Although a small number of Qing troops escaped, Li Dingguo estimated that when other Qing troops get news and rush back to capture Chuzhou, he would have to wait at least three or four days later. Therefore, his troops can be temporarily repaired in Chuzhou for a few days.
Of course, he did not forget to send scouts to closely reconnaise the movements of the Qing army. At the same time, he also sent people to sneak back to Yangzhou to report to Shang Yi about the progress of the outside department.
During the Battle of Chuzhou, the merchant army wiped out more than 3,000 enemies and captured more than 2,500 people. Among them, there were about 600 soldiers of the Eight Banners, and more than 32,000 stones of rice and more than 10,000 stones of forage.
More than 1,500 donkeys and horses, more than 160,000 taels of silver and more than 5,000 taels of gold. There were both Qing army transport and looting in Chuzhou, resulting in swords, guns, armor and other items, merchant army
It’s too lazy to forget it. In addition, more than 3,000 strong men and more than 400 women were rescued by the Qing army.
Victory is certainly worthy of joy, but the aftermath is a lot of trouble, because the merchant army cannot defend Chuzhou, nor can it carry trophy and prisoners' roads. The prisoners are easy to deal with, and they will be killed all of them. Shang Yi also allowed them to do so.
What should I do if the food, property, and horses I get is a pity to throw it away.
Finally, Li Dingguo and Duan Peng decided that considering that the people in Chuzhou City were hurt by the Qing army, they publicly executed the Qing soldiers, while the more than 600 Eight Banners soldiers were publicly displayed for three days, and each of them could stab them.
A few slashes were used to vent their energy until they died. The food, supplies, property and vehicles were scattered to the people in Chuzhou City, and they only took all the donkeys and horses away. Donkeys could carry baggage, and horses could be transported. When necessary, they could be slaughtered to fill their hunger.
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The decision of the Merchant Army immediately caused a sensation in Chuzhou City. Although the Qing army did not stay in Chuzhou for a long time, they did a lot of atrocities, burning, killing, looting, and there was no shortage of either. This was also a glorious tradition of the Qing army.
Many people in Chuzhou City were destroyed by the Qing army and their wives and children were separated. They naturally hated the Qing army to the core. Now they finally have the opportunity to take revenge with their own hands, so of course they will not let them go. Moreover, the merchant army also
We provide weapons to the people, anyway, they are all the weapons of the Qing soldiers who have been captured.
So as soon as more than 600 soldiers of the Eight Banners were tied up, many people rushed over to punch and punch them. Some people also took swords and guns, slashed and stabbed them, and cried and cursed them. After all, the people did not.
After receiving professional training, even if you cut a knife and stab a gun, it is difficult to kill the Qing army at once. But for the Qing army, this result is even more tragic. It is better to be killed in one go. It is completely a life-threatening suffering, with more than 600 people.
They were all slashed and slashed into blood and blood by the people, and the screams never stopped.
Of course, not all the people wanted to seek revenge on the Qing army, but giving them food and money also made them very grateful to the merchant army, because killing the Qing army to take revenge was a temporary aura, but the food and money were given
The fundamental conditions for their survival were so all of them were grateful to the merchant army. Many people kowtowed to thank them after they had allocated food and money.
Li Dingguo asked the soldiers to distribute supplies to the people, and at the same time vigorously promoted the glorious image of the merchant army to the people. At the same time, he also advised the people that it would be best to hide in the mountains to avoid it, because after the merchant army left Chuzhou, the Qing army was the one who was in the Qing army.
They will definitely come back. If they can't find the merchant army, they will probably vent their anger with the people. The army has done a lot of these things.
When they heard that the merchant army was leaving Chuzhou, many people also started crying and tried to keep them: "How great is the merchant army? They drove away the Tartars, avenged us, and distributed us food to live.
It would be great if you stayed in Chuzhou and didn’t leave. Can you stay in Chuzhou and didn’t leave?"
"Friends, this is not OK! We still have a task. We have to continue to fight the Tartars. Now we have driven away the Tartars in Chuzhou and drive away all the Tartars in other places."
"What if you leave and Taji is back?"
"If the imperial army was like the merchant army, how good would it be, we wouldn't have to be afraid of the Tartars."
"The current imperial court will only urge us for food. Other troops are as fierce as the Tartars. Who will care about the lives and deaths of our people?"
"Friends, the court does not care about you, and other troops do not care about you, but our merchant army will definitely control you. As long as the Tartars dare to come, we will fight back and kill all the Tartars. But you'd better go to the mountains to hide.
Once you hide, don't let the Tartars find you."
"It's better for the merchant army. If only the merchant army is allowed to come to the court, then we will have a good life."
"Hehehehehehehehe!"
At this time, Zhao Yue, Zheng Guangming, Liu Yuan, Wang Huiping, Zhang Lidong and others were helping to distribute food to the people. A lot of these conversations were heard, and the others didn't think there was anything. Only Zhao Yue felt that it was not.
