No one could have imagined that this time, those who would fight to the end for our Qing Dynasty would be the green soldiers who were looked down upon by everyone.

However, this last moment only lasted a few minutes at night. The collapse of the Chinese army spread, and the Green Camp disbanded in a hurry, living up to the expectations of both the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

However, compared to those forerunners, the Green Camp soldiers encountered a problem - their formation was located on the side of Jiangshan Port, with Tiger Mountain behind them. There was a strong enemy in front, but the other side was defeated earlier than them. The Ming army

With their flank already threatened, it was obviously impossible to get rid of the right-wing Ming army that had already engaged them, whether by jumping into the river or climbing over the mountains.

Since they can't escape, they always ask for a way out. They are not as crazy as the white-armored soldiers who put them to death. The first smart man quickly set an example and took the lead, and more and more green soldiers dropped their weapons.

, Kneel down and ask for surrender. Next, more and more Green Camp soldiers began to surrender to the Ming army in an organized manner, like a strong wind blowing in their face, and weeds lying on the ground.

Compared with the left and center troops who have entered the rhythm of chasing the defeated troops, the Youbing Town and Zhiwu Town on the right are extremely relaxed. However, compared with the comfort at this moment, they look at it with envy and jealousy.

The Ming army on the left and center. After all, Zheng Chenggong's reward and punishment rules are not simply based on beheading and capture, but on the performance of each unit on the battlefield. They have less work to do, and they will be rewarded when the time comes.

There is no reason to have more truth than others.

The chief military officers of the two towns had already begun to think about asking Zheng Chenggong to serve as the vanguard to regain eastern Zhejiang. At this time, the Ming army on the left and center was following the Qing army's rout, bypassing Tiger Mountain, and heading towards Jiangshan.

county seat.

Just as Zheng Chenggong said, when the Qing army completely failed on the main battlefield, the Han army's flag cavalry, which was entangled with the three Ming army cavalry towns, immediately chose to grease their feet. Faster than them were the Eight Banners who were fighting in a melee with the Iron Man Army.

As early as the fall of Ashangge, the iron cavalry was like a wake-up call. The Eight Banners Army, whose morale had been boosted by the general's desperate and bloody battles, quickly calmed down. After realizing again that they were close to death, except for

A very small number of them were like white-armored soldiers with red eyes, and the rest were just running away with their heads in their hands.

On the main battlefield, the Ming army was still pursuing victory, but Zheng Chenggong was not too optimistic about the actual results. In the final analysis, this was just a defeat battle, not an encirclement and annihilation battle. The Qing army had far more horses than he did.

Even the infantry in the Eight Banners Army basically have horses to take their place. With the infantry alone, they cannot catch up with those four-legged ones anyway. And there are very few cavalry directly under each town, so they have always been used as

Since Tanma exists, it is unrealistic to want to keep all the Qing troops behind.

From the present point of view, the only one that was truly annihilated by the Ming army was the Bagala camp, which was trapped in a desperate situation. Except for Joluo Yabulan who was captured, all of them were killed by the Ming army.

As for the final results, except for the cavalry, based on his experience, when the infantry captured Jiangshan County, there will be a rough number - most of those who were not killed or captured ran away on horseback.

, No matter how far you run, you can never catch up.

"If it were our army that was defeated, only less than one in ten would be able to escape."

The mobility of the cavalry is not only helpful for fighting, but also for escaping. Surrounded by a large group of Ming troops, Zheng Chenggong set off towards Jiangshan County. On the road, he had already begun to plan in his mind the future of crossing the Yangtze River and fighting with the Qing Dynasty in the north.

The army's final decisive battle.

This is not just a matter of imagination. It is said that those who do not plan for the overall situation cannot plan for a region, and those who do not plan for the world cannot plan for a moment. What's more, after this battle, the foundation of the Manchu Qing's rule in the south of the Yangtze River was shattered by the Ming army.

The rest is nothing more than time and distance.

"Perhaps, there is no need to rush to regain Nanjing."

The cavalry has long been the weak point of the Southeast Ming Army. The reliance on captured war horses all year round greatly restricted his and Chen Kai's strategies and tactics.

However, thinking of this, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but shook his head. The political location of Nanjing is too important for the Ming Dynasty. Recovering the Longxing land of Ming Taizu will be a great encouragement to the morale of the people across the country.

.Economically, Nanjing is close to Taihu Lake, and the area around Taihu Lake is also the richest in the country. The tax revenue it can contribute is enough to make the strength of the Southeast Ming Army improve by leaps and bounds. Even the Zheng Group relies on sea trade.

