No matter what, there is always a fixed number of artillery. Dorgon probably knew how many artillery pieces and types of artillery were carried by the Ming army.
It was because of this that he discovered to his horror that the Ming army seemed to have transferred most of its artillery here. If this hadn't been an ambush here beforehand, he would never have believed it.
But, this...this is impossible! Dorgon couldn't believe it in his heart. How could the Ming army know that they would break through tonight, and they would break through from the west gate! If you don't break out from the west gate, and the main force breaks out from the east gate, with so many artillery, almost all of them are at the west gate, then the pressure on the east gate to break out will be very small!
The commander of the Ming army, no, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, why did he concentrate most of the artillery on the west gate, and he happened to be hit by him?
While he was thinking this, he suddenly noticed something. It seemed that among the roaring artillery, there was also the sound of a large number of horse hooves.
The cavalry troops of the Qing Dynasty did not dare to charge on horseback because of the existence of the horse trap. There was no sound of galloping horses at all!
After hearing the sound and looking around, Dorgon immediately discovered that on the left and right sides of the west gate of Tashan, under the light of fire, there were a large number of cavalry figures flashing out, outflanking the retreat of the Qing army. Moreover, behind the cavalry, there were countless figures following. They should be the infantry of the Ming Dynasty. With the help of the cavalry, they opened the way and rushed towards the back of the Qing army.
At this glance, the cold sweat on Dorgon's face continued to break out.
At this time, he didn't even need to calculate the number of artillery, he was already 100% sure that the Ming army had already ambushed heavy troops at the west gate, and he fell into the Ming army's encirclement!
After understanding this, Dorgon couldn't help shouting: "Who, who betrayed the Qing Dynasty? Who betrayed me?"
If the Ming army had not received the news in advance, it would never have been possible to deploy heavy troops at the west gate! Someone must have leaked the news!
After shouting a few times hysterically, Dorgon understood that there was no answer to this question at this time. More importantly, the Qing army is now in a huge crisis and must deal with this crisis first.
However, in the dark night, military orders are difficult to convey. Now they are surrounded by the Ming army again. Under multiple blows, the team is even more chaotic. In this case, it is simply impossible to convey military orders.
Even if Dorgon had great abilities, he would not be able to save anything in such a chaotic scene.
Everything can only depend on God!
I have to say that the Jianlu army at this time was indeed considered elite.
Although they suffered huge blows, including rockets and artillery, there were horse pits on the ground, and fire starters were buried, and the military system was in chaos, the Jianlu soldiers did not flee in all directions, but fought against each other. During this time, no matter how many people there were, they began to form a formation to deal with it.
At this time, outside Ximen City, under the light of fire, you can see piles and piles of Jianlu troops, and there are countless piles. And, slowly, the piles are still merging with each other and forming a larger pile.
However, of course, the Ming army was not just watching.
Outflanking Jianlu's rear route, cutting off any possibility of their cavalry returning to the city, was led by Hu Dawei's heavy armored cavalry. Blindfolded, with the help of moonlight and firelight, he crashed into piles of prisoners like a heavy tank.
The people behind the Jianlu army are not the Jianlu elite. It was already very good to be able to form formations with each other in such a panic scene. But no matter what, there is definitely a lot of fear in their hearts.
Under such circumstances, facing the charge of the heavily armored cavalry, there was no possibility of defense at all.
These Jianlu army formations were like a piece of paper. They fell apart as soon as they were charged by the heavy armored cavalry of the Ming army. Jianlu, who was not killed, knew that the heavy armored cavalry was charging, so he never reorganized his formation, but fled in all directions, no longer having the will to resist.
The infantry of the Yongwei battalion following the heavy armored cavalry used small flags as units to form a formation and move forward to pursue the Jianlu who were scattered by the heavy armored cavalry. Moreover, the one used by the Yongwei Battalion is Qi Jiguang's Yuanyang Formation, which is most suitable for killing enemies in this situation.
Dorgon, who was near the Chinese army, watched helplessly as his own retreat was like paper. He had no resistance at all to the Ming army's attack.
Many of the Qing soldiers who retreated and fled for their lives fled to the Chinese army, which also caused chaos in the Chinese army.
Seeing this, Dorgon drew his sword and roared with his guards to chop down the defeated soldiers, trying to stabilize the retreat.
