Chapter 1083 Reunion

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In the morning, Jianye.

When the night dissipated and dawn fell, people looked at the hell-like battlefield outside the city, and then people truly felt how tragic the battle last night was.

At the request of Emperor Hongguang, the Qing troops who surrendered were also publicly executed.

In the eastern outskirts of the city, the former camp of the Duoduo Ministry of the Qing Army was razed to the ground overnight, with corpses strewn across the field, war horses neighing, and black smoke curling up, adding to the desolation and tragedy.

There are vultures hovering in the sky, and wild dogs are running rampant on the ground.

The corpses exposed to the eyes of the predators included not only those of the Qing army, but also those of the Great Xia Forbidden Army and the Southern Ming Army. After all, it was fighting in the dark and in an unfamiliar camp, so casualties were inevitable.

The Qing army is not a soft persimmon.

If there were no Shenwuwei to clear the way and the Great Xia Imperial Guard to suppress the field, the outcome of the battle last night would have been unpredictable. Duoduo's response was also considered timely, but in the end his strength was not enough, and he was defeated in the end, losing his wealth and life.

Especially in the north.

Facing the onslaught of the Abatai tribe, the troops guarding the city wall also suffered heavy casualties. On several occasions, the Qing army had rushed to the top of the city, almost tearing through the defense line of the Nanming army.

Fortunately, with Li Jing in charge, the danger was saved.

If the Duoduo tribe hadn't been defeated so early, once the Abatai tribe entered the city, it would be really dangerous.

Looking at the purgatory-like battlefield outside the city, the soldiers of the Nanming Army who survived the catastrophe secretly rejoiced, but at the same time they were not without pride. The numerous bones of the enemy are their best medals of merit.

In the morning, Emperor Hongguang personally presided over the cremation ceremony of the fallen soldiers to further boost morale. After the ceremony was over, Emperor Hongguang even rewarded those who had meritorious service, and the scene was extremely lively.

Ouyang Shuo just smiled slightly at Emperor Hongguang's act of buying people's hearts and did not intervene.

In the final analysis, Ouyang Shuo and the others are just passers-by on the battle map, not the real protagonists, so there is no need for Ouyang Shuo to compete with Emperor Hongguang.

If it was placed in a real historical context, a regent like Ouyang Shuo might not end well in the end. Even if you can die, you may be in constant trouble after death.

Dorgon is a typical example.

This auxiliary minister who entered the Central Plains for the Qing Dynasty, ruled the world, and made great military exploits, enjoyed all the glory during his lifetime, and was successively named Uncle Regent, Emperor Uncle Regent, and Emperor Father Regent.

But just two months after Dorgon's death, Emperor Shunzhi deprived Dorgon of his title and dug his tomb.

As for the moment, Ouyang Shuo can laugh it off.

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In the afternoon of the same day, the rest of the 60,000 Dashun Army rushed to the outside of Jianye City.

On the way here, they had already learned that the main force of the Qing army had been wiped out under Jianye City, so they accelerated their march, wanting to see what happened. Originally, they were a little skeptical about this news, because they had fought against the Qing army and knew how powerful the Qing army was. Only when he saw the battlefield that hadn't been cleaned up, could he be sure of it.

"amazing!"

The officers and men of the Dashun Army clicked their tongues in admiration, their expressions extremely joyful. Because of the fall of Dashun and the death of Chuang Wang Li Zicheng, they and the Qing army were already sworn enemies.

After learning the details of last night's battle from the Nanming army, the originally somewhat rebellious general of the Dashun army suddenly became extremely well-behaved, and he was only in awe of Ouyang Shuo and his party.

Looking at the Great Xia Forbidden Army, it was also full of fear.

"The regent, please tell me, we have nothing to say." The generals patted their chests and promised.

Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly, but didn't take everything seriously.

The Dashun Army, which once ran across the borders of the Ming Dynasty, faced the encirclement and suppression by the Qing army, but was declared annihilated within half a year. Of course, there were reasons for the accidental death of Chuang Wang Li Zicheng, but the most important problem was the Dashun Army itself.

