Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 630
Towards evening, Zhu Cijiong finally reluctantly withdrew his troops.

First, the fleeing Mongolian cavalry had already entered Jinghai County from the south gate, and there were no Mongolian cavalry to fight if they stayed outside the city. Second, the sky was gradually getting dark, and it was not conducive to the Ming army cavalry to fight at night.

On the way to retreat to Chenguantun, Zhu Cijiong met Hu Guozhu.

Before the two of them had a clear division of labor, Zhu Cijiong led the two thousand fine riders brought over from Liaodong to be responsible for the pursuit, because the horses of the two thousand fine riders were all good horses with fast speed, so it was perfect for the pursuit.

As for Hu Guozhu and the remaining [-] cavalry, they were responsible for cleaning the battlefield.

The main thing is to capture the wounded and single Mongolian cavalry and gather their horses by the way.

"King Ding!" Hu Guozhu saluted Zhu Cijiong on horseback.

The military salute was introduced by Chongzhen at the beginning of the year, and soon became popular in the army.

Now even many scholars no longer bow to each other when they greet each other, and instead perform military salutes.

Zhu Cijiong returned the military salute and asked, "Mr. Hu, how many Mongolian cavalrymen have you captured?"

"Hou Canjun, if you lose, you lose. If you don't believe it, you still lose."

According to the military regulations of the Qing Dynasty, if you lose a battle, you will be punished.

After a pause, he said again: "It's just that this is a good thing for Pseudo-Shun, but a bad thing for Daming, because it means that we will have to go to a lot of trouble to get rid of Pseudo-Shun Shun."

"Ding Wang, 20 yuan is already a lot." Xu Wuniu said.

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "It's done, the result is irreversible."

"That's right, it's better to have a reward than no reward."

Soon, more than a dozen defeated soldiers, including Du Tong Agula, were called to the interim governor Xingyuan.

"If necessary, please ask Hong Butang to summon the defeated soldiers."

"Hong Butang, you can admit failure, but you must find out the reason for the failure."

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said, "By the way, have those camel artillerymen caught it?"

"I don't know the exact number, but at least it is 1." Hu Guozhu said, "We also gathered more than [-] war horses. Most of the Eight Banners Mongolia were disabled by us."

"Ding Wang, the rewards of the Eight Banners Mongolian Army and the Eight Banners Han Army are the same, both are ten yuan." Xu Wuniu said, "Only the Eight Banners Manchuria is 50 yuan. This time we are fighting the Eight Banners Mongolian."

The kind of people who have fought and failed repeatedly, never wavered in themselves, and always maintain a strong heart, do not exist in reality. Zeng Guofan also jumped over the Xiangjiang River.

Hong Chengchou let out a long sigh and said again: "It seems that the Ming army can't really beat the Ming army in field battles. Whether it's infantry or cavalry, our Qing soldiers really can't beat it. Let's admit it."

In the defeat of Daliuli, Jiannu's defeat was not unjust. In the words of the Holy Master, after losing to Daming in politics, economy, and military, Jiannu also lost to Daming in the aspects of espionage and utilization that are best at.

"Unfortunately, can you tell me more about the artillery battle at that time?"

After listening to the whole process, Hong Chengchou and Hou Fangyu fell into deep thought at the same time.

"Yes, the Ming army brought red-clothed cannons." Agula said, "And there are a total of 90 red-clothed cannons."

Zhu Cijiong said with a smile: "Then report the victory to Beijing."

"The Mongolian cavalry who fled into Jinghai County are only 2 cavalry."

"How can we not think about it?" Hou Fangyu frowned, "If we can't figure out the reason, our Qing soldiers will still be defeated next time, and the defeat will also be confused."

"It's a pity that there are only 200 camel cannons."

"The Ming army shouldn't have suffered any losses. As for the green battalion, they lost 30 cannons at the beginning, but only five camel cannons were lost in the subsequent artillery battle."

After a while, Hong Chengchou first asked: "Agula Dutong, you just said that the artillery battle between the Green Camp and the Ming Army lasted for less than half an hour?"

"Impossible!" Hou Fangyu exclaimed, "The red cannon is extremely heavy and weighs at least two to three thousand catties. How could it possibly keep up with the speed of the cavalry? Are you delusional?"

"Doesn't that mean that the total reward is only 15 yuan?"

……

"If there is no accident, Sanggar must be ready to turn against the hypocrite."

"It will be very difficult to trick Eight Banners Mongolia out."

……

Hou Fangyu quickly apologized and said, "Please continue, I'm sorry."

"Lord Xie Butang." Agula let out a long breath.

"Whether it's the red cannon, I still can't figure it out?"

Chongzhen smiled again and said, "We also seized 200 camel cannons."

"Then the green battalion only lost five camel cannons, and the Ming army was unscathed?"

"But in the battle of Daliuli, the Eight Banners Mongolia had the artillery from the Green Battalion to help, and they lost again. I don't believe it. Could there be other mysteries here?"

Hou Fangyu continued on his own: "Also, in the previous battle, it was clear that the cavalry of the Ming army had the upper hand, so the question is, why did the cavalry of the Ming army think of bringing the cannon in red? Could it be that They predicted in advance that the Eight Banners Mongolia would bring camel artillery? Then wouldn’t they become immortals?”

Agula snorted lightly, and then continued to talk about the whole process of the battle.

