There are only more than 4,000 Han soldiers in the Manchu army who have not escaped at this moment, and most of them are hardcore traitors - those with vested interests.
There are also a small number of people who are reluctant to leave their wives and children in Liaodong and want to go home with the Tatars to reunite...
At this moment, watching the Manchurian and Mongolian flags withdraw, and watching the Mongols and Jurchens in the Han flags leaving, these Han soldiers were completely in despair.
The Han soldiers had a relatively high proportion of firearms, and Hauge actually took away their muskets.
A true abandoner, and merciless, not even bothering to show off!
"Run away." Kong Youde said.
Shang Kexi asked: "Where can I escape?"
Once upon a time, they were cornered in the Ming Dynasty, and now they are cornered in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Kong Youde said: "Go to the Mongolian grassland. During the Qing Dynasty... the Tatars divided and ruled the grasslands. Once the Tatars decline and are broken into countless pieces of Mongolia, chaos will soon arise. Let's find a Mongolian tribe to join us and help.
They must be useful in a war."
"That's all. If you want to leave, leave quickly!" Shang Kexi agreed.
The two went to discuss with other traitors, and soon reached an agreement, and told the soldiers to go to the Mongolian grassland.
To the north of them was the main force of the Qing Dynasty, and behind them were Zhang Tieniu's pursuers. To the northeast and northwest were the Datong cavalry who were going around to cut off the Manchu Qing's retreat.
Kong Youde decided to cross the river immediately and walk in the direction of Beijing, then go north to Jizhou and head to the grassland from Xifengkou of the Great Wall.
"Da da da!"
More than a dozen Datong cavalry rushed over and stood on the other side of the river watching them. These were the sentry cavalry who stayed to observe the enemy's situation.
Just as they were halfway across the river, the dragoons fired into the river.
Sporadic gunshots rang out, and more than half of the more than 4,000 Han troops under the Eight Banners collapsed in an instant. Their morale had dropped to zero, and they would scatter in all directions at the slightest sign of trouble.
Kong Youde had no choice but to give up crossing the river, gathered up his defeated troops and fled towards the mountainous area in the southeast.
The dozen or so dragoons swam across the river on their backs on their horses, always chasing after him.
Kong Youde, Shang Kexi ordered a defensive formation, and the dragoons immediately stopped and fired at the enemy from a distance.
After every burst of gunfire, the troops under Kong Youde and Shang Kexi would break up and flee randomly. When Kong and Shang fled into the mountainous area, there were only hundreds of people left around them. After resting for a while, still in shock, they went out of the mountain and continued on.
Run east.
Twenty miles away to the east, there is another mountain range, which is the real big mountain. These traitors cannot go north to Mongolia and can only become bandits in the mountains.
The southernmost tip of that mountain range is the Jieshi Mountain where Cao Cao watched the sea.
Jieshi Mountain could see the sea in the late Han Dynasty, but the sea has changed, and now it is twenty miles away from the sea. Even the Liaoxi Corridor, which the Tatars attacked for more than 20 years, had only one seaside passage in the late Han Dynasty, and now it is more than ten miles wide.
The flat land by the sea.
Ye Kui joined the army very late and was just a cavalry captain.
He divided half of the cavalry to capture the defeated troops and waited for Zhang Tieniu to take them over. Several Datong cavalry captured more than 2,000 people one after another. These prisoners were very cooperative and walked to the outside of Lulong County to squat.
The remaining half of the cavalry, eight in total, led their horses into the mountains to continue the pursuit.
Chasing into the mountains and then out of the mountains, Kong Youde and Shang Kexi's last few hundred confidants were driven to a state of mental collapse by these eight cavalrymen.
Finally, the whole army collapsed.
"Kill the enemy!" Ye Kui put away his gun, drew his sword and led his troops to charge.
Shang Kexi's eldest son, Shang Zhixin, was only nine years old at this time and was still playing in the mud in Liaodong. Otherwise, he would most likely have acted like a loving father and a filial son. Historically, his father was imprisoned until his death.
"That's too much!"
Shang Kexi drew his sword and turned around, rushing towards the dragoon.
Ye Kui rode past with his sword, but Shang Kexi blocked it with his sword. Another cavalryman also passed by with his sword and slashed at Shang Kexi's neck. Shang Kexi hurriedly dodged, and a gash was pulled out of his neck. The third cavalryman again
Come on, chop Shang Kexi in the face.
Shang Kexi's face was covered with blood, and he still raised his sword and wanted to fight, but all the dragoons rushed over, killing those defeated soldiers who did not surrender.
At the end of the road, Shang Kexi stabbed himself to death. This big traitor died inconspicuously.
Kong Youde did not resist, but knelt down and begged for mercy, shouting: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender, don't kill me!"
The Datong cavalry no longer paid attention to him and continued to pursue the defeated soldiers. They would pursue those who were still fleeing and only let go of those who knelt down to beg for mercy.
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But on the Hauge side, after fleeing north for a while, they suddenly changed course and headed east.
This guy was also evil-minded and tried to use Kong Youde and other Han soldiers to distract the Datong Army to pursue them. At this moment, he abandoned all the infantry and only took the soldiers on horseback to change directions and fled. More than 10,000 Manchurian and Mongolian flag infantry
He was also sold.
If you don’t sell, you can’t leave!
Hauge and Mandahai, leading more than 12,000 cavalry and mounted infantry, turned east and quickly arrived at Yanghe River. They then followed the river northward, narrowly avoiding the blocking Datong cavalry, and actually escaped to the Great Wall.
Lingkou.
