In the battle of Huai'an, Shang Yi defeated Li Chengdong's 35,000 troops with more than 8,000 troops. He killed more than 16,000 Qingyan and drowned in the battle. At the same time, he captured 10,000 prisoners.
More than 2,000 people and 57 ferries from Hongze Lake were captured. There were only more than 6,000 soldiers who fled back to the north shore of Hongze Lake with Li Chengdong.&&The merchant army itself had only seven soldiers fighting.
Death, and more than twenty people were injured.
For the merchant army, such a victory is actually nothing, because the opponent is nothing but the original Ming army's mob. The real combat power is actually worse than Li Zicheng's Dashun Army. There is nothing worth boasting about defeating this team.
It was a big gain, because after the merchant army headed south, most of the nearly 30,000 peasant army captured by the nearly 30,000 peasant army were transformed into
The new recruits of the Shang family army were all stubborn, but they were less than 10,000, which greatly reduced the free labor force of Shang Yi's hands, and the more than 12,000 prisoners could be filled in.
However, after Li Chengdong was defeated and returned to Xuzhou, Prince Su Haoge of the Qing court would definitely lead his troops and attack Huai'an again. This person can probably be regarded as a strong enemy. Although so far, the merchant army and the Qing army have fought many times,
However, I have not seen any famous general yet. Abatai can be considered one without strength, but he is old. As for the others, Turge, Li Lutai and others, they can only be considered second- and third-rate. However, Haoge
He must be considered one of the famous generals of the Qing Dynasty in this era, as famous as Dorgon, Dodo, Ajige and others, and has always been known for his bravery. This is his strong enemy.
Duoduo's army has not yet advanced south. If it can defeat Haoge's troops first and remove the danger from the north of Yangzhou, it will not only greatly increase morale, but will also be of great help to defend the Jianghuai battlefield and Yangzhou defense line in the future.
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Therefore, Shang Yi ordered the soldiers to pack up the spoils, clean the battlefield, and bury the bodies. He rode his horse and observed the terrain along Hongze Lake. From time to time, he also used a telescope to see the situation on the other side, thinking about countermeasures to deal with Haoge's attack.
Later, Shang Yi rode his horse to climb the Yellow River embankment to observe the situation of the Yellow River. This is already the lowest section of the Yellow River, only more than 100 kilometers away from the mouth of the Yellow River. The river surface is quite wide. According to Shang Yi's observation, it is about one.
About 1,500 meters, the water flowed was not very fast, but the river water was turbid, and the riverbed was obviously higher than the ground.
Shang Yi looked at it for a while, then called Duan Peng, the commander of the reconnaissance regiment, and ordered him a few words, before leading the troops and escorting the prisoners back to Huai'an.
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After Li Chengdong fled back to Xuzhou with his defeated army, he reported to Haoge about the defeat. Haoge couldn't help but be furious and scolded Li Chengdong very fiercely, then recruited a large army to lead the troops to fight in person to capture it.
Huai'an.
Haoge is Huang Taiji's eldest son. He started to join the army when he was very young. He was highly valued during Huang Taiji's rule and made many military achievements. After Huang Taiji's death, he once became a popular candidate for the heir to the throne.
It was just because Haoge's biological mother was very low and Dorgon interfered with it, so he failed to ascend the throne. After Dorgon came to power, he regarded Haoge as his major concern and excluded him from all sides and did not allow him to do so.
With the military power, this time he went out to conquer the Dashun Army, leaving Haoge in Shengjing and hung up.
But later, after Xu Lin entered Beijing, the Qing army fully captured the world, and the war was much more tense. In the lack of manpower, Dorgon had to re-activate Haoge. But others such as Ajige and Dodo, what is it? Abatai has the opportunity to command the troops and stand alone. Only Haoge was sent to guard the north bank of the Yellow River and responded from all directions. Moreover, the troops allocated to him were only one Zhenglan Banner, with only six or seven thousand troops in total. After luring Gao Jie to Xuding Kingdom, he led thousands of troops to surrender to Haoge, which made Haoge's troops exceed 10,000.
However, after sweeping away the Dashun Army in the northwest, Dorgon planned to divide his troops into three groups to attack Nanming, but at this time Abatai was dragged in Shandong and could not escape, so he could only let Haoge be the head general of the east route. He could also command all the troops, so Dorgon assigned the two troops of the Zhenglan Banner, Gushan Ezhen Jueluo Bahana, and the Han army inlaid red flag Gushan Ezhen Shiting Pillar to Haoge's subordinates. Until then, Haoge's troops were only more than 30,000, and the main force was four Manzhou Jiala, about 5,000 people, and one Han army Gushan, with more than 7,000 people.
Then Li Chengdong surrendered to Haoge in Xuzhou, bringing more than 30,000 troops, which doubled Haoge's troops. Moreover, Haoge has always looked down on the Ming army very much, and learned from Li Chengdong that Huai'an is empty. He also increased his confidence in attacking the Nans, and now he is eager to make contributions. Therefore, without waiting for Duoduo's army to arrive, he immediately decided to take the lead in sending troops south to capture Huai'an, collect Yangzhou, and seize the first merit of the Nanshou.
