Chapter 234: Judgment (I)

The torrential rain fell for half a day and a night, and it was not until the next morning that it finally left, and ten thousand rays of sunlight came out from behind the dark clouds, and instantly dyed the whole world golden yellow, intertwined with the fog rising from the ground, hazy, like a dream.

Thousands of corpses, lying quietly under the golden mist, the same complexion, the same height, the same face full of nostalgia and unwillingness, the overnight rainstorm, has washed away the blood on their faces and hands, even on the ground, it is difficult to see red, they are like a group of newborn babies, lying quietly in the arms of the wilderness, shoulder to shoulder, arm to arm.

More than a dozen war horses slowly walked through the corpses, everyone's faces were very solemn, especially Zhu Bayi, because he didn't expect the resistance of the Qing army to be so fierce in advance, when he first received his own casualty statistics, he was almost in a hurry, until this moment he didn't want to believe that the scene he saw was real, and the muscles of his cheeks were still twitching.

It was too tragic, yesterday's battle was so tragic that it was almost incomparable, although it had been cooperated by Zhang Song, the governor of the pseudo-Luzhou Prefecture in advance, and the Qing army was caught off guard, the Huai'an army still paid a huge price for the total annihilation of the enemy.

Affected by the storm, the muskets and artillery completely failed, and the battle between the enemy and us completely turned into hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons, and the Huai'an Army was only a short period of more than five months from the last expansion, and the hand-to-hand combat ability was far less than that of the young army soldiers who had followed Zhang Mingjian for many years. Driven by the idea that surrender may also be executed", they exploded their amazing combat effectiveness at the last moment of the battle, and would rather be killed on the spot than captured.

It was only thanks to the strong armor and the strong organizational ability of the grassroots officers that the Huai'an army barely completed the goal of this battle, and the four new armies that participated in the battle were disabled by two, and it may be difficult to face a stronger enemy in a short time.

"The training of hand-to-hand combat has to be stepped up, the reason why our Huai'an army has been able to win many battles recently is mainly to take advantage of the fact that the enemy army is not familiar with firearms, and Polo does not spend his uncle and nephew with Timur, and he is not treated by the imperial court, so he refuses to fight with us, in case the shortcomings of the Yuan army's firearms, and specially pick up rainy days to fight, our advantage will not be able to be waved, in addition, the number of our soldiers is too small, and we must find a way to expand as much as possible." Following Zhu Eighty-one, the elder Shi Lulu was also worried.

So far, the goal of the Lianghuai Campaign that he originally set has been completely achieved, the actual control area of the Huai'an Army has been fully doubled, and there is only a water gap between it and the grain-producing areas in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Hu Dahai and Mr. Su have already started to recruit a group of new recruits among the displaced people who have come to defect, in addition, the prisoners captured in these battles, if I am willing to stay and receive training, I can also leave some as appropriate, as well as Yangzhou City" sighed softly, Zhu Bayi responded in a very low voice, "Zhang Shicheng sent someone to deliver a letter a few days ago, many people in Yangzhou City are homeless, and there are no relatives to run to, fighting and making trouble in the ruins all day long, recruiting a group of young and strong enlistments from them, which should alleviate a lot of problems. ”

For the difficulties of Yangzhou, as long as he thinks about it, the roots of his teeth are itching, a large city with a population of nearly one million, the richest place in the world, actually overnight, was ruined by Zhang Mingjian and others, and the reconstruction work after the disaster, as well as the resettlement of the people, have now become a huge burden on the Huai'an army, more than 600,000 mouths need to be fed, even if only two meals of gruel are given a day, it is an astonishing amount, and in this rainy winter, in addition to allowing the victims to eat, keep warm, prevent disease, Epidemic prevention and other things are imminent.

Some time ago, he was busy leading the troops to hunt down Zhang Mingjian, so he arranged the relevant work to Zhang Shicheng and Wang Kerou, and the latter two were anxious to curry favor with him in exchange for the support after crossing the river, but they also did their best, but no matter how good the aftermath work is, money and food can not be conjured out of thin air, Yangzhou City has not been in the situation for more than ten years, and I am afraid that it will not be able to restore the previous prosperity, as for the tax and porcelain and shipbuilding industry that were planned to be obtained from Yangzhou before the army, it has become a dream bubble, and it is impossible to get it in a short time.

"According to the general's opinion, the property recaptured from Zhang Mingjian's hands this time can not be distributed to other friendly forces, but all of them can be used for the peace of the people." Xu Da stepped forward and whispered.

Because he was stationed in Sizhou for a long time, far away from Huai'an, his Third Army was the least affected by Zhu Eighty-one himself, and his dependence on firearms was also the lowest, so in this battle, the losses were far less than the other three new armies, but the capture and capture were more than the other three all gains, except for Zhang Mingjian and Fan Shutong, most of the Qing Army and the rebel generals became prisoners of the Third Army, and several places where thieves buried stolen goods were also him and Wang Bi.

