Chapter 255: Only Persistence
The two sides stabbed each other again, and then each fell down again, looking at the fighting Ming pikemen on the opposite side, the white flag heavy armor was frightened.
Wen Fangliang led the army to chase and kill hundreds of paces, until they chased in front of the Qing army's large array, where there were tens of thousands of Qing troops densely covered, and they turned back.
Lu Xiangsheng stood on the tall Yuanrong car of the Central Military Department, and the three defense lines of the Xuanda camp were clear at a glance, and when he saw the rout of the Qing army on the frontal defense line, he couldn't help but feel the strength of Wang Doubu's combat power.
After the artillery fire on all sides, there were Qing army heavy armor in front of the camp three fronts, and it was good to defend against the wall, and when fighting head-on, only a few hundred Qing troops on both wings were like bamboos, and they went deep into the defense line.
It's good to be able to drive it out, but it's really impossible to chase and kill hundreds of steps like Wang Doubu.
At this time, it was already early afternoon, because of the rout of the frontal offensive, the Qing army quickly ordered Mingjin to withdraw the troops in order to prevent changes, and they retreated to the camp like a tide, leaving a battlefield full of messes.
The Xuan army came out to clean up the battlefield, from yesterday afternoon to this afternoon, Wang Dou estimated that the soldiers of the third battalion killed and injured a lot of Qing people, but this time the level harvest was very small.
Because the corpses, wounded, and scattered weapons and banners of the Qing army were all taken back by themselves, only in the last wave of attacks, the Shunxiang army killed the Qing army that attacked the wall head-on, and chased for hundreds of steps before cutting off more than 200 heads.
More than 100 of them were dressed in armor, the rest were wearing leather robes and cotton jackets, with pigtails, and only a rudimentary weapon on the corpse, apparently a slave miscellaneous servant such as Aha who accompanied the army.
On the two wings of Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu cut off more than 30 heads, and Hu Dacheng cut 25 heads of the Qing army, all of which were cut from the corpses of the Qing army left in the earthen wall, as for the wounded corpses of the Qing army outside the earthen wall, then there is no need to think about it.
Indeed, when fighting in the field or defending the city, it is really difficult to get the sergeant level of the opponent. If it were not for the irretrievable rout, the corpses and wounded of the soldiers killed and wounded on all sides would have been snatched back by themselves. However, most of those auxiliaries were military households in the guard, and they added them to further reduce the combat effectiveness of the army, and the two of them had no choice.
Everyone present had their own concerns, and Zhang Yan, the general of the Xuanfu Staff, had been in Lu Xiangsheng's Central Military Headquarters and did not participate in the war. Of course, from tomorrow, he can no longer stay out of the matter, Yang Guozhu proposed that he have 2,000 people in the army, each with a part to assist in the defense of the left and right wings, and Hu Dawei agreed.
Wang Dou strictly guarded the front, the pressure was extremely great, presumably he could not distinguish the troops and horses, and he had outstanding military achievements, and his subordinates were brave and good at fighting, so naturally no one picked up his soldiers. A staff general in Zhangyan District and County does not show the dew of the mountains on weekdays, so naturally he cannot disobey the proposal of the two general soldiers.
King; Seeing that he was still sitting majestically, quietly not knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly, Zhang Yan said: "Our army has been fighting for five days, and the enemy is outnumbered, and the reinforcements have not arrived." Governor, two military gates, General Wang, why don't we break through from the Artemisia Bridge to the west, there are few enemies there, and with the courage of our Xuan army, we can break out of the encirclement. ”
Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu and the others had not yet spoken, and Wang Douji said: "Governor, don't do it!" My soldiers stick to the camp with all their spirit. If it retreats, the morale of the army will be lost, and tens of thousands of enemy horsemen will chase after it, and the consequences will be unimaginable! ”
This Zhang Yan is really dizzy, it is not as good as sticking to the walled city, this retreat and breakthrough must be a reproduction of the whole army fleeing for their lives and repeating the Battle of Songshan. Lu Fasheng, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei's army have many cavalry, or they can flee quickly. There are many foot soldiers in his camp with Zhang Yan, and those who can escape with their lives will definitely not exist
And the whole army fled, under the panic, the grain and grass were lost, that is, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and others fled for a short time, this cold weather, hunger and cold, their army in the cavalry will also freeze to death, exhaustion, starvation. Of the remaining sergeants, only a few can survive.
This is also the sinister intention of Dolgon and the others to surround Sanqueyi, so although there is an Artemisia Water Bridge, they can retreat to the west of Julu. However, Wang Dou and the others never dared to move this thought, and the only way, the hard work, made Dolgon and the others retreat. Maybe the reinforcements arrived, lifted the siege and took the initiative to evacuate, I can't think about it.
Of course, Lu Xiangsheng understood this truth, and he said sharply: "Although the slaves and thieves are powerful, our army sticks to the camp, and there may not be no hope of survival." Although our army suffered a large loss, but the damage to the slaves and thieves was greater, as General Wang said, stick to the camp, and the enemy to kill the most, after the arrival of the reinforcements of the senior supervision army, our army will attack inside and outside, the slaves and thieves will be eliminated, and I will no longer have to worry about the east. ”
He looked around at the crowd: "This is the time to sacrifice their lives to serve the country, all the generals need to kill the enemy bravely, if you dare to speak out and retreat cowardly, this governor should ask Shang Fang to take out the sword and correct the law on the spot." Zhang Yan was shocked and knelt on the ground, and Nuo Nuo said yes.
After Lu Xiangsheng scolded, he encouraged everyone again, and to be honest, he had to talk about the current kind of battle of the enemy. By the time the Ming Dynasty arrived, the situation of civil responsibility and military indiscretion has long been gone, especially for the generals and warlords with their own strength, the civil officials have long since changed from the previous random command to a low-voiced or even compromised and begging for perfection.
With Lu Xiangsheng's prestige in Xuanda, he had to try his best to motivate the generals to kill the enemy and extinguish the idea of preserving their strength in their hearts.
Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei are veterans, and of course they understand the scourge of retreating and breaking through. To retreat is to annihilate the whole army, hold on, even if half of the people are killed in battle, at least part of the seeds in the army can be retained, which is more important, you can know at a glance.
However, there is no way to go on like this, so we have to count on Gao Qidive, and everyone is talking about when Guan Yu's reinforcements will arrive.
Wang Dou listened quietly to everyone's discussions, but he was resentful in his heart, it had been five days, and he didn't believe that Gao Qiqian and the others had not received the news of asking for help. Are they still watching? In their hearts, it is so important for the party to fight against differences, and the party is better than all state affairs?
The lone army is surrounded, and the most afraid is that there is no news from the outside world, and even if Gao Qiqian and others make a gesture, it can also greatly encourage the morale of the army, and they don't even want to do this? To the east of the Xuanda camp, the tents densely covered by the Qing army stretched from the Zhangshui River to the enemy in front of the camp.
In the seemingly boundless sea of tent flags, in Dolgon's luxurious fiery gold-domed tent, the Qing generals who were full of tents were deliberating, and the banner owners of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia were waiting for their casualties to be reported.
Old White Bull: There is another chapter in the evening.