After the peasant uprising army captured Yanjing, its narrow and backward side began to be fully exposed. Bad habits such as corruption and greed for enjoyment began to spread in the army, constantly corroding the army.

Old habits die hard.

Even if what they say is beautiful now, how could Ouyang Shuo believe it.

Fortunately, Ouyang Shuo didn't fight alone, behind him stood a luxurious command team. Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly, and introduced Li Jing to the general of the Dashun Army.

The two parties had been in contact before, and this time it was officially established the subordinate relationship.

In the eyes of this group of rebel generals, the name of the Great Tang Military God is still very important. Otherwise, the Dashun army would not have agreed to come to meet Li Jing as soon as he stepped out.

After joining forces, the next step is naturally to go north.

In order to stabilize the court situation, Ouyang Shuo, the regent, had to sit in Jianye personally for the time being.

Early tomorrow morning, Li Jing will lead a total of 125,000 coalition troops consisting of 35,000 Great Xia Imperial Guards, more than 30,000 Nanming Army and 60,000 Dashun Army, and march northward.

The primary goal is to take back Yangzhou City.

During the Qing army's attack on Jianye, Guo Ziyi's department also fought consecutively in the Huaihe area. Not only did they successfully take back Huai'an and Tongzhou, but they also overwhelmed Gao Jie's department in the four towns in Jiangbei in one fell swoop.

The remaining Huang Degong and Liu Zeqing's tribes, after learning of the fall of the Duoduo tribe, presumably would not make any more fearless resistance. Ouyang Shuo believed that Guo Ziyi could control the army of the three Jiangbei towns well.

The army of the four towns in Jiangbei has an average of 50,000 soldiers in each town. After several small battles, the three towns in Jiangbei were more or less damaged, but the main force still remained.

In this way, even without the cooperation of Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Army, the total number of troops in the Ming Dynasty camp would reach around 400,000. With such a vast army, it is enough to attack Yanjing and regain the lost ground.

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Tenth day of the campaign.

Abatai led the remnants, traveled day and night, and finally fled back to Yangzhou City in embarrassment.

Of the 150,000 troops who went out for the expedition, less than 50,000 actually escaped, and the rest were all buried in the Jianye battlefield, and even Duoduo, the main general of the Southern Expedition, was captured and killed.

This was undoubtedly a major blow to the Qing army, which had won many battles and victories. The whole team was dejected and disgraced, and they no longer had the high spirits they had when they set out.

Di Chen, who was guarding Yangzhou, received the news a day ago. Although he had expected it, he was still very shocked when he learned that the Qing army had been defeated so far.

Empathy.

If Jianye was guarded by the 100,000 Zhou army, I am afraid that it would not be able to achieve such brilliant results.

"Military God Li Jing?"

A trace of longing flashed in Dichen's eyes, and even more unconcealable jealousy. He was jealous, why all the well-known gods and generals were put under Daxia's command and could not be used by him.

Among China's top ten famous generals, only Daxia has swept Sun Wu, Bai Qi, Han Xin, Huo Qubing, Li Jing and Li Mu, and Wang Jian from Daqin, Wei Qing from Dahan, and the unborn Xu Da.

Wu Qi is the only true master of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even so, Wu Qi couldn't really be used by Dichen, but because of Xiongba's loyalty.

The only person Di Chen could really trust and rely on was Lian Po.

How could this not make Dichen jealous.

But jealousy is jealousy, Dichen has not lost his mind after all, the question before him now is, how should he choose?

Of course, Di Chen could lead his troops away and get out of the quagmire of war.

But Di Chen was not willing to just take this trip for nothing, letting Ouyang Shuo take advantage of it, not only did he get nothing, but it was also inconsistent with his original intention of taking the opportunity to establish friendship with the Qing Dynasty.

If he just stayed and continued to fight, what chance did he have of winning?

Yangzhou City is definitely undefendable. Only by retreating to the north immediately, and after Dorgon mobilizes the army, can the two sides set up a battle to truly fight to the death.