"Congratulations to the country! The thief of Dodor has been beheaded! The surname of the country, you are really blessed with great fortune, heroic and martial arts, protect me to rebuild the Ming Dynasty, and restore my sight!"

"We wanted to capture him alive, but he and the guards around him stubbornly resisted and fought to the death, so we had to shoot indiscriminately. I wanted to bring down the bindings, but I didn't stop."

At night, as Cao Bianjiao personally led the team to roar back to make contributions, the news of Duoduo's award of the head was also completely spread throughout the Ming army's large array, and there was thunder for a while.

Some people who didn't know whether they were alive or dead even coaxed in front of Zhu Shuren and shouted long live, which really scared Zhu Shuren a lot. Fortunately, the other party did not add a title, but it can also be interpreted as a celebration of long live Daming, which is enough to cover up the past.

"The surname of the country is such a martial arts strategy, wise and martial, since he led the army, he has never been defeated! Sure enough, it's not that I'm not good, it's because the first emperor didn't let the country surname master control the overall situation, and the place where the country surname can't control it is so erosive!" The uneducated generals around Zhu Shuren praised them one after another, and poured out good words as if they didn't want money.

And Gu Yanwu and other civilian officials were not to be outdone, and followed the book bag to sing praises:

"It's still a saint today, humble as a valley, a gentleman is not a weapon, and the military power of the world is awarded to the president of the country, and there is no doubt about employing people. Sun Tzu said, the one who will be able to win but the king is not the king, this is also said!

But as long as we Han people can share the same hatred and hatred, unite as one, and do not suspect civil strife, there are only hundreds of thousands of ***, and it is not possible to turn over and destroy it!"

Although Zhu Shuren has a modest personality, it feels good to be praised like this occasionally.

This is the killing of Duoduo, can't it be cool?

But after all, he was a man of extraordinary self-control, and after only a little enjoyment, he knocked on the generals:

"Although Duoduo is dead, there are still some remnants of the enemy who have not been pursued and exterminated, all the soldiers must not be slack, it is advisable to chase the poor with the remaining bravery, Wanyan Yechen, Zhang Cunren and others, I don't want them to go back alive! In a few days, I will return to the court in victory, and it will not be too late to congratulate!"

Cao Bianjiao and other generals were also stunned, in their opinion, in this land south of the Yangtze River, the enemy is already a turtle in an urn, Duoduo is dead, where can the rest escape? Is it possible to fly across the Yangtze River with wings?

But being reminded by the country's surname, they also put away their temporary ecstasy and decided to finish the battle with the wind.

Zhu Shuren's prediction is really right, although it is impossible for the remnants of the Qing army to cross the river with wings and flee in formation, it is still possible to break into pieces, pretend to be deserters, and pass the pass in small quantities.

Because Duoduo's target is too big, and it is the focus of the main pursuit of the Ming army, with the pull of the battle line just now, the northern and southern wings of the Qing army are partial divisions, and there are still quite some routs and the whole army is reduced to zero.

It is advisable for the Ming army to chase after the poor and continue to pursue until late at night, and they have to rest and fight again the next day.

The main force of the 50,000 Qing troops brought by Duoduo, in the decisive battle of this day and the subsequent see-saw pursuit, at least more than 40,000 were killed, annihilated, surrounded and forced to land, but there were still thousands of people who successfully retreated and escaped.

The Mongolian army banner on the north flank rode one or two Jiala, fled directly to the Yangtze River, and was broken into pieces, and the Ming army had to waste a lot of time to slowly search and suppress it.

There are also examples of individuals who were able to steal a small boat to cross the river, or try to cross the river on a raft, drown in the river, or be intercepted and killed by the Ming army's sailors.

Li Chengdong's new Han female cadre army on the southern wing collapsed the earliest, although the casualties were heavy and captured, but those who fled for their lives also fled the battlefield because of the blessing of misfortune, and returned to the Qing army camp outside Jiangyin City-

Because after Li Chengdong collapsed, Jiang Shoude Lin was in a hurry to settle the overall situation, and immediately turned his gun to attack the southern weakness of the Duoduo Chinese army, and he didn't care about pursuing Li Chengdong, a small miscellaneous fish.

He was the first to collapse, but he was the last to be noticed and tried to pursue, so he naturally fled the farthest.

In the Jiangyin camp, there were originally three or four thousand second-line troops of the Qing army, plus the wounded and sick soldiers accumulated in the previous battles, combined with the few cavalry routs who fled back and Li Chengdong's own army, all added together, and reassembled 13,400 people in the Jiangyin camp.

