Nanming Yiming

Chapter 142 Ma Guozhu Spits Blood
The sudden death of Bashan, coupled with the full-line attack of the Ming cavalry, caused the Qing army on the entire battlefield to almost collapse.

The Eight Banners cavalry who had rushed towards the Iron Armored Army lost their will to fight when they saw that their general was dead.

Fortunately, they bypassed the fierce fighting between the Ming and Qing Dynasties and rushed to the southwest. The west is the only place without Ming cavalry, and this is their only place to go.

The Qing army, which was fighting hand-to-hand, collapsed immediately when it saw that its reinforcements ran in another direction.Many Eight Banners soldiers in the rear tried to leave the battlefield, wanting to ride their horses and follow the cavalry before them.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The Ming Army gunner who has been waiting for a long time.Seeing the Qing soldiers mount their horses, it could be regarded as waiting for the opportunity to shoot. After a burst of fire, those Qing soldiers who had just climbed on their horses were shot down directly.

Soon there was a second burst of gunfire.

The most elite white-armored and red-armored soldiers in the Eight Banners had long been exhausted, and all the senior generals were killed. This group of leaderless Eight Banners soldiers collapsed directly.

The Iron Armored Army of the Ming Army directly broke through the formation of the Qing Army and started a more frantic harvesting mode.

The gunners of the Ming army aimed directly at the fleeing Qing troops, ruthlessly pulling the trigger.

It was even more painful on Batu's side. The Mongolian cavalry were originally light cavalry. Facing the Ming cavalry all over the ground, they immediately switched on the escape mode.

Although the Mongols shot and killed some Ming troops with their own bows and arrows, they were powerless to stop the advance of the Ming troops.

Soon the Ming army rushed into the formation of the Mongols from all directions.

Ma Erye waved his horse spear and kept harvesting the surrounding Mongolian cavalry.

Batu shook his head, thinking that there were too many cavalry in the Ming army, and this battle could not be fought.

Immediately, he brought more than [-] cronies, left the large army, and ran towards the west where the Ming army was not very fortified.

Although many cavalrymen of the Ming army were on the battlefield for the first time, it was not a big problem to fight such a downwind battle. These cavalrymen who had just entered the battlefield were extremely excited.

The main force of the Mongolian cavalry was quickly wiped out in the encirclement of the Ming army.

He Zhiyuan shouted loudly: "Don't worry about where the Iron Armored Army is, the Qing army over there has already collapsed, and directly chased the Qing army cavalry fleeing westward, and they must not be allowed to escape!"

After Batu broke through all the way, he finally caught up with the Eight Banners of Manchuria who ran out earlier.

Seeing the endless lake in front of him, he also collapsed.

No wonder the Ming army did not deploy any troops to the west. Dianshan Lake to the west of Qingpu Town has a shoreline of tens of miles.

The Qing army marched along the shore of the lake without knowing the geography, only to find that the land in front of them became narrower and narrower, and an endless lake appeared on the other side.At this time, the Qing army had been driven into the fish basket by the Ming army like a fish.

Watching the Ming army cavalry chasing faintly in the distance, Batu shouted: "Before the Ming army has completely closed the encirclement, quickly break out to the south and fight a bloody path."

But soon he was disappointed. A large number of Ming army cavalry appeared in the south. 1000 cavalry from Jiaxing camp blocked their last way out. The army is completely surrounded!

I saw a general in silver armor walking out of the Ming army formation, picked up a head and shouted: "The head of Bashan is here, you surrender quickly, I can assure you, as long as you put down your weapons, our Ming army will die!" Do not kill prisoners."

Qian Mo said with a smile: "This He Zhichao really reacted quickly enough, and immediately cut off Ba Shan's head to hit the morale of the Qing army."

Liu Yichen said: "It is impossible for the Eight Banners of Manchuria to surrender?"

Qian Mo said, "Even if the Manchus don't surrender, aren't there still some Mongols inside?"

"A lean camel is bigger than a horse. If their six or seven hundred cavalrymen are desperate to fight, our cavalry will probably have to pay a big price. It's also good to make the Mongols surrender. At least it can reduce some casualties of our army."

There were still 650 Qing cavalrymen surrounded, 200 Mongolian cavalrymen and 450 Manchurian Eight Banners.Now that morale was low, and facing more than ten times the number of cavalry from the Ming army, Batu knew that they might not be able to break through this time.

After hearing the Ming army's promise of "surrender without killing", he had already given up his plan to resist.Although the Mongols have been effective in the Qing Dynasty since the establishment of the Mongolian Eight Banners in the Qing Dynasty, a large number of Mongols also served in the Ming Army before, and he does not reject serving the Ming Army in his heart.

These Mongols are actually more like mercenaries, and they will work for whoever gives more benefits.So when it is beneficial, they rush to the forefront, and when they really need to work hard, they tend to steal and play tricks.

Of course, he also knew that although he was the supreme commander of these people in name, the Eight Banners of Manchuria would never listen to him if they really wanted to surrender.

