Chapter 57: Killing the Tartars is a matter of duty
Daniel Zhang, who now lives in Abatai's original big tent, walked in to Shaoyun and said, "Commander, this time we wiped out more than 36,000 Qing troops and harvested more than 13,000 war horses, but let that old boy of Abatai run away with more than 10,000 horses. ”
"You kid has already killed 50,000 people, aren't you still satisfied?" Daniel Zhang scolded with a smile.
"I want to catch this Abatai and bring him to Xingjing, so that the adults can see and understand, this time we were killed by the artillery of the Qing army, and twenty were injured."
"Transporting these forty soldiers to Xingjing, the lord said that if the soldiers died in battle, they must be transported back to the west
Xingjing held a funeral for them, buried them all in the martyrs' tombs, and took good care of the injured," Daniel Zhang said heavily.
"We seized 1.3 million taels of silver, 12,000 taels of gold, 5,000 quintals of grain and grass in the camp of the Qing army, and rescued 200,000 people, all of whom were captured by the Qing army. What to do. Continue to report to Shaoyun.
"My lord has explained, if there are people who have been captured by the Qing army, let us take them directly to Xingjing."
"I'm afraid that some people won't go to Xingjing, so what should I do?"
Daniel Zhang said confidently: "You just tell those people, we will protect their safety on the way to Xingjing, after arriving in Xingjing, everyone will arrange housing, everyone can get two acres of land to cultivate, our fields will not be taxed for three years, and you can also enter our factory to work, there are three taels of silver per month, and we Xingjing ensure the safety of all residents." ”
"Commander, it's not cost-effective for everyone to arrange housing and divide two acres of land, and no taxes will be collected for three years." Xiang Shaoyun was extremely surprised.
"These are all explained by adults, we just need to do it."
Xiang Shaoyun didn't say anything more when he heard that it was Zhou Xian, and after giving Daniel Zhang a military salute, he went out to arrange for these captured people.
After a night's rest, the soldiers' spirits recovered, and after breakfast, the soldiers began to dig pits, carry and burn the corpses of the Qing soldiers.
Wang Yongji, the governor of Shandong in the Shanxi provincial capital, was on the city wall last night when he saw an army with the banner of Zhou killing the Qing army and fleeing, and later saw that the army had occupied the camp of the Qing army.
He was about to open the gates and go out of the city to meet the army, but when he saw that it was too late, he thought that he might as well go out of the city tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Wang Yongji ordered people to open the city gate and led all the officials of the Shanxi Provincial Government to the camp of the Zhou family's army, but as soon as he reached the outside of the camp, he was stopped by a group of soldiers.
"I'm the governor of Shandong, and I want to meet your general." Wang Yongji stepped forward and said.
A soldier looked at Wang Yongji and said, "Okay, I'll go in and make a report, you wait a minute." With that, he walked to the barracks.
Seeing that the soldiers still wanted them to wait, an official next to Wang Yongji stepped forward and just wanted to say something, but Wang Yongji pulled him back and said, "Don't make trouble, let's wait here." ”
Hearing Wang Yongji's words, the man had no choice but to retreat, and after a while, the man who had just gone in to report came out and said, "The general let you officials in, and the soldiers are not allowed to go in." ”
"This is Lord Wang, the governor of Shandong, why are you so presumptuous." An official reprimanded.
"I don't care what kind of governor you are, our general said that if you don't let the soldiers in, the soldiers can't go in." The soldier said without looking at the official.
At this time, Wang Yongji said: "Don't say any more, all the soldiers will stay outside, and we will go in together to meet the general." After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the barracks, and after the officials behind him looked at each other, they also walked in.
Wang Yongji followed the soldiers to Daniel Zhang's tent, and the soldiers stood outside the tent and shouted, "Report, people have been brought." ”
A voice came from inside, "Let them in!" ”
As soon as Wang Yongji entered the tent, he saw that there were only two people in the tent, one was an eight-foot-tall giant man who was looking at the map on the table, and the other was a handsome young man.
Seeing Wang Yongji come in, Daniel Zhang and the others looked over, and the soldier introduced Wang Yongji: "This is the commander of our Zhou family army." ”
Wang Yongji didn't know what a military commander was, and he arched his hand at Daniel Zhang, "I've seen a great general." ”
Daniel Zhang looked at the Shandong Inspector, and first looked at the soldier, "You go down first." Then he said, "Are you the governor of Shandong?" I don't know Gao's surname. ”
"I am Wang Yongji, the governor of Shandong, I don't know where this general's name belongs."
"I am Shanxi Mansion Xingjing Zhou Jiajun, my name is Daniel Zhang."
"Are you from Shanxi Mansion? Why haven't I heard that there is such a brave and warlike Zhou army in Shanxi? ”
"Our Zhou family army has just been formed, and it's normal for the governor not to know." Daniel Zhang said disapprovingly.
Wang Yongji nodded and then saluted Daniel Zhang, "No matter what, thank you for coming to save my Shanxi Provincial Capital City." ”
"It's a trivial matter, why worry about it, the governor doesn't need to be so polite." Daniel Zhang was polite.
Then Wang Yongji introduced the officials behind him to Daniel Zhang, and Daniel Zhang also greeted them one by one.
"I don't know how many Manchu Tartars General Zhang exterminated this time, but he caught Abatai." Wang Yongji asked suddenly.
"Yesterday's battle wiped out about 50,000 Manchu Tartars, and let Abatai escape." Daniel Zhang said with some regret.
Wang Yongji and other officials were shocked and exterminated 50,000 Manchu Tartars, which is an unprecedented number, from the beginning of the Manchu invasion of the Ming Dynasty to the present, all the Manchu Tartars killed have not been so many.
"General Zhang, is this true? Did it really wipe out nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Manchu Qing Dynasty? Wang Yongji couldn't believe it.
"Of course it's true, all the Manchu Tartars surrounding the capital city of Shanxi Province were exterminated by us, and Abatai only fled with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses." Daniel Zhang didn't care.
Hearing Daniel Zhang's confirmation, Wang Yongji said excitedly: "General Zhang has made a great contribution this time, I will definitely report to the imperial court and let the emperor reward you, but I don't know if you cut off the head of the Manchu Qing tartar?" ”
"Killing the Manchu Tartars is within my own reach, and if I don't seek merit, I can't cut off my head, and all the Manchu Tartars have been burned and buried by my order."
"There is a reward in the imperial court, and the head of a Manchu Tartar can be exchanged for two taels of silver." Wang Yongji sighed.
"People are dead, and I have to cut off their heads, I can't do this kind of thing." Daniel Zhang said disdainfully.
After Wang Yongji saw whether General Zhang was not very interested in money, he stopped talking about these things, so he said: "General Zhang, you should go into the city and station." ”
"We won't enter the city, I'll send someone to find out the movement of another Qing army, if they don't come to attack the city again, we will go back to Shanxi." Daniel Zhang refused.
"You go into the city so that we can repay the rescue." Wang Yongji continued to invite.