"Pingnanhou is really a good means, after today, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the entire Yangzhou City will no longer have the slightest fear of the enemy!"

Yangzhou Governor Ma Zhili smiled and said to Wei Yinwen, the governor of Huaiyang beside him. Although he was just standing by the river, he couldn't notice the looks of the people after watching this scene, Ma Ming also knew that the mood of the people must be different from the past.

Since the Qing soldiers besieged Yangzhou, hundreds of thousands of people in the city have lived in fear, fearing that one day the city will be broken, and they will be slaughtered by the Qing army.

Although the Pingnan Army is brave and combative, in the hearts of the people, it still cannot be compared with the notorious Eight Banners who can stop children crying at night.

As the prefect of Yangzhou and the parent official of Yangzhou, Ma Zhili naturally knows what the people think, but he is helpless.

Now after such a victory, seeing the countless Tartar heads stacked together in Jingguan will inevitably have a great impact on the psychology of the people, making them realize that the original Eight Banners of the Tartars are not invincible.

This will greatly boost the morale of the people in the city against the enemy, and it will also make the governor's palace and Yangzhou government decrees smooth, and it will also make some people extinguish their undeserved thoughts.

"In the past, when I heard about Pingnanhou's martial arts, I still had doubts, but now that I look at it, Pingnanhou's might is far better than the rumors!"

Wei Yinwen exclaimed. Wei Yinwen is the governor of Huaiyang, who has just been in office for less than two months, and is the second highest-ranking official under Chen Yue, the governor of Jiangbei.

By the river, Yu Feng, Li Chengdong, Lu Tai and others disembarked after taking the lead, and stood in a row waiting for their commander, and their Hou Ye reviewed.

Chen Yue slowly walked past them, carefully looking at them one by one.

"Yu Feng led the cavalry battalion to exterminate the green battalion soldiers, rescued tens of thousands of people, and risked the danger to lead the Manchu cavalry into the trap, which can be described as the first achievement."

Chen Yue patted Yu Feng's shoulder and nodded with satisfaction. After several years of battlefield fighting, this young man has matured and can already stand alone.

Listening to Chen Yue's praise, Yu Feng was not shocked on his face, but his heart was happy.

"Li Chengdong was able to lead his troops to block the retreat of the Manchu cavalry, and he made great contributions to the encirclement and annihilation of the Manchu Tartars, which can be described as a great achievement."

Chen Yue smiled at Li Chengdong and praised him. Chen Yue has always been very cautious about the use of generals under Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo, for fear that the bad habits of these people will bring damage to the Pingnan Army.

In fact, there are indeed many people whose bad habits are difficult to change and who have been severely punished by military discipline. However, this Li Chengdong is a smart man and has strong perseverance, and he actually survived half a year as a junior soldier in the training battalion, and then was appointed as a sentry when the new military camp was organized, and made great contributions in quelling the riots in the salt area, and was able to lead a battalion of new troops alone.

It is gold that always shines, and it seems that it is not unreasonable that Li Chengdong can break into the reputation of Nuoda in another time and space.

Listening to Chen Yue's praise, Li Chengdong's face showed excitement, he knew that from today on, he would completely get rid of the identity of a general and truly integrate into the Pingnan Army.

"The veteran is a top two, and he can annihilate thousands of Mantar cavalry, and the naval army of General Lu can be said to be a great contribution."

Looking at Lu Tai's weathered old face, Chen Yue praised with a smile.

The guerrilla battalion of the coastal defense battalion at the mouth of Dagu, which had been in the south from Tianjin, had exerted great vitality, and the water battalion led by him had become a powerful force of the Pingnan army, and it was precisely because of the presence of hundreds of warships in the water battalion that the canal in the Huaiyang section was firmly in the hands of the Pingnan army, making it impossible for the Qing army to cross the canal and ravage the vast area east of the river.

Therefore, although Yangzhou City was surrounded by Qing troops on three sides, the canal was firmly in the hands of the Pingnan army, and the vast land east of the canal was still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty and became a firm backup for Yangzhou.

"The last general is only forty this year, but he doesn't dare to call him old." Lu Tai said with a smile.

"Hahaha, Mr. Lu is not old, not old!" Chen Yue laughed.

Walking in front of the meritorious generals, Chen Yue affectionately called everyone's name and praised it greatly, and everyone was very excited.

"You've worked hard, you can rest for a day when you go back. Your merits are being counted, and there will be a reward in the near future. I will ask the Logistics Department to allocate meat and wine, so that everyone can have a good meal and make new contributions after resting! ”

After the review, Chen Yue rushed to everyone.

"Yes, Master Hou!" The generals agreed in unison, saluted Chen Yue, and then retreated, passing Chen Yue's general orders back to their respective armies.

There were 15,000 soldiers in this battle, so naturally they couldn't check everyone. The generals who came were all deputies, in order to send the captured heads to the city, so as to boost morale.

According to the rules of the Pingnan Army, the reward for winning the battle is very heavy, and more than 3,000 heads have been captured this time, and at least tens of thousands of taels of silver will be allocated, and it is best to count two taels of silver for each soldier, and the salary for several months. And the generals are rewarded more heavily, and they will make a note on the military merit book, and I don't know how many people will be promoted to one or two levels.

Not to mention the excitement of the soldiers, seeing that Chen Yue was busy, all the civil officials stepped forward to congratulate Chen Yue.

"Pingnan Hou's martial arts are world-famous, and thousands of Tartars were annihilated in a battle, and the battle was full of Tartar kings, which is really a world-famous martial arts."

Huaiyang Governor Wei Yinwen took the lead in congratulating Chen Yue.

The greatest merit in this seizure is the head of the Manchu Belenikan, Nikan is the grandson of the old slave Nurhachi, the cousin of the Manchu puppet emperor Shunzhi, who has a very high status in the Manchu court, and captured his head, which can be said to deeply inspire the heart of the entire Ming Dynasty. Although Nikan is just a Baylor and does not have the title of prince and county, but in the eyes of everyone, it will be sooner or later.

"Where and where, it is the soldiers who use their lives to have this record, and Ben Hou is just sitting in the city and enjoying his success."

Chen Yue smiled and said humbly.

"Master Hou doesn't have to be too humble, you have strategized and set a plan in the city, and the soldiers have fought bloodily to have this record."

Ma Mingli also laughed. Everyone knows that the myth of the invincibility of the Eight Banners has been shattered after this war, and with the Manchu Tartars who were annihilated in Sizhou not long ago, in just the past half a month, there have been as many as 5,000 Manchu Tartars who died under the hands of the Pingnan Army. And in the past ten years of the entire Ming Dynasty, in the face of countless Manchu wars, how could he have annihilated so many Manchu Tatars at one time?

As long as Chen Yue can hold Yangzhou without losing, and even defeat the Qing army outside the city, he will be the biggest general of the Ming Dynasty, and his martial arts will be close to the King of Zhongshan.

As for whether they could defeat the Manchu army outside the city, it was no longer impossible for the officials who had no hope in their hearts.

"May I ask Master Hou, what should I do with these heads?"

Yangzhou prefect Ma Zhi respectfully asked. With so many heads piled up on the streets, causing flies to buzz, it was not a solution in such a hot weather.

"Show the people for a day, so that all the city may come and see it. Then I will order the soldiers to hang them all outside the city wall with ropes, so that the outside of the city can be full of Tartars, and those who offend me will end up like this! ”