"Military seat, the battlefield in the city is basically over. According to rough statistics, approximately 13,400 Guan Ning soldiers were captured, and there were more than 5,000 corpses of dead soldiers. A small group of thieves fled to the surrounding mountains."
"It seems that the Wu thieves' losses in this battle should have exceeded 20,000. How about the casualties of our troops in the city?"
"The security brigade guarding the city has lost seven to eight hundred people. The casualties of the main soldiers should be three to five hundred. However, the civilian casualties in the city are a bit heavy. The total number should be over a thousand."
"The people have contributed a lot to this battle. We will discuss with Fang Zhixian after this to see how to properly appease them. You cooperate with Fang Zhixian to stabilize the factory area as soon as possible. At the same time, quickly investigate whether the main force of Wu thieves protruding from the city has withdrawn from the customs."
Liu Yuanbin was communicating with the head of the military staff group about some follow-up matters after the war. What he hoped most now was that Wu Sangui had not made up his mind to escape from the pass. If he continued to stay in the pass, that would be the best news.
After waiting for a while, a staff officer ran over and said: "Military seat, Commander Cao and Commander Ma sent people to report the military situation. The Wu thieves have escaped from the pass. They wrote to ask what happened on the battlefield? Why not
Once they are deployed in place, our army will drive the Wu thieves out of the pass!"
Are you asking me? Who should I ask! Liu Yuanbin took the inquiry letter from Mayou Liang and Cao Ruohai and wanted to complain. This battle was fought in a haze. When he came with the main force, the war had already developed out of control.
Unable to make long-term arrangements, Guan Ning's army was already defeated before he could even secure the outer counter-encirclement.
Although in terms of the results of the battle, the goal of crippling Guan Ning's army has been achieved. But Liu Yuanbin knew that after the battle report was reported, including the Military Command Hall and the other two troops, they would be dissatisfied with the results of the battle. A bunch of hindsight will definitely say
Liu Yuanbin made a mistake in handling the situation and missed the opportunity to completely annihilate the main force of Guan Ning's army.
"Send an order to Commander Cao and Commander Ma and ask them to rush to the factory area to hold a meeting with the former enemy headquarters to study and judge the situation of the war and the arrangements for subsequent wars."
That night, Cao Ruohai and Mayouliang led the security forces on fast horses and rushed to the Miyun factory area. They were really curious about what happened on the battlefield here, which made the two of them so passive.
When they saw Liu Yuanbin, the first thing they said was to ask Liu Yuanbin how he managed to annihilate Guan Ning's army of 20,000 men in one day? Why are you fighting so fast? We are still running on the road, so we can't wait.
Brothers are all in place, let’s make dumplings!
"You two! This battle was not fought by Liu on his own initiative. After I arrived with the main force, there were already firings everywhere in the city. To be honest, this battle is not fought by our main force at all, we are more like helpers." Liu Yuanbin.
Somewhat depressed, he explained the situation of the war.
"There is only one security brigade in the city. How could they be the main force fighting Guan Ning's army? The number of people coming from Guan Ning's army this time is at least 30,000." After hearing Liu Yuanbin's explanation, Ma Youliang didn't believe it. If he relied on one
The security brigade can hold back Guan Ning's army, but if our own people allow Guan Ning's army to move in and out of the Great Wall, wouldn't it look too incompetent?
"Don't believe me! It was the security brigade of the factory area and the civilians in each factory that held back Guan Ning's army and trapped them in a chaotic fight in the city. It was they who held back the people entering the city.
Ning Jun, I have the opportunity to keep most of the traitors here in the chaos of the battle. If I had known that something like this would happen here, and let the cavalry division of the 11th Army come over, the situation might be better than if I brought the troops with me.
Forget it, let’s not talk about this, let’s talk about the next thing. The Guan Ning army was severely weakened in this battle. It is a good time for our troops to enter Daning and beat up the drowned dog. What I mean is that the three of us quickly planned a chase.
After the enemy's plan was approved by the military command hall, we took advantage of the opportunity when everyone was here to pursue Daning and completely defeat the Wu thieves."
"Guan Ning's army only has 40,000 to 50,000 men. This time it has lost more than 20,000 men. It is indeed the best time to take advantage of the situation to pursue and annihilate his troops."
The three of Gufu/s quickly reached a consensus and agreed that the top priority was to advance into Daning as quickly as possible and further expand the advantage formed by this battle.
Liu Yuanbin and the others in Miyun were thinking of quickly catching up to Daning to deal with Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui was so worried that his hair was turning white at this young age. In the battle to enter the customs, it was not only a case of stealing chicken but not losing rice, it was almost a battle.
All the old men went in. There were only less than 8,000 people accompanying him back to Daning, and the total number of old, weak, sick and disabled people left behind in Daning was less than 10,000. In other words, after this battle, Lao Wu went from being a top military leader to another.
He suddenly lost gear and suffered such heavy losses. He really had no idea how to deal with it after returning to Daning.
"The Prime Minister, the two nephews of Guozhu, and the two generals Xia and Hu are probably trapped in the battle. How do you think we can break the situation after we return to Daning?" Neither Xia Guoxiang nor Hu Guozhu's father returned to the army.
中. Wu Sangui knew that the situation must be bad, so he called his two juniors over. On the one hand, he wanted to comfort them, and on the other hand, he wanted to see what they had in mind.
"Your Majesty, if we continue to stay in Daning, it will be a dead end." Xia Guoxiang glanced at Wu Sangui intently and expressed his thoughts anxiously. The loss of the army in Miyun had a lot to do with his previous idea of dividing the troops and advancing, so he
Now he is very afraid that Wu Sangui will hold him accountable, but he can't hold back his words.
"Continuing to stay in Daning will lead to death? Why does my nephew say so?"
"There are no people in Daning! We can't replace the lost troops. The Manchus wish we had fewer soldiers, so they can better control us, so they won't give us more troops. If we stay in Daning, even if the court doesn't come to us
The Manchus are likely to exploit us even more than before, and the prince is afraid that he will become the second grandfather!"
Xia Guoxiang's words made Wu Sangui feel like he had fallen into an ice cave. The biggest trouble in Daning was not the remoteness of the place, but the lack of soldiers. Only then did Lao Wu realize how cruel the Manchus were in letting them move to this place. After arriving in Daning,
It is impossible for their strength to increase at all, and they will only fall off step by step.
"My dear nephew, if we don't stay in Daning, where can we go? We can't go back to Ningyuan."
"The world is so big, why would you, your lord, only set your sights on Ningyuan and Liaodong?"
"You mean leaving Liaodong? Many of our family members are staying in Ningyuan."
"Your Majesty! There is no need for a real man to be homeless. As long as we restore our strength, we can get our Ningyuan family back from the Manchus. What's more, our direct relatives are all in Daning."
When negotiating the terms of surrender with Dorgon, Guan Ning's bottom line was that his immediate family members must be transferred with them and they would never be allowed to be taken hostage by the Manchus. Dorgon finally agreed to this condition.
"After we leave Daning, where shall we go?"
"Detour to Shanxi and enter the pass! As long as we enter the pass, with our military strength, it is not difficult to find a good place to stay. I heard that the Central Plains and the southeast are now in chaos. It is our Guan Ning Army.