After Emperor Chongzhen arrived, he did not rest. Instead, he went to the settlement point for wounded soldiers in Guihua City and visited the injured soldiers. Then he went to the top of the city, looking at the remains of the battlefield and listening to the reports from the general soldiers.
He Renlong first reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, at the end of the battle, 556 of my soldiers were killed and 1,125 were injured!"
"Your Majesty, at the end of the battle, 836 of our soldiers were killed and 1,236 were injured!" Hu Dawei followed closely and reported.
"Your Majesty, two of the general's troops were killed and eighteen were injured!" Wu Sangui continued to report.
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In this battle, the casualties were mainly in the Hussars Battalion. In the Hussars camp, Hu Dawei's troops, who were later reinforced, suffered higher casualties. The main reason was that Hu Dawei's troops withstood the focus of Jianlu's night attack. The unexpected explosion of gunpowder killed and injured dozens of soldiers.
In summary, the Ming army killed about 1,500 people in total, and injured as many as 2,500 soldiers. Although it did not account for a high proportion of the total number of Ming troops in this expedition, for the Hussars battalion, the losses were a bit heavy.
Under normal circumstances, when fighting with cold weapons, no matter how elite the army is, if the battle loss ratio is so high, it will definitely collapse.
However, the reason why the Hussars Battalion did not collapse was because they knew that as long as they persisted, their side would definitely win, and there would be reinforcements behind them.
Another point is that the highest casualties were in the night battles and the subsequent melee. In this case, no one knows the casualties on their own side or the casualties of the Jianlu forces. It is already a chaotic battle, so there is no such thing as a collapse.
Of course, this also has something to do with the style of the two generals of the Hussars Battalion, and the fact that the Hussars Battalion itself is the elite of the Ming Dynasty.
To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little heavy after hearing this report.
After all, the hussars battalion was an elite cavalry force in his own hands, and he lost nearly one-fifth of his troops at once, including the situation where wounded soldiers could return to the team.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the traces of the battlefield still left inside and outside Guihua City, especially the large crater that was blown up in Beiying. He couldn't help but be wary of the war in his heart. He secretly reminded himself that he must not be careless, must not be proud, and must treat every battle with caution!
Just as he was thinking this, the generals began to report the results of the war again.
In this way, the atmosphere that had become a bit heavy just now suddenly became much better.
"Your Majesty, a total of 11,376 Jianlu war horses have been captured!"
"Your Majesty, capture Jianlu and Puppet Prince Zheng Aixinjue Luojierharang!"
"Your Majesty, capture Aixinjueluo Azige, the prince of Jianlu and puppet Duoluowuying commandery!"
"..."
Both Jierhalang and Azig were caught by Wu Sangui. He rushed so fast and ran at the front because he was aiming for these two goals. Although they had horses running away, Wu Sangui had already set his sights on them and arranged for one of his men and two horses to pursue them desperately. They returned to Guihua City more than an hour before Emperor Chongzhen arrived.
In this battle, more than 4,700 Jianlu were killed and 6,576 Jianlu were captured, with no casualties.
More than 10,000 Jianlu's horses were captured, as well as Jianlu's cattle and sheep. They were all found by the Ming army, and there were thousands of them. There are some other grains, but not a lot.
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Listening to the many battle results reported by generals from all walks of life, it can be said that this is a great victory! If the Urad and Chahar tribes are included, it would be one of the unprecedented victories.
All the generals, including Emperor Chongzhen, smiled when hearing these results.
However, after all the results of the battle were reported, He Renlong hesitated for a while and still reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the bones of many Ming people will eventually be found..."
These people of the Ming Dynasty were the old and the weak who were plundered from the northwest by the Jianruids, and those who had starved to death before. Those who did not starve to death were eventually dragged to the pass by the Chahar and Urad tribes commanded by the Jianlu to kill them.
When I thought of this, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became solemn again.
At this time, Wu Zhong, commander of the Jinyiwei, went to the top of the city and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the two slave chiefs Jierhalang and Azige have been verified by the general, yes. In addition, they are detained outside the city. In Jianlu's camp, when they saw the final general appearing, many Tatars said that they were not Jianzhou Jurchens, that they were forced and wanted to surrender to my Ming Dynasty and become my minions!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said with a cold face: "Now they say they were forced? Why didn't they say they would surrender earlier? And they killed my Ming people! If I accept their surrender, how can I be worthy of it? Those Ming people who died?"
