In the evening, in the county government of Xingtang County, Liu Yan sat in the main hall, Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Shen Tuo, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Tian Zhenbei, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Qian Jian and others gathered together with smiles, Liu Yan looked at everyone and was also happy in his heart, and said: "Sit down first, let's hurry up and discuss post-war matters." ”

Everyone sat down laughing, and then Liu Yan said: "This battle is finally over, Li Zicheng is finally dead, and the world can finally take a breath!" ”

Chen Xun said with a smile: "Elder Ge, now the casualties of each battalion have almost been counted. ”

"Let's talk about it."

Then Chen Xun introduced it in public.

In this battle, 1,385 soldiers were killed in each battalion of the new army, 917 were wounded, more than 38,900 people were beheaded, more than 6,000 people were captured, Li Zicheng, Li Laiheng, Gu Kecheng, Xia Guoxiang, Wang Pingfan and others were beheaded, Niu Jinxing died in the chaos, Gu Junen committed suicide and died, and Li Yan, Hongniangzi, Wu Sangui, and Hong Chengchou were captured.

Since Liu Yan led more than 100,000 soldiers to meet Li Zicheng's million-strong army, more than 4,000 soldiers have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded in the battalions of the New Army and the garrison.

However, this battle wiped out Li Zicheng's million-strong army in one fell swoop, and the scourge of thieves who had plagued the Ming Dynasty for many years was wiped out in one fell swoop!

In fact, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not have Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to erode the mainland, with the strength of the court at the end of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is still defeated in the face of the Manchu Dynasty, it can also rely on the national strength and population base to drag the Manchu Qing to death and collapse.

But the Ming Dynasty in history,

But Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing were embarrassed, one south and one north "close cooperation", you knife, I knife, and the last drop of blood of the Ming Dynasty was forcibly released!

At this time, Liu Yan secretly said in his heart: "It's okay now, after destroying Li Zicheng, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has also been hit hard, and I also have time to deal with internal affairs and carry out a thorough reform of the Ming Dynasty!" As long as the productive forces of China are revitalized, let alone the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if the Anglo-French alliance of later generations comes, Lao Tzu can overthrow it! ”

Immediately, Liu Yan said to everyone: "The soldiers of each battalion rested in Xingtang County for two days, and the fallen soldiers of each battalion were buried on the spot, and a martyr's shrine was set up in Xingtang County to offer incense to the fallen soldiers every year. ”

"Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, and the thieves and soldiers captured in this battle will be escorted by the sixth battalion of the garrison early tomorrow morning to Beijing City to offer prisoners. The good news of this father will also be sent to Jingshi tomorrow. ”

Then Liu Yan said to Xu Ming: "You sent someone to send Li Yan and the Red Lady to Qingzhou Mansion to study and transform with Li Dingguo and Ainengqi." ”

Xu Ming suddenly smiled evilly: "Then Li Yan is a rare decent talent among the thieves, and it makes sense to send it to Qingzhou Mansion for transformation, why did the red lady send it over?" Ge Lao, I'm afraid that Madame will be suspicious, so it's better to send the red lady to Jingshi and find another house to settle ......"

Before Xu Ming finished speaking, Wang Yue looked at Liu Yan with a smile of "I understand", everyone looked evasive, wanted to look at Liu Yan's expression, but didn't dare.

Liu Yan scolded with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense! Ben Gong is not a casual person. The Red Lady is also in the army of thieves

is the number one person, and after the successful transformation in the future, he may be a talent. ”

Xu Ming nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, it's a talent, it's a talent." ”

Liu Yan immediately picked up a wolf pen in his hand, threw it at Xu Ming, and scolded with a smile: "Don't get out of here, go and arrange for people to go." ”

Xu Ming ran out in embarrassment, and everyone burst into laughter.

Early the next morning, Li Yan and the Red Lady were put on a carriage, personally escorted by Du Zhongming, a general in the middle of the cavalry battalion of the New Army, and escorted by more than 280 soldiers from a central outpost to leave the city from the south gate of Xingtang County.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and thousands of prisoners were also escorted by the sixth battalion of the garrison, leaving the city from the north gate of Xingtang County and rushing in the direction of Beijing.

Liu Yan stood on the north city wall, looking at the mighty army marching north, and his heart was extremely happy.

In this way, the civil strife can finally be ended, just wait for the implementation of the new policy, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to rejuvenate, and then he can focus on the outside, recover Liaodong, and exterminate the Manchu Qing!

"Pavilion Elder !"

At this time, Miao Shao walked quickly and said, "Elder Ge, almost all the people in Xingtang County are the families of thieves, and the people in the city have been driven out by Li Zicheng's order. ”

"How many thieves are there?"

Miao Shao said with a solemn face: "It is estimated that there must be more than 400,000 people!" ”

"So much!"

Liu Yan's face was also a little ugly, but he didn't expect that after this fierce battle, there were still more than 400,000 women and children in Li Zicheng's old camp, and with such a large population, they must not be gathered together to settle down.

Liu Yan thought for a moment, and then said, "You immediately take the soldiers of the Guards Battalion to dispatch all the families of the old camp of thieves."

Gather together, screen them one by one, and pull out all the thieves and officers, those who have lives in their hands, and the family members who have done evil, and die on the spot! ”

"As for the rest of the thieves' families, all of them will be handed over to Xu Ming, and let Xu Ming lead the remaining soldiers of the cavalry battalion to escort all the families of these thieves to Jinan Mansion and hand them over to Yan Jizu for placement, and open up wasteland and farm land in various parts of Jinan Mansion to be guarded by 7,000 soldiers of the Fubiao Battalion."

