Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 276 Heading towards the capital
Dorgon, the army horse, came and went quickly. After defeating more than 1 people on Zhang Yong's flank, killing three to four thousand people, and beheading more than a thousand people, he left here and returned to the rear of the Qing army.

After Dorgon informed Dai Shan of the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming army, they immediately commanded the army to retreat to the capital in an orderly manner.

Of course, Zhang Yong and Abu Nai will not give up this good opportunity.

Among them, Zhang Yong's Ming army infantry clung to the Qing army infantry and refused to let them leave. However, the Ming army infantry did not have horses to carry them, and after all, their speed was not as fast as that of the Qing army infantry, where everyone had horses.

After killing hundreds of people, in order to save energy, they stopped chasing and went to clean up the battlefield where they fought just now.

The end of the war does not mean that everything is over, there is more important work waiting for them to do.

For example, separate the corpses of the enemy and us, and bury the corpses in the ground.

Identify the identities and names of the corpses of the Ming army, and then put up a wooden sign at random. This is the tomb of the soldiers.

As for the Qing army, it is much simpler, just pull off all the usable things on their bodies, then dig a mass grave, and throw the corpses in it.

Although it is autumn and the weather is cool, corpses cannot be placed on the ground for a long time. Thousands of corpses are piled up together, which is easy to produce terrible germs.

By that time, unless Zhu Cihong summons a modern top-level hospital, at least half of the tens of thousands of troops will die.

As for Abnai's prairie cavalry, they took advantage of the speed of their horses to catch up and kill them for a while, and shot to death hundreds of people.

However, Mongolian horses are good at endurance and not good at running fast, so they were left behind by the Qing army in the end.

But in general, the results of the battle are not small. More than a thousand Qing troops were killed in one battle, and thousands of people were injured. Can laugh out loud.

He ran like a bereaved dog back then, but now his son was able to defeat the Qing army. Although it was with the cooperation of the Ming army, it was something to be happy about.

A few hours after the battle ended, Zhu Cihong finally led the Chinese army here.

As soon as they saw Zhu Cihong, Zhang Yong and Abu Nai rushed forward to show their contributions and were rewarded by Zhu Cihong.

"Your Majesty, in this campaign, our military has killed more than [-] enemies, wounded [-] enemies, and captured more than [-] pieces of swords, guns and armor."

The reason why the equipment such as swords, guns and armor killed more people than the Ming army was because when they retreated and fled, many Qing troops threw away their armor, swords and guns in order to speed up.

They don't care about these things, they only care about their own lives. Besides, there are still a lot of equipment stored in the capital, and they can receive new swords, guns and armor when they return to the city.

"Your Majesty, when I pursued the enemy, I also beheaded thousands of people and wounded thousands of enemies." Seeing Zhang Yong taking the first step, Abnai also said impatiently.

"Okay, you all have contributed." Zhang Peilun smiled gratifiedly when he heard the results of the two battles.

His expression seemed relaxed, but his heart was full of pressure, because he was thinking about how to reward Zhang Yong and Abu Nai.

Rewarding ministers with meritorious service is what every wise monarch must do, but how to reward is a very particular thing.

Rewards should be based on their merits, neither too much nor too little, but there is no standard for this, it can only be measured by people's hearts.

"Zhang Yong entered the Zhu Kingdom, was honored as Doctor Ronglu, and was granted the title of Uncle Wu Gong."

"Abu Nai rewards a thousand acres of fertile land, ten thousand taels of silver, and enters Zhu Kingdom."

Soon, Zhang Peilun figured out how to award the two of them.

Abu Nai already has the title of prince, who is in the top rank, and there is no seal, so Zhu Cihong had no choice but to reward him with some wealth.

As for Zhang Yong, the biggest official in him is just General Jingyuan, who was appointed by Zhang Peilun according to the official title of General of the Qing court. There are still many official titles and titles that can be used to reward him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Yong and Abu Nai thanked in unison.

Unlike Li Zicheng and Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong refused to give wealth and titles, but he was as generous as Huang Taiji and Dorgon.

A title is just an empty name, and a rank without real power, a loose official, is even worse than a title with a vain name.

It can be said that these things are used to inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers. Anyway, rewarding a few people will not prevent the flood of official positions. salary.

"How is the battlefield cleaned up? Have the corpses been cleaned up? Has the military merit of the soldiers been counted?" Zhu Cihong asked these important questions after rewarding the two of them.

Like a war, dealing with the aftermath is also a very important task. If these things are not handled properly, the army and the locality will be in bad luck in the future.

"It's all cleaned up, and the officials of the Ministry of War have counted almost everything. The soldiers are already burying pots and cooking." Zhang Yong replied.

The battle had been over for several hours, no matter how slow they moved, they should have finished all the aftermath.

"Okay." Zhu Cihong said vigorously.

"Let's set off immediately after the soldiers have finished their dinner!"

"Departure? Where are you going?" Zhang Yong and Abu Nai asked in confusion.

"Of course we're going to the capital, we're heading towards the capital." Zhu Cihong said proudly.

Now that the Qing army had been defeated in the field battle, it was time to attack the city. The capture of the capital marked that Zhu Cihong had defeated one of the two major enemies.

And just defeated the Qing army today, as the saying goes, if you don't send troops to attack the city at this time, when will you wait?Is it possible to give the Qing army a chance to recuperate?
Zhu Cihong would not be so stupid. There are no rules or morals in war. Whoever can defeat the opponent will have the absolute right to speak.

Under Zhu Cihong's order, about [-] soldiers of the former army and the central army ate dinner quickly, and then rushed to the foot of the capital using auxiliary soldiers, ladders and carts just built by craftsmen.

The capital is one of the largest cities in the world. The city wall is more than four feet high. There are very few buildings in the capital that are taller than the city wall.

In addition, there is a moat that surrounds the whole city to protect the walls of the capital from direct attack by the enemy.

Unfortunately, autumn in North China is very dry, and if there is no heavy rain, the rivers will often dry up.

The capital city that diverts running water into the moat is no exception. The moat that used to protect the city wall has now dried up, and there is nothing on the river bed except for some garbage and weeds.

At night, countless Ming soldiers marched slowly towards the capital with torches in their hands.

Their steps were very heavy, because most of them carried shields, and at the forefront of each team there was an extremely huge shield car as a shield for them approaching the city wall.

(End of this chapter)