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  Chapter 572 569【All abandoned sons】

  There are only more than 4,000 Han soldiers in the Manchu Qing army who have not escaped, and most of them belong to the **** traitors—those with vested interests.

   There are also a small number of people who are reluctant to part with their wives and children in Liaodong, and want to go home with the Tartars for reunion.

  At this moment, seeing the withdrawal of the Manchurian and Mongolian banners, and the departure of the Mongols and Jurchens in the Han army banners, these Han soldiers were completely desperate.

  The proportion of firearms in the Han soldiers is relatively high, and Hauge even took their firearms away.

  A true abandoned son, and ruthless, he doesn't even bother to act!

   "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 Qing Dynasty.

Kong Youde said: "Go to the Mongolian grassland. In the Qing Dynasty... the Tartars divided the grassland and ruled it. Once the Tartars decline and are scattered into countless pieces of Mongolia, it will soon be chaotic. Let's find a Mongolian tribe to join and help them There must be a place for it to fight.”

   "That's the only way to go, if you want to go, go 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 was Zhang Tieniu's pursuers. In the northeast and northwest, there were Datong cavalry who went around to cut off the back road of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

  Kong Youde decided to cross the river immediately, head towards Beijing, then go north to Jizhou on the way, and go to the grassland from the Xifengkou of the Great Wall.

"Da da da!"

   More than a dozen Datong cavalry rushed to stand on the other side of the river and watched them. They were sentry cavalry who stayed to observe the enemy's situation.

   Just as they were halfway across, the dragoons shot into the river.

   Sporadic gunshots sounded, and more than half of the more than 4,000 Han Army Eight Banners collapsed in an instant. Their morale has dropped to zero, and if there is a slight disturbance, they will flee in all directions.

  Kong Youde had no choice but to give up crossing the river, gathered the rout troops all the way, and fled towards the mountainous area to the southeast.

  The dozen or so dragoons swam on their horses, always chasing after them.

  Kong Youde and Shang Kexi ordered to form a defensive formation, and the dragoons immediately stopped and shot at the enemy from a long distance away.

  After every burst of gunfire ends, the troops under Kong Youde and Shang Kexi's command will break up and run away indiscriminately. When Kong and Shang fled into the mountains, there were only a few hundred people around them. After resting for a while, the shock was still there, and he went out of the mountain again and continued to run eastward.

  Twenty miles to the east, there is another mountain range, which is the real mountain. These traitors can't go north to Mongolia, they can only fall into the mountains and become bandits.

  The southernmost tip of that mountain range is Jieshi Mountain where Cao Cao watched the sea.

   Jieshi Mountain was able to see the sea at the end of Han Dynasty, but the vicissitudes of life are now twenty miles away from the sea. Even the Liaoxi Corridor, where the Tartars have been attacking for more than 20 years, had only one channel facing the sea at the end of the Han Dynasty, and now it has formed a seaside flat land with a width of more than ten miles.

  Ye Kui joined the army very late, just a cavalry captain.

  He allocated half of the cavalry to capture those routs, waiting for Zhang Tieniu to receive them. Several Datong cavalry captured more than 2,000 people one after another. These prisoners cooperated very well and went to squat outside Lulong County honestly.

  The remaining half of the cavalry, a total of eight cavalry, led the horses into the mountains and continued to pursue.

   Chasing into the mountains, and then out of the mountains, Kong Youde and Shang Kexi's last few hundred confidantes were crushed by these eight cavalrymen.

  Finally, the whole army broke up.

   "Kill the enemy!" Ye Kui put away the fire blunderbuss, drew out his waist knife and led the soldiers to charge.

  Shang Kexi’s eldest son, Shang Zhixin, was only nine years old at the time and was still playing with mud in Liaodong. Otherwise, there will probably be a scene of fatherly kindness and son filial piety. In history, fathers were imprisoned to death.

   "Too much deceit!"

   Shang Kexi drew his sword, turned around, and rushed towards the dragoons.

  Ye Kui rode his horse and dragged his knife past, but Shang Kexi raised his knife to block it. Another cavalryman also dragged his knife and slashed at Shang Kexi's neck. Shang Kexi dodged in a hurry, and a hole was dragged out of his neck. The third cavalryman came again and slashed Shang Kexi's face.

   Shang Kexi's face was covered with blood, and he still raised his sword to fight, but all the dragoons rushed over, hacking and killing those rout soldiers who did not surrender.

   At the end of the road, Shang Kexi slayed himself with a knife. 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 cared about him, and continued to chase and kill the routs, chasing as long as they were still fleeing, and letting go of those who knelt down and begged for mercy.

  …

  But it said that Haoge, after fleeing north for a while, suddenly changed lanes and headed east halfway.

  This guy is also a black man, trying to use Kong Youde and other Han soldiers to disperse the forces of the Datong Army to chase and kill them. At this moment, he abandoned all the infantry and fled with only the soldiers on horseback in a different direction. More than 10,000 Manchu and Mongolian banner infantry were also sold by him.

   If you don’t sell it, you can’t leave!

  Haoge and Man Dahai, leading more than 12,000 cavalry and mounted infantry, turned east and soon arrived at Yanghe. Going north along the river, the Datong cavalry narrowly escaped the interception, and actually escaped to the Jieling Pass of the Great Wall.

   They also chased more than 2,000 Tong cavalry behind them, but they couldn't stop tens of thousands of enemy cavalry at all. They could only bite off the tails of hundreds of people, and watched the main force of the Qing Dynasty flee.

