The next day, Su Yan returned to Yongchun County with the surrendered Qing army.

Before leaving, in order to continue to search for the Qing army that fled into the mountains and forests during the war, and also to prepare for the southern expedition, Chen Shenggui and the Zhongwu battalion stayed in Xianjia Village to rebuild the village.

When the army arrived at Qiangxi, the original Qing army camp on the south bank had been demolished, leaving only a piece of garbage, but traces of the battle could still be seen.

The army crossed the Qiangxi River, passed through the battlefield ruins of the valley road, and finally returned to the county seat of Yongchun.

In the distance, Su Yan saw the city gate of Yongchun County open, and many people were waiting outside the city gate, led by Li Daotai, the county governor of Yongchun.

"Congratulations to General Su for breaking the enemy and triumphantly, and the squires and people of Yongchun are waiting here."

Su Yan led the army to arrive outside the city gate, and Li Daotai, who was standing at the front, took the initiative to make a big salute and said to Su Yan.

Su Yan smiled, clasped his hands into fists, and said to Li Daotai and the welcoming crowd behind him: "The Qing army has been defeated, and the governor of Fujian, Tong Guoqi, has also been captured, and my Yongchun people will not be plundered by the Qing army in the future." ”

"Very good, very good."

"General Su is mighty, and it is easy to break the Qing army, and he is really a model for my generation."

“……”

In a burst of compliments, Su Yan took the lead in riding his horse into the city, and the army did not follow him into the city, but set up camp outside the city.

It is worth mentioning that under the example of the first army and the execution of the general means, the idea of these soldiers to escape was completely suppressed, not to mention that this is still the territory of the rebels, even if they escape, there is nowhere to escape.

Entering the city with Su Yan, there was also Tong Guoqi who was tied up by five flowers, at this time he was still embarrassed, his face was swollen, if Su Yan didn't say that this was Tong Guoqi, no one would associate the man in front of him with that relationship.

But soon, the people reacted, and they picked up a handful of dirt or stones from the ground and smashed them on Tong Guoqi's body, scolding angrily while smashing back: "Dog official! Dog Tartar! ”

Poor Tong Guoqi's face was not gone, and he was smashed by the people again, if it weren't for Su Yan's fear that he would be stoned to death alive and let people stop the people, I believe that Tong Guoqi is likely to fall directly on the way.

After being sent to the county office, Tong Guoqi was directly sent to the dim dungeon and kept closely guarded, such a feudal official was arrested, the political significance to Su Yan is extraordinary, he can send Tong Guoqi to the Yongli Imperial Court, in exchange for the nominal support of the imperial court.

Don't underestimate the support in name only, in the current situation, as long as you have the background of the Ming Dynasty, a steady stream of anti-Qing righteous people from all over the country will come to join him.

Otherwise, he is an unknown person who doesn't know which pimple popped out of it, who will bird him among those who have left a name in history?

More importantly, this Tong Guoqi is of no use to the current Su Yan, so it is better to send it to the Hongguang Imperial Court and let them use Tong Guoqi to boost the morale of the Ming army.

……

On the evening of Su Yan's return to Yongchun County, news of Lai Xun finally came from Baige Ling.

Great victory!

Not only was it a great victory, in the ten days of confrontation between Su Yan and Tong Guoqi, Lai Xun lured the enemy deep and ambushed the Qing army of Xianyou, and also took advantage of the situation to attack Xianyou County, but it was a pity that the right association of Xinghua Mansion and the garrisons in Xianyou came to help in time, and the disparity between the enemy and our forces was huge, and Lai Xun had to withdraw to the white barrier.

After determining that the Xinghua Qing army had no intention of attacking, Lai Xun left 100 riflemen to garrison Baijian Pass, and led the army back to Yongchun County.

On September 17, the day after Su Yan's triumph, Lai Xun also led his army to arrive outside Yongchun City.

Back in the county seat, Lai Xun immediately reported to Su Yan about his battle with the Qing army in the past ten days.

Through Lai Xun's narration, Su Yan learned that his strategy of luring the enemy into the depth was the same as when he had won the battle horse before, which was to feign defeat and lead the Qing army into an ambush circle.

It's just that Lai Xun's terrain conditions are much better than Su Yan's, and after the Qing army was introduced to the ambush point in the White Pigeon Ridge, the righteous army emerged from the mountains on both sides, condescendingly fired firearms at the Qing army below, or smashed boulders and logs, and annihilated the Qing army in the ambush point.

Subsequently, through the interrogation of the Qing army's surrendered troops, Lai Xun learned that the defense of Xianyou County was empty, so he had a bold idea - to lead the army to rush out of the White Pigeon Ridge, rush straight to Xianyou County, and occupy the empty Xianyou County by means of surprise attack.

But before they could gain a firm foothold, after the Qing army Xinghua Mansion Right Assistant General learned the news of the fall of Xianyou, he immediately ordered troops to go out, and joined the troops of Fuzhongwei, Pinghaiwei and other guards in Xianyou, and killed Xianyou County.

There is a huge disparity between the enemy and our forces, and Xianyou County is newly occupied, Lai Xun was afraid that there was an internal response of the Qing army in the city, so he gave up holding the city and defended it, but withdrew to the white pass before the Qing army came.

Although it is regrettable that he failed to completely take Xianyou County, Lai Xun's ability has still been recognized by Su Yan, and he plans to wait for Lai Xun to experience a few more battles and accumulate more experience, so that he can lead more soldiers and horses.

After the Yiwu battalion returned, Su Yan began to count all the troops under his command, so as to plan how to seize the capital city of Quanzhou.

The first is the Shenji Battalion, which includes four teams of line infantry and 400 gun-wielding infantry, a total of 880 people, and 762 people are still alive.

The Chinese battalion had three spearmen and 600 spear infantrymen, a total of 960 men, of which 788 are extant.

There are 650 people in the Chungmu battalion, and 557 people are still alive.

There are 650 people in the Yiwu camp, and 580 people are still alive.

There are 800 people in the rattan battalion, and 685 people are still alive.

The cavalry unit consisted of 135 people, of which 82 are extant.

The whole army had a total of 3,457 people, all of whom were equipped with captured Qing army armor, and the armor rate was 100%.

In addition, the Qing army that was undergoing training surrendered 3,150 soldiers, which was the number of all the Qing troops who surrendered after several battles, almost half of the soldiers and horses brought by Han Shangliang.

After the completion of the training, the number of soldiers and horses under Su Yan's command will be directly doubled, so he decided to expand the number of each battalion to 1,000 people, and each battalion is equipped with archers, bird guns, sword and shield men, and spearmen, so that the battalion can have the ability to fight alone.

It just so happened that Su Yan captured a large amount of ordnance from Tong Guoqi, the captain of the transportation brigade, which was enough to support him to complete his idea.

Subsequently, Su Yan spent a little more money to replenish the lost system troops - this is not good for the imperial war, and he has to manually select the replenishment after the attrition, but his system is still a little more greedy, and the replenishment in the game does not need to spend money, so it will cost a little money to recruit troops here.