The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Therefore, the Ming army captured a large number of civilians in this war.

So much so that it hasn't been counted yet!

Apart from the captives, the most important thing left is the capture of war horses and weapons and armor.

"In this battle, our army captured more than [-] horses and [-] horses."

"Ten thousand sets of armor were seized, but most of them were damaged or even beyond repair!"

"Knives, arrows, spears, etc. are countless. In addition, there are 43 red cannons used by the Qing army, and more than 120 small cannons of various calibers..."

The reason why most of the armor seized this time was damaged or even beyond repair.

That's because most of these armors were taken from the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army.

When the Ming army finally besieged and killed the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army who resisted, they used the method of firing cannons.

Many Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army were manned and armored, and were torn to pieces by solid shells and cannonballs.

Such armor does not have the value of repair at all!
The biggest gain of the Ming army in this battle, apart from beheading Shang Kexi, King Pingnan, and completely annihilating the Eight Banners soldiers under his command, were actually those horses.

Whether it is a war horse or a nasty horse, it is precious to the Ming army!

Zhu Hongyu sat behind the big case and asked.

"What about our army's battle damage?"

"How about the casualties?"

The official who came to report pondered for a while, then spoke.

"In this battle, our army suffered a total of nearly 5000 casualties!"

"Among them, more than 340 were killed in battle; more than 650 were disabled; and more than [-] were slightly injured!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.

"The death and disability benefits after the war should be implemented as soon as possible!"

"In terms of food and treatment, try to lean towards the wounded barracks!"

After all, he arranged for everyone to do things.

"Report to His Royal Highness, Xinhui Kaesong has surrendered!"

"The fathers and people in the city took the heads of the Qing generals and county magistrates, and offered to surrender to me, Ming."

A messenger rushed to the account and reported to Zhu Hongyu.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly when he heard the unexpected news.

"well done!"

"Go down and rest!"

The messenger withdrew, but the smile on Zhu Hongyu's face remained the same.

Not long after, another messenger ran in from outside, Zhu Hongyu's expression changed, and he asked.

"Who has surrendered? Or is there another place to dedicate the city?"

The messenger gasped heavily and spoke.

"Back, back to Your Highness!"

"It's the news from Luzon over there!"

"Princess...the concubine gave birth to a boy!"

"I have a country in Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Hongyu was stunned when he heard this.

Counting the time, it is now November of the 17th year of the Yongli calendar, and counting the time it takes for the news to come from Luzon, Li Lingxiu is indeed due to give birth!
Then, what followed was bursts of unstoppable ecstasy.

Zhu Hongyu even lost his composure and let out a burst of laughter.

Just won the Xinhui decisive battle last night and beheaded Shang Kexi's dog's head, and today came the news that the princess gave birth!

With double happiness coming to the door, there is no room for him to be unhappy!

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The Xinhui of the Ming army won the decisive battle, and Shang Kexi, King Pingnan of the Qing court, was beheaded. The news that his troops and horses were wiped out spread rapidly as if they had grown wings.

After cleaning the Xinhui battlefield, the Ming army escorted a large number of prisoners and captured them, and returned to Guangzhou City.

The prefectures and counties around Guangzhou are decided in an instant.

Or the local officials simply cut their braids and changed their banners to the Ming Dynasty.

Or the local landlords and gentry incited the local people to revolt, captured the state capital, beheaded officials who were loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and offered soil to the Ming Dynasty.

Just as Zhu Hongyu had guessed, after the Ming army finished the decisive battle with the main force of the Qing army, there was no need to attack the city at all.

The place must be determined by the preaching!
The whole of Guangdong changed hands quite quickly.

Zhu Hongyu led the team back to Guangzhou, and was not in a hurry to spread the rule of the military government in Guangzhou.

Instead, the expansion of the army is set at the first place!
The Restoration Army set up the Guangzhou Recruit Camp in Guangzhou City and began large-scale recruitment.

And gathered refugees around Guangzhou, distributed land to refugees, and resettled them.

It is not feasible to directly distribute the land to the refugees. Even if it is not about the matter of raising rice and benevolent enemies, directly allocating land to ordinary refugees will affect the morale of the Liberation Army.

Therefore, the method Zhu Hongyu adopted was to farm the land and collect rent!
The fields can only become theirs when the common people pay the rent for a certain number of years.

Of course, in the process of reclamation, things like seed farm tools were provided by the imperial court.

But it's a loan and you have to pay it back!
At the same time, the military operations of the Ming army did not stop!
Along the entire Pearl River waterway, the Ming army attacked cities and villages all the way with the support of local forces, and wiped out the sporadic resistance of the Qing army one by one.

In just over a month, most of Guangdong has changed its flag and returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the only place where the military government can effectively rule is the Pearl River Delta area for the time being.

No matter how far away, most of them are local autonomy!
When appointing local officials, unless the officials who surrendered have a bad reputation or are greedy, they will be liquidated.

Under normal circumstances, they are directly retained as former Qing court officials who surrendered to Ming Dynasty.

For those places where the former officials of the Qing court were liquidated, Zhu Hongyu chose the leader of the local Mingyi army who raised the flag to return to the Ming Dynasty, or the local famous gentry to serve as the local chief official.

It embodies a basic principle, if you mix with me, you will be an official!
For now, the military government has only two things to do locally, one is to recruit troops, and the other is to collect taxes.

As for other things, don't worry about it for the time being.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhu Hongyu doesn't have time to sort out the internal affairs now.

Although the Ming army destroyed the main force of the Qing army in Guangdong, the Qing court still had more troops.

At any time, heavy troops can be mobilized together from different directions such as Fujian, Hunan, and Guangxi.

For Daming, the most important issue right now is military issues.

As for local governance, there is no need to worry about this.

You can wait until the military threat of the Qing army is completely resolved, and then slowly sort it out.

In the past, Zhu Hongyu didn't feel much when he heard that "compromise is the art of politics", but now he has a deep understanding.

He wants to send power to the countryside, crack down on local tyrants and evil gentry, curb land annexation, and liberate farmers and tenants...

Lots of ideas!

But the reality is that in order to resist the military pressure from the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Hongyu could only choose to compromise with the landlords and gentry.

Because, without the assistance of the landlord and gentry class.

In any case, it is impossible for Zhu Hongyu to transform the manpower and material resources of the Guangdong-occupied area into the war potential of the Ming army in a short period of time.

To put it bluntly, without the support of the landlord and gentry classes, the Ming army would not have fought the Xinhui decisive battle.

How could it be possible to successfully take over half of Guangdong in just over a month, and actually control the most prosperous Pearl River Delta area in Guangdong?

I'm afraid they are still attacking one city after another!