After the first battle, the Chuang army suffered losses of more than 100,000 and had to rest and reorganize. The Ming army also suffered considerable losses.
Including those injured in falls, the price is still between 30,000 and 30,000.
However, less than 10,000 people actually died in the battle.
These 10,000 people were mainly killed during the fight with the bandits near Xizhimen and Deshengmen.
Among them, Tang Tong's 8,000 frontier troops suffered the most losses, with more than 2,000 killed and as many as 3,000 wounded.
Followed by the Pure Army and the Royal Forest Army, there were as many as 4,000 dead, but only 1,000 injured.
Finally came the Beijing Camp, with nearly 3,000 dead and 16,700 injured.
Of course, the worst thing was that of the 1,000 people Zhou Yuji brought, only more than 200 were left. There were almost no injured, and the death rate reached 80%.
As for the army of more than 100,000, the only ones who really dared to fight and kill were Zhou Yuji's 1,000 men, followed by Tang Tong's 8,000 men.
Almost all the other Ming troops panicked as soon as they climbed to the top of the city. A few or five of them dared to rush forward together, but when there were more than one person, they became afraid and even retreated.
It can be said that Zhou Yuji and Tang Tong's nine thousand people made the greatest contribution and were the key to holding on.
Because only they could drive down the rebels who had climbed up to the top of the city and stabilize the situation, they suffered the greatest casualties.
This is also the reason why Zhou Yuji did not let these people go to the city at the beginning, but stayed until the end to put out the fire.
Of course, the main reason why Zhou Yuji dared to let the recruits defend first was because he understood the temperament of the intruder.
Knowing that in siege warfare, the invading army usually uses new soldiers as cannon fodder to consume the energy and supplies of the defenders first, and the elite soldiers come last.
In field battles, on the contrary, elite veterans take the lead in the charge, followed by new recruits.
Almost 80% of the nearly 20,000 injured were injured by arrows, and they were immediately carried to the Duke's Mansion for treatment by Qingzhuang.
Although there were nearly 30,000 casualties, the remaining 80,000 people had adapted to the brutal battle, and with the addition of nearly 200,000 young refugees, it can be said that the overall strength of the Ming army was not reduced but greatly improved.
After receiving some rewards, morale reached its peak.
Almost everyone believed that the Chuang Army would never be able to break in.
And as everyone has money in their hands, merchants in the city have also found business opportunities and opened their doors for business again.
At this time, people gathered outside a grain store on Northwest Street in the outer city early in the morning.
These people include young refugees, soldiers from the Beijing camp, and most of them are residents of outer cities.
"hiss!"
"A dou of rice costs eight cents, a dou of coarse flour costs ten cents, and a dou of coarse salt costs a hundred cents a pound..."
When the store opened and the clerk hung up the sign, almost everyone gasped and immediately became angry.
"Damn, why don't you go and rob me?"
"You son of a bitch, you only had three qian a dou a while ago. In just a few days, it has increased to 8 qian. Are you going to let anyone live?"
"Straight bitch, I put my head in my belt and moved stones for a whole day. I finally got a reward of one tael of silver, but I can't even buy two buckets of rice?"
"Brother, you are just moving rocks, I have been carrying shit for a day..."
"You guys are nothing. I started throwing rocks at the rebels in the morning until dusk. I was almost shot by arrows countless times..."
"What are you talking about? Do you know whose store this is?"
"He's from the Duke's family! Stop pretending to be a hero here!"
"Whether you want to buy it or not, get out of here."
"Aren't they giving out porridge over there every day? It's too expensive, so why don't we go have porridge?"
The shopkeeper came out with a few waiters carrying sticks and roared loudly, obviously feeling confident.
There are indeed several places in the city where porridge is served every day, but a pot of porridge only consists of a handful of rice and a little salt, and the rest is all rice bran and wheat bran.
Although the people living in the outer city are not as wealthy as those in the inner city, most of them have small assets, so naturally they will not eat.
Since the city was closed, these soldiers and young men in the Beijing camp have also been eating white-flour steamed buns, and they have been very full in the past two days.
So when I came to buy food, I mainly bought it for my family so that they could have a few good meals. After learning that it was from the Duke's Office, I cursed and prepared to leave, not wanting to spend the unjust money.
But the ordinary people in the city were not used to eating rice bran and wheat bran, and they were unwilling to defend the city. Besides, it was too late now. Seeing that these outsiders wanted to disperse, they immediately became anxious.
"What are you afraid of what they will do? Isn't it great that the Duke of the country is great? The law does not punish everyone, so let's all go shoulder to shoulder!"
"Damn, smash this shabby shop..."
"What do you want to do? It's the opposite..."
"Fuck you..."
I don't know who took the lead, but howled and rushed into the store. Seeing this, other people rushed in too.
Seeing that all the locals have gone in to rob, how can the young and strong people still have any scruples?
In addition, the defenders of the city had already seen the battles that day, and they were so angry that they rushed in one after another with howls and screams. The people nearby also came to kill them, fishing in troubled waters.
In a short time, the huge food store was looted.
The local people in the capital did not run away while carrying the food. Instead, they got addicted to grabbing it, and rushed to the cloth shop next to them after greeting them.
As a result, things got out of hand. More and more people joined in the robbery. A large number of shops were looted and it was too late to close the shop.
When a Jinyiwei Baihu and his men arrived after hearing the news, the whole street was in chaos.
"These idiots are going to heaven!"
"stop!"
"Stop it all!"
"The Jinyi Guards are here to kill you. Everyone should hold their heads and squat down, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!"
"ah!"
"Run quickly, Jin Yiwei is here!"
The intimidating power of the Jin Yiwei is still very great. A dozen or so Jin Yiwei scared thousands of people and ran away, making the scene even more chaotic.
Countless people fell down and were trampled on. The whole street was strewn with rice, flour, cloth, sauce and vinegar jewelry.
By the time the Jinyiwei team arrived, everyone in the street had fled, leaving countless shopkeepers lying on the ground not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
The dozen or so slow-footed unfortunates were pressed to the ground by the dozen or so imperial guards who arrived first.
"what happened?"
"Report... Report to the Lord Qianhu, it's the young and strong refugees who are colluding with the rioters to do miscellaneous things and plunder."
Facing the murderous look in Mr. Qianhu's eyes, this Baihu quickly explained in panic.
Snapped!
"You idiot, I ask you why this happened? What do you do for food?"
Qianhu casually slapped him to the ground. He was so angry that he was furious, but more importantly, he was afraid.
He knew without asking that these guys must have left their posts without permission and secretly hid aside to gamble.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to rush there in such a rush.
And such a large-scale incident of smashing, smashing, and looting cannot be suppressed at this stall, and the commander must peel off his skin.
"Looking at the clothes you are wearing, you should be a soldier from the Beijing camp. Who should be your subordinate? Why are you looting? Don't you know the law of war?"
After Qianhu vented for a while, he casually picked up a man wearing Beijing camp clothes.
"Sir... Sir, it's none of the villain's business. It was the locals who took the lead in robbing me. The villain was confused and lost his mind at the time, so..."
The soldier hurriedly defended himself with regret.
"Tie them all up, take the others back, and send this guy directly to the Governor. Damn it, I have to be killed by you bastard this time."
Qianhu waved his hand and kicked Baihu hard twice before leaving some people to deal with the aftermath and take the captured people back to Jinyiwei.
As for those who escaped, even the monks could not escape from the temple. If they dared to commit crimes under the eyes of Jin Yiwei, no one could escape.