However, the 50,000 main forces have been completely defeated, what waves can these thirteen or four thousand people make? What's more, more than half of them are injured and sick.

Late that night, the Qing army discussed overnight whether they should abandon it

The battalion fled, but the princes were all dead, no one was leaderless and no one obeyed anyone, and the generals did not know the life or death of Ye Chen, Zhang Cunren and others, and did not know whether they should wait to respond, and in the end there was no result.

Li Chengdong was anxious and angry, but he couldn't help it, his troops had also been fighting and fleeing for a day, and his physical strength was exhausted, so he didn't care about the noise of these garrison generals, and let the troops sleep and rest for half the night.

It was impossible for the Ming army to pursue day and night, and it was also necessary to rest, so it was spent until the morning of the 27th day of the next month, before continuing to march and entering the Qing army camp west of Jiangyin City.

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After a night of rest and waiting, the Qing army guarding the camp finally gradually confirmed that Yan Yechen and Zhang Cunren also failed to escape back.

At the same time, the defeated generals of the Chinese army of Duoduo who fled back also brought back a new bad news, which almost set off a new civil strife within the Qing army.

"The reason why the prince was defeated was because Li Chengdong colluded with the Ming army in advance and had secretly surrendered, and during the decisive battle, he withdrew the southern front and allowed the Ming army to cross the Hengtang River and hit the soft underbelly of the prince's southern side, which led to the collapse of the Chinese army!"

This statement is almost the statement of the unification of the generals and colonels of the Duoduo army who fled back, and it is obvious that they were all deceived by the disintegration of the Ming army when they finally collapsed.

After hearing about this, the Manchurian and Mongolian left-behind generals in the camp were naturally in an uproar.

Because the commander of the other banner was also taken by Duoduo to send it, the highest-ranking Manchurian general who can be found in the camp now and who successfully escaped back is only Beizi Shangshan at the deputy banner master level.

The rest of the generals were naturally only Shang Shan, and asked Shang Shan to summon Li Chengdong immediately and kill him with a cup to prevent civil strife.

Shang Shan was so dizzy from the noise that he felt that something seemed to be wrong, but he was also afraid that he would become elbows and armpits, so Huli Hutu agreed.

Li Chengdong on the opposite side fled early because of the rout, and he didn't know the rumors spread by the Ming army when the follow-up Duoduo Chinese army was killed, so he didn't suspect that he was there, and came directly.

He was also worried in his heart, only when Shang Shan wanted to ask him about the fact that he was the first to be defeated in the decisive battle, which led to the confusion of the friendly army, and silently recited the lines of exculpation in his heart along the way.

However, these lines were useless at all, as soon as he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, Shang Shan just said a few words to the snake to try to stabilize him and let people lead him to the side seat and sit down.

Seeing that Li Chengdong had just sat on the horse, the saber at his waist had to be untied to the side because his body was squatting low and touching the ground. Shang Shan immediately waved his hand, and immediately a knife and axe hand came out to hold Li Chengdong down.

Li Chengdong was startled, and hurriedly jumped up to take the sword, but he was already restrained.

"Master Bei, what do you mean by this! Our army has just been defeated, and you still have to fight in the same room? The last general is indeed guilty of defeat, but it doesn't stop there!" Li Chengdong was shocked and angry, and yelled.

"Li Chengdong, you colluded with the Southern Barbarians, betrayed the court, and betrayed the prince, don't you know yet? The remnants of the Chinese army who fled back, everyone said that you colluded with the barbarians, deliberately let the river guard Lin cultivate across the Hengtang River, and sneak attacked the flank of the prince!"

Li Chengdong yelled: "I was wronged! It was the Ming army that suddenly deployed heavy artillery in the muddy field on the southern flank, which bombarded our army to gain an unstable foothold by the river, and then retreated. I didn't expect that as soon as the troops retreated, they couldn't hold their feet, this is because my majesty is not strict, the army is not effective, and I can't order and prohibit it, but how can I talk about surrendering to the enemy? If I had surrendered to the enemy, would I have come back now?"

"Can the Southern Barbarians flexibly deploy heavy artillery as the battlefield moves and moves to the front in the field? How is this possible?" Shang Shan's face was incredulous.

Li Chengdong: "Beizi doesn't believe it, you can isolate the lieutenant generals and colonels of our army, and ask them one by one about the whole story of the shelling at that time, if they don't agree, I am willing to surrender to the law!"

Shang Shan was undecided for a while, so he asked people to quickly and briefly investigate, and it was really the sudden unexpected shelling of the Qing army on the battlefield on the southern flank that caused them to retreat and abandon the Hengtang River defense line.

