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Chapter 277

"Block your dad!"

"Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze your mother!"

"If you can, squeeze your way to the Manchu uncle in the back!"

"..."

There were waves of yelling and cursing coming from the front line of the Qing army, and the Eight Banners Han troops in the back row kept yelling and pushing the people in front of them who were retreating, for fear that they would become the front row.

At first, the Eight Banners and Han troops in front were still squeezing backwards. After being scolded by the people behind them, they started to turn around and retreat blatantly. For a while, the front troops were pushing and shoving each other, squeezing and jostling. When Jierharang found out,

, the entire team in front was already in chaos.

Ji'erharang sent his Manchu soldiers with blue flags to rectify the troops. After killing some Eight Banners Han troops in the front row, the troops were not fully rectified and became more and more chaotic.

At this moment, a burst of gunfire "bang, bang, bang" was heard, and a row of people lay down in the front line of the turbulent Qing army.

"Fire!"

The deafening volley sounded again. After four rows of volleys, a long strip of gunpowder smoke formed in front of the Tianwu Army's artillery array. A dense rain of bullets flew towards the chaotic Qing army camp. Several rows of men and horses in front of the Qing army continued to fall.

Below, a pile of corpses formed.

At this time, the Qing army was already on the verge of collapse. After several rounds of fire attacks by the Tianwu Army, it became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Many Qing soldiers immediately turned around and ran backwards, which finally triggered the Qing army's attack.

Total defeat.

"Retreat!" Seeing that the defeat was irreversible, Jierhalang had no choice but to order the retreat.

Under the protection of Bagala Zhangjing (the commander of the army) and Bagala Camp, a group of Eight Banners Beile Beizi also slipped away one after another. Although Shuotuo and Bolo were not convinced, they had no choice but to keep away from the two Tatars in front.

They are about to break up the military formation behind them.

"The Tatars are defeated!"

Zhou Yuji on the chariot put down his telescope and immediately said: "The whole army is pursuing us!"

The soldiers of the Tianwu Army also inserted their bayonets one after another, running and shouting, chasing the Qing army like a tide.

The war horses screamed, and Cao Bianjiao, holding Chang Shuo, galloped out. The cavalry brigade followed closely behind, crossed the infantry queue, and pursued the Qing army.

Pursuit is what the cavalry is best at, especially at this time when the Qing army was completely defeated and everyone was only focused on escaping and had no intention of resisting the Tianwu Army's pursuit.

The cavalry quickly rushed to the side behind the Qing soldiers. They took advantage of the impact of the horses and swung their swords to easily cut the Qing soldiers' armor, hacking them to death or injuring them to the ground. If they hit the right spot,

, can even cut off the heads of Qing soldiers with one knife.

The charge of the Tianwu Army's cavalry only killed the Qing soldiers with their heads rolling, leaving corpses strewn on the ground, including many with severed hands and arms.

Seeing that the Tianwu Army was pursuing them, the Qing soldiers in the front and rear rows were so frightened that they fled even faster. Some of them probably had their legs weak from fear and could not escape. They immediately dropped their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.

For this group of Eight Banners Han troops and Eight Banners Mongolian soldiers, surrender is basically a common occurrence. Whichever side is stronger will surrender, that's right!

The infantry of the Tianwu Army followed behind and took away the surrendered Qing troops, while the cavalry continued to pursue the defeated Qing troops, with the intention of killing all the Qing troops.

The Tianwu army was in high spirits, and the whole army attacked and killed heavily. The Qing army was defeated for more than 20 miles in one breath, and the Tianwu army also chased them for more than 20 miles, and they refused to let go.

Along the road were the corpses of Qing soldiers and discarded weapons, flags and other items. In the words of the history books - corpses were buried for twenty miles!

Jierhalang finally led the army back to the camp, only to find that his camp had been captured by the Ming army! The three thousand elite men with blue flags left behind were lying all over the ground.

