But it was said that on the frontal battlefield, if the Qing army wanted to escape back, they had to cross several small rivers on the way.
They are all tributaries of the Junhe River. They originate from the Yimeng Mountains. They all flow into the Junhe River and then merge into the Yishui River. The river is only more than 20 meters wide at its widest and only a few meters at its narrowest. It belongs between the Junhe River and the Yimeng Mountains.
the main source of irrigation water.
The defeated Qing army ran back several miles and saw a small river blocking the way ahead.
Most of them were like Duduo, running towards the north along the river. They would definitely not be able to reach the source of the river. They would have to go deep into Yimeng Mountain, but other than that they had nowhere to escape and could only flee wherever they could.
Chen Dafeng, who was pursuing with a spear in one arm, had fainted at this time, but his soldiers were still chasing him.
Xue Jizong was the captain under Chen Dafeng. There were thirty people in his team, but only fourteen were able to move. Nine of them were shot dead by Manchu heavy arrows on the spot, and several others were injured and fell to the ground. It is not known how many of them could be saved in the end.
His eyes were now red, and there were two Manchu thorn arrows stuck in his body, and he was chasing the defeated Eight Banners troops desperately.
An Eight Banners soldier lost his strength and fell down. Xue Jizong rushed up and shot him.
The defeated soldier was lying on the ground, trying to chop off Xue Jizong's calf with his sword. There was a Tengpai player next to him who had already thrown away his shield, swung his sword and slashed, cutting off the Eight Banners soldier's right hand at the wrist.
Xue Jizong thrust his gun into the enemy's throat, drew his gun and continued to pursue him.
There were four broken soldiers in front of them. They were wearing heavy armor and had run for several miles. At this moment, they couldn't run anymore. They knelt down and gasped for surrender. In order to show their sincerity, they even threw away their weapons.
Xue Jizong had killed Hongyan a long time ago and had forgotten the Datong Army's rule not to kill prisoners of war.
He led his team forward with guns drawn, and killed two of them one after another, while his teammates killed the remaining two.
"Come on, avenge the Datong brothers!" Xue Jizong completely forgot about his fatigue and that he wore armor and chased for several miles. He only knew that more than half of his team was killed or injured, and he wanted to kill all the Tatars to avenge them.
The Datong Army has never suffered such heavy casualties in its southern and northern wars. The whole army is filled with grief and anger at this moment!
"Da da da da!"
However, a hundred dragoons came after them, and they had already eliminated the soldiers who had cut off Duduo's rear.
The dragoons rushed to the north of the river to block it, and the infantry pursued them from the south and east. The Eight Banners soldiers panicked and did not choose their way out. Thousands of them jumped into the river one after another to escape.
In the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, the rate of wearing armor was 100%. It didn't matter whether you could swim or not. If you jumped into the river wearing heavy armor, you would definitely drown.
The dragoons continued to chase north, dragging their swords and cutting the defeated soldiers' necks because they could not cut into other parts.
Ma Wannian, with two thousand dragon cavalry, is chasing down more than a thousand Manchu Qing cavalry. These are all the Aliha chaoha battalion directly affiliated with Duduo. They are the elite of the Eight Banners. They are mounted as cavalry and dismounted as infantry. But
In horse warfare, you can fall into battle and attack a city.
Ild ran away with his cavalry, but the more than a thousand cavalry in front of him wanted to come back to rescue Dodo.
When the rescue failed and there were enemies on all sides, the only choice was to run to the mountains to the north.
The ravine became narrower and narrower, completely falling into a dead end. These Manchu warriors abandoned their horses and climbed the mountain, hoping to climb to the hillside and shoot arrows at the pursuers.
"dismount!"
Ma Wannian gave an order, and the messenger blew the horn, and the two thousand dragoons immediately turned into fire rifle infantry.
Both sides were aliens among the cavalry, and the Manchu and Qing cavalry were also masters of infantry combat.
The cavalry pursuit battle instantly turned into a mountain infantry battle.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Boohoo!"
Both sides were completely dispersed, without any formation at all, and used firecrackers and bows and arrows to shoot at each other.
The dragoons were at a bit of a disadvantage because the distance was too far and the hit rate of the muskets was greatly reduced. They did not dare to get too close because the enemy still had heavy arrows in their hands.
Then... shake people!
Ma Wannian sent two cavalry out of the mountain, blowing the horn for reinforcements all the way.
