355 The Great War is coming
When the backbone generals of the remnants of the Ming army were controlled by Bai Guangen, there was no longer much obstacle to the next surrender.
Fan Yong and his henchmen Bai Guangen, with the tokens of the generals of the Ming army, took these armies in their hands, and after the Hongtang army received the signal, they launched the official finishing work.
"Ping Pong!"
"Jingle Bell!"
All kinds of weapons were placed in the open street by the soldiers of the Ming army, with either unwilling, numb or happy looks, and soon they converged into a steel hill, and from time to time there were weapons that slipped down and made a crisp sound.
"Fortunately, General Kong, no, it should be called Commander Kong!"
At this time, Bai Guangen was overjoyed in his heart, although there were not many remnants of the Ming army's Jinan Mansion, there were still eight or nine thousand people in total, especially those who could still hold their positions today, all of them could not be said to be the elite of the Ming army's Jinan Mansion garrison.
With Wang Pu, the chief soldier, and Gong Jilan, who was the doorstone before, a few generous gifts, at least in Bai Guangen's opinion, his position in the Hongtang army must have been stable.
"Hard work Bai General Soldier, your military exploits, the military merit department has reported to the Jingshi my Hongmen master, I think it will not be long before your reward and military rank will be sent!"
Kong Youde was also happy, he spent so much effort and delayed most of the day's effort to let Bai Guangen do this, in order to take down this stubborn remnant army of Jinan Mansion without blood!
This arrangement, although it delayed Kong Youde and their stationing on the spot to guard against the upcoming Ming reinforcements, but in Kong Youde's opinion, it was worth it.
First, the Hongtang army fought one after another, and the 50,000 army of crossing the river to fight still retains combat effectiveness, which is less than 30,000, even if Kong Youde and they have full confidence to eat the remnants of the Ming army's Jinan Mansion, but the enemy was injured by 10,000 and suffered 8,000 self-losses, and the loss of the remnants of the Hongtang army of the Ming army was not too small.
Second, the thousands of Ming Dynasty soldiers who have now surrendered will also become a powerful reserve force of the Hongtang Third Army after integration and distribution in the future, replenishing their lost soldiers.
"Then the subordinate has thanked the commander in advance!"
Bai Guangen expressed his gratitude with satisfaction, but he didn't forget to bring his henchmen to the front to introduce: "This is my deputy general Fan Yong, who has the courage to be unstoppable, thanks to his assistance tonight, we were able to successfully complete the plan, and I will ask Commander Kong to promote more in the future!" ”
"Welcome, welcome, we in Hongmen need a talent like General Fan!"
Kong Youde looked at the strong man in front of him who was half a head taller than himself with appreciative eyes: "It's really a strong general who has no weak soldiers, seeing General Fan's heroic posture, it's like seeing the figures of the soldiers under General Bai!" ”
"The commander praised falsely, compared with the brothers of Hongtang, we are still far behind!"
Fan Yong replied modestly.
Of course, this is not modest, after seeing the kung fu of Yao Wenzhong and their group of Hongtang special combat members, anyone will feel that there is a huge gap with them, coupled with the fact that they have been pressed and beaten by the Hongtang army, where does Fan Yong have the confidence to admit that their soldiers are tough!
A few people chattered for most of the day, while looking down from the city wall to the soldiers around them tidying up the battlefield, while looking at the south, where there was a 100,000-scale Ming Dynasty army killed, and the distance between Jinan Mansion was only two or three days.
"The next battle will be very difficult!"
Kong Youde seemed solemn, but in fact, he sighed confidently, and at the same time, he was imperceptible to observing Bai Guangen, who had just surrendered beside him.
"The army commander doesn't need to worry too much, the soldiers of our army are so fierce, and there are high-powered weapons such as muskets and artillery in hand, even if the Ming army has 100,000 soldiers, it will definitely not be the opponent of our army!"
"The last general is not talented, I am willing to ask the commander for his life, to be the vanguard of our army, and to boost the morale of our army!"
Bai Guangen also knew that at this moment, he could not hesitate at all, since he had chosen this step, at least in the short term, he could no longer show the slightest intention of rebellion.
"Hehe, I didn't expect that General Bai would have more confidence in my Hongtang army than my Kong Youde!"
Kong Youde showed a satisfied expression imperceptibly, and then teased easily.
"But Mr. Bai is coming to the ramp for the first time, I can't let you fall into a crisis so quickly, the vanguard thing has to be done by others, Mr. Bai will work with me to take a good look at the real strength of our Hongtang army!"
Even if Bai Guangen took the initiative to ask for help, Kong Youde would not be confused at this time, and no one could guarantee whether Bai Guangen had the opposite intention in his heart, and the pressure of Hongtang's Third Army was actually not small now, and the victory rate of fighting against the Ming army reinforcements was actually just a seven-three open in Kong Youde's heart, and any unstable factors could bring hidden dangers to them.
"Obey the orders of the commander!"
In fact, Bai Guangen himself was also worried, for fear that Kong Youde would cross the river and demolish the bridge and arrange a task for himself to die, so that he could swallow the fruits of his military exploits in a bright way.
In addition to tidying up the battlefield, more under the leadership and command of the engineer company, they turned into groups of hard coolies, and seized the time to repair the city wall of Jinan Mansion to deal with the upcoming attack of the Ming army.
"Summoning the order, let the cooking class have an extra meal today, so that the brothers can replenish their strength."
Looking at the hard-working soldiers below, Kong Youde felt proud from the bottom of his heart, this is the soldiers of their Hongtang Third Army, they can fight bravely to kill the enemy, invincible, and they can also work hard and work hard.
"Yes!"
Of course, at this time, it is actually a little too late to repair the city wall of Jinan Mansion, just the collapsed part of the city wall in the north that was destroyed by the Hongtang fleet, even if the entire Third Army officers and soldiers all go up to repair it, it is impossible to complete it in one or two months.
Even if there were hundreds of tons of special effect cement in the logistics of the Hongtang army, they could not make Kong Youde and them make a general repair quickly.
Moreover, from the very beginning, Kong Youde never thought that if he wanted to fight with the Ming Dynasty reinforcements in Jinan Mansion, what he wanted to do was to trample the 100,000 troops of the Ming Army face to face on the field battlefield, and become the military merit medal of the profiteers of his third army!
The reason why Jinan Mansion was repaired was only to provide them with logistics, as well as the captured people and Ming soldiers, as a place for resettlement.