Chapter 867 The Great Victory in Yanzhou
At dusk, the battlefield gradually returned to peace, and the Qing army and the puppet Ming army, who had no hope of escaping, either died in battle or surrendered.
Tens of thousands of enemy troops took off their armor, discarded their weapons, and carried their own wood and vehicles to build camps.
To the south of Dawenkou, on the battlefield within a radius of dozens of miles, there were corpses of the Qing army and the puppet Ming army everywhere. The soldiers of the Liang army walked through it and cleared the battlefield.
At this time, Gao Huan stood on a mountain, glanced at the battlefield, and was shocked by the corpses of people and horses on the ground.
In the southern part of the battlefield, the Eight Banners, Mongolia, and corpses of war horses were covered with the wilderness.
Fifty or sixty thousand enemy cavalry were lying in a row, with weapons scattered and flags scattered. The setting sun was as bloody as the battlefield was particularly desolate.
In the north of the battlefield, the bodies of the Qing army and the Northern Ming army's infantry spread to the foothills on both sides of Dawenkou.
The infantry were wearing knives and guns, and flags, shields, and various weapons lying on the ground. The situation on the battlefield was terrible.
The soldiers of Liang army walked between the bodies, took away the prisoners in a series, confiscated various weapons, and searched for the wounded.
At this time, cheers first sounded from the blocking troops in Dawenkou. They first ran for hundreds of miles, then fought for several days, and remained motionless under the attack of the main force of the enemy and reinforcements, successfully cutting off the route of the main force of the enemy to flee north.
The blocking troops suffered huge casualties in exchange for this hard-won victory. The soldiers stood on the hillside and saw their achievements, and couldn't help but cry with joy.
The soldiers of the Liang army who were guarding prisoners and cleaning up the battlefield immediately cheered and cheered. More than 200,000 Liang army soldiers waved their weapons and vented their joy in their hearts.
Since Jiashen, the Liang army has fought several battles with the Qing army. Although they have won many battles, most of the battles have been carried out within the territory of Liang, and Liang has suffered heavy losses every time.
In this battle, the Liang army defeated the main force of the Qing army and the Northern Ming coalition in one fell swoop, and achieved another decisive victory since the Battle of Shuanggou.
In this battle, the Eight Banners of the Qing army and the elites of the Northern Ming Dynasty were both severely damaged, and the strategic situation of the Liang Kingdom improved instantly.
At this time, Gao Huan rode a horse and stood on the high ground, looking around, listening to the cheers of the soldiers, he couldn't help but feel a sigh in his heart that a big stone finally landed on the ground.
Before this battle, although Liang State was strong, if the Qing Dynasty, Northern Ming Dynasty, Shun Kingdom, Western Kingdom, Zheng Zhilong really united and the five countries worked together to attack Liang, Liang State would still be in danger of destruction.
After this battle, even if the five countries truly united, Gao Huan was not afraid.
At this time, a group of generals near the battlefield came over and galloped down the hillside and turned over and dismounted. Gao Huan looked at everyone and then turned over and dismounted, and went forward to greet him in person.
In this battle, nearly 80% of the prisoners were killed. The Qing army and the puppet Ming army suffered a fatal blow, which was a great victory.
Faced with such victory, the Liang generals were extremely excited. They hurriedly climbed up the hillside and said excitedly: "King, a great victory!"
Gao Huan laughed heartily and pointed at the battlefield, "This is all the credit of the soldiers! After this battle, who can still hinder me from the pace of unifying the world?"
After listening to it, each general was excited and understood the significance of this battle.
At this time, everyone stood on the top of the mountain, looking around, and couldn't help but sigh. They had been attacked by the Qing army for many years, and finally had a sigh of anger today, and finally solved the threat of choosing above their heads.
Gao Huan glanced at the generals, his eyes suddenly fell on Li Yuanyin, and then walked forward and said with a hearty smile: "Li Yuanyin, this time your troops march day and night, and successfully stopped the enemy at Dawenkou. He should be the first contribution to this battle."
Li Yuanyin was covered in black blood, his eyes were covered with blood, and his body was very tired, but his spirit was still excited, "This is all the king's plan and formulated the correct strategy. I just implemented it and did not dare to take credit."
Gao Huan patted his shoulder, "No need to be modest. If you hadn't led your troops to defend the enemy, how could I defeat the enemy?"
As he said that, Gao Huan glanced at everyone and suddenly asked, "Where is Aiqing Sun?"
Li Yuanyin clasped his fists and said, "Sun Commander Sun went north to pursue Mandahai."
When Gao Huan was south of Dawenkou and defeating the main force of the Qing army, he rushed to the north to reinforce Mandahai and found that something was wrong. The Qing army south of Dawenkou stopped attacking the back of the Liang army. Knowing that Duoduo had been defeated, he immediately led his army to retreat north in a hurry.
Seeing this, Sun Chuanting immediately ordered the army to cover up and chase the enemy and march towards Jinan.
