Chapter Seventy-Four: Heroes of the Ming Dynasty
Zhang Jiayu was far away when he heard the roar of artillery.
He knew that King Chenzhou's team had brought cannons, so it was likely that King Chenzhou's troops were still holding on!
He hurriedly led the crowd to the lower reaches of the Shuangchen River, but saw the Yongning King who had arrived first standing in formation, all staring at the battlefield in front of him.
"Ahead, the king of Chenzhou is fighting with Jianyu?" Zhang Jiayuli couldn't take care of it, and said to Zhu Youzhen urgently, "Why didn't Your Highness come forward to support?!" ”
Zhu Youzhen tried his best to hide his surprise, and signaled in the direction of the battlefield, "No need to ......"
Zhang Jiayu climbed high and looked into the distance, only to see that on the open ground nearly a mile away, there were military flags of the sun and moon on a blue background fluttering in the wind, and soldiers in dark green military uniforms.
On the north side, six or seven hundred Qing cavalry were fleeing for their lives, and a group of cavalrymen in shiny steel armor and holding long swords were in hot pursuit.
From time to time, the light cavalry of the Dragon Guard swept by, raised a short salvo and fired a volley, then turned to the side to reload, and then waited for an opportunity to approach the gun again.
The Qing cavalry was driven into a mess, and several times wanted to turn around and form a formation to fight back, but as long as they were a little far away from the pursuers, there was immediately the sound of artillery, and then several people were pierced by a "blood line", and the corpses collapsed everywhere.
Farther away, a green wall of people chased the gray-clad Qing army, which was obviously more numerous. From time to time, there were captives who could not escape, jumping into the river on the side.
didn't wait for Zhang Jiayu to decide whether to go to help in the battle, Liu Bolu couldn't hold on anymore and begged to surrender. There were also a few pro-soldiers who wanted to resist stubbornly, and they were all strangled by the heavy armored cavalry of the Ming army in an instant.
On the other side, the infantry brigade of the Dragon Guard Army chased the Qing army for several miles, and almost all the soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army were proud in their hearts, and they still ran away with this leg and foot? Lao Tzu's ten miles of cross-country training the next day is not in vain!
In the end, almost all the Qing troops ran out of strength and fell to the ground one by one, allowing the Ming army to form an encirclement of them.
Feng Junrui, who was the first to jump into the water, held a rotten log, and finally floated to the opposite bank surrounded by several soldiers who knew how to swim. But before his clothes were wrung out, a large group of Ming troops surrounded him from nowhere.
Jie Chongxi was secretly glad in his heart, he didn't flee immediately when he saw the defeat of Wandotang on the other side before, otherwise the current battle exploits would be gone.
Gao Jinku didn't expect that his tens of thousands of troops would be beaten in an uproar with just one face. Although most of these 10,000 people are rabble, the Ming army on the opposite side is only about one battalion, how can they be defeated so quickly?!
But he didn't care about it at the moment, and fled all the way east with more than 1,000 people from the Chinese army, and before he could reach the Lufang River, the hussars of the Ming army behind him had already caught up.
At this time, the Qing army had become frightened birds, and before the hussars attacked, they rushed to jump into the Lufang River and swam towards the opposite bank.
Gao Jinku ordered the guards to delay desperately before they could barely cross the river. When they arrived on the other side to gather the remnants of the army, they found that there were less than 400 men left.
The smoke that enveloped the battlefield had completely dissipated.
Su Chengyu looked at the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood in front of him, and only felt as if he was in a dream, repeating the words "one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither" back and forth in his mind.
However, among the dead bodies everywhere, the vast majority of them were traitors and "Qing Association Army" who were willing to be the slaves of foreign invaders, and almost all of them had their hands stained with the blood of their compatriots, and it was not a pity to die at all.
A breeze blew, and he seemed to wake up suddenly, in that dream, he commanded Ruoding, led the dragon guard army he built, and in an instant, tens of thousands of Qing troops were killed like lost dogs, and they were wiped out in ashes.
