After the 3,000 soldiers returned to the city, they were immediately welcomed by the soldiers and civilians all over the city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe civil and military forces in Yangzhou City gathered in the square outside the Water Gate to welcome the return of the victorious soldiers.

All the civil officials and generals were all smiling, but their hearts were extremely complicated. The civil officials of Yangzhou were headed by Wei Yinwen, the governor of Huaiyang, and the civil officials of Yangzhou Governor Jiangdu County stood behind Wei Yinwen. Since Ren Siqi supervised Yangzhou, the government at all levels in Yangzhou has basically been hollowed out, and all Yangzhou affairs orders are from the Sulubo shogunate, and the officials and servants of the government and county have become the errands of the shogunate.

Although the civil officials were not angry in their hearts, they were helpless, first, it was understandable to implement military management during the wartime, and secondly, the civil servants of the Shogunate were extremely efficient and handled various affairs properly, which made it impossible for the civil officials to look at jokes. Moreover, the shogunate was generous, and the officials of the prefectures and counties in charge of the affairs took much more money than in the past, which also made these officers happy to serve the Suyub.

Forget it, be an idle official who only gets a salary and doesn't have to do things, this is the mind of most civil officials.

In fact, when Ren Siqi first entered Yangzhou, the generals did not look down on Ren Siqi, because Ren Siqi was too young.

became a general soldier in his twenties, and was also made an earl, how can those veterans who have been in the army for more than ten years or more than 20 years be convinced? In the hearts of these generals, Ren Siqi didn't know what relationship he had to get to where he was now. Defeated Zuo Liangyu's tens of thousands of troops in Wuhu? Please, it must be the victory of Jingnan Hou Huang Degong, Ren Siqi just followed Huang Degong to grab some merits!

However, as Ren Siqi led the army into Yangzhou, he first traveled 20 miles to attack the Qing army camp at night, and won 3,000 heads of the Eight Banners, such a great contribution has been unprecedented since the Manchurian Rebellion. If this is not convincing, then today, Ren Siqi sent a general to lead a partial army out of the city to attack, defeated 60,000 Qing troops in the south of the city, and rescued as many as tens of thousands of people.

The subordinate army has strong combat power and amazing achievements, not to mention the key is that Ren Siqi is extremely fair. After confiscating the merchants who had fornicated with the Manchu Dynasty, the seized silver was not all stolen, but took out a part of it to reward the three armies. On average, every soldier in the city was given the equivalent of half a year's salary, and each general received at least 5,000 taels of silver, which made them embarrassed to embezzle the salaries of their soldiers.

Not only was the money distributed, but even the food was much better than before. The entire granary of Yangzhou was now under the control of the Sulpo shogunate, and all the grain merchants' grain was purchased and requisitioned for military use at a reasonable price, and under the deterrence of the Daishan army, the heads of the wealthy merchants whose property had been confiscated were still hung on the flagpole in front of the governor's mansion, and now no one dared to defy the authority of the sulpun.

After controlling the grain of the entire Yangzhou, the food supply was given priority to the army. The food of each soldier was changed from two meals a day to three meals a day, and there was some meat in each meal.

Not only did the soldiers of the various armies eat much better, but even their clothes were different from before. As we all know, the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was the poorest army in history, and the soldiers' clothes were not much different from those called Hanako. The general's personal soldiers were better dressed and equipped, and the ordinary soldiers were dressed like beggars. A soldier often does not receive a set of military uniforms for several years, sewing and mending tatters and fighting with a hundred clothes called Hanako.

After confiscating a large amount of cloth and silk in the wealthy merchants' property, Ren Siqi immediately ordered to recruit tailors from all over the city to make uniforms for the officers and soldiers of the army. When there were not enough tailors, they hired women in the city to help make them, and after a few days of hard work, more than 10,000 sets of military uniforms were produced and distributed, no matter which general's subordinates, all veterans had one set.

Each soldier put on a brand new uniform, and his mental outlook was immediately completely different, which aroused the envy of those newly recruited.

Dressed in new clothes, fed, and with silver in their waists, the military discipline of the various armies improved greatly, and most of the soldiers were embarrassed to harass the people at will, and the clashes between the military and the people in the city decreased sharply.

Knowing that the improvement of life was brought about by Su Lubo, the soldiers of all armies had a great impression of Ren Siqi and the Daishan Army under his direct jurisdiction, and then listened to some Daishan soldiers tell about their family's good life in Daishan, and many soldiers did not feel yearning for Daishan. This also made many generals vigilant, for fear that Ren Siqi would return to captivity and take away their military power, of course, some generals simply had the idea of defecting to the Daishan Army in their hearts, and it was better to follow an army that could win the battle!

Liu Zhaoji, Shi Dewei, Ma Yingkui and other generals corresponded more frequently with Ren Siqi, and even Han Shangliang, the deputy general of Hu Shangyou, the general of the uncertain Sichuan Army, also put away his other thoughts, because they all saw the hope of holding Yangzhou.

After consulting with them, Ren Siqi readjusted Yangzhou's city defenses. Xicheng was the focus of the Qing army's attack, with the experienced general Liu Zhaoji as the main general, and the three battalions of the Daishan Army to assist in the defense of Xicheng. Beicheng was also the focus of the Qing army's attack, with the deputy general Shi Dewei as the main deputy general Ma Yingkui as the deputy, and also supplemented by the Daishan army of the third battalion. Nancheng is still led by Hu Shangyou, the chief soldier of the Sichuan Army, as the main general, and Han Shangliang as the deputy general, supplemented by two battalions of the Daishan Army to assist in defending the city. The county town to the east was defended by two battalions of Daishan infantry and all the naval troops.

Xinmu's more than 60,000 troops took turns to assist in the city, participated in the defense of the city, and trained at the head of the city in their spare time.

In this way, there are 26,000 veterans and more than 62,000 new soldiers in Yangzhou, with a total of 90,000 troops, although it is less than half of the number of Qing troops outside the city, but the strength to defend the city can be described as sufficient.

"Hahaha, hahaha!" Looking at the clumsy appearance of the recruits in the city during training, the veterans watching from the side laughed out loud.

The faces of the ridicule were flushed, but these recruits who had just joined the army did not dare to slack off at all, and repeated the boring actions over and over again with the orders of the leading officer. Soldiers who dared to disobey were severely punished, and several were still tied to the flagpole at the head of the city to bask in the sun.

"Squat!"

"Raise your shield!"

"Thorn!"

Orders were shouted from the officers' mouths, and the recruits mechanically followed the commands.

"Look, the Qing soldiers are coming!" A soldier in charge of the lookout pointed to the west and shouted.

All the soldiers who heard the shouting were startled, and they all turned their heads to look, and saw the flags waving a few miles away in the west, and the boundless Qing army column swept towards Yangzhou City. (To be continued.) )