In the wilderness, teams of Xuanda sergeants wearing red armor kept picking up corpses. There were about twenty people in each team, and there were hundreds of teams in total.
Corpses were stripped naked and decapitated. The red-armored sergeants were carrying little pigtails like big green radishes.
Not far away, there were large carts parked, with many Qing army heads with rat tails piled on them. This vast wilderness looked so strange.
Some of the carts were relatively normal, with many blood-stained flags and armors and weapons on display. From time to time, the tragic wails of the undead Qing cavalry could be heard.
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According to statistics, in this battle, the sergeants of Xuanda Sanzhen captured a total of 1,121 heads of slave thieves, 873 war horses, as well as flags, armor and guns.
Among them, in the first battle with Alzin, General Wang Pu of Datong Town led the elite cavalry of Datong Town to single-handedly capture 243 heads of slave thieves.
In the subsequent pursuit, another 97 heads of slave thieves were captured, plus the 598 heads of slave thieves captured when Lu Xiangsheng led Xuanzhen and Shanxi Zhenjingqi for the second fierce battle with Alzin. There are a total of 695 heads here.
Then, Zhang Cheng's elite cavalry fought against Dan Dai and captured the heads of another 149 pill slave thieves. However, Shanxi Town Counselor Jiang Mingwu's capture was less, only 34 pills.
Finally, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, won the first battle and made a big announcement about the morale of the army. He also confirmed that he had captured 263 slave heads. This included the capture during the pursuit of Alzin, and he was given 20 to Wang Pu. Level, designated as the first meritorious service.
When Lu Xiangsheng led the Xuanzhen and Shanxi Town Jingqi to fight for the second time in a fierce battle with 1,600 Qing army Zhenglan Banner cavalry in Alzin, the heads captured, plus the heads captured during the pursuit, were determined to behead 200 of each of the three troops. The head of a famous slave thief.
Zhang Cheng's elite cavalry fought against Dandai alone and captured 149 heads of slave thieves. They also shared the 25 heads of slave thieves during the pursuit. A total of 174 heads of slave thieves were captured. Of course, , although he is already a guerrilla general, he is still under Zhang Yan, so these gains must also be counted in Zhang Yan's name.
However, Jiang Mingwu, the general of Shanxi Town, only captured thirty-four heads of the Mongolian cavalry of the outer vassal. However, he was able to achieve such a victory because he restrained the Mongolian elite cavalry from attacking Lu Xiangsheng's central army with mounted fire. , everyone agreed to give Jiang Mingwu fifty pieces of grain captured during the pursuit. In this way, his troops captured a total of eighty-four heads of slave thieves, which was also a great achievement.
Next, there is the issue of how to distribute the captured war horses. All the horses under each general's command were damaged. These seizures were given priority to supplement the losses. There are still more than 200 captured war horses, which are temporarily left in Lu Xiangsheng's supervising camp. After all, There are many artillery pieces in his camp.
The remaining armor and weapons were selected by the generals who could still use them to make up for the losses, and the rest were left for the young men in Gaoyang City. Even the damaged armor, after simple repairs, was better than them without armor. Much stronger.
The captured flags have been gathered up, and these will be sent to the capital together with the head to report victory and take credit.
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The soldiers continued to clear the battlefield and rescue the wounded.
In this battle, although Lu Xiangsheng's Ming army achieved a great victory and saved tens of thousands of people in Gaoyang City, their own losses were relatively large. After all, it was a field battle with the Qing army, which still had the advantage of having a large number of troops.
After rough statistics, Lu Xiangsheng's Ming army suffered a total of more than 800 fine cavalry casualties. However, because they were the victorious side, many of the wounded were not injured twice, and most of them could recover after treatment.
The actual number of casualties in the battle was not many. A total of 237 people were killed in the battle. The remaining more than 300 people were slightly injured. About 200 elite riders were seriously injured and may have to be rescued and recuperated. .
Near the ruined temple where the Qing army and Prince Shuosu Hauge originally camped, many Ming army soldiers were busy nervously. The Qing army retreated in a hurry, and many supplies and some tents were not taken away in time.
Among them, the grain and grain alone contained more than a thousand stones, and there were nearly ten thousand taels of silver scattered around. In addition, there were some cloth and other materials. The sergeants were all shouting with excitement. The grain and grain seized here was what Lu Xiangsheng's department was anxious about. Short.
There were also some damaged carts, which were expected to be repaired before they could be used. The soldiers surrounded the ruined temple and set up camps and rows of wooden fences.
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About two miles south of the slope, firecrackers were blasting, smoke was lingering, gongs and drums were heard, and the sound of blowing and beating was getting closer and closer. It was very lively.
It was the former Minister of the Ministry of War, the Governor of Jiliao, and the Grand Tutor Sun Chengzong who led the gentry and common people in Gaoyang City out of the city to work for the army. They carried carts of grain, and on the grain stacks of each cart, they all wore a Red flowers made of bright red silk.
Behind, there are wheelbarrows pushing, with bags of grain on them. Behind them are some strong young men, either two or four, carrying thick wooden sticks with one end tied to them. A pig and sheep.
Lu Xiangsheng stood outside the north gate of the newly erected military camp. Sun Yao, the fifth son of Sun Chengzong, accompanied Lu Xiangsheng and softly recounted the hardships of the people of Gaoyang City in defending the city for the past two days.
Especially today, when the Qing army entered the city for the third time, they already had an advantage. If Lu Xiangsheng had not rescued them in time, Gaoyang City would have become a hell on earth, with all living beings in ruins and no people left.
Zhang Cheng was still wearing the fine steel armor given by the emperor, and the bloodstains had not faded away, showing how dangerous the bloody battle had just been. He was standing next to Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzang, which highlighted his extraordinariness.
After Zhang Cheng's experience in entering the Wei capital, his rather young and handsome face became more weathered and calmer, and he also had a heroic spirit of killing and decisiveness.
Guo Yingxian grinned widely and kept smiling happily. The dark four-sided hall was blooming like a flower at this time. He had been fighting with the commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu for many years, but he could not remember the last time such a scene happened. It's about time.
Looking at the Ming Dynasty, how many Ming armies can enjoy such treatment?
"History of the Ming Dynasty·Hong Zhongzhuan" once recorded, "There are rumors from time to time: 'Thieves are like combs, troops are like grates, and local soldiers are like shavers.'"
It can be seen from this that in the late Ming Dynasty, what were the armies responsible for protecting the country and the people like? Under the guise of exterminating bandits, they secretly killed good people and looted villages one after another.
Their ferocity and cruelty are many times greater than those of bandits. Most of the bandits who looted also know how to give the people a breath in order to loot again in the future.
But those soldiers didn't care about this. They traveled around the Ming Dynasty to suppress bandits. Everywhere they went, they looted villages one after another in the name of suppressing bandits. The property went to the generals and sergeants, and the people were beheaded. , full of military merit.
Even when the people saw the bandits, they might not flee. But after the bandits passed and the soldiers came, none of the people were seen. They had already stayed away in order to survive.
Scenes of military and civilian celebrations like this are so rare in the Ming Dynasty.
All the generals present were full of enthusiasm, and everyone's eyes were full of excitement. Lu Xiangsheng even had tears in his eyes as he looked at the Gaoyang labor force approaching from a distance.
