Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 270 Large-scale Northern Expedition ([-])

After gathering the cavalry who had returned in a hurry, Ji Erhalang quickly ordered to retreat, but he immediately dispatched thousands of cavalry to closely monitor the cavalry of the new army who were chasing.

Instead of chasing the enemy cavalry, the cavalry of the new army began to attack the slow-moving infantry.

Although the enemy infantry has tens of thousands of troops, the morale of the army at this time is slack, and even the Eight Banners are defeated and choose to retreat, so they have no intention of fighting.

Jierhalang naturally knew the new army's intentions, and at the same time he was horrified, he quickly sent cavalry to stop it.

However, the cavalry of the new army did not entangle with their cavalry. Instead, they were divided into several groups to harass the infantry from several directions, which made the Qing army exhausted.

What's more terrible is that the infantry of the new army also advanced aggressively and charged quickly. Once they were caught up, the consequences would be disastrous.

If it wasn't for the usefulness of Jiang Yu and other Han Eight Banners soldiers, Qierhalang wished to leave them behind.

"Generals and soldiers of the Han army, the Tartars are dead. If they don't make contributions at this time, how long will it take? Do you want to be buried with them?"

"The Tartars took your lives and didn't accept them because you are Han people. Now we are going to take back the land of our Han family. Do you still want to be national thieves?"

"Master Tang has an order. Anyway, the rebels can let the past go, otherwise they will be killed."

The cavalry of the new army harassed and loudly persuaded the Han Eight Banners to surrender.

In fact, there is no need to persuade them, the soldiers in the middle and lower ranks have already moved, but no one took the lead.

Jiang Yu and others who were able to take the lead were directly controlled by the Qing army.

In fact, Jiang Yu is also a rebellious person. When Li Zicheng attacked Shanxi, he surrendered to the Dashun Army.

When the Qing army hit Shanxi, he quickly surrendered to the Qing army.

In the official history, due to the Qing court's discrimination against Han generals, and the fear of the Qing court for holding heavy soldiers, after Jin Shenghuan, Li Chengdong and others rebelled, he also followed suit.

In short, he has turned back and forth several times, and he is a man who sees the wind and the wind.

At this moment, he can naturally see that the Qing army is invincible. In the field battle that the Qing army is best at, they can't even defeat the defeated Dashun army. How can they compete with the new army in the future?
Therefore, Jiang Tuan, who was used to adapting to the wind, also wanted to lead the army anyway.

But helplessly, he was guarded by the Qing army to death, and he did not dare to act rashly.

He can't act rashly, which doesn't mean that everyone is afraid, and the generals and soldiers under his command don't obey his orders 100%.

"Brothers, the new army is chasing us closely now, and the Tartars can no longer control us. If we don't rebel now, we will have no chance in the future..." An officer shouted loudly in the army, and the soldiers under his command responded immediately.

"If we turn against them, if we don't turn against the Tartars, we will die at the hands of the new army. The only way to survive is to join the new army. If we turn against..."

Someone took the lead, and immediately many people responded one after another.

Jierhalang was shocked and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to escort Jiang Guan to stop the rebellion.

But obviously, Jiang Guan's order is not working at this time.Tens of thousands of people are in chaos, unless it is suppressed bloody, it will be difficult to calm down through orders.

The only ones who can suppress now are the cavalry.

However, this is still at war, how dare Qierhalang send cavalry to suppress the rebellion, isn't this waiting for the new army to clean up the mess?
In desperation, he could only send people to try his best to gather the infantry who had not yet rebelled and retreat towards the direction of Jinan Mansion. Those who had already rebelled could only let them go and prevent these people from biting back.

The new army left behind infantry equipped with cold weapons to gather those surrendered troops, while the cavalry and musketeers chased after them, not giving the Qing army time to breathe.

Once, the Qing army drove the Dashun Army from the capital to Huguang all the way, causing heavy losses to the Dashun Army. Chuang Wang Li Zicheng and General Liu Zongmin both died in battle.

Unexpectedly, in just half a year, the feng shui took turns, and now the Dashun army chased the Tartars all the way to escape.

Liu Fangliang and Li Laiheng, the main generals of the Dashun Army of the Eastern Route Army, were very excited, and they were even more in awe of the command of the new army.

In the several pursuit battles, the new army won several small victories, mainly by the cavalry. The reason for this was that Jierhalang did not dare to stop and fight the new army on a larger scale.

However, the Qing army was accompanied by tens of thousands of infantry, which slowed down its speed, so it was succeeded again and again by the new army. Jierhalang was both resentful and helpless.

Fleeing all the way to Jinan Fucheng, and guarding the city, he temporarily escaped the fate of fleeing all the way.

It was not until this moment that Jierhalang calmed down to reflect on his mistakes.

He felt that he was wrong at the beginning and should not have chosen to fight the new army.

The Dashun Army can no longer be viewed in the same way as before. The Dashun Army who joined the new army has completely changed. It cannot be easily defeated by the elites of the Qing Dynasty through field battles.

The examples of Duduo and Azig are already ahead. The elites of the Qing Dynasty no longer have the advantage in field battles. The cavalry can no longer easily break through the infantry phalanx, especially the hollow phalanx of the new army.

The Dashun Army who joined the new army obviously also learned this tactic and used it in time, which is why they were defeated today.

Fortunately, it was Qierhalang who acted resolutely. He felt that it would be difficult to win, and the price he would pay would be even greater if he continued to fight, so he stopped attacking without hesitation, and then retreated to avoid greater losses.

But even so, the infantry has already lost nine out of ten, leaving less than 7000 people, mainly the Han Eight Banners.

The Manchu Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry also lost a lot, more than 6000 people, of which nearly 3000 were in the Manchu Eight Banners.

Although 3000 people is not a lot, for the Qing Dynasty, [-] elites are already a major loss. I don't know how the situation in Mandahai is. I hope the situation will be better.

But the fact is just the opposite. The young and energetic Man Dahai is not as calm and calm as Jierhalang.

When the new army walked out of the solid position and launched an attack with a hollow square formation, he sent ten thousand horsemen to charge the formation in one breath, and when the battle fell into a stalemate, he quickly sent five thousand reinforcements to support it.

The two sides fell into a scuffle for a while, and the direct line troops of the new army who accompanied the army also quickly entered the battle after seeing this scene.

The real new army is naturally more familiar with the hollow phalanx than the Dashun army. After joining the battle, it quickly changed the battlefield situation and allowed the Dashun army to see the new army's use of the hollow phalanx at close range.

Seeing the heavy casualties of his own cavalry, Man Dahai was like a desperate gambler, wishing to put all the rest of the reserve team in, only to be held back by the lieutenant.

Therefore, the Qing army, unable to bear the heavy casualties, chose to retreat, and the cavalry of the new army also chose to chase after them.

After he really decided to retreat, Man Dahai was much more decisive than Jierhalang. He saw that the infantry of the Han Eight Banners was weak and unusable, so he directly abandoned them and hurriedly withdrew to Ruzhou with only the cavalry.

Without the encumbrance of infantry, Mandahai's evacuation speed was naturally much faster.

His troops fought against the new army one step later, but retreated to the nearest big city first.

Of course, this resulted in a greater price. Nearly [-] infantry lost almost all of them, cavalry lost more than [-], and the Eight Banners lost more than [-], more than twice that of Jierhalang.

Combined, the two banners lost nearly [-] people, almost equivalent to nearly [-]% of the total strength of a banner, which is definitely a heavy loss.

I don't know how the veteran general, who is used to winning all kinds of victories, will feel after the news is sent back to the capital.

(End of this chapter)