Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1202

Seventy-eight million people are not easy to catch.

After the few boats and rafts by the river fled to the south bank, the Mongols and Manchus who wanted to go home were completely desperate, and the broken soldiers crowded on the river beach began to surrender on a large scale.

The Manchus stood by the river and were killed by the Mongols, and the main ones who were driven into the river were Manchus.

Fifteen thousand people filled the Eight Banners, and less than 2000 people escaped across the river. Most of the rest were swept away by the river or killed by angry Mongols, and only a very small number were captured by the Ming army.

Louqin, Wakda, Doni, and Luo Keduo were four young princes. Doni was beheaded by the Mongols. When Wakda was crossing the river, his troops climbed onto the boat in disintegration. Overturned, Wakda rolled into the Yellow River together with Dorgon's body, and disappeared without a trace.

Among the four kings, only Luo Keduo, who fled timidly first, and Lou Qin, who snatched a raft, fled to the north bank of the Yellow River with Doni, who was missing half his head.

Although these people escaped and ascended to heaven, after experiencing this defeat, their courage was lost. In the future, they must fear the Ming Dynasty like a tiger, and it is almost impossible to make a comeback.

Lou Qin and Luo Keduo gathered a miserable army on the north bank, with 5000 soldiers at full strength, only 600 escaped across the river, and the rest were thrown on the south bank.

When he learned that Wakda and Dorgon's body rolled into the river together, he immediately sent people to search along the river, but they didn't find it.

Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, didn't even get back a corpse. The two could only hug each other and cry, and then led more than 1000 miserable soldiers to Beijing in a hurry.

[-] routs, and arresting them all at once is a huge project and not easy.

Fortunately, the broken soldiers are more obedient than pigs. Once they give up resistance, they can put down their weapons and stand in the designated area according to the requirements of the Ming army. It doesn't take much effort.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Wang Yan had already expected the outcome of this battle, but when he saw the main force of the Qing army defeated, he still sighed, "It's not easy!"

From the change of Jiashen Kingdom to the fall of the Southern Capital, the Ming Dynasty lost all its money, nearly a million soldiers and horses were almost wiped out, the emperor hunted in the north, and the Jian Kingdom surrendered to the enemy. The entire Ming Dynasty only had a few provinces in the southwest. How is that? Shame!

However, in ten years, under the hard work of Emperor Gaozong, Wang Yan, Lu Jianguo, Zheng Chenggong, Jin Shenghuan and others, and the sacrifices of countless heroes such as Chen, Yan Ergong, Jin Sheng, Huang Daozhou, Wang Wei, Zhang Kuang, etc., Even with the efforts of more than [-] elite Western troops defeated in Hanzhong, the Ming Dynasty finally reversed the situation in the world after repeated victories and defeats.

Today, the Ming Dynasty has finally washed away most of its shame.

In this Central Plains War, [-] people were beheaded in Luoyang and [-] were captured, and then at Mengjindu, Wang Yan finally brought the battle to an end.

Nearly 2000 troops were defeated, and less than [-] escaped across the river. The rest were either washed away by the Yellow River, captured by the Ming army, or died in internal strife.

Standing on the top of the hill, Wang Yan looked at the broken soldiers on the river beach. They lined up in a long line, discarded their weapons, took off their armor, and were tied up with long ropes by the Ming army and escorted southward.

He saw the soldiers of the Ming army rushing tens of thousands of horses scattered on the hills and river beaches to one place, and he was filled with emotion.

As the actual controller of the Ming Dynasty and the planner of the campaign, his reputation as Wang Yan and Wang Shiheng is unprecedented, and he can be recorded in the annals of history.

It will take at least a day or two to clean up the battlefield, and the specific number of prisoners and captured will definitely not come out in a short time.

Wang Yan then returned to Luoyang first, preparing to summarize the results of the first phase, deploy the tasks of the second phase, and appease the Central Plains.

When Wang Yan returned to Luoyang, He Zhen, who was chasing and killing the Jin army to the west, happened to return to Luoyang.

The Jin army sent [-] troops this time to participate in the Central Plains War. Meng Qiaofang broke through in time, so in the south of Luoyang, there was also Mengjindu, and less than [-] people were killed or captured.

Meng Qiaofang led more than 3 gold troops to break through and fled, and more than 1 green battalions fled westward together. She thought she had escaped from the Ming army.

Having just narrowly escaped death, the soldiers of the Golden Army and the Green Army who came down from the battlefield were exhausted and had no morale at all.

The Yi Cong led by He Zhen was not an elite force. The main force was Mongolian soldiers and Tibetans recruited from southern Qinghai and the snowy area. But they hardened hard once.

He Zhen and Wan Yicong chased after Mianchi from Xin'an. The Jin army lay dead for more than 60 miles, and more than 5000 people were beheaded. It was not until the Jin general Tang Tong came out of Tongguan to meet He Zhen that he stopped chasing and killing and returned to Luoyang.

Meng Qiaofang fled into Tongguan in a hurry. While asking Tang Tong to strengthen his defense and gather the defeated troops to enter the pass, he quickly sent someone to notify Hauge.

Henan Mansion, Luoyang City.

When Wang Yan entered and exited, the people in the city put up lanterns and festoons to welcome the King Chu of the Ming Dynasty into the city, making the ancient capital of several dynasties full of joy.

Although Luoyang City suffered great damage due to the impact of the war, all industries were depressed and the people in the city were also greatly hurt, but they still spontaneously came to welcome King Chu of the Ming Dynasty.

First, they sincerely thanked His Highness the King of Chu for saving them, and second, they hoped that His Highness the King of Chu would be happy by reducing or exempting Luoyang and even Henan from taxes.

Wang Yan entered the city under the welcome of Luoyang people. He straightened his waist all the way, waved his hands constantly, kept smiling, and enjoyed the glory of the winner.

At this time, in front of the Prince Zhishun's residence, Wang Yan and his party dismounted from their horses. This will be his residence in Luoyang.

When Wang Yan walked to the door, he found something stepped on under his feet. He took a closer look and found that it was the plaque of Prince Zhishun's mansion, which had been broken into two sections of the city.

Shang Kexi guarded Henan for the Qing Dynasty for nearly ten years, and the palace was built magnificently and magnificently, but what happened, his father and son and Kong Youde were both captured in Mengjindu, and now they will inevitably end up being slaughtered.

The King of Henan yesterday, Caishikou today, is what he deserved.

Wang Yan stood in front of the palace gate for a while, and then went into the mansion, he saw people coming and going inside, and as soon as Wang Yan entered, he saw the chaos inside.

A dense crowd of soldiers of the Ming army rummaged through boxes and chests, making the yard a mess. The soldiers kept carrying out boxes of belongings and piled them up in the yard indiscriminately.

The current Ming Dynasty has long passed the period when it relied on ransacking and seizing homes to maintain wars, but when Wang Yan saw the property in this courtyard, the corners of his mouth were still cracked, and he laughed loudly: "Shang thieves have searched a lot in Henan. Millions of giants! Haha..."

Yang Yanchang, who was in charge of ransacking the house, saw Wang Yan when he heard the sound, hurried up to greet him, and saluted, "Please refer to Your Highness for humble posts!"

Wang Yan smiled and said, "How about the harvest?"

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Yang Yanchang became excited, pointing to the belongings piled up in the yard, he said happily: "Your Highness, I'm glad you can do it, this is only half of it, and there are more in the backyard. I guess there are still underground, and I'm going to let people Open up the ground and find all the silver hidden by Shang Kexi."

(End of this chapter)