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Chapter 98
The first year of Yonghe, December 28th.

The Battle of Pujiang, the largest war launched by the Ming army since entering Zhejiang, ended hastily.

The total number of troops invested by the Ming and Qing armies in this battle was close to [-]. There was almost no suspense in the entire war. The Ming army had an absolute advantage from beginning to end, until the last [-] sky thunder bombs ended this farce. encounter.

Yang Gong only paid more than a thousand casualties in exchange for more than 3 Qing prisoners. Unfortunately, the commander of the Qing army in this battle, Zhejiang Admiral Huang Sheng, allowed him to escape in the chaos.

There was no way, after all, the battlefield was so chaotic at that time, Huang Sheng tried his best to gather a thousand governor's soldiers and brave, and with these elite soldiers and horses, together with his own two hundred personal cavalry, he rushed out of the rebel army.

Later, the Zhejiang admiral was even more straightforward. While Yang Gong was recruiting the rebels to control the situation, he didn't even return to Pujiang County. He took the remaining soldiers under his command and fled to Pujiang, leaving Pujiang who was watching the battle at the top of the city. The county magistrate was stunned.

After Yang Gong finally secured the battlefield, he took care of all the [-] Qing prisoners, and at the same time counted and registered the casualties and profits. This was the military rule decreed by Zhu Yijiong. All those killed (injured) in battle must be registered on the spot. And later reported to the court for compensation.

Although the pensions of the Ming army were not much different from those of the Qing army, they were paid in full and in full. Even Zhu Yijiong, the supervisor, would personally check and conduct regular spot checks to prevent the pensions from being embezzled by local bureaucrats.

Even so, he was not at ease. Zhu Yijiong also specially ordered the Jinyi Guards outside Wu to not only monitor the civil and military officials, but also try their best to keep an eye on the families of those who died in the military and never let them be wantonly oppressed by local bureaucrats.

This may seem a bit too cautious, but it is quite necessary. Zhu Yijiong has never forgotten that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty or his supervisory state lies in the army. In the final analysis, civilian officials are just tools to serve the army and maintain rule.

After Yang Gong dealt with the casualties and profits, he integrated all 3 Qing prisoners into the army. The Ming army originally had [-] soldiers and horses. Even if the battle losses were removed, the Qing army had more than [-] prisoners. The total number of troops exceeds [-].

When an army of [-] attacked a small county like Pujiang County, there was no doubt about the outcome.

The army had just arrived in front of the city and had no time to set up their formation. The few Qing soldiers responsible for guarding the city gate quickly opened the city gate and welcomed the Ming Dynasty King's division.

Seeing the army of Ming thieves pouring in outside the city, more than half of whom were Qing soldiers a few hours ago and were their own people, the Pujiang County magistrate lying on the battlements was filled with despair, and his despair was filled with resentment.

He resented both the Ming army and Huang Sheng, the admiral of Zhejiang who fled on horseback.

Fifty thousand troops, that’s a whole fifty thousand troops!
Not [-] pigs, how can we lose?
Even if he lost, he actually ran away directly. It was a pity that he had tried so hard to please the Lord Dutai.

However, it was useless to do anything at this point. As the magistrate of Pujiang County, he only had two choices left, either to surrender immediately or to commit suicide for his country. As for taking advantage of the chaos and escaping from the city, that was not considered at all.

Escape would be the crime of losing one's land, and one would have to be beheaded if one returned, and even one's family members would be implicated and exiled.

It was even worse to surrender, not only for the lives of his family members, but also for himself. He naturally knew how he treated those Hangzhou soldiers who were thieves before, and those Hangzhou soldiers who were thieves before the battle had probably hated him for a long time. My teeth are itching. If I throw myself over here, will I still be alive?
Thinking of this, the Pujiang County Magistrate did not hesitate at all. He straightened his clothes first, and then shouted loudly toward the north: "Huang Sheng, Tu Yi, you two stupid pigs, sooner or later our Qing Dynasty will be lost here." Xiao Xiao’s hand.”

These were obviously the angry words of this guy before he died. The surrounding government officials had already taken advantage of the chaos and ran away, or went to celebrate the king's division together, but no one heard it, and it didn't matter if they did.

After the Pujiang County magistrate finished cursing, he took a deep breath, then followed the other Qing officials who committed suicide, closed his eyes and jumped down.

There was a bang, accompanied by the sound of the skull breaking, and a large amount of blood stained the ground red.

The former Hangzhou soldiers of the Qing army who were outside the city suddenly exclaimed in surprise, but the other Ming soldiers only glanced at it and then immediately withdrew their gaze.

Only one person trotted forward, took a brief look to confirm that he was dead, and then wrote on the pamphlet in his hand the words "The fake Qing Pujiang County Magistrate jumped from the city and committed suicide".

Then with a wave of his hand, two Ming soldiers quickly stepped forward, just like carrying the corpses of other friendly and enemy soldiers who died in battle, and carried them away to find a place to bury them on the spot to prevent the corpses from decomposing and causing a plague.

The whole process was completed in one go, and there was no difference in treatment because this was a Qing court magistrate.

There is no way, sir, times have changed, and the Ming Dynasty today is no longer the Ming Dynasty that was just launched.

As the Ming Dynasty now occupies more and more territory, it has also received more and more surrendered officials, including many high-ranking officials at the prefect level. In addition, Zhu Yijiong's Ming court has also begun to gradually establish its own bureaucracy and cultivate its own of officials.

