At dusk, the battlefield gradually calmed down, and the Qing troops on the south bank were either killed or driven into the Qingshui River.For a time, the river was full of human corpses and horse corpses, and the river was cut off.On the bank of the Qingshui River, Wu Yue's soldiers walked through the corpses and cleaned up the battlefield.The soldiers removed the horses, took away the weapons and armor, and piled up the corpses of the Qing army in one place, forming a huge hill.Xie Qian rode a war horse, surrounded by the generals, and came to the river beach, looking at the corpses covering the river beach, as well as the floating corpses floating in the river, his heart was excited.The first battle of Jiangbei pulled Wu Yuejun off the altar and dealt a great blow to the morale of Wu Yuejun.Although it was said that with the victory in Nanyang and the advantage in the infighting with the imperial court, the soldiers of Wu Yuejun regained some self-confidence, but in the face of the Qing army, Wu Yuejun did not have the original psychological advantage.Now, in this battle, Wu Yuejun defeated the Eight Banners, beheaded countless people, and achieved a decisive victory in the Qing war since the Battle of Jiangbei, which made Wu Yuejun suddenly wash away the shame and regain the self-confidence of the Hundred Battles Hero.Xie Qian raised his horsewhip, pointed to the corpse of the Qing army, and said heroically: "Select a batch of Tartar heads, as well as armor and banners, and send them back to Jiangdong and present them to His Royal Highness, so as to pass on the heads of the army and boost the morale of the army." ”"No!"
Zhang Jiayu clenched his fists and took his life.Everyone looked around the battlefield and couldn't help sighing, Yu Yin said: "This battle, not only defeated the Qing army, but also won a very rich harvest, just captured war horses, there are 10,000 horses, can train our own cavalry." ”Xie Qian bowed slightly, and then immediately ordered, "Pass the order, clean up the battlefield, report to His Highness, the army will cross Qingshui, recover Gaizhou, and wait for His Highness's orders!"
”The Manchurian iron cavalry, which came in high spirits, suffered unprecedented heavy losses, with countless casualties.On the north bank of the Qingshui River, Yue Le and Ao Bai had already led the cavalry to withdraw and retreated in the direction of Haizhou.Although there were still 80,000 or 90,000 Qing troops left, their morale was low and they could no longer fight, so they could only retreat to Haizhou to rest.Two yellow flags, two blue flags nearly 20,000 Manchurian eight banners, only less than 3,000 people fled back to the north bank, the loss of more than 17,000 flags, in addition, also on board more than 10,000 Horqin cavalry, Horqin Prince Wu Keshan, was also washed away by the river, even the body was not recovered.Such a result, when introduced to Beijing, will inevitably greatly revitalize the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and affect the balance of power within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and at the same time, it will also make the Han warlord forces that have just been suppressed rise again, threatening the rule of the Manchus.Haizhou, the camp of the Qing army, Yue Le had a gloomy face, sitting on the handsome seat, Ao Bai sitting at the bottom, and he had long lost the rampant when he first came."
This king has already reminded you, don't underestimate Xie Qian, don't underestimate Wu Yuejun, you just don't listen.Now you have not only harmed yourself, but also the king, and tens of thousands of Eight Banners warriors. ”Yue Le's face was full of anger and complained, "Such a fiasco, how should you and I explain to the imperial court." ”Ao Bai's face was pale, his face was cloudy, and he was speechless for a while, but he suddenly got up, knelt in the tent, and said bitterly: "The slave has already said before, this battle does not need to be responsible for the prince, all the responsibilities are borne by the slave alone, and the prince will never be implicated!"
”Yue Le's expression eased a little when he heard this, but he was still angry in his heart, if he hadn't listened to him, the Qing Dynasty would not have suffered such a big defeat.Now although Ao Bai is willing to take responsibility, but such a big matter, Ao Bai can't bear it alone, and he will definitely be implicated.At this time, when he saw the embarrassed figure and the look of remorse, he couldn't continue to blame him, and said with a half-sigh: "This king, it's not for you to bear it alone.After all, this king is the main general, and he will not put all the blame on you.In this way, this king and you will each write a copy of the recital and report it to the court. ”After speaking, Yue Le got up and helped him to worship.Ao Bai's face was full of emotion, and he promised: "Don't worry, the slave will not implicate the prince." ”Yue Le heard this, and was relieved, Ao Bai is Shunzhi's henchman, and if he can take the responsibility down, his punishment will be lighter.The two talked for a while, and Ao Bai left Yue Le's handsome tent and returned to his tent.At this time, Ao Bai said to the dejected guards behind him: "Guard the tent, no one is allowed to come in." ”After finishing speaking, Ao Bai raised the curtain with a gloomy face, and then picked up the pen and began to write the secret fold, but the content was diametrically opposed to what he promised Yue Le.The consequences of this battle were extremely serious, and Ao Bai did not dare to take this responsibility, so he decided to take advantage of Shunzhi's trust in him and his suspicion of Yue Le, and a wicked person sued first, and pushed the responsibility for the defeat to Yue Le, so that he could escape the death penalty.Ao Bai racked his brains and wrote hard, claiming that after he crossed the river, he was counterattacked by Wu Yue's army, and Yue Le's troops on the north bank did not advance, and the reinforcements were not timely, resulting in the defeat of the Eight Banners.At the same time, Ao Bai also hinted that Yue Le colluded with Azig to take refuge in the two white flags, and through the hands of Wu Yuejun, weakened the forces of the two blue and two yellow, and reminded Shunzhi that Yue Le would definitely write a letter to attack him and put the blame on him, so as to weaken the strength of the imperial party.Although Ao Bai is a martial artist, his mind is very delicate, knowing that Shunzhi is the most ruthless Dolgon, and he attacks Yue Le for colluding with the remnants of Dolgon's faction, so what Yue Le says, Shunzhi will not believe it.Ao Bai wrote hard, put away the secret fold, and then called his henchmen and guards, and said solemnly: "You quickly send this secret fold to Beijing!"
”"Wow!
Minions take orders!
”The guards saluted and took the secret letter with both hands.Ao Bai whispered: "This fold is very important, you must deliver it as quickly as possible, and in addition, be careful when you leave, so as not to be discovered." ”After the escort assurance, he turned around and hurried away, and waited for him to go away before he walked back to his seat and sat down, and the whole person sat down on the chair, a moment of decadence.In Yue Le's big tent, candles are lit.At this time, he stood in front of the map hanging in the tent, his face melancholy, and he lost his mind for a long time.In the middle of the ring, he retracted his thoughts, sat down in the handsome seat again, picked up the brush, and wrote a war report to the Manchu court.In this battle, the loss of the Qing army's troops was actually not much, only about 30,000 people, but the fatal thing is that all the Manchurian elites died, as well as the cavalry of Horqin.These people are all nobles of the Qing Dynasty, even if hundreds of people died, the family members in the capital could spit on the stars and drown you, not to mention 17,000 dead.This is tantamount to offending, the full people of the two blue, two yellow and four flags, the consequences are too serious.Yue Le thought about it again and again, picked up the pen, and began to write excerpts for the Manchu court, but he also did not share the responsibility for Ao Bai like Xu Luo, but fiercely attacked Ao Bai for being arrogant and rude, did not listen to his dispatch as a coach, and insisted on going his own way, which ultimately caused this fiasco.The battle has been fought like this, it is better to finish one person than two people, and Yue Le didn't tell a lie, it was indeed too arrogant.Of course, as the head coach, he let Ao worship dominate, and he didn't mention it."
Someone, send this letter to Beijing!"
Yue Le put down the brush and called in a deep voice.()