But the two sides have torn their faces, and Shang Shan is also a little difficult to ride a tiger - now that Li Chengdong has such a bad relationship with him, even if he has good words to appease, the other party may not be willing to help him die again.

He just said curtly: "General Li, don't blame, no matter what, your crime of losing first is real, and Ben Beizi's beating just now can't break your guilt!"

Besides, even if the Ming army responds internally, it may not necessarily return to our camp, maybe it is to earn it again, and the inside and outside should be combined!"

When Li Chengdong reached this point, he didn't have the heart to talk to Shang Shan, he knew that the two sides had left a rift, and he just wanted to plan how to survive from the dead.

was accused by Shang Shan like this, he also had a flash of inspiration, and pushed the boat down the river: "Since Beizi still refuses to trust me to stay in the camp, I will lead the army to break through first!" It can be regarded as a bloody way for Beizi and his colleagues, and I know my heart!

I am willing to lead my troops around Jiangyin City and break through to Luyuan and other places, and I can kill as many as I can! If you stay here now, you will be completely surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army in a few days!"

Li Chengdong said while pointing to the west, the Ming army's pursuers were already very close, and because of fatigue last night, the Ming army also had to sleep, and this morning they began to pursue again.

It's just that the Qing army has been stationed in the west of Jiangyin for more than half a month, and the camp is also very strong, so the Ming army did not immediately attack when the camp was stubbornly defended.

At this moment, when they were chatting, they could already faintly hear sporadic artillery fire, which was obviously the new light cavalry gun of the Ming army, which was gradually transported to the front line with the main force, and was about to complete the full deployment.

Shang Shan listened to Li Chengdong's words, and also realized that last night's quarrel was completely meaningless, and now it is useless to think of any strategy for defending the camp, and the complete fiasco is absolute, the only meaningful thing is to find a way to break it into pieces and escape a few more times.

He also nodded: "Okay, according to what you said, I order you to go around the north of the city, divide your troops into two places, and block the Ming army on the top of Huanggong Mountain, and the north gate of Jiangyin City, and organize Yan Yingyuan to go out of the city to intercept it." I will lead the light cavalry around the north of Jiangyin City to Luyuan Harbor.

As long as you can protect me from bypassing Jiangyin City and returning to Jiangbei alive, I will collude with you and put the blame for the defeat on other generals who have no evidence to die. Otherwise, even if you flee back to Jiangbei alone, you will not be able to escape with the great crime of the prince who died in battle!"

When Li Chengdong heard this, he almost gritted his teeth, but he knew that he had no choice but to gamble, because if none of the other high-ranking generals survived, and he went back alive, he would also be beheaded by Dolgon.

He is a Han general, and now there is no shortage at all, and it is not valuable. If you save a high-ranking person who is full of people, maybe there is a way to live.

But if Shang Shan turns his face after escaping and refuses to help him with beautiful words, he will be very passive. It's a pity that he doesn't have a choice at all now.

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After Li Chengdong agreed, the Qing army in the Jiangyin camp also quickly had a commotion, and some wounded, sick and disabled soldiers were left in the camp and were not notified, and the order was just to let them defend the camp.

Shang Shan and Li Chengdong have already begun to plan for escape. About half an hour later, as a few more cavalry guns of the Ming army were pulled, the fire preparation became more and more intense, Shang Shan and Li Chengdong finally took 5,000 people, abandoned the army to break through, and went east.

As mentioned earlier, when Duoduo was still there, he opposed this kind of move around the city, because the roads around Jiangyin were narrow and muddy, and the road bypassing from the north of the city would be intercepted by the Ming army, which was likely to cause the rear army to be cut off and unable to take care of each other.

But now, Shang Shan is ready to completely give up the troops behind the palace as a meat shield, and if he is divided, he will be divided, and how many can escape alive count.

Therefore, to tell the truth, if they are willing to resist to the last soldier at this moment, then with the camp and the last 10,000 people, it is also possible to consume thousands of more lives of the Ming army in the camp battle.

After all, the combat effectiveness of the Qing army is still elite, and the defending side has a geographical advantage, even if there are many wounded soldiers, two or three lives can definitely be exchanged for one life of the Ming army.

But everyone has a desire to survive, Shang Shan doesn't care if he can exchange thousands of more lives of the Ming army before the death of his whole army, he just wants to fight for a chance to live.

Therefore, all the wounded and sick soldiers who were left in the camp by him, and the second-line miscellaneous fish belly, directly became the dishes of the Ming army's pursuers.

The pursuing Ming army did not immediately discover that the remnants of the Qing army were fleeing for their lives, and they still attacked step by step. By the time the Ming army rushed up, the Qing army was already on the verge of collapse.

