Chapter 63
Without any accidents, the Fujian Qing army, which had all the front army and even half of the Chinese army in chaos, was unable to resist the Ming army, let alone organize a counterattack.

As soon as the Ming and Qing armies collided, the Qing army, which was already fleeing in chaos, was instantly defeated.

Countless Qing soldiers were either ruthlessly hacked to death by the Ming army, or they were accidentally tripped while squeezing each other to escape, and then were trampled alive into a puddle of flesh by hundreds of panicked Qing soldiers.

On the battlefield, people died every moment. Among these people were Qing soldiers who were killed by the Ming army, and there were also Ming soldiers who failed to pursue and were killed by the ruthless Qing soldiers.

Time continued to pass, and there was no suspense about the situation on the battlefield. The Qing army, which was said to number one hundred thousand, was completely defeated without even launching a decent charge.

Many Qing troops collapsed. They did not dare to provoke the Ming troops who were charging behind them, but they swung their butcher knives at friendly troops who were also fleeing for their lives.

After all, the Qing army had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Adding in the Ming army's 10 soldiers and the heavy civilians on both sides, the number was almost close to [-] horses.

In the melee with so many people, even though the Qing army's formation was completely defeated, because there were so many people on the battlefield, it was not completely defeated for a while.

While the Ming army fought hard to kill, they also continued to recruit surrenders and rebels on the battlefield.Otherwise, with so many Qing troops, it would be impossible to kill them all in one fell swoop!

Even if the Ming army had this intention, they did not have the strength. Even tens of thousands of pigs could kill many people if they resisted.

"Sir, please retreat now!"

"Yes, sir! These thieves haven't completely penetrated our military formation yet. If we don't leave now, it will be too late."

"My lord, if you keep cutting off, you will suffer the consequences. Now lead your troops back to Hui'an, maybe there will be a chance to fight the Ming thieves again!"

……

In the camp at the rear of the military formation, several senior generals such as the Qing army's commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief surrounded Lu Youlong, who was supervising the battle in the middle, and chattered persuasion.

It was said that he was persuading. Lu Youlong was not stupid. How could he not understand that these people just saw that the situation was not good and wanted to withdraw their troops as soon as possible in order to save their cronies in Biaoying.

As for the other Green Camp soldiers, and even the life and death of those recruits, what does it matter to them?
Hateful, hateful!
Lu Youlong looked coldly at the generals and generals of the four towns around him, and his heart was filled with hatred.

If it weren't for the greed of these people in front of them, they would recruit some useless troops to make up the numbers.Otherwise, how could the [-] troops and horses he had finally assembled be defeated so quickly.

He didn't even have a chance to fight openly with the Ming thief.

Lu Youlong could almost imagine how furious the Holy Emperor would be if such a battle report was broadcast in front of the emperor.

By then, even if I really defeat the Ming thief, I'm afraid it will be too late to make amends!
In fact, the blame cannot be passed on to others, and Lu Youlong did not reflect on it himself.If it hadn't been for his actions, no matter how courageous the commander-in-chief of the four towns were, they would not have been so greedy for money to recruit soldiers in the face of the imperial edict and the raging rebels.

In addition, as the governor, he forcibly took over the military power of the entire province, but was passive and lazy in the war. How could he expect the soldiers below to fight well?

He even said the words "Ming thief", which shows that the attitude of Lu Youlong and the commander-in-chief of each town under his command towards Zhu Yijiong is very different.

At least, he is no longer treated as an ordinary rebel.

"Wang Daocheng, you rotten scholar with no knowledge of military affairs!!" Lu Youlong suddenly shouted, and then he fainted on the spot.

Regardless of whether he was really dizzy or not, the pot was thrown away anyway, and Lu Youlong didn't expect Wang Daocheng, the prefect of Quanzhou, to be alive.

When the surrounding commanders and generals from the four towns saw this, they were startled for a moment, then realized and shouted: "It's not good, the governor has fainted!"

"Retreat quickly, retreat quickly!" "It is clear that the thieves are powerful, so we must withdraw our troops quickly and consider the long term!"

……

After a series of orders, the general soldiers of the four towns took Lu Youlong, the governor, and led the soldiers of the various ministries and battalions. While the Ming army was still fighting steadily on the battlefield and wrapping up the mess, they quickly fled the battlefield and headed east.

As for the rest of the troops in each town, they all gave up.

If you don't run now, you may lose your life.

As the generals of the four towns of the Qing army led their troops to escape eastwards, they were noticed by the Ming and Qing armies not long after.This is not surprising, wars in this era are all about drums and flags.

When the general soldiers of the four towns of the Qing army ran away, no one was carrying the military flag. As long as someone looked back a little, they would find that the rear military formation was empty, and the swaying governor's banner had long been lost. went.

As soon as the governor's banner fell, the Qing soldiers on the battlefield finally collapsed completely. After hearing the Ming army's call to surrender, most of the Qing soldiers and the civilians who carried the baggage chose to kneel down and surrender.

Only a small number of them ran out of the military formation and scattered around.

The Ming army did not pursue the defeated remnants who escaped. First, they did not have enough troops. It would be laborious to escort these prisoners. Second, these scattered remnants were at best bandits and bandits, posing no threat at all. They were slowly mopped up from behind. that is.

The war gradually subsided. In this battle, the Ming army defeated the many with a small number, captured thousands of ranks, and captured more than [-] people. Their own losses were only a few hundred, and half of them were wounded soldiers.

Judging from the results of the battle, the Ming army achieved a complete victory. Moreover, with the loss of so many troops, the entire Green Camp in Fujian was basically useless.

Although the general soldiers of the four towns took their respective standard battalions and fled the battlefield in time, the total number of standard battalions was limited.

And in order to maintain the situation at the beginning, the general soldiers of the four towns sent almost half of the Biao battalion up.The four who were finally able to gather together in the chaos of the battle only had more than 3000 people in total, and Xu Zuozhu's cavalry camp was only worth [-].

The Qing army was really at a loss this time. Next, with the remaining troops in Fujian Province, Lu Youlong was unable to resist the attack from Zhu Yijiong and the Ming army.

Unless Lu Youlong has the power to mobilize troops from Zhejiang and Guangdong, it is not a big problem to mobilize troops from Zhejiang. Zhu Shi, the governor of Zhejiang, dare not not cooperate, but Zhejiang's military strength is actually worse than that of Fujian.

Not to mention Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, the entire Jiangnan region has not had a war for nearly 30 years.

This is also why the Fujian Green Camp was defeated so miserably. If the Fujian Navy was recruited from poor mountains and rivers, and often fought against southeastern pirates, it would at least have some combat effectiveness.

As for the other Green Camps... a peasant army with little experience such as Lin Jun can still rely on the advantages of equipment training and the leadership of the general.

Now we encountered the Ming Army, which was training every day. This training intensity was more intense than any other ancient army, and it could be considered a dimensionality reduction attack.

Coupled with the gap in combat experience, there is not much difference in equipment. However, the Qing army has Lu Youlong, a smart civilian commander, who forcibly uses civil servants to control military forces and talks on paper.

There is also greed for money to raise soldiers, and the top and bottom are effective. With the blessing of various factors, it is possible to win, but it becomes a strange thing.

It's funny that as Kangxi got older, he also became indecisive politically. He didn't like Lu Youlong before and deliberately refused to give him power, which caused the situation in Fujian to deteriorate.

Later, he wanted to make up for the situation, but he pressed more and forced Lu Youlong to send troops. At this point, there was no room for recovery.

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