Chapter Eight hundred and eighty-one I am leading myself to die!
The fire in the Sanwan Camp was flooding, and the heat waves were rolling in the camp. From some points, everything in front of you seemed to be shaking like waves, people became distorted, and the tents, fences and so on were also shaking.
There were no Qing troops near Sanwan, and the Taiping Army's pursuit units also received orders to stop the pursuit. In the night, the escaped party was in difficulty and the pursuit party was also in difficulty. Although the Taiping Army had improved the food for soldiers as much as possible, in this winter, it was crossing the river to fight and could not replenish vegetables in time, so it was impossible to engage in a long night battle. Without the torch, many new recruits were blinded. The most important thing is that from top to bottom, everyone was tired. If they didn't rest, they would probably add some non-war injuries.
The orders received by each division were gathering in Sanwan. When Zhou Shixiang came from Gaomin Temple, there were teams of soldiers walking back along the way with prisoners. Some more than a dozen soldiers dared to escort hundreds of Qing troops, but none of the Qing troops dared to escape, let alone have the courage to resist. I think this battle completely defeated the courage of these Qing troops.
When they arrived at Sanwan, Zhou Shi met with the two white flags who were introduced by Gongjianse and the generals of the Manchu soldiers. He highly praised these two white flags and reiterated some of the words they said to Gongjianse in the past, which made the two white flag officers who were nervous in their hearts calm down. Many two white flag officers asked for their orders to take Yangzhou for His Royal Highness the King of Qi, because Yangzhou City may not know the fact that the two white flags were cast into the Ming Dynasty.
This idea is like the Guangzhou City offered by Suna in Xiangshan Shenwan, but Zhou Shixiang did not adopt it. Although this battle was a great victory, many Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were still escaped. Perhaps Shunzhi of Yangzhou already knew the situation, so he was not sure to let the two white flags attack the city. Moreover, the soldiers were unable to go north to capture Yangzhou. They could not get fat in one bite. After the battle, the results of the battle had already made Zhou Shixiang happy. If they were greedy, they would probably have to hold their stomachs.
In the Sanwan camp, many civilians who were forced to be recruited by the Qing army were buried in the fire. They were innocent people, and most of them were forced by Huaian soldiers to rush to the Manchu and Mongolian army camps, causing chaos. Some of the survivors were taken in by the Taiping Army on the periphery and helped to do some errands and auxiliary soldiers, and their fortunes were saved. Some were trapped in the fire. The Qing army camp was built very much, which was originally accommodated tens of thousands of Qing troops. The camps connected to the front and back were several miles away, and some places were also divided into small rivers. If no one led the way and rushed in, they would not be able to find the target for a while.
About 600 civilians gathered by a small river between the Mongolian soldiers and the Han army camp. They were surrounded by burning tents, and the river became the only safe place. The heat wave made the original cold wind extremely warm. These civilians who were forced to be recruited from their countryside homes sat or stood there, staring blankly at the huge camp burned by the fire. They were not worried about their lives, because they were just masters, whether they were Ming or Qing soldiers, they always needed to clean the battlefield and transport supplies. Some brave civilians even touched the fire to start searching for valuable things. Some of the gold and silver left by the Qing soldiers in the camp were immediately ecstatic, and then quickly put them in their arms and pretended to be nothing. Others asked him if he had found anything, and spread his hands together to show that it was useless.
Some Manchu and Mongolian soldiers trapped in the fire could no longer break out. The Taiping Army outside gave up the idea of robbing food and grass, and was no longer willing to make unnecessary casualties and attacked in. They just guarded the camp without fire, searching for useful materials while strictly guarding the trapped Manchu and Mongolian soldiers.
The Manchu and Mongolian soldiers were now out of their way. Everyone stared at everything in front of them, watching the fire approaching them bit by bit, and watching the camp turn into nothing. A few flags were led by the fire heads brought by the wind and burned on the flagpole.
In the minds of the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers, they had been abandoned and no one would save them anymore. The Ming army would not, nor would they. Whether they were burned or choked to death in the end, it was their destiny. They were destined to have only accepted it because they shouldn't have appeared here, their hometown was in the north.
When the fire was close, Azig's son, Duke of Zhenguo, put the blood-stained sword in his hand under his chin and wiped off his neck. Before his death, there was no expression on his face, and it could even be said to be dull or numb.
Fulehe's suicide made many Manchu and Mongolian soldiers even more desperate, and many people chose the same path. After the war, the civilians found many burnt corpses here, and many of the corpses' necks were obviously cut open.
Zhou Shixiang immediately turned over from Daqing and came to the periphery of the camp with a group of generals. The surrounding camp tents were covered with wounded soldiers, most of them Huai'an soldiers. The wounded soldiers screamed and were bleeding all over the ground. Many camp tents fell down, and when they were lifted, they were covered with sticky blood on their feet.
