Chapter 410 Painful Comprehension
On the north of Kaifeng City, on the ice of the Yellow River, countless Qing army infantry and cavalry were mixed together and fled in panic.
If Gao Huan had no cavalry, Wu Sangui and Guan Ning would have suffered only a small setback.
But what's so bad is that Gao Huan not only had cavalry, but also had a lot of them, with a total of seven thousand cavalry.
After the defeat began, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen saw that the situation was not good, so they ran away directly, and their decision was undoubtedly correct.
Although they ran first, they were overtaken by the Guanning cavalry within a few miles and left behind.
Wu Sangui and Guanning cavalry fully demonstrated their professionalism. The cavalry pulled out their horses and retreated, but the infantry was no longer able and were chased by the Red Horse Army in a short while.
In the Songshan Battle, most of the generals of the eight towns were finished, and many of them ran to the end and their entire army was destroyed.
Although Wu Sangui did not take the lead, he not only successfully escaped with his strength, but also brought out the Guanning Iron Cavalry.
We are all acquaintances and know each other well. It is precisely because of this that Tang Tong and Bai Guangen decided to leave first.
Not long after, Wu Sangui ran to the front and left Tang Tong and Bai Guangen behind, but the two were not miserable, because Gao Di's soldiers were falling at the rear.
At this time, Gao Di had already paid the price for his arrogance.
About an hour ago, he threatened that he could defeat Gao Huan in less than an hour. Now, an hour passed? Gao Huan sat in Kaifeng City? But he threw away his armor and fled.
At this time, facing the pursuit of the Red Horse Army? The Qing army infantry? In particular, the Liao soldiers of Gaodi mostly abandoned their weapons. Many people even took off their armor in order to run fast and threw them away on the side of the road.
The soldiers of Liao Town want to increase their running speed by reducing their weight?, but they are not Zhang Dongjian. No matter how fast they run, they cannot escape the war horses of the Chibei Army.
Previously, they were chased by the Qing army on the battlefield in Liaodong, and now they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. They thought they had escaped from the fate of being chased, and they should chase others, but they did not expect to be hit by the head-on attack? They still could not escape from the fate of being covered up.
For a moment, the fleeing soldiers ran desperately, but the Red Horse Army was getting closer and closer? They chased many people and cried while fleeing.
"Damn it! I'm catching up!" As the soldiers behind were running, they exclaimed.
When the soldiers of Liaozhen went south, their morale was like rainbows? They attacked the cities and villages all the way. In less than half a month, they drove Gao Huan from Hebei to Henan. They wanted to take down Bianzhou in one go, but they didn't want to suffer a great defeat.
The soldiers of Liao Town fought fiercely with the coalition forces for half an hour and were already very tired. When they turned around and saw the red horse team coming up, they were so shocked that they screamed and ran away.
Many people who were striking, who could not run away, immediately threw down their weapons and knelt down on their knees to surrender. However, those who continued to run were killed by the Red Cavalry who had been chased with a spear from behind.
At this time, Xu Heihu and Hao Yaoqi both rushed forward with ferocious faces, and the cavalry behind them flocked to them, and the chasing soldiers cried and shouted at them.
The Red Cavalry galloped past the Liao soldiers who were kneeling on the ground and surrendering. The war horses galloped to death and cut down the fleeing soldiers in front of them. The snow-covered earth was filled with colorful corpses, which was shocking.
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On the north bank of the Yellow River, in the wilderness.
Dorgon led the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and came all over the wilderness. More than 10,000 Eight Banners not only marched south slowly.
At this time, the army was walking, and a cavalry was coming from the front, slamming the war horses in front of the team.
"Report to the Regent! The vanguard defeated the King of Pingxi!" The cavalry rolled down and knelt down to report.
When Dorgon heard this, he frowned and suddenly raised his hand. The army behind him was marching across the field and stopped.
Duoduo couldn't help but snorted coldly, "Wu Sangui is really a waste!"
Among the Qing Dynasty kings, Duoduo was relatively young, so he was very energetic.
Although he had not fought many wars, he was very arrogant. Except for Dorgon, he looked down on anyone, including Wu Sangui.
In history, after the Qing army entered the pass, Duodo expeditioned Li Zicheng in the west and destroyed Hongguang's court in the south. He looked very powerful and was called a famous general, as if he was very capable of fighting, but when he came on the court, his opponent was actually no longer able to do it.
When Dorgon heard that Wu Sangui was defeated, his face was still calm. Those who died suddenly were Han people, and Wu Sangui was newly recruited, so it would be better for him to suffer some setbacks, so as not to take him seriously.
