Chapter 9 Your Highness, why did you lose too?
The relatives ran away in one breath until they could no longer see the shadow of the Supervisor's Office, and they stopped the horses one after another.
Mo Jiu took the opportunity to ask for some clothes and equipment for each person, regardless of whether it fits or not, and he barely made it to wear it. Although it was not very fit, it was at least much better than when he was naked just now.
At this time, the shouts of killing in the city became louder and louder. Logically, Geng Zhongming brought tens of thousands of people into Tongguan City to Qingjiashun Army.
Even those heroes are fearless and dare to fight to the death. But now that so long has passed, even if they kill, they should be killed. Why are the heroes in the city killing more and more?
The relatives could not understand this principle, and they could not tolerate them thinking too much. Because there were not only more and more enemies along the way, but also became more cunning and fierce.
When they first entered the city, these heroes gathered together and rushed forward foolishly, but they often were shot to death by arrows before they rushed to the front of the formation.
Now I know about guerrilla warfare. On the roofs of houses, on the walls of wealthy families, and even in the straw piles on the street, it is possible to throw a spear and shoot a cold arrow.
But the only thing that remains unchanged is still the most unfair fearlessness. Even if he is seriously injured and is deeply trapped in desperate situations, these people would rather hit the pillar and commit suicide than see anyone who is willing to kneel down and beg for mercy or surrender.
Mo Jiu and others fought and retreated. The far-off ones shot with bows and arrows, and the nearest ones were chopped with a knife. Gradually, the bows and arrows in the quiver were gradually exhausted.
Fortunately, everyone has horses in their hands, which has increased a lot of maneuver power. When there are fewer people, they will surround them and annihilate them. When there are many people, they will flee in panic. They will flee all the way. Although there are constant minor injuries, they have not lost their hands.
Everyone was moving forward when suddenly a whistle came towards him. Mo Jiu looked closely and saw that the person coming from the opposite side was Geng Zhongming, King Huaishun.
At this time, Geng Zhongming had already lost his prince's aura, panting, his helmet was crooked and his armor was slanted. There were only more than a hundred people following him, almost all of them were injured. The dust was flying behind him, and I don't know how many pursuers were.
"Prince, are you?" Mo Jiu was shocked when he saw Geng Zhongming being so embarrassed. You must know that Geng Zhongming brought everyone in Tongguan. And there was also the genuine Eight Banner Army of Prince Yu Duoduo, who was defeated so miserably. How could he be defeated so miserably?
Li Zicheng, who reinforced Tongguan a few days ago, ran away. Now Tongguan City is just some of Ma Shiyao's men. Even with those messy folk righteous men and heroes, how many people can there be?
Besides, even if Geng Zhongming wiped out the chaotic troops in the city, it would be unfavorable. Then he would just withdraw from the city. Why did he take more than 100 people without running out of the city, but he would be wandering around the city?
"Xiaojiu, your side is...ah!" Geng Zhongming couldn't continue to speak when he saw Mo Jiu's dress.
It turned out that Mo Jiu's armor and weapons were thrown into the Supervisor's Office, and now he was wearing a piece of clothes that he later asked someone to put together and make up the other one.
Originally, Mo Jiu was thin and his general armor didn't fit well. Now the armor that he put together was even bigger and smaller. In addition, the battles were bumpy along the way, so his appearance was really ugly and ugly. In terms of tragic situation alone, it was ten times more serious than Geng Zhongming.
However, Mo Jiu was unconscious, but instead felt that the current situation was very good for him.
I had been thinking about how to make up a complete lies along the way and reported to the prince that all the white-armored soldiers died on the battlefield. Now this matter is easy to deal with.
After all, even such a big King Huaishun was defeated and fled to his side, only more than one hundred personal guards were left, which was miserable. Then it seemed that the more than one hundred white-armored soldiers around him were killed in battle was not so difficult to accept.
And no matter what, my own lord sentry was not dead alone, so I brought back the system. This matter may not only be innocent, but also be rewarded!
In addition, in the past, King Huaishun was surrounded by his colleagues who were flattering, and even if he wanted to, he couldn't curry favor with him. But now, isn't the old saying that should be shared with hardships?
Sometimes the biggest crisis is the greatest opportunity. As the saying goes, "There is no greater success than the savior." This is the time when one shows one's loyalty. A real man makes achievements today!
