Chapter 559
In the early morning, the battlefield returned to peace, and the ground was filled with dead bodies and scattered weapons.
A group of Qing soldiers walked through the pile of corpses, pulled out spears from the corpses, and packed up weapons and corpses.
In this battle, the Qing army won a great victory. For many years, it was a shame that Zhao Zamao would be defeated.
Previously, thousands of Qing army were massacred by Zhao Zamao. In this battle, it was estimated that at least more than 27,000 Ming army members were killed, which could be said to be an unprecedented victory.
Although Zhao Zamao annihilated nearly 100,000 Qing troops in the battle outside the pass, and Ajige annihilated less than 30,000 Ming troops, which seemed to be nothing, in terms of the total strength, the Qing troops lost 600,000 to 700,000, and less than 20%, while Zhao Ming had only tens of thousands of elite troops in total. This time, he could be said to have lost nearly half of them and was crippled by the Qing army.
However, facing such a big victory, the Qing army commander Ajige was not happy because Zhao Zamao still ran away.
Although Ajige was chasing, he still chased Zhao Ming. Many of the Qing troops were trapped in the swamp and finally gave up the pursuit.
At this time, a team of Qing troops suppressed a team of Ming prisoners and walked past Ajige.
"Prince, Zhao Zamao's men were mostly killed, and they rarely broke through, and only so few people were left!" Qing general Tong Yangjia came over to report.
Ajige was angry. Looking at the Ming army who was taken to the front, seeing that the group of people were tied up by ropes, their clothes and armor were damaged, and their bodies were covered in blood. There were about a hundred people. He couldn't help but slapped forward, glanced at everyone from a high place, and said in a deep voice: "You are willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty!"
The remnants of Donghai Town were exhausted and silent and no one responded.
Ajige was already angry, and his mentality exploded when he saw this, "I ask you if you are willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty!"
Nearly a hundred soldiers in Donghai Town still had no answers, and no one even went to see Ajige and regarded it as air.
This made Azig extremely angry and roared: "Surrender to avoid death! Those who do not surrender will be killed!"
The remaining soldiers of Donghai Town were escorted into a row by the Qing army. Fulehe, the son of Ajige, turned over and dismounted, pulled out his battle knife, pointed at a Ming army in anger, and said hideously: "Subdue not to surrender!"
But the hundred households of Ming army turned around and laughed loudly at their tied comrades: "Li Zhaoji, Taiping Camp, let's go first!"
Someone from the Ming army immediately responded: "Brother, let's go first, I'll arrive later!"
Fulehe was furious and immediately cut off hundreds of Ming troops from behind with a knife, and then pointed at another person, but refused to surrender.
Fulehe killed several people, cut the sword at the knife, and none of the Ming soldiers surrendered.
Seeing this, Ajige's face changed from anger to extremely gloomy. Finally, he sighed to the sky, "Zhao Zamao is not dead, the Qing Dynasty is in peace!"
To the northeast of Taizhou, south of Desheng Lake, a sparse team appeared in a muddy swamp.
Most of these people have no weapons, no armor, and a spear or wooden stick in their hands, which is like a beggar, but their identities can still be seen.
A broken Zhao army flag was flying stubbornly, telling everyone that they were a Ming army, and it was Zhao Ming who came out of the encirclement of the Qing army.
Nearly 6,000 people broke through, less than 3,000 people entered the swamp, and then along the way, people kept falling into the swamp, and now there were less than a thousand people, successfully walking out of the swamp and mud and embarking on solid land.
Zhao Ming was supported by Li Benshen, and the mace in his hand had been lost. He took a wooden stick and stepped onto the grass on the shore one step deep and one step shallow.
At this time, Zhao Ming was in a very embarrassed state, lost his helmet, and the plate armor on his chest and back were also thrown into the swamp, wearing only a blood-soaked robe, his hair was scattered, and there was no such thing as Zhao Dashang from the East China Sea.
Zhao Ming stepped on the land, but he did not escape the joy of ascension in his heart. He asked with a little unconscious look: "Where is this?"
