Chapter 56 Luoyang Battle 6

It's just that wars are never based on personal feelings.

Whether it’s Jierhalang’s or Cao Zongyu’s.

The soldiers on the Qing Army's side were afraid of war, but the same was true on the Xia Army's side.

It's just that the Xia army's organizational ability was superior to that of the Qing army. Regardless of whether they were officers from the Jiangwu Hall at the lower levels, most of these people had one characteristic, that is, they were ambitious and wanted to gain fame and wealth.

They are not afraid of war, because only fighting can make them successful. They are not afraid of death. Many of them did not know how to live in exile before joining the army, and joining the army is their only way.

They have no choice but to take this path.

It was these people who formed the famous officer corps in the early Xia Dynasty, or the Great Xia Xungui Group, which presided over the foreign campaigns for hundreds of years.

Nowadays, most of these talents have emerged in this war.

It's just that Cao Zongyu didn't think so much at the beginning.

The soldiers were all under the control of the imperial court. If there were officers charging ahead, they would naturally be willing to follow.

"Your Majesty, the Qing army will not be able to hold on any longer. Let's release our cavalry." A counselor said.

Cao Zongyu shook his head hesitantly and said, "It's not yet time."

No matter how the battle ended, Cao Zongyu always held a cavalry force in his hands as his final reserve. After all, the Xia army had the least cavalry and was the most elite.

Cao Zongyu was also under great pressure.

He even felt that the front line was about to collapse in an instant. He had even made arrangements to place many small cannons in front of the formation. If the front line really could not withstand the pressure, he would fire indiscriminately.

But compared to their tenacity, the Xia army was still better than the Qing army.

And this one move determines the outcome.

On the battlefield, the first person to escape was not even discovered. The battlefield where the Qing army and the Xia army had been fighting fiercely for several hours just fell apart.

Xia Jun was stunned for a moment.

I didn't even think about what to do.

Then countless people shouted: "Great Xia will be victorious, Great Xia will be victorious."

Suddenly, a large number of Xia troops on both wings rushed over, pursuing desperately.

Cao Zongyu immediately ordered the cavalry around him to be released, biting the Qing army.

However, none of the troops who actually fought fiercely with the Qing army did not pursue them because they were unable to fight. In fact, the pressure on the Xia army was not as great as that of the Qing army.

If the Qing army held on for a while longer, it might be the Xia army that collapsed.

Seeing the collapse of the Qing army, these people wanted to pursue them. But their bodies did not support their thoughts at all. Most of the soldiers fell to the ground, motionless, except for the rising and falling chests that distinguished them from the corpses.

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Cao Zongyu came up with the medical battalion and saw extremely disabled people.

It's a cool battlefield, coming up from the rear, with blood and corpses all the way, and countless corpses crisscrossing it. It's a little better at the back. But at the core of the fierce battle, there is no place to stay at all.

Everyone fought on corpses.

Some of the corpses had been trampled so badly that it was hard to tell whether they belonged to the Qing army or the Xia army. They were just lumps of flesh.

Almost all the military doctors in the army were sent here. However, although Xia Jun's military medical system was considered to be perfect, in the face of tens of thousands of wounded people, it was simply too busy for a while.

At this time, the artillery fire at the top of Luoyang City began.

There is no difference, as long as there is someone, they will bomb.

Just when the Qing army collapsed, Jierhalang saw that the situation was over and came to the south gate of Luoyang first, ordering the soldiers of the Eight Banners to maintain order and allow all Qing army units to enter the city in sequence.

However, this great defeat also completely destroyed the prestige of the Eight Banners. At the beginning, there were still people who obeyed the order, but the Xia army pursued them more and more closely, and they all bit the army behind.

A large number of troops were blocked in front of the city gate, and they did not care about their fear of the Eight Banners.

Suddenly, he actually started fighting with the Eight Banners soldiers.

Unprepared, the soldiers of the Eight Banners suffered no casualties.

After all, no matter how prestigious the Eight Banners is, it still has one head, two hands, and two feet. If you don't react quickly, you can avoid being chopped into pulp.

At this time, Jierhalang was on top of the city tower.

