Duoduo faced the attack of the Shun army's armored cavalry, but he was powerless, a river blocked the escape of the opposite and the support of the cavalry under his command, Duoduo watched as the armored cavalry led by Li You dragged the Qing army's tens of thousands of horses, thousands of looted cattle and more than 400 carts of goods and grain, and went upstream.

The Qing army that was killed was stripped of their armor and beheaded, together with the head of the coat, a total of more than 3,200, in the Luhe rebellion was built into a Jingguan, Li You even took all kinds of Qing army flags upside down in the pile of corpses, only to leave.

Duoduo had no way to retreat, he immediately led the cavalry to attack, to find Li Guo's department for a decisive battle, but Li Guo led the cavalry to retreat, and did not engage with it at all in the case of inferior troops, taking advantage of the night, retreating more than 30 miles, but Duoduo did not dare to pursue deeply, because all his baggage had been lost, and if he could not win, the people would have no dry food, and the horses would have no forage, so they could only cross the river and turn around, and go to the east bank of the Lu River to collect grain and grass.

Yanggezhuang battlefield.

In order to deal with Suarez's artillery, the Qing army launched four surprise attacks in one night, but still did not achieve results, often every time it would collide with the superior forces of the Shun army, even if a breakthrough was made, those field guns were hung on the artillery carriages, and they were dragged to the rear by the war horses, and the next day during the day, it would reappear on the flank platform of the front of the Chinese army, exerting key firepower.

As a result, the Qing army could only put the main force into the front of the Tutai during the strong attack in the day, they concentrated the shield carts, stacked the formation in three layers, and covered the advance of the armored soldiers, the four-pounder field guns could only be shelled with solid shells, and the shotguns could not play a role at all, and the Han army and the army under the domain lost most of their artillery in the first two days of the battle, but it did not mean that they would not play a role in this battle.

These generals, who were good at using artillery, told Dolgon that any artillery would have a limit on the number of shots, and that long-term high-density firing would make the barrel of the gun heat up and easily explode, so as long as the attack continued and the investment continued, the enemy's artillery position would definitely be occupied.

In fact, Suarez's four-pounder cannon is a cast iron cannon, which is particularly inferior in heat dissipation, so in the continuous artillery bombardment, when a cannon is blown up, Suarez can only retreat to the main position with the artillery that cannot be played, and the Qing army pushed the shield cart onto the earth platform, and then let the coat be reinforced with earth and stone, directly occupied this position, and took this as a starting position, and in the next few days, it continued to launch round after round of attacks on the broken temple of the Dashun Chinese army.

Not only the Chinese army, but every attack is the whole army, so the battle line is like a long snake winding, blood is constantly flowing in the place where the two armies meet, the two armies are like waves, colliding, shattering, splashing is not waves, but lost lives.

Liu Zongmin's broken temple became a meat grinder, the elites of both sides continued to invest in it, fighting, the Qing army took the lead in investing in the wild Jurchens drawn from the banners, in the past, these savage Jurchens were a useful supplement to the population of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but now, completely reduced to consumables, Dolgon didn't care about their life or death at all, over and over again reorganized and reorganized, over and over again into the charge.

The ruined temple became a whirlpool, and it was also the strongest stronghold that the Shun army had since they first lost Yanggezhuang.

This broken temple is said to have a history of more than 300 years, it seems to be built by a certain prince of the former Yuan, the walls are formed by stones and heavy black bricks, because of the desertion, all kinds of thorns are crawled around, forming a natural fortification, and after the Shun army occupies, it has been renovated, and more than ten large and small artillery pieces have been arranged, as well as horses and fences.

The Shun army arranged the archers and gunners on the wall to cover the armored soldiers below to resist the attack of the Qing army, but the Qing army also put all the artillery they could collect into this place, ignoring the wild Jurchens who fought on the front line, and bombarded the wall with cannonballs, so that the Shun army on this battlefield completely lost its advantage and became the whirlpool of the battlefield, attracting pieces of life.

In just five or six days, at least 4,000 people of the Shun army died on this battlefield, and the broken temple was lost three times, and then recaptured by the counter-shock, and each time it was lost and regained, it meant the death of a large number of soldiers.

And these just prove one point, the armies are hand-to-hand, the Shun army is not the opponent of the Qing army, Liu Zongmin once put the Zhu Ming army of the Ma Ke Department into it, hoping that 2,000 people can resist for half a day, but these Ming troops who had seen the powerful Qing army in the Battle of Songjin immediately scattered in the face of the impact of the armored Qing army, and almost threw the main general Ma Ke on the battlefield.

In order to recapture it, Liu Zongmin sent the old battalion soldiers, making that day the most killed day.

When the fierce battle was carried out on the eighth day, in fact, there was no need to continue, the top level of the Shun army had already understood that if the battle continued, it would fail sooner or later, and now it was to use the elite of Dashun to consume those savage Jurchens, and the elite soldiers of the Eastern Capture had not really been put into the attack.

So Liu Zongmin explained the situation to Li Zicheng and asked to retreat, Li Guo's ambush failed, which also turned persistence into a meaningless waste, so Li Zicheng not only agreed to his retreat, but also sent 8,000 elite soldiers guarding the capital to the front line to respond.

At the same time, Dorgon also received the news of Dodor's defeat, which was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, although Dodor's troops did not lose many soldiers and horses, but they were pinned down on both sides of the river and could not move. Although Dorgon wrote to him that he could be sure to defeat the main force of the Shun cavalry in front of him if he was given enough time, Dorgon knew that the Shun army might not be willing to spend any longer.

Therefore, on the night of the day when Dolgon received the news, he sent his troops and horses to prepare to launch an attack on all fronts after dawn the next day.

