Of the 130,000 troops, only 90,000 were eventually recruited, which means that at least 40,000 were killed in the first attack.

This is the result of firearms warfare, with a large amount of artillery thrown in, against a dense ancient battle formation, the result is the maximum number of casualties. Among them, there may also be the results of firearms, but tens of thousands of people can cause three or four thousand casualties in a round of shooting, and many times it is often the case that an enemy soldier is hit by three or four bullets, but the result is that a soldier behind him has not died.

However, being able to subjugate the enemy army is a good result.

"You, for the time being, are responsible for giving me a good look at this group of captives, if they are obedient, they will be really adapted in the future, and you will be their commander at that time." Zhang Hongwu called Su Ling, who was the first to surrender, and said to him solemnly.

"The subordinates will definitely complete the task!" Su Ling's role changed very quickly.

"General, do you really want to give him the command of this army?" The adjutant next to him asked suspiciously.

"When did I, Zhang Hongwu, not speak my words? But after this unit was sent to the rear, after it was reorganized, God knows how many qualified ones would remain? Even if they stay, for the troops who have just surrendered, they naturally cannot be used as front-line troops. Either stay in the rear as a left-behind force, or as an engineer, pave the way for our former training bridge, or even go to the local area to build water conservancy or something, do you plan to be such a commander? Zhang Hongwu said with a smile.

"Forget it, I haven't said anything." A fool would answer that he wanted to be.

At most, a few seconds of silence for the idiot who was kept in the dark and felt good about himself.

"Eat a big province in one go, that guy Saburo has such a big appetite. If this continues, I am afraid that another scientific expedition will be held next year, so that there will be enough officials to fill the new territory of Shanxi...... The biggest question is, I'm afraid that Houjin's side will have a big opinion, right? Forget it, just a Tartar, if you dare to come over, just hit it! Zhang Hongwu muttered in a low voice when no one was around.

Immediately, an order was issued to change the flag of the whole territory.

Within three days, the day before Lu Xiangsheng was about to start attacking Shaanxi, the whole of Shanxi announced its surrender under the threat of force from Zhang Hongwu and the Qin army marching from Shaanxi. Knowing that there are no more reinforcements and that the other side has invested a lot of artillery, the one who does not surrender is either an idiot or a martyr who is not afraid of death. Then again, which martyr is immortal?

Originally, Zhang Hongwu controlled Pingyang Mansion and most of Taiyuan Mansion, and his tentacles in the remaining small places also infiltrated some one after another, and now he suddenly became difficult, and before the other party could react, he actually ate it all in one fell swoop. The defenders everywhere had almost no chance to react, and they were all wiped out, either captured or loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

When the news spread, the world was shaken, and no one expected that Zhang Hongwu, a general of Shanxi, would openly rebel and take the whole of Shanxi to take refuge in the Qin army.

Immediately, the special Jinyi Wei continued to dig deeper, and finally all the information of Zhang Hongwu was presented in front of Chongzhen. This is different from the false information filled in by Zhang Hongwu when he joined the army, this is real first-hand information.

"Who was blind and actually recommended the second brother of the traitor Zhang Hongbin to me?" Chongzhen glanced at it and was directly thrown on the ground by the information.

The ministers present were also wronged, even if the information when Zhang Hongwu joined the army was fake, it was also a high imitation of this person. And after becoming a military general, he is also exquisite, not only knows how to train the soldiers well, but also knows how to usher in the send-off, and even wins the favor of the officials. Who would have thought that a qiē was a premeditated move, and the ultimate goal was to swallow the whole of Shanxi?

The dismissal of the military department Shangshu was an inevitable result, and he actually made a province without a single person, and it was already considered a blessing if he did not raze the three clans.

Tong Guò's operation, but it also accidentally put a seed in Chongzhen's heart that a martial artist was not credible, and even civil officials were suspected. Therefore, from here on, all high-ranking officers will be placed next to a prison guard. It wasn't until this time that Chongzhen suddenly realized that what he could really believe in the end was still those eunuchs? What an ironic thing this is, he destroyed the eunuch on the throne, and at that time he also mocked his imperial brother for appointing the eunuch as a party to the disaster, and now that he has been on the throne for so many years, he understands that the only thing he can really believe in is the eunuch......

Brother Huang, I don't know why, I suddenly feel that I am beginning to understand you.

It's just that at this time, Chongzhen's emotion is meaningless.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of today's plan, not to mention whether to discuss how to recover Shanxi, only to say that the Lu Xiangsheng Department stationed in Kaifeng Mansion in Hebei Province will continue to fight against Qin? If so, the minister felt that there was no need to invade Shaanxi, but only needed to go north, taking advantage of the fact that the Qin army did not control Shanxi, and recapture the lost territory as soon as possible and to the greatest extent was the best result. Zhou Yanru, the cabinet elder who had just ascended to the throne, took the opportunity to admonish.

Although this is also a bit of an over-the-top talent, his advice is indeed a sight to behold.

At the same time, he looked at him meaningfully, and muttered silently in his heart: You Zhou Yanru, can you be worthy of my trust?

Accustomed to the arrogance and deception of the Donglin Party, Chongzhen also began to grow up with the pro-government for a few years, and the price of maturity was a large decline in imperial power, and now I regret it in retrospect. The Emperor's Mind Technique has not been objectively studied, but it has been forced to begin to master some fur. The first thing to learn is to learn to doubt and doubt the true intentions of the courtiers, so that at least the Ming Dynasty or the imperial court can suffer greater losses.

For Chongzhen, it is already a good progress.

"Quasi-play!" After weighing it carefully, even Chongzhen began to think that Shanxi was not effectively controlled by the Qin army at this moment, and there was indeed a lot to be done, so naturally he could not give up the work of regaining the power in Shanxi.

So in just two days, Lu Xiangsheng received the latest instructions, in fact, he had already assembled his troops and was planning to attack Shanxi.

Even if there is no military order, no order from the imperial court, he will go north. He knew that if he didn't go north, it would be difficult to attack Shanxi again. There may be some risks in doing so, but as a Ming soldier, as a patriot, and as a loyal minister, Lu Xiangsheng feels that he should do so. Even if he sacrificed his life for the country, even if the emperor did not approve of his behavior, he had to regain some more territory for Daming.

What he also did not know was that after the capture of Shanxi, Zhang Hongwu's large army had already begun to march towards the border with Hebei in the south. Where are hundreds of thousands of troops squatting on the neighbor's side, how can they ignore it?

As for the other side, the 20,000 cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao had also set off from Shaanxi and killed Lu Xiangsheng.

Regardless of whether Zhang Hongwu would eventually face Lu Xiangsheng or not, Cao Wenzhao didn't mind accepting the credit. And he is so confident and willing, mainly because Lu Xiangsheng's tens of thousands of troops only have 3,000 cavalry. The most ironic thing is that in order to expand the army to the maximum, most of the basic equipment of the non-commissioned officers has not yet been completed, and many of the non-commissioned soldiers wear all kinds of civilian clothes and hold all kinds of weapons, and the real elite troops are actually only about 50,000 people.

Among the 50,000 people, there are probably more than 30,000 guns and more than 50 artillery pieces, which is what Lu Xiangsheng called confidence.

Little did he know that in the era of firearms warfare, numbers were no longer the key to victory. Such a dense delivery to the door is almost equivalent to food delivery.

But it doesn't matter if he doesn't know, soon the cruelty of the war will let him know this!