020 Whose meal is the responsibility of whoever eats it?
"Dingchuan, what do you think?"
Xu Dingchuan carefully observed the battlefield situation, and later said unconfidently: "Is that group of green camp trying to surrender to us?"
When Xu Dingchuan said this, Zhu Yang immediately discovered the clue.
Because this group of green battalions was different from the other green battalions, their arms were wrapped with white cloth, and while attacking the Qing army, they shouted: "We surrender, we surrender."
Zhu Yang had good eyesight and soon discovered that the leader was actually the commander of the green camp who had escaped earlier.
Zhu Yang smiled: "Dingchuan, do you think that is Zhang Jun, the commander of Jiangyin Green Camp?"
Xu Dingchuan looked in the direction of Zhu Yang's finger and spotted Zhang Jun at a glance.
Xu Dingchuan also smiled: "General, it seems that Mr. Zhang Junzhang wants to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side."
Zhu Yang was noncommittal: "No matter what Mr. Zhang thinks, let's deal with these Qing troops first. Leave them to you inside the mountain and leave them to me outside the mountain. We will capture as many as we can and screen them before killing them."
The main reason why Zhu Yang is like this is that these green camps are basically Han people, and some of them have not massacred ordinary people. Such green camps might as well give them a chance to turn around.
The addition of Zhu Yang and Xu Dingchuan accelerated the collapse of the Qing army. After half an hour, the entire battlefield fell silent.
Zhu Yang moved the stones blocking both ends so that his men could clean the battlefield.
You know, Jiangyin is lacking everything now, especially weapons.
This time it was better, Chen Cai ran away with hundreds of people when he went out, and all the others were made dumplings by the Taiping Army.
The casualties of the Taiping Army themselves were relatively small, probably around two hundred casualties.
No matter what, this is a big win.
Naturally, Xu Dingchuan was responsible for cleaning the battlefield. Zhu Yang called Zhang Jun over. He wanted to see what was going on with this guy.
Zhang Jun trotted over and thoughtfully left his weapon aside.
Then he knelt down in front of Zhu Yang with a plop and shouted: "The criminal general Zhang Jun is willing to lead 1,500 green battalions to surrender to the general, and please take him in!"
Boy, so direct.
Zhu Yang did not agree immediately, but asked: "General Zhang, I have a question that I would like to ask you."
Zhang Jun said quickly: "The general has defeated the villain. If you have any questions, general, just ask. The villain will definitely tell you everything he knows. He will never dare to tell lies."
Zhu Yang nodded: "Why did you surrender?"
Zhu Yang didn't make any fuss, he went straight to the central issue.
You know, the Qing Dynasty is now at its peak, and there are no established resistance forces in the entire country.
There was still some time before Wu Sangui's rebellion. Overall, the Qing court had basically completed the unification of China.
In this case, anyone with a discerning eye knows that rebellion at this time will definitely be a dead end.
It's not like Zhang Jun doesn't have a chance to escape. He can definitely escape with Chen Cai.
With his ability to escape, even ten Chen Cai couldn't catch up with him.
However, he did not escape. Instead, he fought back and surrendered.
This is very intriguing.
Zhang Jun did not cover up, and said directly: "The general doesn't know. Once the green camp soldiers like me go out with the flag soldiers, if the flag soldiers don't go back, we will most likely be beheaded when we go back. Rather than being beheaded when we go back,
Boss, it’s better to surrender and follow you, maybe you will spare our lives and give us a way to survive because we are all Han people.”
Zhu Yang looked at Zhang Jun: "I didn't realize that Commander Zhang knew that he was a Han, so why did he sacrifice his life for the Tatars before?"
Zhang Jun's face showed a natural expression: "General, although I know that I am a Han, I also know that I will work for whoever eats my food. If I am about to starve to death, what do I care about the Tatars?"
Han people, those who can give me enough to eat are good people, don’t you think so?”
Zhu Yang sighed.
Although what Zhang Jun said didn't sound very nice, it was true.
Yes, when I am about to starve to death, who cares who it is, I will listen to whoever can make me eat well.
This is what most people think.
If you have milk, you are a mother.
The Ming Dynasty lost the world, and no one else can blame it. It can only blame itself for making the people unable to have enough to eat.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yang felt that Zhang Jun was an interesting and understanding person.
Zhu Yang thought for a moment: "Zhang Jun, you are the first person to surrender to our Taiping Army. In order to reward you, I will now let you become a member of the Taiping Army and help manage the army's logistics affairs. Are you willing?"
Zhang Jun was overjoyed when he heard this.
Where does joy come from?
The reason is that Zhang Jun actually doesn't like fighting at all, he prefers to do logistics.
His first position was as a logistics officer, but he was promoted because of his outstanding performance.
But to be honest, he doesn't want to be promoted yet.
It's so comfortable to do logistics, the level of risk is low, and you can still eat and drink enough, it couldn't be better.
Therefore, Zhang Jun accepted the appointment with a happy face, and then handed over the 1,500 green battalion soldiers directly to Zhu Yang without any nostalgia.
Zhu Yang was speechless when he looked at Zhang Jun, who had no nostalgia for military power at all.
Isn't this guy afraid that he will regret it and kill him?
Anyway, maybe it is my luck to have such a person.
After all, this guy is very good at saving his life.
After taking care of Zhang Jun, the battlefield over there is almost cleaned up.
Zhu Yang looked at Qinwang Mountain and suddenly said to Xu Dingchuan: "Dingchuan, Qinwang Mountain has a dangerous terrain and is between Jiangyin and Changzhou Fucheng. Let's build a beacon here, firstly, it can serve as a warning, and secondly, it can also provide some relief."
Block it and buy more time for Jiangyin to prepare."
Xu Dingchuan said: "General, not only do we need to build a beacon here, I suggest that we should build a navy. Not only is it necessary to protect the river, but we also need a navy to protect even this canal."
Zhu Yang was horrified: "What Dingchuan said is true. If Dingchuan hadn't reminded him, he would have almost missed something important."
This is something Zhu Yang did not consider.
Jiangyin is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River and should have built a naval army long ago.
This is a big deal, let’s discuss it when we get back.
Later, Zhu Yang led his troops back to Jiangyin.
The next day, Zhu Yang called Gu Yanwu, Liu Laichen, Xu Dingchuan, Xia Huailong, Zhang Jun and others together. After sitting down, Zhu Yang said directly: "I'm calling you here just for one thing."
"What do we do next?"
"Everyone, please tell me."
Everyone glanced at Gu Yanwu.
Everyone has known Mr. Tinglin for a long time, and they all admire Gu Yanwu very much, so they are all waiting for Gu Yanwu to speak first.
Gu Yanwu did not refuse and said directly: "General, there are three most important things for us now."
"Sir, please just speak frankly."
"Customize, organize the army, and expand the territory."
"Customization is to determine the military and political system of our Taiping Army. I suggest that we still use our Ming system with slight modifications. General, do you think it is okay?"