The battle that took place on the bank of the Haihe River on February 23, the twelfth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, ended at about eight o'clock in the night, although there were still groans and cries on the battlefield, but one of the parties had completely broken away and fled far away under the cover of night.

Although the other side won, it did not rush to catch up, but was busy treating its own wounded.

The doctors and nurses who accompanied the army were busy, and the bicycles became a tool for them to run from one camp to another. Although the road is not easy to walk, under the light of the torches, it will not fall into the ditch. They stayed up all night and stayed up all night in order to save as many lives as possible.

Yu Guozhen didn't sleep either, he had already sent out all the people he could send out, cleaning up the battlefield and counting the results. The news came from the banks of the Haihe River that the Huaqing and other warships had already left before night completely fell - if the enemy quietly approached and set fire at night, then the losses would be great. But Mao Yuanyi joined Yu Guozhen under the escort of dozens of tiger guards, and also waited with him for the results to be counted. Although Yu Guozhen also sent scouts to follow Jianyu from afar, because of the night, he couldn't see what was going on inside Jianyu.

The first thing to report was their own casualties, and the combined forces of the Huwei and Ming armies commanded by Yu Guozhen also lost 14,000 men, of which the number of casualties of the Huwei was as high as 1,100 - in just a few hours, the blood shed was deplorable.

After all, the Jianlu are not exactly cold weapons, they also have muskets, they are good at bows and arrows, and they also have an absolute advantage in numbers.

But it was all worth it, and the results were thoroughly counted at twelve o'clock in the evening. Of the more than 37,000 people killed, only 50,000 were taken out by Dolgon, and almost half of his troops were lost here.

There were no prisoners.

This is not entirely true, in fact there is another captive, that is, Turai, but this guy has been handed over to Sitku to clean up, and Yu Guozhen has completely forgotten about him.

"Big win. The big victory, the hatred of Inspector Sun, the revenge of Lu Xiangsheng. There is also the revenge of the people of Jinan, and finally some revenge! Hearing this number, Mao Yuanyi was so excited that she almost burst into tears.

Left by Dolgon. The vast majority of them were true captives, and the number of Mongols and Han Chinese was relatively small, and among the enemies killed, the total number of Han Mongols was less than 7,000, while the number of true captives was more than 30,000!

Now the total number of soldiers who can fight is only more than 100,000 and less than 200,000!

And the troops used in this battle in Yu Guozhen's hands are a little more than 40,000, and on average, almost every soldier has eliminated an enemy.

"And after this war, there will inevitably be civil strife. The balance between the builders and the captives is based on mutual strength. During the war, I estimated that the two white flags and the two red flags suffered heavy losses in this battle, and they would inevitably join forces to deal with Huang Taiji's criticism. If what Mr. Mao said about Hauge being killed is true, even if Dolgon goes back, there will be a great internal strife within Jianyu! ”

Mao Yuanyi thought so. He said with admiration: "The lord really has a good grasp of people's hearts, so it is better for Dolgon to go back alive, and Hauge is better to die!" ”

"I'll go and see how the wounded and sergeants are resting, and Mr. Mao will go to rest too?" Speaking of this, Yu Guozhen saw Mao Yuanyi's tired face after being excited. Then he got up and said.

Mao Yuanyi didn't stretch out his arms, legs and feet vividly, and nodded, he was indeed extremely tired, and it was time to take a rest.

Perhaps it was the joy after the victory that made him sleep soundly, and when he woke up from a sweet dream, he found that it was already bright outside. After the field battle, the accommodation was only in the barracks tent, so when he opened the door of the tent and came out, a ray of red sun shone on his eyes, which made him have to squint.

"It's all ...... Eight o'clock or nine o'clock? He asked casually.

"It's half past nine, and the officials have come to look for Mr., and when they saw that Mr. was asleep, they didn't be alarmed."

The words of the guards around him moved Mao Yuanyi greatly: "The lord didn't sleep all night, right?" ”

"Yes."

"How can this be done, do not persuade ......"

These days, whether it is marching or fighting, Yu Guozhen has always been no different from ordinary tiger guards, but after yesterday's battle, tiger guards can rest, but Yu Guozhen himself cannot rest.

hurriedly found Yu Guozhen, but found that the surrounding army was pulling out the camp, and it seemed that he was ready to transfer. Mao Yuanyi saw that Yu Guozhen's eyes were also red, and he was very energetic, so he persuaded: "The lord should also take a rest!" ”

"We can't rest, we're going to go, cross the river at once. Just now the scout came with the news that the Jianyu in the north had fled, so many people were uncontrolled, hungry and cold, and some people were dying of cold and hunger every moment. Yu Guozhen said: "The pontoon bridge has been built, let's go and gather the people, this matter must be in the forefront." ”

"How?" Mao Yuanyi keenly noticed the depth of Yu Guozhen's words.

"Wang Pu, Cao Bianjiao and others are moving troops, Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang are doing a good thing." Yu Guozhen sighed: "It is about the news of the Battle of Panlongling entering Beijing, and Jingzhong feels that Jianyu is going to retreat anyway, and it is not appropriate for us Huwei to go north again." I have to gather the people before the real envoy arrives, and I can save one person. ”

Mao Yuanyi's joy suddenly disappeared.