The 10,000 Tianwu soldiers who sneaked into the Qing camp blocked the front and shouted: "The Tatars surrender quickly, you have no way to escape!"

After Jierhalang killed and injured thousands of men, he desperately broke through the Tianwu Army's defense line and ran out, running wildly along Baiyangdian.

Baiyangdian is the general name for more than 100 interconnected lakes of different sizes in Baoding Prefecture. It has a water area of ​​more than 500,000 acres and is the largest lake in North Zhili.

The Qing army led by Jierhalang rushed to the Daqing River in front. This section of the Daqing River is in the upper reaches of the Baiyangdian water system. After winter, the water level is not deep. The Eight Banners Army can completely wade across, but the Tianwu Army cannot, and has to enter

Rivers, their firearms cannot function when exposed to water.

The Bagala camp in Jilharang ran the fastest and arrived at the Daqing River early. They quickly passed the pontoon on the river and escaped to the south bank of the Daqing River. Then they breathed a sigh of relief and began to stop.

Come down and wait for the defeated army behind.

When the subsequent Qing troops arrived at the Daqing River, they were not as relaxed as Jilhalang. Although the river water was not high, it was the twelfth month of winter. The most terrible thing was that it was upstream and the river had not yet frozen!

Just that small pontoon bridge has a limited capacity. It is the exclusive passage for Shangguan officials. Most people can only bravely enter the water and wade across. There is no other way if they don't enter the river. The Tianwu Army is chasing too closely. There was still a way to escape before.

, now retreating to the river, there is no way to retreat.

The Qing soldiers rushed to jump into the river to escape and swim to the other side. Some Qing soldiers who did not know how to swim could only stare at the shore. Many Qing soldiers were pushed and surging, falling into the river and flopping.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, some Qing soldiers launched a desperate counterattack against the Tianwu Army, hoping to break out of the siege and find a way out.

The large group of Tianwu Army rushed to the Daqing River, and the musket formation quickly formed and began a burst of volleys, which immediately pushed back the Qing Army's offensive. At the same time, it also spread out in a fan shape, firmly trapping the Qing Army.

By the lake, and shrinking the surrounding circle smaller and smaller.

"The water in the river is not high. Cross the river quickly!"

I don't know who shouted, and the Qing soldiers who were standing on the dry bank to fight back realized that the water in the river was less than a person's height, and they could walk across it even if they didn't know how to swim...

Amidst the noisy yelling and cursing, the Qing soldiers all jumped into the water like dumplings and began to cross the river on a large scale.

While the Tatars were crossing the river, the Tianwu Army naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity and kept firing at the Qing troops in the river. However, since most of the Qing troops only exposed their shoulders and above, the effect of the volley was very poor, and the

It didn't cause much damage.

Seeing this situation, Jierhalang breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, at least he was safe after crossing the river.

However, just as the Qing army crossed the Daqing River and everyone stood on the bank shivering from the cold, a large number of Tianwu troops appeared in front, and Mao Yuanyi led the army over from the direction of Gaoyang!

Jilharang felt his eyes go straight, and almost fell off his horse, muttering in his mouth: "It's over, it's over..."

Shuotuo saw that Jierhalang was sluggish and had lost the will to fight. He shouted: "Warriors under the red flag, follow Ben Beizi and fight out!"

Abate's third son, Bolo, took the lead and led his troops to charge. The death of his father and brother seemed to be vivid in his mind, and he wanted to kill all these Ming troops.

The battle started at noon and lasted until evening. The Eight Banners Army suffered extremely heavy losses and suffered numerous casualties. Corpses of Qing soldiers were floating everywhere on the Daqing River, and a large number of corpses blocked the flow of the Daqing River.

When Shuotuo and Boluo led the charge, Jierhalang, who was originally depressed, suddenly became very energetic. Taking advantage of the Tianwu Army's large-scale attack on Shuotuo, he quickly led the Xianglan Banner headquarters to break through and sneak away.
Chapter completed!
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