Two thousand Datong cavalry were chasing behind them, but they could not stop the tens of thousands of enemy cavalry. They could only bite off the tails of hundreds of them and watch the main force of the Qing Dynasty escape.
"Master Marquis, Hauge escaped, and the general will be guilty." Li Dingguo went to see Zhang Tieniu with a look of shame on his face.
Zhang Tieniu had already led his main force through Lulong County. Hearing this, he was surprised and asked, "How did you escape?"
Li Dingguo said: "Throw away those without horses, and all of them abandon their armor and ride away."
Zhang Tie Newton was relieved: "You must not be able to see tens of thousands of Tatars abandoning their armor and fleeing on horseback. Liaodong has a sparse population. These Tatars abandon their armor and flee back. If they want to fight with armor, they will have to be made by craftsmen."
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It is impossible to march long distances while wearing armor. When the Tatars attack, they often carry two horses, one horse carrying men and one horse carrying armor.
This time, in order to escape as many Tatars as possible, one person escaped on one horse, and all the armor had to be discarded.
Even if they fled back, these tens of thousands of Tatar soldiers would be useless.
A Manchu warrior without armor might not even be able to defeat a bandit wearing leather armor.
Zhang Tieniu asked again: "Where are the Tatar infantry?"
"Besieged more than ten miles southwest of Taolinkou." Li Dingguo said.
Zhang Tieniu felt bored and said: "The infantry has been chasing for days and is very tired. The main force will not go. We will go back to Lulong County to rest. You can lead the cavalry to eliminate those Tatars."
There were more than 10,000 abandoned Tatar infantry, and they were completely ignored by Zhang Tieniu.
You can guess by thinking on your knees that all the Manchu nobles must have fled. The Tatars who remained were not even middle-level officers, they were all low-level officers and ordinary soldiers.
Not to mention more than 10,000 Tatars, even more than 100,000 Tatars will lose their organization because they have no generals.
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The regrouped Datong dragoons and more than 5,000 Mongolian cavalry did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they all stopped to conserve power and feed the horses salt water and beans.
In a large area stretching for three miles by the river, the abandoned Tatar infantry gathered in groups in the east and west according to their tribes and hometowns.
They were surrounded, with one side facing the river and the other three sides surrounded by enemies.
Badali grabbed a handful of beans and let the war horses eat them. He cast his gaze into the distance, feeling glad for his choice. If he didn't lead his troops to join him, he wouldn't have been able to hold on to his current thigh.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
After a while, the horn sounded.
Badali slapped the saddle and shouted: "All the troops mount up and kill the Tatars!"
The Horqin cavalry advanced slowly, and the Chahar cavalry also moved forward, following the Datong cavalry to shrink the encirclement.
Along with the movements of the cavalry, the Tatar infantry also moved.
One by one, they turned around and jumped into the river. They had already taken off their armor and tried to swim across the Qinglong River to escape.
Huang Fei was not far from the other side of the river. Upon seeing this, he led his army to attack and kill the enemy troops crossing the river. Thousands of Tatars were driven back into the river, and thousands more were swimming in the river. Anyway, they would die if they came ashore.
You can survive a little longer if you stay in the water.
Some Tatars did not jump into the river, but knelt down and shouted in panic for their lives.
The remaining about five thousand Tatars tried to break through the gaps between various cavalry units, but they were met with the most severe blows.
"Kill, kill, kill everyone you encounter!"
In order to show his loyalty, Badali killed the Tatars even more ruthlessly than the Datong cavalry. After all, his first wife was a Manchu princess!
Badali led his army to chase and kill the breakouts, even those who knelt down to beg for mercy. He killed hundreds of Tatars by himself, and his arms were already weak from the killing, and his blades were cut into pieces.
"Don't kill me, I'm a Mongolian too!" Tu Lai knelt down in panic.
Tulai belonged to the early Mongolian tribes that surrendered to the Hou Jin Dynasty. They failed in the grassland struggle and migrated to Liaodong with their whole family, where they were warmly received by Nurhaci.
In fact, they have no cavalry and have long since become a farming nation.
Badali heard this clearly and cut Tu Lai down with a knife, and said with a ferocious smile: "The Mongols who fight for the Tatars deserve to die even more!"
Li Dingguo did not go to the battle in person, but took a telescope and looked around to observe the battle situation.
He quickly noticed the behavior of Horqin's cavalry, frowned and said: "Go and give the order to Badali, don't kill the surrendered Tatars. There are many mines in Liaodong, even in Hebei, the Zunhua Iron Mine also needs people. Send them
It’s good to mine, but it’s not cost-effective to kill them all.”
The siege and pursuit lasted for three hours.
About four thousand Tatars drowned in the river, and more than three thousand Tatars were killed. The remaining six thousand Tatars were all captured, and only a few managed to escape.
Nowadays, in the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty, including the troops brought back by Hauge, there are less than 40,000 people left. Half of them have lost their armor and can at most wear leather armor on the battlefield.
The decline of the Tatars is doomed, and there are signs of chaos in the grasslands.
But if we want to completely destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we have to wait until after the rainy season in Liaodong. By that time, it is estimated that the entire Mongolian tribes in northwest Liaoning will declare rebellion against the Qing Dynasty before the Datong Army sends troops.
The Mongols there were originally defeated by the Jurchens!
Zhang Tieniu took the prisoners back. Halfway there, he received a battle report from Fei Ruhe: "Li Zicheng withdrew his troops and the Datong Army recovered Beijing."
Li Zicheng originally did not want to withdraw, but news from the rear frightened him and quickly led his troops back to Shanxi - Shaanxi and Gansu were lost.