Gao Hongtu cried and left, followed by 12,000 to 3,000 people, which included the total of more than 5,000 people collected by Li Chengdong. There were also some regiment training troops who ran away under the pursuit of He Luohui (that is, the part of the Ming army separated by the earthen wall of the Qing army's trench). Later, they also arrived at Renzihao Fort in Tuhe. The final count was about There are still more than two thousand.
In other words, the 28,000 people Gao Hongtu brought to the Tuhe battlefield, plus the 2,000 people who stayed at Tuhe Renzihao Fort, left about 15,000 people in the end, more than half of whom were lost!
Oh, there are also 2,000 people under Ma Degong who went to Liaocheng. It seems that they cannot be counted as losses... If Gao Hongtu bites the bullet again and confronts Duoduo with his entire team, these 2,000 people will also be guarding Liaocheng. More than 10,000 Ming troops can be saved.
But Gao Hongtu just walked away crying! Now Duduo can brag. In fact, his losses were heartbreaking enough. In the "Battle of Tuweizi", Xu Dingguo's Green Camp soldiers, as well as the Han troops and Baoyi who supervised the battle suffered heavy losses, with a total of no less than 2,500 casualties.
In the "Tuhe Breakout Battle", Wu Weihua's Green Battalion was almost wiped out, and Gang Atai's Green Battalion and the Han Army also suffered heavy losses, with a combined loss of more than 5,000.
But what distressed Duduo the most was the loss of the Manchu Eight Banners warriors under his command... The losses in the battle on the bank of the Tu River were even worse, with a total of over 800 casualties!
In other words, the casualties of Duduo's troops in the Battle of Tuhe reached 8,340. Considering that most of the injured were from gunshot wounds and javelin wounds that were difficult to treat, and the medical conditions in front of the Duduo Army were extremely poor, the number of people who died or lost the ability to fight in the end was probably no less than 5,800!
This battle was a truly tragic victory for the Qing Dynasty!
If we include the losses in Qufu, plus the scattered losses suffered by the Qing army after entering Shandong - including those who died of illness, those who were casualties from attacking some unimportant fortresses and cities, and those who disappeared while serving as scouts Or casualties, as well as those killed or injured while performing looting missions, a total of eight or nine thousand Qing troops have been defeated... Among them, the real Manchurian losses were no less than 1,000!
The total number of troops Duduo brought to Shandong was only 45,000 to 45,600. Where are they fighting now? Eighty or nine thousand people were gone, and there were still more than 37,800 left. It didn't look like they could conquer Shandong with them.
However, Duduo still caught Gao Hongtu's mistake of retreating and packaged himself as the winner. Then he gathered more than 30,000 troops and marched towards Liaocheng, Dongchangshou County.
This pressure slightly pushed the situation in Shandong in a direction that was beneficial to the Qing Dynasty.
Because at this time, there were two potential traitors in Liaocheng. One was Bai Yongfu, the general of the Dongchang garrison who had been secretly communicating with the Qing soldiers for a long time.
The other one is, of course, Ma Degong, who escaped from the Tuhe battlefield and fled to Liaocheng - did he have the great achievement of capturing Emperor Hongguang and presenting it to the Qing Dynasty in history?
In this time and space, because he is Huang Degong's general, it is difficult for Zhu Cixiang to make a move. I had no choice but to find an excuse to kick him to Shandong and leave him to Gao Hongtu for education.
But unexpectedly, he misjudged the situation during the Battle of Tuhe. Thinking that Gao Hongtu was finished, he escaped and ran to Liaocheng. After entering Liaocheng, he intensified his bragging to Duduo and exaggerated Gao Hongtu's failure.
If Gao Hongtu still stayed on the Tuhe front line to confront Duoduo at this time, Ma Degong would probably lose his head.
But Gao Hongtu retreated, and Duduo approached Liaocheng like a winner.
Ma Degong, who escaped from the battle, was trapped in Liaocheng for several days. Bai Yongfu, the deputy general of Dongchang who did not understand the sharp decline in traitor prices in the Qing Dynasty, had the opportunity to instigate a mutiny. The Ming army in Liaocheng except Ma Degong The men and horses were all surrounded and confused. They didn't know what the traitors were doing now, so they were easily incited by them.
Liu Zeqing's nephew, Liu Zhiqian, the commander-in-chief of the Dongchang garrison, also had little foundation in the army. Facing the mutiny, he was unable to suppress it, so he had to leave Caozhou with a few soldiers to join Li Huajing.
