Early the next morning, the General Directorate of Supervision reported the casualties and captures of each battalion to Pang Yue. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn this battle, the attack on Huguang Town appeared to be exceptionally smooth, and the casualty figure was even smaller than the last battle of Qingyuan. The total number of dead in the three battalions, the Flying Tiger Battalion, the Trapped Camp, and the Tiger Battalion, which were mainly responsible for the offensive mission, was only more than 300 people, and less than 600 people were seriously wounded. The Qing army was killed by nearly 3,000 people on the way to resistance and retreat, and almost all of the remaining 3,000 people were captured. As for the 2,000 Minzhuang who were hastily raised by Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong, after witnessing the combat strength of the Ming army, they all put down their rudimentary weapons without much resistance.

Attacking the enemy's garrisoned fortified city with a force that did not have an absolute advantage, it was still possible to achieve such a battle loss ratio, and the performance of Huguang Town made Chen Zizhuang, Zhang Jiayu and other leaders of the rebel army even more impressed. Although in the process of besieging the city and fighting in the streets, the rebels paid far more losses than the official army, Chen Zizhuang, Zhang Jiayu and others still rejoiced in this victory. They don't know how many times they had planned for this before, but today they finally fulfilled their long-cherished wish, and it is a cause for celebration no matter what.

In addition, Shi Fu and Cheng Sheng also felt extremely happy. After several sieges, more than half of the cannon fodder under their command had been killed or wounded, and they had been completely disabled. Fortunately, most of the hundreds of veterans of the Fujian army who served as the superintendent survived. This made Shi Fu and Chengsheng deeply comforted, after all, they didn't have to worry about the lack of firewood in the green mountains, as long as the foundation was still there, there would always be a day to make a comeback.

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After breakfast, Pang Yue commanded the envoy Yamen in Guangdong. That is, the original Admiral Li Chengdong met with Ma Yuancheng, director of the Intelligence Department, in the secret room in the backyard of the Yamen.

I have to say that Li Chengdong really likes to toss, although he has not been stealing the Yamen of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division for a long time. But for some reason, a lot of construction was built in it, and many secret rooms and dungeons were built. This is also convenient for Pang Yue, and he will have a safe place to go when discussing confidential affairs in the future.

"How's the Governor's Mansion going?" When Ma Yuancheng arrived, Pang Yue asked bluntly.

Ma Yuancheng said: "According to the confession of Tong Yangjia's cronies, his subordinates led the intelligence department and the brothers in the pro-army team to find a large amount of gold and silver in several hidden cellars in the backyard of the governor's palace, which were converted into silver, about 150,000 or 60,000 taels. In addition, there are a number of jewelry, calligraphy and paintings. It is worth about thirty or forty thousand taels of silver. There were not many brothers present, and they were all reliable people who could not walk. Other than that. According to the commander's orders, the confessor has been disposed of. It was announced to the public that this person was sworn to die and refused to surrender, but instead insulted the current saint, and was corrected on the spot by the unbearable soldiers. ”

Pang Yue smiled lightly and said, "Very good!" However, this Tong Yangjia is also quite good at collecting money. In less than half a year, nearly 200,000 taels of silver were looted. It's not easy! However, he could not enjoy the silver. ”

"Marshal, what should we do with these belongings?"

Pang Yue said: "You can't be too greedy, so let's leave one percent of the gold and silver, all the jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and all the rest will be moved to the command of the yamen, and the action should be fast." After a while. Lord Chen and Master Zhang are probably coming, and I will hand over the defense of the Governor's Mansion to them at that time. ”

"Yes. Dashuai, my subordinates will do it! ”

Pang Yue was really a little surprised to be able to seize such a fortune in Tong Yangjia's governor's mansion this time, he only knew that Li Chengdong ate black and swallowed a large amount of gold and silver from Ding Kuichu, the former governor of Liangguang, but he didn't expect that Tong Yangjia's ability to collect money was not far behind. This is nearly 200,000 taels of silver, if it is said that Tong Yangjia earned it through hard work, I am afraid that the pigs will laugh. Since they are all ill-gotten gains, Pang Yue doesn't mind taking them for his own use, after all, there are more than 20,000 people and horses in Huguang Town, and a lot of silver is needed to replenish grain and grass, innovate equipment, and build a water division in the future.

