366 You Are Sleeping?
No matter what, the number of artillery is always a fixed number. Dorgon probably knew how many artillery carried by the Ming army and the various types of artillery were.
It was because of this that he was horrified to find that the Ming army seemed to have transferred most of the artillery here. If he hadn't been ambushed here in advance, he would never believe it.
But, this... this is impossible! Dorgon didn't believe it in his heart. How could the Ming army know that he would break through tonight, and break through from Ximen? If he didn't break through from Ximen, the main force would break through from the East Gate, and so many artillery would be almost all at the West Gate, and the pressure to break through from the East Gate would be very small!
The commander of the Ming army, no, it was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Why did he concentrate most of the artillery at Ximen and just happened to be hit by himself?
While he was thinking this, he suddenly realized something. It seemed that a lot of horse hooves were heard in the banging cannons.
The cavalry on the Qing Dynasty did not dare to charge again because of the existence of the horse pit, and there was no sound of galloping horses!
Hearing the sound, Dorgon immediately discovered that on both sides of the west gate of Tashan, under the flames, a large number of cavalry figures were flashing, surrounding the retreat of the Qing army. Moreover, behind the cavalry, countless figures followed, probably the Ming infantry army, who used the cavalry to open the way and rushed towards the retreat of the Qing army.
After seeing this, the cold sweat on Dorgon's face kept coming out.
At this time, he could be 100% sure that the Ming army had already ambushed heavy troops at Ximen and fell into the encirclement of the Ming army!
After understanding this, Dorgon couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Who, who betrayed the Qing Dynasty? Who betrayed the king?"
If the Ming army had not received the news in advance, it would be impossible for them to arrange heavy troops in Ximen! This is definitely someone who leaked the news!
After shouting a few hysterically, Dorgon understood that there was no answer to this question at this time. More importantly, the Qing army is now in a huge crisis and must first deal with this crisis.
However, in the dark night, military orders were originally difficult to convey. Now they are surrounded by the Ming army, and under multiple strikes, the team is even more chaotic. In this case, it is simply impossible to convey military orders.
Even if Dorgon had great skills, he would not be able to save anything in the face of such a chaotic scene.
Everything can only be determined by heaven!
I have to say that the Jianlu army at this time was indeed quite elite.
Although it suffered a huge blow, it was rockets and artillery, there were traps on the ground, and there were objects that led to fire. The military system was already in chaos, but the Jianlu soldiers did not flee in all directions, but began to form a formation to deal with each other, regardless of the number of people.
At this time, outside Ximen City, under the flames, you can see the Jianlu army piles with countless piles. And slowly, the piles are still merging with each other and becoming a larger pile.
However, of course, Ming Jun would not just be watching.
The possible cavalry that they could retreat to the city was cut off from the Jianlu's rear route. The head was the powerful heavy armored cavalry. With the help of the moonlight and fire, they crashed into the piles of Jianlu like heavy tanks.
The one behind Jianlu's army is not the elite Jianlu. It would be great to be able to form formations with each other in such a panic scene before. But no matter what, they were absolutely panic in their hearts.
Under such circumstances, there is no possibility of defense against the charge of the heavy armored cavalry.
These Jianlu army formations were like paper, and were immediately broken up by the heavy armored iron cavalry of the Ming army. Jianlu, who was not killed, knew that it was the heavy armored iron cavalry that was charging, and he never re-formed the formation. Instead, he fled in scattered and no longer had the will to resist.
The infantrymen of the Yongwei Camp who followed the heavy armored iron cavalry formed a formation to chase Jianlu who were dispersed by the heavy armored iron cavalry. Moreover, the Yongwei Camp was used by Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation, which is most suitable for killing enemies in this current scenario.
Dorgon, who was near the central army, watched his retreat, just like paper, and had no resistance to the attack on the Ming army.
Many of the Qing soldiers who were defeated and fled to the Central Army, and they immediately disrupted the Central Army.
Seeing this, Dorgon drew his sword and took his personal guards to roar and chop the defeated soldiers, trying to stabilize the trend of retreat.