It's just a county magistrate who jumped from the city to commit suicide. He is no longer as valuable as before. Oh, this is not quite right. It was not very valuable before, but it is even less valuable now.

At best, he would only leave a name, or even an official name, which would only appear in military reports sent to the rear in Fujian, and a casual mention asking the court to arrange a new county magistrate as soon as possible.Naturally, it was impossible for all the [-] troops to enter the city. Yang Gong only led part of the army to the city to accept the surrender, appease the gentry and officials, suppress the chaos, and arrest the local gangsters Qingliu who took advantage of the chaos. Under the strong suppression of the Ming army, it cost almost no money Within a short period of time, the entire Pujiang County was completely stabilized.

At this time, Yang Gongcai almost learned from the gentry and officials that the Zhejiang Admiral Huang did not return to Pujiang County at all, but ran towards Pujiang, seemingly taking more than 1000 Qing troops with him when he ran.

Although Yang Gong felt a little pity about this, he didn't take it too seriously. The main reason was that the other party was running towards the Pujiang River and he couldn't catch up now.Moreover, in this battle, his regiment destroyed 3000 Qing troops in Hangzhou, including more than [-] elite governors of the pseudo-Qing Zhejiang admiral.Even if the bird admiral ran back to Hangzhou, Hangzhou would not be able to launch a large-scale attack on him in a short time.

Of course, these are not the main point. The main point is that the Qing army lost this battle so quickly that Huang Sheng was only given time to take advantage of the chaos to escape. There was no time to gather the remaining soldiers, let alone the defeat of the Hangzhou army on the northern route. The news was quickly sent to the four Qing armies encircling the south.

As a result, Yang Gong made a decisive decision. Since he wanted to imitate the pseudo-Qing Lao slaves, luckily he learned everything.

He first ordered all the [-] troops under his command to change into the clothes of the [-] Hangzhou soldiers. Then he left the sun and moon flags and replaced them with the admiral's banner that Huang Sheng took advantage of the chaos to escape and took away.

After leaving a regiment of his own troops behind, Yang Gong didn't stay for almost a day. He just briefly replenished and rested, and then quickly turned around and headed south with his [-]-strong First Army.

On December [-], Sun Hongyu's [-]-strong army crossed Dapen Mountain and entered Dongyang County.

The Dongyang County magistrate immediately welcomed the reception warmly, but Sun Hongyu was also quite cautious. When he arrived in Dongyang County, he not only did not continue to immerse himself in the march, but instead sent out all his scouts to find out the news.

Not long after, several scouts returned to report that they had encountered a messenger sent by the Admiral.

Sun Hongyu was not surprised. After all, Lord Dutai had sent a fast horse messenger to contact them before, saying that Lord Futai had arranged an encirclement on all sides to jointly suppress the Ming thieves.

When he came to the county government office, it had been temporarily requisitioned by Sun Hongyu as a meeting place. When he saw that the messenger was wearing a supervisor-standard armor and a cavalry-style armor, Sun Hongyu was immediately convinced. He also routinely checked the tokens on the other party. It was indeed true. He is the one who oversees the standards.

Sun Hongyu no longer had any doubts and said very politely: "I wonder if Lord Dutai has any military orders to convey this time?"

The messenger immediately knelt down on one knee and said: "Replying to your lord, Lord Dutai's military order, the Ming thief's army is surrounding Jinhuafu City, and I specifically order you to march across the river immediately. Lord Dutai will also speed up to go south, and you must not let the Ming thief come from here. Escape from Jinhua Mansion."

After hearing this, Sun Hongyu nodded and said, "I understand. Please report back to the supervisor and say that I will send troops immediately and will never give the Ming thieves any time to break out and escape."

"Yes!" The messenger immediately handed over and backed away.

After Sun Hongyu left, he opened his mouth and gave an order: "Come here, please pass on my military orders. Immediately summon the soldiers and follow me to cross the river to fight against the thieves!"

"Yes!" The deputy general beside him quickly responded with his hands.

Sun Hongyu had no doubts about what the messenger said. After all, the messenger was wearing the standard armor of Governor Biao, which the army of Ming thieves did not have. The only way to get it was to steal it from Governor Biao's body, so there was no doubt about his identity.

And Dutai has an army of [-] people. It is impossible for the Ming thieves to have the courage to take the initiative to challenge Dutai's army head-on. Even if they did, they would not be able to defeat them.

Moreover, without mentioning the armor, it explains why the thief specially pretended to be a messenger to ask him, Sun Hongyu, to advance the troops as soon as possible. Although his army was not as good as Lord Dutai's [-] soldiers and horses, there were still [-] soldiers.

Even if most of the [-] troops have little combat effectiveness, it is impossible for the thieves to know, so why do they not only not take the opportunity to break out when surrounded by their own army, but also take the initiative to attack themselves? Isn't this crazy? ?

It is a pity that due to the blockage of information transmission, Sun Hongyu had no idea that the Dutai army he had high hopes for had been destroyed two days ago.

Not only was it over, but even Lord Dutai, who came to the front line to lead the encirclement operation, also ran away across the river.

It was too late to even issue an order for them to stop their troops and return to defense. Even if it was issued, it would most likely be too late.

Sun Hongyu saw off the "Dutai Messenger" and immediately began to gather an army in a hurry to prepare to cross the (Dongyang) River.

　After a chapter of fishing code, the leader still came, walking a tightrope...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)