It absolutely cannot be ignored.

"Humph, if you don't have a horse, why don't you just buy one? It's not like only the Tatars have war horses in this world. There are so many merchants in the West, why do you have to worry about this if you have money?"

Although Zheng Chenggong has a very bad relationship with the Spanish and is wary of each other with the Dutch, he is not the kind of guy who doesn't know where the enemy is after two years of fighting. Through the Thai and Spanish businessmen who have good relations with the Zheng Group

According to the words of Nanyang Chinese businessmen, including Chen Kai, he knew that in addition to Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, there were many countries thousands of miles away in Europe and the West, such as England, France, Sweden, Poland, the HRE, Russia and many other countries.

I'm afraid there are hundreds of them. In Thailand and the West, there is no tradition of unification like China. Division is the norm there...

The Qing army failed in the field battle, and Jiangshan County naturally surrendered without a fight. While receiving the baggage and auxiliary troops left by the Qing army, Zheng Chenggong also obtained more information from the prisoners and the documents left behind.

"Concerning allegiance?"

"Yes, your lord. The slave chief Jidu asked for reinforcements from the Tatar court last year, and the Tatar court transferred the Han troops stationed in the south of the Yangtze River. They should be on the way now. The criminal will remember that the slave chief Jidu seems to have

He said he would arrive in Quzhou before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Well, yes, it must be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. I remember that the slave chief also said that Guan Zhongzhong would eat Yuanxiao if he could make it there, and if he couldn't make it, he would be whipped."

A green battalion deputy general who led his troops to surrender when the army was defeated was exceptionally quick-witted. On the battlefield, he did not hesitate to plead to the Ming army that he had important military information and needed to meet Zheng Chenggong. At first, the Ming army once expressed his displeasure.

The Green Camp was discriminatory about their identity, and they didn’t think that a Green Camp general could have access to any core secrets. However, this man’s face was the only one I could see. He insisted that he had important military information to give to the lord of the country, who was responsible for guarding the prisoners.

The officer was pestered for a long time, and finally had to report level by level. By the time Zheng Chenggong saw him, he had already finished lunch in Jiangshan County and was waiting for statistical reports on the gains and casualties in each town.

"Thousands of Han military flags are nothing more than a mantis' arm acting as a chariot."

Compared with the disastrous defeat of the Qing army, the Ming army's tactics were used properly this time, and the expected casualties should be minimal. With such a large army in hand, Zheng Chenggong didn't care at all about Guan Zhongzhong. But even so, he still gave a few words of praise

That green camp officer. After all, recovering the old territory cannot just rely on killing, killing, killing. Recruiting surrender and recruiting rebels is also essential.

After nightfall, the supervisors of each town had also completed their statistics. In the Chinese army's tent, the general officers and supervisors of each town gathered, and the generals who had a general understanding of the results of the battle were quite excited.

"I heard that Gu Shan's forehead was chopped into seventeen or eight pieces. The auxiliary soldiers who cleaned the battlefield vomited and cleaned it up. It took a lot of effort to put it back together."

"Who knew that guy was actually wearing three layers of armor? The men didn't know whether to kill him or not, so they just chopped him off a few more times."

"Oh, it's a pity that there are so many good horses."

"Come on, Brother Lian. Didn't President Chen say it in his report on the Ganzhou victory? The battlefields where the Iron Man Army fought were littered with broken blades and armor, as well as broken limbs and arms. Tens of millions of dollars were seized.

Don’t think too much, it’s useless no matter how much you think about it.”

"..."

During the conversation, there would be roars of laughter from time to time. After Zheng Chenggong finished handling his official duties, when he returned to the tent, he heard a group of military generals laughing there before he entered, and they were about to overturn the tent.

Posture.

This is completely normal for a great victory, and no matter how stern the commander-in-chief is, he will not be too harsh on this, even if they are joking in the Chinese army's tent. When the guards called out the roll call, Zheng Chenggong led a few

When Joining the Army stepped in, the generals quickly suppressed their smiles and stood up to salute as expected. However, after they sat down, they could not hide their joy even if they tried their best to suppress it.

"Master Guo Xing, the beheadings and casualties in each town have been counted."

The situation in each town has been reported one after another. The three cavalry towns at the latest also turned back after chasing the Qing army for dozens of miles. The soldiers in charge of the relevant work have completed the relevant summary and classification.

Zheng Chenggong nodded, and the soldier stood up and stepped forward to announce loudly.

