Chapter 128: A Great Victory
It will be the courage of the soldiers, although on the battlefield, it is difficult to see Abatai's death a little farther away, but the morale that was originally condensed because of Abatai quickly began to fall after Abatai lost his voice.
Zhang Dengke, the commander of the Ming army, also found that the Eight Banners Army was in some confusion, so he seized the opportunity and immediately began to let his subordinates shout the news that Abatai was dead.
And the evil consequences of being sniped by Lu Wenzhao and too many low-level generals before were also exposed after Abatai's death at this time.
Those soldiers who were not supervised by the generals, after hearing the Ming army shouting this, subconsciously looked in the direction of the commander.
After Abatai did not respond for a long time, these soldiers subconsciously thought that Abatai was indeed dead, the military camp was burned, the commander was killed in battle, and there was no new commander to turn the tide.
The original strict formation of the Eight Banners Army, because the rout of this part of the people broke in an instant, and the overseer team was also very panicked at the moment, although some people were still loyal to their duties, killing those soldiers who fled, but most of the overseers were a little overwhelmed, and even some people fled directly with those routs.
The escape of this group of people immediately caused a chain reaction in the chaotic army, even if some soldiers were still fighting desperately, but after all, this kind of warrior was only a minority, and the entire Eight Banners Army was directly crushed for thousands of miles.
Bolo, who had been stabbed several times, was not too seriously injured because of his stomach.
After Abatai's death, his guards' eyes were red, as if they were dying, and they tried their best to kill the Ming Jun around Bolo.
"Beizi, this battle is lost."
The commander of Abatai's personal guard grabbed Bolo, and then roared in a loud voice: "Take Baylor away, we will lead people to block the pursuers of the Ming army, and we must not let Lord Baylor's body fall into the hands of the Ming army." ”
After saying this, the commander of the guards directly picked up Abatai's corpse, and then stuffed it directly to Bolo.
After doing this, he didn't care about Bolo's reaction, and directly left some of the soldiers behind the palace, and then led people to kill in the opposite direction.
Along the way, as long as it was blocking their way, whether it was the Ming army or his own people, he did not have the slightest intention of showing mercy to his subordinates.
Bolo, who was reminded by the commander of the guard, also reacted at this time, he knew that this was not the time to be in a daze, now that he Ama had been killed, the army was leaderless, and the defeat was decided, but his Amma's corpse could not fall into the hands of the Ming army no matter what.
Overcoming his grief, Bolo carried Abatai's body on his back and fled after the guards, following them through the passage they had escaped.
After they also chose to flee, the Eight Banners Army completely lost the strength to resist, and for a while, the battlefield was full of fleeing Eight Banner soldiers.
The Ming army pursued them for three days and three nights, until the rest of the people could not catch up completely, and the Ming army stopped the pace of pursuit, gathered the remnants and prisoners, and returned to Huangya Pass with the power of victory.
At this time, the generals of Huangyaguan were reporting the results and casualties of this battle.
"Your Majesty, in this battle, a total of 40,000 enemy troops were killed, and Jiannu soldiers were captured, totaling more than 60,000 people!"
Tang Tong's heart was full of excitement at this time, he never thought that with these weak new pawns, he would actually win the elite army of Jiannu.
"Your Majesty, our army has won a great victory in this battle!
! ”
"Hmm."
Lao Zhu nodded, but there was not much excitement on his face.
The so-called capture of 40,000 enemy troops, in fact, only more than 20,000 people in these 40,000 li are the elite of Jiannu, and the remaining 20,000 are just people.
As for the 60,000 captives, most of them were slave builders.
If you really want to remove all the water, the 60,000 Jiannu army, only about half of this battle was left, and the remaining 30,000, most of which were killed, it is estimated that even if Jiannu collects the remnants afterwards, it is estimated that in the end, there will be more than 10,000 people left.
The big win is indeed a big win, but the loss is not small.
Thinking of this, Lao Zhu looked at Tang Tong, and then asked, "How many people did we lose in this battle?" ”
"Under the evasion, the three thousand battalions, the five army battalions and the Shenji battalion, plus the army of Chen and General Zhang, suffered a total loss...... About 20,000 soldiers. ”
"20,000 ......"
Lao Zhu shook his head gently, the gap between the Ming army and the Jiannu army is still too big.
This time, with him supervising the battle, the morale of the Ming army was extremely strong, all the soldiers were not afraid of death, plus the artillery completely crushed the opponent, and not long after the battle, he sniped the enemy's main general.
As a result, he failed to leave the entire army of Jiannu in this way, and he still had such a loss.
But fortunately, Jiannu's background is too poor, and after this defeat, Jiannu will definitely break his muscles and bones, and he will definitely not be able to set off turmoil in a short time.
Although more than 20,000 soldiers were killed in this battle, after the defeat of the Jiannu army, this loss would not have any impact on the Ming Dynasty at all.
So no matter how you look at it, this battle is a big victory for the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that this great victory was laid with the lives of more than 20,000 soldiers who died in battle.
Lao Zhu put away his chaotic thoughts, and then said: "The victory in this battle is all due to the soldiers' lives, and the order will be passed down to double the bereavement of the fallen soldiers, and let the local government allocate fields for the families of the fallen soldiers, and let the local government take care of it as appropriate." ”
Speaking of this, Lao Zhu's expression suddenly became a little cold, "Tell the people below, don't take our words as wind in your ears." ”
"This is the pension that the soldiers exchanged for their lives, whoever dares to touch a penny, we will have someone's head!"
Hearing Lao Zhu say this, Tang Tong and the others hurriedly spoke, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will never allow this kind of thing to happen." ”
Lao Zhu didn't take the assurances of the two to heart, but said unceremoniously: "Let's not listen to the guarantee, just look at the result." ”
"The two of you are the chief soldiers, and the two of you are responsible for this matter, and whoever dares to touch this money will cut off his head."
"If there is someone you dare not cut, you will be broken, and we will cut it."
"But if the two of you don't care, or even connive at these things happening, then we'll cut off your heads, understand?"
"The minister understands!"
Tang Tong, who is also quite arrogant on weekdays, does not have the slightest temper in front of Lao Zhu at this moment.
The ancients were often yun, and those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements, in the eyes of Tang Tong, Lao Zhu is this kind of person.
Lao Zhu didn't make a move at all in this battle, and he didn't have much sense of existence, but whether it was strategy or strategy, Lao Zhu set it in a light stroke.
The seemingly well-organized army is actually the result of Lao Zhu's orderly arrangement behind his back.
In this battle, it seems that these general soldiers led the troops to win the battle, but in fact, they are just some vanguards who are charging ahead, and what really determines the outcome of this battle is the emperor's strategic means, which has little to do with them.
Tang Tong never thought that the emperor was still a military wizard, and some of the arrogance that had risen in the past because of the weakness of the imperial court had disappeared without a trace in an instant.