568 [Deserter]
"Tartar wants to run!"
"Haven't you been running?"
"Ran north!"
"Chase!"
Luanzhou was also one of the grain and grass transit stations of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and many small boats were built by hoarding.
Haoge and Mandahai did not continue to Shanhaiguan... Because the western Liaoning corridor is in the rainy season, the speed of going back to Liaodong through Shanhaiguan is very slow, and it is easy to be blocked by Li Zheng, Hu Dinggui and others.
As a result, the Tartars abandoned tens of thousands of people and a large amount of baggage that was difficult to take away. The infantry traveled by boat along the Luan River and then its tributaries to Lulongguse, while the cavalry marched along the riverbank.
The withdrawal route changed by the Tartars was the route of Cao Cao's expedition to Wuhuan back then!
A part of the Datong cavalry had already crossed the river in a detour and went to the Shanhaiguan direction to intercept it. The sudden change of Haute and Mandahai disrupted Zhang Tieniu's arrangement, and nearly 10,000 Datong cavalry were waiting for the air in front.
"Infantry crosses the river, dragoons shoot along the river!" Zhang Tieniu ordered.
At this time, it was the middle of the night, the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, and there were torches everywhere on both sides of the Luan River.
The Great Sync troops tried to cross the river and were attacked by the troops behind the Manchu Palace. In desperation, they had to make a few detours to the south and cross the river with improvised tools such as wooden planks.
Tens of thousands of people, abandoned by the Tartars, are fleeing in all directions.
The Tartars' royal army numbered three thousand, all of them elite foot soldiers. First, they hindered the Great Synchronous soldiers from crossing the river, and after the Great Synchronous soldiers detoured, these Tartar soldiers retreated to Luanzhou City.
For a while, Zhang Tieniu had difficulty conquering Luanzhou, so he had to send troops to collect the people who were abandoned by the Tartars.
At the same time, 5,000 soldiers were sent to block the north of Luanzhou City, and Zhang Tieniu continued to chase the main force of the Tartars north with the main force of the infantry. After this toss, Hauge has led the army to retreat more than ten miles north.
As for the thousands of Datong dragoons, they pursued along the west bank of the Luan River, constantly firing at the boats in the river.
"Dismount and shoot accurately, and aim for the Tartar ship yourself!" Huang Fei ordered.
It was dark in the middle of the night, and the boats in the river were not lit, so they could only see the black shadows and shoot.
Yuan Shizhong stood on the bank, stuck his torch in the mud, and shot at the black shadow in the river. With the light of the torches, he quickly reloaded his ammunition, rode forward, aimed at the black shadow in the river and fired again.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Woohoo!"
Not only the dragoons were shooting, but the Tartar musketeers on the ship, as well as the Tartar archers, were also firing at the dragoons on the shore.
Finally, the small boat on which the Tartar was riding began to glow one after another, but it was the firecrackers who needed to reload.
In the darkness, they didn't know each other's casualties. But the Tartar's hit rate must have been lower, because the boat was shaking badly and was still moving, while the Datong Dragoons were standing on the ground and firing.
has been chasing from midnight to dawn, and finally can see the situation clearly.
There were hundreds of small Tartar boats, some of which held six or seven people in one boat, and some of them sat one or two people in one boat, and the few were to make room for the loading of baggage.
More Tartar infantry, trotting along the riverbank, took off all their armor and put them on the boats.
Under the command of Li Dingguo, the dragoons no longer paid attention to the enemy in the river, and accelerated their march towards the north, intending to cross the river further north to intercept the Tartars.
As soon as Li Dingguo moved, Lausa also moved, and with the Tartar cavalry, he chased Li Dingguo across the river, anyway, he didn't let the dragoons cross the river.
"Lord Wang, there are a large number of deserters in the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion!" Shang Kexi rode a horse to report.
Hauge's idea was good, everything was taken into account, but the morale of the troops was ignored.