After the mutiny was successful, Bai Yongfu and Ma Degong surrendered together to Duduo, who was arrogant outside Liaocheng!
This made Duduo overjoyed, because Bai Yongfu and Ma Degong not only gave Duduo a Liaocheng fortress that he could rely on as his base, but also brought tens of thousands of green troops, which could make up for Duduo's losses these days. Loss.
In addition, Liaocheng also reserves tens of thousands of stone rice noodles, enough to feed Duduo's army for half a year.
Now Duduo finally gained a firm foothold in Shandong and had the capital to continue fighting against the Ming army!
On the other end, Gao Hongtu, who ran back to Jinan Prefecture in tears, was working hard to revive his regiment's training; at the same time, he gave Nanjing a trick that made Zhu Cixiang dumbfounded.
He, the governor of Shandong in the Ming Dynasty, actually wanted to set aside a state in his jurisdiction to reward Li Chengdong, and also asked the Ming Dynasty court to appoint Li Chengdong as the governor of the Tai'an Army!
"Does Gao Hongtu think he is the Jiedushi of Ziqing Town? Does he think Shandong is the private property of the Gao family? He actually awarded Tai'an Prefecture to Li Chengdong, and asked me to appoint Li Chengdong as the Jiedushi... .”
In the Forbidden City in Nanjing, in the Hall of Wenhua, Zhu Cixiang, the crown prince of Fujun in the Ming Dynasty, was really dumbfounded. He held the book handed over by Gao Hongtu and said questioning words with a smile.
The civil and military ministers sitting below were all very angry. They were waiting for Prince Zhu's face to become serious and wanted to impeach the two traitors Gao Hongtu and Li Chengdong.
But Prince Zhu's smiling face showed no intention of putting it away.
What does it mean? Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince prepared to recognize Li Chengdong as the military envoy of Tai'an Prefecture?
This precedent is not easy to set!
Zhu Cixiang smiled and asked Chief Assistant Wei Zaode: "Wei Chief Assistant, do you think we should also grant Gao Hongtu a military envoy?"
"Isn't this appropriate..." Wei Zaode shook his head quickly, "Is Gao Hongtu a civil servant or a governor..."
"Haha, isn't his Shandong regiment trained by a scholar?" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "What kind of civil servant is he? Besides, what is the current situation in Shandong? Is there a need for a governor? I thought, we can take care of the southeastern cuisine. ..... The Northland occupies a few important places, and the remaining envoys or vassal states are of no consequence, as long as they can block the Tatars."
If he blocks the Tatars, Zhu Cixiang can comfortably be his prince, and then progress to become the emperor... half of the country's emperors are also emperors!
Therefore, in Zhu Cihong's view, Gao Hongtu did a good job. If there are more such "rebellious ministers and traitors", the Ming Dynasty will be stable. Even if it becomes the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion, it doesn't matter. Didn't the Tang Dynasty live in chaos for 150 years after the Anshi Rebellion?
It is now 1645, plus 150 years it is almost 1800... Napoleon is up!
"It's always inappropriate to grant Gao Hongtu the title of military governor, and he didn't ask for it!" Qian Qianyi frowned, "But Li Chengdong can still be granted the title. It's just that... this disaster for the feudal town is still You have to be on guard. There are good ones in the feudal towns, but there are also bad ones! Didn't the two thieves Bai Yongfu and Ma Degong surrender to Liaocheng?"
"That's right!" Zhu Cixiang was thinking of Zuo Liangyu from upstream Hubei. This old guy is still holding his breath, and his mind is confused and sober at times. I don’t know if a sudden brain twitch will come to Qingjun’s side...
"Then let's make Li Chengdong the military commander of the Tai'an Army..." Zhu Cixiang thought for a while, "Although Gao Hongtu lost a battle, he fought well, so he should be rewarded and given a knighthood... ...Call me a Laoshan man."
"Would you like to be made a baron?" Wei Zaode asked.
"That's right!" Zhu Cixiang said, "The title reform has been discussed by the imperial family for a long time. There is already a draft plan to establish two levels of viscount and baron under the earl. There will no longer be titles of generals and lieutenants. From now on, there will be princes and counties. There are six levels of king, duke, marquis, earl, viscount and baron. Each level is further divided into three types: vassal, kenan and liangjue. Among them, vassal lord, kenanjue is hereditary, and liujue descends on behalf of others. .
In addition, no matter what title, only one heir can inherit it, and the rest are commoners. "