Gao Huan heard the words, stroked his beard and said in a deep voice: "Sun Chuanting goes to pursue Mandahai. I should gather my troops and head north to prevent Sun Chuanting from going deeper alone."
Although Gao Huan defeated the Qing army and the Northern Ming coalition, the enemy should not be able to organize a decent counterattack for the time being, after all, there are still 100,000 troops in Mandahai, so Gao Huan must be on guard.
At this time, the Liang army cavalry was hiding westward, and the fleeing enemy cavalry, while the middle-aged general of Yuan Shi went westward to pursue the enemy troops fleeing into the Yimeng Mountains. Most of the Liang army was still capturing prisoners and clearing the battlefield. However, Gao Huan still asked Li Pingyuan to lead tens of thousands of troops through Dawenkou and advance towards Jinan.
As night fell, the big Liang army packed up and continued to advance north.
In the dark night, Liang soldiers were flapping torches and continued to clean up the battlefield.
At this time, among the piles of corpses, a corpse was pushed away, and Boro got up from the ground with difficulty.
As soon as he stumbled and stood up, before he could take two steps, a team of Liang troops surrounded him, "There is a living here."
Jinan, cabinet.
Hong Chengchou was alone in the office hall, spreading the file at the table, holding a brush in his hand, and ink dripping on the paper, but he didn't notice it, and his whole body was like a wood carving, motionless.
Gao Huansheng attacked the north and the north, and led his troops to 50,000 people through the river defense and rushed into the hinterland of Shandong, blocking the main force of the coalition forces in Yanzhou.
Gao Huan personally led nearly 200,000 troops to advance northward, chasing the main force of the retreating coalition forces.
Now the Liang army should have caught up with the main force of the coalition forces, and a war between the two sides is probably broken.
This time, the Liang army's troops were not weaker than the coalition forces, and after careful planning and arrangement in advance, they were determined and unintentional. The coalition forces were probably in danger.
Although Mandahai had led Huaiqing's 100,000 Qing troops to reinforce and support the main force of the coalition, he was afraid that it would be too late.
Hong Chengchou sat behind the desk and waited for the news, which made him feel very uncomfortable. He could only hope that Mandahai could rescue the main force of the coalition forces.
In this way, with the city of Jinan, the Liang army can continue to deal with, waiting for Li Jiyu, Zhang Xianzhong and Zheng Zhilong to send troops, the situation may develop in a direction that is beneficial to the Beiming.
At this time, Hong Chengchou was in a daze. An official rushed in in a hurry. When he was in front of the door, he tripped on the threshold. He put his hat on the ground and didn't pick it up. He got up and hurriedly ran to Hong Chengchou.
"George, report urgently from the front!" the official said in a panic.
Hong Chengchou came back to his senses and saw his expression, his heart suddenly became shaking, but as a Grand Secretary of the Beiming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou must remain calm.
Hong Chengchou placed his brush on the inkstone and said coldly: "The sky can't fall! Tell me what's going on!"
"Gei Master, beating the news forward. Prince Yu and the King of Ping Xi were defeated. Mandahai led his troops back to the north in a hurry!" The official still said anxiously.
When Hong Chengchou heard the words, his mind suddenly felt like thunder exploded, and he stood there on the spot in an instant.
Judging from the officials' reports, Mandahai did not respond to the main force of the coalition forces, so he led his troops away.
This made Hong Chengchou feel so shocked. Could it be that the 200,000 troops were all over?
Back then, Hong Chengchou led more than 100,000 Ming troops to rescue Jinzhou and fight with the main force of the Qing army. Even though he was defeated, he still stood in Songshan for more than half a year.
The entire Battle of Songjin lasted for nearly two years from the beginning to the end.
In Hong Chengchou's view, the main force of the 200,000 coalition forces may suffer some losses, but most of the people will definitely be back, but unexpectedly, Mandahai did not respond.
Now Hong Chengchou dare not imagine the consequences of the destruction of the main force of the coalition forces.
The more than 100,000 Northern Ming army led by Wu Sangui is the entire family of the Northern Ming court. Once the losses are all gone, what can the Northern Ming court do?
For a moment, Hong Chengchou felt dizzy in his head, and the sky and the earth were sinking.
"Gei Master!Gei Master!" The official saw Hong Chengchou being lost and asked with a sad face: "What should I do now? What should I do in Jinan?"
When Hong Chengchou heard the words, he suddenly stood up. His face was gloomy and he didn't say a word. After a while, he suddenly said anxiously: "Send someone to investigate quickly. You must find out the specific situation of King Pingxi! This pavilion will go to the palace to report to Your Majesty!"
After saying that, Hong Chengchou walked outside and approached the door. He accidentally tripped directly and his whole face hit the ground first and hit the hard ground.
The guard at the door exclaimed quickly and helped Hong Chengchou up, but found that Hong Chengchou had blood from his nose and two of his front teeth were also lost. In the future, he would definitely leak air when he spoke.
Chapter completed!