Chapter 81 Chen Xinjia is preparing to lead the army south to fight the Qing army!
There are more than 2,000 prisoners in Hejian City and thousands of civilians captured by the Qing army. These people plus 10,000 people in the city who were enslaved by the Qing army. It is not easy to house so many people! In addition to providing food, they also
You have to think about how to manage it well.
"General, the prisoners can be taken to the capital, but what about these civilians captured by the Qing army? They can't be imprisoned, and they can't be repatriated to their place of origin. It's very troublesome to deal with them."
"I'll take care of you for a few days first, don't let it cause any trouble, and let the imperial court handle the rest. I've already sent a report to the Holy Emperor and the Tongzhou Camp, and the imperial court should send someone to take over Hejian City."
"I hope they can react quickly. Doing this feels more strenuous than fighting." Cao Ruohai was frightened by the post-war resettlement matter and hoped to get rid of this burden in the shortest possible time.
"Your Majesty wants us to be able to manage the army and the people, but we have only been in charge of civil affairs for a day and have Ruohai become like this? How can we take on big responsibilities in the future!"
In fact, Liu Yuanbin still has a problem with Cao Ruohai's accusation that he made the mistake of the old army line. A man's mouth kills people with a knife. It is obvious that the Holy Spirit does not like these old armies now. The reason why they are still used now is that there is really no one to use them.
.As long as the new army is used together, the Holy Emperor will definitely let the new army replace the old army. Therefore, if you want to make a difference in the future military world, you must draw a clear line with the old army. Cao Ruohai publicly accused Liu Yuanbin of having the wrong line of thinking of the old army.
, isn’t this an attempt to crucify Liu Yuanbin into a situation where he cannot escape from the old military system?
In the Tongzhou camp, Chen Xinjia has been communicating with the military leaders in the past few days about going south to put pressure on the Qing army! But these military leaders nodded in agreement and forgot about it when they left. After coordinating for several days, they achieved nothing. The army was still holed up in Tongzhou and could not move.
Chen Xinjia was so angry that he was so worried about the case in the big tent that he didn't know what to do. Suddenly, there was the sound of eager horse hooves outside the tent.
"What's going on? Why is there horse racing in the camp?" Chen Xinjia asked his subordinates in a very bad mood what was going on! These Qinwang soldiers were becoming more and more lawless, and they actually rode horses in the camp.
"My lord, great victory! Good news came from the front line." Chen Xinjia's bookboy ran into the tent in a panic and reported the news to Chen Xinjia.
"A great victory? Where did the great victory come from?"
"Your Majesty, General Liu Yuanbin, the commander-in-chief of the New Army of Brave Guards, sent his own troops to report the victory! The New Army who fought out of Beijing recovered the city of Hejian, annihilated the prisoners in the city, and intercepted a large amount of silver and military supplies."
"Liu Yuanbin regained Hejian Mansion? Hurry up and announce the victory to the big tent, and the governor will question him personally." Chen Xinjia was so surprised by the sudden good news that he didn't even have time to tidy up his appearance, so he ordered people to enter the tent quickly.
Confirm.
After reporting the victory, the new army entered the tent to see the ceremony, and handed the Tang Bao written by Liu Yuanbin to Chen Xinjia. After Chen Xinjia got the Tang Bao, he read it twice carefully, and then put the Tang Bao on the desk with trembling.
"Did your troops indeed invade Hejian Mansion? And captured more than 2,000 soldiers?"
"Your Excellency, our troops have indeed recovered Hejian Prefecture, as the Tang newspaper said, and captured more than 2,400 soldiers, more than 600,000 taels of silver, and countless other goods."
"Okay, someone will reward the general with a hundred taels of silver for reporting the victory. Then take him back to have a good rest!"
After sending away the person who reported the victory, Chen Xinjia quickly summoned his cronies and arranged for them to fly to Hejian City to verify the authenticity of the victory report as soon as possible. With such a big military information, it is always unsafe if he does not send his cronies to verify it. Chen Xinjia was also deceived.
I'm scared. It's hard to really trust the news reported by the frontline generals.
When he sent his cronies to confirm the news, he made a special explanation. He didn't care about anything else. He only needed to confirm two things. One was that the new army had indeed conquered Hejian City, and the other was to confirm whether the captured soldiers were enough for two people.
Qian. As long as these two things are true, you can ignore other details.
Stomping back and forth anxiously in the big tent, Chen Xinjia didn't sleep all night that night. It wasn't until the next day at noon when his confidants returned to camp and reported the verification news that Chen Xinjia breathed a sigh of relief. From the confidants' mouths, Chen Xinjia was sure
There is nothing wrong with the content of the good news.
"Come here, send a horse to report the victory to the capital, and report the news of the great victory in Hejian to the Holy Emperor, the cabinet, and the people of the capital! In addition, ring the bell and send an order to have the generals and generals of the camp and nearby ministries come to the camp.
Gather the tents and hold a military meeting."
Chen Xinjia, who had been cowardly for a long time, now regained his energy. The news of the Hejian victory was too important to him. With this victory, could the troops and horses in Tongzhou still be used?
After the military generals entered the battle and met with each other, Chen Xinjia went straight to the point without saying any nonsense: "You all know the good news about the recovery of Hejian by the new army of the Yongwei Camp. I have ordered that all the troops of the Tongzhou Camp will guard Tongzhou in addition to the previous arrangements.
In addition to the soldiers and horses on the front line in Tianjin, all other troops will be gathered together and rush to Hejian City within three days. If there is any perfunctory refusal, military law will be engaged!"
Military affairs are like this. Sometimes there is no use in talking earnestly, but sometimes a simple order can make the soldiers take action. Relying on the power of the Hejian victory, the military orders issued by Chen Xinjia were carried out by soldiers and horses.
They moved very quickly, and they all arrived at Hejian City three days later.
Chen Xinjia had already entered the city with his own soldiers and met with Liu Yuanbin, Cao Ruohai and other generals in the city.
"Yuan Bin, your recovery of Hejian Fucheng this time is of great significance to the current war. Hejian is now a material base for the Japanese soldiers to plunder south, and we are equivalent to taking away the Japanese soldiers' retreat! This battle has changed the Japanese soldiers.
In the battle after entering the competition, you have made great contributions. I will report this to the Holy One and reward your generals generously."
Liu Yuanbin, Cao Ruohai and others quickly stood up and thanked Chen Xinjia: "General, I would like to thank you for your kind words!"
"This is what you deserve! To be able to restore the heavily guarded Hejian City with only 6,000 people and annihilate thousands of bandits shows your military spirit and fighting spirit. The new army trained with great concentration by the Holy Spirit can indeed withstand the enemy."
Yes, you have lived up to His Majesty’s painstaking cultivation.”
"We will fight to the death to repay His grace."
"That's right. If all the military generals of the Ming Dynasty are as dedicated as you are, why should the Tartars be afraid? This battle of yours has changed the overall situation, and the morale of the army can be used! I am ready to take advantage of the power of this great victory.
, camp your troops together with the rest of King Qin’s soldiers and horses, and march southward, in order to complete their achievements in one battle and drive out the soldiers who entered the border this time. You can use your full strength to help this governor and the Holy One fulfill this wish."
"We obey the command of the military governor and fight to the death for the Ming Dynasty."
"Okay, with your help we can achieve great things! If the Japanese commander-in-chief orders all the Qinwang soldiers to go south with all their strength, the new troops of the Yongwei camp will be the vanguard of the army, responsible for clearing the way for our army and covering up the military situation."