Chapter 450 Surrender
The last battle of the Nanchang Battle was not as earth-shaking as recorded in history. At this time, the Qing army was at the end of its strength. After three thousand cavalry were killed by shotguns, the infantry behind were immediately defeated and retreated like a mountain. Bayan's 300 men's supervisor team behind were of no use at all. Many Mongolian soldiers and Han army flags pointed their swords at these comrades not long ago. After all, compared with the Ming army's cannons, the swords and guns of the supervisor team did not make people feel scared.
Bayan, the three Manchu generals sent by Tan Tai, died in the cavalry charge. Zachdan led the commander-in-chief and was killed by his own people. Zachdan also died in the chaos.
Yilibu's head should be much more flexible. He should not run away alone when he saw things. Of course, he was not optimistic about Tan Tai, so he did not return to the two white flag positions. Instead, he secretly changed into Han people's clothes and ran south quietly.
Ten miles away from the front line, Tan Tai originally thought that even the Mongols could hold on for an hour, but he didn't expect that he would not hold on for a quarter of an hour.
A scarred Zhengbai Banner Baiyala came to Tan Tai, "General, the Mongolians were defeated by the Ming army, General Bayan and General Zachdan were killed, General Irib was missing!"
Tan Tai gritted his teeth and cursed: "This bastard Yilibu must have run away! How far is the Ming army still!"
The personal soldier was about to reply, but a large number of defeated Mongolian soldiers suddenly rushed in outside Changyi Town. Needless to ask, the Ming army had already reached the sight.
The last three thousand cavalry of the Qing army were beaten into meat paste by shotgun, and Makun became even more unscrupulous without the only threat. He ordered all the new army to form an attack formation and drive the Qing army to the riverside. In this way, the last tens of thousands of Qing army were compressed into a radius of less than five miles centered on Changyi Town.
When Ding Hai's inland fleet arrived in Changyi, the Qing army completely lost the motivation to resist.
With He Luohui's hard work, the Qing army built a few small fishing boats, and combined with wooden rafts made of door panels and house beams, a total of more than twenty ferries were trying hard to send the two white flags across the Ganjiang River. However, there were too few ferries, and these modified ferries could only send more than two hundred soldiers at the risk of sinking each time. However, although there were few, they still gave more than 10,000 soldiers a little hope of escaping.
But with the arrival of Ding Hai's fleet, this hope was also shattered.
When Ding Hai saw that the Qing army had found the ship, he quickly ordered five gunboats to rush up and sank the more than 20 crossing the river tools one by one. The Qing army above also became fish food in the Ganjiang River.
Next, Ding Hai saw a large number of Qing troops gathered by the river and immediately started firing artillery on the other side of the shore. In order to eliminate the ferry, several cannons had been loaded with chain bullets, but now they didn't care about that much, they shot them directly.
The chain bombs were used to deal with dense crowds, which was a crazy massacre. A large number of Qing troops were snatched by the chain bombs and died lying on the riverside screaming.
When the remaining Qing army saw the Ming army's gunship coming, they quickly withdrew from the shooting range of the shotgun. Although they were still within the range of the solid bomb, although they were still quite miserable to die under the solid bomb, the solid bomb did not have the terrifying lethality of the shotgun, and the Qing army could still accept it.
After the artillery of the New Army was put into battle, the Qing army completely lost its determination to resist, and the Han army flags and the Eight Mongolian Banners on the periphery began to surrender one after another. The New Army opened a hole in the encirclement, allowing these surrendered guys to put down their swords and guns, take off their armor, and come out naked to concentrate in one place.
Seeing that surrender could save his life, a large number of Qing troops who had lost their combat effectiveness began to put down their swords and guns, and in the end, more than 10,000 Manchus from the Two White Banners entrenched around Changyi Town were left. Tan Tai, the general of the Qing Dynasty's southern expedition, saw that the situation was hopeless. The Ming army's encirclement had reached the periphery of Changyi Town. The kind of killing artillery that had not blinked had hit the town. Tan Tai knew that he had not completed the task assigned by Duoduo, and the last soldiers of the Two White Banners were about to die here in battle. Thinking of this, Tan Tai pulled out his waist and committed suicide without saying a word. He was the highest-level Qing general who died on the battlefield. Duoduo died of illness, not as death in battle.
As soon as Tan Tai died, He Luohui became the supreme commander. He looked at the two white flag soldiers left around him. Seeing their eyes frightened by the Ming army cannons, he knew that they could not continue to fight and had no choice but to surrender.
He Luo would look at the soldiers around him, get up and come to a high place and say, "Dear soldiers of the two white flags, the eagle can only fly over the mountains if it leaves wings, and we can only see our family when we are alive. I decided to put down our weapons and surrender!"
Now the senior generals of the Qing army are almost dead, and the rest are low-level generals. Seeing that He Luo would say this, there was no way, so he had to throw away his sword and gun and take off his clothes, hold his head in his hands and kneel down, waiting for his destiny.
Seeing that the Qing army stopped resisting in the end, Ma Kun knew that these guys were going to surrender, and said to Ma Rufeng beside him: "These Qing Tartars finally surrendered. Rufeng, what do you think you should do? Kill them all?"