"What? Only ten yuan?" Zhu Cijiong was a little disappointed.

"Next time? Do you want a next time?" Hong Chengchou's face collapsed.

"Uh, Agura Dutong, I didn't doubt what you meant."

Hou Fangyu obviously couldn't accept the reality.

"Hey!" Agula didn't hide anything, and immediately started from the beginning, starting from the outpost battle between the two sides, and when the two armies showed their artillery, they were interrupted by Hou Fangyu.

"Hou Canjun, is it necessary?"

"So we killed half of it?" Hu Guozhu was overjoyed when he heard the words, "If there is another victory like this, the Eight Banners Mongolia will cease to exist, huh."

"It's a false fate, and I escaped a catastrophe." Zheng Sen asked with a smile, "My lord, what's the good news?"

But Hou Fangyu was very persistent: "Please ask Hong Butang to summon the defeated Mongolian soldiers from the Eight Banners to ask about it, and see how the battle of Daliuli was lost?"

"No, none of the green battalion artillery escaped back."

Agula tried hard to recall the situation at that time, and told Hong Chengchou carefully again.

This is actually human nature, and losing battles will definitely make people feel self-doubt.

Hu Guozhu immediately arranged for Guo Zisheng to report victory to Beijing.

Hong Chengchou was a little depressed at this time.

Watching Agula's figure leave, Hou Fangyu asked: "Don't you find it strange, Hong Butang? How did the Ming army bring the red-clothed cannon there? Such a heavy red-clothed cannon can keep up with the speed of the cavalry. Forget it, how could it be possible to hide the fact that the Eight Banners Mongolia spread out at night? This is really unbelievable."

"Based on 8000 people, each soldier is less than 20 yuan."

"It is enough for Chen Tunguan and Da Liuli to have two disastrous defeats, and we don't want to have a third one!"

"Being maimed is certain." Zhu Cijiong nodded.

Hu Guozhu asked again with a smile: "Prince Ding, this battle has come to an end, how about reporting victory to Beijing?"

Speaking of this, Xu Wuniu next to him immediately regained his spirits.

"Beautiful!" All the scholars cheered in unison.

Speaking of this, Xu Wuniu added in his heart, enough for me to marry a wife.

"Agula Dutong, please tell me the whole story of the Great Liuli Battle." Hou Fangyu said seriously.

"Yes, at least two quarters of an hour."

"Victory must be reported." Zhu Cijiong also smiled, "Kill the Jiannu [-] Eight Banners Mongols in one battle. By the way, what is the reward for the Eight Banners Mongols?"

"Forget it, Hou Canjun, what's the use of pondering these questions?"

"Hongbutang, I think something is wrong."

"Okay, you can go back now, Agula Governor." Hong Chengchou said with relief, "The headquarter will submit the details to the Regent for the defeat in Daliuli. The defeat in this battle has nothing to do with the Eight Banners Mongolia."

Chongzhen said: "The good news is that the cavalry town won a big victory near Daliuri, defeating the Eight Banners Mongolia in one fell swoop, and annihilated more than [-] cavalry during the pursuit."

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to ask Hong Da to find a dozen defeated soldiers.

Hu Guozhu immediately replied: "Jiannu's camel artillery has been wiped out, and all 200 camel artillery have been captured, and have been sent back to Chenguantun."

"Li Zicheng shot himself in the foot this time, and found himself a strong enemy."

Hong Chengchou was only thinking about the problem and ignored Hou Fangyu.

Speaking of the camel cannon, there were knowing smiles on the faces of the few scholars present.

"How can there be such a good thing."

After reading the victory report, Chongzhen raised his head and said to Xu Yingwei, Zheng Sen, Jiang Tianyi, etc.: "I tell you two news, one bad news and one good news. The bad news is that something happened in Mobei. He fled to Juyanhai and set up a Khan Court, calling himself Sanggar Khan and issuing the Golden Arrow Order to summon the Mongolian tribes."

Early the next morning, the good news was sent to the Ming army camp outside Chaoyang Gate.

By the way, Xu Wuniu has already saved a lot of money. The salary plus rewards in the past few years have all added up to more than one hundred yuan, which is more than enough to marry a wife.

But now with Hong Chengchou's words, the problem is not big.

Hong Chengchou also couldn't believe it, cannon in red?
"How could it be possible to see things wrongly?" Agula was furious.

"What did you say?" Hou Fangyu was shocked, "Ming army brought red cannons?"

"Cavalry against cavalry, Eight Banners Mongols can't defeat Ming cavalry, I believe."

Zhu Cijiong still has some regrets, such a good opportunity.

"This amount of money is enough for an ordinary family of four to spend for a year."

"By the way, did the artillerymen of the Green Battalion escape back?"

Hou Fangyu frowned and said, "Hong Butang, I don't mean that, I want to say..."

"It doesn't matter anymore." Hong Chengchou interrupted Hou Fangyu, "Active attack or field battle, so far, there will never be a third time in the future, we must not make the same mistake three times!"

"Even if the Prince Regent transfers the Outer Domain to Mongolia, the Headquarters does not intend to launch a field battle."

After a pause, Hong Chengchou said again: "Facts have proved that the Ming army can't really beat the Ming army in fortified battles or field battles! But then again, our Qing soldiers are not without a chance."

(End of this chapter)