Chapter 393: Aftermath
The 6,000 men of the sneak attack fleet sent by Liu Xingzhi were reduced to corpses under the blows of the guns and muskets of the big ship, floating in the blood-stained sea water and broken wood. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The fate of the Houjin people on the coast was equally tragic, and after the defenders of the security army had beaten their guns rhythmically, their attack was overwhelmed by bullets and could not move forward. The flat terrain gave them nowhere to hide, and the sudden change made the Houjin people, who were accustomed to charging and killing, unable to turn around for a while. It wasn't until Niu Lu Ezhen in the team was killed, and more than half of the Houjin people in the team were killed, that they remembered that they could still escape.
Leaving behind the corpses of nearly a thousand people, the Houjin people were frightened by the oncoming death, and the arrogance formed by the many victories over the Ming army on the battlefield was gone, and they shouted out of fear and turned their heads and fled backwards.
Also frightened were Mao Chengzuo's men, who not only witnessed the rape and extermination of Liu Xingzhi's men, but also saw the Houjin people, whom they considered invincible, walk to Zhang Chu's camp to die. When the Houjin people collapsed, they came back to their senses, as if the Houjin people did not rush to the front of the security army in the end, and the security army did not even have a single casualty, and they shuddered even more when they thought of this. Fortunately, this security army was incorporated by itself, and if it was an enemy, they would not hold out longer than Liu Xingzhi's people.
"Attack all and kill all the Tartars!" Mao Chengzuo was still relatively sober at this time and made the most correct choice. The soldiers on Phi Island woke up from a dream and rushed towards the Houjin people excitedly. Before the Houjin people fled into the mountains and forests, they were intercepted back, this kind of downwind battle was the best to fight, the number of soldiers on Phi Island was large, the Houjin people had no intention of fighting, only one charge after the Jin people were defeated, not only a large number of Houjin people were killed, but also the unprecedented Houjin people surrendered as prisoners.
The soldiers of Phi Dao suddenly rejoiced, cheering and celebrating, forgetting for a moment that it was the security army fighting, and they were taking advantage of it, because their hearts were so eager for a victory over the Houjin.
The security forces did not pursue after repelling the Houjin people, and Zhang Chu ordered the soldiers to stand by in the camp, because they did not know what role Mao Chengzuo and the others played in this sneak attack. Zhang Chu smiled when he saw Mao Chengzuo's army start attacking the Houjin people, no matter what he thought before, Mao Chengzuo made his position clear with his actions again. Only then did Zhang Chu order someone to flag the ships at sea, ordering them to cancel the alert on the opposite shore and rescue Liu Xingzhi's soldiers who had fallen into the water.
As soon as the Houjin army was cleaned up over there, Mao Chengzuo ran to Zhang Chu's camp to ask about Zhang Chu's safety, this was really asking knowingly, he was to show his attitude.
"General Zhang has been attacked, and the last general will be late to rescue, please forgive your sins." Mao Chengzuo said after giving Zhang Chu a respectful salute.
"I saw that you encircled and suppressed the remnants of the enemy, yes, you fought very well, and the soldiers on Phi Island still have the blood of the Han people." Zhang Chu is also telling Mao Chengzuo, I have seen your position.
"The last general is willing to unite with Chen Jisheng, Xu Futai and others to lead the army to clear the remnants of Liu Xingzhi's rebels and recapture the sea territory they occupy." Since you want to move in, you must have a letter of application. Mao Chengzuo decided to use Liu Xingzhi as his own step into the body. However, he still thought righteously enough to bring Chen Jisheng and Xu Futai in, lest the two of them not know Zhang Chu's strength and do anything out of the ordinary, and be destroyed by Zhang Chu.
"Okay, you guys go." Zhang Chu's words decided Liu Xingzhi's fate.