"Master, we have already walked out of the swamp and should be almost in Taizhou!" Li Benshen was out of breath, his eyes were also blind.
Zhao Ming murmured: "Get out!"
After Zhao Ming conquered Taizhou, he left 10,000 troops here. When the Ming army rescued Zhao Ming, he used Taizhou as a stronghold to advance towards Shibao Town. Taizhou should still be in the hands of the Ming army now.
This means that Zhao Ming and his group are already safe, but Zhao Ming cannot be happy.
Zhao Ming stood there, looking out at the south in a daze. The 30,000 soldiers were almost destroyed, making Zhao Ming unable to move forward any more.
At this moment, he suddenly understood why the overlord Xiang Yu was unwilling to cross Jiangdong. Zhao Ming was extremely ashamed at this moment, not knowing how to face the elders of Donghai Town.
For a moment, Zhao Ming could not walk anymore and sat on the ground. As soon as he stopped, the Ming soldiers behind him also stopped, laying or sitting, and even lying directly to the ground.
The soldiers were trapped in Shibao and had no ammunition and food. Many of them broke through hunger and almost exhausted their energy.
At this time, less than a thousand soldiers were spread on the ground, breathing heavily, and at this moment, a sound of hooves suddenly came from afar, and a group of cavalry rushed towards him.
This made the soldiers who had just breathed a sigh of relief immediately stir up, but after relaxing and breathing in their hearts, many people couldn't stand up.
In despair, the cavalry had already advanced. Zhao Ming did not know the strength he had brought in, so he jumped up and picked up the wooden stick to prepare for the battle. When Li Benshen saw the cavalry's armor burning red, he immediately said happily: "The Grand Marshal, most of them are brothers from the Zhejiang clan."
The Longwu court counterattacked Huguang, and Kong Youde and the Han army were completely wiped out in Wuchang. The Qing army fought internally, and the Eight Banners soldiers with the two red flags were taken to Beijing by Luke Dehun. Jiangnan was the commander of the Ajige army. The Qing army without red armor was only the Ming army wearing the mandarin duck battle robe.
The Ming cavalry rushed over, with about 300 cavalry. They saw nearly a thousand people lying on the swamp from afar. They stopped their war horses in the distance. After observing for a while, they took the lead and galloped towards them.
Donghai Town and Zhejiang Ming Army contacted He Tengjiao and asked He Tengjiao to send troops. However, although the Ming army on the Western Front was constantly gunning and cannons, it seemed that the battle with the Qing army was fierce, but the front line did not move forward.
The veteran of Donghai Town, Ma Shiao, went to He Tengjiao's camp, but was told that he was killed by the Qing army during the battle. However, according to the news from Donghai Town's eyewitness, Ma Shiao was actually killed by He Tengjiao.
This made Zhejiang and Donghai Town not hope for the Ming army on the western front, and the Zhejiang Group was determined to retreat when He Tengjiao did not take action on the western front. At the critical moment, Wang Yi and Wang Chao first waited for the generals of Donghai Town to beg for blood and finally rushed again.
That night Dynasty first hit twenty miles away from Shibao, but it could not rush. In despair, when he saw the fires rising into the sky at the east of Shibao, he knew that Zhao Ming broke through from the east, so he fought hard to restrain the Qing army and create an opportunity for Zhao Ming.
After a melee, the Dynasty and the Zhejiang Army were unable to approach Shibao in the end, so they had to retreat south to the Taizhou line, and then dispatched cavalry and large squadrons to investigate the vast area south of Desheng Lake to see if Zhao Ming emerged.
The leader of the cavalry was Li Yuanyin. He was wearing shiny armor and carrying a horse spear. He rushed to the front of the defeated soldiers, tied the reins and asked, "Where are you waiting?"
"General, we are all soldiers from the East China Sea. We broke out from the fort just now!" A soldier from Donghai Town replied.
When he heard that it was Donghai Town, Li Yuanyin was immediately overjoyed and asked in a trembling voice: "Can Duke Zhao be there?"
"My boss is behind!" The soldier pointed back, and Zhao Ming happened to stand up.
Chapter completed!