The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 684 Returning to Nanjing
Zhu Linmei asked again: "How about the casualties of the other soldiers?"

"Return to the Holy Lord," Zhang Jiayu took out the note that had just copied the numbers and glanced at it, and said in a deep voice, "The whole army killed 960 people and injured 530 people."

He paused, then continued: "Ninety-five percent of them belong to General Yu's troops. Especially the heavy cavalry battalion and the Lancer battalion, almost all of them were wiped out... followed by the artillery battalion, with more than [-]% casualties."

When Zhu Linmi heard the words, she felt a huge stone was pressed against her chest.You know, Yu Xin's troops plus the light artillery battalion have a total of less than 7000 people. After one battle, more than half of the casualties have been lost.

They completely blocked the [-] Dodo army to the south of Ximing Mountain with their blood and lives.

This is Daming's backbone!

The pride of China!
After this battle, the Great Ming Army swept across Jiangbei, and it will be invincible again!
However, today's casualty ratio is too heavy.Zhu Linmi thought to herself, the lives of Ming soldiers are the country's most precious treasure, and how to fight the Northern Expedition later has to be carefully considered...

While he was meditating, he suddenly heard a burst of cheers, and immediately an officer of the imperial camp came to report: "Your Majesty, we have found the captive chief Doduo!"

A cold light flashed in Zhu Linmi's eyes, "Bring me to see."

"Yes!"

After a while, Zhao Shichao brought a few infantrymen to carry a man, and threw him in front of Zhu Linming like a dead dog.

Zhang Jiayu stepped forward to check his breath, turned around and shook his head, and said, "Your Majesty, this thief is dead."

"It's a good deal for him!" Zhu Linmi asked Zhao Shichao again, "Can you prove your identity?"

"Returning to the Holy Lord, there are more than 20 captured captive officers who confessed, so it should be true."

"Send it back to Nanjing, and flog the corpse for three days outside the east gate." Zhu Linmi gave Zhang Jiayu an order, and then asked Zhao Shichao, "How many other captives died?"

"Return to the Holy One," Zhao Shichao cupped his hands, and said, "As many treasures as there are", "22 captive generals Shuosei, Sukesaha, Ashan, Zhang Hongmo, Cao Gongcheng, Ban Zhifu, Zhang Jie, etc. were captured alive.

"Kill Gong Adai, Sinabuku, Shang Kexi, Line Guoan, Chitat, Xu Erxian and more than [-] people...

"In addition, more than [-] enemy soldiers were killed and more than [-] prisoners were captured. There were also nearly [-] captives from the troops of He Luohui and Zu Runze who escaped from the "opening" left by General Zhang on the southwest side. Yu Zhen, Tie Dake and others He has led his troops in hot pursuit."

Zhu Linming knew that in the afternoon, because she didn't know what was going on in Yu Xin's side, in order to prevent the Qing army from fleeing to the north, she sent some broken troops to flee to the southwest.However, tens of thousands of Zhejiang and Jiangxi troops had already arranged "pockets" on the periphery, and Yu Zhen and others were chasing after them. It was basically impossible for Jianlu to escape.

He worried again and said, "Yuanzi, tomorrow we will send 3000 more troops to guard the Chunhua area, and don't let the routs go to the vicinity of Nanjing."

"Yes!"

Just as he was talking, an officer whispered a few words in Zhao Shichao's ear, and the latter hurriedly cupped his hands to Zhu Linmi and said, "Your Majesty, just now we took stock of the battlefield, and found eleven corpses of Chen Shaozong and other captives.

"I also captured several generals from the Raksha people. According to the confession, the Raksha country sent two thousand soldiers to help the captives attack me."

"Raksha people?" Zhu Linmei sneered, "I'm going to find them sooner or later, and this gives me an excuse to attack them. Bring them to me..."

At the same time that the Ming army encircled Duoduo in Ximing Mountain, more than 20 miles south of Dantu, Baiyintu, who was ordered to clean up the grain road, led an army of [-] inlaid with yellow flags, and escorted more than [-] carts of grain to Tangshuihe. and go.