However, even if the fire outside the city soared into the sky and illuminated the entire battlefield, it was still incomparable to daytime. Even if you Dorgon kills a few of them, it's impossible for other defeated soldiers who are running for their lives to notice, or be frightened and stop running away.
Especially behind them, the Ming army's heavy armored cavalry drove them away, and there were countless infantry troops covering them up, giving them no chance to regroup.
"Master, it's useless!" Dorgon's guard knew it was over, so he shouted loudly, reminding Dorgon.
However, Dorgon had a ferocious face and was still killing the defeated soldiers frantically, seemingly not hearing him.
The other guards also stopped, glanced at each other, and reminded loudly: "Master, break out of the encirclement before dawn, otherwise, you won't be able to leave!"
A large force will definitely not be able to break out, but a small group of rebels may still be able to break out.
However, Dorgon still ignored him and continued to kill the defeated soldiers crazily, as if he could save the defeat by doing so.
His guards looked at each other, and finally one of them stepped forward, hugged the crazy Dorgon tightly, and then shouted: "Master, it's useless, retreat quickly, you must break out of the encirclement." Get out!"
In the history of the Qing Dynasty, no prince had ever been defeated in a war with the Ming army. Regardless of whether the sky falls or not, at least Dorgon cannot die here, let alone be captured by the Ming army.
Being hugged by his personal guards and roaring behind his ears, the frantic Dorgon finally came to his senses.
He looked around the entire battlefield and saw the almost one-sided massacre. The Qing army did not show its due fighting power at all and died under the swords and guns of the Ming army. He couldn't help but feel heartbroken and despairing. occasion.
As soon as the guard let him go, Dorgon roared, then reversed the handle of the knife and wiped it from his own neck. Obviously, he couldn't accept the fact that he was defeated in such a confused way.
But Dorgon's personal guards were watching him, waiting for him to make up his mind. Therefore, when I saw that he was about to commit suicide, of course I stopped him immediately.
With a "clang" sound, Dorgon's knife was knocked off and fell to the ground. Later, he was held up by his personal guards, and he ignored the other prisoners and tried to break out.
In this battle, Jianlu was completely defeated, and even the gods could not save him.
Finally, a hint of fish belly white appeared in the eastern sky, and a new day arrived.
At this time, the fighting outside Tashan City had come to an end.
The main battlefield outside the west gate has basically ended the war. The fire has basically been extinguished, and the smoke is still a reminder that there was a fire here.
The soldiers of the Ming army were cleaning the battlefield in groups of three to five. Although they didn't sleep all night, everyone was very excited, and they didn't feel tired after staying up late and fighting at all.
"I never dreamed that the battle with Jianlu would be so easy!"
"Yes, you didn't know that in the battle of Tianjin, we really tried our best to prevent Jianlu from crossing the river. At that time, I almost thought that I couldn't stop Jianlu. But in this war, these Jianlu The prisoners are just like fish on the knife board, let us slaughter them, it is so happy!"
"I'm not afraid to tell you, I can brag about this battle for the rest of my life! These are Jianlu, real Jianlu, not Mongolian Tatars, but they are killed so easily. Watching them abandon their armor Don't say anything about running away, my heart is sweeter and more refreshing than eating honey!"
"..."
The soldiers of the Ming army who were cleaning the battlefield immediately began to summarize the key points of this battle after they spoke happily for the first time. Even if you are just a soldier, you have your own opinions, right?
"At the beginning of this battle, I thought I was going to waste the whole night, but I didn't expect that I caught such a big fish, haha!"
"Yes, we were able to win this battle so easily just because there was a heavy ambush beforehand. Jianlu never expected it, and ended up running into the ambush, haha!"
"Before, I heard from my colleagues in the Hussars camp how the emperor was so good at predicting events and strategizing, how he easily wiped out the Hetao Tartars. Let me tell you, to be treasonous, I was not How could I believe it? I always felt that what my colleagues in the Hussars Battalion said was a bit too much. But now I believe it. The Emperor’s talent in fighting is really amazing. He can predict events like a god, even better than Zhuge Liang!"
"No, no matter how powerful Zhuge Liang is, I can't say. When we are the emperor, he will definitely have a miraculous plan and an exhaustive plan!"
"..."