Miao Shao clenched his fists and took his life.

On the same day, there was another uproar in Xingtang County, and the soldiers of the New Army's personal guard battalion began to search house to house, driving out all the families of the old camp of thieves and screening them one by one.

In the southwest corner of Xingtang County, in a house facing the street, Lao Li cowered and was driven out by several soldiers of the New Army's personal guard battalion.

What kind of character is King Dashun, in the eyes of the old camp, King Dashun is a god descending from heaven and stabbing a hole in the world. But such a character was killed by the official army in front of him, I heard that King Dashun and many of the fierce generals under his command were beheaded, when did the imperial court have such heavenly soldiers and generals?

"Let's all stand in line at the front and wait for questioning!"

At this time, the streets were already full of people, at least forty or fifty of them were the families of the old camp of thieves, men and women, old and young, but there were not many young and strong, and the only few of them were also thin and weak.

Lao Li and his two sons stood in the crowd, and after the queue was standing, the father and son were in the middle. At this time, I saw a flag of the new army guard battalion striding over, looking at everyone for a while,

Then he waved his hand and asked his subordinates to start questioning from beginning to end.

When asked whether they knew each other, what position they held among the thieves, what they had done, and so on, each of them was questioned by several officers and men of the new army, and each conversation had to be checked against each other, and anyone who concealed or made up lies was immediately beheaded on the spot.

At the same time, the flag commander also said loudly: "Do you know each other? Anyone who can identify a thief officer, or a person who has killed people, or who has harmed the people, can immediately stand up and identify it, and as long as the situation is true, he can be rewarded with three silver coins, which can be cashed out immediately! ”

Everyone suddenly had a commotion, Lao Li was also trembling in his heart, there were two thief officers in the queue, one of whom had killed people in the old camp many times, and Lao Li had seen it a few times.

"Three silver coins? I heard that one silver coin in the court is equivalent to one tael of silver, three taels of silver, enough for my father and son to start again! ”

At this time, for the sake of his two sons, Lao Li looked slightly sideways and looked at a man with three people on the right, and immediately saw that the man was glaring at him viciously.

"Huh?"

The new army flag commander in front noticed this scene, so he called Lao Li out and asked, "What do you know?" If you don't report it, you will be severely punished! ”

"Huh?"

Lao Li was taken aback, although he also followed the army of thieves to fight in the south and north for a long time, but he never went to the battlefield, but his eldest son was a soldier in the middle camp, and now he has long been killed, leaving only Lao Li and his two younger sons to live in the world, and they are in a mess in the old camp of thieves

Living, doing some heavy work as a baggage soldier.

Now that Lao Li listened to the words of the new army flag commander, he immediately turned his heart sideways, and for the sake of his two younger sons, Lao Li immediately said: "Master Jun, the little one has to be reported!" ”

"Say!"

The flag commander of the new army immediately took out three silver coins and shook them directly in front of Lao Li's eyes, Lao Li plucked up his courage and pointed directly at the two rogue officers in the queue: "They are all the flags of the old battalion, they have all killed people in the battalion, we are all afraid of them!" ”

"Bastard!"

"You're looking for death!"

Seeing that they couldn't hide, the two thieves roared and rushed towards Lao Li, so frightened that Lao Li hurriedly hugged his two sons.

The flag commander of the personal guard battalion directly blocked the front and shouted: "Take it for me!" ”

Several of the new army bird gunners stepped forward directly, knocked the two palm flags to the ground with the bird guns in their hands, and then tied them up with ropes.

"Take it away!"

The two thieves were taken away by the struggle, and Lao Li also got three silver coins belonging to him.

"Really for the villain?"

Lao Li held the three silver coins in his hand incredibly, and was so excited that he almost cried.

"Take it, I'm going to send you to Jinan Mansion in Shandong soon, when you get there, you have to transform it well, and after giving you arable land and houses, you have to work hard, try to repay the money and grain advanced by the imperial court as soon as possible, live your own life, don't be a bandit again!"

"Yes!"

Lao Li directly pulled his two sons to kneel on the ground, kept kowtowing to the flag commander of the guard battalion, and said: "The villain must live a good life, and he must remember the great kindness of the court and the military masters!" ”

The flag commander of the personal guard battalion said: "It's not the imperial court, it's the elder, Lu Guogong Liu."

Yan, he gave you a chance to live again! ”

"Yes, thank you Lu Guogong!"

From this moment on, the officers and men of the New Army's personal guard battalion screened out hundreds of thieves and officers and murderers and evildoers in Xingtang County, and Liu Yan directly dragged these two thousand and hundreds of people to the city and beheaded them at the school yard in Xingtang County.

As for the remaining more than 400,000 thieves' families, they were immediately suppressed. Although everyone has family members who died at the hands of Liu Yan's new army, but now in order to survive, the families of these thieves do not dare to make trouble anymore, and they accept the arrangement of the new army officers and soldiers.

Two days later, Liu Yan ordered Xu Ming to lead the soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army to escort more than 400,000 families of the old camp of thieves to the city of Jinan. At the same time, Liu Yan also sent a fast horse to send an order to Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, ordering Yan Jizu to prepare in advance to accept the more than 400,000 people.

"Today's third chapter is here, it's a little late, please forgive me."