So Batu said: "At present, the Ming army has surrounded us. We can only fight to the death. Relatively speaking, the Ming army in the south is weaker. Let's break through there."

At this time, the gun riders of the Ming army had already reached the front row, and they were riding on horseback, raising their Lumi guns and preparing to shoot.However, it was discovered that the cavalry formation of the Qing army gradually divided into two pieces, and the last 2 Mongolian cavalry stopped their horseshoes.

Batu shouted: "Change to armor-piercing heavy arrows, and shoot them at the Qing army in front."

If it is a white-armored or red-armored soldier wearing 3 heavy armors, the Mongols' bows and arrows will not cause any substantial damage, but these elites of the Qing army have already been exhausted, and the heavy arrows of the Mongols can still effectively kill the Qing army within 50 steps. military. "

Soon the Mongols' arrow rain fell on the Eight Banners soldiers, and many people were directly hit by the arrows.

What's even more tragic is that the Mongols' timing was very accurate.

At this time, the Qing army had rushed to a distance of about a hundred steps from the Ming army cavalry, and soon the fire gun cavalry of the Jiaxing camp opened fire.Although the Ming army did not have many firearms, only 500.

However, after a salvo, hundreds of Qing soldiers still fell to the ground.Soon the cavalry of the Ming army broke out and faced the Qing army and killed them.

At this time, the Qing army, which was attacked from both sides, was suddenly in a panic, but at this time they no longer expected to stand out from the encirclement, and with the mentality of "killing one is enough to kill two to earn one", they still broke out with strong combat power.

Qian Mo also took a deep breath. The Eight Banners of Manchuria are worthy of being a powerful force. Even though they have lost all their elites at this time, they are suddenly betrayed by the Mongols, and the morale of the army is in chaos.

The Jiaxing Battalion, which lacks combat experience, is still not their opponent. Basically, they are exchanging with these Eight Banners at a price of 2 to 1 or even 3 to 1.

Batu also understood that he had to submit a certificate to the Ming army. The surprise attack just now was not enough, so the Mongols pulled out their scimitars and killed the Qing army.

At this time, He Zhiyuan had also led the cavalry from the White Robe Battalion to join the battle. He charged all the way and quickly turned the tide of the battle.

Finally this tragic battle ended, and all 2500 Manchurian Red Flags in Bashan were wiped out.But Batu led 200 Mongolian cavalry to join the Ming army directly.

The casualties of the Ming army in this battle were not small. The 1000 armored soldiers were killed and seriously injured accounted for 3%. In the case of absolute advantage, the cavalry also killed more than 500 people.

In view of the fact that the Mongols had already received a large vote of honor, Qian Mo directly organized Batu's Mongolian cavalry into the White Robe Battalion.

He Zhiyuan said: "Now that our army is in full swing, why not concentrate the main force of the cavalry and directly face Ma Guozhu's [-] Qing army. If Ma Guozhu is defeated in one fell swoop, then the Qing army in Suzhou, Changzhou and other prefectures will be terrified. At that time, our white-robed army will take back Nanjing. goals can be achieved.”

He Zhiyuan's suggestion was quickly approved by the generals. Hong Fugui, Ma Erye and others asked for a fight one after another, saying, "The final general is willing to attack Ma Guozhu as the vanguard!"

From a tactical point of view, He Zhiyuan's tactics are feasible, and Qian Mo believes that the Ming army still has a good chance of winning against Ma Guozhu's 2 Qing army.

But from a strategic point of view, this was a very stupid mistake, so Qian Mo looked at Liu Yichen.

Liu Yichen quickly understood. Under Qian Mo's long-term influence, he was very clear about the current situation, and said, "Has He Baihu ever thought that even if we can defeat Ma Guozhu at this time, how many casualties will there be?"

"I'm afraid that without waiting for us to reach the city of Nanjing, Tan Tai and He Luohui's 20 troops will withdraw from the Jiangxi battlefield and attack us with all their strength. Even if we win the city of Nanjing by chance, is it just another Li Zicheng?"

Liu Yichen's words made He Zhiyuan fall into deep thought.

Indeed, from a strategic point of view, his proposal is not the best choice.

He Zhiyuan said: "Commander Liu is right, it's true that the last general didn't think twice!"

This He Zhiyuan is not bad, he is indeed a good seedling, but this kid is a bit sharp, he still needs to be sharpened.Qian Mo said: "He Zhiyuan, a hundred households in the Baipao Camp, made a surprise attack on the Qing army's grain and grass, and he fought bravely in the encirclement and annihilation of the Qing army in Qingpu Town. According to his achievements, he should have been promoted to a thousand households in the Baipao Camp."

"However, he attacked without authorization and violated the military order. After capturing Wusongkou, he did not return to the army in time. Now that his merits and demerits are equal, he is still serving as a hundred households!"

He Zhiyuan also understood that he was just a senior a few days ago, if he was directly promoted to Qianhu, he would be jealous, and Qian Mo's treatment was also for Baihu himself, so he said: "Thank you, Uncle Zhongyong, for your kindness. "

Batu, who surrendered at this time, said: "I report to Uncle Zhongyong that Jinshanwei is still stationed with 2000 Green Battalion soldiers from Wusong General Tang Li, and they will be sure to persuade Tang Li to surrender directly."

