781 captured, casualties, missing number

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In Li Zixiao's second battle against the Northern Imperial Tartars, the previous battle of Shouzhang and the battle of Hanfengkou happened to take back all the money, food and materials that the Qing army had worked hard to loot twice.

Therefore, Li Zixiao affectionately called Dolgon the 'transport captain' to his subordinate generals.

"Sir, the statistics are out.

Of the goods taken from the Tartars, there were 1,230,000 taels of silver (gold and copper coins were all converted into silver).

200,000 stone of grain, a few carts of medicinal herbs, jewels and jade and other valuables, 1,200 pieces of cotton cloth that were not burned, and more than 200 horses of silk......"

Hearing these reports from the clerk, the smile on Li Zixiao's face became even stronger, but then his face calmed down and he sighed.

Li Zixiao knew that these money, grain and materials were looted by the Tartars who slaughtered two prefectures and several county towns in the Ming Dynasty.

Every tael of silver, every grain of grain, and every cotton cloth took the blood of the people of those cities.

"The enmity of those innocent people, this lord will want to get it back from the Tartars, and pay the debt with blood." Li Zixiao swore in his heart.

"Sir, our casualty statistics have also come out."

A moment later, as the clerk retreated, Luo Chao and Zhao Zilong also came over to meet Li Zixiao.

"Say it."

Li Zixiao took a deep breath, glanced at Luo Chao, and spoke.

Li Zixiao knew that although they had rich results in this battle, they also suffered heavy losses, and Li Zixiao had already prepared in his heart.

Yesterday, the White Dragon Army fought two bitter battles in a row, the Battle of Shangdianyuan and the Battle of Hanfengkou.

In both battles, the White Dragon Army did not win, to be honest, until now, Li Zixiao didn't understand, how did he take back these materials from the Qing army!

Of course, although the White Dragon Army did not win, they were not defeated either, and in the end, it was the Qing Army that took the initiative to retreat, allowing Li Zixiao to take a big advantage.

"Sir, in this battle, a total of 13,782 officers and men of our army were killed, 32 were missing, and more than 4,300 soldiers were wounded, of which more than 520 were seriously wounded."

Just hearing the total number reported by Luo Chao, Li Zixiao's body staggered, but fortunately he was supported by the quartz next to him.

Li Zixiao's heart was dripping blood, nearly 14,000 people, just gone.

Among them, Li Zixiao knew that most of the seriously wounded were difficult to survive, and even if they survived, they were basically either amputated or severely disabled, and could not continue to stay in the army.

"Go on."

Li Zixiao stabilized his body, turned his back to Luo Chao, and spoke.

"Yes, the 'Flying Eagle Battalion' under them and the 'Flying Feather Battalion' brought by Xu Qian, the cavalry of the two battalions lost a total of more than 4,850 people and wounded 96 soldiers.

The infantry suffered more than 8,800 casualties, including more than 1,400 musketeers, and the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen suffered the heaviest losses.

The more detailed casualty figures of each battalion are all on this casualty list, please take a look at it. ”

As he spoke, Luo Chao bowed down and walked behind Li Zixiao and handed over the casualty statistics sheet.

Li Zixiao turned around, took the casualty statistics sheet handed over by Luo Chao, looked at the more detailed casualty report on it, and sighed.

"The soldiers are all good, and they didn't disgrace our White Dragon Army." Li Zixiao said in a heavy tone.

"Do you estimate the casualties of the Qing army in this battle?"

Immediately, Li Zixiao looked at Zhao Zilong and asked.

Zhao Zilong stood up and said to Li Zixiao: "According to the battle reports sent by various departments, we have made a preliminary estimate of the casualties of the Qing army in this battle.

The casualties of the Qing army in the first battle of Shangdianyuan were about 5,000 people, which was less than ours.

However, in the ensuing Battle of Hanfengkou, the Qing army suffered more than 7,000 casualties, and the casualties were basically the same as ours.

Generally speaking, after these two battles, the number of casualties among our soldiers was slightly higher than that of the Qing army.

However, this is only our preliminary estimate, and we will not know until our soldiers have cleaned up the corpses of the dead soldiers of the enemy and our armies after cleaning up Shangdianyuan and Hanfengkou. ”

In the battle of Shangdianyuan, the White Dragon Army was raided by the Tartar cavalry in front, and the shield wall composed of sword and shield soldiers and pikemen was stubbornly blocked, and the losses were too heavy.

In addition, the original number of the Qing army was nearly twice as large as that of the White Dragon Army, and after these two battles, they could make the casualty ratio of the two sides basically equal, which was already rare.

What's more, although the casualties of the White Dragon Army and the Qing Army in this battle were about the same, in the end, it was Li Zixiao who had the last laugh.

