In this battle of Julujiazhuang, Dorgon and others were also more careful and cautious, driving more cannon fodder and handymen Aha to fill the trenches, and even drove a large number of captured Ming people to fill the trenches, otherwise they would be everywhere in Mongolia.
The casualties among the bannermen will increase.
The Qing army that invaded the pass this time to plunder, the Eight Banners of Manchuria dispatched about 30,000 troops from the Five Banners, plus the Eight Banners of Mongolia, more than 20,000 troops from Mongolia, and companies surrendered to small tribes, the total force exceeded more than 60,000 troops.
In addition, there are nearly 30,000 coated soldiers accompanying the army, so it is called one hundred thousand.
Up to now, the Qing army has suffered nearly 10% casualties, and is actually on the verge of collapse. However, as opponents, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others also suffered heavy casualties. They still have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, so they can persevere.
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But what is certain is that Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and other Ming troops will eventually be eliminated. The Eight Banners Army and the Manchu and Mongolian official bannermen who entered the pass this time may have more than 4,000 casualties, or even more.
Now the arrow is on the string, and the fight has reached this point. Dorgon can only fight to the end. If he does not completely defeat and kill Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others, Dorgon will not be able to withdraw his troops. Otherwise, his prestige will be greatly reduced.
It is also detrimental to the next step of in-depth looting.
Among the eight banners in Manchuria, only Hauge's Zhenglan Banner suffered the greatest losses. Since he invaded the Ming Dynasty, he has lost more than a thousand armored soldiers and bannermen. Fortunately, he still has nearly a thousand heavy cavalry and Baya soldiers who can be saved.
Already.
He had long been holding his breath in his heart, and Dorgon actually allocated the most elite artillery and the most powerful artillery to the direction of his main attack. If he could not break through the Ming army's defense line and attack the Jiazhuang Ming army camp, he would not
Knowing how Dorgon would manipulate him.
Therefore, Hauge is also trying his best this time. While Dorgon sent Governor Holben and led his Bajala warriors to attack the east gate of Jiazhuang, Hauge also sent all his heavy armored soldiers and Bajala warriors to attack the east gate of Jiazhuang.
Pressed up.
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The battlefield has moved from Jiazhuang to the north. Yang Guozhu, followed by his general Guo Yingxian, rushed out from the west gate of Jiazhuang. There were some Mongolian cavalry on that side. They only rode and shot from a distance to block the attack. Yang Guozhu and others rushed out easily.
Zhang Cheng originally wanted to follow Yang Guozhu and stick out, but he met Lu Xiangsheng in the central square of Jiazhuang. There were already several arrows stuck in his armor and they were shaking constantly. Behind him were only the pastoral officer Yang Lukai, his servant Gu Xian, and his servant Liu.
Jin Hai, Chen Huzi and dozens of others followed closely.
He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Master Governor, how about the east gate?"
Lu Xiangsheng rode his horse and shouted loudly: "The east gate has been breached by slave thieves, and Chen An has also been killed in the battle."
Zhang Cheng was shocked. The Qing troops gathered in Julu this time were twice as many as in history. Even after several operations, the Ming troops under Lu Xiangsheng's command were also nearly twice as many as in history.
But it still didn't help. Jiazhuang was finally captured. He shouted loudly: "Master Governor, my uncle was also killed in the battle. The south gate has been captured by the Tatars. Let's kill through the west gate first."
"The general beheads, the warrior dies, right now! Kill!... My sons, kill with all your strength!... Kill..."
Lu Xiangsheng knew that Jiazhuang could no longer hold on, and the cavalry following him were not suitable for use in Jiazhuang. He shouted and rushed towards the west gate.
Zhang Cheng hurriedly rode to follow, followed closely by Liang Song, Yang Lukai, Chen Zhong and other generals. Hundreds of them rushed towards the west gate of Jiazhuang.