However, even if the fire outside the city illuminates the entire battlefield, it is still incomparable to the daytime. Even if you, Dorgon, cut a few of them, you will not be able to let other defeated soldiers who are fleeing in panic and fleeing to notice it, or be scared and do not escape.
Especially behind them, the heavy armored iron cavalry of the Ming army drove them away, and countless infantry troops were covering up and killing them, so they would not give them a chance to regroup.
"Master, it's useless!" Dorgon's guards knew that they were finished, so they shouted loudly, reminding Dorgon.
However, Dorgon had a ferocious face and was still slashing and killing the defeated soldiers wildly, and it seemed that he didn't hear it.
The other guards also stopped, looked at each other, and then loudly reminded him: "Master, please break through before dawn, otherwise you will not be able to leave!"
The large army will definitely not be able to break through, but it is still possible to break through with a small number of Jianlu.
However, Dorgon still ignored it and was still crazily killing the defeated soldiers. It seemed that he could save the defeat by doing so.
His personal guards looked at each other, and finally came forward alone, hugged the crazy Dorgon, hugged him tightly, and then shouted: "Master, it's useless, retreat quickly, you must break out!"
In the history of the Qing Dynasty, no prince has been defeated in the war with the Ming army. No matter whether the sky collapses or not, at least Dorgon cannot die here, let alone be captured by the Ming army.
He was held by his personal guard and roared behind his ears. The crazy Dorgon finally came to his senses.
He looked around the entire battlefield and saw the almost one-sided massacre. The Qing army did not display its combat power at all and died under the swords and guns of the Ming army. He couldn't help but feel as if he was cut off, and it was also a time of despair.
As soon as the guard let him go, he saw Dorgon roar, then turned the hilt of the knife and wiped it on his neck. Obviously, he could not accept the fact that he was so confused about defeat in front of him.
However, Dorgon's personal guards were all watching him and waiting for him to make a decision. Therefore, when he saw that he was going to commit suicide, of course, he immediately stopped him.
With a "clang", Dorgon's knife was shot down and fell to the ground. Then, he was held by his personal guards and stopped caring about other Jianlu and tried to break out.
In this battle, Jianlu was completely defeated and even the gods could not save them.
Finally, a trace of whiteness appeared in the sky to the east, and a new day has arrived.
At this time, the war outside Tashan City had come to an end.
The main battlefield outside the West Gate has basically ended the war. The fire has basically been extinguished, and smoke has been curling, which also reminds that there has been a fire here.
The Ming army soldiers were cleaning the battlefield in groups. Although they didn't sleep all night, they were all very excited, and they were not as tired as they stayed up late and fought.
"I never dreamed that the war with Jianlu would be so easy!"
"Yes, you didn't know about the battle in Tianjin. In order to stop Jianlu from crossing the river, I really tried my best. At that time, I almost thought I could not stop Jianlu. But in this war, these Jianlu were completely fish on the knife board, and it was so satisfying that we could slaughter it!"
"I'm not afraid to tell you that I can definitely brag about this battle for the rest of my life! This is Jianlu. The real Jianlu is not the Mongolian Tartars. He actually killed so easily. Seeing them running away with their armor, don't say anything, I feel sweeter and more enjoyable than eating honey!"
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After the Ming army soldiers who cleaned the battlefield were relieved, they immediately began to summarize the key to this battle. Even if they were just soldiers, they all had their own opinions!
"At the beginning of this battle, I thought it would be a waste of time for a night, but I didn't expect that I would catch such a big fish, haha!"
"Yes, we can win this battle so easily because we ambushed heavily in advance. Jianlu could never have imagined that he crashed into the ambush circle, haha!"
"At the time, I heard from the comrades in the Cavalry Camp that the emperor predicted things like gods, planned things like a god, and easily destroyed the Hetao Tartars. Let me tell you, I didn't believe it at that time, and I always felt that the comrades in the Cavalry Camp were a bit too much. But now I believe it. The emperor's talent for fighting is really amazing. He is definitely predicting things like a god, and he is even more powerful than Zhuge Liang!"
