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After daybreak, the city became completely quiet. At the same time, the Mawei Army also won the hearts of the people in the city, and some of the common people spontaneously identified the people who took advantage of the chaos in the city to the Mawei Army, and told the Mawei Army the hiding places of some people who slipped through the net, and some of the rebels who took off their uniforms were also identified one by one, and almost killed these rebels who were on the side of the disaster.

What surprised the people in the city was even more that after the Mawei army entered the city to clear out the chaotic soldiers in the city and stabilize the security in the city, they immediately left only a few troops to maintain law and order in the city, and most of the rest of the soldiers quickly withdrew from the city and set up camp outside the city. It's not that Yang Jian doesn't want to camp in the city, it's just that there is not such a big place in the city for more than 4,000 troops to be stationed, of course, if he wants to disturb the people, there is still a place.

The Mawei Army did not do anything to disturb the people at all, and almost all the people could not believe it. Previously, the government had posted notices indicating that the nearby Fujian rebels might be attacking the city, and some of the big families had moved to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the government had repeatedly told the people how cruel and greedy these rebels were, but when they saw the every move of the Mawei Army, they found that the information that had been instilled to them by the government had been completely subverted, and the official army had become a scourge for the disaster, but the Mawei Army, which was called a rebel army by the government, had become a benevolent and righteous army. but came and saved them when they were in distress.

Even some of the big families in the city who were destroyed. After the Mawei army entered the city. I also sincerely took out some food and other things at home. Give it to the Ponytail Army, and show their full gratitude. Of course, the Mawei Army did not lack such a thing, and all the food and money sent were not collected, and those left behind were also sent back.

However, although the Mawei army did not disturb the people, it seized a large amount of soft money and property from the rebels and the rebellious splashers. All of them were charged into the Mawei Army, which were all the trophies of the Mawei Army, and when they turned back to settle the war exploits, one of the spoils belonged to the captured troops. In a certain way, the scourge of these rebels in the city helped the Mawei army, on the one hand, they harvested a large amount of wealth, but on the other hand, they harvested the hearts of the people in the upper ring city, if not so, after the Mawei army captured the upper ring city. In order to win the hearts of the locals, we have to continue to do a lot of things. It's good now. The next thing is that the Ministry of Government Affairs will send people to come, and it will be much easier to get things done!

At dawn, the entire Upper Ring City had been completely controlled by the Mawei Army, and the defenders in the city were killed by more than 500, and all the others surrendered. The garrison around the city with more than 400 people failed to rush out of the west gate at all, and met the soldiers of the second battalion of the artillery division who had just exterminated the defenders of the west gate at the west gate.

Take the whole city, the next thing is to count the harvest, Yang Jian also immediately ordered people to go to the various warehouses around the city to count, but at this time the Mawei army also found that there was not much food and equipment left in the warehouse, and after interrogating a few petty officials, I knew that most of the food and equipment were transported to Fuzhou, and there were tens of thousands of troops who needed to supply, and the food and salary needed was a huge number.

Taking the upper ring city does not mean that it is over, and the Mawei army has to quickly take the surrounding county seats. When the upper ring of the city was completely stabilized, Yang Jian only left five hundred soldiers in the city, and all the others were sent out. The next actions of the various units of the Mawei Army in the territory of Guangxin Province can basically be said to be as rapid as rolling soup and pouring snow, no matter what forces exist in each county and village, they have all been taken by the Mawei Army strongly. There are generally only three or four hundred defenders in the six county towns, which is already a lot, as soon as the Mawei army arrived under the city, two of them surrendered immediately, and only two of them were left to defend to death, and the other two raised the white flag after the first round of shelling.

With the firepower of the Mawei Army, the Mawei Army has already had a strong ability to attack fortifications, and the defenders of each county town are still the same as before, and the weapons of the soldiers have not changed, so of course this county is easy to fight, even if the Mawei Army does not need to press the border with a large army, only a small number of troops can be sent to take the county. When taking a few of these villages, the Mawei army was in trouble.

Jiangxi is not like Guangdong, Guangdong was beaten too hard by the Qing army in the past, and there were not a few big powerful forces in the local area, and as soon as Shang Kexi surrendered, those people surrendered obediently. But Jiangxi's side is all different, and the local strength is intertwined. This side is still a heavy production area, one after another fertile land, among which there are many large villages, which are all fortresses built by local landlords and gentry, not to guard against the government, but to guard against those bandits on the mountain.

The gentry in these places did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to purchase weapons and other things for their private armies, but they never showed it in normal times, but once someone approached Dazhai, the young and strong people in the village would take up arms to defend. In the course of their advance, the Mawei army encountered many such forts, many of which were local gentry with an extremely bad reputation. According to the order of Geng Jingzhong, the governor of the Mawei Army, all the gentry with a very bad reputation need to be cleared, so if they don't say it, they will immediately take down these big villages.

