The losses were too heavy.
Of the 30,000 Qing troops, less than 10,000 returned, and there were many Qing troops with broken arms and legs lying in the rain screaming in pain on the battlefield.
Send someone to rescue?
Before Hauge woke up, his subordinate Zuoling tried it, but was beaten back by a burst of gunfire.
In the end, Brother Hao had to send someone over with a white flag to demand that the body be collected.
Considering that it was raining and corpses everywhere could easily cause plague, Fang Puyu did not refuse, but agreed that the Qing troops who collected the corpses and rescued people could not carry weapons and could not attack Lingbao, otherwise they would be killed without mercy.
To be honest, Hauge felt that he had lost all his dignity in this battle.
But now he has to consider a question, what should he do when he returns to the capital?
Any thoughts of turning back and fighting for a separate kingdom in Huangpao have been wiped out by this disastrous defeat.
Under such a disastrous defeat, his idea had no chance to be implemented.
But on the night when he restrained the bodies and rescued the wounded soldiers, Haug suffered another fiasco, and this time the fiasco was even worse than the previous two!
The Star Navy took advantage of the darkness to sneak attack on the Qing army camp. The most terrible thing was that before the sneak attack, they also came with several waves of artillery fire.
The place where the Qing army camp was stationed was only a few kilometers away from the Lingbao Group.
However, the Xinghai Fleet stationed on the sea could easily deliver artillery shells to the Qing army, and the same could be said for the artillery on the sides of the Lingbao Group!
It can be said that from the beginning, the Qing army camp was stationed in the huge mouth of the Star Navy.
It's just that when and how to eat the opponent is the Star Navy's own business.
After several rounds of artillery fire, the entire Qing army camp fell into chaos and bloodshed.
The Xinghai Army, which set out from the Lingbao Group, ambushed around the Qing army's camp. With the help of flash bombs that hit high altitudes and slowly fell from time to time, any Qing army that rushed out of the camp would be knocked to the ground by rifles at the first opportunity.
If too many Qing troops rush out of the camp, they will immediately be bombarded by projectiles. In an instant, hundreds of Qing troops will fall one by one.
This battle became sporadic fighting from the end until early in the morning. Although the sun had not yet risen, it ended when the sky was bright.
At this time, the sound of artillery fire had stopped, and the Xinghai Army began to enter the Qing army camp to clean up the results.
Encountering a small group of Qing troops who were still resisting, the Xinghai infantry stepped forward and shot all of them to the ground.
But more remaining Qing troops knelt down and surrendered.
Surrendering Qing troops were already kneeling outside the Qing army camp.
This is not surprising. Although the authentic Eight Banners soldiers are extremely fierce, they will usually fight to the last moment and will not surrender.
Well, as I said before, when the Ming army fought with the Qing army, it was difficult to capture Qing soldiers.
But this time there was something different. The constant sound of artillery fire and the thunder that fell from time to time had frightened the courage of these Qing troops to bursting.
Under such circumstances, even the white-armored soldiers and red-armored soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles in the past had lost the courage to continue resisting at this time.
The results have been counted.
The number of captured Qing soldiers alone exceeded 20,000, and there were countless corpses and seriously injured people in the camp.
However, His Highness Prince Haug was nowhere to be seen.
It was right to think about it. At such a critical moment, even if he wanted to continue fighting, his soldiers would desperately take him away.
After all, when the master dies, these soldiers will also be buried with him.
More than 20,000 Qing troops were transported directly by the transport ship that arrived the next day. They would travel long distances and be sent directly to Lusong, Malaixia, Tianzhu Nixiya and other places to serve as local security teams. Eliminate some local rebellions.
As for whether they will be obedient, don't be kidding, the closest place to the Qing Dynasty is more than 1,500 kilometers away.
The distance is more than three to four thousand kilometers, and it is still by sea!
Under such circumstances, even if they rebel every day, they cannot go back.
Besides, you have to rely on Xinghai Kingdom for food, drink, and diarrhea, so what reason do you have for rebellion?
In this way, as long as they understand this truth, they will not have any resistance and can only contribute to the development and growth of Xinghai Kingdom.
At this time, Hauge was being protected by the soldiers, lying in a carriage, and returning to the capital at high speed.
In fact, just after the Xinghai Fleet opened fire, Haug understood the intention of the Xinghai people to build the diamond fort group here.
He just wanted to use this as a flesh-and-blood millstone to continuously wear down the Qing court's strength.
However, he was not very lucky. A cannonball landed nearby. Although many soldiers stepped forward to cover it with their bodies regardless of their own safety, the air wave caused by the cannonball still blew him away, leaving him unconscious.
Under such circumstances, the soldiers could only retreat with him first.
But when the soldiers evacuated to Tianjing City, Hauge woke up and immediately ordered his soldiers to investigate the situation.
The information brought back by the soldiers made Haug immediately spit out his blood.
All the 80,000 soldiers and horses he brought with him suffered casualties, and less than 3,000 were able to escape back to Tianjing City.
You must know that these 80,000 soldiers and horses are somewhat different from the 80,000 and 88,000 banner soldiers that Duduo took away.
To put it simply, among the 80,000 Eight Banners soldiers that Duduo took away, only 30,000 were regular soldiers from the direct line of the Eight Banners, and the remaining 50,000 were slaves and the like. The Han Eight Banners and the Meng Eight Banners were trustworthy, but not enough direct line troops.
Of the 80,000 Eight Banners soldiers led by Hauge, 20,000 were direct line soldiers of the Eight Banners, 30,000 were minions, the remaining 20,000 were troops that were not direct line members such as the Han Eight Banners, and the last 10,000 were surrendered troops from the Ming Dynasty.
It should be said that the direct troops of the Eight Banners on Hauge's side are definitely not as large as those on Duduo's side.
But the people of Xinghai took away all the blame for him, and it is conceivable that the damage done to the Qing court was severe.
When the Qing army entered the pass, the Manchu, Han and Mongolian Eight Banners totaled less than 180,000, of which the Manchu Eight Banners only had 50,000 or 60,000.
It has only been seven or eight years since the Qing army entered the customs, and its military strength has also increased. The strength of the Manchu Eight Banners has risen to about 90,000.
Duduo took away 30,000, and Hauge took away 20,000. In addition, the direct descendants of the Eight Banners stationed across the country were no less than 20,000. This means that the Qing government's direct descendants near the capital now only have about 20,000 troops. .
The capital is in danger!
Well, actually, the reason why Hauge vomited blood was because he lost 20,000 direct descendants in his hands.
This is one-fifth of the direct descendants of the Qing Dynasty!
Such a heavy blow can be said to be extremely detrimental to the Qing court.
You know, the reason why the Qing court was able to easily command nearly two million slaves, as well as the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and the Ming surrender army all depended on these 90,000 direct troops!
It is conceivable that if this direct line of troops was severely damaged, would other people be dissatisfied?
This is a no-brainer.
Especially the heads of the Lao Wu family, Lao Geng family, and Lao Shang family, despite their usual loyalty to the Qing court and their filial piety, it would be hard to tell if something happened.
Otherwise, the San Francisco Rebellion would not happen in the future.