"On the seventh day of the first lunar month in the thirteenth year of Yongli, our army fought fiercely with 26,000 soldiers from twelve towns and 32,000 soldiers from the Lu division in the south of Laohushan Mountain in Jiangshan County. Since the beginning of our army's approach to the battlefield, only

It took less than an hour to defeat the Lu division. Among them, Rong Banner Youzhen was beheaded..."

With inferior troops, it took less than an hour to defeat the Qing army. Who could have imagined such a quick victory before the battle was over?

Next, from the Rong Banner Right Town, Left Pioneer Town, Qinding Town on the left wing, to the Central Army, right wing, and cavalry towns, and finally to the left and right Huwei Town of the partial division, the soldiers joined the army and read out loud the numbers reported by each town in one breath.

, and finally summarized into one.

"...In this battle, our army beheaded 5187-level Eight Banners troops from Gushan Ezhen Ashangge and 614 Green Camp soldiers; captured Jingjueluo Yabu from Baya Latao Zhang, who was inlaid with yellow flags.

There were 1,422 people from the Eight Banners Army under the Blue Army and 10,379 people from the Green Camp; captured..."

Theoretically, the Ming army's beheadings of the Mongols were always considered to be a great victory if half of them were beheaded. Because the Mongols were mostly cavalry, even the infantry had horses. As long as it was not an encirclement and annihilation, even if the opponent was defeated, the opponent could escape on horseback.

So it is extremely difficult to behead half of the people.

At this point, the Eight Banners Army has the same advantage, so being able to kill half of them, that is, 900 of the 18,000 Eight Banners Army who participated in the battle, can already be called a great victory. And this battle

, the proportion of beheadings and captures is nearly one-third, which is unbelievable. Even the generals here who have witnessed it are inevitably shocked.

"Nothing wrong?"

"Replying to Mr. Guo Xing, the student calculated it three times and checked it with the supervisors of each town. He only dared to report it after making sure that there were no problems."

His profession was questioned, and he felt aggrieved to join the army. But when he thought about it, it was also human nature. After all, such a glorious victory could not be compared with even the two famous kings of Li Dingguo. Chen Kai and Li Dingguo teamed up to regain Guangdong.

Four consecutive battles, on average, although they can compete in terms of kills, the Ming army had an absolute advantage in strength in those four battles. Moreover, whether they were encircled and annihilated in the field or besieged on all sides, those who could escape were

The Eight Banners Army is one of the lucky ones in the world who can make money fall directly into their money bags. They had the same bad luck as Alaskan Malamutes in Guangzhou, which is completely different from this battle!

At first glance, the Ming army captured less than 7,000 Eight Banners soldiers. In other words, more than 11,000 Eight Banners soldiers managed to escape from the battlefield. This number is still frighteningly large.

However, the organization of these defeated troops must have been disrupted by the Ming army, and reorganization cannot be done by just stuffing people in. The prestige of the officers to the soldiers, the obedience of the soldiers to the officers, and the tacit understanding and trust between the officers and soldiers,

Mid-level and senior officers are responsible for the various departments under their command, which all require a lot of time to re-run and recover.

The fighting power of the Eight Banners Army is strong, and a part that cannot be ignored is derived from the system of integrating the military and civilians of the Eight Banners. With Niulu as the unit, officers dismount their horses to govern the people, mount their horses to govern the army, and live in the same place all year round. Between the upper and lower classes, bannermen

The running-in with Qiding has already been formed in life.

However, things in the world always have advantages and disadvantages. Once the Eight Banners Army suffers casualties, it must be supplemented from the bannermen of their respective Niulu. If they do not do this, it is equivalent to forcing several strangers into the army.

The unfamiliarity between the departments that need to be supplemented will inevitably cause certain harm to the cohesion, and the need to re-run-in will also affect the recovery speed of combat effectiveness.

What's more, everyone has selfish motives. The number of Niulu in each banner and the strength of each Niulu's combat effectiveness are all related to the rights and status of the masters within the Eight Banners. Which one is willing to assign the brave slaves under his command to the Eight Banners?

Used by others?

Before the Qing government replenished the Niulu in accordance with the old practice, the combat effectiveness of these escaped troops was bound to suffer varying degrees of losses. And more importantly, these guys were defeated under such a fierce attack by the Ming army and started all over again.

In the end, there was no room to fight back, and discouragement was inevitable. The Ming army's subsequent work to regain the lost territory was unlikely to be threatened by them.

