Chapter 567: Recruiting Gao Jie's Soldiers and Horses (Four Watches)
But as soon as they escaped from the back gate of Yuan's mansion, Sang Kaidi surrounded them with countless soldiers and horses, and these people hurriedly threw their guns and surrendered, becoming prisoners of the Ming army.
Because Chongzhen had already made a will, those who surrendered could be spared death, so these people could be regarded as picking up a life, and in the future, according to Chongzhen's policy, they could continue to eat food and serve as soldiers, work for the Ming Dynasty, and serve Chongzhen, they were originally soldiers of the Ming army.
However, those who moved slowly were killed in the streets by Sankaidi's men and horses......
At the same time, at the front gate of the Yuan Mansion, Li Mu led countless soldiers and horses to kill.
At this time, there were all Gao Jie's people inside and outside the Yuan Mansion, but these people all threw swords and guns and became prisoners of Chongzhen.
At this time, Sang Kaidi, the prefect of Guide, and Li Mou, the general, came to Chongzhen to see the driver.
Chongzhen sent an edict, leaving 3,000 soldiers and horses to escort them, so that they could continue to command the rest of the generals and hunt down the remnants of Gao Jie, except for all the surrenders.
After receiving the order, the second general took more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to kill the remnants of Gao Jie in the city.
The battle in the city continued until late afternoon.
In the end, only Hu Maozhen led thousands of remnants of the defeated army out of the city. The rest of Gao Jie's high-ranking generals, such as the general soldier Guo Hu, the guerrilla generals He Dacheng and Zhang Pengcheng, all surrendered to Chongzhen.
Because these generals have no bad deeds in history, Chongzhen allowed them to surrender to the imperial court.
Since then, Gao Jie's 80,000 troops who have entered Suizhou City have all been wiped out, more than 20,000 horses have been killed, five or six thousand horses have escaped, and the rest are almost half, and 30,000 horses have been taken prisoner of Chongzhen.
The remaining 10,000 or 20,000 horses belong to those whose whereabouts are unknown.
Outside the city of Suizhou.
The battlefield in the south of the city.
Xing's 20,000 horses were attacked by Li Yan and Red Lady with 5,000 men and horses, and Xing's belly and back were defeated by the enemy.
After this woman struggled to support it for two hours, she couldn't stand it anymore and began to break through with her 10-year-old son.
Xing's single-knife killing method in his hand was brave, and he cut down more than a dozen Ming troops one after another.
But she rushed left and right, with Li Yan in front and Red Lady in the back, she couldn't win either of the two.
And there are fewer and fewer people around.
At this time, Hu Maozhen rushed over with thousands of soldiers and horses, and the two sides fought in a scuffle, Hu Maozhen protected Xing's and Gao Jie's son Gao Yuanyin, and fled to Xiayi with the remnants of the defeated generals.
Li Yan and the Red Lady Soldiers pursued and killed more than ten miles behind, collected the soldiers and horses, and returned to Suizhou.
Hu Maozhen and the others arrived in Xiayi County, counted the number of people, including the injured, and those who rushed back one after another, there were more than 4,000 people left.
The 100,000 army was left with such a little family foundation, Gao Jie and others were killed, and Xing hugged his son and cried.
"Mourn, Madame." Hu Maozhen persuaded.
Xing pulled his son to kneel down for Hu Maozhen.
"Madam, young master, what are you doing here? Hurry up." Hu Maozhen was shocked.
"The surviving people thank the general for saving their lives, they die and surrender, only the general is loyal," Xing's face was full of misery, "The general might as well draw his sword and behead our mother and son, and surrender to Chongzhen."
"Why did Madame say that?" Hu Maozhen said, "Could it be that Mrs. Fei doesn't believe me Hu Maozhen?"
Xing Shi cried: "Of course the concubine believes it, otherwise our mother and son would have died a long time ago, and if the general wanted to reward our mother and son, he would not have taken us to flee here. It's just that this army is in chaos, the tall and handsome man is killed, and we have so many soldiers and horses left, where can we go?"
Hu Maozhen pondered: "Madame's victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and there is no need to be too sad. With our little soldiers and horses, we can't hold anywhere in Sizhou in Xuzhou now, and we can't enter Yangzhou."
Hu Maozhen said, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Madam, why don't we go to Huai'an to join Liu Zeqing, now I heard that Liu Liangzuozuo also lost the battle. Dong Pingbo is strong, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, in addition to Huang Chuangzi's 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers, plus tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Ma family in Nanjing, Nanming still has more than 200,000 horses, and there is still a chance to turn the book."
"The concubine's body is already out of order, so it's up to the general."
Xing agreed, and after resting in Xiayi for three days, they abandoned the small city of Xiayi and went all the way to the southeast, relying on looting to get supplies along the way, and went straight to Huai'an......
Li Yan and the Red Lady brought people to see Chongzhen to give advice, and Chongzhen praised these two generals.
This time to trap Gao Jie and smash Gao Jie's 100,000 horses, Li Yan and the Red Lady certainly contributed a lot.
After Chongzhen's strategy, the first battle of Suizhou annihilated Gao Jie's 100,000 troops in one fell swoop, killed Li Chengdong, Gao Jinku, Li Benshen and Wang Zhigang, including Gao Jie, and other heinous thieves, and incorporated Gao Jie's 30,000 soldiers and horses.
In this battle, the Ming army also paid the price of nearly 10,000 casualties.
Chongzhen passed the decree to the people and let the people take a reassuring pill first, Suizhou has indeed been too chaotic these days.
But it will be good in the future, the notorious Gao Jie has completely withdrawn from the stage of history, and will never be harassed in this area.
The common people rushed to tell each other, Xu Dingguo, Gao Jie, Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku, these murderous demons are all dead, this is retribution, God really has eyes, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty is back, and many people cry with joy.
Chongzhen is non-stop, and the next step is to quickly recover Gao Jie's territory.
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen