Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 222 Attacking under the gaze
Huang Hairu finally led his troops back to Yangzhou City. There was only one word to describe them, exhausted, very exhausted, and the whole army was exhausted.

However, he was not in the mood to rest. He immediately arranged for personnel to treat the wounded, and then counted his various losses.

When he came to his tent, he raised his head and let out a long sigh, then picked up a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and began to write.

During the period, Shi Kefa came to see him in person, and Huang Hairu went out to briefly describe the situation, and then came back to continue writing.

Shi Kefa, who had seen Huang Hairu, not only was not angry or unhappy, but he let out a long sigh.

Because the news obtained from Huang Hairu, in his opinion, is great news.

With less than 5000 casualties and less than [-] casualties from Xu Yong's troops, the new army fought infantry against cavalry in the field, causing the Qing cavalry to lose [-] to [-] cavalry, and successfully retreated to the city. It is definitely a big victory. up.

Although Master Supervisor is not good at leading troops, he is not stupid, and he is very clear about the comparison between strength and weakness.

The Ming army has not won such a victory against the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army.

Especially after the Qing army entered the pass, whether it was Li Zicheng or the Ming army, they were almost certain to lose against the Qing army. They couldn't even beat the rebels who surrendered, let alone fight the real Eight Banners soldiers.

After the Qing army entered the customs, it is rare to hear that the Eight Banners Army lost four to five hundred people in one battle, but this time, under the personal leadership of Duoduo, they actually lost four to five thousand people at the hands of the new army.

Shi Kefa knew that the main contribution to the Qing army's heavy losses must be the minority of the new army. The soldiers of Xu Yong's department were similar to those of the four towns in Jiangbei, and it was impossible for them to fight against the Qing army.

If it weren't for the new army, Xu Yong's department might have collapsed long ago.

Calculated in this way, the new army dispatched a total of less than 3000 people before and after, withstood the repeated attacks of tens of thousands of Eight Banners cavalry, and caused them to lose nearly half.

If this is not a big victory, what is a big victory?If the new army not only dispatched three thousand troops, but had the same strength as the Qing army, then it might not be possible for Duoduo to go back.

From this battle, Lord Superintendent and Minister of the Ministry of War, who have always been loyal to Daming, finally found some Daming troops who can compete with them, and even have more fighting power than the Eight Banners Army. I feel unspeakably gratified .

So, after he returned to the mansion, he also worked hard to write all night, and must praise the new army in front of His Majesty, and must reward them heavily.

But he didn't know that Huang Hairu's mood was exactly the opposite of his.

Huang Hairu's letter was not addressed to the Hongguang court, but to Tangning and the military.

He first described the process of the battle in detail, and then at the end, he wrote about some mistakes in command that he realized, as well as the impulsive rush out of the city to pursue and so on.

In the letter, he did not hide or defend himself. Instead, he took the initiative to assume various responsibilities and was willing to accept punishment from the military.

The next day, Huang Hairu's handwritten letter was delivered to Fujian through the branch of the Ministry of Intelligence in an expedited manner.

The reason why it was passed on to Fujian was that for faster information transfer and more convenient command, both the military headquarters and staff of the new army moved to Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province.

Before this letter from Huang Hairu was delivered, the Ministry of Intelligence also sent various information about the battle to Fujian, because the branches of the Ministry of Intelligence and Huang Hairu did not interfere with each other.

Whether Huang Hairu reports it or not, the intelligence department will collect all kinds of intelligence, and if it is useful to Huang Hairu, he will be given a copy, but all the information will be sent to the intelligence headquarters in Fujian.

All the soldiers who returned to the city of Yangzhou got a brief two-day respite, because Duoduo used these two days to organize his army, especially to gather those defeated troops.

Li Chengdong, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and other generals all took the initiative to admit their mistakes in front of Duoduo's tent. Duduo did not embarrass them, but he killed some of these people's subordinates without hesitation.

Especially those rebels who quickly surrendered to the new army after the new army went out of the city to pursue them, and chased and killed their own soldiers under the banner of the new army. Almost all those who were caught were executed.

Li Chengdong and the others were terrified and did not dare to say anything more.

In this battle, the men and horses under these people's command also lost a lot, especially Li Chengdong, who lost more than 4 people, and also lost a lot of various materials.

These losses were not all killed in battle or executed. A considerable number of them were deserters and fled in the chaos.

Because they had seen the strength of the new army, they were afraid that they would be sent to attack the city after returning and lose their lives in vain, so they simply took advantage of the chaos and fled.

A bad life, and a soldier, where can't he live?Why go to die.

Both Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo also suffered losses of more than ten thousand people. Some of them were killed in the chaos, but many of them were also deserters.

With such a huge loss, they are naturally heartbroken, after all, these are their greatest reliance in the Qing army.

But Duduo didn't care much, because to him, these were all cannon fodder, and the most indispensable thing for his subordinates was cannon fodder, and [-] more or [-] less would have little effect.

The attack on Yangzhou City was put on the agenda again, but this time Duoduo did not dare to arrange the camp too close to Yangzhou City. He arranged the camp directly [-] miles away from Yangzhou City, and dispersed his troops as much as possible.

For Duduo's safety, the Qing army's Chinese army tents were even kept secret, and Duduo often changed positions.

For this attack, Duoduo first dispatched Liu Zeqing's troops.

Hearing that he was going to be sent to attack the city, Liu Zeqing's men were all panicked, but they dared not object openly.

In the past two days, the Tartars went berserk and killed many people, but they saw it, and many people even participated in the collection of corpses.

In order to force these cannon fodder to work harder, Duoduo also transferred some archers from Liu Liangzuo's department to serve as supervisors in the rear, and then sent part of the Eight Banners Army to supervise them.

The soldiers of Liu Zeqing's troops could imagine that if they didn't work hard to attack, or even collapsed at the first touch, Liu Liangzuo's men would definitely not be merciful, and would definitely shoot them to death.

"The inhuman Tartar..."

"Son of a son of a bitch, this is not giving me a way to live..."

"The Tartars will not have a good death, they will not die a good death..."

These soldiers scolded the Qing army, including Duoduo, all over the place. Of course, they only dared to scold in their hearts.

Even if they are reluctant, they know that going forward is death and going back is death, but they still have to go forward, because if they don't go forward, they will die now.

More than [-] soldiers, under the gaze of archers and cavalry from the Qing army behind, pushed the siege equipment and slowly advanced towards the direction of Yangzhou City.

The camp they started from was nearly [-] miles away from Yangzhou City, which was already a long distance, and it would take half a day to reach Yangzhou City.

However, they felt that it was too close, and it would be nice if they could go all the way.

Finally, we set off at dawn, and before noon, we saw the city wall of Yangzhou City. The "Xin" flag floating on the city tower seemed to be a sharp sword hanging in everyone's heart.

The tense atmosphere suddenly increased rapidly. Many soldiers unconsciously looked at the companions beside them. They all saw the tension in the opponent's expression. Many people's hands holding the knife were a little trembling.

(End of this chapter)