He could clearly see that the Xia army's cavalry had already charged over. Facing the retreat of the Qing army, the Xia army's cavalry rushed straight to the city gate like rocks splitting waves.

If the Xia army were allowed to capture the gates of Luoyang City, with the current morale of the Qing army, there would be no need to defend Luoyang City.

Jierhalang made a prompt decision and ordered the city to fire, regardless of the Qing army or the Xia army. All soldiers outside the city were their targets.

Then he ordered the city gates to be closed.

Tens of thousands of defeated soldiers were imprisoned outside the city.

For a time, almost everything outside Luoyang City became a slaughterhouse, with dense artillery aimed at the dense crowd. This is not a massacre, what is it? When the Xia Army cavalry saw this, they naturally retreated immediately.

The Xia army's cavalry was extremely valuable, so it was naturally not consumed in this place.

After the Xia army's cavalry left, a large number of Qing troops surrendered to the Xia army. When the Qing army opened the city gate again, only more than 10,000 Qing troops were allowed into the city.

This was a really hard-fought day-long battle. In fact, from the morning to the afternoon, the casualties on both sides were almost the same. What really distinguished the casualties between the two sides was the Xia Army's cavalry's final pursuit, which had already been bombarded by Harlan's artillery.

Jierhalang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Xia army's cavalry retreating. At the same time, seeing such a scene of mourning everywhere, he felt a movement in his chest, and a mouthful of blood was about to rush out, but he swallowed it hard.

As one of the top leaders of the Qing army, how could he not know the significance of this battle?

After this battle, Luoyang

The city has almost lost the courage to fight outside the city, and the battle of Luoyang will enter the siege stage.

This was just for Luoyang, and its impact on the general trend of the world was so important that he didn't dare to think about it. You must know that he led almost most of the elite of the Qing army.

Although not all of the battle was lost outside the city, the morale of the army had collapsed. No need to look at the people below, many of the veteran generals around him looked frightened.

This is true for all generals, not to mention the soldiers below.

And he can't support the Qing Dynasty, who can support him at this time?

As a general of the older generation, Jierhalang followed the old slave Huang Taiji. However, he is already quite old and his health is not very good to begin with.

Seeing this situation, it is normal to feel that you cannot bear the stimulation.

It's just that at this time, Jierhalang couldn't tolerate vomiting a mouthful of blood.

Jierhalang was sure that as soon as word of his physical condition spread, some of the generals below might have had second thoughts. After all, the authority of the Qing Dynasty was based on force, and it never cared about people's hearts.

But now that the force is insufficient, the situation will fall apart faster than imagined.

Jierhalang forced his body to comfort the wounded, arranged defense, and inspected Luoyang City. He looked like it didn't matter, but at the same time he wrote a letter to Beijing to apologize. Chen was very powerful and even said: "The situation has become like this, and the Qing Dynasty needs second-hand preparations."

Already."

As for what kind of preparations are being made, the Queen Mother naturally knows.

After this battle, Cao Zongyu did not continue to attack.

Because of this battle, the Qing army was defeated miserably and the Xia army was victorious.

Both sides were furious that day. They took stock afterward.

Cao Zongyu didn't know how much the Qing army invested, but he invested fifteen battalions of soldiers, but after the battle, the number of soldiers gathered was only 30,000, as long as they were breathing.

There were a large number of wounded among them.

On the first night, more than 3,000 wounded people died. After that, hundreds of people died every day. Most of these were due to heavy injuries. Xia Jun's medical resources were limited. Most of these seriously wounded people gave up treatment.

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A few days later, a clear count revealed that fewer than 20,000 people survived the battle. Adding in other casualties, the casualties in this battle were around 50,000.

Many battalions under Cao Zongyu's command have become empty frames, severely weakening their vitality. Facing the fortified city of Luoyang, they have no strength to attack and must wait for supplies from the rear.

It will have to be stagnant for at least half a month, and this is still under the condition that the materials and medicines from the rear are transported in time.

However, although Cao Zongyu stopped attacking and Xia's army fought in other directions in the Luoyang Basin, but the scale was small, the impact of this battle seemed to have wings, spreading all over the world. It spread to Beijing and Nanjing, as well as other powerful figures.
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