Because Li Chengdong was originally a Huai'an garrison and was confident of persuading the Ming army outside the country, Haoge also sent Li Chengdong as the front team to attack Huai'an first. However, this kick hit a steel plate, and Li Chengdong was beaten After being defeated, nearly 20,000 soldiers were demolished, Haoge was naturally furious.
Haoge naturally heard of Shang Yi's name and the military achievements of the Merchant Army, but like most other Qing generals, he refused to believe in the military's strong combat effectiveness without fighting with Shang Yi himself, and lost to him in the past. In Haoge's view, the rest of the Qing army of the Merchant Army were just because they were too incompetent, not how powerful the Merchant Army was. If they were replaced by themselves, they would definitely not be able to do so.
Therefore, after scolding Li Chengdong, Haoge also raised all the people in Xuzhou and brought all the Manchu and Han people under his command, with a total of about 37,000 people. At the same time, he also brought two surrendered generals Li Chengdong and Xu Dingguo, and once again went to the scene of the siege. Huai'an launched an attack.
The army marched southeast along the Yellow River, and was not blocked, and reached the north shore of Hongze Lake. Haoge ordered Xu Dingguo to collect ships and prepare the army to cross the lake, and he took Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu, Li Chengdong led him to the lake to observe the geography.
The group of people came to the lake, and Haoge looked at the south bank on the horse's back, and saw that the other side was deserted and there was no soldiers guarding him. Haoge couldn't help laughing and said, "What kind of Shangyi Merchant Army, Even the other side of the lake did not send troops to guard it. Either he was timid and dared not fight, or he did not know the tactics of war. It was ridiculous that Abatai would be defeated by such a person."
Li Chengdong said: "Prince Su, you must not be careless. The firearms of the merchant army are extremely sharp and are indeed very powerful."
Before Haoge spoke, Jueluo Bahanaji shouted: "Li Chengdong, you are incompetent, you were defeated by Shang Yi, and you are still ashamed of being here. Exaggerating the power of the enemy, exaggerating the might of others, and destroying your own. Sharp, I see you are like a woman."
After hearing this, the other Jiala and Niu Lu all laughed together.
Shi Tingzhu also said: "Yes, Li Chengdong, if I were you, I would have been drowned in Hongze Lake. Is there any face to embarrass you here?"
Li Chengdong's face was flushed, ashamed and annoyed by them, but now he is under the low eaves and dare not have an attack, so he had to lower his head and say nothing, and he also secretly regretted it. If he had known this was the case, he wouldn't have
It was time to surrender to the Qing court.
At this time, a Niu Lu said: "Prince Su, look at a large wooden sign standing there, and the page seems to be written with words."
Haoge looked in the direction of his finger and saw a big wooden sign. He turned to ask Li Chengdong and said, "What is this wooden sign for?"
Seeing Haoge ask, Li Chengdong couldn't help but answer, saying, "Report to Prince Su, there is a place where we built a floating bridge at one time, and there are still wooden stakes. However, I have never seen this wooden sign before. I should have just made it.
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Haoge nodded and said, "Let's go and see."
As he said that, Haoge urged the horse to come to the wooden sign. Looking around, he saw that the wooden sign read: Haoge crosses the lake, there will be no way to live. If you want to save your life, don’t cross the lake. The following signature is: Shang Yi
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Haoge was originally a very irritable person. After reading it, he was so angry that he was so angry that he drew his sword. He pulled out his sword, "sweeped" a few times, cut the wooden sign into several pieces, and then pointed the knife at the south bank of the lake and said:
"Children Shang Yi, you are waiting in Huai'an to see how I will deal with you after I cross the lake."
Jueluo Bahana, Shi Tingzhu and others hurried over to persuade him, and finally persuaded Haoge to return to the camp to rest. Although Li Chengdong didn't say anything, he felt secretly happy. At the same time, he also hoped that Haoge would have a big meal in Shang Yi's hand.
Losing is also a breath for yourself.
After returning to the camp, Haoge immediately recruited Xu Dingguo and ordered him to gather all the ships within three days to cross the Qing army to cross the river, otherwise he would not be able to be beaten. Xu Dingguo was so scared that he hurriedly stayed by the Yellow River day and night
The search guide finally searched for more than 200 ships in these three days, crossing the Qing army through Hongze Lake and reaching the south bank.
Although Haoge was furious during these three days, he was also a military person. He knew that the existence of Hongze Lake was inconvenient for the Qing army to transport supplies and mobilize personnel, so he left Li Chengdong to take him.
Three thousand men built a floating bridge by Hongze Lake to ensure that the materials could pass smoothly. Li Chengdong's remaining men were handed over to the commander of Xu Dingguo. Then he led a large group of men to Huai'an City.
Although Li Chengdong knew that Haoge was intending to weaken his troops, but now he is only stronger than others. He dared not say "no", so he had to take the order honestly and lead the troops to build the Shenqiao.
At the same time, he also cursed Haoge secretly in his heart. This time, he would be beaten to death by the merchant army under Huai'an city.