"What's the situation ahead?" Dorgon asked calmly.
"Missing!" The cavalry said with a finger to the south: "The King of Pingxi was defeated by Gao Huan in the northern suburbs of Kaifeng. The defeated soldiers were covered by the barbarian Red Cavalry and were fleeing in the wild!"
When Dorgon heard the cavalry concealed his killing, he immediately became a little uneasy.
He originally thought that he had just failed to attack Kaifeng. Even if the attack failed, he would retreat. Wu Sangui would not lose too badly. But when he heard that Wu Sangui was chased by the cavalry, the situation would be different.
The Qing army was best at killing the cavalry, knowing how miserable it would be to be killed by the cavalry.
The vanguard's surrendered troops of 100,000 were mostly elites of the Ming Dynasty. Although they were not as good as the Eight Banners, they were more elite than most Ming troops.
These men are excellent cannon fodder and are also the capital for the Qing Dynasty to enter the Central Plains. They cannot be lost in vain.
After all, if these people die, the Eight Banners will have to go to the top themselves.
The Central Plains is so big that there are still many wars to fight, and the Eight Banners cannot afford to die.
Thinking of this, Dorgon immediately turned his head and ordered, "Duoduo, please lead the cavalry to meet Wu Sangui, don't let him lose too much."
Duoduo sneered, pulled out the reins of the horse and shouted loudly: "The white flag in front of me will attack!"
After speaking, he grabbed the horse's belly and shot out like lightning. Six thousand white-armored cavalry behind him followed closely and galloped away.
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In the wilderness, Xu Heihu and Hao Yaoqi were chasing each other, and suddenly a horn came from the distance.
The cavalry who was chasing looked up and saw a white-armored cavalry in the north, around the defeated soldiers and running from both sides.
"General! Tartar cavalry!" A captain stabbed the defeated soldiers in front of him with a spear and shouted anxiously.
Xu Heihu looked up and couldn't help but change his face. In the wilderness to the north, a team of white-armored cavalry rushed towards him with their guns.
"It's a real Manchu!" Hao Yaoqi said anxiously.
Seeing this, Xu Heihu hurriedly stopped the reins of the horse and shouted loudly, "Get away!"
The Red Cavalry beside him immediately raised his head and blew the trumpet. When the Red Cavalry was pursuing, he immediately gave up the fleeing soldiers who were running in front of him, tied the reins of the horses, then pulled the horse's heads, and ran south in an instant.
In the last Xingyang Battle, although Gao Huan defeated the Qing army, the Red Horse Army was actually at a disadvantage in the showdown between the cavalry scouts of both sides.
Xingyang Neng defeated the Qing army mainly because of proper plans and sneak attacks. It does not mean that the Red Cavalry is stronger than the Qing cavalry.
When Xu Heihu saw the Qing cavalry coming to help, he immediately made a decision to preserve the results of the battle and retreated south.
However, Duoduo was unwilling to let them go and chased them all the way to the edge of the Yellow River. Seeing that he really couldn't catch up, he stopped chasing them.
"Dog barbarian!" Dodo held back the horse and cursed at Chi Bei's back. He was angry that Chi Bei's horse army ran away after killing people and did not fight with him.
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This battle began quickly and ended quickly, but the Qing army suffered huge losses.
Chenqiao Town, on the north bank of the Yellow River.
The Qing army set up a large camp here and gathered the defeated troops who fled in the wild.
There were 100,000 strikers, but in less than half a day, they lost nearly 20,000.
Among them, Wu Sangui suffered the least losses, followed by Tang Tong and Bai Guangen, and Gao Di, who was the worst. He was reimbursed 70% of the troops under his command, and he became the garrison in his command.
At this time, in the Qing army commander's tent, Dorgon sat in the commander's position with a gloomy face.
Wu Sangui's face turned red and explained: "Regent, I didn't expect that Gao Huan was so sinister that he actually hid his shortcomings and deliberately lured me to attack him."
Wu Sangui felt deeply ashamed and finally realized why Gao Huan could rise so quickly.
Gao Di knelt on the ground, "Gao Huan hid heavy artillery in the city, cavalry in the city, and slaves and others were careless."
"Hmph! A waste! Reduce the power of my Qing army!" Duoduo, who was sitting beside him, said arrogantly: "Regent, let me lead my troops to capture Kaifeng and restore the power of my Qing army!"
Dorgon had a gloomy face, but after a while, he shook his head, "Kaifeng city is solid, Gao Huan is prepared again, and it is difficult to break the city for a while. It is already late January. After more than ten days, the Yellow River will not be able to cross the army and attack Kaifeng for the time being."
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