According to a rough survey by the soldiers, the casualties of the Qing army were mainly concentrated on the right wing and the cavalry unit that attacked Zheng Chenggong's main formation. The former was composed of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, while the latter was composed of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Mongolian Banners.

The largest casualty ratio of the Qing army in this battle was actually the Eight Banners of Manchuria, which had always been extremely well protected. Especially those three armored white soldiers, more than 400 of whom were the core force of the Qing Dynasty.

The whole army was wiped out, and these alone were enough for the Eight Banners nobles to vomit three liters of blood.

In addition, those who were killed by grenadiers on the battlefield, those who were killed during confrontations, those who were hacked to death by restraining the Ming Army cavalry, and when the details of the casualties of the Eight Banners Army were sent back to the Qing court, the inner city of Beijing, and Anding where the yellow flags were gathered,

In the Men area, as well as in Xuanwu, Zhengyang and Chongwen areas where Zhenglan Banner and Xianglan Banner live together, I am afraid that every family will have to wear mourning!

The Eight Banners that were able to escape the battlefield were mainly Han banners. This is partly related to the fact that their combat strength exceeded the total number of Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners. However, there were also some Manchu Eight Banners who, as the main force of the right wing of the Qing army, were washed away by the national surname.

There were three rounds of bathing, and the reason why the Mongolian Eight Banners, as the main cavalry force, fought bloody battles with Ashangge and was cut into a puzzle piece by the Iron Man Army was.

As for the Green Camp soldiers, of the more than 14,000 soldiers who participated in the battle, only more than 3,000 were lost, a fraction. The number of horses was far less than that of the Eight Banners Army, but the most important thing was their formation.

Location - Jiangshan Port and Laohushan made great contributions to the capture of the Green Camp soldiers, so much so that Zheng Chenggong had to transport more grain and grass to feed the more than 10,000 waste snacks. I don't know, Najidu and Ashangge

When setting up the formation, did they have the evil intention of using the green soldiers to consume the Ming army's food and grass reserves if they couldn't win?

In any case, this was an epic victory. The total number of combatants from both sides exceeded 60,000. Moreover, the Ming army not only took the initiative to attack the Eight Banners Army with inferior forces, but most importantly

It only took a very short time to defeat the opponent, which was something that was unimaginable in the past.

"In this battle, you all have made outstanding contributions. Merit rewards will be determined and distributed as soon as possible based on the performance of each town. You must also restrain your subordinates and do not be arrogant based on merit."

"The surname of the country has given instructions that generals and other generals should keep in mind."

Most generals know the rewards of merit. The three towns on the left and the two towns of the Iron Man Army, especially the right Huwei Town, are definitely at the forefront in terms of merit; followed by the two towns of the Central Army.

Town and Cavalry Town; as for the two towns on the right wing, they also knew it well. After the excitement of the victory, they had already begun to look forward to the next combat mission.

As expected, Zheng Chenggong signaled the generals to take their seats again, and put aside the casualty statistics sent by the soldiers, and then assigned the next combat mission.

"Chen Liuyu, Huang Yuan, Lan Yan."

"The end is here!"

"The three of you, with Chen Liuyu as the chief general, will lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to set off early tomorrow morning to go north to recover Huizhou and other counties in the southern part of Zhili."

"The general will obey your orders!"

Youbing Town and Zhiwu Town on the right never expected that they would be the first ones Zheng Chenggong called upon, and what they did not expect was that their mission was not to run towards Quzhou Fucheng to chase down the remaining enemies. But after thinking about it, they suddenly realized.

The main force of the Qing army suffered such a disastrous defeat. Zheng Chenggong was obviously no longer willing to simply recover Zhejiang. They were the vanguard of the Ming army to recover southern Zhili!

However, the Ming army's first priority must still be to recover Zhejiang. After all, the Ming army has been encroaching and infiltrating there for many years, and the melons are ripe and waiting to be picked. For them, there will most likely not be too many reinforcements for the time being.

, how much they can achieve, or how much credit they can achieve, all depends on their own performance.

"According to Mr. Chen, the Heaven and Earth Society in Huizhou is very powerful. You can use their help to open up the situation in South Zhili as soon as possible."

Huizhou Prefecture is located at the southernmost tip of Nanzhili, bordering the southwestern end of Chizhou Prefecture, Ningguo Prefecture, Jiangxi Raozhou Prefecture, and Quzhou Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture and Hangzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang Province. It is the most famous palace in ancient China.

The birthplace of Hui merchants.