He knew what the officials in the court were thinking, and he was preparing to return north after the looting, which was a good thing in the eyes of the court officials, so Yu Guozhen's pursuit was originally a "provocation". If they had heard the news of yesterday's victory, they would have been even more horrified, it was a victory that had nothing to do with them!

And Chongzhen, surrounded by such a group of people, trusted Yu Guozhen before, and he will soon run out of patience!

"Looks ...... The era of burying one's head in development is over. Mao Yuanyi muttered.

"No, it's just the beginning." Yu Guozhen laughed happily: "The news from the DPRK, Xue Guoguan is about to go, and Zhou Yanru has already left for Jingshi, and the appointment of the Chang'jiang County Order has passed." ”

"A county land?"

"Yes, it's not like Xinxiang is just a city, or like Qingdaokou is just a port, but a whole county. If a house is not swept, how can the world be swept away, and a county cannot be appeased, so why is it peaceful? ”

Speaking of which. Yu Guozhen had both desire in his eyes, and a kind of prudence that Mao Yuanyi couldn't see through.

"The lord is worried?"

"Naturally, I am worried that in the past, we were almost all self-made in Tan Xiang and Hoi An, although the population is small and the manpower is insufficient, but there is also an advantage, that is, painting on a blank sheet of paper. You can do whatever I want. This is not the case in Changjiang, where Han and Li are staggered, and the Han people have many clans. We are not prisoners, and we cannot do evil, so we ......"

Speaking of which. Yu Guozhen did not continue.

Mao Yuanyi also felt that this matter was tricky, and it could even be said that it was even more tricky than the previous war. What he Xinxiang will face will no longer be a visible enemy, but an invisible force that has been hovering over China for thousands of years. It's not all bad, so that completely destructive and subversive extermination is presumptuous and stupid in this day and age, but it's not all good, so it has to be done, and maybe with a knife or a gun if necessary!

The power of tradition and habit.

Xinxiang has indeed created a brave new world, but can this brave new world move to places where the forces of tradition and habit are greatly influenced. That's where work comes in.

"I'm going to have a seminar when I go back, and I'm going to lead it myself." Yu Guozhen said of his plan: "Gather people from all parties to discuss possible problems, let's try our best to make a plan, and if we are prepared, there will be no trouble." ”

Mao Yuanyi nodded. This is civil affairs, he knows it, but he can't interfere.

The Battle of the Haihe River came to an abrupt end after a day of fierce fighting, and the next day Yu Guozhen crossed the Haihe River and began to pick up the abandoned people again, and the people who escaped were grateful to Huwei and Yu Guozhen himself. Among them, a large number of teenagers have asked to join the Tiger Guard, which has its own person in charge to deal with it.

There is not very good news, that the king was not rescued after all, after Hauge was killed, at the same time as the rout of Dolgon, the Jianju to the north put the king to death, which is regarded as revenge for Hauge. Originally, Jianguo was also going to kill all the captured people, because they already knew that they could not bring back the loot, but the tiger guards sent by Yu Guozhen at night worked, they crossed the river in small boats, and then set off muskets and artillery all night, and in the darkness Jianguo thought that the tiger guards were attacking, so they could only throw down the prisoners and escape.

Although the Jianyu still took part of the harvest, mainly gold and silver that was easy to carry, as well as the grain and grass necessary to maintain the march, the capture of the Huwei was still huge, in addition to the huge amount of grain, which was enough for the people to return to the east of the mountain, and more than 400,000 taels of gold and silver. The amount of gold and silver seized was somewhat smaller, which was only about half of what the Jianju plundered, given the confusion at the time of the retreat.

Now Xinxiang no longer needs to rely on the spoils of war to support development, and Yu Guozhen is not ready to bring back the more than 400,000 taels of silver, but uses it on the spot for the resettlement of the people and the pension of the fallen court soldiers. This was originally something that the imperial court should have considered, but now that the military movements around him were obvious, the imperial court did not intend to prioritize these issues, but put him and his army in a "priority" position.

This made Mao Yuanyi very angry, but Yu Guozhen was prepared.

Unlike Jianyu's organizational ability, Huwei only took one day to let hundreds of thousands of people cross the river again, and then set up a supply point every fifteen miles along the way, and the people could walk forty-five miles a day, plus the people of the prefectures and counties they passed through returned to their hometowns one after another, and when they returned to the eastern part of the mountain, it was already March.

At this moment, two pieces of news came one after another, the first one was from He's northern Qian'an, and Huang Taiji, who entered the pass, "fainted" after seeing the body of his eldest son Haoge, and died!

The second news came from Jingshi, the court praised Yu Guozhen for leading his troops north, but at the same time let him return to the fiefdom, and because of the death of King De, Shan'dong officialdom was reshuffled, and the governor Yan Jizu and others were dismissed, including Zhang Bingwen also resigned, and Sun Lin was also reprimanded.

These two pieces of news made Mao Yuanyi feel bad, but Yu Guozhen didn't care.

But he also understood that his short-term intimate relationship with the Ming court was over, and Huang Taiji died earlier than the history in his memory, which also means that history will set off new magnificent waves!

(Well, what a coincidence, on the last day of this month, the last chapter of this volume ends!) ）