On the day of the Battle of Haikang, the main force of the Tartar army collapsed, the large battalion was lost, tens of thousands of rebels and civilians were compressed to the seaside and riverside, abandoned the army and unloaded the armor, and 10 Ming troops could easily capture 100 green battalion soldiers who ran away.

The retreating more than 7,000 officers and men of the Green Battalion were blocked by mixed infantry and artillery units of the Federation Infantry and Artillery during the march, and after hastily occupying several favorable terrain, they set up spears on all sides, laid down three hollow phalanxes, and fired firearms layer by layer.

The coalition forces used cavalry to cover the battle line, cover the field artillery in position, and then give way to the firing range.

Solid shells easily smashed the green battalion phalanx, and the cavalry pursued, forcing the enemy soldiers to the Nandu River.

On the river, there were more than 40 sampans under the command of Marshal Rong, each of which was equipped with Fran cannons to block the retreat of the green battalion soldiers who tried to swim and escape.

"Those who abandon their weapons and squat on the ground will not be killed!"

Similar cries resounded across the battlefield, breaking the last resistance of the Green Battalion, and thousands of men were tied.

Under the blood-colored sunset, more than 20,000 soldiers covered in blood raised their weapons and celebrated loudly.

Walk the battlefield in good order, receiving the frenzied cheers of the soldiers to the commander-in-chief.

Hearty victory is like a sweet wine, which makes people intoxicated, which is the most beautiful enjoyment in the world.

Shou Xiang can feel that the temperament of the surrounding Ming army is completely different from before.

Jin Shiying and He Huchen received two years of complete training, and their weapons and equipment were no worse than those of the Tatars, but the confident expressions on their faces at this moment were unprecedented in Shou Xian.

No matter how good the training is, no matter how good the weapons are, and how well the military pay is, the war still relies on teamwork in the end.

After years of defeat, the soldiers of the Ming army lost trust in each other, and the officers were suspicious, such an army had no future.

The confidence of the army comes from victory, and the establishment of mutual trust in the team and the peace of mind of soldiers to hand over their backs to their comrades also comes from victory.

Only victory can temper a strong army, and defeat can never do this.

The morale of the army was high, and it was the right time to use it, so it was orderly to form three mixed infantry and cavalry units and cross the Tongming River to pursue northward.

In pursuit, a soldier's legs are as important as a bayonet, and a swift, resolute, powerful, and ruthless pursuit can maximize the results of victory.

The end point of the pursuit could not be determined now, and the order given to the leading generals was to pursue the enemy until the intensity of the enemy's resistance increased and the outpost battle was not dominant.

Then he was stationed in Haikang City in an orderly manner.

The city wall was full of bullet holes, and some shells penetrated 30 cm deep into the wall, which shows the intensity of the artillery battle that day.

Outside the east gate of Haikang, Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of Gaolei, led the civil and military officials to kneel down to Shou Xu, and said tremblingly: "Xiaoqi and the 7,000 soldiers and civilians of Haikang City, thank you for saving your life." ”

Orderly reined in the horses.

"Zhang Zhongcheng, people will help themselves and others will help them, and the day after tomorrow will help them. The first thing that Haikang was saved was that you did not give up, and you held Haikang City. ”

"If there is no army to be saved outside, there is no city to defend inside. The reason why Haikang City was won was because the soldiers and civilians of the city believed that the great unification system would definitely lead the army to save us, so the three armies were killed, and the people were very strong. ”

Shou Xiang sighed in his heart.

"The victory depended on the joint efforts of 20,000 officers and soldiers, and it was not the credit of any one person alone."

Zhang Xiaoqi couldn't suppress the tears in his eyes, "Haikang destroyed tens of thousands of powerful captives in the first war, since the Dongyu Rebellion, the country has never had such a field victory in the past 40 years, and it is enough for Xiaoqi to see this battle in his life." ”

"Zhang Zhongcheng, get up, the battle of Haikang has just begun."

Zhang Xiaoqi stood up tremblingly.

"I know it's hard to support in the siege, but for the time being, you can't rest, treat the wounded, escort the prisoners, replenish food and grass, count the captures, and there are many things to trouble you."

"Filial piety dares not to do your best."

Shou Xiang and Zhang Xiaoqi rode side by side, the army and civilians greeted each other on the road, and after entering the city, greater cheers came and went.

Shou Xuan established a temporary headquarters in the Sanyuan Qixiu Tower, and the view from this commanding height is very good.

Two days later, a speedboat arrived in Nanpujinbu, and Lu Zhan sent a relatively unexpected news.

The Green Battalion Gaozhou General Soldier surrendered to Lu Zhan.

Xian Qiyu had more than 3,000 troops, stationed outside Dianbai City, not surrounded by coalition forces, and his strength was relatively complete, and even the nearest pursuers were some distance away from him. Xian Qiyu can completely withdraw, with his current strength, he is the leader of the green battalion in Guangdong.

This chief soldier actually did it anyway.

The combat effectiveness of the Xianqi Yu Department is not as good as the first-class green battalion like Guo Hu, but it is also one of the main forces of the Tatar army in the two battles of Ganzhou.

For future considerations, Xian Qiyu's treatment must not be bad, Zhang Xiao bowed to the table, went to Qiongzhou to take a situation, and still appointed Xian Qiyu as the chief soldier of Gaozhou, and his military rank was promoted from the governor to the right governor. Naturally, Shou Zhi also carved a large piece of land for Xian Qiyu in Borneo.