When Ma Rufeng heard that Ma Kun wanted to kill prisoners, he quickly stopped him and said, "Teacher Commander, don't do this. King Chang Yuchun of Kaiping killed prisoners of war. In the end, he was scolded by Emperor Taizu many times. After our war was over, it would be better for these guys to let the emperor make the decision!"
Following Ma Rufeng's advice, Ma Kun cursed: "You group of scholars have many twists and turns, so let's keep these guys alive!" In fact, Ma Kun knew that his command mistakes yesterday caused heavy casualties in the Third Regiment and Fourth Regiment, and more than a thousand people died. This was the biggest defeat since the establishment of the new army. Ma Kun was afraid that Zhu Hongsan would punish him, and thought that he would not make mistakes in capturing him again, so he left the lives of these Qing troops.
As the Qing army put down its swords and guns, the Battle of Nanchang ended. The battle of more than 300,000 troops was invested by both sides. The battle lasted for more than a month ended with the destruction of the Qing army. The Qing army completely lost its strategic initiative after this battle. The Qing army originally had a small population, and this time the 150,000 troops of the Qing army were basically all mobile troops that Dorgon could mobilize, and now they were all lost in Nanchang, Jiangxi. The Guangdong New Army completely became the world's most powerful army with its military achievements in defeating the 150,000 Qing army with its military achievements of 20,000 defeating the 150,000 Qing army.
In order to destroy Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi, the Qing Dynasty took out all the mobile troops from the entire Yangtze River Basin. Now, the only major towns along the Yangtze River are Wuchang, Jiujiang, Anqing, and Nanjing, and the combined troops of these places have not had 50,000 people, and only 20,000 people guarded Nanjing, a major Jiangnan area. The victory in the Jiangxi battlefield made the battle of Nanzhilihui launched by the Shenwu regime of the Nanming Ming Dynasty twice the result with half the effort, and it was unstoppable in various places in Nanzhili. These are all the achievements of the Jiangxi battlefield.
The news of the victory ahead reached Nanchang, and Jiang Yueguang was very happy. This was all his own strategy. Of course, the victory of the Battle of Nanchang was fought by the Guangdong New Army, but this did not prevent Jiang Yueguang, who was the nominal supreme commander in Jiangxi, secretly allocated part of the victory to himself.
The new Jiangxi Governor Liu Silai is a student of Jiang Yueguang. When he saw the teacher happy, he hurried over to hold his stinky feet.
"Teacher, this time we can eliminate more than 100,000 Tartars, it is the teacher's ability to plan the strategy! This is the second only to Yuan Chonghuan's killing of an old slave outside Ningyuan City!"
Since Nurhaci issued the "Seven Hate" formal rebellion in the 46th year of Wanli, he has experienced countless wars. Except for Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong, he has been defensive in other times. Since the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Qing Dynasty has taken advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to break into the Central Plains, and now it still accounts for half of China. Now, 150,000 Qing troops were eliminated in one battle, including 30,000 white flag elites. Nurhaci's son, Duoduo, the most capable of fighting in the Qing Dynasty, also died in the army. There were countless other generals, governors and governors who died in battle. How could this not make Jiang Yueguang, who was responsible for restoring the world of the Ming Dynasty, excited!
Jiang Yueguang's face was flushed with excitement, and he quickly stood up and bowed deeply to Nanfang, saying, "This victory was mainly due to His Majesty Emperor Shenwu's leadership, and the soldiers used their lives. All of you have made contributions to the planning, but it is not Jiang's achievements!"
Zhang Jiayu looked at Jiang Yueguang and others praising each other, and was amused. If he hadn't brought the new army to rescue him, Nanchang might have been compromised now, and Old Man Jiang didn't know if he committed suicide by jumping into the water or hanging himself?
Zhang Jiayu was slandering this, but he had done enough effort to save face. Zhang Jiayu stood up and said, "Mr. Jiang should not be humble. It is important for soldiers to use their lives. However, the officials can admire him if the adults can sit in Nanchang without any hesitation!"
The other people were easy to talk about. Jiang Yueguang was knowledgeable and Yu Yinggui was the governor of Shaanxi before, and he had seen wars like this. However, Liu Silai did not perform well. Liu Silai used to be a censor. He was a specialty in being a messenger, but he really had never experienced wars. When he saw the fierce battle of defending the city, he also thought of running away secretly. Now, he thought Zhang Jiayu said this and thought he was ridiculing himself, and he couldn't help but feel angry.
"Haha! The three of us naturally have to thank Lord Zhang. It was Lord Zhang who waited for five days in Fengcheng that the Guangdong New Army defeated the Qing army under Nanchang City! If it were not for Lord Zhang's timely rescue, we might have died in Nanchang City!"
Liu Silai really didn't open any pot to carry any pot. Jiang Yueguang had already forgotten that Zhang Jiayu was disobeying his order and could not come to rescue him, but he didn't expect that Liu Silai would mention it again today.
Zhang Jiayu saw Liu Silai firing at him, and didn't know where he had offended him, but this was not important. Since he had already tear his face openly, then offend him to the end!
Chapter completed!