Before the reinforcements could arrive, those Manchu and Qing warriors decided to launch a counter-charge, because they would surely die if they delayed any longer.
"Gather the troops and mount your horses!"
"woo woo woo woo!"
The horn blew, and the completely dispersed dragoons retreated to the ravine to ride their horses, driving their horses to open up a distance from the Manchu knights. They were not even wearing leather armor, so it was naturally impossible for them to engage in close combat with an enemy who was fully armored.
After running back a certain distance, the dragoons stepped up to reload gunpowder.
Some people's match ropes were about to burn out, so they took the opportunity to replace them.
The Manchu and Qing cavalry mounted their horses again, and this time they did not even shoot their stabbing arrows. They rushed over desperately and wanted to fight on horseback.
Because the valley here is too narrow, the cavalry on both sides cannot line up. The dragoons at the rear, after firing their cannons from a long distance, immediately fled on horseback. The Manchu and Qing cavalry chased, and the Datong dragoons escaped and returned to the front battlefield.
direction.
These Manchu Qing cavalry have gone crazy. The life and death of the flag leader Duduo is unknown, and they themselves are trapped in death. Since they can't escape, they simply choose to take the final blow with their lives.
From the direction of Taniguchi, Chen Fugui has arrived with 1,500 fire rifle soldiers.
Seeing his own cavalry running back, Chen Fugui immediately asked the fire rifle soldiers to climb up the hillsides on both sides.
Ma Wannian saw several flags waving wildly on the hillside ahead, and immediately asked the messenger to blow the horn.
Near the mouth of the valley, all the dragoons dismounted, lined up in formation and raised their firecrackers, while firecrackers were lined up on the hillsides on both sides.
More than a thousand Manchu Qing cavalry completely ignored the musketeers on both sides. They drew their bows and arrows, and fired stabbing arrows at the dragoons (heavy arrows must be dismounted to shoot). After throwing the arrows, they immediately drew their swords and charged into the formation.
"Bang bang bang!"
Nearly 3,500 fire cannons were fired from three sides.
Ma Wancheng was afraid of overflowing firepower, so he even chose to attack in three stages.
In an instant, everyone in the valley fell on their backs, but 31 dragoons were also shot by arrows. None of them were wearing armor. If they were shot in the vitals, they would die. At this time, survival depended on luck.
Under the volley of fire cannons from three sides, most of the more than a thousand Manqing knights fell down immediately. Although some were not hit, they bumped into the friendly troops in front, and even tripped over the fallen human and horse corpses.
There were only a few dozen Manqing knights who could successfully break out of the fire net, and their charging speed was also affected.
After firing the volley, the dragoons turned on their horses like a conditioned reflex.
"Kill! Kill the horse!"
Ma Wannian drew his sword and led the cavalry to fight. They could not leave, and there were still brothers lying on the ground who were not killed by arrows. Although the right thing to do was to escape from the valley with the whole army and slowly grind to death the remaining enemies.
Dozens of Manchu and Qing knights crashed into nearly two thousand dragon cavalry.
The dragoon is too stretched for melee combat. It's just a waist knife. If it doesn't hit the vital point, it can't kill the enemy at all.
But they have already had corresponding training, which is to chop the enemy's horses.
Only dozens of Manchu and Qing cavalry were seen. Relying on their well-equipped close combat equipment, they were often defeated by one enemy. However, there were too many dragoons, and they specifically pointed at the horses and hacked them, while the Manchu and Qing war horses only had armor on their vital parts.
Under the pain, the Manchu war horses went crazy and the riders were completely unable to control them.
Ma Wannian was knocked over by a crazy war horse, and he and the enemy cavalry fell down at the same time. Before Ma Wannian could get up, the local cavalry was trampled to death by the dragoon's hoofs. He was also almost hit.
, my head was dizzy, and I was rolling and crawling to avoid it.
In a short time, these elite Manchu cavalry were finally wiped out.
Direction of the river.
The Datong Army's transport fleet was heading towards the Manchu Qing's transport fleet. Neither side was a regular navy. They had been at the rear before, but now they started a pursuit battle.
About half of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty's transport fleet were ships collected locally from Shandong.
Seeing the defeat of the main force of the Qing Dynasty and the pursuit of the Datong fleet, these local boatmen and sailors all chose to surrender. Even the transport ships Duduo brought from Beizhili, many stopped and surrendered.
