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Chapter 119 Hangzhou’s recovery
The city of Hangzhou was destroyed, and the shocking explosions and shouts of killing were accompanied by shouts of "the city is destroyed".

The wealthy gentry in the city were all ready to welcome Master Wang.

The original governor's yamen has long since lost half a figure, not to mention the officials above, even all the yamen soldiers below have fled.

Tu Yi, the governor of Zhejiang, was dressed in the court uniform of a second-grade official in the border areas, wearing a coral and a single-eyed flower feather. He was sitting at attention in the main hall of the Yamen.

There was only one servant left around Tu Yi, who looked panicked and hesitated to speak.

"master……"

Tu Yi suddenly said: "Laifu! You are still young, you'd better run away for your life! Don't follow me and lose your life in vain."

After hearing this, the servant Laifu pursed his lips and neither spoke nor ran away.

After seeing this, Tu Yi sighed slightly and said nothing more.

Soon, as the noise and shouts of death outside got closer and closer, Tu Yi became more and more nervous from being calm at first.

bang~
The door of the governor's Yamen was suddenly knocked open from the outside, and a dozen Ming soldiers in red clothes and armor rushed in.

When the leading officer saw Tu Yi sitting in the lobby, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Red-crested flower feather, hurry up, get it for me right away!"

"I am Tu Yi, the governor of Zhejiang Province. I want to see you..."

Before Tu Yi could finish his words, those Ming soldiers who were like wolves and tigers swarmed forward. As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, they don't care what you have to say.

In their eyes, Tu Yi, the red-headed and flower-feathered one, represents the great power of the heavens. They must control it first, otherwise they will suffer huge losses if they commit suicide.

As a result, Tu Yi almost didn't even have time to regret it. He was tied up and even his mouth was blocked with a rag to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide.

The rest of the city was similar. Kong Yupu, the chief envoy of Zhejiang Province, was lucky. As soon as the city was breached, he decisively hanged himself. By the time the Ming army found him, he had already been out of breath for a long time.

The Zhejiang Inspectorate behind him was also similar, except that this one took poison.

But Sun Wencheng, the Hangzhou weaver who liked to play the game the most, was well aware of current affairs and voted on the spot. Also joining him was the prefect Lu Jiude, together with the following prefectural magistrates, general magistrates and two additional county magistrates ( Qiantang Renhe).

The Ming army did not break the city until noon. After noon, the remaining enemies in the city had been basically eliminated, and more than half of the three thousand Hangzhou Eight Banners were killed or injured.

The remaining Fu Biao was more decisive. After the city of Hangzhou was defeated, except for some who resisted, the rest, together with Fu Biao's general Xu Yi, all surrendered on the spot.

In this battle, except for the heavy losses of the descending barracks acting as the vanguard, the Ming army's main force of [-] new troops was not damaged at all, which can be said to be a complete victory.

Of course, Zhu Yijiong still did not take it lightly, and he still understood the meaning of the white dragon fish suit.

By the afternoon, Zhu Yijiong and his imperial camp were still staying at the Ming army camp outside the city. Behind the camp was the warship berth. Even the Hangzhou magistrate Zhizao and his officials who took the initiative to surrender were summoned at the Ming army camp. It was carried out in the camp outside the city.

"The guilty minister Sun Wencheng (Lu Jiude), together with the officials from Hangzhou, came to see His Royal Highness the Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty. Long live His Highness!" "All the ministers are free!" Zhu Yijiong raised his hand and said with a smile: "You have abandoned the dark and turned to the light. What's the crime? Yes, now that Hangzhou has been restored, it will take a lot of hard work for you all to stabilize and restore order in the city."

"Please rest assured, the supervisor. I will definitely do my best to live up to the trust of the supervisor!" Upon hearing this, Sun Wencheng and other surrendered officials were relieved and nodded to express their loyalty.

Then Zhu Yijiong said a few words of encouragement and comfort, showing courtesy and respect for the corporal and letting bygones be bygones, and then asked these people to go back and cooperate with the Ming army to restore order in Hangzhou city as soon as possible.

