Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 258 Recovering Jiangnan
With the help of soldiers, Dr. Liu temporarily built a simple operating table.

He first used a tube to send the ether in the bottle into Azig's mouth to anesthetize him. On the one hand, he could reduce his pain and on the other hand, he could prevent him from resisting.

Then, he asked several soldiers to carefully lift Azig to the simple wooden bed, and carefully took off Azig's armor and clothes.

Azig's injuries were serious, but not fatal, mainly due to problems caused by blood loss.

Dr. Liu took the arrows from Azig's body one by one to stop bleeding, disinfect, and fight infection.

Hemostatic powder is used to stop bleeding, iodine is used for disinfection, and sulfonamide is used for anti-infection.

Naturally, these medicines were not available in this era, and Tangning took them from the arsenal.

However, due to the limited quantity, Tangning ordered that only the seriously injured should be provided.

After a simple rescue, it is hard to say whether Azig will survive in the end. He still needs to be transported to the rear hospital for further surgery. After all, the current conditions are limited.

After cleaning up the battlefield on this side, on the other side, Tian Xiong and others, who attacked the Qing army who came out of the city to support after the rebellion, basically controlled the battle after paying a considerable price and relying on their great force superiority.

After the reinforcements led by Wu Liuqi arrived, the Qing army, who had no chance, would die if they were willing to fight, and the rest would naturally put down their weapons and surrender.

Wu Liuqi summoned Tian Xiong and other generals who had just come over, and without hesitation directly ordered Tian Xiong, Ma Degong, Qiu Yue, Zhang Jie, Huang Ming, and Chen Xiance to be brought under control. They were all shocked.

These people were originally under Huang Degong's command. After Huang Degong died in battle, they immediately surrendered to the Qing army. In order to show their sincerity, they even tied Emperor Hongguang himself and gave it to the Qing army.

Tian Xiong was furious, and roared: "Wu Liuqi, you are killing a donkey."

Wu Liuqi said coldly: "As a courtier of Hongguang, it's fine if you don't want to serve the court, but you can personally tie Emperor Hongguang to the front of the Qing army. This is an unforgivable crime."

"If you forgive your sins, how will you explain to the whole world?"

Tian Xiong was worried about this before, but now he is really caught, but he still tried hard to argue: "Emperor Hongguang is fatuous and incompetent. He only knows how to enjoy himself all day long. He is incompetent and stupid. How can he deserve my allegiance?"

"Master Tang is a man chosen by heaven. His eyes are like a torch, and he will not be loyal to such a foolish king. It is really unwise to condemn us who really want to be loyal to Lord Tang for this foolish king."

"Hmph, no matter how incompetent Emperor Hongguang is, that's not an excuse for you to tie my lord of Ming Dynasty to the front of the enemy army. Your behavior is extremely shameless..." Wu Liuqi angrily reprimanded.

Of course, his attitude mainly represented Tangning. As for Wu Liuqi himself, he had no feelings for Emperor Hongguang, let alone loyalty.

In fact, Tangning didn't have a good opinion of Emperor Hongguang either. The fall of the Hongguang Dynasty and the capture of Emperor Hongguang also had something to do with Tangning's delay in rescue.

However, no matter what, he would not tie Hongguang Emperor to the front of the Qing army. This is the most basic matter of principle.

If Tangning didn't hold Tian Xiong and the others accountable on such a big issue, but still appointed them, there would definitely be criticism. Daming's old officials and officials would probably support Tangning behind his back.

If these people are dealt with, they will win goodwill, and the other generals will have nothing to say.

Sure enough, the other surrendering generals who were still on edge, when they heard that they were held accountable for tying Emperor Hongguang, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and silently put away their drawn knives.

Wu Liuqi didn't say much, he just asked them to go out to appease the troops. In the current situation, he wasn't worried that these people would dare to make trouble.

Tian Xiong and others were escorted to Wu Sangui's formation and sent to Yingtianfu City, while Wu Liuqi himself continued to lead the army to capture Taipingfu City.

Due to the rebellion of these rebels, there were not many defenders in Taiping Fucheng. When these descended troops launched an attack on Fucheng, the rebels in the city suddenly collapsed, and then launched an attack on the Qing army under the planning of someone with good intentions.

The inside should be combined with the outside, and the Taiping Mansion will be broken.

Of course, these are all things to follow.

Immediately after Wu Sangui wiped out Azige's tribe, he led an army to detain Tian Xiong and others, and carried the unconscious Azige towards Yingtianfu.

At this time, Tangning had already led an army into Yingtianfu City.

On that day, the people in the prefecture city were overjoyed and lined the road to welcome them, and the cloud left by the great war immediately dissipated a lot.

A day later, Azig was transported into Yingtianfu City openly, and the whole city was full of jubilation. This was another big victory, not much less meaningful than the new army's capture of Yingtianfu City.

After all, Azige is not only one of the few princes in the Qing court, but also Dorgon's elder brother, which is of great significance.

The news spread quickly to the north, and Boerhui, Kong Youde and others who were under Azig's command in Jiangbei were shocked, but they dared not avenge Azig, let alone cross Jiangnan.

In order to prevent the new army from crossing the river, they even hurriedly strengthened their defenses along the north bank of the Yangtze River, such as Hezhou and Jiangpu, trembling with fear.

Then, Duoduo, who was still attacking Yangzhou City, also got this shocking news.

He couldn't be more clear about his elder brother's ability. After all, the three brothers have been fighting hand in hand for so long, and they know each other very well.

He never thought that his brother would lose so badly. He couldn't even escape and was caught by Tangning. What a shame.

This matter is no small matter, Duoduo no longer has the mind to continue attacking Yangzhou City.

Because he knew that with the defeat of his elder brother Azig, the possibility of capturing Yangzhou City by himself was even smaller.

Next, Tangning will quickly take down the Zhenjiang Mansion, and then there will be a steady stream of troops and supplies to support the Yangzhou Mansion. It will be even more difficult to take down the Yangzhou Mansion.

Now, more important than winning the Yangzhou government, is to face the various impacts brought about by his brother Azig's defeat and capture alive.

While sending people to report the news to the capital in a hurry, he gathered the Qing army in Jiangbei as soon as possible, and gathered the Boerhui, Kong Youde and other ministries left by Azig under his tent for unified command.

Tangning didn't rush across the river, and continued to order Shi Lang and Wu Liuqi to take down Zhenjiang Mansion and Taiping Mansion respectively.

Only two days later, Taiping Mansion was occupied by the new army, and then two days later, Zhenjiang Mansion was also occupied by the new army.

After letting Wu Liuqi's troops rest for a few days, Tangning immediately ordered him to lead his troops westward and wipe out all the Qing troops south of the Yangtze River.

Where Wu Liuqi went westward, the various forces that originally surrendered to the Qing army turned their backs one after another. For various reasons, those who didn't want to turn back, most of them crossed the river and fled. Few dared to fight the new army.

Because Azig took away the main force when he marched eastward, leaving mostly surrendered ministers and generals who were appointed at will, and there were not many troops, how dare he fight against the new army that is in full swing?

In less than half a month, the new army regained all the state capitals occupied by the Qing army south of the Yangtze River, and did not stop temporarily until the handover of the Daxi regime established by Zhang Xianzhong.

(End of this chapter)