One morning, the sappers of the Eastern Brigade repaired the bridge, Zhao Dahe led two infantry battalions across the road full of corpses, and established a bridgehead on the opposite bank.

And this morning, Balai also led people to count the results of the battle, and a total of 325 prisoners and more than 700 war horses were captured, and another 1,245 relatively intact corpses were found, and more than 200 incomplete corpses were found, and even more horses were killed or executed because of serious injuries, and more than 3,000 were found in various saddles alone.

And the most important loot is naturally the bow and arrow, armor and other things that can be exchanged for rewards, in the horseshoe bend, more than 5,400 armor of all kinds were found, the reason why the statistics are not complete is because many armor damage is serious.

After the capture of Gaizhou, more than 70 bodies were found, some of them wounded and some of them were executed, but it is not known why.

Because the Qing army lost all the horses when crossing the river, Li Zhaoji immediately ordered Zhao Dahe to lead two infantry battalions and cavalry battalions to launch a pursuit, and the Qing army arranged the troops behind the palace in the official road in the north of Gaizhou, Zhao Dahe ignored it at all, bypassed the past, pursued all the way, and captured a lot of deserters and prisoners, and then turned around to fight with the forces behind the Qing army, defeated and fled to the jungle.

This pursuit force set off from Gaizhou, all the way to Haicheng, where a large-scale battle broke out, is around the upstream of the river Abatai retreated to the Haicheng area, and Zhao Dahe, Abatai still has more than 2,000 cavalry in his hands, has an advantage, Zhao Dahe in the flat Liaohe loop, can only put out a phalanx to deal with, slowly retreat south, fortunately, the cavalry was not trapped, sent the news back to Gaizhou, Yang Yandi led people to the north, and drove Abatai's troops away.

Gaizhou.

It was still the same courtyard, Luckedhun followed Li Zhaoji in, it had become a ruined wall, the original green trees were withered by the flames, the stables and vine shelves were gone, only the well remained, and Li Zhaoji still chose to camp here, but he could only live in tents.

"My lord, do you regret burning Gaizhou?" Lucketthun asked with a smile.

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly: "The Eight Banners Army is famous, I never thought it would be such a big victory." ”

Lucked sighed silently, after seeing the arrogance of the Eastern Brigade, he was full of hope for his future, and he was naturally even more desperate to follow Li Zhaoji.

"You seem like you'd like to stay here for a long time?" Lectokhon saw a lot of things brought in and out, and even some tables and chairs were set up.

Li Zhaoji said: "I know, many people want me to go straight in, it's best to fight to Shengjing, Luck Dehun, is there any way you can refuse them?" ”

There are many people who want to do this, including Li Laiheng, who hopes that the trading company will carry out a stronger strategic cooperation, if the Eastern Brigade goes straight to Shengjing, then the Qing army in the pass will inevitably retreat, and the biggest threat to Dashun will be lifted.

Zheng Sen and the young officers in the trading house shared the same ambitions, but Li Zhaoji clearly did not want to change the tripartite balance between the Great Shun, the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Among these three parties, in terms of military strength, the Ming Dynasty was the weakest, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was destroyed, even if it was hit hard, it was possible for Dashun to dominate the world in a short period of time. Although Li Zhaoji's Oriental Trading Company has not yet been considered equal in size and status by all parties, it does not prevent Li Zhaoji from plotting the whole world.

Moreover, the Eastern Brigade has experienced several battles, and the casualties, deaths, accidents, and other factors have been extremely serious; in the first battle of Qinghe alone, more than 200 people were killed, and more than 100 people have lost their combat effectiveness for various reasons, because the reserve battalion has also participated in the battle as the main force, and the losses of each battalion cannot be directly supplemented, and in addition to the casualties in the previous sweeping and outpost battles, the Eastern Brigade has already lost 15 percent of its combatants.

Luckedhun said, "Baggage supplies, my lord. The fact that your army relies on sharp guns and cannot attack without ammunition will convince most people, especially those who don't know much about your army..... Alien. ”

Luck Dehun knew very well that Li Zhaoji created this army, so even if the energetic young officers in the Eastern Brigade would have all kinds of unrealistic ideas, they would eventually obey orders, and more pressure came from Li Laiheng.

Li Zhaoji thought for a while and said: "Abatai still has more than 2,000 cavalry, it is not difficult to get together 4,000 cavalry when I return to the north, it is impossible for me not to give the soldiers sufficient ammunition, in case of an accident, I will regret it for the rest of my life." ”

Luckedhun shook his head: "No, there is no need to withhold the ammunition for the front line, just change the ammunition box and put the ammunition of the Eastern Brigade into the ammunition box of the Navy." ”

Li Zhaoji's eyes lit up, this is indeed a good way, if Li Laiheng and others are forced to ask, they will say that the ammunition is already insufficient, and they have no choice but to move the ammunition of the navy, and the defense is still weak, then the attack is even more extravagant.

"Good idea, Luck Dehun, you're really smart." Li Zhaoji said approvingly.

Luckedhun said, "My lord, in addition to this method, you should draw another big pie, such as destroying the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Li Zhaoji was stunned for a moment, then understood the truth, and said approvingly: "Luck Dehun, you still have a mind that understands politics." ”

When Li Zhaoji packed up everything, Li Laiheng hurriedly came to see him, and entered the tent, Li Zhaoji put half of the watermelon in front of Li Laiheng, and put a spoon in it, Li Zhaoji saw his urgent appearance, and said: "Master Li, I know you are in a hurry, but you still eat a melon to moisten your throat." ”

Li Laiheng has always been admired by Li Zhaoji, if it weren't for the fact that there was a capable young man like Tang Mu under his command, Li Zhaoji might still want to take this kid by his side.

