seeing that the Ming army loosened its formation, the rebels took advantage of the situation to kill, and the entire Shahe River was quickly filled with the corpses of the Ming army. However, in this way, the Ming army behind could barely cross the river by stepping on the corpses of their companions.
And in order to protect the governor Liu Yulie's crossing of the river, Jiang Guerrilla turned around again and fought hard. It was only three things, and the life of Jiang's guerrilla attack this time was not so great. He was tragically killed in the pursuing rebel ranks.
And in the whole battle, the only brave general of the Ming army withered like a cherry blossom. Fortunately, seeing that the Jiang guerrilla troops were extremely brave, the rebel troops did not dare to meet them head-on, so when they arrived at Zuihou, most of the soldiers in Jiang's guerrilla Henan army fled back to the west bank of the Shahe River in an organized manner.
In this Shahe fiasco, the Ming army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, drowned, captured and escaped, and almost all the people were lost. The artillery of the Shenji battalion fell into the hands of the rebels. In addition, the rebels seized countless supplies. And the casualties of the rebels are only in the tens of figures. It can be said that there is no loss.
The whole battle of Laizhou ended in such a hurry.
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