East Factory Governor

Chapter 260
When Qin Shuhuai returned to the Jianghe Gang, the first thing he did was to comfort the dead and injured brothers.For the brothers who died in battle, the family members of their families will pay ten taels of pension first, and then three taels of allowance will be given every month.The brothers who are disabled will be given [-] taels of pension money first, and all follow-up treatment expenses will be paid out of the gang. Those who can still move will continue to do some odd jobs in the gang. The allowance will be increased by [-]% on the original basis. Add [-]%.

Afterwards, he began to expand the Jianghe Gang on a large scale.Now the Jianghe gang has less than 8000 gang members, Qin Shuhuai plans to recruit more than [-] people, making the gang have [-] people.As for the thousands of Jianghe gang members who were at the helm in other places, because they were away all the year round, and they were brought out by Qi Jin and others, Qin Shuhuai had little contact with them, so he didn't dare to use them lightly, so he still let them station in other places.

Through the Wulin Conference and the Jisi Change, the Jianghe Gang is now in full swing, and has long been the top gang in the Wulin.As soon as the news of the recruiting got out, people from the martial arts flocked to him for a while. There was a long queue at the gate of the head of the Jianghe gang almost every day. Even the restaurants and inns in Qingwu Town were full every day, almost occupied by people from the martial arts.

With so many applicants, Jianghe's recruiting requirements naturally increased.In the past, those who had no foundation could enter, but now those who are below the third level of the Foundation Establishment Realm are exempt from the discussion.Even if you reach the third level of Foundation Establishment Realm, it still depends on your aptitude, and those with bad aptitude will not be accepted.Those who can join the gang now are generally at the eighth or ninth level of the Xuantong Realm, and there are many people who are higher than this, and many of them have even reached the completion of the Xuantong Realm.

Qin Shuhuai has been busy these days actively reorganizing the Jianghe Gang, and the imperial court has not been idle either.

On the first day of December in the second year of Chongzhen, Zhao Ledjiao, after learning that the Jiannu army had arrived more than [-] miles northeast of Shimenzhai, decided to put all his eggs in one basket and mobilized [-] defenders in the city to take the risk of going to intercept them, so that Yuan Chonghuan The army rushed to buy time.

At the end of the day, Zhao led the Ministry of Education and was blocked by [-] Jiannu cavalry who had been ambushing near Shimenzhai on the way, and the two sides immediately started a big battle.Zhao led the teachings to be defeated, and he was hit by two arrows. The whole army suffered heavy losses, but he still led the army to fight to the death.

At about three moments later, Yuan Chonghuan's [-] troops arrived and immediately joined the battle, and the situation was completely reversed.Yuan Chonghuan commanded well and gradually completed the encirclement of the six thousand cavalry.

Shen Shi, after learning that the six thousand fine riders were besieged, Huang Taiji led the army to reinforce regardless of Fan Wencheng's suggestion to abandon the car to protect the commander.

At the third moment of Shenshi, Huang Taiji led [-] soldiers and [-] main forces to the battlefield. Not only did he relieve the besieged cavalry, but he also turned the tide of the battle again, causing the Ming army to fall into a great passive state.

At [-]:[-] Shen Shi, Zu Dashou's [-] troops following behind Huang Taiji rushed to the battlefield and finally stopped the decline of the Ming army.

At the seventh quarter of Shenshi, eight thousand reinforcements from Qian'an and other places arrived on the battlefield and joined the battle, allowing the Ming army to gradually regain control of the battlefield initiative.

This was the largest field battle between the Ming army and the Jiannu since Saarhu.In this campaign, Jiannu invested a total of [-] soldiers and [-] main forces.The Ming army successively invested [-] Guanning Army, [-] Datong Army and Xuanfu Army, which can be called an epic battle.

The battle lasted for more than two hours, from afternoon to dark.At this time, the [-] soldiers of Jiannu had collapsed, and they ran away.These servants were originally composed of Han slaves, Korean slaves, and some Mongolian slaves, so naturally they would not work as hard as the Houjin people.And even if they want to work hard, they don't have any decent weapons. It is very rare to be able to last for an hour or two before collapsing.

