There are enemies on all sides, no matter which direction Ma Guozhu leads the army to break through, they will be attacked by the Ming army, Ma Guozhu and Zhang Tianlu led the army to rush left and right, but they have never been able to break out of the encirclement, but have been repeatedly frustrated, and the number of Qing soldiers around them has gradually decreased.

Finally, Ma Guozhu looked solemnly at the Ming army foot soldiers in front of him who were raising their guns and aiming at them, raised his hand, and signaled Zhang Tianlu and his subordinates behind him to stop, he looked back and looked around, and found that the living space of the Qing soldiers on the battlefield had been seriously compressed, and the Qing soldiers had fled in large numbers, and the Ming army had dominated the battlefield.

On the Yanping Pond, the bodies of the Qing soldiers who fell into the water and drowned in a panic floated, and the blood even stained this section of the river red.

"Ma Guozhu, lay down your arms and surrender! Ben Governor Paul and one life!"

Su Yan, who was dressed in fish scale armor, came to the front line in person, and he stood behind the infantry of the Shenji Battalion, and shouted to persuade Ma Guozhu, who was surrounded by the generals of the pro-army department, to surrender.

Ma Guozhu didn't answer, he looked at the soldiers who were still obeying his orders, most of them had a look of deep fear on their faces, their eyes were evasive, and in the face of Ma Guozhu's gaze, they didn't dare to look directly and lowered their heads.

He looked at Zhang Tianlu and other generals beside him, the governor of Jiangnan had no intention of fighting again, but he still held on to Ma Guozhu's left and right, and then looked at the rest of the people, all of them were like this, Ma Guozhu knew that the army's heart had been lost, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and said:

"That's it, Admiral Zhang, give an order to all the soldiers to abandon their weapons and surrender."

When Zhang Tianlu heard this, his face was relieved, and he hurriedly conveyed Ma Guozhu's order, and immediately, the Qing soldiers who were still resisting laid down their weapons and were captured.

At this point, the green battalion of a province in the south of the Yangtze River was completely wiped out, and they all became prisoners of the Ming army.

In this battle, more than 14,000 Qing soldiers were killed, more than 4,000 were killed, and Yang Chengzu, the chief soldier of Suzhou, and more than 2,000 people under his command were taken prisoner.

Compared with the casualties of the Qing army, the losses of the Ming army were very small, and the Ming army only lost more than 1,000 people, and was supplemented by the Qing soldiers in Suzhou, and the strength did not decrease but increased.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Su Yan moved his division to camp nearby, repaired for a night, and prepared to wait for the next morning to wave his army and attack Jiaxing Mansion, as long as Jiaxing Mansion was taken, the Ming army would have an additional direction of attack - they could capture Suzhou and Songjiang under the leadership of Yang Chengzu, the general soldier of Suzhou, and bypass Taihu Lake and go straight to the rear of the Qing army.

That night, in order to appease the generals and boost morale, Su Yan rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, promising Yang Chengzu to retain his position as the commander-in-chief of Suzhou, and would report to the imperial court and ask the court to reward him.

At the same time, Su Yan also ordered the Huotou Army to kill chickens and sheep, so that the soldiers of the whole army could eat and drink enough, recuperate, and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

When the camp was filled with the joy of the great victory of the battle, Su Yan took his own soldiers to the camp where Ma Guozhu was held.

Out of a good impression of the governor of Liangjiang, who had a good reputation in history, Su Yan closed him in a separate camp, and did not put handcuffs and shackles on him, but only arranged for two soldiers to stand guard outside.

"Overseer!"

Seeing Su Yan coming, the two grenadiers hurriedly saluted with their guns and made way for Su Yan, Su Yan nodded to them, opened the curtain and walked in.

In the tent, Ma Guozhu was sitting cross-legged on a blanket, holding a book in his hand and flipping through it, and the camp tent was lit only by a candle lamp that was not bright, and Ma Guozhu was using this light to check the books.

He heard the sound outside, and after Su Yan entered the tent, he closed the book in his hand, looked at Su Yan calmly, and did not take the initiative to speak, the two looked at each other, or Su Yan deigned to sit cross-legged opposite him, and said with a smile:

"Ma Duxian, this governor has long admired the name, before you came to Jiangnan, the Qing soldiers here often caused trouble in the place, poisoned the people, so that the garrison and the people were like fire and water, but after you were the governor of the two rivers, punished the criminal soldiers, pacified the people, and when the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment again, and avoid being poisoned, this governor stood in the perspective of the people of the two rivers and expressed my gratitude to you."

"The Overseer doesn't have to be like this." Seeing Su Yan's attitude, Ma Guozhu's face softened a lot, and he arched his hand and said, "This is

At the behest of His Majesty, the Governor of Liangjiang is the Governor of Liangjiang, and as the parent of the people, he naturally has to think about the people."

"Good one for the people." Su Yan chuckled lightly and said, "Since it is for the sake of the people, why didn't you stop the Eight Banners when they occupied the fields, demolished the houses, and drove the people? As a parent official, who stands by and does not stop it, what face does he have to claim to be considered by the people?"

Ma Guozhu's expression changed slightly, he opened his mouth to refute Su Yan, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say it, Su Yan's Eight Banners Circle occupied the land did happen from time to time, although he was the governor of Liangjiang, but he could only impeach the imperial court, and in the face of those arrogant and domineering bannermen, his suppression could not help.

Su Yan continued: "Ma Duxian, your ancestors were Han people for generations, although they were Han ministers close to Huang Taiji, but they were still despised by the Manchu and Mongolian military generals in the court, and they were contemptuously called Nikan, and they were regarded as Manchu slaves, is this what I and other scholars are pursuing? qs

If you lose your dignity because of the pursuit of official positions, and are willing to become the domestic slave of the barbarians, you will inevitably go against the words of the saints you have learned, and will be despised by the people of the world."

Ma Guozhu was silent, and after a while, he spoke: "As an official, you should repay the grace of the monarch, Emperor Taizongwen has the grace of promotion to me, and he knows people and makes good use of them, and is sympathetic to his subordinates.

On the other hand, Emperor Zhu Ming's self-righteousness, mediocrity, cowardice, and greed for pleasure made the people of the world live in dire straits.

Lore.

Su Yan smiled bitterly in his heart, the various monarchs of the Southern Ming Dynasty were all mediocre and incompetent, although Emperor Shaozong was the more outstanding emperor among the emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

But he is actually a puppet of the Zheng family, and he has more than enough heart but not enough strength, and he cannot raise the average level of Emperor Nanming.

Emperor Nanming pulled his crotch so much that Su Yan wanted to exonerate them, but he couldn't speak with his conscience.

Seeing that Su Yan was silent, Ma Guozhu took advantage of the victory to pursue, but he intended to oppose the guest, and said, "The Inspector is such a heroic figure, why do you need to serve the mediocre and incompetent puppet dynasty? Why don't you abandon the Ming and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, sweep away the unreasonable and tyrannical Ming, and return the people of the world to a bright future?"

Lang Lang Qian?

What a fart!

If he hadn't known how much Chinese civilization would stretch under the rule of the Manchu Qing in the next three hundred years, Su Yan would have almost believed it!