After Ma Yuancheng left, Pang Yue asked Xing Biao to be called again. This Xing Biao was the former head of the East Factory who pretended to be crazy in Changsha City and begged to see Pang Yue.

After a period of investigation, Pang Yue found that Xing Biao was indeed unique in engaging in intelligence work, so he gradually entrusted him with more and more tasks. And Xing Biao always lives up to the trust and can successfully complete the task every time. Therefore, on the way to Guangzhou not long ago, Pang Yue formally established another intelligence agency outside the Intelligence Department according to the original idea: Eagle Eye Guard, with Xing Biao as the director. At present, compared to the Intelligence Department, Hawkeye Guard is still relatively weak, only a few new members of Xing Biao's recent development and a small number of personnel transferred from the Intelligence Department at the beginning. Despite this, almost every member of the Hawkeye Guard, including Xing Biao, held their breath, bent on surpassing the Intelligence Division, and everyone worked extremely hard to get things done, which can be said to be tireless. In the face of the trend of Eagle Eye Guard catching up, the Intelligence Department did not dare to slack off, and its efficiency in doing things has also been significantly improved compared with the past, for fear that its leading position as the leader will be replaced. Within a short period of time, the two different intelligence agencies, both belonging to Huguang Town, began to compete. And this situation is naturally what Pang Yue is willing to see, there will be motivation only when there is competition, as long as there is no obvious conflict between the two institutions, then this kind of moderate struggle is not unavoidable.

After conquering Guangzhou last night, Pang Yue handed over the task of secretly raiding the Governor's Mansion to the Intelligence Department, and handed over the task of raiding Admiral Li Chengdong's Yamen to Hawkeye Guard.

Compared with Tong Yangjia's Governor's Mansion, the results of the raid of Li Chengdong's old nest can arouse Pang Yue's interest more, because he knows the history and clearly remembers that after Li Chengdong used the high-ranking official Houlu as bait to deceive Ding Kuichu out of hiding and kill him, he secretly hid most of Ding Kuichu's family wealth. This wealth is extremely rich, it is said that there are more than 800,000 taels of silver alone, and there are many rare treasures. Li Chengdong did this very secretively, and it may be a secret in the current era, but it is no longer a secret in the later generations, and Pang Yue naturally knows it well.

Like the twenty taels of silver in the governor's palace, this silver will not be clean, so Pang Yue will not have any psychological pressure when he picks it up. With this million taels of silver in hand, many things will be done much more smoothly in the future.

When Xing Biao came to the secret room. The expression was as calm as ever, and it was impossible to tell whether it was joy or sorrow.

"How's it going?" Pang Yue asked.

At this time, Xing Biao's brows wrinkled slightly: "It's not going well." Although that guy is a literati. But his mouth is very hard. Originally, there was a way to deal with this kind of person, and his subordinates also had a way, but unfortunately the guy's physique was not very good, and he would pass out if he couldn't stand much torture, from last night to now, the people under his subordinates have poured cold water many times to wake him up, but they haven't pried anything out of his mouth. We don't want to continue to torture. I had to stop for a moment so as not to kill him. It's better to hand over Li Chengdong's dog thief to his subordinates, that guy has rough skin and thick meat. It can withstand the toss. ”

Pang Yue showed a hint of a nonchalant smile, and did not answer directly, and said after a while: "I remember that you Dongchang seems to be very good at doing this, why hasn't there been a result for so long?" ”

