Huang Taiji's two yellow flags waited for Daishan in Chifeng City.
At this time, Shi Shan's legs were broken and he was being carried away on a sliding pole. His sons were all crying.
The two yellow flags are pretty good, there are still 15,000 men and horses, the two red flags only have 11,000 men left. The two blue flags still have about 10,000 people. But the two white flags have not come to join forces.
Huang Taiji looked at the more than 68,000 eight banners when he entered the customs. Now there were less than 36,000 people left in front of him. He felt uncomfortable. The worst thing was that the Mongolian tribes came back one after another. They still had 50,000 people left. Multiple people.
In the end, less than 10,000 Han soldiers returned.
More than 200,000 people invaded the Ming Dynasty, but now only less than 130,000 are gathered in Chifeng.
Although they robbed a lot of supplies and people when entering the customs this time, they lost half of their troops. This was very uneconomical because they had few people to begin with.
The Mongols suffered such heavy losses that they might not be able to mobilize next time.
Huang Taiji did not wait for the Dorgon brothers, because he had the most important thing to do now.
He had already known about the changes in Shenyang before he left the customs. He had to move the whole army to catch up with the brigade escorting supplies and people. Otherwise, once these things cross the Liao River, Amin and Manggul will be cheap Too bad.
Huang Taiji immediately ordered that a thousand men be left to guard Chifeng City and set off immediately. The rest all marched towards the Liaohe Ferry.
At this time, he told Daishan the news privately. Daishan was shocked and stunned. Unexpectedly, when they were robbing madly in Daming, his backyard caught fire.
Amin actually succeeded in stealing a house with Mang Gurtai.
Now the families of the Eight Banners are under their control, and he only has a large army in his hands. If he cannot fight back and seize back the population and territory of the Eight Banners, the army alone cannot maintain it.
He and Huang Taiji conspired all night, and finally decided that they should keep the captured population and finances first, without taking advantage of Amin. If this was not possible, using these populations to reclaim wasteland could stabilize the situation in Liaodong first.
After all, if you attack several strong cities in Liaodong, you risk not being able to defeat them in a short time.
The food supplies and people they robbed this time can be cultivated on the spot. Stabilize the situation first, otherwise they will collapse without logistics.
Ten days later, they finally arrived at the edge of the Liao River. It was easy for them to find the escorting team. There were more than 500,000 people, hundreds of thousands of cattle and horse carts, and more than 70,000 camels. There were traces of excrement and camps along the way. It's a road sign.
However, these things disappeared as they chased them all the way to the Liao River, which was the last place where these traces appeared.
Huang Taiji suddenly realized that it was over, they were too late, they had already crossed the river, and now it was easier for Amin.
That night, the cavalry sent to conduct reconnaissance across the river came back. No trace of anyone crossing the river was found on the other side. After all, with so many people, it was impossible not to leave traces on the other side of the river. Since there were no traces, it means they did not cross the river.
Huang Taiji was puzzled, these people had not crossed the river, so where did they go?
"Khan, a Jingguan was discovered five miles away." The cavalry captain in charge of the reconnaissance came back to report. His words were a little hesitant and his face was a little panicked.
Huang Taiji suddenly had an ominous premonition and immediately rode in that direction with his soldiers.
He had high blood pressure and would get nosebleeds when he was nervous. At this time, his nosebleeds were trickling down, soaking his clothes, and he didn't bother to wipe them away.
The further he walked, the darker his face became. You could already see the traces of the battlefield here. The ground was covered with ditches plowed by heavy artillery, and there were still stains of blood that were not dried.
Gradually, broken limbs began to appear. Wrecks of ships began to appear on the river.
You don't need to ask to know that these must be the boats used by the brothers to prepare to cross the river.
There are many broken ship fragments and large pieces of wreckage along the river.
Huang Taiji finally arrived at this battlefield. Obviously, they were attacked by two parties on the river bank. The ones in the river were gunboats, and the ones on the bank were cavalry.
Finally he saw the dead bodies lying all over the place. These were the Yu Dings of the Eight Banners who had voluntarily followed him to Brother E Bilong. All the corpses had no heads.
The horses, weapons, and belongings were all looted, and even some of the clothes were taken away.
Not far away, there was a foul smell.
Huang Taiji covered his nose and looked. A few hundred meters away, upwind, on an earthen platform, a pyramid of 10,000 heads appeared boldly in front of him.
These heads are at least half a month old. It is now the midsummer climate and there are birds pecking at them, so they have begun to rot seriously.
However, the money rat tails floating on it were like countless tentacles, floating in the wind. The hairs of those who looked at it stood up. Fortunately, it was daytime, but it would have been even more terrifying at night.
Huang Taiji still didn't understand what happened.
He worked in vain for half a year. All these people, animals, and property were taken away by others. He worked hard for half a year, but ended up making wedding clothes for others.
He felt dizzy, screamed, vomited a large mouthful of blood, and then fell off his horse.
The generals suddenly became confused and shouted for the imperial doctor.
Ten days ago, Zhao Shuigan led more than 30,000 militiamen and defeated 7,000 infantrymen in a battle here.
They charged forward on horseback, and then shot with flintlocks and carbines from a hundred meters away. After they were beaten, they left, and just like this, they were worn away layer by layer like a millstone.
These Eight Banners Yu Ding don't have many archers, and Duolun's cavalry all have aluminum alloy armor. Even the war horses are wearing stab-proof vests, so they are not afraid of their bows and arrows at all.
The cavalrymen rushed up in turn, fired their guns, and then retreated, quickly beating them to pieces.
They don't come into contact with you at all, just a team of a thousand people, a team of a thousand people rush up, and when they are a hundred meters away, they fire a round of flintlock rifles. After the shooting, they leave without hesitation.
This kind of continuous shooting defeated them in just a dozen rounds.
The first few rows of the infantry array were all killed. There were piles of corpses in front of the array.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The remaining people dispersed in a hurry, and the whole army fled. Yi Bilong gave the order, and the personal cavalry hacked dozens of them to death but could not stop them.
Some tried to jump into the Liao River and swim across it, while others ran wildly to both ends.
Seeing the collapse of these people, Zhao Shuigen was a little depressed. He didn't expect these Jiannu slaves to be so cowardly. They promised that the Jurchens were invincible.
He immediately ordered the entire cavalry force to attack and kill these defeated soldiers.
In the end, not one of them escaped. They were blocked by the river and killed, and more than 3,000 people were captured.
According to Yang Fan's order, all enemies who entered the pass were beheaded. During the six months they were in the pass, these people committed heinous crimes. Millions of people in the Ming Dynasty were killed by them, but Yang Fan refused to accept their surrender.
Half a million captured people watched with their own eyes as this unknown army tied up the captured Eight Banners soldiers, marched them together, knelt in a row, and chopped off their heads one by one with a cavalry sword.
Then, they were ordered to use the corpses and soil to ram a huge platform building. Then they piled 10,000 heads on the earth platform into the shape of a pyramid.
These people of the Ming Dynasty were captured by Jiannu and escorted here. They watched these cavalry suddenly appear and killed all Jiannu. They didn’t know who these people were. They wore armor and clothes they had never seen before and rode Mongolians.
War horse.
Half are Mongolians and half are Han Chinese.
Soon, they were ordered to continue their march. This time they were no longer heading east across the river to Liaodong. Instead, they were heading west towards the hinterland of the grassland.
They didn't know where they were going to be sent, so they could only walk mechanically. However, each of them was given a piece of naan bread, which they ate hungrily.
This was the first full meal they had eaten since they were captured.