To the west of Kaifeng, Xuanwuwei, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses from both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties finally broke out after two days of tentative contact.
The commander of the Qing army was Aobai, and there were more than 30,000 Qing troops participating in the war, except for more than 6,000 Han troops and Henan Green Battalion, the rest were Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners.
The commander of the Wu army is the general Guo Zhuangtu, and there are nearly 60,000 people in the Wu army, except for 20,000 Guan Ning's lineage, the remaining battalions of soldiers and horses are all adapted from the former army of Sun Kewang, and the commanding generals are Liu Zhifu, Gao Qilong, Wang Hui, Wu Zisheng, etc.
At the beginning of the battle, the Wu army relied on its superior strength to break through the Qing army's defense line, but in the afternoon, a Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry suddenly broke through the Gao Qilong Department under the leadership of An Zhuhu, the capital of Ningguta, causing the soldiers and horses of Wang Hui and Wu Zisheng's second battalion on both wings to be cut off by the Qing army.
Guo Zhuangtu hurriedly sent the army of Wang Ping to come to the rescue, but the Chinese army was frantically attacked by the Manchu soldiers under the command of Ao Bai himself, so that Wang Ping's army could not be rescued.
Wang Hui and Wu Zisheng, who were under siege, were soon completely crushed by the Qing army, and the balance of the war instantly fell to the side of the Qing army.
"Defeated" Guo Zhuangtu's face sank like water, and on the plain in front of him, countless of his own soldiers fell in pools of blood, but he couldn't make his eyes blink more.
Since following his father-in-law Wu Sangui, he has been fighting for more than ten years, Guo Zhuangtu has never suffered such a big defeat, even if he was ambushed by the Qing army last time, the casualties were not as heavy as today.
The frenzied attack of the Manchurian soldiers caused the Wu army's descendants and Guan Ning army to suffer far more casualties than in any previous battle. was ambushed by Li Dingguo, the king of the Ming and Jin dynasties, in Mopan Mountain, and the loss of the Guanning army was less than 5,000, but today, it exceeds this number.
"Withdraw troops."
Guo Zhuangtu did not hesitate and decisively ordered a retreat, even though there were still more than 10,000 of his own soldiers on the battlefield surrounded by the Qing army.
He knew very well that the surrounded soldiers and horses could no longer be saved, and if he did not want to be completely annihilated, he had to leave the battlefield immediately.
It doesn't matter if he is defeated, the important thing is that the descendants of the Guanning army cannot lose too much here, otherwise, the consequences will be greater than the defeat.
Hu Shouliang sighed and said, "Why don't you insist on it anymore?"
"There's no need for it."
Guo Zhuangtu shook his head calmly, "The Tartars have already built up their morale, and if we continue to fight, we won't be able to withdraw even if we want to." ” "Eight Flags looks like Eight Flags today."
It was Yang Kun, a general from the Guan Ning Army, who spoke.
Hearing this, Hu Shouliang was stunned, the decline in the combat power of the Eight Banners is obvious to all, otherwise the Wu army would not have despised the Qing army so much.
It's just that in today's battle, the Eight Banners have fought again with the ferocity of twenty years ago, which is too similar to the Eight Banners led by Hong Tai and Dolgon back then.
I really don't know how the Qing court came up with such an elite army that can still fight, if the Eight Banners soldiers who were defeated under the Taiping Army in the past were able to fight like today, they probably wouldn't have the courage to oppose the Qing.
"Let's go, the coming day is long, we can afford to lose, and we can't afford to lose."
Guo Zhuangtu smiled coldly, there was no need for him to consume the Guan Ning army in this battle that could no longer be won, he had to preserve his strength.
As he said, Ao Bai won today, but he still can't change the situation, because the balance of strength between the two sides will not change because of a two-game battle.
What's more, there are more than 100,000 horses in the loyalty camp behind Aobai, perhaps, Aobai is more of a headache than him now.
As soon as the order to withdraw the troops was given, the generals of the Wu army, who were still fighting hard and persevering, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief while being surprised.
Today's Manchurian Tartars are much more ruthless than before, and it can be seen that they are really desperate.
If this battle continues, there will be no point in increasing casualties, so it is better to withdraw first.
After discovering that the main force of the Wu army had retreated, the Qing army tried to pursue, but with little success, and turned to use cavalry to monitor the main force of the retreating Wu army, and to encircle and suppress the surrounded Wu army with infantry troops.
Under the unrelenting attack of the Qing army, Liu Zisheng's ministry completely collapsed, and Liu Zisheng himself was captured alive by the Qing army.
Yang Wubo, Liao Yu, the general soldier Wang Yougong and others died one after another, and in the end, the remaining more than 3,000 Wu troops were trapped on a hillside only tens of meters high under the leadership of the Marquis of Qishan, relying on the surrounding terrain and night to hold on.