In the end, the battle lasted only one day, and then it ended again, and the Ming army wiped out six or seven thousand people in the battalion with only a few hundred killed

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The part that was taken away by Shang Shan and Li Chengdong was also as many as six or seven thousand.

And Yan Yingyuan, who had been trapped in Jiangyin City, had always been very keen.

Although he was still surrounded by the Qing army in the past few days, he had already sensed from the chaos of the Qing army that Duoduo's main force was likely to have been frustrated.

He was in the north of Jiangyin City, and there was also a main road that people had been keeping an eye on around the city, and at this moment he found that the Qing army was in a roundabout, and he also had the courage to order Kaicheng to attack and intercept.

The other guards in the city were all taken aback when they heard this: "Lord Futai, don't be reckless! Before we were besieged, the task given to us by the lord of the country was only to defend the city, which was a great achievement. If you rashly go out of the city to fight, will you fall for the tricks of the Qing army? It's not going to be a deception, is it?"

Yan Yingyuan sharply encouraged his subordinates: "The cannon sound in the west of the city has sounded like this, there are still so many chaotic soldiers out of the camp and back to the camp since yesterday, it must be a complete defeat of the Qing army!" They just want to run for their lives now!

We've been holding it back for so long, and we're going to give them a hard time! Otherwise, if they are allowed to enter the territory of Suzhou, how many people will be harmed!"

The generals stopped talking, and they also knew that if the enemy was spared the Jiangyin defense line, other economically rich places would also be infiltrated, killed, and plundered, and the damage to the economy would be absolutely not small.

The battle has reached this point, although the Ming army has not been able to have a messenger to directly kill through the siege and send a message to the Jiangyin defenders, but with the help of binoculars, everyone can more or less see some clues of the progress of the battle situation.

In the end, everyone quickly discussed a set of arrangements: Yan Yingyuan continued to defend the city to ensure that there were no accidents, and the deputy general Chen Mingyu led his troops out of the city to intercept and kill the Qing army that passed around the city from the north of the city.

Once it is found that there is fraud, for example, the Qing army returns to kill Chen Mingyu and wants to take the opportunity to seize the city, then Yan Yingyuan will not open the door to answer, so as not to spoil the overall situation and cause the Jiangyin City Gate to be taken away.

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In just two days, it was completely wiped out by the Ming army.

The more than 10,000 Qing troops were also completely wiped out, and only a few small troops of hundreds of people and dozens of people escaped, and the total number of escapees never exceeded three or four thousand.

After the battle ended on the Jiangyin side, Zhu Shuren also took time to pull out the last little nail on the southern front - during the previous decisive battle, the Ming army had not yet attacked Wujin County and Jintan County.

Although these counties will soon collapse after confirming that Duoduo was killed in battle and the main force of the Qing army was destroyed, or try to break through and escape, or try to break into pieces, and the defenders will also be defeated, it will take time after all.

Starting from the 27th of the lunar month, the Ming army dealt with the Jiangyin battlefield with one hand, and divided the troops with the other hand to solve the remnants of the enemy in the two counties. In the end, it took three days, and it was not until Chinese New Year's Eve that the two counties were hastily restored, and all the Jiangnan territories once occupied by Duoduo were completely subdued.

There are still some stragglers in the local area who have fled from the enemy, and it is estimated that it will take ten days and half a month to completely clear and arrest them.

But these details, Zhu Shuren didn't care about it personally, he just wanted to get the bodies of Duoduo and others, as well as the news of the recovery of all counties in the south of the Yangtze River and the complete uprooting of the Jiangyin camp, so he immediately sent people back to Nanjing City, and he also wanted to rush to the New Year's Day of the first year of Longwu to make contributions to the imperial court and sacrifice prisoners.

He had said privately before that Duoduo's matter should be resolved during the Chongzhen period, and this kind of rhetoric could finally be realized, and it was also a beautiful talk, which would be of great help to the morale of the whole army and the cohesion of the people in the court, so why not do it.

Early in the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, after confirming the initial results, Zhu Shuren returned west from Wujin County, personally rode a horse and galloped nearly 200 miles, and returned to Nanjing before midnight.

Thousands of cavalry escorted him, and it was also made an exception for Nanjing City to open the city gate in the middle of the night to welcome Zhu Shuren back to the palace first. Early the next morning, the ceremony of entering the city was officially held.

And the hundreds of officials in Nanjing, especially those high-level cabinet ministers, even in the middle of the night, got the good news for the first time.

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PS: I won't break the chapter today, that's all. It's going to be a map change again, and I'm going to have to sort it out.