Hong Chengchou retreated in a very orderly manner with 50,000 or 60,000 defeated soldiers, while collecting some defeated soldiers who were not completely gathered, and on the other hand, he also sent a complete unit to block the pursuers of the Huaxia Army, seeing them like this, Geng Quanli did not dare to chase too fast, and followed suit, only the more than 7,000 cavalry of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade were like crazy mammoth war elephants, constantly impacting Hong Chengchou's defense line with battalions as units, defeating Hong Chengchou's rearguard again and again to block the cavalry, and then rushing into the defeated army to pose a threat to Hong Chengchou's Lu army.

However, these could not stop the retreat of Hong Chengchou's Lu army, Hong Chengchou has changed from a strategist and a master strategist to a qualified tactical general, constantly inflicting damage on the cavalry brigade, and constantly repeatedly collecting defeated troops.

In recent years, Hong Chengchou's Lu army is still very high-quality, and perhaps its combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the elite troops of the Huaxia Army, and it cannot be compared with the field brigade of the Huaxia Army with advanced weapons, but it can still be greatly improved in terms of discipline, queue movements, and combat experience, otherwise it would not be so tenacious with the Fifth Field Brigade, and it would be able to finally collect so many defeated troops when retreating.

Collect the defeated soldiers This has always been a major weakness of the Qing army and the Ming army, once the battle is won, the rout can come back automatically, and it is not a matter of losing some people, the generals can also eat the salaries of those lost soldiers by the way, drink some blood, once the battle is lost, then, morale is low, 10,000 people can collect 3,000 people Thank God, 7,000 people ran away without a trace in an instant, it is difficult for the generals to find, they can only pull the strong Ding on the spot, and replenish it, anyway, their soldiers are not strong in combat, they are ordinary farmers.

But Hong Chengchou's Qing army is a veteran of more than ten years of fighting, at least a veteran of training for five or six years, Hong Chengchou studied the Huaxia Army, nothing else learned, this discipline and queue is learned, just like the army of our Republic of China, the blood is there, the appearance of war is there, but the weapons are not advanced, the tactical literacy is not good, and the battle cannot be won, but how to say that people are also students taught by Germany, Britain, and Japan, if you want to say that the queue is a first-class excellence, to say that the discipline is of course the discipline of my Heavenly Empire, But if you want to say that the war is powerful, it is still the German army in World War II, from the queue to discipline, to blood, obedience, and tactical literacy, not to mention that one enemy is ten, and one enemy is five certain.

Hong Chengchou's Qing army now if it fights a war in the era of cold weapons, then it must be elite, coupled with Hong Chengchou's overall strategy and strategy, few armies can defeat them, if you add learning the firearms and tactics of the Huaxia army, the Qing army can also be defeated, but it will not work with the Huaxia army.

Bai Wenxuan finally decided to contact Lin Yangsheng.

After adjustment, he changed from the director of the hard labor battalion to the garrison of Xinghua Mansion, and he was in charge of only 800 people, which was a big gap for him, so he thought of this way, thinking about finding people for the Huaxia Army, which was not much talented, and the people he could contact were nothing more than some former peasant army generals and some bandit leaders.

And it just so happened that an intelligence officer who participated in the Milin Zaiting Prefecture came back to meet one of his subordinates, and said that what they encountered in the Tingzhou Mansion that day was Ma Han, and Ma Sanli met the strange people and horses.

After Zhang Liang's explanation later, they learned that this group of men and horses was Bai Wenxuan's troops, and Bai Wenxuan had an intersection with him, so he sent an old man around him who had dealt with Bai Wenxuan's subordinates to lobby.

In April 1651, Bai Wenxuan entered Fuzhou with his own troops and accepted Ruan Jin's changes, Bai Wenxuan served as the garrison envoy of Fuzhou Prefecture, and became Lin Chengcheng's superior, and Lin Chengcheng was finally promoted and became the deputy garrison envoy, in charge of all the garrison troops in Fuzhou Prefecture.

This is a temporary position set up by Zhang Qiang, which should have been under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces Department of Fuzhou Prefecture, a civilian official of the Armed Forces Department, while Bai Wenxuan and Lin Chengcheng are military generals, and others can only accept the leadership of the Armed Forces Department, which is under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces Department of the state capital, and the Armed Forces Department is under the jurisdiction of the Military Department of the Cabinet.

