No one can give a correct answer as to whether the 130,000 Ming army can successfully break through if they are not disorganized and follow the established plan.
After all, it didn't happen in real reality.
Perhaps the breakout could be successful and Ming Dynasty could retain some vitality;
It is also possible that no one can escape, and the entire army is truly annihilated, causing Ming Dynasty to be unable to defend even Shanhaiguan.
After all, judging from the battle before the Ming army broke through, the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides was really too big.
Even when all the Ming army's troops were mobilized, fully prepared for a decisive battle, they still suffered heavy losses and suffered a huge defeat.
From this perspective, how could the Ming army complete the breakout step by step?
If it is the latter outcome, then history is likely to cause a chain reaction.
Once Shanhaiguan is lost, the capital will no longer have a barrier. Perhaps the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty would choose to move their capital to Jiangnan under the pressure of reality.
Of course, this kind of result is definitely not what Xia Guo wants to see.
What Xia Guo hopes most is that Ming Dynasty will always stay in the capital and die in the capital.
As for Jiangnan, it would be better to preserve it and wait for the Xia Kingdom to properly take over.
As long as Jiangnan does not experience too many wars and its vitality is preserved, it can help the entire world get over the trauma of war faster.
All of the above are assumptions, not reality.
The reality is that the Ming army is completely dispersed.
After Wang Pu and Wu Sangui escaped first, the other generals didn't care about anything and looked for their own way out.
After them, Ma Ke, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Li Fuming followed closely.
Facing the Ming army that was completely herding sheep, the Qing army had no good solution in the dark. They can only stick to their position and kill the Ming army that rushes forward.
As for the Ming army running randomly in the wilderness, the Qing army did not dare to pursue it at will.
If our own formation is also disrupted, we may suffer heavy losses.
Although the encirclement of the Qing army has long been established, it has to be said that the generals of the Ming army obviously have hidden magical powers.
Wang Pu, who was the first to escape, didn't know where he got the information. Anyway, he just rushed and fought all the way, and he actually jumped out of the Qing army's encirclement.
Wu Sangui was also cunning enough, so he followed him secretly.
He planned to use Wang Pu as a pioneer and scapegoat. After Wang Pu attracted enough Qing troops, he would find an opportunity to break out.
But what surprised him was that Wang Pu ran out.
Since Wang Pu's route could break through, Wu Sangui was not polite and ran out from the same place.
Seeing the Qing army disappear before their eyes, the world became wider and their breathing became smoother, Wang Pu and Wu Sangui ignored each other and fled.
The two of them fled all the way into Xingshan City, and then settled down a little.
Looking back and counting, I found that the loss of more than half of the troops and horses was more than half.
Today's Ming army is almost all spontaneously recruited and formed by generals from all walks of life. No matter how many casualties there are, it is the loss of the generals themselves.
This made Wang Pu and Wu Sangui want to cry without tears.
Fortunately, they escaped and were able to save their lives, and then they were happy again.
In the chaos, the most miserable people were Hong Chengchou, Qiu Minyang, Zhang Ruoqi and other Chinese military officers and soldiers.
In large-scale military operations, the Chinese army is the most important and must be tightly protected. But it is precisely because of this that the Chinese military has always been the slowest in action.
When Hong Chengchou and others learned that the other generals had fled, they hurriedly prepared and set off.
But it was too late.
Two hours later, the Qing army had already reacted.
Huang Taiji especially issued a strict order to capture Hong Chengchou.
The Qing army put its greatest strength on the central Ming army, and Hong Chengchou met the Qing army's strongest combat force head-on.
As soon as his front army engaged in the battle, they were washed away and retreated like a tide.
In the chaos of the army, Hong Chengchou could not even stand stably and almost fell down due to being pushed.
Seeing that there was nothing they could do, the soldiers hurriedly escorted him to retreat.
The large camp in the wild was no longer enough to defend, so Hong Chengchou had to retreat and entered Songshan City.
Not long after he entered the city, Qiu Minyang, Wang Tingchen, Cao Bianjiao, Zu Dale and others were also driven back.
Everyone sat together in a panic.
Hearing the cries of killing outside the city, most of which were the wailing sounds of the Ming army before they died, everyone couldn't help but feel despair.
The battle at night was completely unorganized and was the only chance for the Ming army to break through.
By daybreak, the Ming army, which had not yet escaped from the encirclement, had completely ushered in the end.
Ma Ke, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Li Fuming originally fled to Xingshan City. But they were unfamiliar with the road and ended up at the beach.
When dawn arrived, they found themselves at the beach. All four of them panicked and hurried south along the coast.
But at this time, the Qing army had already surrounded them and attacked the Ming army fiercely from all directions.
At this time, the Ming army had already become frightened and had no courage to fight. Seeing the Qing army rushing towards them, they turned around and ran away.
Tens of thousands of Ming troops were like headless flies. Wherever the Qing troops caught up, they ran in the opposite direction. When the Qing army on the other side came to kill them, they quickly turned back.
Running around, the circle becomes smaller and smaller. Tens of thousands of people crowded together, as if they were being pushed by some terrible force.
The people at the front watched the sea getting closer and closer, and could only cry desperately, begging the people behind not to retreat anymore.
But everyone has lost their minds and cannot see the situation ahead. If he didn't want to die in the hands of the Qing army, he had to retreat desperately.
In front of the sea, a terrible human tragedy was staged.
Tens of thousands of people were squeezed into the sea step by step. They struggled for a few times at first, and then were washed away without a trace by the waves.
In the sea water, only various clothes, flags, and weapons were seen rising and falling.
So many Ming troops would rather flee to the sea and be drowned and massacred than dare to turn around and fight the Qing troops.
How foolish human beings behave when they are in despair.
"Haha, Your Majesty, from your perspective, how powerful are our Qing soldiers and horses?"
On a high hill in the distance, Huang Taiji felt proud as he watched the Qing army secure victory. A blush appeared on his slightly sick face, and he hoped to be recognized by others.
Beside him, the two young men had frightened faces and their throats were surging. They stared blankly at the massacre ahead, feeling even more powerless and desolate.
They had no choice but to go against their will and speak flattering words.
"Your Majesty is so majestic that the soldiers and horses of the kingdom above are fighting bravely to be the first. This is really the gift of the human master and the power of the emperor. I am sincerely convinced by my subordinates."
Prince Zhaoxian and Lord Fenglin crawled in front of Huang Taiji and became more well-behaved than before.
Behind them, the Korean musketeers mixed with the Qing army also rushed to the front and dealt a vicious blow to the Ming army in desperate situation.
At the beginning of the Songjin War, all these Korean soldiers and horses were taking advantage of the situation and were unwilling to take action against the Ming army.
But at this point in the war, everyone could see that the Ming army was completely defeated, and even the Koreans were completely disappointed.
(End of chapter)