In the following days, the statistics of the results came out one after another.

The Battle of Haikang seems to have become a repetition of the Liaodong battlefield that year, but the attack and defense of the two armies have changed shape.

The biggest gain is the enemy battalion, which is a high-value target.

The Tatars were very generous to the army that went to war, and there were rewards for the first place to go out, wounded, and beheaded to capture the flag and attack the city, and gold was found on the spot, so the Tartar army fought with a large amount of silver.

Many soldiers took the money and spent it on the spot, drinking, gambling and playing with girls, washing and mending shoes were all outsourced, the army was like a moving city, the imperial court put silver into the market through the army, and the army camp was a high-value target, more than ordinary prefectures.

The coalition army received a total of 500,000 taels of silver, which is only the number reported, and the soldiers from all walks of life must have their own gains. Shou Xian didn't expect the army of this era to be captured and returned to the public, and the money was left to the soldiers themselves.

The rest of the loot is mainly human resources.

In the battle and the subsequent pursuit phase, excluding the results of the Battle of Lianzhou, Li Laiheng, the coalition army captured a total of 64,000 men, almost all of whom were strong laborers.

Killed Geng Domain's commander Lian Decheng, Zhengbai Banner deputy commander Amida, captured Shang Domain's commander Xu Erxian, and captured 3 green battalion commanders, 7 deputy generals and 541 civil and military officials.

The Army screened prisoners in general.

The Tartar officers and soldiers who participated in the two battles of Xinhui cannibalism and Huazhou massacre were all escorted to Shilu Mine, and the rest were distributed to various farms and plantations.

With the military and civilian husbands sent to Houjiang to farm.

The merchant stayed in Leizhou, allowed to redeem himself, and was released as long as his family scraped together enough money.

The Ming army pushed the battle line back to the Moyang River, and the pursuing army stopped at Enping.

After the defeat of Leizhou, Beijing ordered the two feudal clans of Ping and Jing to move to the conservative army and forbid wild warfare.

The two armies returned to a state of stalemate.

Gaozhou, Xinyi, Yangchun, Yangjiang, and Enping, which were recovered by the Ming army, were repeatedly stugged for, and the people suffered heavy losses, and the household registration was less than a quarter of the heyday.

Spring ploughing is imminent, and the mobilized soldiers in the Ming army have to go home for production, and it is difficult to maintain a broad front due to insufficient troops.

The Ming army left an outpost in the Moyang River, and the main force withdrew to Lei Lian with 400,000 people, and the Ming army on the coast also had their own gains.

The unfinished population west of Enping moved to the next time, and the Ming army created a vast no-man's land in the inland area from Enping to Maoming.

More people will be transferred to Houjiang in the coming years.

Lin Tongwen and Li Junchang developed Houjiang for more than 10 years, and the immigrants built river embankments, dug canals, and initially completed water conservancy construction in Houjiang Prefecture.

After the battle line was stabilized, the 1st Regiment of the Army and the Sikh Cavalry Regiment left some soldiers, and the main force returned to the mainland to form the 1st Division of the Army, which was the seed unit of the 1st Division, and these veterans who had experienced actual combat would become the backbone of the 1st Division.

The main forces of the 2nd Regiment, 2 cuirassier squadrons and 2 artillery batteries returned to Houjiang and reported to the 2nd Division of the Army.

The artillery and equipment of the southbound troops remained in Jonesi.

The cavalry and horses have losses every time they are transported by sea, so they don't toss it, and the animal husbandry conditions in Qiongxi are very good, and the war horses are also left in the camp of Qiongxi.

The 9th Regiment was expanded into the Qiongzhou Mixed Brigade, which had two infantry regiments of 9 and 10, 1 cavalry regiment, 1 infantry artillery battalion, 1 chasseur battalion, and several other engineering and medical detachments.

The Guards Battalion is the backbone of the 1st and 2nd regiments, which is part of the veterans, and is expanded into the Guards Regiment, which has under the jurisdiction of the Old Guards Battalion, the Young Guards Battalion, the Guards Carbine Lancer Battalion, the Guards Mounted Artillery Company, and the Guards Mountain Infantry Battalion.

It is not difficult to obtain infantry sources for these two troops, and the technical arms will be put up first, and then slowly replenished.

Qiongzhou has become a large rear, and there are very few local garrisons.

There are 900 troops in Qiongzhou, Li District, and 2,500 water divisions in Haikou, and only a few security forces in the rest of the city.

Hainan Island has a population of 1.2 million, and the large island controlled by Zhou Luqing has shifted most of its economy to Qiongzhou with mixed brigades and detachments.

It is produced in the three counties of Leizhou Prefecture and is used to supply the two towns of He and Jin. Each castle in Leizhou retains 100 garrisons, and the rest of the soldiers are full of field troops, and the old and weak are turned into mobilized soldiers.

The rest of the area was still under the control of the various departments of the Defence Army, and a small number of standing troops and mobilized troops were combined, many of which were in fact former war soldiers, and only turned to production because of the lack of economic strength.

There was not enough money to replace the flintlock pistol, and the weapons of the Ming army were still a combination of cold weapons and arquebuses, mountain splitting guns, and Franc machines, but Haikang captured a large number of Tartar weapons and armor in the First World War, and gave all these weapons to the Ming army in an orderly manner, at least the rate of their equipment and neatness jumped significantly.

Shou Xiang also wants to reorganize those armies, but under the current economic conditions, he can only do it step by step.