Putting the generals of the garrison under the civilian officials is Zhang Qiang's compromise with his history, the late Ming Dynasty, and the feudal society of the early Qing Dynasty, so that people can adapt and accept his reforms, all reforms cannot be too big, otherwise they will be counterattacked, Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty, as the first assistant, has been counterattacked by the Ming officialdom, not to mention Zhang Qiang from another world.

If he wants to make his rule more stable, he can't take too big a step, so he can only put it in his cloth pocket and quietly practice some official and military positions in later generations that he is used to.

For Bai Wenxuan's betrayal, Nanming Longwu was helpless, and now he broke up with the other party, but he still accepted Zhang Qiang's assistance, and he was angry about this matter, but he couldn't run over to question, or turn his face, he was no longer your subordinate, not your official.

Now the Huaxia army is in full swing.

Bai Wenxuan and Lin Chengcheng both had the rank of major, but they were actually half a level higher than the major, because they were independent leaders of the troops, stationed on the border between the Huaxia Army and Longwu Nanming, and did not need to be garrisoned generals in the core area of the Huaxia Army, and they had great prestige, in order to give the later people some yearning, Zhang Qiang appointed them to positions different from his newly formulated official system.

Zhang Qiang did not hide this news, but two months later, Zhang Mingzhen, who was in Hangzhou Mansion, jumped out and announced that he would take his 8,000 soldiers and horses to join the Huaxia Army.

Zhang Qiang also didn't expect that although Zhang Mingzhen was a person he had cultivated who would definitely be poached, Zhang Mingzhen's coming over now was a blow to his relationship with Lu Jianguo's court.

But he still has to accept it, because Zhang Mingzhen has prestige and popularity.

Two months later, Zhou Cong, the prime minister of the Huaxia Army, appointed Zhang Mingzhen as minister of agriculture and entered the cabinet.

Zhang Mingzhen's troops were handed over to Wei Wuji for reorganization, and after adding some elite garrison soldiers, Zhang Mingzhen's troops became the 17th Brigade of the Jinhua Volunteer Army Field Brigade.

The 17th Brigade was stationed in Shaoxing Province.

The newly formed 16 Field Brigade was stationed in Ningbo Province.

Receiving such a blow, the Lu Jianguo court had to withdraw troops from all sides back to Hangzhou, ending the attack on the Qing army in Jinling.

After Zheng Chenggong's troops left some people to garrison Chongming Island, they also withdrew to Baodao.

In this wave of attacks on the Qing army, Lu Jianguo's southern Ming army and Zheng Chenggong's Ming army suffered heavy losses, 30,000 people were captured or killed in battle, and more than 20,000 people escaped.

After the Qing army lost 50,000 or 60,000 troops, it kept this important base in the south, Jinling, which was also the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Hong Chengchou, who was in Jinling, breathed a sigh of relief.

The Longwu court lost Nanchang and Jiujiang, Li Chengdong's troops retreated to Fuzhou Mansion, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren, and Li Youde retreated to Tingzhou Mansion.

Ganzhou Mansion has never been taken.

also lost Guangzhou Mansion and Chaozhou Mansion.

Because Hu Kui and Feng Wuyu were emphasized by Zhang to come back, Xiao Fei's army also returned, Hu Kui and Feng Wuyu entered Wenzhou Mansion, and Xiao Fei retreated to Fuzhou Mansion.

All the troops of the Jinhua Righteous Army were concentrated in the territory of the Jinhua Righteous Army.

Re-equipping, re-replenishing troops, rotating resting troops.

Hu Kui took over the 1st Field Brigade, Feng Wuyu took over the 2nd Field Brigade, Xiao Fei took over the 3rd Field Brigade, Ruan Jin took over the 4th Field Brigade, Xuanyuan Longfei took over the 5th Field Brigade, Ma Sanli was transferred out to take over the 6th Field Brigade, Liu Liangzuo took over the 7th Field Brigade, He Jin took over the 8th, 9th, and 10th Field Brigades stationed in the state capital, Tang Dianfeng took over the 11th, 12th, and 13th Field Brigades stationed in Baozhong, Qi Sansheng took over the 14th Field Brigade, stationed in Sanmen County, Longzhu Island, Ma Weixing took over the 15th Field Brigade, stationed in Jianning Mansion, The 16th Field Brigade was succeeded by Nguyen Vu, and the 17th Field Brigade was replaced by Nguyen Su.