While the officers and soldiers of the Ming army were happily discussing and cleaning the battlefield, the generals and supervisors from all walks of life also headed towards the Chinese army camp with smiles on their faces.
Chen Baoting was standing outside the Chinese army's tent. When he saw these generals and supervisors approaching, he stopped them with the same smile and said: "Commanders and supervisors, please wait a moment. Your Majesty hasn't gotten up yet."
"Ah, what? You said His Majesty is sleeping?" He Renlong was startled when he heard this and asked quickly.
After hearing this, Zhou Yuji explained to He Renlong understandingly without waiting for Chen Baoting's answer: "His Majesty stayed up all night for such a big war. Now that the war is over, of course he needs to take a rest."
After hearing this, the other general soldiers smiled and nodded. They understood that the emperor wanted to rest. At this time, they were willing to let them wait. After all, after a big victory, there is nothing urgent to do later.
However, Chen Baoting smiled and shook his head and said: "No, after the battle at Ximen last night, the emperor went to bed peacefully!"
Upon hearing this, the general soldiers and supervisors immediately looked at each other, with expressions of surprise and admiration on their faces.
They didn't expect that the emperor went to bed as soon as the war started. It was definitely expected that this battle would be won, so I went to bed with peace of mind!
Thinking of this, they thought about it again. It was the emperor who predicted that the Jianlu troops in Tashan would break out from Ximen last night, and also guessed that the Jianlu troops would use their tactics to attack the east and attack the west. It was precisely based on the emperor's prediction that a heavy ambush was laid out in a targeted manner, which led to last night's victory!
Your Majesty, you are truly amazing!
If Emperor Chongzhen only convinced some of the soldiers of the Hussars Battalion in the previous battle in Hetao to eliminate the Tumote tribe, then after this battle, the three battalions under the Yuma Supervisor were all defeated by his wise and powerful force. I was impressed by the ingenious calculation!
Thinking of this, the general soldiers and supervisors all looked in admiration, and then waited silently outside the Chinese army's tent, fearing to disturb Emperor Chongzhen. That's all they can do now to express their inner respect to the emperor.
At this moment, the curtain of the central military tent was opened, and Lan Tianbao walked out, smiling and said to them: "Your Majesty is awake and in good spirits. Please come to see me."
Hearing this, Cao Bianjiao and other generals, as well as Liu Yuanbin and other supervisors, all looked at each other, and then subconsciously began to tidy up their appearance. After finding that everything was fine, they solemnly entered the Chinese army tent to have an audience.
In the central military tent, Emperor Chongzhen had just moved out of the back tent when he saw all the general soldiers and supervisors. They immediately greeted him and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
In fact, at the beginning, these commander-in-chiefs and supervisors were thinking that they must report the victory to the emperor and congratulate them, this is a great victory!
However, outside the Chinese army tent, after they learned that the emperor was so calm and went to bed in anticipation of a great victory, they felt that it was a bit redundant to directly congratulate him on the victory. Thousands of words can't be as good as "Long live my emperor, long live my emperor", but they can better express their feelings.
Emperor Chongzhen was indeed in high spirits, not as tired as after staying up late. He smiled and stretched out his hand to indicate that they were all flat, and then said with a smile: "Whatever happens, tell me the results of the battle!"
After receiving the emperor's order, Lu Da started first. He no longer looked very excited, but instead reported to the emperor in a regular manner, just like he usually did. Then came Hu Dawei, Cao Bianjiao, Zhou Yuji and other general soldiers.
The Han flag soldiers outside the east gate were still very desperate at first, but after a huge commotion broke out at the west gate, Lu Da's people shouted again, saying that they had been abandoned. In the end, most of the soldiers chose surrender.
Of the more than 8,000 Jianlu prisoners on the Ximen side, about 2,000 were eventually captured by the Ming army. This also includes about half of the wounded soldiers. As for the other Jianlu, they were all killed by the Ming army last night, including fire, shelling, attacks by heavy armored cavalry, and cover-ups by the Ming army, etc.
As for the Ming army, there were more than 1,000 casualties, of which only more than 300 were killed in battle. In terms of battle loss ratio, this is truly a rare victory!
After reporting this, Sun Yingyuan, as a senior general in the Royal Forest Army, took a look at the other generals before reporting the situation of the slave chief to Emperor Chongzhen.