The chaotic soldiers not only disrupted the formation of the main force of slavery, but also greatly shook the morale of the army.Since the battle of Zunhua, Jiannu has been defeated continuously, and has long lost the self-confidence of the past.Especially after Hengling's defeat and Hexiwu's defeat, morale suffered one after another.Now, on the way to retreat, they were surrounded and suppressed by the Ming army continuously, and their morale fell to the extreme.

After several victories, the Ming army found that Jiannu was nothing more than that. Their self-confidence and morale had been greatly improved, and they broke out with stronger combat power than usual!

As one ebbs and the other rises, the advantage of the Ming army is established little by little.

Huang Taiji, who had lost his servants as cannon fodder, was quickly surrounded by the Ming army. Knowing that the situation was over, he immediately decided to break out of the siege at night.

At the second quarter of You Shi, Huang Taiji left behind a group of soldiers and some of the main force that were running around like headless flies, successfully broke through under the cover of night, and fled northward with more than [-] horsemen.After Yuan Chonghuan learned that he had broken through the siege, he immediately sent Zu Dashou to chase after him with five thousand cavalry.

Outside Zunhua City, the two sides launched another contact battle, and each battle lost more than 1000 cavalry before leaving.

At this time, Huang Taiji only had more than two thousand horses left, and if he entered Zunhua at this time, he would be trapped in a cocoon. As long as Yuan Chonghuan led an army to surround Zunhua, there would be a hundred ways to destroy him.Knowing this well, Huang Taiji rushed towards Da'ankou immediately after gathering more than 1000 defenders in the city.

In this battle, in terms of results, the two sides were evenly divided.All the 1 Jiannu soldiers were lost in battle (more than 1 fled, and more than 7000 were captured), and the main force lost [-] in battle.As for the Ming army, the Guanning army had [-] casualties, the Datong and Xuanfu troops had more than [-] casualties, and the [-] army had only more than [-] people left.

But from a strategic point of view, the Ming army completed the planned goal of blocking the establishment of slaves, and completely established the victory of the Jisi Change, forcing Huang Taiji to lead thousands of remnant soldiers to withdraw from the pass, keeping the wealthy land of Gyeonggi from being freed. The looting shattered Huang Taiji's attempt to alleviate the domestic economy and food crisis through looting, and it can be said that he won a complete victory.

Another important significance of this great victory is that it dealt a heavy blow to the peasant armies everywhere, showing the strong combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers.

Such a result is enough for Yuan Chonghuan to pay off his merits!In the report to the imperial court, he who has always been very happy with his achievements impressively inscribed the four characters "Shimen Great Victory"!
However, the conceited Yuan Chonghuan also showed a modest side.On the night of the great victory, he wrote a letter in which he praised Qin Shuhuai passionately. In the letter, he even wrote: "Without the general's rise, ingenuity, and daring, there is no such thing as our army's great victory today. The general is worthy of victory." My mainstay in Ming Dynasty is also...

Part of this was out of wanting to make up with Qin Shuhuai, the famous man in front of the emperor, but more of it was from the truth.Everyone from Guan Ningjun to Chongzhen knew that without Qin Shuhuai, this event that shook the government and the public would never have ended so easily.

When Qin Shuhuai received this letter, he didn't think it was an exaggeration.You must know that when Yuan Chonghuan built the shrine for Wei Zhongxian, what he said was much more exaggerated than this.Moreover, in fact, it was he who saved Yuan Chonghuan's life—although Yuan Chonghuan would never know how miserable his self in another time and space was in this incident!

On the third day of December in the second year of Chongzhen, after gathering the remnants of Jibei, Huang Taiji withdrew from Da'ankou with the remaining 7000 people. What awaited him would be an overwhelming attack from the three major Baylors and Mongolian princes.

The change of Jisi is over!

But Qin Shuhuai's great cause has only just begun.

(End of this chapter)