Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 473
Because the well fence where Dorgon and the others were located was only hit by the Ming army's shells at the waistline, and when it collapsed, it collapsed vertically, instead of falling directly to one side.

Otherwise, falling from a height of six or seven feet would be enough.

But even so, Hong Chengchou and the others fell hard.

Among them, Hou Fangyu fell the worst, because he was the one who used his body as a pad to relieve most of the impact force under Dorgon's body.

All in all, Dorgon and the others are still lucky.

Half of the more than 20 princes and princesses on the other two wells were directly smashed, and the other half were seriously injured, and they were seriously injured.

For example, Dorgon's brother Azige was also injured.

One of Azig's right legs was shattered directly below the heel.

Whether it is the shaman witch doctor of the Eight Banners Manchuria or the doctor of the Eight Banners Han Army, they are helpless for such a serious injury. The only way is to sprinkle some incense ash to stop the bleeding.

When Dorgon went to visit Azig, he was already dying.

After shedding a few tears at Dorgon, Azig swallowed his last breath unwillingly. He died at the age of 43. Dorgon also shed two lines of tears when he saw this.

The Qing Dynasty suffered a lot this time.

Clan members were almost eliminated in one go.

But in fact Dorgon really wanted to laugh.

……

Overnight, the Dagukou battlefield gradually returned to silence.

Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu accompanied Zheng Zhilong to the trench, and saw that most of the more than 100 warships abandoned by the Jiannu Navy in the trenches on the left and right blunderbuss platforms were sunk by bombing or burned.

Only a dozen bird boats or Haicang boats were captured by the Ming army.

The corpses of the green battalion soldiers soaked in the water can be vaguely seen.

This is only visible, and there are more invisible corpses underwater.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "Yan Gejian, it seems that there are quite a few green battalion soldiers killed by you."

There was no trace of joy on Yan Yingyuan's face. Instead, he said sadly: "The casualties in our Buying were not small. At least two or three thousand casualties were caused last night, maybe even more."

"Speaking of the casualties in your infantry camp, how did you see through Dorgon's death trick last night?"

Zheng Zhilong was also very curious about this. Last night when he learned that the Paoying had launched a surprise attack on Dorgon, he was overwhelmed by Yan Yingyuan's fantastic ideas.

The two armies are at war, how can they still do this?

Anyway, he was in a different place, and Zheng Zhilong absolutely couldn't think of such a coup.

But what made Zheng Zhilong even more unexpected was that not only did Dorgon not die, but he also set up a plan to cheat his death.

What Zheng Zhilong didn't expect even more was that Yan Yingyuan saw through Dorgon's death trick at the last moment, and withdrew abruptly when the Ming Army infantry camp was about to step into a death trap.

This is simply a trick of the gods, which is beyond the scope of mortals.

"My lord was just joking, how could the subordinates have the eyesight to see through Dorgon's deceitful death plan?"

Yan Yingyuan smiled bitterly and said, "The downgrade is purely cautious, and I just don't want to take risks."

"Understood." Zheng Zhilong said deeply, "Zhuge is only cautious in his life."

While the two were talking, Sun Fanzhi and Feng Houdun had already reached the other side of the trench.

"Duke of the State of Min, Yan gives advice." Sun Fanzhi and Feng Houdun bowed to the two of them across the trench.

Yan Yingyuan bowed back, stood up again and asked, "Liufu, Peiqing, how many casualties were there in the battle yesterday?"

"I'm about to report to Yan to remonstrate." Sun Fanzhi replied sadly, "Our left brigade and right brigade suffered a total of 650 casualties in the First World War yesterday, of which 720 were killed in battle, [-] were seriously injured, and the rest Minor injury."

"So many soldiers were killed or injured?" Zheng Zhilong's face instantly became serious, more than [-]%?
This time, not only Yan Yingyuan, but also Zheng Zhilong had a high regard for the soldiers of the new army.

To be honest, Zheng Zhilong didn't think highly of the new army before today. Although Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen had told him many times about the performance of the Scholars Battalion on the Xuzhou battlefield, what did they say?Hearing is false, seeing is believing. Before seeing it with his own eyes, Zheng Zhilong didn't really believe what Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen said.

But this time, Zheng Zhilong witnessed the performance of the scholars and the new army.

Needless to say, Yan Yingyuan's performance is like a fairy.

In such a desperate place like Dagukou, it is already a miracle that the five thousand new troops can last until the arrival of their navy, but what Zheng Zhilong didn't expect was that last night, after the casualties of the new army exceeded [-]%, they actually It has not yet collapsed, but it is still able to launch a chase towards Jiannu, which is really impressive.

At that moment, Zheng Zhilong said sincerely: "Yan Gejian, you Buying are really good."

But Yan Yingyuan shook his head and said: "My lord is serious. If your navy division hadn't come to help in time this time, our Buying would definitely not be able to defend Dagukou. My lord must pass on the gratitude of our Buying soldiers to Shui The generals of the division."

"Yan remonstrates that you are too modest." Zheng Zhilong waved his hands again and again and said, "In fact, even without our navy, you Buying can still defend Dagukou, and our navy is just icing on the cake."

