Two days later, Wang Shengrong's army once again defeated Song Yingchang's army and sent it back to Guangzhou, and two days later, the other three battlefield reports were also sent back to Guangzhou.

Looking at the pieces of information, Fang Nan finally smiled.

In the last battle, the number of casualties of the Ming army exceeded 30,000, and this time the number of casualties of the Ming army exceeded 40,000, and after two rounds of fighting, the number of casualties of the Ming army was close to 80,000.

The Ming court had a million troops, and when the People's Army captured most of Guangdong, it eliminated and captured more than 100,000 Ming troops, plus nearly 80,000 Ming troops killed and wounded in these two rounds of battles, the Ming court lost a total of 180,000 Ming troops, accounting for almost one-fifth of the total strength of the Ming army, which can show that the court military strength suffered heavy losses.

With the strength of the surrounding Ming army under the rule of the People's Army, the Ming army could no longer launch large-scale battles, and if it wanted to continue to launch large-scale attacks, it was necessary to mobilize more troops.

But in addition to the Ming court from the north, the south was basically unable to draw the Ming army.

There are still Ming troops in various parts of the south, but a large number of Ming troops were transferred by Song Yingchang before, the Ming army was already guarding all over the country, and there was a steady stream of bandits and bandits all over the country, if there was no Ming army to guard it, it was easy for chaos to appear in various places, so Song Yingchang could only transfer a part of the Ming army from all over the country, and could not transfer all the Ming troops.

Now that the Ming court wants to increase troops, it is a plan to transfer troops from all over the north, and direct recruitment from all parts of the south is also a plan, but both plans will take several months to do, especially the recruitment of new soldiers, and the combat effectiveness of the recruits of the Ming army is not as good as that of the new recruits of the People's Army.

Fang Nan didn't know which method the Ming court would use to mobilize more Ming troops next, but Fang Nan knew that the People's Army would have more time to develop and recuperate in the future, even if the strength of the People's Army could not be increased indefinitely, as long as the three arsenals created more firearms, the strength of the People's Army would continue to increase.

Since the People's Army occupied most of Guangdong, the People's Army has always regarded the development of military strength as the most important task, and now Fang Nan feels that it can increase the focus on people's livelihood while continuing to develop its military strength.

Thinking of this, Fang Nan prepared to convene the senior officials of the central government of the People's Army for discussion.

Soon, the news of the People's Army's victory over the Ming Army once again spread throughout the city of Guangzhou, and quickly spread to all parts of the People's Army with Guangzhou City as the center.

"Great, the KPA has won again!"

"The People's Army must continue to win, and I don't want to go back to the hard times of the past."

"The People's Army will definitely overthrow the Ming Court!"

This is the voice of the common people who support the People's Army.

"Damn, why did the officers and troops lose again?"

"God-damned thieves, why haven't they been exterminated by the official army?"

"My emperor, send a large army to exterminate the thieves."

This is the voice of a very small number of people who are still hostile to the KPA.

The People's Army once again defeated the Ming Army, and those gentry and businessmen who were hostile to the People's Army felt that the Ming Army seemed to be unable to exterminate the People's Army, and they could not return to the rule of the Ming Court, so they could only change their minds and continue their own livelihood.

After hearing the news of the People's Army's victory again, even Qiao Muxue and Qiao Muyu sisters ran out of the house with a smile and listened to the laughter of the people in the city.

The People's Army's victories again and again have not only increased the confidence of the People's Army itself, but also the confidence of the common people under the rule of the People's Army, and there is no need to be afraid of the Ming Army.

A few days later, the news of Song Yingchang's army was once again defeated in the capital, and this time Zhu Yijun was really angry.

Zhu Yijun trusted Song Yingchang and asked Song Yingchang to lead the army to encircle and suppress the People's Army, but it was good to say that he failed for the first time, after all, Song Yingchang had just come into contact with the People's Army and was not familiar with the People's Army, and the first army led by Song Yingchang had only 10,000 casualties, which was not much.

One failure was fine, but Song Yingchang failed again, the Ming army suffered more than 36,000 casualties, such a fiasco, Zhu Yijun felt that Song Yingchang violated his trust, and before other ministers could admonish, Zhu Yijun directly ordered Song Yingchang to be dismissed and investigated.

However, the people's army entrenched in Guangdong still needs to continue to encircle and suppress, after Song Yingchang was dismissed and investigated, the Ming army also needs a new commander, in the court, the ministers have made suggestions and suggestions, and recommended candidates for the commander of the army to Zhu Yijun.

"Shanxi Tongzhi" recorded: "Mei Yousong, a native of Neijiang, a Jinshi. Wanli divided the east road of the river, practiced the rule of officials, penetrated human feelings, eliminated treacherous and greedy, sparse and stagnant, the strategy was strong, the soldiers and the people were convinced, and the tired officials and governors announced great military affairs. ”

Interestingly, Mei Yousong and Song Yingchang were both born in the fifteenth year of Jiajing (1536), and both of them are generally old, both of them are already fifty years old.

Zhu Yijun issued an order to recall Mei Yousong back to the capital, and appointed the left servant of the military department and the right to the imperial history of the capital, and led the army to encircle and suppress the thieves in Guangdong.

Before accepting the emperor's order and about to leave for Jiangxi, Mei Yousong asked Zhu Yijun to exempt Song Yingchang from the death penalty and stay in the army to make meritorious contributions.

Mei Yousong's idea is very simple, Song Yingchang led the Ming army to fight the People's Army twice, and both times he was defeated, but Song Yingchang must have a lot of understanding of the People's Army, while Mei Yousong knows very little about the People's Army, and with Song Yingchang by his side, he can get a lot of help.

Zhu Yijun agreed to Mei Yousong's request and allowed Song Yingchang to stay in the army and make meritorious contributions.

By the time Mei Yousong left and often went south, it was already mid-April.

Back in early April, the second round of fighting a week ago ended with the defeat of the Ming army, and after the battle, both sides retreated, Wang Shengrong's army returned to Longnan County and Anyuan County, and Song Yingchang's army returned to Xinfeng County, and there will be no war in a short time.

On the battlefields of Huguang, Guangxi, and Fujian, the Ming army and the people's army only went through a few small-scale battles, and after getting the news of the defeat of Song Yingchang's army, the Ming army from all walks of life withdrew to the city one after another, and no longer fought with the people's army.

The movements of the Ming army are gone, and the People's Army has quieted down, except for daily patrols, every day is training, so that the combat effectiveness of the recruits can be improved as much as possible.

Because of another victory of the People's Army, the smiling faces of the common people under the rule of the People's Army have become more and more stable, and only those families whose families have been killed or disabled in the war are full of sadness.

However, they did not resent the People's Army, although their family members died in the war, the People's Army did not recover the ten acres of military land, which was already a very high compensation, and it was the People's Army that allowed them to live a good life, and they were even more resentful of the Ming Court who wanted to take away their good life.