At this point, Zhang Qiang's former henchmen have all become prefects, or transferred to the center for promotion, and the civil officials who have taken refuge in the past have all entered the ranks of civil officials, and senior officials have been appointed in the center or locality, and the newly dug Ming army generals have also become garrison-level military generals.

Mi Chun served as deputy prime minister and governor of Jinhwa Province.

Gu Yuesheng became the head of the Cabinet of Soldiers.

Chen Hanhui became the prefect of Taizhou Prefecture and the governor of the water division, governing the water division and the Taizhou government.

Zhang Ying is still the commander of the water division, but the water division in his hands is too important, and there are too many troops to be transferred at once, and there is no manpower.

Except for Ruan Jin, Ruan Shu, and Ruan Wu, who also served as a general of a naval team of the naval division, the remaining three naval teams were all managed by Zhang Ying. Xuanyuan Longfei also served as the chief officer of the fleet stationed in Wenzhou Prefecture.

The Jinhua Righteous Army, no, the land and sea of the Huaxia Army, the troops, and the civilian system, are almost straightened out.

And Zhang Qiang has also controlled Lu Jianguo's Ming Army and Longwu Ming Army in terms of economy, weapons and equipment, and even troops.

The strength of the Huaxia Army has once again leapt to a higher level.

This increase in strength made the Huaxia Army strong enough to fight the Qing Army in terms of strength.

By the Spring Festival of 1652, the Huaxia army had reorganized its armaments and was preparing to attack the southern forces of the Qing Tartars.

And the Qing army through a few months of understanding, through several years of accumulation, gradually figured out the ins and outs of the Huaxia army, know the details of the Huaxia army, the court, Dolgon worried, he for the first time so serious about the Huaxia army, this force that had defeated them, and expelled their forces from the southeast coast, hiding under the wings of Longwu Nanming.

"Order to promote Bai Wenxuan to the rank of staff general, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, lead the 18th Field Brigade temporarily, go to Huizhou Mansion immediately, and cooperate with Ma Sanli's Diliu Field Brigade to recover Huizhou Mansion."

"Liu Liangzuo immediately led the 7th Field Brigade, dismissed Zhu Ge from the position of deputy brigade commander of the 7th Field Brigade, promoted to the rank of staff general, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and took over the provisional formation of the 4th Cavalry Brigade.

"Du Ge's 10th Field Brigade advanced while replenishing, followed behind, and when it arrived at Nanchang Mansion, the three armies attacked Nanchang Mansion together"

"Mi Lin resigns from all his current positions, reinstates the post of Minister of Internal Affairs and Military Intelligence, and immediately works in Raozhou Mansion, grasps the military situation of the four places, and contacts all ministries at any time."

"After this order was achieved, Liu Liangzuo's Seventh Field Brigade took over the defense of Nanchang Prefecture, stationed on the spot, calmed the people's hearts, and cleared out the remnants of the Qing army, bandits, soldiers and bandits, and all other forces that opposed the Huaxia Army,"

"Du Ge led the 10th Field Brigade and Zhu Ge's Provisional Fourth Cavalry Brigade to Jiujiang Mansion and took Jiujiang Mansion, and after that, Zhu Ge guarded Jiujiang Mansion and echoed Liu Liangzuo's department."

After Huang Tao's 1st Cavalry Brigade pursued the enemy, he returned to Huizhou Mansion to rest, and after that, he joined Ma Sanli's 6th Field Brigade to march into Ningguofu, and after Ningguofu was settled, Ma Sanli's troops were stationed in Ningguofu, and Bai Wenxuan's troops were on guard across the river with the enemy, and they were not allowed to attack privately without orders, and Huang Tao's cavalry brigade continued to march to Jinling to assist Wei Wuji's army in attacking Jinling, and be sure to take Jinling. ”

"Qi Sansheng's 14th Field Brigade immediately marched into Jinling, assisted the 16th, 17th, and 15th Field Brigades in appeasement, and obeyed Wei Wuji's dispatch."