According to the internal unwritten rules of the Huai'an Army, the person who contributes the most naturally has the greatest right to dispose of the seizures, so Zhu Bayi did not make any rebuttal, nodded, and said in a low voice, "Since you and the fat man have no opinion, I will thank the brothers for the people of Yangzhou first, and in addition, Chuzhou City will be handed over to Wu Youtu's Fifth Army to occupy, and you and Wang Bi will take the Third Army and will be stationed in Yangzhou in the future." ”

"The last will obey." Xu Da immediately straightened his chest on horseback and saluted Zhu Bayi.

Yangzhou City is the Huai'an Army's exit to the south of the Yangtze River, although the city was burned down, but the strategic significance has not declined at all, the lord of his own country handed over Yangzhou City to the Third Army, not only fully demonstrated the importance of himself and Wang Bi, and the Third Army can directly receive the gratitude of the people of Yangzhou, without letting them fight bloody capture, cheap others.

"The Third Army has been expanded to 15,000 soldiers and 15,000 auxiliaries, the time is not limited, and I will let Mr. Su give you priority in providing you with the money and food you need." Zhu Bayi nodded lightly, and then continued to announce, "We have too few men and horses, and the training is not enough, in a short time, I have no plan to send troops to Jiangnan, but you two must defend this place for me, not only Yangzhou City, but the entire Yangzhou Road east of the canal, all handed over to you, within half a year, don't let a single soldier of the imperial court cross the river." ”

"The last general will never dare to live up to the love of the governor." Xu Da hugged his fists again, and his heart was surging.

In the entire Huai'an military system, he Xu Da was definitely the first general to be entrusted with a place all the way, and even the old team Liu Ziyun and Wu Yongchun, who were the first to follow Zhu Bay's family, did not enjoy this kind of trust.

People treat me as a national soldier, I will repay me as a national soldier, in an instant, Xu Da's mind flashed many thoughts on how to repay the kindness of the encounter, however, before he had time to express his meaning, Zhu Bayi nodded again, and continued to whisper, "After returning to Yangzhou, don't be busy handing over with Zhang Shicheng and Wang Kerou, the Third Army will first recruit the victims, work for relief, and clean up the area of the original government, I will openly interrogate Zhang Mingjian and others in that area, and give an explanation to the father and elder of Yangzhou." ”

"Yes." Xu Da gave his hand again, but his voice was far from being as firm as before, in his opinion, Zhang Mingjian deserved to die, but the other captured enemy generals could only be regarded as coercion, if they could not be killed, it was better to keep a life, after all, these people are the sons and nephews of some fortress owners on Yangzhou Road, killing them will not help the Third Army to stabilize the place in the future, in addition, these people are also the sons of the Han family, and their martial arts are quite good, rather than killing, it is better to give them a way to live, so that they can make meritorious contributions in front of the army.

"That Fan Shutong, who used to be a lobbyist for Zhang Mingjian, shouldn't have followed Zhang Mingjian to kill people and set fires." At this moment, Lu Luzeng was thinking more about the relationship with Liu Futong, and he also arched his hand towards Zhu Eighty-one and reminded in a low voice.

"But he didn't do anything to dissuade him." Zhu Bayi glanced back at him and vetoed in a low voice, "Whether he participated or not, it's too early to say, you have to interrogate several major participants that day to know, as for Bianliang's reaction, you don't need to think about it, if Liu Shuai blindly protects his shortcomings and turns a blind eye to the blood debt of more than 200,000 lives, what big things can he achieve in the future, what is the point of Zhu mixing him up again." ”

"That being said, for now, it's better not to separate, or not to separate." Lu Lu once knew that Zhu Eighty-one was reasonable, but from a safe point of view, he continued to admonish in a low voice, "First, Liu Futong did not support Zhang Mingjian before, and he was obviously showing favor to us, second, the governor had used the power of Mingjiao, if he just had his own territory, he would be busy drawing a line with Mingjiao and spreading it, which would also cause great damage to the reputation of the governor. ”

"Indeed, my subordinates should also ask the chief manager to think twice." Chen Ji, who joined the army, also stepped forward and dissuaded him in a low voice.

"Please think twice." Robben, who joined the army, also thought that killing Fan Shutong would damage the overall situation, so he stepped forward and handed it over.

"Interrogating him publicly does not necessarily mean that he will be put to death, nor is it meant to humiliate them in public." Zhu Bayi was slightly stunned at first, and then immediately understood that everyone had misunderstood what he meant, "The main offender and the accomplice, the punishment is definitely different, as for whether they are guilty or not, you, I and others don't count, those victims can be counted, if the fathers and villagers in Yangzhou City think that someone is not guilty, Zhu will definitely not touch a single hair of his hair, but if the Yangzhou fathers and elders think that he will die and cannot be redeemed, even if there is a fairy Lao Tzu to do the background for him, Zhu will definitely not let him go." ”

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