Zhang Fengyi and Ma Xianglin each led a cavalry battalion to fight out. These cavalry were all fully equipped with a standard of 500 men per battalion. The Chinese army also had a cavalry battalion with 500 men.
One thousand and five hundred cavalrymen immediately rushed out and pursued them one after another.
Maoming'an's 7,000 heavy infantry had suffered more than 3,000 casualties at this time and completely collapsed.
They ran back like a tide, with 1,500 cavalry chasing behind them, killing the broken troops who fell behind.
Darkhan was very confused. He still had Horqin's 3,000 cavalry in his hands, all of which were heavy cavalry in human and horse gear. Should he send them out to attack these thin southerners?
Looking at those dark gun muzzles, he felt uncertain. He was very reluctant to use heavy cavalry to attack the car camp with a large number of heavy artillery.
"Withdraw the troops and let's go to Liangxiang." Darkhan said.
Seeing the Mongols retreating, Fan Shoufan sneered and said: "In the end, he still did not make up his mind to send out the trump card in his hand."
The master has long said in his telegram that the Mongols are not monolithic. They are a group of bandits who have gathered temporarily. If it is advantageous to join forces, they will join together, and if it is not advantageous, they will disperse.
These Horqin cavalry will not die for the Maoming An tribe.
Seeing the retreat of the Chinese army, the cavalry attacking on both wings also retreated from the east and west directions after leaving behind more than a thousand corpses. The Baiganer soldiers were mainly infantry and could not pursue them.
After Maoming'an's troops fled in all directions, the cavalry again killed more than a thousand people and then retreated.
Sichuan horses are relatively thin and small, almost like donkeys. In fact, they only bully the infantry and cannot go head-to-head with the Mongolian cavalry. Not only are Sichuan horses short, they are easy to be hacked and killed by people from a high position. They also have a low load and cannot wear iron armor. Otherwise, they can carry piggyback loads.
Do not move.
The Mongols retreated and the army marched into the town.
They found a local blacksmith, put the iron ropes blocking the river on the stove, burned them red, then used a blacksmith's anvil to cushion them, and cut them with chisels. It took a whole afternoon to finish more than a dozen iron ropes. The army then
Qin Liangyu was very happy to make rice in the pot and ordered extra food.
Qin Liangyu killed 2,780 Mongolians in this battle, and captured more than 800 Mongolians who were injured and could not escape. She sent people to Tianjin Acropolis for custody. More than 800 captured Mongolian horses were organized into
own cavalry battalion.
After dealing with the battlefield, the fleet sounded the whistle again and headed upstream towards the Grand Canal, heading straight for Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou.
Along the way, I kept seeing small groups of Mongolian and Jiannu cavalry galloping by on the river bank. They were all robbing everyone. At present, there are more than 200,000 Jiannu and Mongolians scattered throughout the Shuntian Prefecture.
Looting is used to meet material needs. Their supplies mainly rely on plundering in war zones.
After seeing the fleet of boats in the river, some of these people tried to get closer. As a result, they were shot by old muzzles. They died on the ground and fled in a hurry.
Jiannu originally wanted to attack them by relying on the long range of his bow and arrow, but soon discovered that their rifles had a range of more than 300 meters, and the effective range was 100 meters further than the distance they could throw. So, in order not to suffer the immediate loss, he
He quickly retreated.
Before dark, the fleet finally passed Tongzhou and entered the Tonghui River. In the afterglow of the setting sun, it turned into the moat. The Eight Banners outside the city saw the fleet, but they had neither boats nor cannons. There was nothing they could do against them.
I could watch them pass by in the middle of the river.
Yuan Chonghuan saw the fleet at the Guan Ning Army camp outside Xibian Gate. He was shocked because the flag of Dingyuan Marquis was hanging on the ship. He thought Yang Fan was coming with troops and horses.
However, they immediately realized that Yang Fan still had soldiers and horses. They couldn't help but laugh.
Donglin often slandered the emperor. The emperor completely deprived Marquis Dingyuan of his military power, and also forced his private soldiers Xinghe Tuanlian to protect the Forbidden City. Marquis Dingyuan is now a bare-bones general in the Western Conquest.
But when he looked at these extremely deep-drafted canal and tugboats, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch. They must be filled with grain. If the emperor in the city got grain, he would be even less likely to be intimidated by him. His business
It would be ten times more difficult.
"Notify the ship in front that Governor Ji Liao wants to see Marquis Dingyuan." Yuan Chonghuan didn't know if Yang Fan was coming. He rolled his eyes and said.
These grains must be withheld. With the grains in hand, we can control the armies coming to rescue, and then threaten the emperor.
But the fleet ignored him at all when faced with the people he sent to shout.
The steamer was still emitting black smoke and churning forward, making Yuan Chonghuan furious. But he did not dare to order an attack unless he really wanted to go against it.
I watched the fleet go to Chaoyang Gate. After passing Chaoyang Gate, they docked on the inside of the moat north of Wengcheng. Because there were so many ships, the fleet docked all the way to Dongzhimen.
The Forbidden City was locked, but a guard in golden clothes still handed in an urgent piece of information through the crack in the door. The eunuchs did not dare to delay and hurriedly sent it to Wang Chengen. When Wang Chengen saw it, he was immediately overjoyed.
Chongzhen was studying countermeasures with several cabinet elders and some people from the Ministry of War who were on duty at night in Wuying Hall. Now, King Qin's army had gathered 250,000 troops, while Jiannu only had 50,000 people in the Tongzhou area, and the other Mongols were all
They scattered around and plundered the countryside.
Now, they are still discussing how to fight this battle. At present, they have certain conditions for counterattack. At this time, Wang Chengen suddenly ran in from outside.
Seeing the emperor frowning and looking at the sand table, he didn't dare to disturb him. The three hundred thousand dan of military rations for Marquis Dingyuan was no small matter, and he didn't dare to leak the news. He planned to report to the emperor alone.
Chongzhen looked back at him and knew something was wrong with him. After all, they had been master and servant for more than ten years and knew each other very well.
"I'm a little tired. You can continue the discussion while I go back and take a nap." Chongzhen said with a yawn.
"I will respectfully send you off to Your Majesty." All the ministers bowed together and saluted.
Chongzhen took Wang Chengen out of Wuying Palace and walked towards Qianqing Palace.
"What happened again? Tell me." Chongzhen pinched his eyebrows. Nothing good has happened in the past few days. The various prefectures and counties around Gyeonggi have fallen apart. Either one of King Qin's troops has been defeated and routed. Or else
It means that the censor impeached a certain army for robbing the people.
Chongzhen was numb. It would be a good thing if nothing happened.
"Your Majesty, the food promised by Marquis Dingyuan has arrived at Chaoyang Gate. Because the city gate has been locked, it is currently parked in the moat." Wang Chengen said with a beaming face.
"What? How much food has arrived so quickly?" Chongzhen grabbed Wang Chengen's arm and asked anxiously.
"Your Majesty, it's all the best white rice. It's all indica rice from last autumn. There are three hundred thousand dan in total."
Chongzhen stood stunned for a while, but he didn't expect there to be so much. Although he was happy before, now there are Jiannu and Tatars everywhere, and transportation is cut off. He thinks that even if the food reaches Beitangkou, it will not be transported northward.
The first thing he thought of was not Jiannu, but Guan Ningjun.
"According to my instructions, immediately open the Chaoyang Gate and mobilize 40,000 people from the capital camp to transport the grain overnight. All the grain must be transported into the shipping warehouse and Beixin warehouse before dawn."