In the next few days, Ma Kun, Nie Cheng, and Wang Zhizhen persuaded Ye Zhichao to attack the Sun Nation's First Brigade outside the city at night again. They wanted to destroy the First Brigade outside the city before the Sun Nation sent any reinforcements to prevent the enemy from converging. If that happened, they might not be able to win the battle.
Ye Zhichao was determined to defend the city. He would not send out a single soldier. If that was the case, the battle could still be fought. However, Ye Zhichao was a coward. He made mistakes in his command and fled. That led to the defeat of the Qing army.
It affected the entire battle. The Sun Nation's army was divided into four groups to attack the city. However, Ye Zhichao didn't make full use of these advantages. He followed Li Hongzhang's strategy of " first defend, then attack ", so Wang Zhizhen and Zuo Gui's attack on the Sun Nation's army had been obstructed.
Although the Sun Nation had successfully surrounded the city, on September 15th, 1894, the battle began in three battlefields at the same time. One was the battlefield on the south bank of Datong River, the other was the battlefield outside Xuanwu Gate, and the other was the southwest battlefield of Sanwei City.
On the south bank of the Datong River, Major General Oshima had gathered the 9th mixed regiment. They met up with their allies on the main road and fought. First, on the south bank of the river, the Sun Nation's army launched an attack. The Ancestral Dragon Army divided their forces to resist, heavily injuring the 9th regiment of the Sun Nation. The Sun Nation's army took over the fortresses on both sides. One afternoon, the Lieutenant General of Hexi Island desperately continued to attack the fortresses on the left and right wings. He was randomly attacked by the Ancestral Dragon Army's infantry cannons. In this move, the Sun Nation's army suffered heavy casualties. 140 soldiers of the Sun Army were killed in one go, 390 were injured, several officers were killed, four captains and lieutenants were killed, two Major General Oshima of the 9th Brigade, Lieutenant General Nishishima of the 21st Regiment, and the 3rd Captain of the 5th Artillery Regiment, Major General Nagata, were injured.
For this reason, the main attack direction of the Sun Nation's army was concentrated. There were Major General Li Jian's 10th Brigade and Sato's 18th Regiment. However, the main attack direction was Xuanwu Gate. General Zuo Gui was in the fierce battle at Xuanwu Gate. Zuo Gui was killed by the cannon. His three deputy generals were killed one after another. At 2 pm, Xuanwu Gate was captured by the Sun Nation's army. The Sun Nation's army advanced into the city, but they were resisted by the Ancestral Dragon Army and had to retreat to Xuanwu Gate.
The battlefield in the west of the city had already fallen. The 5th division of Green Mountain attacked from the southwest of Chaoyang at 7:00 in the morning with artillery fire. Wang Zhizhen led the cavalry to counterattack. At noon, Green Mountain saw that it was difficult to succeed, so he ordered the attack to stop and retreat to the station.
When Wang Zhizhen saw the Sun Army retreat, he led his army out of the city to pursue. He didn't expect the Sun Army to be caught off guard. They threw away their armor and retreated to the camp before stabilizing their position. Wang Zhizhen led the cavalry and killed more than 1,000 people, injured more than 2,000 people, and the 5th division lost more than 3,000 people. There were only 8200 men left, and the 5th division was completely destroyed. This was the highlight of the entire battle, and also the first battle since the start of the war. The casualty ratio of both sides was close to 1:5, and Wang Zhizhen's troops only had a few hundred men. As long as he could hold on and reinforce the other city gates, there should be a chance for this battle to turn around.
At this time, Ye Zhichao ordered the soldiers to put up a white flag and stop resisting at 5 pm. He ordered the army to retreat. The Sun Nation's army set up an ambush on the retreat of the Zulong army. They ambushed the Zulong army that rainy night, killing more than 2,000 people and capturing 500 people.