Taste, because he is full of orthodox ideas of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. Are these words clearly criticizing the court? And why do you say that the merchant army will come to the court? Isn’t this a ruthless word? And the two generals, Li Dingguo
Not only did Duan Peng not stop it, but on the contrary, it seemed that he was deliberately adding fuel to the fire. What does this mean? Is it difficult to rebel? It turns out that he was a traitor, and it is really difficult to change his character. Shang Junmen would actually reuse such a person, I am afraid that
There will be a good ending.
Zhao Yue originally wanted to go to Li Dingguo and Duan Peng to advise him in person, but after thinking about it, he was just a small company commander, and it was probably useless to say it. Maybe it would make Li Dingguo unhappy, so he gave up.
In fact, Duan Peng is only an 18-year-old boy, and he is from a common man. He is still very vague about the orthodox concept. He instinctively thinks that the merchant army is indeed better than the Nanjing court, and Shang Yi's ability and character in all aspects are indeed better than that of the court.
The ministers in the country are much stronger, so they don’t think what these people are saying is wrong. And they hope that this will continue forever.
The orthodox concept of the Ming Dynasty was very weak within the merchant army. On the one hand, it was Shang Yi's intentional guidance, and on the other hand, it was because the members of the merchant army were basically from ordinary people, or from peasant army, and were truly official.
Not many people.
However, Li Dingguo was really as Zhao Yue thought, intentionally adding fuel to the fire, because he was originally from a peasant army and had no sense of identity with the Ming Dynasty. After joining Shang Yi, he looked at it from the perspective of his rebellion.
Shang Yi is sure to be a wise ruler who can accomplish great things. He is obviously much stronger than Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others. He actually hopes that Shang Yi can one day be able to stand up for his own flag and become a hero of the founding king.
Maybe it can be named Yunxiao Pavilion and leave its name in history. Moreover, Shang Yi's behavior in Zhejiang seems to have some meaning, so Li Dingguo was full of expectations and usually wanted to publicize and spread the imperial court in the army.
Corruption and other armies are incompetent. From this point of view, his thoughts and Li Yan are quite similar.
After three days of hurry, Li Dingguo and Duan Peng also received reports from scouts, and the Qing army had sent reinforcements to capture Chuzhou again.
It turned out that Bai Yintu led a large army to Yizhen, and was cooperating with two other groups of people to gradually sweep the besieged area of Yangzhou and prepare for the capture of Yangzhou. At this moment, he also received the loss of Chuzhou and his own
The grain transport team was also robbed by the merchant army.
Bai Yintu was also shocked. It was really hard to figure out why there was a merchant army behind him, and there were still a lot of people. According to the defeated army, it was about 8,000 to 10,000.
How did such a large team run behind me?
But now is not the time to study the reason. Bai Yintu hurriedly reported the situation to Duoduo. When Hong Chengchou heard it, he understood that this must be a group of people who deliberately stayed behind him when Shang Yi was evacuating.
The purpose is to harass his rear and crack down on logistics supply. No wonder Shang Yi gave up more than a thousand miles of Huaixi so happily. It turned out that he had made this idea. He was indeed very clever.
Therefore, Hong Chengchou immediately suggested to Duoduo that he must not underestimate this man and horse. Anyway, the artillery transported by the Quartet has not arrived yet and cannot launch an attack on Yangzhou for the time being. So he mobilized the man and horse first to fight this merchant soldier and horse fighting on the outside.
Eliminate and relieve this trouble. Of course, Hong Chengchou also estimated that saying that there are 8,000 to 10,000 people in this team is probably an exaggeration. With the current total strength of the merchant army, it is impossible to leave so many troops on the outside line. It should be
Four to five thousand is the most reasonable.
Now Duoduo obeyed Hong Chengchou, and he also believed that this team would not be eliminated, which would be a problem for him to attack Changzhou. Therefore, he also dispatched troops and ordered Meilezhang Jinggong Ade, who was worshipping Yin Tu's troops, to lead his army from Liuhe
Returning, he marched from the east of Chuzhou, and his subordinate Gushan Ezhen Ashan led his army from Baita Town to fight back from the north; he ordered Meilezhang Jinglanbai, who was stationed in Dingyuan, to lead his army from Daqinling,
Attack the west. To the south of Chuzhou, the Luzhou Prefecture area entered, which is now Geng Zhongming's controlled area, and it is also a dead end.
The total strength of the three routes was more than 37,000, and the strength of any route was twice that of the merchant army. Therefore, Duoduo was determined to win the recapture of Chuzhou and encirclement and annihilation of this merchant army.
The merchant army was temporarily repaired in Chuzhou, but at least hundreds of scouts were dispatched every day to reconnaissance within a radius of 100 miles. Therefore, the movements of the Qing army were soon known by Li Dingguo and Duan Peng. They also knew that they had given up Chuzhou.
It was time. Li Dingguo also believed that although the Qing army divided its troops into three groups and came fiercely, its forces were now dispersed, which gave the merchant army a good opportunity to defeat them one by one.
Moreover, Chuzhou area is mountainous, and the merchant army has also conducted detailed surveys on the geographical conditions of this area. It is just right to find a suitable location to ambush the Qing army, fight a big victory, and break through the Qing army's joint attack on itself. Now it needs to be confirmed.