As far as Zheng Chenggong knew, although it was a place where merchants gathered, when the Qing army moved south, it resisted fiercely. At that time, Hong Chengchou spent a lot of effort to suppress it.

It was precisely because of the massacres carried out by the Qing army in Jixi, Huizhou and nearby Jing County, as well as the long-term exploitation and economic decline that followed that the people extremely hated the Manchus. On this basis, Guangxinfu Tiandi

Huizhou Tiandihui, which developed northward through business relationships, is well suited to the local area. Not only does the number of members exceed that of Guangxin Prefecture, which has a strong foundation, but they also have a large number of Huizhou businessmen behind them to secretly provide support.

Although these two towns are almost like passers-by in the Southeast Ming Army, and their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the troops including Dubiao First Town and the Five Elites, they are by no means something that ordinary green battalions can easily compete with. Moreover,

, Zheng Chenggong also assigned a cavalry team to accompany this partial division. Chen Liuyu, the chief military officer of North Town, has always been a general he was quite optimistic about. He will lead these three towns as the commander of the partial division, with 7,000 soldiers.

The Ming army marched north.

With such a mass base, Zheng Chenggong believed that this partial division could soon open up a situation in southern Anhui, thereby threatening the Qing rule in southern Zhili from the southern end. And their first stop was on the same mountain as Jiangshan County.

Changshan County across the country.

As the absolute main force on the main battlefield and sub-battlefields, the five towns of Zuo Xianfeng Town, Rongqi Zuo Town, Qinding Town, Zuo Huwei Town, and You Huwei Town were in urgent need of rest and recuperation after the war, so they pursued and suppressed them in the direction of Quzhou.

Zheng Chenggong handed over the task to the Chinese Army's Right Pioneer Town, Rong Banner You Town and two other cavalry towns. Although there were only eight thousand Ming Army, he believed that as long as he saw the banners of the five elite Fujian Ming Army, even the Eight Banners Army

You may not have the courage to fight with him rashly.

"Order: Huang Ting, the former governor, goes out to Longyou, Zhongzhen Bo Hongxu, Taizhou Commander-in-Chief Ma Xin enters Jinhua, Lieutenant Commander Gan Hui, and Minister of War Zhang Huangyan attack Ningbo. I will personally lead Zuoxiang Town and Rongqi Zuozhen,

Qinding Town, Zuohuwei Town, Youhuwei Town, Zhengbing Town, and Qibing Town will serve as the strength of the army and strive to regain Zhejiang in one battle!"

Zheng Chenggong was as vigorous as ever, and after the great victory, all the generals were full of confidence in quickly regaining Zhejiang. Among them, Wanli was the only one who seemed a little worried.

"Is Wan Shuai worried about Ga Dahun?"

It can be said that Wanli joined Zheng Chenggong very early and was almost the same as Shi Lang. Originally, it seemed to Zheng Chenggong that Chen Kai ventured into the area controlled by the Qing army to appease the Wan family brothers in order to reduce the income of Shifu and Shi Lang's uncle and nephew.

The proportion of troops and horses in the headquarters of the Guangdong and Fujian Army, which was not very strong at that time.

But over the years, Wanli's ability really surprised him. With his profound qualifications and outstanding talents, when the five admirals were sent to various battlefields, Wanli had already become the leader of the generals led by Zheng Chenggong.

Because of this, when the decisive battle broke out, Zheng Chenggong directly chose Wanli as the crucial left wing commander, responsible for defeating the Eight Banners Army head-on. At this time, the worry on Wanli's eyebrows quickly disappeared

captured for him.

"My surname is the country, I am worried that it is indeed that guy. That guy still has about 4,000 Eight Banners troops in his hands, which is insignificant to our army. But if they are allowed to penetrate behind, it will be a big blow to our army's food route."

Small threat."

This is precisely the reason why Zheng Chenggong sent Yu Xin and Huang Wu to advance into Guangfeng County. Here, the old matter of Wanli was brought up again, and many generals also thought about it again. Zheng Chenggong, on the other hand, did not care, and just waved.

A guard came up with a brocade box in his hands, opened the lid, and exposed the contents to the generals' sight.

That was a head with white beard and hair. Time was like a chisel carving lines on his resolute face. However, what the generals noticed at first sight was not his appearance. In other words, it was his appearance that was full of

Even if the unwilling eyes have long lost their color, it does not prevent them from attracting the attention of others.

"This is the head of Zhenga Dahun in Lugu Mountain. It was sent from Guangfeng County just before the military meeting started."

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