Chapter 1198 The mountains and rivers are exhausted
Since the old slave rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, the dynasty has been humiliated for more than 30 years, but today, in the birthplace of Chinese civilization, Wang Yan has washed away the shame of the Ming Dynasty for 30 years in the most direct way, and let the imperial Han nation straighten its backbone again.
Looking at the more than 100,000 Jinqing coalition troops, scattered and fleeing in all directions, and the land of the Central Plains, the mountains and fields were full of enemy deserters, Wang Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart and be full of spirit.
He stood on the lookout car and saw the Ming army shouting to cover up the kill, the infantry army raising the gun to chase and kill, the horse army divided and surrounded, the defeated soldiers who killed cried and shouted their fathers and mothers, and those who had no time to escape knelt on the ground and asked to surrender, and their hearts were full of pride.
Wang Yan stepped down to look at the car, came up with interest, waved his hand and shouted, "Come on, bring the lonely war horse and horse lance!" ”
The guards were shocked, Your Highness is going to go into battle in person, they don't dare to let Wang Yan take risks.
Lu Shikui on the side smiled and said softly, "Don't spoil His Highness's interest, we will protect His Highness and let him run behind, not deep, it doesn't hurt to let His Highness have a good time." ”
After a short time, Wang Yan turned over and got on the horse, lifted the horse lance handed by the guard, shook it twice, and then grabbed the horse's belly and rushed out excitedly under the support of the guards.
He hadn't killed an enemy for many years, and now the army was rushing forward, and in order to command in time, his banner had to keep up, so it didn't hurt to rush once.
He hadn't killed an enemy for many years, and he wanted to kill him once, but he had not killed a single enemy soldier after covering more than 20 miles with the army.
Because the guards sandwiched him in the middle, they just followed behind the army, eating exhaust gas, and did not give him a chance to rush and kill at all.
As soon as the excitement passed, Wang Yan felt bored, and now the battlefield is too chaotic, the various departments have lost their command, and most of the coalition forces have fled.
At that moment, Wang Yan reined in the war horse, asked the chess and card officer to blow the horn, and summoned the generals on the battlefield to come to discuss the matter.
Not long after, Li Guo, Li Dingguo, Liu Fangliang, and He Zhen of the East Route Army came over with horses.
The Ming army chased for more than 20 miles, and the cavalry of the Jin-Qing coalition army had run away, and the Ming army only chased after the horse army, and the rest of the men and horses mainly pursued and killed the infantry of the coalition army.
However, more than 100,000 foot soldiers are running on the plains, and it is unlikely that they will be caught in one go.
The infantry of the Jin-Qing coalition army was probably killed more than 20,000 people, 30,000 or 40,000 were captured, and the rest had been out of sight of the Ming army.
Now that the sky is getting dark, the Ming army infantry began to clean up the entire battlefield and collect prisoners of the Qing army.
Several generals came over on horseback, and after a big victory, they were all a little excited, and they didn't even know what to say, they just looked at each other and laughed.
They came to Wang Yan and dismounted to salute him, Li Guo smiled and said: "Your Highness, this battle has been a complete victory, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has no strength to fight, and the Central Plains are decided!" ”
Wang Yan looked around at everyone and smiled, but said in a deep voice, "It's still too early to say this, and the enemy army must be wiped out in Heluo before it can be considered a success!" ”
"What His Highness said is true, but the Eastern Route Army has entered the Tiger Prison Pass, and it is expected that the Qing Army will definitely not be able to escape." Li Guo said.
Wang Yan shook his head, "This is not necessarily, at least they can cross the Yellow River in the north, or invest in the Jin Kingdom in the west, so we can't be careless." It is imperative that we clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, gather the army, and continue to hunt down the defeated army! ”
There are more than 100,000 Jinqing allied troops, and the Ming army only controls a few key roads, and the fleeing routs want to escape, but they are not completely out of the way, at least they can go west to the Jin country, or find a way to cross the river, so now is not the time for the Ming army to celebrate the victory.
Saying that, Wang Yan looked at He Zhen and said, "How is the progress of the Eastern Route Army?" ”
After Dai Zhifan took Xuzhou, he rectified it a little, let Man Dazhuang and Qian Yifeng temporarily take care of the aftermath of Shandong, and he marched into Henan with an army of 130,000.