Only the ships controlled by the soldiers (coats who accompanied the army) controlled the ships.
There were also many soldiers from the Manchu camp who abandoned the camp and fled the moment Duduo was defeated. They swam across the river and fled with the defeated Shandong soldiers.
Geng Jimao, the son of Geng Zhongming and the father of Geng Jingzhong, abandoned his horse and fled across the river alone, recruiting defeated soldiers and soldiers along the way. When he fled to Sishui County, he had more than 6,000 people under his command, most of whom were defeated soldiers and soldiers from Shandong.
Follow the army to wrap clothes.
The guard general of Sishui County is called Xu Ensheng, and he is a subordinate of Zuo Liangyu.
Seeing thousands of people commotion outside the city, Xu Ensheng thought it was a rebel army coming from somewhere, so he ordered his soldiers to close the city gate tightly and defend to the death.
"Open the city quickly!" Geng Jimao shouted from outside the city.
call out!
An arrow was shot, and Geng Jimao was so frightened that he quickly shrank his head.
He took more than ten steps back, lifted the money rat tail on the back of his head, and shouted: "One of my own, one of my own, I am Geng Jimao, the prince of Prince Huaishun of the Qing Dynasty!"
The small braids in the early Qing Dynasty were not the big braids in the late Qing Dynasty. It was impossible to see them clearly from a distance.
However, the bright spots on the forehead are very easy to identify.
Xu Ensheng ordered to stop shooting arrows, hung a basket and pulled Geng Jimao up.
"What's going on?" Xu Ensheng asked in surprise.
Geng Jimao was afraid that the other party would defect, so he did not dare to tell the truth. He only said: "The ten kings have ordered me to come back to help guard Surabaya City to prevent it from being attacked by the puppet troops from the south. General Xu, please quickly open the city gate and let my soldiers come in to defend the city."
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Xu Ensheng became more and more suspicious and frowned: "Since His Highness the Crown Prince brought troops back to help defend, why didn't he ride a horse? He walked all the way back." He pointed to the outside of the city again, "And these soldiers don't even have weapons in their hands. Their weapons
Where did you go?"
Geng Jimao said impatiently: "What nonsense, hurry up and open the city!"
Xu Ensheng was horrified. He had already guessed the truth, but he couldn't believe it. He confirmed: "Have the ten kings been defeated? Your Highness, you have to tell the truth so that I can deploy the city defense. Otherwise, what will happen if the enemy comes to kill you?"
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How can you hide this situation?
Geng Jimao could only bite the bullet and said: "Our army has suffered a small defeat and is forming a camp to confront the enemy."
Xu Ensheng said: "Since the two armies are facing each other, it is more appropriate to send reinforcements. How can His Royal Highness divide his troops and come back to defend Surabaya County?"
"This..." Geng Jimao couldn't answer.
Xu Ensheng asked: "Has our army been defeated?"
Geng Jimao was still stubborn: "It's just a small defeat."
"Qiang!"
Xu Ensheng slashed with his sword and chopped down Geng Jimao who was crossing the river without his armor.
Geng Jimao collapsed in pain and angrily shouted: "I am the Crown Prince Huaishun of the Qing Dynasty. How dare you kill me to rebel?"
Xu Ensheng sneered and struck again, but Geng Jimao died miserably.
After killing Geng Jimao, Xu Ensheng cut off his own braid, raised his knife and shouted: "Duduo has been defeated. Open the city gate quickly and follow me out to kill the Tatars!"
There were only 3,000 defenders in Sishui County, but the 6,000 defeated troops outside the city had little combat effectiveness. What's more, they fled back after being defeated, already tired and hungry, and their weapons were thrown away in the escape.
Xu Ensheng led his troops to fight out, but the defeated Shandong troops did not resist at all and knelt down to beg for surrender.
A large number of soldiers packed the clothes, and they were so frightened that they turned and ran away.
They did not dare to surrender. Every time the Tatars entered the country and plundered, they were accomplices, and they had committed countless crimes.
But how could he escape when he was tired and hungry?
In order to show his attitude of breaking with the Manchus, Xu Ensheng ordered: "Screen the prisoners and kill all the slaves!"
These Shandong generals were as quick to submit to the Manchus as they were to the Qing Dynasty, and now they are rebelling against the Qing Dynasties.