The White Dragon Army recaptured that batch of money, grain and materials from the Qing army, which was enough for Li Zixiao to make up for the loss of the White Dragon Army in these two battles in a short time.

On the contrary, on the side of the Qing army, it was another attack, another slaughter of the city, and two major battles, but in the end they got nothing, and they retreated north overnight.

The Qing army paid such a big price, but in the end it got nothing, which is the most hurtful.

It can be said that the reason why the White Dragon Army was able to win this time was completely a fluke, and Li Zixiao kissed the goddess of luck.

If it weren't for Dolgon, at this time, he received news from Azig about the death of Huang Taiji and Hauge's early return to Guanwai.

In this battle of Hanfengkou, the probability of the Qing army winning is slightly greater than that of the White Dragon Army.

"Hmm!"

After listening to Zhao Zilong's report, Li Zixiao nodded, such a result was barely acceptable to him.

"Luo Chao, you lead five thousand men and horses to Hanfengkou, clean up the battlefield there, and dispose of the corpses of our soldiers who died there.

Let's take the souls of those fallen soldiers home together. ”

Li Zixiao said in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir."

After dawn, Li Zixiao knew that the Qing army had really withdrawn, so he sent Luo Chao to take part of the White Dragon Army back to clean up the battlefield at the cold wind mouth.

Last night, the mountains on both sides of the cold wind mouth turned into a sea of fire, and Li Zixiao was worried that the Qing army would come back, so he didn't clean up the battlefield at all.

Now, now that Han Tong has confirmed that the Qing army has withdrawn, Li Zixiao has to 'pick up' the soldiers of the White Dragon Army who died in the cold wind mouth, and at least bring back their ashes.

By the time Luo Chao led people to the cold wind mouth, the fire there had been extinguished, and the mountains on both sides had already been unrecognizable.

Many of the corpses of the Qing soldiers and the White Dragon soldiers who died on the mountain range last night were scorched by the fire.

They could only tell from the remaining armor on their bodies that one was a Qing soldier and the other was a white dragon soldier.

On the 6th, Li Zixiao led the army to stay in the Cold Wind Fort to rest and recuperate, and he was not in a hurry to leave, anyway, the Qing army had retreated, and the biggest threat was gone, and Li Zixiao had nothing to worry about.

At this time, more than ten miles west of the cold wind mouth, more than 20,000 Ming troops led by Hong Chengchou appeared here.

The 50,000 Ming army led by Hong Chengchou was defeated by the Qing army at the cold wind pass, and the whole army fled.

Fortunately, at that time, the Qing army was closely followed by the White Dragon Army, so that Dolgon did not give an order and let the Qing army pursue, only Duoduo led the Tartar cavalry and pursued for a while.

Hong Chengchou and the Ming army fled for a long time, and after the Qing cavalry led by Duoduo also withdrew, they stopped fleeing.

Then, Hong Chengchou immediately summoned the remnants of the Ming army from all walks of life, and even let him reassemble 20,000 Ming troops in just one night.

Originally, it was 50,000 Ming troops, but at this time there were only about 20,000 people left, and the rest of the men and horses were not all killed, most of them were scattered, and it was difficult to gather them back in a short time.

"General, my subordinates have already found out.

According to the return of not collecting at night, there was a battle at the cold wind mouth yesterday afternoon, and in the end, it was Lord Li who won.

They defeated the Qing army and forced the Qing army to flee north overnight, and by this time they had already fled dozens of miles away.

Moreover, Lord Li also recaptured the cart of supplies from the Qing army, and now he is stationed in Cold Wind Castle and has not left. ”

In front of Hong Chengchou, a general of the Ming army was reporting to Hong Chengchou.

The Ming army did not take back the night to inquire for information, they only knew that the Qing army retreated, and the White Dragon Army occupied the cold wind mouth and recaptured those money, food and materials from the Qing army.

Among them, the specific situation of this battle, these Ming troops who did not collect at night, it must be impossible to know.

It is impossible for them to know that the Qing army took the initiative to retreat, and they can only find out the results of the battle situation.

Therefore, I instinctively thought that the White Dragon Army defeated the Qing army, repelled it, and then recaptured the money, grain and materials.

If it hadn't been defeated, how could the Qing army have retreated for no reason and given up such a large amount of money, food and materials!

Therefore, at this time, the situation reported by these Ming generals to Hong Chengchou became that the White Dragon Army defeated the Qing soldiers, the Qing army broke and fled north overnight, and the White Dragon Army recaptured the supplies.

"The Qing army was defeated? How is this possible? ”

After hearing the news, Hong Chengchou also said in disbelief.

Not to mention Hong Chengchou, even the other Ming army generals around him at this moment didn't believe it and whispered.