Xing Biao showed a little ashamed: "I still hope that the adult will atone for his sins." Although the subordinate was in the East Factory before. However, he specializes in intelligence espionage, not torture, and his skills are not refined. If the senior brother under his subordinates was still there, if he had done it, it would probably have been done a long time ago. ”

"I don't mean to blame you, don't be too anxious, just do it according to your method!" Pang Yue said disapprerovingly, "Even if the torture is unsuccessful." Now that Li Chengdong's nest is completely under our control, it is not impossible for us to find it slowly. As for Li Chengdong. Don't rush to torture first, although that guy has rough skin and thick meat, his mind will definitely be firmer, and besides, it will be useful for me to keep him. ”

"Thank you for your tolerance, my subordinates are really ashamed."

"Okay, let's go, try to do it as soon as possible!"

"Obey the order, the subordinates will retire first, and they will live up to the trust of the marshal!"

Pang Yue didn't expect that the raid on the Governor's Mansion was quite smooth, but there was such a mistake in the raid on Li Chengdong's old nest. It seems that it is more difficult to get more windfalls!

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Walking out of the secret room, Pang Yue came to the study and had just approved a few official documents sent by various battalions, when he heard Wei Yuan come in and report that Chen Zizhuang and Zhang Jiayu had come to visit. Pang Yue had long expected the two of them to come back, and immediately asked Wei Yuan to invite them to the study.

Chen Zizhuang and Zhang Jiayu entered the study, first greeted Pang Yue for a while, congratulated Huguang Town on making new contributions, and thanked Pang Yue and all the soldiers of Huguang Town for retaking Guangzhou Yunyun from the Qing Dynasty on behalf of the fathers and elders from all over Guangdong.

After expressing his gratitude and resignation, Pang Yue put forward his thoughts to Chen Zizhuang and Zhang Jiayu: "I was about to send someone to invite the two adults to come. Now that the two adults have arrived, it is very good. Now that the city of Guangzhou has been recovered, our town has limited soldiers and horses after all, and it is inevitably a little powerless to control the vast area of the city. Therefore, I would like to ask the rebels under the command of the two of you to take over the defense of the Governor's Palace, so that the soldiers of our town can relieve some of the pressure, and I hope that the two of you must help with this! ”

Chen Zizhuang and Zhang Jiayu were stunned for a moment, they didn't expect Pang Yue to take the initiative to give up the defense around the Governor's Palace. You must know that Guangzhou is the core of Guangzhou, and the Governor's Palace is the core of Guangzhou. When Yang Tinglin came to Guangzhou and reported his merits to the imperial court, the ownership of the governor's palace would surely become an important basis for rewarding meritorious deeds. But Pang Yue was willing to let out the Governor's Mansion that he had worked so hard to bring down, and it was a bit unbelievable that he said it so politely.

Regarding the surprised expressions of Chen Zizhuang and Zhang Jiayu, Pang Yue seemed to have expected it and did not feel strange. He also has his own plans, people can't be too greedy, since they can already make a windfall, there is no need to take advantage of all the advantages, then it is easy to become the target of public criticism. In addition, Chen Zizhuang and Zhang Jiayu can be regarded as the absolute strength of Guangdong at present, and the forces under their hands are intertwined and deep-rooted, and it is very likely that he will have to deal with them again in the future, and there is no harm in having a good relationship with them first.

"Don't worry, two of you," Pang Yue said again, "In the process of attacking the Governor's Mansion, the soldiers of the Righteous Army also made a lot of efforts, and as a result, the defense of that area was also a matter of course, and it was difficult for outsiders to make irresponsible remarks. Are the two really unwilling to help Pang with this? ”

When it came to this, what else could Chen Zizhuang and Zhang Jiayu say, they stood up together and said to Pang Yue: "Dingwu Bo Gaoyi, it's really admirable!" I have thanked all the righteous people under the command of our representatives, but I dare not take the word help! ”

Pang Yue smiled and stepped forward to help the two of them: "The two adults don't have to be so polite!" (To be continued.) )