Lu Xiangsheng did not keep running west towards the Haoshui River. After riding his horse out of the west gate of Jiazhuang, he turned north and led his troops to rush north through the gap between Jiazhuang and Hu Dawei's Shanxi camp.
Zhang Cheng also followed Lu Xiangsheng on horseback. There was no defense here. The Qing troops attacking from the north focused on the camps of Jiazhuang and Hu Dawei. There were only sporadic Qing troops here.
At this time, raging fires were burning in the Hu Dawei camp. Some were set by Qing soldiers, and more were set by Xuan Dajun soldiers trapped in the camp. They could not only slow down the Qing soldiers' attack, but also burn down the only military supplies.
, not to capitalize on the enemy.
In Jiazhuang, fires were lighting up the entire village. Thick smoke was rising, mixed with gunpowder smoke, and could not be dispersed for a while. Those Xuanda sergeants who did not stand out were still fighting with the Qing soldiers in Jiazhuang.
They charged and killed all the way, but fortunately there were already many war horses in Zhang Cheng's camp, and the remaining infantry under Liang Song were all mounted on war horses.
Even if they can't ride horses to kill and fight on horseback, they can at least escape on horseback. There are only more than 700 people around Zhang Cheng now, and no one is sure how far they can rush out.
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In order to attack Xuan Dajun's camp, Hauge pressed all the main forces under his command. When he saw the Hudawei Shanxi Town camp in the northwest of Jiazhuang burning with blazing fire, he was even more happy.
"Alzin is really good!"
His subordinate Jia Lazhang Jing Aerzin was ordered to attack the Shanxi Town camp, while another Jia La Zhang Jing Dandai led his army to attack the north gate of Jiazhuang camp.
There were only a dozen Bagalas gathered around Hauge now. Gu Shan'erzhen Tan Tai pointed to the direction of Jiazhuang and said: "The warriors of King Su's banner attacked Lu Xiangsheng's camp in Jiazhuang. This is the first achievement."
Looking in the direction pointed by Tan Tai, there were also fires and smoke rising in Jia Zhuang. Hauge was overjoyed and quickly commanded various Qing troops to press forward quickly, trying to kill Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others in one fell swoop.
Now only he and Tan Tai's hundreds of soldiers remained, and then there were the artillerymen of the various Han armies who were responsible for firing artillery, and even the Han armies who used fire cannons were sent to the battlefield.
The distance from where Tan Tai was to the camp of Xuan Army was either dense or sparse. There were people and horses everywhere, and the shouts of killing were the loudest.
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When Hu Dawei left Lu Xiangsheng and returned to the north gate of Jiazhuang, Jiang Ming's military department was almost collapsed. He saw Hu Dawei running back and shouting: "Commander Hu, fight out, there are too many Tatars to stop them."
ah!"
As a veteran of the army, Hu Dawei has been on the battlefield for many years. He has already seen through the current situation. The Jiazhuang camp has collapsed, and the only way to stay is to die, so he went to find Lu Xiangsheng, hoping to protect him and break out together.
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Unexpectedly, Lu Xiangsheng was determined to die, and he was helpless. At this time, he shouted: "Soldiers, fight out and follow me to break out of the encirclement!"
If you stay, you will definitely die, but if you rush out, you will have a glimmer of hope of living. Under the temptation of living, the combat power of Hu Dawei's soldiers was instantly activated. They all roared like wild beasts and pounced on the Qing soldiers near the north gate of Jiazhuang.
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Hu Dawei and Jiang Mingwu joined forces and fought desperately to get out of the north gate. Most of them left were elite cavalry, and a few infantry were also riding on war horses. They held on to the horse reins tightly and did not dare to move for fear of
If you fall off your horse, there is no hope of escape.
When they arrived outside Jiazhuang, no one could stop them. Those Qing soldiers who attacked the camp were fighting on foot. In front of Hu Dawei and his cavalry, no matter how good they were in fighting, they would become nothing more than leeks!