Chapter 139, Model Army
After confirming that the Qing army had retreated far away, Guo Huaiyi sent sword and axe men out to harvest the heads of the corpses left by the Manchu army. Regarding www.biquge.info number of corpses left by the Qing army in this battle, Guo Huaiyi's judgment was similar to that of Lu Xi, and they all thought that it should be more than two hundred. However, there were not so many heads that were harvested, many of the heads were damaged by artillery fire, and some corpses were taken away when the Qing army retreated, so in the end there were only one hundred and thirty-two heads harvested. Some of them look like Mongols, and some may be coats or something, so it is estimated that there are probably only thirty or forty heads of the real Eight Banners.
But even with such a few heads, this is a rare victory in the battle between my Ming and the Manchus over the years. Now that you have won, it is natural to prepare for the good news. Wang Zhixian is a warm-hearted person, and he was worried that Guo Huaiyi didn't know much about how to write good news, so he personally came over to provide technical guidance.
"General Guo, your good news is too simple, isn't it?" After reading Guo Huaiyi's good news, Wang Zhixian frowned.
"Lord Wang, the lower officials have never read a book, nor have they been on the good news, so they really don't know how to write it, but isn't the situation and results of this battle all written clearly?" Guo Huaiyi replied.
"Alas, General Guo is a real person, and it is rare. It's just that this good news, in addition to telling Your Majesty about the victory of our army, also helps to boost morale. How can it be written in such a real way? Wang Zhixian said with a tone of hatred that iron is not made of steel, "General Guo, look, what are you saying here, 'The Dutch artillery team shoots accurately and is the first great achievement in breaking the captive', how can you say that?" Isn't this giving credit away? ”
"But the artillery team and the musket team are indeed Dutch! If it weren't for the insistence of the Dutch, the last general would not have dared to fight this battle. Guo Huaiyi pretended to be stupid, because Zheng Sen had told him a long time ago that if the Zheng family had an invincible sailor, the court would probably not be worried, after all, the sailor could not directly drive the ship to Beijing, but if the Zheng family also showed strong combat effectiveness on land, it might not be a good thing, first, the court may be suspicious of the Zheng family, and secondly, the court that is now waiting everywhere for rice to cook suddenly found that the Zheng family's land war is also so good, I am afraid that the Zheng family will immediately be given a royal order, from then on, what to exterminate the Liukou, what fight against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the affairs of the Zheng family are indispensable.
If the Zheng family is really an ordinary warlord, it's just a matter of not working hard or something like that, but the Zheng family makes money by doing business, and in order to not affect business, the Zheng family really can't have any big conflicts with the imperial court. So at least at this time, the Zheng family must find a way to hide part of their power.
Just now, Wang Zhixian just watched the battle from a distance, and the soldiers of the factory protection team, their clothing, whether it is armor or weapons, is completely different from the ordinary Ming army, plus Wang Zhixian is condescending to look down on the battlefield, and the big edge helmet of the factory protection team just blocked Wang Zhixian's sight, so Wang Zhixian definitely can't see that the factory protection team is not Dutch. Therefore, the main credit for this battle was attributed to the Dutch, which became the most beneficial approach for the Zheng family. Anyway, even if it is meritorious, the court commends it, but how much is it worth for the court commendation?
"That can't be said either. Besides, General Guo, do you think, how do we report the victory to the imperial court, and what do we care about the Dutch? Can the Dutch still run into the Forbidden City to show themselves if they can do it? Isn't it that we can say what we want? You, that's so real! Seeing Guo Huaiyi so unenlightened, Wang Zhixian couldn't wait to get rid of his hands and leave, just because of this battle, his planning work after the good news went up was absolutely impossible to run, so he barely stayed here to educate that stupid hat.
"And look at the list of people of merit in your newspaper, Steven Rogers, Peter Benjamin Parker, Tony Stark, James Logan Howlett...... These messy names, at a glance, you can see that this is definitely not our Ming people, so it must be changed here, and it must be changed to our Ming name......" Wang Zhixian continued.
"Wait...... Lord Wang, these people have indeed made meritorious contributions, and it doesn't seem good if their merits are buried......" Guo Huaiyi said hesitantly.
"Oh, why are you ...... like this" Wang Zhixian was about to faint, he gasped several times before continuing: "General Guo, those Taixi people, they often give themselves a Chinese name, don't they?" For example, the commander, his surname is Lu, and he also has a name called Xi'an, right? You can just report some names, even if you help them choose a Chinese name, what's not to do? ”
Guo Huai thought for a moment, and then replied: "Think about it carefully, what Lord Wang said is indeed reasonable, but the last general will not name people......