Mao Chengzuo left from Zhang Chu and immediately contacted Chen Jisheng and Xu Futai, the two of them were also shocked after listening to Mao Chengzuo's introduction, one was shocked that Liu Xingzhi really took refuge in the Houjin people, fortunately Zhang Chu was here, otherwise with his own strength, Houjin sent 1,800 people over, not to mention the annihilation of the whole army, at least the fate of the team being killed and scattered. They were even more shocked by the strength of Zhang Chu's team, and after inquiring in detail about the battle, the two were convinced, and the Houjin people paid nearly a thousand lives but did not hurt Zhang Chu's cold hair, saying that they could not become enemies with such a strong army.
The two came to the conclusion that Mao Chengzuo's choice was the best at present. Now it's time for them to perform. Originally, Liu Xingzhi was not all the way with them before, so there was no psychological burden when he started the knife.
The three families gathered most of the people and slaughtered the island that Liu Xingzhi had occupied. Originally, Liu Xingzhi sent all his troops to attack the security army fleet, and there were not many defenders on the island. Liu Xingzhi was not so lucky, he originally wanted to escape from the island and take refuge in the Houjin camp. But there are too many people around him who need his head to save his life and be promoted, Liu Xingzhi was killed by his cronies without suspense, and the head was sent to Chen Jisheng and others.
Liu Xingzhi's death ended this short-lived rebellion, but it also caused Dongjiang to lose a quarter of its armed forces, Chen Jisheng and others knew that it was difficult to survive in Dongjiang with their own strength, and at the same time saw the terrifying combat effectiveness of Zhang Chu's security army, and understood that Zhang Chu was really polite when he said that the Dongjiang army was unusable.
Chen Jisheng, Mao Chengzuo, and Xu Futai willingly expressed their acceptance of Zhang Chu's adaptation. As for the soldiers who participated in Liu Xingzhi's rebellion, Zhang Chu said that there was no need to embarrass them, and that he would organize them to participate in the construction of the island, saying that they would carry out labor reform. After a few days, those soldiers found that Zhang Chu was indeed not difficult for them, as long as they worked, they could eat, and their lives were not in danger, which was a good life for them. Those soldiers who died, Zhang Chu, reported to the imperial court that the Houjin invasion, Liu Xingzhi led his troops to fight bravely, and thousands of officers and soldiers were martyred. I hope that the imperial court can give them a better pension. In this way, Chen Jisheng and other Dongjiang generals were relieved a lot. They saw that Zhang Chu quietly wiped out five or six thousand rebels on the Dongjiang River, for fear that Zhang Chu was a cold-blooded person who loved to kill, and then everyone's life would be difficult in the future. Now it seems that Zhang Chu's killing spree was also forced by the situation, but unfortunately those Dongjiang brothers mistakenly followed Liu Xingzhi.
More than 1,000 people from Houjin attacked Phi Island, and Zhang Chu, the general soldier of Dengzhou, led the security army and Dongjiang soldiers to fight back and annihilate the enemy, but Liu Xingzhi and more than 5,000 Dongjiang soldiers were killed and reported to the Ming court, and the court was shocked, they were not surprised by the loss of more than 5,000 Dongjiang soldiers, but expressed doubts about the total annihilation of more than 1,000 Houjin troops. The Dongjiang soldiers had no concept at all for the ministers of the DPRK and China, otherwise they would not have even sent the people who commanded the Dongjiang River after the death of Huanglong in battle. It was not until Zhang Chu transported the Tatar heads to Tianjin and then transferred them to Beijing by ship that these ministers believed that the Ming army had achieved another great victory outside the Guan. It was only at the emperor's strong suggestion that the meritorious generals were commended, and the dead soldiers were compensated. Since this victory was won under the leadership of Zhang Chu, and Denglai nominally led the Dongjiang River, Zhang Chu was assigned to command the remaining troops of the Dongjiang River, and encouraged Zhang Chu to continue fighting, Emperor Chongzhen saw a glimmer of hope in Zhang Chu, and perhaps the miracle of defeating Houjin would be completed by Zhang Chu.
At the same time as the victory was reported to the imperial court, the entire Dongjiang region was busy, and all the Dongjiang soldiers were waiting for the security army to reorganize them. (To be continued.) )