I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

"Let's retreat, General, we can't stand it anymore."

Xue Guiren found Liu Liangzuo and persuaded him to retreat.

"What did you say? Can't stand it. How many people are in the Ming army. We have 30,000 people. Can you tell me that we can't stand it?"

Liu Liangzuo said angrily.

"General, where are there 30,000 people now? Liu Hong, Cheng Bing, Liao Qianhu, Wang Qianhu and these people don't even know where they are. Moreover, the soldiers on the front line have been defeated by the Ming army's firearms and are fleeing in all directions. , the entire camp is in complete chaos. If we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave later."

Xue Guiren didn't care whether Liu Liangzuo was angry or not, and hurriedly informed him of the current situation. At present, except for Liu Liangzuo's army, the entire camp can still be controlled, and the soldiers in other places have become unable to find generals and will not be able to find soldiers.

The entire command system has collapsed. Based on years of combat experience, Xue Guiren believes that this time is already a sure defeat. Retreat as soon as possible to reduce losses is the most rational choice.

How could this be?

Liu Liangzuo was stunned. He couldn't figure out why his army of tens of thousands was so vulnerable. He couldn't figure out why Dong Tianbao surrendered to the weak Ming army.

"withdraw."

At a critical time, Liu Liangzuo still chose to save his life. The current chaotic situation has put him in a dangerous situation, and it is very dangerous to continue to be here.

He still has 20,000 troops around Changzhou. As long as he can escape with the remnants of the army, he still has a chance to make a comeback. Staying here to fight to the death, he hadn't thought about it.

Liu Liangzuo arranged for the broken troops, and began to withdraw to the north with his direct line troops.

The attacking Ming army did not know that Liu Liangzuo was retreating, and if they knew, they could not do anything about him, because the Ming army had too few troops, and they did not dare to divide their troops easily in the dark.

Therefore, Liu Liangzuo's headquarters retreated very smoothly.

However, those troops who did not receive an order to retreat were slaughtered by the Ming army in the camp. They did not know whether to withdraw or to resist, and there was no consensus among the junior officers.

The number of soldiers who have lost their command is useless.

Many Qing soldiers had already begun to surrender one by one, and some of the remaining soldiers were scurrying around like headless flies. There is still a way to survive by kneeling down and surrendering smartly, but those who are still foolishly trying to resist will be beheaded without exception.

Even a large formed army could not stop the Ming army, let alone such a small group of sporadic troops.

The Ming army was advancing rapidly, and the sky gradually brightened. With the withdrawal of Liu Liangzuo's headquarters, the remaining Qing army did not resist very fiercely.

Slowly, the sound of tearing and killing in the Qing army camp gradually disappeared, replaced by some shouting and scolding.

Those captured Qing troops were driven to a place to concentrate.

"Brother Wang, Brother Dai, it's up to you to guard the prisoners. We will continue to pursue the enemy and expand the results."

The actions of the Ming army continued. Chen Shichang and his small cavalry units were chasing and killing the defeated army, and Li Shaobin's troops were still chasing the main enemy army.

Seeing this situation, Liu Han Sanyi wanted to take more credit, so he handed over the task of guarding the prisoners to Dai Zhijun and Wang Dayong, while he led the soldiers to chase down the routed army.

Dai Zhijun is theoretically at the same level as Liu Hansan, but after all, he is a latecomer, and his relationship with Wu Changqing is naturally not as good as Liu Hansan and other old people.

Therefore, it is not easy for him to compete with Liu Han for such things as taking credit. He can only take over the task of guarding the prisoners, and at the same time send some soldiers around to capture those scattered prisoners.

At dawn, Wu Changqing got the news of the victory of the army and left the city, came to the camp of the Qing army, and met Dong Tianbao.

"I have seen General Wu, the last general has lived up to his mission and has successfully completed the mission."

Dong Tianbao's face was not very good, because his troops lost a lot. Some soldiers were killed in the process of arson and trouble. Later, they fought fiercely with Liu Liangzuo's main force for more than ten minutes, and he lost a total of more than 1,100 people.

Before he came to Suzhou, he was a general with 6,000 troops, but now, he has only more than 2,600 soldiers, which is more than half of the loss before he came.

"General Dong is fortunate to have suffered, this time the victory of General Dong should be the first credit."