"Forget it...... Wang Zhixian couldn't stand it anymore, so he said: "Today's battle, this official also personally supervised the battle, this good news will be managed by this official, after writing, I will tell you about it, you can sign it again!" ”
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In just half an hour, Wang Zhixian's master wrote the good news. Wang Zhixian began to explain this good news to Guo Huaiyi: "'More than 500 people were killed in the war, and the rest were injured. Thousands of Dongzhi were killed and wounded, and one of the Great Chiefs was beheaded in formation, and the soldiers wrapped their corpses in red cloth and wept away...... "Well, General Guo, I know that we didn't die so many people, and Jianshen didn't die so many people, but there are more than 100 beheadings, and the enemy has only thousands of casualties, and there is no such reason in this world." And the general's command killed so many Jianxuan, and if hundreds of them didn't die, who would believe it? That's a building! Besides, with such a good news, the court first knew that the general was hard, and secondly, it also knew that the general's casualties were very heavy, and he would not have the strength to fight again in a short time. I won't let the general lead his troops to King Qin, how good is this......"
But Guo Huaiyi still shook his head vigorously and said: "The last general has never said a lie, and now that he says this, the last general's heart is really ...... It's better to think again. ”
Wang Zhixian was suddenly angry and happy: "Haha, General Guo, it's the first time in my life that I've seen someone like you who is honest, this is really ......" He shook his head, his beard shook and shook, and he couldn't think of a suitable adjective for a long time.
"Lord Wang, in fact, I'm not busy with this." Guo Huaiyi said, "As long as the head is in our hands, this credit will not run." Besides, even if this good news is written now, there is no way to send it to the capital, right? It's better to think long-term. ”
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Sure enough, only ten days after the long-term discussion, General Guo got a new news here: he was ordered to take the army all the way south, swept a lot of places along the way, and quickly conquered Jinan, and then continued to march eastward, and then it took less than fifteen days to conquer Denglai, and burned down the Denglai water camp. During this period, the officers and troops of the Denglai Water Battalion, that is, the army of the Zheng family, fought with the Qing army on the shore, but they were crushed at the first touch, and the losses were not small. Fortunately, the ships at sea had been prepared, and with the firepower of the ships, they finally rescued the remnants of the defeated soldiers, but the docks and everything were burned by Jianyan.
"Wang Zhixian, you see, now this good news, you really have to think about it." Guo Huaiyi frowned and said, "It's a common thing that this can't beat Jianying, not to mention the officers and soldiers of the water camp." It's just that the second general was defeated, but I reported the victory here, so the second general will not look good. So this good news must be changed. After all, the last general is the deployment of the second general......"
Wang Zhixian nodded after hearing this, and said: "General Guo, your concern is not unreasonable, but this good news is definitely going to be made." As for the second general, you can say this in the good news...... Well, let's just say that General Zheng Er put all the elites in his hands into our battle, and although this battle was won, the main force of our army still suffered heavy losses, so ...... In addition, the assistance of the Dutch can be barely mentioned. ”
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The failure of Zheng Zhihu's side was originally set according to the script. However, not long after, Zheng Sen received a letter from his father, in which Zheng Zhilong told Zheng Sen that Zheng Zhihu's fiasco was not all drama. Zheng Zhihu was not very convinced by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and planned to take this opportunity to weigh the weight of the Manchu Dynasty, but as a result, his soldiers, including his family team, were defeated by the Manchu Qing with a single charge. As a result, more than half of the more than 3,000 people were killed in the blink of an eye, and if it weren't for the proximity to the coast, those ships on the sea desperately covered with artillery, and if they didn't do well, Zheng Zhihu himself would not have been able to come back. After this battle, Zheng Zhihu and the entire Zheng family had a basic understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners, which was known as invincible in the world. (In fact, in the original history, the reason why Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a lot to do with the fact that when Zheng Hongkui (Zheng Zhifeng) was guarding the Yangtze River, the Zheng army led by him was defeated by the Qing soldiers who smuggled over.) At the same time, I realized that it was not bad to put my soldiers at sea now, but if I put them on the shore, it would not work at all.
Zheng Zhilong also thought that he had an understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Manchus and his own army, and Zheng Zhilong was very surprised that the factory guards relied on the fortifications to repel the Manchu attack. And since the factory protection team has become a model, he also gave the factory protection team a new name, called "Model Army".
"Model Army?" Looking at the name, Zheng Sen almost laughed out loud, "It will probably be a few years before Cromwell's new model army appears, right?" Well, when the time comes, his 'new model army' will look like they're copying us. ”