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Chapter 23 Destruction

Wu Sangui was awakened in his sleep.

Before he even had time to wear armor, he came out of the camp at the urging of his personal soldiers.

Looking around, Wu Sangui couldn't believe his eyes.

"Master, it's the enemy attack!"

The personal soldiers hurriedly explained to Wu Sangui.

"Even if the enemy attacks, it shouldn't be like this!"

Wu Sangui was so angry that he blew his beard.

It is true that the Qing army had just been defeated, but the Ming army may not be its opponent in the field.

Now the Qing soldiers have become frightened birds.

The Green Camp soldiers and Wu Sangui's own soldiers camped separately. The Green Camp soldiers were on the periphery, while the family soldiers were inside.

Most of the defeated soldiers are coming from the west, which means that the main force of the Ming army is in the west.

Wu Sangui glanced quickly and found that the military discipline of his soldiers was quite strict, at least he did not run away like the Green Camp soldiers who threw away their armor and held their heads and ran away with them.

Thinking of this, he had the idea of ​​rectifying the battle between the soldiers and the Ming army.

"Tell me the order and arrange troops to prepare for the battle to fight."

"Mr. The Ming army sent out the camp this time with the elephant soldiers."

Seeing that Wu Sangui wanted to fight, the personal soldiers hurriedly dissuaded.

Wu Sangui was stunned when he heard this.

Elephant soldier?

The Ming army actually used this killer weapon.

Looking at history, the elephant soldier is probably a terrifying existence like the Fire Bull Formation.

No, the elephant soldier is even more terrifying than the Fire Bull Formation!

Just watching a group of elephant soldiers rushing over, the courage was even scared. How could there be the courage to fight together?

What is the difference between moths and mantis rushing to a fire and mantis rushing to a car?

Wu Sangui was heartbroken at this moment!

Armed to fight is undoubtedly a dead end. Everything is ants in front of elephant soldiers, and horses will even escape instinctively.

"Master, run away quickly, it will be too late if you don't leave."

Seeing that Wu Sangui was still hesitating, the personal soldiers hurriedly reminded him.

Although Wu Sangui was so angry that he gritted his teeth, he also understood that running away was the most correct choice.

There is a way to keep the green mountains and mountains without fear of burning firewood. How could Wu Sangui not understand this truth?

In fact, he has always been an extreme egoist, and this has been the case when he saw that the situation was not good and he gave Shanhaiguan to release the Qing army into the pass.

Naturally, it will not change now.

The miserable defeat in Kunming was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Wu Sangui, but soon he found a way to get out of it.

This method is nothing else, so shirk responsibility.

Wu Sangui decided to put all the blame on Zhao Butai.

Anyway, Zhao Butai has been killed by the Ming army, so the dead will not defend himself.

Even though the Qing court knew that Wu Sangui had a responsibility, he could only accept the remarks in Wu Sangui's memorials. The mute's suffering from eating coptis chinensis was unspeakable.

The reason was that the Qing court was afraid of the army in Wu Sangui's hands. In other words, Wu Sangui had enough self-protection strength.

This is Wu Sangui's trump card, and even the Qing court dared not turn the table easily.

Another reason is that the Qing court is now out of reach.

This is why Han people like Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui are becoming more and more valued.

Using the Han Dynasty to control the Han Dynasty was one of the national policies of the Qing court over the years and would definitely not change in the short term.

So as long as Wu Sangui escapes and puts the blame on the dead Zhao Butai, he can be safe and sound.

In this case, why did he take great risks to take the initiative to fight?

It is true that at the beginning, Wu Sangui destroyed the Ming court with the attitude of accomplishing his contributions in one battle, but the situation has changed and now it is a good idea to raise the enemy to respect himself.

In history, there are few examples of cunning rabbits killing, but are there fewer examples of lackeys cooking?

If you keep a remnant Ming court, Wu Sangui's role will be highlighted.

Can the remnant Ming court turn the tables?

Wu Sangui absolutely does not believe this.

If the Hongguang court had some possibilities at the time, after all, the Ming court had half of the country at that time. The entire wealthiest Jiangnan land was also under the rule of the Ming court.

But now there are only Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in the remnant Ming Dynasty. Can they still go against the will of heaven if they let them find flowers?

Even if the Qing court relies on waste, he could waste the life and death of the remnant Ming!

Zhu Ming's luck was destined as early as the moment Li Dingguo failed to attack Zhaoqing!

Since this is the case, let the remnant Ming court survive for a while.

Soon, Wu Sangui decided to run away.

Under the service of his personal soldiers, he quickly turned over and fled with a fierce whip.

The coach ran away, so naturally there was no reason for the soldiers of the direct family to stay to fight the enemy. They followed Wu Sangui at the first time, for fear that they would run slower and be caught up by the Ming army.

As for the remnants of the Eight Banners left by Zhao Butai, they quickly reacted and got on their horses and fled.

Most of the remaining ones are Green Camp soldiers.

They were all infantrymen and could not escape, and they could die if they fell into the hands of the Ming army. They simply made a ruthless heart and prepared to make a desperate attempt.

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This is naturally a battle without any suspense.

It does not explain the advantages of military elephant soldiers.

The deterrent power brought by the new musket (Dreiser rifle) alone makes people feel numb.

In fact, the Ming army did not fire a few guns in total, but the long distance and accuracy of this gun fire made the Green Camp soldiers completely without the desire to resist.

They all threw away the weapons in their hands and surrendered.

Although I know that the consequences of surrender are terrible, I can live for a moment more, and the survival instinct has occupied the absolute peak at this moment.

The Green Camp soldiers who surrendered soon were tied up by Ming soldiers.

It is very painful to hand over your destiny to others, but they can only do so.

There were as many as tens of thousands of Qing soldiers captured.

The Ming army can't kill them all, right?

The same problem was thrown into Zhu Youlang.

When Li Dingguo reported the news to him, Zhu Youlang was extremely shocked.

"So many prisoners?"

Zhu Youlang paced and thought for a while but decided to discuss it with Li Dingguo.

He found that he was not clear about many of the rules of this era and had a lot of room for learning.

"In the opinion of King Jin, how should these prisoners be dealt with?"

Li Dingguo naturally expected that the emperor would ask questions. He was prepared and immediately replied: "Report to Your Majesty, you will usually execute all the officers above the general and the rest of the prisoners will be dispersed into various battalions as the master's labor."

What Li Dingguo said was the most common way to deal with prisoners in this era. Kill the remaining ordinary soldiers of the officers and even if they were willing to resist, they would lose their backbone.

"Do you only kill officers?"

Zhu Youlang frowned.

Li Dingguo couldn't help but gasp when he heard this.

Judging from Your Majesty's tone, would you want to execute all tens of thousands of Qing soldiers?

It is definitely not possible to kill so many people with a knife. Not to mention the effort, the knife will have to cut the gap.

Generally, in this case, it is a killing, which is something that only tyrant Qin can do.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. If you kill the prisoners, it will be difficult to encounter the enemy's surrender again."

Seeing that Li Dingguo had a wrong intention, Zhu Youlang waved his hand and explained: "I don't mean this. I think not only the Green Camp officers should die, but the veterans who have been surrendering for a long time should die. Their hands were covered with the blood of the people of the Ming Dynasty and the soldiers, and their crimes were no less than those of the Green Camp officers and the Eight Banners of the East."

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