   "Master Hou, Hauge has escaped, and he will be guilty." Li Dingguo went to see Zhang Tieniu with a face full of shame.

  Zhang Tieniu had already led his main force to pass through Lulong County. Hearing this, he asked in surprise, "How did you escape?"

  Li Dingguo said: "Throw away those who don't have horses, and all abandon their armor and ride away on horseback."

Zhang Tieniu suddenly felt relieved: "You must not be able to see tens of thousands of Tartars abandoning their armor and fleeing on horseback. Liaodong is sparsely populated. These Tartars abandoned their armor and fled back. If they want to fight with armor, they must be made by craftsmen." .”

  Wearing armor, it is impossible to march long distances. When the Tartars ran, they often carried two horses, one man and one armor.

  This time, in order to escape as many Tartars as possible, one person escaped on one horse, and all armor had to be discarded.

  Even if they fled back, the tens of thousands of Tartar soldiers would be defeated.

   Manchurian warriors without armor may not be able to beat even bandits in leather armor.

  Zhang Tieniu asked again: "Where are the Tartar infantry?"

   "Besieged more than ten miles southwest of Taolinkou." Li Dingguo said.

  Zhang Tieniu felt bored, and said: "The infantry are exhausted from chasing after days. The main force will not go, and go back to Lulong County to rest. You can take the cavalry to destroy those Tartars."

   There were more than 10,000 abandoned Tartar infantry, but Zhang Tieniu didn't pay attention to them at all.

   You can guess with your knees, the Manchu nobles must have all run away. Among the Tartars who remained, there were not many middle-level officers, and they were all low-level officers and ordinary soldiers.

   Let alone more than 10,000 people, even if there are more than 100,000 Tartars, they will lose their organizational system because they have no generals.

  …

  The reunited Datong dragoons and more than 5,000 Mongolian cavalry did not launch an attack immediately, but all stopped to save horsepower, and fed salt water and beans to the horses by the way.

  In a large area stretching for three miles by the river, the abandoned Tartar infantry gathered here and there according to their tribe and hometown.

  They have been surrounded, one side is by the river, and the other three sides are enemies.

  Badali grabbed a handful of beans and let the horses eat them. He cast his eyes into the distance, and he was grateful for his choice. If he didn't lead his troops to join him, how could he hold his current thigh.

   "Woooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

   After a while, the horn sounded.

  Badali slapped the saddle and shouted: "The whole army mounts and kills the Tartars!"

  The Horqin cavalry advanced slowly, and the Chahar cavalry also moved forward, following the Datong cavalry to shrink the encirclement.

   Along with the movement of the cavalry, the Tartar infantry also moved.

   Turned around and jumped into the river one by one. 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. Seeing this, he led his troops to attack and beheaded the enemy troops who crossed the river. Thousands of Tartars were driven into the river again, and thousands of Tartars were still floundering in the river. Anyway, they would die if they went ashore, and they could live a little longer if they stayed in the water.

  Some Tartars did not jump into the river, but knelt on the spot, screaming for mercy in panic.

  The rest of the more than 5,000 Tartars tried to break through the gaps of the cavalry, and they were greeted with the most severe blow.

   "Kill, kill, kill everyone you meet!"

   In order to show his loyalty, Badali killed the Tartars more ruthlessly than the Datong cavalry. After all, his first wife was a Manchu princess!

  Badali led the army to chase and kill those who broke through, even those who knelt down and begged for mercy. He killed hundreds of Tartars by himself, his arms were already limp, and his blade was cut to pieces.

   "Don't kill me, I am also a Mongolian!" Tulai panicked and knelt down.

  Turai belonged to the Mongolian tribe that belonged to Houjin in the early days. They failed in the struggle on the grassland, and the whole family migrated to Liaodong, where they were warmly received by Nurhachi.

  In fact, they have no cavalry, and they have long been a farming nation.

  Badali heard it clearly, cut down Tulai with a knife, and said with a grinning smile: "The Mongols who fought against the Tartars deserve to die!"

  Li Dingguo did not fight in person, but took a binoculars to observe the battle situation.

He quickly noticed the behavior of the Horqin cavalry, frowned, and said, "Go and send an order to that Badali that the Tartars who surrendered should not be killed again. There are many mines in Liaodong, and even this Hebei, Zunhua Iron Mine also needs people. Send them to It’s good to mine, it’s not worth killing them all.”

   The siege and pursuit operation lasted for three full hours.

  About 4,000 Tartars drowned in the river, and 3,000 Tartars were beheaded. The remaining 6,000 Tartars were all captured, and only a few managed to escape.

  Now in the entire Qing Dynasty, counting the troops brought back by Hauge, there are less than 40,000 people left. Half of them have lost their armor, and at most they can wear leather armor on the battlefield.

  The decline of the Tartars is doomed, and there are signs of chaos in the grassland.

  But if we want to completely destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we have to wait until after the Liaodong rainy season. By that time, it is estimated that the Datong Army has not yet dispatched troops, and the entire Mongolian tribes in northwestern Liaoning will all declare rebellion against the Qing Dynasty.

  The Mongols there were originally defeated by the Jurchens!

  Zhang Tieniu took the prisoners back, and when he was halfway there, he received a battle report from Fei Ruhe: "Li Zicheng withdrew his troops, and the Datong Army recovered Beijing."

  Li Zicheng never wanted to withdraw, but the news from the rear scared him to lead his troops back to Shanxi—Shaanxi and Gansu were lost.

  (end of this chapter)