When the two were complimenting each other, the general Shi Lang hurried over.

"Grandfather." Shi Lang bowed to Zheng Zhilong, "The tide is about to ebb, and this time it is a big ebb. The navy must evacuate from Dagukou as soon as possible, or all warships will be stranded in the trenches and the Wei River."

"Oh yes, I almost forgot about it." Zheng Zhilong slapped his head and said.

"Yan remonstrates, then our navy will withdraw first, but don't worry, we won't go far."

"And the tide will rise back tomorrow at the latest, and our navy will be able to return to Dagukou by then."

"In this case, Lord Lao and all the officers and men of the Navy will have to worry about it." Yan Yingyuan bowed with Chen Mingyu and others.

Zheng Zhilong quickly withdrew from the trench with the navy, and took away the dozen or so [-] bird boats and [-] boat Haicang boats captured last night.

Although the Jiannu navy set fire to the ship or ignited the powder keg before abandoning the ship,
But there are still more than a dozen bird boats or haicang boats that have not been burned or sunk.

Of course, the more than 100 bird boats, Haicang boats, or Cangshan boats that sank into the trench are also easy to salvage, especially the Fran cannons and bowl guns on the boats can be used after being picked up and dried.

Yan Yingyuan immediately ordered people to go into the water to salvage the Fran cannon.

The bodies of the green battalion soldiers were also salvaged.

A green battalion soldier's head can be worth 50 yuan.

……

The casualties of the Green Battalion soldiers were also counted.

"Master, the battalions have already lost a total of [-] dead."

Shi Tingzhu said with a sad face: "This is only the number of casualties, and there are more wounded soldiers. Up to now, the green battalion of the tenth battalion participating in the battle of Dagukou has been basically disabled, and I may not be able to fight again within half a year."

Jiang Yu and Wang Fuchen who were following behind Shi Tingzhu almost burst into tears.

Shi Tingzhu is one of his own after all, he is willing to speak for us surrendered troops.

"I know." Dorgon also sighed when he heard the words, the [-] green battalion who came to Dagukou were really beaten and maimed.

However, compared to the loss of the Green Battalion, Dorgon was more worried about another question, whether or not the battle of Dagukou should continue?

If you continue to fight, how should you fight?
But if you don't fight, what should you do next?
Is it to directly let the thousands of Ming troops at Dagukou be ignored?

Or dig a deep trench on the periphery of Dagukou and surround it?
"Several gentlemen, let's talk about it, what should we do next?" Dorgon said this, and turned his eyes to Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo and Hou Fangyu who were lying on the soft couch.

He also asked Hou Fangyu with concern: "Hou Fangyu, are you okay?"

Hou Fangyu has truly won the respect, respect and trust of Dorgon by virtue of his performance.

"Return to the master, the slave can do nothing." Hou Fangyu was so grateful that he almost cried out. This is the sincerity of the master. I, Hou Fangyu, can meet such a wise master, and this life will not be in vain.

"That's good." Dorgon asked again with a sigh.

"Will the battle of Dagukou continue?"

There was a moment of silence in the big tent, and it was Hong Chengchou who broke the silence first.

I have to say that in terms of strategic vision, Hong Chengchou has the most strategic vision among these dog-headed military divisions, and it is not in vain that Huangtai Ji spent so much effort to recruit him back then.

"Master, the slave has been thinking about a problem before."

"There are still traces of Chongzhen sending troops to Gaizhouwei. It was nothing more than to block our retreat from the Qing Dynasty to defend Liaodong. But why did Chongzhen send troops to seize Dagukou?"

"Is it really for the purpose of sticking a sharp knife in the vital part of my Qing's throat?"

"Chongzhen knew that Dagukou was the key point of the throat, and knew that I, the Qing Dynasty, would take Dagukou at all costs, but he still sent a group of teachers to come to Dagukou. Why?"

"Is he so confident that he can firmly hold on to Dagukou just by relying on his teacher all the way?"

"Yes, this year there is navy to help me. The Ming army in the Qing Dynasty is helpless at Dagukou. But in October, the North Sea and the Weihe River will be frozen again. At that time, the Ming army navy must evacuate from Dagukou. At that time, what should the Ming army in Dagukou use to resist the attack of our Qing army?"

Hearing Hong Chengchou's analysis, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Hou Fangyu and even Dorgon nodded subconsciously, because they also had the same confusion in their hearts, why?

Dorgon even asked directly: "Heng Jiu, what is the intention of Chongzhen's move?"

Hong Chengchou sighed softly and replied: "Master, I didn't understand until just now that the intention of Chongzhen's move is exactly the same as your intention of sending Manchurian warriors to Xuzhou for hunting."

"Is it to consume the national power of my Qing Dynasty?" Dorgon said awe-inspiringly.

"Yes." Hong Chengchou said solemnly, "It is to consume the national power of our Qing Dynasty."

Dorgon frowned and said, "In this way, the battle of Dagukou cannot continue."

(End of this chapter)