After discovering that this Wu army was defeated and trapped, the Qing army stopped the attack and sent people to defend the small river at the bottom of the slope.
It is believed that it will not be long before the Wu army, which is short of water and food, will surrender on its own.
Under the stars, Wang Hui lost the confidence to break through.
He was already desperate, knowing that he had been abandoned, and that death awaited him and his subordinates.
In the second half of the night, the soldiers on the slope suddenly led a man to Wang Hui.
Seeing this person, Wang Hui couldn't help but be stunned, because this person was his nephew Song Qingquan.
Wang Hui looked at his nephew in disbelief, because he saw Qing Quan fall from his horse during the day, and then was surrounded by more than a dozen Qing soldiers.
He thought his nephew was dead.
Song Qingquan stepped forward and knelt in front of Wang Hui, crying bitterly and said, "Uncle, Qingquan is not dead" Wang Hui trembled and picked up his nephew, looked at him for a while, and then asked, "How did you escape?"
Song Qingquan lowered his head and told his uncle that he did not escape, but was released by the Qing army.
"Why did the Qing army let you go?"
Wang Hui was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood why the Qing army let his nephew go.
Sure enough, Song Qingquan swallowed and said, "Uncle, I worship him."
Wang Hui interrupted his nephew and said bluntly: "Ao Bai asked you to persuade you to surrender to me, right?"
Song Qingquan's face turned red, but he nodded his head slightly.
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He was afraid that his uncle would not surrender and would even tie him up in front of the soldiers, but after half a ring, his uncle said, "The condition of worship is" Guo Zhuangtu led his troops to retreat to a small town more than 30 miles west of Zhongxuanwu, which is said to be where Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng's camp in that year, so the locals called this place Chuang Wang Village.
In the night, hundreds of elite horsemen rushed to the ground with torches.
Wu Sangui, who was dressed in military uniform, rushed here overnight after learning that Guo Zhuangtu was defeated.
In the big tent, the lights were bright, and dozens of Wu army generals were sitting in the tent, and they looked at Wu Sangui nervously.
In this battle during the day, some of these Wu generals performed outstandingly, some were misdirected, and some even retreated.
The brave are naturally not worried about anything, and the timid must be nervous now, lest the King of Liao will push himself out to justice.
It's just that Wu Sangui didn't get angry because of the unfavorable war, and he didn't mean to punish incompetent generals.
He slowly glanced at the generals, and said in a deep voice: "Kaifeng has the Central Plains gains and losses, and the Qing army's stubborn resistance is reasonable.
The king is sad that the soldiers who died in battle, alas, the king is sorry for them.
You must have a good plan when you turn around, and we must take good care of the families of the fallen soldiers in the future, and we must not let them suffer grievances. ” After listening to Wu Sangui's words, all the generals turned pale.
In this battle during the day, although there were many cannon fodder deaths, the elite of the descendants also lost a lot, and many of them were still cronies of these generals.
Now that people are dead, they have no way to bring the dead back to life, and all they can do is to let their families be well cared for.
"Lord Wang, our army is strong, and the Qing army is weak, if they defend according to the danger, maybe we can't do anything about them.
But the Kaifeng area is a plain, there is no danger to defend, the Qing army won this time, but how many soldiers and horses can they withstand such attrition.
The prince can rest assured, Kaifeng will go down sooner or later" It was Gao Qilong who spoke and the headquarters was scattered by the Qing army during the day.
Guo Zhuangtu glanced at Gao Qilong and snorted slightly.
Many generals in the tent also looked at Gao Qilong's eyes wrongly, obviously, they blamed Gao Qilong for the loss of the war.
If it weren't for the collapse of the high department, the two wings would not have been overwhelmed by the Manchurian soldiers.
Gao Qilong was a little embarrassed by the generals, but he had already gotten up, and it was not good to sit down again at this time, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.
"General Gao is right, how many soldiers and horses can Ao Bai consume with us like this."
Wu Sangui didn't mean to blame Gao Qilong, because there was no point in pursuing it now, what he needed was for the generals to be able to unite, regroup and fight again with the Qing army, but you blame him, he blames you.
"Lord Wang, I will see it at the end" Wang Pingfan was about to speak, but he vaguely heard shouting from outside, his face couldn't help but change, and he rushed out of the tent quickly, but what he saw in front of him surprised him.
I saw that there was already a fire in the east.
Wu Sangui and the generals also walked out of the tent, and what they saw in front of them was also shocked.
Guo Zhuangtu realized something, and said angrily: "Lord Wang, Su Bai is reversed" "I said a long time ago that the Manchu Tartars are not credible, and they should have all been slaughtered in Xi'an" Wang Pingfan also knew what was happening, his fists clenched tightly, and his eyes were red under the reflection of the firelight.
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