Thinking of this, Mo Jiu shouted: "Don't panic, Prince, I will protect you from the city."
Geng Zhongming heard Mo Jiu's words, but smiled bitterly and said, "The city gate is blocked, and I can't get out."
"The city gate is blocked, how can it be blocked?" Mo Jiu was shocked.
Geng Zhongming shook his head, obviously unwilling to recall what happened at the city gate again.
But it turned out that Geng Zhongming's experience after entering the city was a bit worse than Mo Jiu.
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Since Geng Zhongming followed Duoduo's general order and led his people into the city, he has arranged steps and assigned generals to capture the armed warehouse, gunpowder warehouse, granary and other places. He led the central army to slowly advance towards the central government's supervisory yamen.
Although we encountered some resistance along the way, it was still smooth. Gradually, the vanguard troops had approached the main gate of the Supervisor's Office.
The long street of the main gate of the Supervisor Yamen is also the place where the resistance is most intense. The closer the troops are to the Supervisor Yamen, the more heroes there are. The monk Mo Jiu killed at the first is actually a microcosm of the resistance troops of the Supervisor Yamen.
Fortunately, the forward is also Geng Zhongming's most trusted general. Although the advancement is not fast, it can be said to be a steady and steady strike.
What made Geng Zhongming even more pleased was that the generals from other roads also reported frequent good news. After a while, the generals attacking the arsenal came to news that they had defeated thousands of enemy troops and won five hundred heads. Although the enemy troops continued to reinforce, our army was brave in combat and would definitely live up to the prince's reputation.
Another moment, news came from the granary, saying that ten thousand enemy troops were defeated and more than one thousand beheaded. The enemy troops were in the camp step by step and resisted stubbornly. Our army was united and could not bear the force. The capture of the granary was in the blink of an eye.
Geng Zhongming was quite happy at first, and even encouraged the soldiers who reported the news and forwarded the latest battle report to Duoduo outside the city.
But the good news changed as it spread. Geng Zhongming calculated with a slight calculation. In the past half a day, the total number of defeated the enemy troops was almost one million. This was a big deal that defeated the entire Chinese army.
You have the nerve to report it to me. Can I still submit this good news to Prince Yu?
In fact, Geng Zhongming also knew the consistent tradition of these Han troops under his command. It was not uncommon to increase the record by dozens or even hundreds of times.
After the Battle of Ningyuan, General Yuan Chonghuan wrote a formal report to the court that he defeated 200,000 enemy troops and killed 18,000 enemies. However, because the Qing army had the habit of burning their own bodies, he finally cut more than 200 Manchu heads.
Therefore, defeating, killing the enemy, and beheading are three things, and we cannot talk about them together. Sometimes, in order to boost our morale, it is understandable that this is appropriately improved.
But everything has to be more relaxed, and I just turned a blind eye. But if you win the victory, in a while, the population of the whole country will not be enough to be killed by you!
Geng Zhongming and other kings of Sanshun have been treated well since surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. In the seventh year of Chongde, the Han army of the Eight Banners was reorganized. Although the Sanshun kings each divided the banners, their soldiers and horses were not dispersed and incorporated into the Eight Banners of Han.
Moreover, the treatment of various supplies is not short of other people. The only difference is that the calculation of military merits on the battlefield is somewhat different from the Manchu Eight Banners.
The Man Eight Banners do not need to cut off their heads on the battlefield. After the battle, Ezhen and Zhang Jing of all levels will be assigned to their merits.
When calculating military merits, the key point of these surrendered Han troops was to look at how many heads they had obtained on the battlefield. Otherwise, according to the hundreds of years of tradition of the Han army, they would often claim to defeat tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of enemies. The Qing court had to calculate the merits in this way and allocate rewards. I am afraid that they would go bankrupt in two and a half days.
Geng Zhongming knew the virtues of these Han soldiers under his command. Seeing the increasingly exaggerated good news, he no longer encouraged them. He even scolded the most exaggerated few of the whistleblowers who ran frequently, asking them to lead the message to their respective generals and to win the goal as soon as possible, and not to just do these crooked schemings.
However, what Geng Zhongming didn't know was that this time he really blamed his generals.
