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Chapter 169 Xuancheng is captured
The Qing army was defeated.

At this time, a puff of smoke suddenly appeared on the northern horizon.

Zheng Dingrui also arrived south with his second army. Now the total strength of the Ming army was more than twice that of the Qing army.

Attacking from both front and back, the battle situation has been decided.

Dai Kun, the leader of the army, saw that the situation was not good and quickly fled on horseback. Who cares about the situation of the battle at this time.

As soon as he ran away, the big banner representing the general fell with him, and the Qing army that was still struggling on the battlefield finally collapsed completely.

From several generals to lower-level team officers, they all scrambled to lead their men and desperately tried to escape from the battlefield.

Although some people in the originally defeated Qing army were already on the run, at least the Qing army was not yet dispersed at this time and could still have the courage to resist in the face of the Ming army's onslaught.

But with the commander-in-chief Dai Kun fleeing from the battlefield, these Qing troops finally lost their will to fight.

At this time, it doesn't matter whether there is a war or not, save your life first. Anyway, even the adults above are running away. With the little official food they eat, they can be considered worthy of the emperor if they can fight like this.

The defeat was decided and the Qing army wanted to leave, but Yang Gong and Zheng Dingrui did not intend to let a single Qing soldier go.

As the Second Army rushed into the battlefield, countless grenade hammers were thrown into the large-scale collapse of the Qing army as if they were free.

The plans of the Qing generals who were trying to organize the army to break out were instantly shattered.

Immediately, the Ming army on the battlefield appeared to be encircled, and the main vanguard inside continued to rampage, slashing at anyone they saw, shooting when they could, and throwing grenades and hammers at the Qing army when they saw it.

The Ming army that could not rush in from the outside continued to form an encirclement, driving the Qing army to retreat.

On the way, Dai Kun, the training envoy of the Wannan Regiment, was riding a horse and was in the rear of the military formation. He ran fast and was able to break out before the Ming army encircled them.

However, there were only a dozen NO.20 soldiers who followed Dai Kun to break out of the encirclement, and the rest all stayed in the encirclement.

And as soon as Dai Kun ran out with his front legs, his back legs were noticed by the reconnaissance troops of the Second Army.

Although Dai Kun was not wearing armor, the shoulder height of his horse was too high.

After all, he is the chief military officer transferred from the north. This war horse is also a Mongolian horse brought from the north. It is naturally much taller than the pony from the south. In addition, although Dai Kun is not wearing armor, all of his soldiers are luxurious. Armed.

A group of more than [-] people broke out on horseback and ran away, and it was difficult not to attract attention.

The reconnaissance cavalry unit of the Second Army immediately picked up the knife and gave chase without hesitation.

……

Half an hour passed.

The defeated Qing army on the battlefield was surrounded by groups. The Ming army didn't even use artillery. They just led the troops to charge and kill several waves, and then shouted loudly: "Put down your weapons, and those who kneel down and surrender will not be killed!"

"Those who put down their weapons and surrender on their knees will not be killed!"

"..."

Several shouts came down, with a strong momentum, and they were already surrounded by the Ming army.

In an instant, most of the Qing soldiers laid down their weapons and knelt down to surrender. A small number also put down their weapons and asked to surrender after struggling for a while.

The war is over.

The Ming army won a complete victory.

It took about an hour to clean up the battlefield, and finally captured more than 4000 Qing soldiers. If you include the [-] Qing prisoners in Huangchi Town, the Ming army captured a total of more than [-] Qing soldiers in Ningguofu. .

There were more than [-] Qing troops captured, and their own casualties were also quite heavy.

During the attack and defense of the camp, one of Yang Gong's towns was almost crippled and more than half of it was lost.

Because that town is responsible for the first-line defense of the wall.

"Drag all officers above and above, out here for me!"

This was the order Yang Gong gave to the Qing prisoners after the war.

After hearing this order and being dragged out by the wolf-like Ming army soldiers, these Qing army generals suddenly realized something, and a trace of panic appeared on their faces.

When they saw them being forcibly dragged in front of a group of Ming soldiers in red who looked like executioners carrying swords, they finally understood.

"You are going back on your word!"

"You despicable and shameless rebels, brothers, stand up quickly and we will fight them!"

"You don't speak your word..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the first batch of generals and more than a dozen Qianzong were pushed to the ground.