He Zhen hurriedly replied: "Back to His Royal Highness, after the Dai Du Governor attacked Kaifeng, the Qing army in the Tiger Prison Pass fled without a fight, and the Du Du sent the last general 10,000 Yi Cong to meet His Royal Highness first, and then divided the troops into two routes, one led by Liu Dudu to take Luoyang, and one by Dai Dudu's personal rate, just behind the humble post, it is estimated that it will arrive soon." ”
"Liu Shun went to collect Luoyang, this is good!" Wang Yan nodded, paused, and continued, "In addition, you sent someone to tell Dai Mingzhang not to rush over to join him, and to march to the northwest immediately, and not to give the Qing army time to cross the river!" ”
"The last general, let someone pass on His Highness's order!" He Zhen was busy hugging his fists.
Wang Yan then said to Liu Fangliang, "The Tiger Prison Pass was taken by the Eastern Route Army, and the road for the Qing army to flee east has been blocked, Fang Liang, you lead 30,000 loyal and brave towns, and immediately enter the area of Xin'an County and Guyu Mountain to the west of Luoyang, blocking the road of the rout army to the west of Jinguo!" ”
The East Route Army advanced to Luoyang from the east, and sent Liu Fangliang to block the way for the rout to flee west, and the more than 100,000 rout troops could only be surrounded in the Luoyang area.
At this time, as long as the Ming army was crushed from the south, the rout would be gradually compressed, and then driven into the river.
Liu Fangliang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "Let's set off!" ”
The Ming army had few cavalry, and they rushed to the horse army to chase and kill the rout, and if they wanted to catch up with the rout before the rout fled west, blocking the road to Tongguan in the west, they had to rely on the 30,000 dragoons in Zhongyong Town.
Liu Fangliang left immediately, Wang Yan was still a little uneasy, if a large number of defeated troops defected to the Jin State, this would undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the Ming army to attack the Jin State in the future.
"He Zhen, you take 10,000 righteous servants, make a deputy for Liu Fangliang, and go together." Wang Yan suddenly commanded.
After He Zhen received the order and caught up with Liu Fangliang to gather the men, Wang Yan immediately waved his whip and ordered, "The lonely king is sure that the routed army will go to Mengjin to cross the river, you quickly pack up, leave some people to clean up the battlefield, watch the prisoners, and the rest of the people will follow the lonely straight to Mengjindu!" ”
The generals clenched their fists and went to summon the centaurs scattered across the wilderness.
As soon as the generals left, Li Suiqiu, the household servant of the army, suddenly saluted and said: "Your Highness, since the overall situation of the Central Plains has been decided, the lower officials will rush back to Huguang to prepare money and food, provide security for the army, and prepare for disaster relief." ”
The money and food for the war must keep up, and the Ming army must take advantage of the situation to recover Shanxi and Hebei and recover Shenjing.
Moreover, it is now April, and the spring planting in Henan has obviously been delayed, and a famine after the war must be indispensable.
Fighting from the south to the north is basically a loss-making business, if it weren't for Wang Yan's promise of land interests, there would not be many people who really supported the Northern Expedition.
"Okay, I heard that Guizhou, Guangxi, Fujian and other places harvested a lot of sweet potatoes last year, and that thing is cheaper than rice, you can transport more here!" Wang Yan nodded.
In the battle south of Luoyang, the Ming army defeated the 180,000 Jinqin coalition army.
On the battlefield alone, the Ming army beheaded nearly 30,000 and captured 40,000 Jinqing allied troops.
The Jin and Qing coalition forces were pursued all the way by the rampaging horse army, and the Qing cavalry did not dare to enter Luoyang, and walked directly around the city, just as Wang Yan expected, tens of thousands of defeated troops rushed to the direction of Mengjin.
When Dolgon crossed the river from Mengjin, the Yellow River was in the freezing period, and the Qing army stepped directly on the ice, but it was already April, and the Yellow River had already thawed, and it was not easy for the Qing army to cross the river from here.
Tens of thousands of horses were stranded on the shore, but they could not cross the river, and Lou Qin and Wakda sent people to find ferries, but there was no gain.
The Qing army fell into a death at once, and at this time, the spiritual pillar of the Qing army, the regent Dorgon, finally died under the continuous blows.
At the Mengjin Ferry, tens of thousands of Qing troops who had lost all their baggage, grain and grass, were lying or lying down or standing all over the Yellow River, and many Qing soldiers were holding guns and sitting against the river embankment, their eyes were dull and their expressions were miserable.
Running all the way over, many people are not touched. Cold, hunger, thirst, fear, and despair, coupled with the wailing of the wounded soldiers, had exhausted the spirit of the Qing army.
Lou Qin's helmet didn't know where to go, Wakda's armor was also damaged, Doni withdrew from Luoyang in a better situation, several people knelt together by a stretcher, crying bitterly. "Uncle Wang~ Uncle Wang, wake up!"
"Uncle Wang, what are we going to do......"
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