Compared with the false reports of military achievements in the past, the achievements of these generals under his command are very solid today, but they can make more achievements than ever!
The Han generals couldn't even believe that they were so capable of fighting and still got so many head-level contributions. After fighting for so many years, it was not as easy as they are today.
In the past, when I encountered hard points that I couldn’t beat, I just ran away. If I finally encountered some soft persimmons like thieves and territorial bandits, the other party might have scattered before they could even be beaten.
If you want to cut your head and earn some military merits, you have to run around the mountains and fields for half a day before you can cut off one or two heads.
Today, the heroes on the other side were all very frugal, both martial arts and battle formations. But they were all stubborn. Even when things were obviously unsuccessful, they would all fight to the death. They were simply stretched out their heads and let themselves chop them.
Soon, the waists of the Han army were covered with heads. In the past, they reported their military achievements, but they cut off a head on the battlefield and wanted to say that they would annihilate the enemy by a hundred times. They did not blush if they falsely reported dozens of times of their military achievements.
But today, because I won too many gains and only added a few times, I felt that it was a bit inappropriate.
Sure enough, he received a scolding from King Huaishun soon, asking his soldiers to attack the city as soon as possible. As for the matters of merit, they will be rewarded after the war.
However, although the head level is easy to obtain, it is extremely difficult to capture strategic places such as arsenal and granary. Although the heroes suffered heavy casualties, they were in full swing. Although they were killed by the Han army, they fought to the death without retreating.
What is even more amazing is that these heroes don’t know where the reinforcements come from. The bodies are laid layer after layer, but there are no fewer guards.
The Han army also cursed the other generals and was secretly glad that they had so many dead soldiers under their command that they were so stupid that they sent them to die little by little with oil. If they gathered together and rushed over in a swarm, the outcome would have been reversed long ago.
But even so, as time goes by, the bows and arrows and gunpowder in the hands of the Han army have been exhausted. There is no way to fight with one hand.
These Han soldiers have all recently surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. If they want to say that their combat formation qualities are better than those of the heroes, they are not much stronger. The organizational components are even more complicated, with many factions standing in the inner world. Geng Zhongming went south and did not have the energy to break up and reorganize.
At the beginning, using bows and arrows, and long-range fires of muskets have the upper hand, but once they fall into hand-to-hand combat, it will completely change. Although these heroes are not good at martial arts, they rely on a passionate blood, relying on three words "not afraid of death"
He thrust his chest and hit the gun head. He would rather be stabbed to the heart than to cut you.
Since ancient times, hand-to-hand combat has been the most cruel. Among them, three points of skills and seven points rely on courage. Now, at the beginning of hand-to-hand combat, the Han army immediately fell into a downturn.
If it were the Qing army led by Duoduo at this time, it might be able to stabilize the formation, but these newly surrendered Han army were naturally extremely powerful when fighting in the wind. When chasing and killing people, they were even more swift than the light cavalry of the Eight Banners.
But once you are in the wind, you will also escape faster than anyone else. It can be said that soldiers are very fast, and come and go like the wind.
Sure enough, not long. Geng Zhongming's central army received another battle report: "A general XXX won a great victory in the granary and killed countless enemies. In order to achieve greater results, he moved to the southeast of Tongguan." "A general XXXX defeated his troops in the armed warehouse, killed his generals, and seized countless armored horses, and successfully moved to the northwest of Tongguan."
Later, even the word "turning forward" was gone. The rewards from all walks of life were "a general who fought to the death and was unable to retreat, and countless bandit troops were delayed. At present, the unit is highly morale, and it is dispersed to attack and pursue the enemy."
When Geng Zhongming heard the words "scattered attacks and chased the enemy without stopping", he knew that today's matter was broken! So he immediately made a quick decision and ordered the central army to return to the flag and drum, and retreat in batches and orderly. The troops of each battalion must retreat slowly and not leave in a hurry.
However, the defeat was almost instantly, and Geng Zhongming's general order had not been passed down below. The defeated army of the vanguard arrived. In an instant, the formation of Geng Zhongming's central army was disrupted.
Geng Zhongming's personal soldiers killed hundreds of people with their swords one after another, but they were unable to stabilize the formation. They could only be defeated by the defeated army and fled in a panic.
Chapter completed!