Immediately, a Ming general couldn't help it, stood up and pointed at the Ming army general who reported, and scolded: "Zhu Dafu, don't talk nonsense.

There are more than 50,000 Qing troops, and there are only about 30,000 under Earl Li. ”

At the same time, these generals of the Ming Army were unwilling to admit this kind of achievement of the White Dragon Army in their hearts.

Because, if the White Dragon Army's record is confirmed, wouldn't it be a slap in the face again, which shows their incompetence even more!

The 30,000 White Dragon Army defeated the Qing Army of 50,000 and defeated it, while they had 50,000 horses and ambushed thousands of Qing soldiers, and they couldn't take it for a long time.

As a result, as soon as Dolgon led the main force of the Qing army to come back to help, the 50,000 Ming troops scattered all over the mountains and fields did not even stop for half an hour, and a rout occurred.

With such a comparison between the two, the gap is too obvious, so how can these generals of the Ming army accept it.

The achievements of the Ming Army and the White Dragon Army, if this is transmitted to the imperial court, how will they, the generals of the Ming Army, have the face to return to Beijing and report to Chongzhen.

Therefore, at this time, these generals of the Ming army didn't care in their hearts whether the White Dragon Army had really defeated the Qing army in this battle, they had to question it, or even admit it.

Zhu Dafu is also a Ming general, hearing the scolding of his comrades, how can he not know what these guys are fighting again.

But Zhu Dafu is not ashamed of these behaviors, Zhu Dafu is an honest official, never eats empty salaries, drinks the blood of soldiers, and there is no private soldier around him, because he has no money to do this.

As long as every time the imperial court sends silver, he will give it all to his subordinates, and he will never deduct it, such a general of the Ming army, at this time in the Ming officialdom, is absolutely rare.

At the same time, this kind of Ming military general is of course rejected by everyone in the officialdom and disliked by the officials.

Therefore, Zhu Dafu, who is now over 40 years old and has been in the army for half his life, is only a guerrilla general at this time, and generals of the same age as him are basically higher than him.

But it is precisely because Zhu Dafu treats his subordinates like this that the Ming army under his control does not accept it at night, and it is also the most elite men and horses under Hong Chengchou.

At this time, Zhu Dafu glanced at the general of the Ming army who was scolding, and said coldly: "If General Deng doesn't believe it, he will send someone to investigate."

If we can't win, it doesn't mean that Lord Li can't win.

What kind of ability are the soldiers under their own command, don't you know in your own hearts! ”

"You ......"

The general of the Ming army, surnamed Deng, felt Zhu Dafu's disdainful eyes and sarcastic tone, and immediately became angry, and was about to rush out, but was stopped by the people next to him.

After speaking, Zhu Dafu didn't care about the angry eyes of the general, looked at Hong Chengchou again, and said: "General, the subordinates of the lowly post don't accept the night, and this is the situation that has been discovered.

If the general doesn't believe it, then ask the general to send someone else to investigate. ”

At this time, Hong Chengchou had just recovered from the shock, smiled bitterly, and said: "General Zhu's subordinates still believe in the ability of not collecting at night.

The general has heard Lu Dashuai talk about it many times before, saying that Count Li's subordinates are all fierce generals and elite soldiers, and they are not weak to the Tartars.

Originally, Ben Jiang still didn't believe it, but this time Ben Jiang believed it. ”

At the same time, at this time, Hong Chengchou also sighed in his heart: "If it weren't for the elite of the imperial court, they would all be taken away by Lu Dashuai."

These horses who stayed in the capital were really overwhelmed, otherwise how could this battle be like this. ”

Hong Chengchou was also very helpless, he also knew very well what the situation was with the 50,000 Ming troops he brought.

The 50,000 horses under Hong Chengchou were originally from various health centers in Hebei and were improvised patchwork.

There are as many as dozens of generals in a mere 50,000 Ming troops, which is not normal in itself!

Why are there so many generals, because if he doesn't gather so many generals, he can't gather 50,000 horses!

Originally, a lowest-ranking garrison general should have at least 3,000 men under his command, and 50,000 horses were raised, which is said to be a maximum of 20 garrison generals.

However, in these years, these Ming generals did not eat empty salaries, and there was a serious shortage of soldiers under them, and the least garrison general only brought a mere 600 people.

Faced with this situation, if Hong Chengchou wanted to gather 50,000 horses, he would have a large number of generals, and the soldiers were also old, weak, sick and disabled.

Such an army, no matter how large the number is, it is basically impossible to gnaw down a few thousand elite Qing soldiers.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou was too unwilling and complained about this defeat, and some were just helpless.

But in the face of Chongzhen's order before, and he was eager to prove himself to Chongzhen again, so in this battle, he still led the army over.

(End of chapter)