Kong Youde and Shang Kexi's Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion are all Han people. The veterans of Dongjiang Town have long been promoted to officers, and ordinary non-commissioned officers are all supplemented in the future. Some were transformed by the Ming army of western Liaoxi before the Tatars entered the customs; Some were simply Han soldiers who were supplemented in Shanxi and Hebei after entering the customs.
In order to quickly withdraw the troops, Hauge let the soldiers take off their armor and run, running on the east bank of the Luan River until they completely lost their formation.
As a result, a large number of Han soldiers took the opportunity to escape. They knew that the Manchus were almost finished, and they did not want to perish with the Manchus, and now they still had a chance to survive if they escaped.
"Dada-da-da!"
Several generals came on horseback one after another, and the content of the report was almost the same: "Lord Wang, the Han army banner under my command is fleeing!" ”
I saw that on the east bank of the Luan River, the Tartar soldiers were stretched and scattered for several miles. Many Han soldiers deliberately slowed down, and in the face of the officer's urging, they said that they could not run.
Even if you kill chickens and monkeys and cut off a few heads, it can only play a short-term role, and you will continue to move forward for a distance and relapse.
The main force of the Tartars had not yet withdrawn to Lulong County, and the number of Han army banners that fled halfway exceeded 10,000.
The Korqin Mongol cavalry was following Rausa along the river to block the dragoons. They soon received the news, and the leaders secretly discussed what to do next.
"The Jurchen can't do it, and the Horqin Department can't be sent to death with it." The first to express his attitude turned out to be Hauge's father-in-law Hong Guoer.
Da Yu'er's brother Manzhu Xili said, "Do you want to betray the Qing Dynasty? ”
Budaqi said: "Your sister-in-law is the Jurchen Empress Dowager, do you want to take your clansmen to accompany the Qing Dynasty to death?" Badali's wife is still a princess of the Qing Dynasty, and he has taken refuge in the Southern Barbarians. ”
Manzhu Xili said: "The Qing Dynasty is gone, can we resist the Southern Barbarians?" ”
"Of course we can't resist, the Horqin tribes should be vassals to Emperor Zhao," Budaqi said, "We, the Horqin warriors, also fought against Nurhachi at the beginning. But instead of being punished, we were rewarded by Nurhachi. The same is true for the southern barbarians, who are vassals to Emperor Zhao in Nanjing, and the Horqin tribes can continue to live in the grassland. ”
"But Badali has already surrendered, and he will take the Datong army to rob our pastures and subordinates." Manzhu Xili said worriedly.
Budazi said: "No, even if he wants to, he has to be willing to do so." Emperor Zhao of Nanjing, like Huang Taiji, was a very intelligent person. As long as they are smart people, they will not allow the unification of the Horqin grassland. If Badali wanted to unify Korqin, he would make Emperor Zhao unhappy. When the time comes, we will join forces to kill Badali, and Emperor Zhao will symbolically punish him at most. ”
Hongguoer suddenly came up with a good idea: "Why don't we go back to the grassland immediately and annex the pastures and tribes of Badali!" When Badali comes with the Datong army, we will immediately call the ministers and return some of the grassland people to Badali. Then ask the Datong Army to call the shots, demarcate the grasslands of each department, and let Badali never think about turning over for the rest of his life! ”
"Good!"
The leaders of Korqin reached an agreement and immediately ran away with the Mongol cavalry, and their troops combined were more than 4,000.
Of course, the excuse was to go to the front to intercept the Datong dragoons crossing the river. These guys ran fast, bypassing Lulong County all the way, and walking north from the Taolinkou Great Wall into the mountain.
By the time Rausa realized that something was wrong, the Korqin cavalry had been on the run for a long time.
The Korqin cavalry not only ran away, but also deliberately spread the news of the defeat of the Tartars when passing by the three-way castle. The Qing army (Mongolian flag) at the three forks was panicked, and there were not many of them, so they hurriedly brought the Horqin cavalry into the castle to defend.