Wu Changqing said with a smile, this time he really relied on Dong Tianbao's actions. Without his actions, it would not be easy to defeat Liu Liangzuo's tens of thousands of troops.

Although they burned their food and grass, as long as Liu Liangzuo cautiously returned to Wuxi or Changzhou, Wu Changqing would have nothing to do with him.

The Jiangnan area was under the rule of the Qing army, and it was relatively easy to get some military rations.

"Thank you sir."

Dong Tianbao felt a little better when he heard that he had made a first move. According to Wu Changqing's assurance, he can also quickly recover his strength.

"How about the losses and victories of the various ministries?"

Wu Changqing looked at the Qing army camp, where there were still smoking charred wood, scattered corpses, and black and numb prisoners.

"Reporting the general, according to the statistics so far, our army has killed a total of more than 1,300 people, 705 people in General Dong's department, and 621 people in the other departments. There are 343 people who were seriously injured and 748 people who were lightly injured.

About 4,000 enemy troops were beheaded, and about 9,000 enemy troops were captured. At present, the generals are still chasing and killing the defeated army, and it is estimated that the results of the battle can be further expanded..."

"Okay, the generals are doing well."

Wu Changqing was in a very good mood, especially when he heard that more than 1,000 enemy horses were also captured, he was even happier.

These days, a horse is worth more than a soldier, especially in the south where war horses are scarce. After capturing these horses, he can form his own cavalry unit.

Defeat the 40,000 troops of the Qing court with 8,000. This victory can be said to be the biggest victory of the Ming Dynasty since the Manchu Qing and the Ming Dynasty.

And this victory was created by him.

At this moment, he was naturally in high spirits, and could not wait to write a poem on the fly.

Unfortunately, most of the ancient poems he remembered were from the Tang and Song dynasties, and there was no way to plagiarize them.

As for his own writing, this Wu Changqing has self-knowledge and self-awareness, so he will not be ugly. If you write a nonsense poem, your subordinates have to endure disgusting compliments, and the style of painting is quite embarrassing.

It was not until the afternoon that all the chasing troops returned.

According to statistics, in the follow-up pursuit, the Ming army killed about 1,000 enemy troops and captured about 4,000 prisoners.

And Liu Liangzuo's troops who fled back to Wuxi probably didn't even have 6,000 troops. The remaining soldiers who were scattered either became rogues, or chose to throw away their weapons and go back to their hometowns, or go to other places to find troops for refuge.

Liu Liangzuo's army was completely damaged.

He didn't even stop in Wuxi, leaving one or three thousand people stationed in Wuxi, and the rest were evacuated to Changzhou.

In addition to killing the enemy, the Ming army also seized more than 1,000 war horses, more than 2,000 old-fashioned fire guns, 2,000 pairs of bows and arrows, and a large number of arrows, as for weapons such as knives and spears.

The value of these ordnance has reached hundreds of thousands, and in this era of war, it is difficult to buy so many ordnance and war horses at one time with money.

With this batch of ordnance, Wu Changqing can also carry out the next expansion of the army, so as not to let the soldiers train with the wooden stick.

As for the 13,000 captives, Wu Changqing once again had a headache, the number was simply too many.

These people cannot be recruited at one time, otherwise it will have a great impact on the original troops and bring about great instability. If you form an army alone, its loyalty is also a problem.

He first asked Dong Tianbao to select more than 2,000 people as supplements. Because Dong Tianbao knew some of the Qing army generals, he could more easily control the soldiers who surrendered.

Dong Tianbao wanted to ask for more, but unfortunately Wu Changqing set the number as soon as he opened his mouth, and he did not dare to object.

Adding more than 2,000 people, his troops can also recover to 5,000. Under Wu Changqing, he was already the most powerful general, and he was quite satisfied with this situation.

Afterwards, Dai Zhijun and other generals selected a total of 5,000 people from the captives to be added to their respective armies, and the remaining 5,000 people were temporarily imprisoned and digested slowly.

After the war, Chen Shichang was the one who benefited the most. His 200 cavalry troops suddenly expanded to 1,200.

Thousands of cavalry are already a force to be reckoned with.

Last month, he was only a hundred households. With the credit for capturing Wu Shengzhao, he has now risen to the position of guerrilla.

Moreover, it controls the vital cavalry units.