He knew that he would have such dreams many times in the future, and the smell of blood that would come with the wind would get heavier and heavier. He will lead the Dragon Guard army to kill all the captives, and use the enemy's piles of corpses to pave a road to peace and well-being for the Ming Dynasty.
Only war can stop war! Su Chengyu squeezed his fist hard, since this is the case, then come on! Fight to the point that every enemy of the Ming Dynasty does not dare to say the word "war" again!
"Lord Commander," Yu Xin's voice interrupted his thoughts, "The battle losses of the entire army have been roughly counted. Seventy-one were killed, thirty-three were seriously wounded, and ninety-six were lightly wounded. ”
Su Chengyu sighed when he heard this, these soldiers bravely sacrificed their lives for the country, but they never had the opportunity to see the day when the Daming River and Mountains were recovered.
He said solemnly: "Prepare well for their funeral, and all the officers must attend." In addition, the Dragon Guard will pay for the coffins to be sent back to everyone's hometown. The bereavement pension shall be paid immediately according to the system.
"Also, inform the mission office to publicize these heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country."
Yu Xin was stunned for a moment, the pension system of the Long Weijun was already very generous - the seriously injured were divided into five to eight acres of fertile land, and they were paid three to five years of military salaries, and the imperial court was well received for life. He was greatly surprised that the deceased had to be given ten acres of fertile land, that his relatives were paid for seven years' salaries and funeral expenses, and that the court had to raise his children until they were fifteen years old—but that he had to hold such a grand funeral, and that the fallen soldiers were called heroes.
To tell the truth, after such a big victory, the casualties were only more than 100 people, which was simply negligible, Yu Xin thought to himself. In the end, he can only understand that His Highness loves soldiers like sons. In fact, he couldn't understand how much Su Chengyu, as a modern person, attached importance to the lives of his soldiers.
He immediately saluted, "Yes!" ”
"Your Highness is really like a god with soldiers, and the lower officials are really impressed!" Zhang Jiayu stepped forward and saluted Su Chengyu, and said with some excitement, "Today's battle, if it weren't for His Highness's efforts to turn the tide, the consequences would be unimaginable!" ”
On the side, Zhu Youshu also walked over, wanting to say something but didn't know how to speak, so he had to stand there not far away, looking a little embarrassed.
After a while, he remembered that he ordered his subordinate Xie Zhiliang to bring people to help clean up the battlefield, and strictly ordered that no loot should be touched. After all, this battle was basically fought by King Chenzhou alone, and he really had no face to take this trophy.
Soon, Jie Chongxi rushed from the other side with Feng Junrui, and also praised Su Chengyu.
It was not until dinner time that Wan Wan Ji finally gathered the scattered troops again, but only lost five or six hundred men, most of whom were trampled to death by his own men.
He sent people to inquire repeatedly, and finally believed that the king of Chenzhou had repelled the Qing army, and hurried to join the Longwei army.
And Su Guansheng Su University scholar returned cautiously when it was getting dark, and there were only more than 300 people left in the department.
"Commander."
Su Chengyu was writing a eulogy for the fallen soldiers, and Yu Xin came to report with a booklet.
"In this battle, more than 3,300 people were beheaded and captured. More than 2,000 drowned. More than 6,100 were captured. 11 officers below Feng Junrui and Liu Bolu were captured. ”
Yu Xin looked at the booklet and continued: "A total of 1,830 military horses have been captured. 1,800 stone for military rations. The silver and money were converted into thirteen thousand taels. Sixty-nine cars of other types of baggage.
"Three thousand two hundred and forty birds of all kinds were seized. There are more than 2,600 sets of chain mail and cotton armor of various types, but half of them have been damaged. There are more than 3,700 rattan cards, of which 40% are damaged. More than 6,900 knives and axes of all kinds, and 4,000 spears and spears......"