With more than a thousand muskets of his own, Liu Song quickly pushed back and suppressed the rebels. Coupled with Du Wenhuan's 500 crossbowmen, he killed and wounded hundreds of rebels in a wave of long-range strikes.
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Then the two armies attacked each other, and a close-quarters battle broke out.
Although the Ming army had the numerical advantage, the two thousand men of the Yulin army were all firearms operators, and they were all new recruits.
Although he has been training for several months, Zhu Youxiao's standard is to be expert in one thing.
Therefore, the level of fighting and fighting of these two thousand troops was far from up to par. They were unable to charge into battle and could only wait for opportunities and fire their guns from behind.
Du Wenhuan's Chongqing army did not have an advantage in all aspects of conditions and factors, and the battle with these Yi soldiers was quite uneven.
Both sides fought to the death, but they met a good opponent.
Fortunately, the guerrilla general Liu Song killed Fan Long with a firecracker on the battlefield, and the balance of the battle was instantly broken.
The Yi soldiers who had lost their leader quickly became chaotic under the fierce attack of the Ming army. In less than a quarter of an hour, they were defeated and fled in panic.
Du Wenhuan and Liu Song separated their forces and pursued the fleeing rebel soldiers from all directions.
After such a long war, the Ming army was already red-blooded. Even if the Yi soldiers threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy, their heads could not be saved and they were mercilessly killed by the officers and soldiers.
In this battle, the Ming army defeated 5,000 rebels with 8,000 men, beheading more than 4,500 heads, including the extravagant and rebellious son-in-law Fan Long. It can be said that the Ming army fought the hardest since the war broke out, and the results were great.
The biggest battle.
The casualties of the Ming army in this battle were not small. Nearly a thousand people were killed, more than 70% of the sergeants were injured, and dozens of people were missing.
However, the two thousand musketeers under Liu Song's command remained unscathed.
After this battle, with so many casualties, it was no longer possible to support Qin Bangping's troops. Generals Du and Liu took the remaining troops back to the outskirts of Chongqing and sent sentries to report to the emperor.
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Due east of Chongqing, Qin Liangyu led more than 10,000 elite chieftain soldiers. After landing at Huangnizui, they rushed all the way and broke through the three military camps and two fortresses of the She Army.
More than 4,600 rebel heads were killed, more than a thousand people were captured, and a large amount of food and supplies were seized.
After building a simple boat to cross the river, Qin Liangyu gave a military order, and the army crossed the river in a mighty manner and headed straight for Chongqing.
In the city of Chongqing, She Chongming had less than 2,000 people left, with Luo Qianxiang serving as the guard.
Luo Qianxiang saw the officers and soldiers on the top of the city getting ready to attack the city, so he surrendered decisively and took the initiative to open the city gate to welcome the officers and soldiers into the city.
She Chongming spent nearly ten days and fought hard to defeat Chongqing, killing and injuring thousands of people. The Ming army just recovered it without spending a single soldier.
If She Chongming, who was fighting with Qin Bangping on the front line, found out, he would probably spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot.
After Qin Liangyu regained Chongqing, he immediately arranged for sergeants to restore order in the city and hired people in the city who could write to write notices to appease the people.
Then allocate part of his own military rations to provide relief to the people in the city.
Qin Liangyu is very skilled in counterinsurgency work. She knows that the places captured by the rebels must be barren of grass.
Those people are all jackals and tigers. As long as it is usable, edible and valuable, they will not let it go at all.
After following this process, the city became much more peaceful.
Luo Qianxiang's surrendered rebels also had all their weapons and equipment confiscated by Qin Liangyu, and the prison in Chongqing Prefecture was vacated specifically to detain them.
They also counted the gold, silver, grain, grass and other materials that She Chongming left here. It took more than a day to calculate them.
After seeing the list, Qin Liangyu finally understood why She Chongming was so ambitious and established himself as king just after conquering Chongqing. It turned out that he really had a lot of capital.
A total of more than 13,000 taels of gold, 520,000 taels of silver, Sichuan brocade, silk and satin and other items worth millions were confiscated.
There were also countless official banknotes, copper coins and other transaction currencies. Qin Liangyu knew without asking that these must have been looted from ordinary people.
There was also a lot of grain, a total of 180,000 shi of grain, and this was after She Chongming had already taken away a batch of grain.
Moreover, She Chongming's rear supply base was in Luzhou, and Luzhou also stored a large amount of grain. Because of its developed waterways, it could advance or retreat at any time along the Yangtze River.
But now all these supplies have returned to the Ming Dynasty. In accordance with the emperor's will, Qin Liangyu stored all the captured trophies and sent his own soldiers to guard them.
On the next day, Liu Song and Du Wenhuan's troops, who were resting outside the city, finally discovered that the Ming army's sun and moon flag had been hoisted in Chongqing city.
After telling Qin Liangyu the truth, Qin Liangyu immediately made a decision and personally led half of his troops to support his brother.
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Emperor Zhu Youxiao, who had already moved to Jinyinyan to command the overall operations, also received Qin Liangyu's victory report.
Now that Chongqing has been recovered, this encirclement and annihilation battle has been half successful.
She Chongming lost the important town of Chongqing, and even though he still had tens of thousands of troops, he was already deep in alone, waiting to die.
Late that night, after Zhu Youxiao inspected the military camp as usual, he was just about to go to bed when he received another military report.
Du Wenhuan has recovered all the fortresses and areas around Chongqing that were occupied by the She rebel army.
The rebels either fled upon hearing the news or surrendered voluntarily. Some of the stubborn ones were all killed by the officers and soldiers. There was no mercy or mercy for the rebellious ones.
Now in the entire Chongqing area, except for the headquarters of the Sheni Army, all wings have been swept away. The Yangtze River has also been blocked by Chen Guang's troops. The Ming Army has completed its planned encirclement.
Now even if the Ming army does not take the initiative to conquer, but consolidates its defense lines and closes the space for the rebels to survive and escape, they are still sure of victory.
After Zhu Youxiao read these military reports, he would specially show them to the second son of Qin and Jin Dynasty to read. It is unknown what his plans and thoughts were.
The two princes usually live in a comfortable life, but how can they bear the military life? For them, this is no different from being homeless.
Now they are forced to read so many military reports about killings and wars every day. How can their little hearts bear it?
But Zhu Youxiao would not care about this. He just wanted the two princes to take a closer look and see with their own eyes whether the imperial army was weak or strong, and whether it was a bunch of military slaves as rumored.
These two are the heirs who will inherit the vassal state in the future. While they are still young and still have space and time to shape, we must use this method similar to brainwashing to leave a deep imprint on their hearts.
Let them never forget what they saw, heard, and experienced while staying with him these days.