Cutting 1719

Chapter 174
When the grenadier battalion struck out as the final heavy hammer, the situation on the entire battlefield quickly became clear. More than hundreds of grenades were thrown into the crowd, blasting a path of blood.

After the grenades were thrown, Gao Hu led 500 grenadier battalion soldiers to draw out the saber-chopping swords behind them, and launched an attack against the Qing soldiers. The army was almost broken with one blow, and the rampage was invincible, and the rest of the soldiers of the Fuhan army also used the grenadier battalion as an arrow to attack the Qing army camp.

Under the impact of tens of thousands of Fuhan soldiers, the Qing army, which was already on the verge of collapse, was completely defeated. No one could stop a favorable counterattack, even a little bit.

The rush, defeat, escape and even complete disintegration have become the reality that the Qing army is witnessing little by little. A large number of swords have been thrown on the ground. They frantically fled to the rear of Wutong Ridge. Well, once this army retreats, it will have no chance. No matter what is in front of it, it will not be able to stop the rout.

They thought of various ways to escape from the battlefield, but they were originally limited by the topography of Wutong Ridge. Except for the direction of the Fuhan Army, all other directions were crowded together, and there was no way for so many people to escape.

Wutong Ridge has become a desperate land. The soldiers of the Qing army had no way to escape. When they were overtaken by the Han army, they knelt down and begged for mercy.The scenes on the battlefield were like the last straw, completely announcing the demise of the Qing army.

A large number of middle and low-level officials of the Qing army took the lead in surrendering, which completely shattered the last hope in Yongjina's heart. He knew that now that the general situation was gone, he might never have another chance.No matter how much pride and ambition there is in my heart, it will still turn into dust in the end.

Seeing that the Han army had completely surrounded the Qing army on the mountain, and there was almost no possibility of escaping, Yongjina finally chose to commit suicide by drawing his sword. It's all right for the teacher to humiliate the country, but the Fuhan army must not find out, otherwise he will not feel at ease after his death.

The rest of the generals of the Qing army saw that the general situation was over, so many people chose to surrender. After this series of events, more and more soldiers gave up resistance. When it became impossible to win, most of them chose to surrender for the sake of their own lives, which is quite normal.Besides, most of the soldiers in the green battalion knew that the Fuhan army neither killed prisoners nor deliberately beat and scolded them, so there was no psychological pressure to surrender.

It’s just that for the Eight Banners Army, it’s a bit difficult. They naturally understand that their identities are sensitive, and they definitely can’t get the same surrender conditions as the Green Camp. It’s just that if they continue to fight like this, they will not be able to defeat Yongjina’s suicide. Yushan, Li and Deputy Commander, have already died in battle, and the remaining Eight Banners Army is also old, weak, sick and disabled, so how can we fight?

Just when the Qing army was thinking about their own little ninety-nine, the progress of the Fuhan army was very good. The first division was almost like a storm, dividing the remaining more than 1 Qing troops into several large pieces, and they were step by step. It's only a matter of time before it's completely wiped out.

At the same time, the third division and the second garrison division were also in the north of Wutong Ridge, and collided with the [-] Qing troops who came to support them. The morale of the Qing troops was very low, so after only a moment of fighting, there were signs of retreat. .

After the news of the great victory came here, the morale of the Fuhan army became more and more high. They rushed forward to attack the defense line of the Qing army, while the morale of the Qing army became lower and lower. If there were not a supervising team behind them, they might have fled It's empty, but it's hard to maintain it for a long time.

Li Mingyi, the admiral of Zhejiang Water and Land, knew that his own combat strength was not enough. He originally planned to wait for Yongjina to lead his people to attack the Fuhan army, but he did not expect it to happen. Yongjina himself collapsed first, although he did not know that Yongjina had already He committed suicide and died, but from the current situation, he knew that there was no need to fight, and even felt a little regretful in his heart. If he had known this, he might as well have retreated to Anqing earlier.

It's not that easy to escape now, so Li Mingyi had no choice but to send people to stabilize the front line first, and then led his people to retreat quietly. But in this way, naturally sharp-eyed people noticed that his admiral had run away, and shouted on the battlefield .

"Defeated, defeated! Indus Ridge was defeated!"

"The admiral has run away, everyone should run for their lives too!"

After such a quarrel, the rest of the people had no intention of defending any longer, and ran all the way to Taiping Pass with the rout. In just a short while, it turned into a big rout, with tens of thousands of people in a mighty Running to the rear, many people were even trampled to death during the retreat.

On the entire battlefield, nothing but chaos was chaos. The Fuhan army did not rush to pursue, but gathered as many troops as possible, and then began to pursue. From time to time, a large number of green battalion routs could be seen on the road, sitting directly on the ground, and then I chose to give up resistance.

Cheng Ming and Cheng Zhi'en rode horses and led the soldiers under their command to march towards Taiping Pass along the path of the rout. The captured soldiers gathered along the way might not be less than [-], but it was shocking.

"After this battle, we can take advantage of the victory and go straight to Anqing, and when Anqing is completely captured, we can take a detour to attack Old Man Kangxi!"

Cheng Zhien was a little bit emotional, the age was similar to Cheng Ming, but the experiences of both sides were completely different, Cheng Zhien was a direct descendant of the Cheng family, he joined the army early, but his development in the army was not as early as Ning Zhongyuan's.However, Cheng Zhien became Ning Yu's chief of staff later, in fact, it might not be because of the Cheng family's contribution.

As for Cheng Ming, it is completely different. Although he is also surnamed Cheng, he basically has nothing to do with the Cheng family. He was originally Ning Zhongyuan's right-hand man. Standing out from the crowd, he became the commander of the main third division.

Cheng Ming had a calm personality. Looking at the fleeing Qing army, he said calmly, "Whether to attack Anqing or not is up to the governor to decide. Now our army's goal is Taiping Pass, and these Qing soldiers."

"Well, what brother Zihua said is right, this fat piece of meat can't just run away like this!"

The chase lasted until the early morning of the next day, and a large number of Qing troops were captured or killed. Originally, Li Mingyi had led the remnant army to Taiping Pass, but the city wall was low and could not play a good guard role at all. In the end, Cheng Zhien Under his leadership, he directly broke through the Taiping Pass and captured Li Mingyi alive.

So far, the [-] troops of the Qing court have basically been wiped out, which is considered to have completed the planned goal ahead of schedule, but Ning Yu, who was supposed to be happy, turned pale at this time, and a bad news disrupted Ning Yu's plan.

(End of this chapter)