Those Ming soldiers who acted as temporary executioners raised their swords and dropped their swords. Twenty or so heads fell down, and the soil under their feet was dyed red with blood.Seeing that the Ming army actually started to kill people, even those who had surrendered, some people finally couldn't sit still. Several Qing soldiers who seemed to be the close associates of General Qian stood up before they could speak.

boom!
boom!
boom!
Continuous gunshots were fired very quickly, and the Qing soldiers who stood up were beaten into a hornet's nest by the Ming army's artillery soldiers who were already staring at them.

A Ming army commander rode up and shouted: "Whoever doesn't want to live, please come forward!"

As soon as these words came out, the Qing army, which should have been excited, suddenly became speechless.

After all, who dares to stand up if the bird that stands out is dead?

Those who can surrender here are at least unwilling to die easily.

The killing lasted for more than an hour. After all, these Ming army soldiers were not professional executioners. Those generals of the Qian army were okay, only one or twenty people, but there were too many generals below.

The whole land north of Jingting Mountain was covered with heads of killed people. The Ming army dug a pit on the spot to bury the heads and corpses.

After killing these middle and high-ranking generals of the Qing army, Yang Gong finally did not order any more killings. He only ordered that all the remaining Qing army prisoners should be broken up and reorganized, and those who surrendered first would be selected as the new commander-in-chief.

Afterwards, the Ming army led the army composed of these prisoners. Of course, they were not given weapons, but the main force of the Ming army drove them towards Ningguo Fucheng.

This is mainly used to attack people's hearts, that is, to scare people.

At about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the Ming army escorted more than 1 Qing prisoners to the gate of Ningguofu.

Seeing the army prisoners outside the city, the entire Ningguo city was instantly in chaos.

They already knew that Dai Kun led his troops back a few days ago.

After not calling back for so many days, everyone in the Ningguo Mansion had already sensed that something was wrong, but there was no news, so they were not sure.

And now...

Huang Shuqi, the prefect of Ningguo who was in charge of the army's logistics, understood.

This Ningguo Fucheng is finished!

"Master Futai, the puppet Ming army is approaching the city, what should we do?" It was the magistrate of Xuancheng who asked this.

Not only him, but all the high-ranking officials in the city were looking at Huang Shuqi anxiously at this moment, as if they were hoping that Mr. Futai, who had always been a wise man in the officialdom, could come up with some good strategies to defeat the enemy. .

Oh, what are you kidding?
Looking at the anxious appearance of these people, in fact, they are worried that they don't know whether they are the Qing people or the wallflowers of the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Shuqi didn't even wave his sleeves away, he just sighed deeply, and then walked down the tower without paying attention to anyone.

"Master Futai! Master Futai..."

The magistrate of Xuancheng shouted, but did not catch up. Instead, he turned around and looked at Tongzhi, who was there, and asked: "This... Lord Tongzhi, what should we do?"

Ning Guo Tongzhi smiled slightly and said: "Don't panic, you are all ready to open the city gate with me to welcome the king's triumphant return!"

Welcome Master Wang’s triumphant return?

Xuancheng County Magistrate reacted very quickly. He understood instantly and quickly responded: "I obey, I will go down and make arrangements right now!"

Only then did the others come to their senses and retreat one after another.

But after half a moment, Yang Gong was preparing to send people to shout again. If there was no response, he would send troops to attack the city.

At this time, the city gate suddenly opened wide.

The magistrates of Ningguo Mansion held the golden book of official seals in their hands, and together with the officials of Ningguo Mansion, they bowed their heads and walked out of the city to offer their surrender.

Yang Gong, who had gone through this process many times before, suddenly smiled, and immediately rode up with Zheng Dingrui one after another (Yang Gong was the coach), and the accompanying soldiers all watched the situation.

Next is the same old process, surrender and appeasement, then garrison the city, take over the city defense, maintain law and order, etc.

After working hard for almost two days, the entire Ningguo City was completely taken over by Yang Gong.

As for Huang Shuqi, the magistrate of Ningguo, as expected, by the time the Ming army arrived at the Ningguo government office, Huang Shuqi had already committed suicide.

Before his death, he specially changed into a fourth-grade Manchu official's official robe, with a nickel blue crown on his head, and sat in the lobby of the government office. The desk was covered with blood, making all the documents stained red.

It's quite a bit of backbone.

Yang Gong has long been accustomed to this, regardless of the fact that the Ming army already has Nanjing.

But the Qinggu officials who have basically surrendered now are generally county magistrates. Sometimes there are high-ranking officials like Tongzhi, but magistrates and even governors are really rare.

Most people run if they can, and commit suicide if they can't.

(End of this chapter)