There are only more than 4,000 Han soldiers in the Manchu Qing army who have not escaped, and most of them belong to the hardcore traitors-those with vested interests.
There are also a small number of people who are reluctant to part with their wives and children in Liaodong, and want to go home with the Tartars for reunion. . .
At this moment, watching the withdrawal of the Manchurian and Mongolian banners, and the departure of the Mongols and Jurchens in the Han army banners, these Han soldiers were completely desperate.
The proportion of firearms in the Han soldiers was relatively high, and Hauge even took their firearms away.
A true abandoned son, and ruthless, he doesn't even bother to act!
"Run away." Kong Youde said.
Shang Kexi asked: "Where can I escape?"
Once upon a time, they were cornered in the Ming Dynasty, and now they are cornered in the Qing Dynasty.
Kong Youde said: "Go to the Mongolian grassland. In the Qing Dynasty the Tartars divided the grassland and ruled it. Once the Tartars decline and are scattered into countless pieces of Mongolia, it will soon be chaotic. Let's find a Mongolian tribe to join and help There must be a place for them to fight.¡±
"That's the only way to go, if you want to go, go quickly!" Shang Kexi agreed.
The two went to discuss with other traitors, and soon reached an agreement, and told the soldiers to go to the Mongolian grassland.
To the north of them was the main force of the Qing Dynasty, and behind them were Zhang Tieniu's pursuers. In the northeast and northwest, there were Datong cavalry who went around to cut off the back road of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
Kong Youde decided to cross the river immediately, head towards Beijing, then go north to Jizhou on the way, and go to the grassland from Xifengkou of the Great Wall.
"Da da da!"
More than a dozen Datong cavalry rushed over and stood on the other side of the river watching them. They were sentry cavalry who stayed to observe the enemy's situation.
Just as they were halfway across, the dragoons shot into the river.
Sporadic gunshots rang out, and more than half of the more than 4,000 Han Army Eight Banners collapsed in an instant. Their morale has dropped to zero, and if there is a slight disturbance, they will flee in all directions.
Kong Youde had no choice but to give up crossing the river, gathered the rout troops all the way, and fled towards the mountainous area to the southeast.
Those dozen or so dragoons swam across on their stomachs on their horses, always chasing after them.
Kong Youde and Shang Kexi ordered to form a defensive formation, and the dragoons immediately stopped and shot at the enemy from a distance.
After every burst of gunfire, the troops under Kong Youde and Shang Kexi's command would break up and run away indiscriminately. When Kong and Shang fled into the mountains, there were only a few hundred people around them. After resting for a while, the shock was still there, and he went out of the mountain again and continued to run eastward.
Twenty miles to the east, there is another mountain range, which is the real mountain. These traitors can't go north to Mongolia, they can only become bandits in the mountains.
The southernmost tip of that mountain range is Jieshi Mountain where Cao Cao watched the sea.
Jieshi Mountain could see the sea at the end of the Han Dynasty, but now it is twenty miles away from the sea. Even the Liaoxi Corridor, where the Tartars have been attacking for more than 20 years, had only one channel facing the sea at the end of the Han Dynasty, and now it has formed a seaside flat land with a width of more than ten miles.
Ye Kui joined the army very late, just a cavalry captain.
He allocated half of the cavalry to capture those routs, and waited for Zhang Tieniu to receive them. Several Datong cavalry captured more than 2,000 people one after another. These prisoners cooperated very well and went to squat outside Lulong County honestly.
The remaining half of the cavalry, a total of eight cavalry, led their horses into the mountain and continued to pursue.
After chasing into the mountains, and chasing out of the mountains, Kong Youde and Shang Kexi's last few hundred confidants were crushed by these eight cavalrymen.
Finally, the whole army collapsed.
"Kill the enemy!" Ye Kui put away the fire blunderbuss, drew out his waist knife and led the soldiers to charge.
Shang Kexi's eldest son, Shang Zhixin, was only nine years old at the time and was still playing with mud in Liaodong. Otherwise, there will probably be a scene of fatherly kindness and son filial piety. In history, fathers were imprisoned to death.
"Too much deception!"
Shang Kexi drew his sword, turned around, and rushed towards the dragoons.
Ye Kui rode his horse and dragged his knife past, but Shang Kexi raised his knife to block it. Another cavalryman also dragged his knife and slashed at Shang Kexi's neck. Shang Kexi dodged in a hurry, and a hole was dragged out of his neck. The third cavalryman came again and slashed Shang Kexi's face.
Shang Kexi's face was covered with blood, and he still raised his sword to fight, but all the dragoons rushed over, hacking and killing those rout soldiers who did not surrender.
In the end of the road, Shang Kexi slayed himself with a knife. This big traitor died inconspicuously.
Kong Youde did not resist, but begged for mercy on his knees, and shouted: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender, don't kill me!"
The Datong cavalry no longer cared about him, and continued to chase and kill the routs, chasing as long as they were still fleeing, and letting go of those who knelt down and begged for mercy
But said Hao"People should be damned!" "
Li Dingguo did not fight in person, but took a binoculars to observe the battle situation.
He quickly noticed the behavior of the Horqin cavalry, frowned and said, "Go and send an order to that Badali that the Tartars who surrendered should not be killed again. There are many mines in Liaodong, and even this Hebei, Zunhua Iron Mine also needs people. Send them to It¡¯s good to mine, it¡¯s not worth killing them all.¡±
The siege and pursuit operation lasted for three full hours.
Probably more than 4,000 Tartars drowned in the river, and more than 3,000 Tartars were beheaded. The remaining 6,000 Tartars were all captured, and only a few managed to escape.
Now in the entire Qing Dynasty, counting the troops brought back by Hauge, there are less than 40,000 people left. Half of them have lost their armor, and at most they can wear leather armor on the battlefield.
The decline of the Tartars is doomed, and there are signs of chaos in the grassland.
However, if we want to completely destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we have to wait until after the Liaodong rainy season. By that time, it is estimated that the Datong Army has not yet dispatched troops, and the entire Mongolian tribes in northwestern Liaoning will all declare rebellion against the Qing Dynasty.
The Mongols there were originally defeated by the Jurchens!
Zhang Tieniu took the prisoners back, and when he was halfway there, he received a battle report from Fei Ruhe: "Li Zicheng withdrew his troops, and the Datong Army has recovered Beijing."
Li Zicheng didn't want to withdraw at all, but the news from the rear scared him to lead his troops back to Shanxi quickly¡ª¡ªShaanxi and Gansu were lost.