I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 260
Fight all night.

Burning ruins can be seen everywhere outside the Qing army's camp. Many war horses fell to the ground, some were wailing, and some had died.

Those who were wailing were covered in wounds, not to mention whether they could be rescued or not. Even if they were rescued, it would be difficult for them to be war horses again.

While collecting the corpses in the camp, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty carefully screened the northern war horses brought by the Qing army.

Those with serious injuries were chopped and eaten on the spot, while those with minor injuries were treated by professional military veterinarians.

Raising a war horse these days is very expensive, even more expensive than raising an ordinary soldier. In addition to fodder, you have to feed bean cakes and other grains, otherwise the war horse will lose weight.

Even if it is resuscitated and is no longer as good as before, it is still much better than the southwest ponies used by the Ming army for their own use.

In the entire Qing army camp, less than [-] Qing soldiers were actually captured by the Ming army, and less than half were from the Green Camp, and the rest were Eight Banners Qing soldiers.

And the corpses of Qing soldiers found in the camp alone exceeded [-]. Not all of them were casualties from the bombing of the camp last night, but many of them had fled in the dark and killed each other.

It's that time, no one cares whether they are friendly forces or not. Anyone who dares to stop them from escaping will be chopped with a knife.

Just burying the bodies of the Qing soldiers wasted a lot of energy on the part of the Ming army.He also had to help put out fires in the camp and rescue grain, grass and horses in the stables.

Ding Gang's luck was not too bad. Although he failed to capture many horses in the battle, there were still many horses in the stable.

Although there were some commotions among these war horses, they were restrained in the stables by their reins, so there were not many casualties.

And Zhang Wenhuan was led away by his own soldiers, and he had no time to burn grain and grass and run away the horses.

However, it was also thanks to Zhang Wenhuan's timely escape.

However, the Qing army still had [-] Sauron soldiers that were not moved. The campsite of these Sauron soldiers was not at the same place as the main camp.

Instead, they leaned to the side. Regarding the anomalies that occurred in the main camp, those Sauron soldiers had also long been aware of it, but they suffered from the lack of orders.

After Zhang Wenhuan escaped from the camp, he did not dare to take risks anymore. He first ran straight to the camp of the Sauron soldiers, took all the [-] Sauron soldiers plus some "miscellaneous troops" gathered during the escape, and fled north.

The Sauron soldiers of this era were not as famous as those in the middle and late Manchu Qing Dynasties. Although they had combat effectiveness, Kangxi's evaluation of them was "okay".

Moreover, the Sauron soldiers of the Kangxi Dynasty did not have any outstanding achievements. The only one who showed their face slightly was that thousands of Sauron soldiers were surrounded by tens of thousands of Dzungar troops, and then fought to the death without surrender, and the entire army was annihilated.

Well... Yongzheng was just not completely assured of the Northwest Army, so he transferred Sauron troops from outside the pass to balance it out.

The real fame of the Sauron soldiers came from the fact that in the seventh year of Yongzheng's reign, they were given firearms to the Sauron soldiers, turning them into a firearm-based army, which greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Sauron soldiers.

Coupled with the fact that Sauron's soldiers were not afraid of death and the rapid corruption of the rest of the Manchu army, Sauron's soldiers gradually stood out.

Then, Qianlong scolded Sauron's soldiers for forgetting their ancestors, confiscated their firearms, and ordered them not to use firearms anymore, and they should focus on riding and shooting.

Lord Yang Gongqin crossed the river and entered the Qing army's camp. The battle had long ended, and the Ming soldiers were concentrating on burying the corpses to prevent the outbreak of plague.

After counting, there were more than [-] corpses of Qing soldiers in the camp. Most of them died from the Qing army's own knives, and less than one-third actually died at the hands of the Ming army.

Needless to say, the bombing of the camp was really terrible.

Including the [-] Qing soldiers who were captured, nearly [-] Qing soldiers were missing.

They probably ran away, but they couldn't run very far because they had no food. It would be good if they could survive if they really ran.

In addition to casualties, the Ming army also had many missing persons, but they all returned one after another at dawn.

Yang Gong first encouraged his generals and arranged for the recorder to write down the military merits of everyone, including the few Ming soldiers who caused the chaos in the bombing of the camp.

After doing this, Yang Gong used the captured horses to gather a thousand cavalry (mounted infantry) and ordered them to pursue north.

Of course, you may not be able to catch him if you chase him, but you can still act as a scout and get some information.

It's impossible to just search this camp without worry, wouldn't that be stupid? …

Huangzhou.

Zheng Dingrui took over Huangzhou Prefecture without any effort. Although Longkodo left nearly [-] troops behind in Huangzhou, the prefect of Huangzhou was not stupid.

Thirty thousand Ming troops came to attack, and Zheng Dingrui announced that he would have an army of one hundred thousand.

Regardless of whether the ship could carry a hundred thousand troops to fight from the Yangtze River, at least the Ming army did fight from the Yangtze River.

And with an army of one hundred thousand, this number alone can stop children from crying at night.

The three thousand defenders, even including the young and strong civilians recruited temporarily, will only be less than [-] people when they are full. Use a hammer to defend the [-]-strong army and attack the city!

"Boom boom boom!"

Zheng Dingrui just ordered a random bombardment by naval guns, and then the infantry rowed sampans and landed in large numbers.

The defenders at the top of Huangzhou City collapsed without a fight, and the Ming army directly climbed the city and opened the door without any hindrance.

The Huangzhou capital was destroyed. Seeing that the situation was over, the Huangzhou magistrate decisively signed a seal with Huanggang magistrate and other officials to surrender.

Along with Huangzhou Prefecture, Wuchang County was also destroyed (this Wuchang is not that Wuchang).

From then on, there was no longer any obstruction to the Yangtze River waterway. After a brief rest, the Ming army marched straight in and reached Wuchang and Hanyang.

Wuchang and Hanyang were in the same place, but on both sides of the Yangtze River. This was also the case for Wuhan in later generations.

This was good and bad for Zheng Dingrui. The good thing was that the Ming army had planned to attack Hanyang, but the bad thing was that Zheng Dingrui had to fight one against two.

Wuchang was attacked by the Ming army. As long as the Hanyang Prefecture did not surrender, it would be difficult to remain indifferent.

Moreover, as long as Longkodo is not stupid, he will definitely go to Hanyang Mansion to station troops to help in the war.

This means that the Ming army will be divided anyway.

……

Chenzhou, Yongxing County.

Zeng Jing and his disciple Zhang Xi conspired to raise an army. They succeeded, but the situation developed in a direction beyond their expectations.

The rebel army had just conquered one county, and began to lose control. First, they frantically plundered the wealthy gentry of Yongxing County.

No matter how hard Zeng Jing, the nominal leader, tried to dissuade them, it was in vain. After plundering the wealthy gentry, the rebel army began to coerce the young and middle-aged people in the county.

Although there are only less than 300 people in the rebel army, these 300 people can really kill people.

Those young and strong people did not dare to disobey, and the rebel army also promised to divide these young and strong wealth and noble women, and they really did.

The Yongxing County rebel army instantly expanded from less than [-] to [-] troops.

The rebel army is rotten.

The three thousand rebels turned into rogue bandits and started attacking and plundering from Yongxing County.

They successively pulled out Anfu Town, Gaoting, Youzhaixu and other places, and were soon noticed by Chenzhou Zhizhou.

Chenzhou Zhizhou was shocked. Why did such a rebel army appear in his own territory inexplicably, and they were flying the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

　continue tomorrow

　　
　
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