In the final analysis, these landlords and gentry have limited financial resources after all, and the quality of equipment is not comparable to that of the Mawei Army, although they also have firearms, but in the eyes of the Mawei Army, they are all old-fashioned guys, even the most sophisticated birds, the Mawei Army does not look down on them. What's more, the vast majority of these people still use cold weapons such as bows and crossbows, and once they are suppressed by the firepower salvo of the Mawei Army, they are simply beaten on the wall. To say why not artillery? Hehe, these big villages are not comparable to the city walls of Fucheng County, and they can't withstand the bombardment of artillery.

In this way, the soldiers of the Mawei Army can be said to have long been familiar with the road, and the cooperation between the various parts of the labor is quite tacit, some of them are suppressed by muskets, and the sappers hold shields to clear the obstacles outside the fort, and finally some of the soldiers carry ladders to attack hard under the cover of dense guns and bullets. No matter how brave the Zhuang Ding under the Hao Gentry is, they are helpless in the face of such an attack, and they can often break through a Zhuang fort with one blow, and they almost do not pay any price. The muskets of the Mawei Army were quite good, and those strong men who were completely beaten did not dare to show their heads. In addition, those strong men are not regular soldiers at all, how can they have the fighting spirit to fight to the death? He didn't have to work for the bully squire, no.

Therefore, after the three battalions of the Mawei Army Artillery Division were dispatched, each battalion was responsible for one direction, and almost according to their own predetermined goals, under the leadership of the guide, the bully Zhuangbao in Guangxin Province and the bandit cottages on the mountain were attacked one after another.

In the face of such an offensive of the Mawei Army, the gentry in Guangxin Mansion usually do good deeds but clap their hands and praise, and those who are usually evil are dumbfounded, they see that they can't stop the Mawei Army, so they simply packed up some soft things before the arrival of the Mawei Army, and took their families to escape in advance, and some people were reluctant to do this family business, so they quickly sent someone to contact the Mawei Army, asking to surrender the Mawei Army, and obey the orders of the Mawei Army.

For these local squires who voluntarily surrendered, the Mawei army simply entered these forts, confiscated all weapons, and then controlled them. When the people from the Ministry of Government arrived, they were punished step by step according to the size of the crime. If it's really a heinous crime, then there's no way to do it!

Those who surrendered were not killed, nor were they robbed, which made many squires feel relieved, and there were more people who surrendered than those who ran away, and few people were willing to run away from home and business!

It is not too difficult to attack the county seat and Zhuangbao, but it is a big trouble to clear the bandits in Guangxin Mansion, which is even more troublesome than attacking the bully Zhuangbao. Although Jiangxi is not as many as Fujian mountains, but there are a lot of them, most of the high mountains and dense forests on this side of Guangxin Mansion are concentrated at the junction with Zhejiang, and this side is also the only land passage from Jiangxi to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so it does raise a lot of mountain bandits. Generally, passing caravans will pay the toll money to these mountain bandits, otherwise it will be difficult to pass.

In the past, the government did not want to go over to clean up, but the mountains and forests were dense, the officers and soldiers were insufficient, and they did not have the courage, so after several failures in the cleanup, they gave up this idea. And now the Mawei Army wants to calm the place, not just take the prefectures and counties, but also ensure the safety of the local people and the smooth trade routes. Therefore, these bandits have to be suppressed. Clearing them will not only facilitate the army to enter Zhejiang, but also win the hearts of the people in the two places, such a double thing, even if there is no Geng Jingzhong's order, Yang Jian will order the troops to do it.

Two months ago, Bai Xianzhong, the commander of the first division, wanted to continue to attack the city and pull out the village because of his meritorious service, and he wanted to continue to attack the city and pull out the village without a thorough Ningjing place, and was reprimanded by Geng Jingzhong, the governor of the capital, and now he is not so stupid, after taking all the cities in Guangxin Mansion, he immediately arranged a large army to clear out all the bandits in the territory. It's good that these mountain bandits surrendered, but the Mawei army who didn't surrender would not treat them so gently, and the army went up the mountain, and the guns and cannons rang out, and it only took a few artillery fires to flatten these cottages.

However, there are some cottages, which are in the real dense forest, and it is very troublesome to attack. These mountain bandits set up ambushes and traps in the dangerous areas of the mountain, causing many casualties to the Mawei army. But the Mawei Army also has quite enough experience in attacking cottages, and every time they suffer losses, they will immediately have a corresponding response plan, after all, so many bandit cottages have not been wiped out in vain over the years! (To be continued......)

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