"No, no matter how powerful Zhuge Liang is, I can't say. When we are the emperor, it is definitely a magical plan and a complete plan!"
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While the Ming army soldiers were discussing happily and cleaning the battlefield, all the generals and military supervisors all went to the Central Army camp with a smile.
Chen Baoting stood outside the central army tent. When he saw these generals and soldiers coming over, he stopped them with a smile and said, "My commander and soldiers, please wait, your Majesty has not yet gotten up."
"Ah, what? You said Your Majesty is sleeping?" He Renlong was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly.
After hearing this, Zhou Yuji explained to He Renlong with understanding without waiting for Chen Baoting to answer: "Your Majesty has not slept all night for such a big war. Now that the war has ended, of course we have to rest for a while."
When the other generals heard this, they smiled and nodded. The emperor wanted to rest, and they could understand it. At this time, they were willing to let them wait. After all, there was no urgent matter in the future when a big victory was won.
However, Chen Baoting smiled and shook his head and said, "No, after the war between Ximen Chu was together last night, the emperor rested!"
When they heard this, the generals and the military inspectors looked at each other, all of them looked surprised and admired.
They didn't expect that the emperor would go to bed at the beginning of the war. This was definitely a great victory in this battle, so they went to bed with confidence!
After thinking about this, they remembered again. It was the emperor who predicted that the Jianlu of Tashan would break through the entire army from Ximen last night, and also guessed that the Jianlu would use the strategy of the east to attack the west. It was based on the emperor's prediction that the targeted ambush was set up to lead to the great victory last night!
Your Majesty, that's really awesome!
If Emperor Chongzhen only impressed some of the soldiers of the Cavalry Camp when Hetao eliminated the Tumote tribe before, then after this battle, the three camps under the Imperial Horse Supervisor were all impressed by his wise and magical plan!
Thinking of this, the generals and the military supervisors all looked admiring, and then they waited silently outside the central army tent, for fear of disturbing Emperor Chongzhen. This is the only thing they can do now that they can express their inner respect for the emperor.
At this moment, the curtain of the central army tent was lifted, Lan Tianbao walked out of it, and said to them with a smile: "Your Majesty is awake and in good spirits. I'll send you a visit."
Hearing this, General Cao Bianjiao and other generals and Liu Yuanbin and other military supervisors all looked at each other, and then subconsciously began to sort out their appearance. After finding that everything was fine, they solemnly entered the Central Army tent to meet.
In the central army tent, Emperor Chongzhen had just transferred out of the back tent when he saw all the generals and the military supervisors. He immediately greeted him and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
In fact, at the beginning, these generals and military supervisors were thinking that they must report the victory to the emperor and congratulations, this is a great victory!
However, outside the Central Army's tent, after they learned that the emperor was so calm and expected to go to bed with great victory, they felt that it was a bit unnecessary to say congratulations and victory directly. Thousands of words could not match the sentence "Long live my emperor, long live my emperor", but instead expressed their feelings better.
Emperor Chongzhen was indeed energetic and did not feel tired after staying up late. He smiled and reached out to signal, letting them all calm down, and then said with a smile: "How about it, tell me the results of the battle!"
After receiving the emperor's instructions, Lu Da started first, and he no longer had the expression of great excitement. Instead, he reported to the emperor in a regular manner, just like a regular report. Then, there were other generals such as Hu Dawei, Cao Bianjiao, Zhou Yuji, etc.
The Han flag soldiers outside the East Gate were still very desperate at the beginning, but after a huge movement broke out from the West Gate, Lu Da made a call to say that they were abandoned, and in the end most of the soldiers chose to surrender.
The more than 8,000 Jianlu on the Ximen side were eventually captured by the Ming army, including about 2,000 people. Among them, about half of the wounded soldiers. As for the other Jianlu, they were killed by the Ming army last night, including fire, shelling, attacks from heavy armored iron cavalry and cover-ups by the Ming army, etc.
As for the Ming army, more than 1,000 casualties were killed or killed, and only more than 300 of them were killed in battle. In terms of the war loss ratio, it was a truly rare victory!
Chapter completed!