Bai Yintu was so cold that he curled up on the saddle. He was about to order the guards to change the charcoal in the stove for him, but suddenly there was a booming cannon in front of him. He was so startled that he immediately sat up straight, and said to the officer beside him: "Go and see What's the situation."

More than a dozen brave cavalry rode away, and returned in a short while, saying loudly: "General, there is a southern army fighting with people six miles away."

"How many people are there?"

"Back to the general, there are more than a thousand people up and down."

Only then did Baiyintu feel relieved, "It must be the barbarian rebels." He turned to Ahanikan beside him and said, "Take someone to clean them up."

"Whoo!"

Zhang Huangyan of the Zhejiang Army beat Li Shizheng hard, but suddenly three thousand captive soldiers rushed out from behind him.After the military reform, the Zhejiang army has improved in terms of equipment and training, but it is not even possible for them to defeat the Jianlu elite soldiers with yellow banners.

Fortunately, the Qing army who were blocked by them had lost all fighting spirit, so Li simply ordered his men to flee south through the enemy army, but he also escaped with 500 people.

Bai Yintu ordered people to gather the chaotic Qing army, and then someone brought an officer in front of him, and it turned out to be the commander-in-chief of Jinnan.

He looked at the latter with a bloodstained face and crooked armor, and asked in surprise: "Your green battalion has seven to eight thousand troops, how could it be defeated by more than a thousand southern troops?"

Lian Decheng said as if mourning his concubine: "Lord Belle, Prince Yu fell into the trap of the southerners and was besieged from Huanglongyan to Mashan. The last general was ordered to lead his troops to guard the Tangshui River. This morning, a large group of southern troops came to attack. The guns and cannons are extremely powerful. The final general couldn't resist, so he had to look for an opportunity to retreat to the north, but unexpectedly encountered an ambush on the road, so he retreated eastward, and was ambushed here again... If Lord Belle hadn't come to help, the final general might have been decapitated..."

"You said the general was besieged?" Bai Yintu was shocked, grabbed his collar and said, "How many enemy troops are there?!"

"This, this general is not clear." Lian Decheng said with a sad face, "But the general led the main force to Ximing Mountain overnight, and planned to break through the encirclement to the north at Maoshi today..."

"Maoshi?" Bai Yintu looked up at the sky, his heart tightened, "It's almost Youshi now, if the general's battle went well, he would have already defeated the enemy, but until now there is no news... ..."

Ahanikan clasped his hands and said, "General, should we rush to help?"

Bai Yintu frowned and thought for a long time, then shook his head and said, "The situation is unknown, so don't act rashly. You should send people to Ximing Mountain to investigate quickly, and the army will retreat seven miles to form a camp!"

"Whoo!"

"Send someone to Jiangning again to warn Mu Jilun and the Jumala tribe, and ask them to beware of the southerners' counterattack!"

"Whoo!"

Bai Yintu's face was as gloomy as ice all the way, he couldn't figure out, where did the large Ming army come from, and they were so embarrassing that they could fight more than [-] main forces.Then what should I do...

"General Zhen, we fought this battle so uselessly!" Lu Yousan glanced at the city of Nanjing, clasped his fists at Zhen Zhen, and said, "There are only [-] captives scattered in three places, and the general is willing to lead his troops out of the city to attack the enemy. , if you do not win, you will be punished by military law!"

Zhen Zhenmiao glared at him, "I know the reckless attack. The captives are taking advantage of the wind under the city, so why don't we watch it?"

"But, this is also..."

Zhen Zhen patted him on the back hard, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has already made arrangements. Today is the eighteenth day of the first lunar month. If things go well, I will let you play as a striker tomorrow, okay?"

"Good! Good! Thank you, General, General!"

In the early morning of the same day, Yang Tinglin convened the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty outside the Meridian Gate, and he did not avoid watching the people. He announced in public, "In fact, the imperial court has put down the chaos in Huguang last year. The bandits, you have already defeated the Duoduo tribe in the east, and you will return to the army in a few days to wipe out the bandits outside Nanjing!"

(End of this chapter)