But as soon as the morning dawned, the Qing army's attack was a heavy blow to the cotton, because the Shun army had retreated in this night, and all the cavalry who were still on the front line in the early morning were still confronting the Qing army.

It turned out that after Liu Zongmin decided to withdraw his troops, he was faced with the fact that once he retreated, he would retreat from the narrow terrain to the plain fields, and the Qing army against him had more cavalry, more war horses, and almost everyone had horses.

Therefore, Liu Zongmin chose Liu Fangliang's left flank to retreat, and the Shun army secretly set up a pontoon bridge in the lower reaches of the Chaobai River, and deliberately lit more bonfires in the camp this night to make a sound to confuse the Qing army, and then the main force used six pontoon bridges to cross in one night, and the wounded, strong men, and even the cattle and sheep that sent the reward army were all taken away by the Shun army, leaving only Zhang Nai to lead 3,000 cavalry to continue to bluff, but also retreated smoothly after dawn.

There is no doubt that the Shun army completed the retreat, but this retreat was not perfect, in order to avoid the Qing army to find out, the Shun army did not destroy the materials in the camp, a large number of artillery, vehicles, gunpowder and food were captured by the Qing army, although Zhang Nai also set fire before the retreat, but after hearing that the Shun army retreated, Dolgon immediately ordered people to go forward to seize the position, immediately extinguished the flames, and still preserved a large number of materials, and the captured materials have also become an important basis for the Qing army to continue to march.

After the main force of the Shun army retreated, Li Guosuo's troops also retreated back to Tongzhou, and Dolgon and Duoduo smoothly joined forces, but did not directly march into Tongzhou, but along the periphery of the capital, on both sides of the canal, and forced the landing of one city after another, seizing more supplies for the next fierce battle.

The Shun army was not without reaction, Li Zicheng sent the cavalry out of the troops, and the Qing army fought in the wilderness, but the facts also proved that the cavalry of the Shun army was not the opponent of the Qing cavalry, when there was no terrain, artillery and other bonuses, when the cavalry on both sides carried out cavalry battles on the plain grassland, the Qing army quickly gained the upper hand, and the troops swept the east and south of the capital, and the Qing cavalry reached as far as Baoding.

Beijing, Qianqing Palace.

This time, the high-level of the civil and military classes arrived, but everyone's faces were not good-looking.

During the last military meeting, Dashun was full of spirits, thinking that with the aftermath of this Dashun sweeping the world, they could expel the Dongyu and take charge of Jiliao, but the reality gave them a ruthless blow. Facts have proved that the Ming army is the Ming army, and the Qing army is the Qing army.

Last time, everyone still called the Qing army as the Eastern Captives and the Tatars, but now they are also called the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Qing Army.

"Damn, it's not like we can't beat the Qing army." Li You, who had made great contributions in the Battle of Sanhe, stood up and shouted: "The Qing army is out of the air this time, go all out, what about us, the main force of the fifth battalion is only half coming, if we gather all the soldiers and horses of Dashun and fight with the Qing army in a dignified manner, we can also win." ”

Li Zicheng smiled bitterly, he also thought so, but war is the most realistic, and it has never been a fair thing, on the contrary, the essence of war is to make every effort to create injustice to the enemy.

Song Xiance got up at this time and said: "Everyone, why do you lower your head, as if we have been defeated, whether it is Qiangziling or Sanhe, we are all victorious, even if it is a decisive battle in Yanggezhuang, our Dashun may not be defeated by the Qing army."

Speaking of which, the battles we have fought have never been fought in the Ming Dynasty for decades. This just proves that our Dashun is far stronger than him Zhu Ming, and he Zhu Ming can resist the Manchu Qing Dynasty for decades, not to mention our Dashun, as long as the reinforcements arrive, we can't fight again.

Even if he can't beat it, he Manchu will not be able to stand in the pass, and sooner or later he will have to retreat, and after a few years, he will do it again, and the Manchu Qing will definitely not be an opponent. ”

"Yes, yes, what the military advisor said is reasonable."

"Yes, although we didn't fight well, we didn't let the Qing army take advantage of much, compared to the Ming army, we are much stronger."

After listening to Song Xiance's words, everyone felt relieved, and their mood was much better.

Li Zicheng coughed lightly, everyone cast their eyes on him, Li Zicheng looked around, his eyes stayed on the side of the general, and said: "Since the capture of the East into the Kou, our army has received the enemy, and the battle has been victorious, you have played the majesty of Dashun, and the blood of Dashun, so that he knows that our Dashun is not unpopular."

In my eyes, there are no defeated generals here, only my heroes, and the heroes of Dashun.

I heard that when the main force returned to Beijing this time, some demon clowns made sarcastic remarks, and you restrained your subordinates, and many .......of them were wronged. ”

Speaking of this, Li Zicheng stood up, no longer holding the emperor's shelf, but ordered: "Close the gate of the Qianqing Palace." ”

The guards closed the door, and Li Zicheng scolded: "Donkey balls, you all raised your heads one by one, and you were not defeated, all of them shed blood on the battlefield and fought hard, why should you suffer from the idleness of those bastards, after you go back, let the angry people write out the names of those guys who ridicule you and look down on you, one counts as one, see if Lao Tzu doesn't tear their mouths!" ”

Li Zicheng scolded like this, and all the generals felt affectionate, and felt that Li Zicheng was back then.

But Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, and Liu Fangliang looked at each other, and Liu Zongmin said: "Your Majesty, let them say that we will settle accounts with them when we win the war." ”

Li Guo said: "Yes, now that the Qing army has invaded the border, the capital must be united, and there can be no discord." ”

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