The Taiping Army's field hospital is located in Guazhou Water Camp, dozens of miles away. The wounded soldiers can only be transported to Guazhou by the navy to treat by the navy. The guards who accompanied the army only know some simple bandages, and the medicine only has some bleeding-resisting gold-chuang medicine, so they cannot give these wounded soldiers too much treatment, so they can only arrange for transportation. Whether they can hold on depends entirely on their own luck and will to survive.
Lu Rulong, Wu Ming and the injured Chen Erlang and other Huai'an Green Camp generals came to meet Zhou Shixiang under the arrangement of the Military Information Department. Just like the two white flags, Zhou Shixiang also highly praised them, but how do they view these surrendered generals in their hearts? They are the knowledge of heaven and earth.
After meeting these Green Camp generals, Zhou Shixiang asked about the situation of the Qing army that was still fighting in the camp. Finally, he ordered that these Manchu and Mongolian soldiers be ignored and that they would not be allowed to be burned to death by the fire. Anyone who came out to surrender would not accept them.
The third town reported the news that Guiyi Bo Geng Jingzhong died in battle. Zhou Shixiang was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Then he sighed and ordered Xunkou to wait for the coffin to transport Geng Jingzhong's body back to Nanjing for burial. He was very confused and didn't know how to tell Shi Yuanling about this.
Later, Zhou Shixiang ordered the outside of the First Town to be alert, and the other divisions rested on the outside of the Qing army camp, which was not on fire, and then took the next action after dawn. The relevant prisoners and seizures, each division arranged personnel to be responsible for it.
This battle was extremely brilliant, and Zhou Shixiang estimated that only prisoners could capture 10,000 or 00,000
More than ten miles northwest of Sanwan Daying, on a small bridge, Obai was also staring at Sanwan where the fire was red.
There were thousands of Manchu and Mongolian troops who retreated here with Oboi. During the retreat, they showed the elite Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, and they moved quickly, arranged alternate covers, escaped all the way, and only a hundred people were separated. This was quite rare in the darkness.
After Aobai arrived at the Erhe Bridge, he asked other generals to lead the troops first. He stayed here and waited for half an hour, and the last troops retreated. They were cavalrymen of the Han army, with each banner, with a total of about six or seven hundred. Not far behind them, there were some cavalry of the Taiping Army, but they just followed from afar and had no intention of intercepting them. Judging from their appearance, they said they were giving up talents, and they didn't look like chasing people.
Obai looked at the faintly visible Taiping cavalry in the night with a gloomy face, snorted, and ordered people to pile up hay and branches at the bridge to burn the bridge. After the Taiping army on the opposite side found that the Qing army was going to burn the bridge, they did not come to stop it and allowed the Qing army to act.
None of the Qing army who successfully saved their lives and escaped was grateful. They silently walked by Oboi. In the night, there was no sound except the sound of horse hooves.
The flames at the bridgehead were getting bigger and bigger. The bridge was originally a wooden bridge, and it was quickly attracted, making a sound of beating and exploding.
Surrounded by a group of personal guards, Goshha, Obai ran to the north. In front were the Qing army wearing torches.
Tens of thousands of troops were defeated like this, and they were defeated in a mess.
Oboi was unwilling to give up. He did not think that his inability led to a crushing defeat, but that the Taiping Kou's weapons were too powerful. He thought a lot along the way, but he could not guess what the extremely powerful weapon of the Taiping Kou was and how to make it. If possible, even if it cost tens of thousands of dollars, he would have to figure out the tricks of this weapon.
The closer they got to Yangzhou City, the more ashamed Oboi felt. The retreating Manchu and Mongolian generals all felt that today's battle was their greatest shame in their lives.
They didn't know how to face the emperor.
Suddenly, Oboi stopped, stood still, and his face was twitching constantly.
Ibaitu, Tuntai and other Manchu and Mongolian generals also remained silent. Occasionally, someone would cough, but soon they forced the urge to cough, bit their lip tightly, and never wanted to make any noise.
Everyone looked at Oboi, which made Oboi feel even more painful.
There was a sound of horse hooves in front of them, but the first-class guard Lang Tan brought people to pick them up.
Lang Tan looked at the retreating generals, and didn't know what to say. He stepped forward and opened his mouth, saying hard: "Shaobao Ao, the emperor."
Oboi didn't say anything, Lang Tan swallowed his throat and swallowed the rest back to his stomach.
After a while, Oboi suddenly said ruthlessly: "What a big deal, I, Oboi, go to my master to die!"
After saying that, he clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse neighed a long time, running forward
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