After eating some watermelon, Li Laiheng said: "I saw that your baggage soldiers brought the navy's ammunition from Lianyun Island, is your ammunition insufficient?" ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "Yes, I didn't expect that there would be a battle of such scale with the Qing army in Qinghe, and the army's ammunition was exhausted." I can only draw from the Navy, but as you know, the Navy's ammunition is mainly artillery shells, and the caliber is not exactly the same, and I am more short of bullets.

If it weren't for the lack of ammunition, I would have taken someone to fight one of Liaoyang or Jinzhou a long time ago. ”

"And when will the next batch of ammunition arrive?" Li Laiheng asked: "I asked Tang Mu and your baggage officers, but they didn't tell me." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "They don't know, because it will take at least a month, and the next batch of ammunition is in Jeju Island, which is not a good wind. ”

"Damn!" Li Laiheng waved his fist angrily: "It's really hateful, we just won a big victory, and it is the best chance to go straight to Longtan." ”

Li Zhaoji stretched out his hands: "Maybe, but I can't let my soldiers who are good at long-range shooting use bayonets to fight the Qing army in armor, I estimate that they may not be able to fight the 1,500 Qing army in hand-to-hand combat." ”

Li Zhaoji nodded the table and said, "You sit down, we should discuss the next step." You know, I am a merchant, and my army is under my command, and because you are willing to provide a bounty, I serve you, but this operation was carried out in the name of Shen Youlong, the governor of Jiliao in the Great Ming Dynasty.

I, Da Ming and Da Shun, and even Wu Sangui, had completely different ideas about the battle of Liaodong.

In fact, the only one who wants to go straight to Longtan is your Dashun. ”

When Li Laiheng heard this, he could only sit down. He already knew very well that Wu Sangui was just a snake in vain and wrong, and he didn't want to quickly divide the victory and defeat between Dashun and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but hoped that both would lose. And the same is true of the Ming Dynasty, if Li Zhaoji really smashed Longtan and assisted the Great Shun to destroy the Manchu Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty is the next one, and the Ming Dynasty must hope that the Manchu Qing and the Great Shun will contain each other, and it is better to do the opposite, the Manchu Qing Dynasty destroyed the Great Shun.

"What about you, you said, your army is only commanded by you, and your attitude is very important to me." Lee Rae-hyung asked.

Li Zhaoji spread his hands and said helplessly: "I also said, I am a businessman, and my attitude depends on the credibility of Dashun." ”

As he spoke, Li Zhaoji took out a slip from the box on the side and handed it to Li Laiheng, which stated all the seizures since the start of the war in Liaodong.

According to the agreement between the two parties, a bow was seized, and Dashun was given a hundred rewards of silver, and a set of armor was given, and Dashun was given one hundred and fifty taels.

After several fierce battles, the Eastern Brigade captured 2,700 horses and infantry bows, and more than 5,100 sets of armor such as cotton armor, chain mail, and scale armor.

Together, these are worth a huge amount of one hundred and thirty thousand.

Obviously, Li Zhaoji's meaning is very clear, you Dashun should give money, if you don't give it, you won't fight.

"I'm a person who has always been sincere to my friends, and I also know that this is a huge amount of money, and when you Dashun agreed with us, you definitely didn't expect to spend such a large amount of money. I don't want a fraction, a million taels of silver is enough, and I'm willing to give you the armor that needs to be repaired, and the spare bowstrings for 4,000, which I don't need anyway.

In addition, for the sake of you, Lord Li and your subordinates have contributed a lot in the battle, and we have sent 2,000 saddle rights as our friendship.

When your money arrives, so will my supplies, and ....... then. Li Zhaoji smiled and said to Li Laiheng.

Li Laiheng had roughly calculated that he had such a large sum of money, and he also knew that Li Zhaoji would not continue to march without getting the money, so he nodded: "Okay, you send a boat to send me to Tianjin Wei, and I will personally go to ask for money." ”

Li Zhaoji saw that he was in a hurry, and said, "Sit down, sit down, I still have something to say."

Lord Li, with the strength of our department, even if we get sufficient supplies to go north, it will be difficult to break the nest of thieves, since the battle has reached this point, instead of fighting with the Qing army in the Guannei, it is better to send an elite to my command to fight together, how about it? ”

Li Laiheng squinted his eyes and asked, "Shopkeeper Li, don't forget, your ally is now Zhu Ming." ”

"Are you talking about Chen Ping? Maybe we can find an opportunity or reason to get rid of him, which can be regarded as getting rid of a stumbling block for Dashun, how about it? Li Zhaoji said lightly.

"Isn't that why you want to tear your face with Zhu Ming." Li Laiheng said.

Li Zhaoji spread his hands: "Who said that if someone in Chen Ping's department killed Chen Ping and joined Dashun, then ........" ”

Li Laiheng thought about it and nodded slightly: "If you do this, it will be reasonable." Okay, what do you mean, I'll take it and play Emperor Chen's together. ”

Li Laiheng hurriedly went, and Tang Mu asked on the side: "Big shopkeeper, do you really want to deal with Chen Ping?" ”

Li Zhaoji shook his head slightly: "Of course not, although Chen Ping is getting more and more estranged from us, he has not done anything unrighteous after all, let's fight side by side with his subordinates, if we unite with outsiders to merge with him, wouldn't it be our treachery?" ”

"Then why did you tell Li Laiheng like that, and let Dashun send troops." Tang Mu asked.

Li Zhaoji was helpless: "Tang Mu, that's one million taels of silver, Li Zicheng is from a poor club, how can he be willing to give it happily." ”

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