"Kill them all!"
The moment the gates of the castle opened, the Korqin cavalry immediately attacked.
They fled without food, and if they did not loot the military rations on the way, they would have to go back to the grassland hungry.
The Manchu castle at the fork of the road was slaughtered by the Horqin cavalry, and the military rations were also robbed by these guys.
Just when Hauge withdrew to the county seat of Lulong, the Mongol cavalry, which had not yet run away, had serious problems again.
"Uncle, I have something important to discuss!" The leader of the right wing of the Karaqin, Guru Siqibu, led his troops to run towards his uncle Seleng.
Seleng also wanted to discuss with his nephew, the Horqin Department had already run away, should their Karaqin Department also run.
The uncle and nephew got together, and just as Seleng was about to speak, the nephew suddenly drew his knife and cut out.
At the same time, the guards of Guruskib killed the guards of Selen. The latter was taken by surprise and soon fell in half, and the rest fled back to their own ranks on horseback.
The left and right wing forces of the Karaqin Mongols fought each other outside the city of Lulong County in this way.
After chasing him for several miles, Gulu Siqibu carried his uncle's head and said to the remnants: "I am the master of Karaqin, the damned Huang Taiji, who divides our Karaqin in two." If you want to live, kneel down and surrender to me! ”
Seleng was dead, and its remnants could not turn the tide and could only dismount one by one and kneel on the ground.
Then, with the Karaqin cavalry, Gulusiqibu also crossed the Great Wall north and returned to the grassland. He wanted to rush back, digest his uncle's power, and truly unify Karaqin Mongolia.
The next thing has already been thought about, Gulu Qibu has already thought about it, raised the banner and returned to the Datong court, and at the same time made friends with the Chahar Mongols, and then sent troops to annex the surrounding small tribes. Horqin Mongolia is obviously in civil strife, and he can also take advantage of the chaos to kill and swallow some of Horqin's territory.
Guruskib wants to take the opportunity to be a Mongolian Great Khan!
As long as he lays down a large area of territory and has always surrendered to Emperor Zhao, presumably Emperor Zhao will also be preferential and appeased.
When Hauge sent troops to persuade him to fight, the Karaqin cavalry was gone.
At this point, the main army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still 50 miles away from the Great Wall. However, due to desertion and civil strife in Mongolia, the total number of troops remained less than 30,000, and all of them were panicked and overwhelmed.
Li Dingguo had successfully crossed the Luan River and was continuing to march northward, wanting to cross the Qinglong River again and go around the direction of the Great Wall to intercept the Qing army. Another Datong dragoon was coming from the direction of Shanhaiguan, and it was also heading straight for several openings in the Great Wall.
Zhang Tieniu led the main force of the infantry, due to the lack of ships, the whole army wore armor, and it was still more than ten miles away from the county seat of Lulong.
Hauge and Mandahai faced each other silently, not knowing what to say.
The trees fell and scattered, and the Han army banners and Mongol horses fled, causing Hauge's withdrawal to become a joke.
Man Dahai said: "I can't take care of the footmen, and those who can ride horses should go immediately." As for the soldiers without horses, how much they can escape back depends on their own luck. ”
Hauge said: "Some Manchurian warriors did not have horses, and some Han soldiers had horses. Do you want to let all the horses of the Han army be ridden away by the Manchurian warriors? ”
"Good!"
Man Dahai nodded and said: "These Han soldiers, even if they return to Liaodong, may make trouble at any time, it is better to leave them here in the palace." Flee back to one more Manchurian warrior, and we will be more stable in Liaodong. ”
Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and other traitors were immediately called to discuss the matter.
Then, the Han soldiers and horses under their command who had not escaped were all taken away by taking the opportunity. These traitors were ordered to stay behind the palace.
As for whether they are really the queen or take the opportunity to escape, Hauge can't control it anymore.
7017k