Having said this, he turned his head and glanced at the endless Hetao Plain, looked in the direction to the west, and finally shouted in a cold voice: "Hu Qing?"
"The general is here!" Upon hearing this, Hu Dawei immediately stood up and waited for the order with his hands clasped in fists.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at it with a cold tone and said sternly: "Since they say they want to be my minions of the Ming Dynasty, please go and drive them all out and let them kill those Jianzhou Jurchens!"
"The general obeys the order!" Hu Dawei was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then immediately accepted the order, turned around and strode down the city.
Emperor Chongzhen glanced at his back, and then issued an order to escort Jirhalang and Azig to the top of the city.
This time, it was Jinyiwei commander Wu Zhong who led the order and brought Jierhalang and Azige.
Although these two people were not tied up, if someone who knew them saw them now, they probably wouldn't be able to recognize them.
Jierhalang was like a walking corpse, with no soul at all. He was just walking around after being scolded by the imperial guards. It can be seen that this battle has wiped out all his energy and spirit.
As for Azig, his hair was disheveled, and his face was even very dirty, as if it had been painted with soil or grass. Although some of it had been wiped off, it could still be seen. At this time, he was timid, and no longer had the majesty he had when he was the king of Duolowuwei.
Seeing the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty standing on the top of the city surrounded by many generals of the Ming Dynasty, Azige knelt down and shouted loudly: "Kowtow to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Long live Long live Long live!"
His action made everyone stunned for a moment. This was the first Jianlu leader, and he had no integrity at all.
Jierhalang came back to his senses after being shouted out like this. Looking at his servile look, he seemed to be seeing Chai Shihua who was killed by him.
Turning back to look at the Ming Emperor, when he saw it, he immediately remembered what Ying Erdai once said to him. The Ming Emperor's eyes can penetrate people's hearts, as if they can see through your heart.
When he saw him, he saw that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was also staring at him. His eyes were so intimidating that he felt a little afraid to look at him.
At this moment, the captain of the Jinyi Guard behind him kicked him in the calf and pushed him down.
Jirhalang came to his senses immediately and struggled to stand up, not wanting to kneel down.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he just sneered. He had defeated more than 10,000 troops, and he still wanted to have backbone?
At this moment, noises were heard outside the city. He knew that Hu Dawei was carrying out his will, so he shouted coldly: "Just stand and see for yourself!"
When the captain of the Jinyi Guards saw it, he stopped pressing the button. Jierhalang stood up immediately. Feeling a little strange in his heart, he turned his head and looked outside the city.
Azig didn't see any response, and was compared to Jierharan in this way. He felt very embarrassed. At the same time, he also secretly hated Jierhalang. What do you mean?
He was also a little curious, so he stood up and turned to look outside the city.
I saw groups of Qing troops coming out of the original Ming army camp outside the city, under the supervision of a large group of heavily armed Ming troops, and came outside the military camp.
There are more than 6,000 Jianlu soldiers, which is still a very large number.
Jierhalang saw so many Qing troops being captured and thought that they should be executed by the Ming army soon. His heart was cut by a knife and he regretted his incompetence very much.
Both he and Azig could speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin. At this time, they heard Hu Dawei loudly announcing: "The emperor has decreed that if you want to be the minions of the Ming Dynasty, then first kill the real Jianzhou among you." Jurchen!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the Jianlu prisoners were surprised. They didn't expect that they would attack the Jurchens in Jianzhou just like this?
After hearing this, those Jianzhou Jurchens immediately took precautions against their non-Jianzhou Jurchen accomplices. Many of them also wanted to surrender, but the Jianzhou Jurchen's background suddenly put an end to their hopes.
Those Jianlu soldiers who were not Jianzhou Jurchens, after a commotion for a while, saw the Ming army soldiers watching eagerly from the outside. In the end, I don’t know who shouted first and pounced on a Jianzhou soldier next to him. Jurchen.
Someone took the lead, and others followed suit and pounced on the real Jurchen Tatars of Jianzhou.