When Wang Zhizhen received the news, it was Ma Kun and Nie Cheng who informed him that Ye Zhichao had run away. Wang Zhizhen was shocked. He knew that Ye Zhichao was a coward, but he still ran away. He didn't even inform me, the commander of the cavalry.
Ye Zhichao led the main force of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's army, 5100 men, and fled back to their homeland. Currently, the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom was still in control of Yunyang. Ma Kun still had more than 1000 men, and Nie Cheng also had 1000 men. The three forces added together had a total of 5000 men, but they were abandoned. As the rear troops, Ma Kun came to Wang Zhizhen's camp and joined forces with Nie Cheng. They did not know what to do. They had to retreat, but how? Also, let's discuss this. We can't let the Sun Nation's soldiers kill our 5000 brothers. We have the responsibility to bring them back to our country.
"Vice Commanders, why are you here?" Wang Zhizhen said.
"Good boy, you actually know how to speak in a formal manner. We came here, but you don't know what we're doing here!”Ma Kun roared.
"Brother Ma, calm down. This kid has such a temper. He's serious.”Nie Cheng tried to smooth things over.
"Brat, I've contacted Old Ma to see how we retreat back to our country. You have to know that there are 5000 people in total from our three sides, and all of them died in this foreign country. You and I are both sinners. You're the chief officer of the cavalry troop. We both have a cavalry troop. You'll take over 100 people. You have to find out all the obstacles on the way to retreat. You're also responsible for finding out all the departments of the Sun Nation's army. Otherwise, we'll be ambushed again. None of the 5000 people will be able to return. We've already reached a very serious situation. If we're not careful, we'll be completely wiped out.”Nie Cheng said seriously.
"Commanders, please take a look! I've sent people to find out where the Sun Army is going to ambush Ye Zhichao's troops. They've gathered to the north of us. I plan to scatter to the east first, then turn to the north and go around this ambush area. Although we'll walk another 30 miles, there won't be any ambush. The Sun Army only has 10,000 people in other places. They don't have any supplies or guides in the entire Road of Peace. They didn't occupy any cities. If our commander hadn't retreated, we would have won this battle. First of all, they came from afar without any supplies and didn't occupy a single city. They weren't familiar with this area, and our side had scouted out all the roads in the past three months. We might not be able to fight, but we should be considered first-class when it came to escaping. Although the two marshals 'words are not pleasant to hear, it's impossible for the Sun Nation's army to ambush us.”Wang Zhizhen said confidently.
Ryan and Nie Cheng looked at each other and smiled." Kid, if we didn't come today, would you have secretly escaped?”Ma Kun said through gritted teeth.
"How is that possible…Even if I were to escape, I would have left a letter for the two vice marshals.”
"You…"
"Alright, Old Ma! I've already said that this kid is very afraid of death. We can follow her back to the country without hurting a single soldier. Don't cause trouble. Just lie down comfortably. Why do you have to worry about this? Relax!" Nie Cheng said.
Wang Zhizhen suddenly felt that he had been tricked. Just like that, the three parties gathered together. Wang Zhizhen's cavalry took the lead and scouted for any movements within a ten-mile radius. They then withdrew overnight with the other troops.
Perhaps the Sun Nation's army had gathered a large number of troops to ambush Ye Zhichao, so it was a waste for him to run to that remote place. The Sun Nation's army was tired after a night of ambush and a day of pursuit. They didn't have a way to strengthen the troops around them to prevent our army from retreating back to our country. However, they were too exhausted. After all, they had killed more than 5,000 of Ye Zhichao's men, and Ye Zhichao only led 1,000 men back to our country.
It was a tough journey. Fortunately, there were no dangers. Wang Zhizhen, Ma Kun, and Nie Cheng escaped the Green River. The war between the Bangzi Kingdom and the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom ended with a crushing defeat.
In the next six days, the Ancestral Dragon Army fled for 500 miles, all the way to the Green River. On the 21st, a portion of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's army returned to the country, while the Sun Kingdom's army advanced triumphantly and slowly occupied the entire territory of the Bangzi Kingdom.
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