"Feng Wuyu's Second Field Brigade rests and replenishes on the spot, replenishes its elite into Liu Liangzuo and other expeditionary troops, and then waits for the rear to dispatch troops to replenish, or it can replenish the troops among the wounded on the spot, and reorganize and disrupt the remnants of the formation."

"After the replenishment of the Hukui 1st Field Brigade is completed, it will return to the state capital, guard the state capital, and support the war in the surrounding areas."

"The 2nd Cavalry Brigade of Baghyalu and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade led by Du Ge stayed in Raozhou Mansion, and the 1st Brigade of the Guards Brigade replenished and trained, waiting to be reequipped."

"Xuanyuan Longfei's Fifth Field Brigade, immediately go to Ganzhou Mansion, obey He Jin's command, march to Ganzhou Mansion, and after taking Ganzhou Mansion, continue to march to Guangzhou Mansion,"

"Transferred Lin to train the garrison to go to the Tingzhou Mansion to garrison, and promoted Lin to become a garrison general, and also the Fujian prisoner camp, the presidential system of the hard labor camp, and controlled all the prisoner camps and hard labor camps. In the future, the prisoners and hard labor captured by He Jinbu were all sent to the Tingzhou Mansion for teaching. ”

"The 8th Field Brigade Ma Weixing returned to Quzhou Mansion, taking into account the defense of Jianning Mansion, and the 9th Field Brigade Ma Weiren followed He Jin's Department to rest in Tingzhou Mansion, under the leadership of He Jin, together with Xuanyuan Longfei's Fifth Field Brigade, attacked Ji'an Mansion and Guangzhou Mansion, and after taking Ji'an Mansion, handed it over to Liu Liangzuo's Department to guard and continue to march into Guangzhou Mansion."

"The 11th Field Brigade returned to Fuzhou Prefecture and was stationed to support He Jinbu at any time."

"Qi Sansheng's 14th Field Brigade immediately marched into Jinling, assisted the 16th, 17th, and 15th Field Brigades in appeasement, and obeyed Wei Wuji's dispatch."

"Feng Wuyu's Second Field Brigade rests and replenishes on the spot, replenishes its elite into Liu Liangzuo and other expeditionary troops, and then waits for the rear to dispatch troops to replenish, or it can replenish the troops among the wounded on the spot, and reorganize and disrupt the remnants of the formation."

"After the replenishment of the Hukui 1st Field Brigade is completed, it will return to the state capital, guard the state capital, and support the war in the surrounding areas."

"The 2nd Cavalry Brigade of Baghyalu and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade led by Du Ge stayed in Raozhou Mansion, and the 1st Brigade of the Guards Brigade replenished and trained, waiting to be reequipped."

"Xuanyuan Longfei's Fifth Field Brigade, immediately go to Ganzhou Mansion, obey He Jin's command, march to Ganzhou Mansion, and after taking Ganzhou Mansion, continue to march to Guangzhou Mansion,"

"Transferred Lin to train the garrison to go to the Tingzhou Mansion to garrison, and promoted Lin to become a garrison general, and also the Fujian prisoner camp, the presidential system of the hard labor camp, and controlled all the prisoner camps and hard labor camps. In the future, the prisoners and hard labor captured by He Jinbu were all sent to the Tingzhou Mansion for teaching. ”

"The 8th Field Brigade Ma Weixing returned to Quzhou Mansion, taking into account the defense of Jianning Mansion, and the 9th Field Brigade Ma Weiren followed He Jin's Department to rest in Tingzhou Mansion, under the leadership of He Jin, together with Xuanyuan Longfei's Fifth Field Brigade, attacked Ji'an Mansion and Guangzhou Mansion, and after taking Ji'an Mansion, handed it over to Liu Liangzuo's Department to guard and continue to march into Guangzhou Mansion."

"The 11th Field Brigade returned to Fuzhou Prefecture and was stationed to support He Jinbu at any time."

(End of chapter)