Of the more than 6,000 Jianlu soldiers, at least 4,000 were non-Jianzhou Jurchen Tatars, and among themselves, they knew which ones were and which ones were not, so they quickly formed a strategy of using more to fight against fewer. However, the Ming army did not issue them weapons. They fought for their lives with their fists, and the fighting was quite fierce.
On the top of the city, Jilhalang and Azig were both very surprised and stared blankly at the scene in front of them. They did not expect that one day, they would see such a situation.
The officers and soldiers of the Ming army all looked at the farce outside the city coldly. Watching them strangle and beat each other...
The cold wind was howling, and these Jianlu soldiers were all wearing thicker clothes, so it was quite difficult and very difficult to fight with bare hands to kill someone, especially the Jianzhou Jurchen who was struggling to death even though she knew she was going to die. Physically draining.
But even so, it just took a little longer, and slowly I saw someone being beaten to death. Relatively speaking, those who died were basically Jianzhou Jurchen Tatars. After all, their number was less than half, but there were also unlucky ones from other tribes who were killed by Jianzhou Jurchens instead.
Everyone on the top of the city said nothing, just watching the duel outside the city.
More and more people were lying motionless on the ground. After about half an hour, all the Jurchen Tatars in Jianzhou were finally killed.
Everyone on the city can see that these Jurchen Tatars from Jianzhou died a bit miserably, because they all died with bare hands. Most of them had a good meal first, and many of them had their money plucked out of their tails. It fell off, and a big chunk of my scalp fell off. Many Tatars died from being strangled, and their faces were often bruised and swollen.
These Jianlu who were beaten to death must have never imagined that one day they would die in this way!
Many Tatars who were not Jianzhou Jurchens also died. Even those who were alive, most of them had exhausted their energy and were kneeling there to catch their breath.
The scene outside the city had ended. Emperor Chongzhen looked back and said coldly to Azig: "If you want to live, kill him to show your sincerity!"
When Azig heard this, he couldn't believe his ears. He turned his head and looked at Jilharang. At this time, of course Jierhalang also heard it, and also turned his head to look at him, and the two met each other's eyes.
Then, Jierhalang turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen and said sternly: "Go and dream of your Spring and Autumn Dream! Don't think that we are the same as those people outside the city. We are all from the Aixinjueluo family..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt someone strangled his neck from behind. He subconsciously began to resist, reaching out to break the hand around his neck.
However, he had lost the opportunity and couldn't break it off at all. What made him even more horrified and angry was that he knew in his heart that it was Azig, a spineless coward, who had listened to the Ming Emperor and attacked him.
So, he tried his best to speak intermittently: "Ajige... Aixin... Jueluo's shame, you... how did you... go to see Xianhan..."
Hearing what he said, Azig, who had a ferocious look on his face, became even more ferocious, and he used all his strength to make Jierharang speechless.
After a while, Jierhalang lost his strength, his hands drooped, and he was dead.
Azig was still afraid of being deceived, so he continued to strangle him for a while. After making sure that Jierhalang was dead, he let go, looked at Jierhalang's unbending eyes, and immediately turned around and knelt down to kowtow to Emperor Chongzhen. Said: "The villain is loyal to the Ming Dynasty. The villain has already killed him..."
No one would believe what he said. How could he, a slave chief, be loyal to the Ming Dynasty?
The surrounding Ming army generals all sneered when they heard his words. Do they really think others are three-year-old children? It’s not that I’m afraid of death!
Emperor Chongzhen stared at him for a while, then suddenly said: "Okay, in this case, I will let you go back to Liaodong and kill Huang Taiji for me!"
After finishing speaking, he turned to Wu Zhong and ordered: "Give him a fast horse and let him go!"
Emperor Chongzhen's decision made people dumbfounded. If he were let back, he would kill Huang Taiji. This is simply impossible, right?
But Azig was overjoyed when he heard this. He was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would regret it, so he immediately kowtowed "dong dong dong" to thank him.
His speed was really fast. As soon as he got the horse, he immediately flew away and disappeared to the east of Guihua City.
The generals of the Ming army looked at all this and came to their senses. The emperor was so wise and powerful that they would definitely not believe that he would kill Huang Taiji when he returned. He must have other intentions!
