Chapter eight hundred and seventy-eight great rescue
Most of the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who stayed in the Sanwan Camp were Xinting. They had no experience in the face of the turbulent Huai'an Green Camp soldiers, and they didn't know how to deal with it. They were suppressed so that they could hardly escape from the camp.
The Huai'an soldiers not only set fires everywhere, but also drove all the civilians in the Confucius Camp out to rush around in the camp, which made the entire camp even more chaotic.
Fulehe was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot. It was meaningless to scold him. The most urgent task was to quickly stabilize his position and suppress the rioters. Otherwise, Obai and the others would retreat with their troops. Seeing that the camp was like this, they would not be able to retreat. For this reason, he personally led his personal guards to charge, braved the rockets of the Huaian soldiers to ease the crisis, causing the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers to transform from the original headless fly to the dragon headed.
Aobai, who was fleeing to the north, found that the camp ahead was in flames, and felt that his hands and feet were cold, and a chill surged in his heart. If the camp was lost, the tens of thousands of Qing troops would have no food or drink. Several generals also arrived with panic on their faces, and they all didn't know what to do.
Ezhen Yibaitu, the Mongolian Army Zhengbai Banner, was the younger brother of Andali, the Mongolian Minister of War. His father Bobotu belonged to the Xitruu tribe of Mongolia, and lived in Korqin for generations. He joined Nurhaci during the Tianming period. He died in the battle with Emperor Taizong in the ninth year of Chongzhen. His brother Andali, the Ming Minister of Political Affairs, was appointed as the Minister of Political Affairs, and Ibaitu was also appointed as the Minister of Lifan Academy.
Before Shunzhi decided to command the imperial army in person, Yibaitu was ordered to lead more than 3,000 Mongolian troops to the south. He originally wanted to station Jingzhou to prevent the Taiping Army from occupying Huguang Province. When he heard that the Jinxia pirates invaded the Yangtze River, Jiangning had a police officer, so he led his troops to reinforce Jiangning. When he arrived in Yangzhou, the Jinxia pirates had retreated, so he temporarily stayed in Yangzhou City. After Shunzhi's army arrived, the troops of this flag returned to Jiangbei Daying for adjustment.
"The camp is so great, we have to go back to Yangzhou!"
Although Ibaitu didn't know what happened to the camp, judging from the firelight in the sky, there was absolutely nothing good, so he suggested that Obai not run to the camp and quickly return to Yangzhou, otherwise it would be too late.
The Manzhou Zhenghong Banner Ezhen Leerson was also shocked and said that he could not return to the camp. The most important thing was to gather the troops and horses quickly. How much could they escape? Those who could not be collected were then left to them. There was a meaning in Leerson's words, which was obviously to make those soldiers and horses that could not be collected attracted the attention of the Taiping Army, so they retreated back to Yangzhou calmly.
Several other generals also suggested not to go to the camp. They all knew that Fulehe, who was left behind in the camp, did not have many soldiers, and they were all new recruits, so they were not very useful. This can be seen from the firelights all over the camp, otherwise how this would happen.
The Taiping Army behind us was getting closer and closer, and there were scattered soldiers everywhere in their sight, which made people feel tight and angry when they looked at them.
Oboi cut off the enemy, without any hesitation, gathered up thousands of soldiers near him, and the rest of those who were far away were abandoned. If these abandoned soldiers could successfully restrain the Taiping Army, they would all be heroes of the Qing Dynasty.
"Walk!"
Aobai whipped the horse, never looked at Sanwan Daying again, and turned northwest back to Yangzhou. Halfway through more than a thousand soldiers of the Inlaid Blue Flag retreating to Sanwan Daying, Obai ordered them not to go to the Inlaid Blue Flag to return to Yangzhou. This made the generals of the Inlaid Blue Flag stunned. A deputy general asked with confusion, "Don't the Inlaid Blue Flag?"
Obai said: "The rescue is amazing. You will follow me. Don't fight. The whole army heads north and bypasses the camp to Yangzhou."
Ibaitu pointed at the camp that was on fire with a whip and said to the group of blue-flag generals: "Do you think the camp can still be saved? Now you go to the camp to fall into the trap. Then there will be chaos inside and pursuers outside, can you still have a way out?"
After hearing this, the Eight Banners generals with the blue flags trembled slightly, and everyone was extremely depressed. They, who had always claimed to be invincible, developed fear of the Nan barbarians in Guangdong. No one had any doubts, and no one had the courage to say that they wanted to save the camp. Besides, the order was given by Oboi, and they had no reason to object. Afterwards, the emperor wanted to blame him, and it was Oboi who took it, and it had nothing to do with them.
A group of Manchu and Mongolian generals led their armored soldiers and retreated to the north. Thousands of the most elite cavalry teams of the Qing Dynasty fled like this.
Oboi, who was determined to flee back to Yangzhou with these thousands of soldiers, did not know that although the Sanwan camp was in full swing at this time and the left-behind Manchu and Mongolian soldiers had no experience in combat formation, they are now fighting to fight against the Huai'an chaos under the command of Duke Zhenguo Fu Lehe and others. Their performance is impressive. If those Manchu and Mongolian soldiers retreated from the battlefield saw it, they would probably be ashamed.
Facts have proved that although these children on horseback were young and panicked, as long as someone could lead them, they could still quickly calm down and fulfill their mission. After rushing for several times but failed, the Huai'an soldiers became timid and retreated.
Lu Rulong, Wu Ming, Chen Erlang and other Huai'an Green Camp generals were anxious at this time, because the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers, who were already overwhelmed by them, stabilized their positions, firmly defended the camp with several fortifications, and began to fight back. Their camp soldiers actually blew their morale and were unwilling to fight hard anymore.
In fact, except for officers, most of the Huai'an soldiers had never been on the battlefield, nor even killed anyone. The only record they could prove was to capture a few thieves in their hometown, or to catch some fugitives and private salt dealers. This kind of battle is definitely not comparable to the battle between the army, especially the ones they were going to attack were Manchu and Mongolian soldiers. Although the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers on the battlefield ahead were defeated like mountains and were defeated by the Taiping Army from the south, these Huai'an soldiers had never seen each other personally. Their courage when they were mobilized to rebel was mostly derived from the silver rewards given by Shangguan.
At first, they had the upper hand by launching a sudden attack to create chaos. Now, as the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers began to counterattack, the offensive effect was greatly reduced. Although they were still holding on to the point of failure, there was always a shadow in their heads. The majesty and power of the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who had heard of in the past lingered on their heads like ghosts, making them uneasy.
Chapter completed!