Qian Mo said: "Boss Batu Qian, please go and take a trip, my Ming army's warships will cooperate with you to force Tang Li to surrender."

"The cavalry of the Jiaxing camp suffered heavy casualties this time, and returned to Jiaxing to recuperate; Diao Shigui's 500 troops were withdrawn from Wusongkou to Huating, and his troops were transferred from the Jiaxing camp to the Baipao camp; all the Qing troops who surrendered in Songjiang were sent to Jiaxing. Let Qian An select the qualified ones as new troops to add to the Jiaxing Camp.

"The Huzhou battalion goes back to Fanghuzhou first, and is ready to be dispatched at any time."

After arranging everything, Qian Mo led the remaining soldiers and horses back to Huating, ready to meet Ma Guozhu's army.

Ma Guozhu led an army of [-] to set off from Suzhou early in the morning. Since the supply of grain and grass was burned by the Ming army last night, Ma Guozhu had to advance to Kunshan and wait for Taicang to send another batch of grain and grass.

Fortunately, the distance between the two places was relatively close, and the food and grass did not waste too much time. After getting the supplies, his [-] army marched towards Songjiang in mighty fashion.

Wang Bicheng was the deputy general of Songjiang before, and he has a good understanding of the city defense situation of Songjiang Mansion. He naturally led his troops to follow this time when the army went out.

Ma Guozhu asked: "Vice General Wang, how many soldiers and horses are there in the Ming army, and what is their combat strength?"

Wang Bicheng had no idea how many people there were in the Ming army. When the Ming army was defending the city at Huating, he was scared away after the Ming army fired a few shots. He didn't even see how many people there were.Of course, this cannot be said less, otherwise how to explain his behavior of abandoning the city?

Wang Bicheng said: "The Ming army attacking the city was the main force of Qian Mo. Their firearms were sharp and their artillery easily destroyed the city defense of Guyangmen. The range of their firecrackers was far longer than that of our army's bows and arrows. Our army could only be beaten passively." .”

"The Ming army attacking the city spread all over the mountains and plains. There are countless people. It is estimated that there are no fewer than [-] people."

After all, Ma Guozhu is the governor of Liangjiang, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is not the kind of civil servant who talks about military affairs on paper all day. Naturally, Wang Bicheng's careful thinking cannot be hidden from him.

I thought that if the Ming army besieged Huating with tens of thousands of people, it would be strange if you could still break through.

But at this time, he was not familiar with the terrain of Songjiang, and he still needed Wang Bicheng, the leading party, so he asked, "Vice General Wang, how should we march into Huating this time?"

Wang Bicheng said: "The Ming army is good at ambushes. Our army is not suitable for spreading troops. We can march south from Kunshan with all our troops, and go all the way to Huating from Qingpu Town."

This route was the same as Ma Guozhu thought, so Ma Guozhu shouted: "The army will move out, go south to recover Songjiang Mansion, and occupy Qingpu Town first!"

Qingpu Town is only 20 kilometers away from Kunshan, and the Qing army soon occupied Qingpu Town.

At this time, the Qing army still knew nothing about the battle that took place in the south of Qingpu Town not long ago. Wang Bicheng said: "This Qingpu Town is the gateway to the north of Songjiang Mansion. It can reach Huating in the southeast and Jiaxing in the southwest. Such an important town, The fact that the Ming army gave up directly shows that Qian Mo must be afraid of the prestige of Governor Ma and dare not fight."

Being praised by Wang Bicheng, Ma Guozhu's face also showed a gleam of joy.

A soldier ran over in a panic and said, "Master Governor, it's not good. A large number of our army's corpses were found in the south of Qingpu Town." Hearing this, Ma Guozhu and the others became anxious and rushed to the scene immediately.

Obviously, this battlefield has been cleaned by someone, but the remaining bomb craters, blood stains, and the vague smell of blood in the air still tell Ma Guozhu that a fierce battle just took place here.

There are two mountains of corpses not far away. If you look carefully, they are all Eight Banners soldiers who are under the Red Banner under Bashan.

Ma Guozhu staggered and almost failed to stand still. Wang Bicheng who was beside him hurriedly supported Ma Guozhu, and said, "Please take care, Governor. Now that the big battle is imminent, this is a method deliberately used by the Ming army to damage the morale of our army."

Ma Guozhu asked loudly, "What's going on?"

The soldier said: "There are about 2500 corpses of Manchurian Zhenghongqi here, and the Ming army piled them up into two mountains of corpses."

"There is also a headless corpse wearing armor, which was identified by the lieutenant officers as the corpse of Bashan Dutong, the commander of the Eight Banners stationed in Nanjing."

Bashan has a total of 3000 Manchurian Zhenghongqi under his command, so it seems that Bashan has been wiped out?

Thinking of this, Ma Guozhu only felt a burst of depression in his chest, and then his blood surged, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood.

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