Chapter 377 This is the master of the imperial court!
South of Daming Prefecture and the north bank of Weihe River.
With the rumbling sound of cannons, smoke and dust rose from the Qing army's position guarding across the river. The shells kept hitting the fences inside. A piece of broken wood rose into the sky with bloody limbs and broken arms.
"Main Town! The artillery fire of the bandits is too strong, we can't rush over! Thousands of bandits have crossed the river!"
The people neighed and the horses were roaring on the position, and they were in chaos.
A sergeant rushed to a high ground behind the position in panic and reported to the General of Zhengding Town who was watching the battle situation.
During the Battle of Kaizhou, tens of thousands of Manchu and Han troops were wiped out.
In addition to Hailancha, who was assassinated before the war, the general of Hebei Town also died in the dark night. Only a few hundred soldiers escaped by chance. Many of them took off their clothes and pretended to be civilians and fled back to their hometown.
There were only a hundred defeated soldiers who fled to Daming Mansion.
There was no useful information at all, except for the fact that the thief army can fight at night and dare to fight at night.
But it was this point that made the General of Zhengding Town in front of him completely disappointed.
Because night blindness is not only present in Hebei Town, but also in Zhengding Town.
Moreover, the main forces of Zhengding Town have been thrown into Kaizhou. Now he and his deputy general Li Jin only hold thousands of people, which is useless.
From when Wu Mitai sent him to Weihe to defend, he knew that he and the more than one thousand soldiers in front of him had become abandoned sons.
"knew……"
The general's response was pale and without any emotion. He could see clearly that the bandits crossing the river from the left had gathered and rushed towards the position. The Zhao army's cannons in front were still bombarding the position. First of all, the only few small cannons he had to cut the mountain here could not move. But the bandits crossing the river were carrying small cannons that could shoot flowering bullets, and his soldiers had no hope at all.
This camp was lost.
The main force in Kaizhou was destroyed, and the hundreds of defeated generals who fled back were not only not their own strengthening, but also made the morale of the army scattered.
In addition to the super firepower that Zhao Jun set off as soon as he got on the horse, it can be said that the soldiers under his command had been broken.
Now let alone fighting against the attacking Zhao army, as long as the Zhao army rushed to the front and the small cannons hit the position, these people would be so scared that they could not even hold the swords and guns.
"The head town is no longer possible, and we should consider it for the future."
"Yes, the general town. The thief army has crossed the river. We should withdraw from Daming Mansion to fight again!"
As soon as the general spoke, he immediately won a lot of echoes around him.
The general did not respond a word.
Of course, it is necessary to withdraw. But when to withdraw depends on the specific situation.
Anyway, the two armies have not yet confronted each other, so it is absolutely impossible to withdraw their troops here.
"uncle."
Wan Xingkui stabbed Li Jin. It was time to stay here and do something. Hurry up and return to the position. He controlled hundreds of soldiers and left immediately if something was wrong.
"Do you think it's feasible to escape to Daming Mansion?"
"Escape to Daming Mansion is a dead end. Unless my uncle is willing to leave his subordinates and flee alone. The Zhao army has cavalry."
After crossing the river, the horse was flat. How could the Qing soldiers run past the two legs? But if they can't run, how could they escape to Daming Mansion?
"What's more, what if you enter Daming Mansion? Can you withstand the Zhao army's offensive? The Eight Banners have long been ruined. The battle in Kaizhou has already shown that Wu Mitai is not allowed, and Liu E has already run away."
Wan Xingkui was a guerrilla in Zhengding Town. His father Wan Chaoxing was the veteran general of Zhengding Town. He even approached the position of admiral infinitely for a time. Unfortunately, luck made people so bad that Wan Chaoxing not only did not take the position of admiral, but instead stepped down in disgrace.
Wan Xingkui's smooth career came to an abrupt end. After so many years, he was promoted from garrison to guerrilla. This was thanks to Li Jin's vigorous promotion.
"It's a pity that it's not good to go to Qilu. Once Daming is lost, the bandits will be divided into the Qing Dynasty. At that time..." Wouldn't they still have to sit on wax when they run to Qilu?
"It's time to delay it. What's more, there is Tianjin Town!"
The Zhao army's navy actually appeared directly in Tianjin, which brought great shock to the Qing Dynasty. Some people had clamored to mobilize the navy outside the pass to move south to suppress the rebellion, but now no one has a squeak.
With so many large ships and so many heavy artillery, where can the small broken ships outside the pass be able to withstand?
Therefore, not only did the troops in Jinmen Town not move, but the Qing court sent a lot of reinforcements there.
It was not until the Zhao army successfully captured Kaifeng that the army directly threatened Linqing. The troops in Hebei Town retreated to the north of the Yellow River. Wu Mitai and Liu E shouted for reinforcements one after another. The Qing court sent a force from Tianjin to Linqing.
But it is not clear whether the soldiers and horses of Tianjin arrived at this time.
"Maybe before my family arrived in Linqing, Linqing was lost." Wan Xingkui muttered in his heart.
Because if he had commanded, he would have been able to divide his troops to run to Linqing at this time.
The Qing army on the north bank of the Wei River soon collapsed.
Everything was as expected by the general. When the flowering bullet fell on the head of the green camp in Zhengding Town, they were completely in chaos.
The general turned over the horse and ran north with a few confidants.
Li Jin had just called several of his officers here, and there was news that the Zuoying camp was dispersed and the general fled. Not only was hesitant, "Is it that fast?"
"It's over here, there's nothing to say. Get out! Let's run east."
"Ah?" Several of the officers under him opened their mouths and ran eastward. Don't you go to Daming Mansion?
"Go to Daming Mansion?"
"Where are you going? Are you going to die?"
"Can you defend Daming City when you arrive at Daming Mansion?"
"Whoever wants to go north, I don't stop me, and if I want to go with me, I will go east."
Li Jintou said without hesitation, and he wanted to run away quickly.
But even though he had already understood what he said, there was still a group of people in the right camp fleeing north.
Li Jin and Wan Xingkui didn't even look at it.
A horse team has appeared on the other side of the Wei River, and now it is the first to run away.
"No matter what they are, let's go to Daming Mansion."
The Zhao army ignored Li Jin and the others at all, and was surrounded by the Qing soldiers like sheep driving.
Then before he could run to Daming City, two-thirds of the Qing army were captured.
The gate of Daming Mansion is open.
The prefect was on the city tower. He had prepared poison wine for himself, and his wife, children and young people all ran away, but when he saw this scene, he was still stunned and unable to speak.
"This is the classical and systematic teacher of the court, this is the classical and systematic teacher of the court..."
The court is in trouble!
The prefect smiled bitterly and drank poisoned wine with his head held high.
When the General Zhengding passed through the city gate, ran along the north and south streets, fleeing north and ignored the city gate, people were shrouded.
"The uncle has an order. The cavalry regiment immediately attacked Linqing!"
Chapter completed!