After approving the demoted officials in Hangzhou City, Zhu Yijiong immediately commended and encouraged the meritorious generals in this battle, emphasizing that the rain and dew were equally affected.

With the assistance of Sun Wencheng and Lu Jiude who were demoted, the situation in Hangzhou City quickly stabilized. In addition, although the senior officials at the chief envoy level were gone, those lower-level officials were basically all gone. He joined the Ming army.

And Zhu Yijiong kept all these people in their posts, so the overall administrative structure of Hangzhou City was not destroyed. With the cooperation of the Ming army's force, Hangzhou City quickly returned to its original state, as evidenced by the gap in the city wall that was being repaired. There was a great battle here.

In the evening, Zhu Yijiong entered Hangzhou City under the protection of the imperial army and directly checked into the governor's Yamen.

Silent all night.

On the second day, after a temporary breakfast at the governor's Yamen, Zhu Yijiong once again summoned the civil servants and generals below to discuss matters.

"Reporting to the Supervisor, our First Army and Second Army of the Ming Dynasty's New Army suffered no casualties in this battle. Only the 3000 surrendered troops suffered heavy casualties, with more than [-] casualties, most of which came from the forward troops who climbed the city."

"If it is not handled properly, I am afraid that these surrendered troops will have some resistance to subsequent operations!" Zheng Dingrui was the first to report.

The casualty ratio of 3000 people, converted to [-] surrendered troops, is more than [-]% of the casualties, which is already the limit of casualties that the regular army can bear in this era.

Especially these 3000 people, most of them were killed in groups, rather than being killed or injured on average.

If they don't handle it well, rebellion will be impossible, and they won't be able to defeat the Ming army, but they will inevitably feel war-weary.

Zhu Yijiong naturally knew how powerful he was. He had previously sent these [-] surrendered troops to the front. On the one hand, he was testing Hangzhou's city defense and providing cover for the demolition battalion. On the other hand, he was also deliberately polishing these selected surrendered troops.

Now, it's time to put the finishing touches on the aftermath.

Zhu Yijiong didn't have much to say. He just wanted to give him enough rewards and pensions, and then he took advantage of the situation and reorganized the [-] blood-stained surrendered soldiers into the Sixth Army of the Ming Dynasty's New Army. As for the training issue, these people already had the foundation and could fight with the army. practice.

After Zheng Dingrui's report was dealt with, Yang Gong continued to report: "Reporting to the supervisor, our army won a complete victory in the Battle of Hangzhou. We killed more than [-] enemies before and after, and defeated and captured [-] Qing troops under the Eight Banners. There were more than [-] people and more than [-] people in Fubiao. Among them, Xu Yi, the Qing army's Fubiao commander, expressed his willingness to surrender to our army on the spot. However, Hangzhou general Tabai jumped from the city and committed suicide when the city was broken, and was unable to capture the rest alive. The same was true for Zhejiang's chief envoy and inspector's envoy, but Tu Yi, the governor of Zhejiang, did not commit suicide, but he refused to surrender and kept clamoring for an audience with the supervisor."

"In addition, Xu Yi, the commander-in-chief of Fubiao of the Qing army who surrendered on the battlefield, also took the initiative to reveal a piece of news to our army. Longkodo, the puppet governor of Jiangnan of the Qing Dynasty, seemed to intend to abandon Zhejiang. However, Weichen then informed other Qing army officers and those who The Eight Banners officers confirmed that they were not aware of this matter, so further judgment is needed as to whether the news is true or false!"

After saying that, Yang Gong paused for a moment: "The reason our Ming Dynasty was able to achieve a complete victory in this battle is all due to the blessing of the Supervisor and our good command!"

As soon as these words came out, other people also reacted, including Zheng Dingrui, even those who were demoted, all shouted in praise of Zhu Yijiong's civilized martial ethics.

Zhu Yijiong's purpose of personally conquering Hangzhou this time was to monopolize the credit and strengthen his prestige as a prisoner of the country. He readily accepted the adulation from everyone.

(End of this chapter)