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Chapter 113

In the wilderness, teams of Xuanda sergeants in red battle armor kept picking up corpses. There were hundreds of teams of about 20 of them.

One after another, the corpses were stripped naked and their heads were beheaded. The red-armored sergeants carried pigtails like they were carrying big green radishes.

Not far away, there were large carts parked, piled up in a mess on top of them, and there were many heads of Qing soldiers with a mouse tail. This vast wilderness looked so weird.

On some carts, which were more normal, there were many blood-stained banners and armored weapons. From time to time, there were tragic wailing sounds from undead cavalrymen of the Qing army.

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According to statistics, the sergeants of the three towns of Xuanda captured a total of 120 heads of slaves, 870 three horses, and banners, armor, knives and guns.

Among them, in the first battle with Alzin, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, Wang Pu, led the Jingqi of Datong Town to capture 240 and three heads of slave bandits by himself.

In the subsequent pursuit, another 97 heads of slave bandits were captured. In addition to the 590 eight heads of slave bandits captured by Lu Xiangsheng when he led Xuanzhen and Shanxi Town Jingqi for the second time, there are 690 five heads in total here. Famous heads.

Then, Zhang Cheng's Jingqi battled against Dan Dai and won another 140 nine slave heads. However, Jiang Mingwu, the Shanxi town general, won less, only 34 heads.

In the end, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, was victorious in the first battle, greatly promoting the morale of the army, and it was approved to capture 260 three slave heads, including the gains when chasing Alzin, and assigned them to Wang Pu at the twentieth level. Take the lead.

When Lu Xiangsheng led Xuanzhen and Shanxi Jingqi for the second battle against the [-] Zhenglan Banner Cavalry of the Qing Army in Alzin, the heads captured, plus the heads captured during the pursuit, approved three army horses, and each beheaded [-] The head of a famous slave thief.

Zhang Cheng's Jingqi fought against Dandai alone, and won 140 nine heads of slave bandits, and 25 heads from the pursuit, and won a total of 170 four heads of slave bandits. Of course, although he is already a guerrilla general, But it is still under Zhang Yan's command now, so these gains should also be counted under Zhang Yan's name.

However, Jiang Mingwu, a general in Shanxi Town, only captured 34 heads of the Mongolian cavalry of the Outer Fan. It was agreed that Jiang Mingwu's 84 heads would be distributed to Jiang Mingwu during the pursuit. In this way, his troops captured a total of [-] heads of slave thieves, which is also a great achievement.

Next, there is the question of how to distribute the captured war horses. All the generals have horses damaged. These captured first make up for the losses. There are still more than [-] captured war horses, which are temporarily left in Lu Xiangsheng's supervision battalion. After all There are many artillery pieces in his camp.

For the remaining armor and weapons, select the generals who can still be used to make up for the loss, and leave the rest to the young and strong in Gaoyang City. Even the damaged armor, after simple repairs, it is better than them not wearing armor. Much stronger.

The captured banners have all been collected, and these will naturally be sent to the capital together with the leader to report victory and invite credit for use.

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The soldiers continued to clean up the battlefield and rescue the wounded.

In this battle, although Lu Xiangsheng's Ming army won a great victory and rescued tens of thousands of people in Gaoyang City, they also suffered relatively large losses. After all, it was a field battle with the Qing army, which still took advantage of the large number of troops.

According to rough statistics, Lu Xiangsheng's Ming army suffered a total of more than [-] fine cavalry casualties. However, because it was the victorious side, many wounded were not injured again, and most of them could recover after treatment.

There were not many actual battle casualties, a total of 230 seven people were killed in battle, and the remaining [-] people were slightly injured, and about [-] elite cavalry were seriously injured, and they might have to leave the camp for treatment and recuperation.

Near the dilapidated temple where the Qing army and Shuosu Prince Hauge camped, many soldiers of the Ming army were nervously busy. The Qing army retreated in a hurry, and did not have time to take away many supplies and some tents.

Among them, there are more than a thousand stones of grain alone, and nearly ten thousand taels of silver scattered. There are also some other materials such as cloth. All the soldiers shouted excitedly. The grain and grain seized here are exactly what Lu Xiangsheng's troops are urgent Short.

There were also some broken carts, which were estimated to be repaired and still usable. The soldiers surrounded the ruined temple, set up camps around it, and erected rows of wooden fences.

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About two miles to the south of the slope, firecrackers were fired, smoke was lingering, the sound of gongs and drums came in bursts, and the sound of blowing and beating was getting closer and closer, so it was very lively.

It was the former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the governor of Jiliao, and the Taifu Sun Chengzong who led the gentry and common people in Gaoyang City to come out of the city to work in the army. Their carts of grain, and the grain stacks of each cart were covered with a mask. Red flowers made of red silk.

Behind them, there are also wheelbarrows pushing, with sacks of grain on them, and behind them are some strong young men, two or four of them, carrying thick wooden sticks with a head tied to them. A pig and sheep.

Lu Xiangsheng stood outside the north gate of the newly erected barracks, Sun Chengzong's fifth son, Sun Yao, accompanied Lu Xiangsheng, and whispered about the hardships of the people of Gaoyang City in defending the city for the past two days.

Especially today, when the Qing army entered the city for the third time, they had already gained the upper hand. If Lu Xiangsheng hadn't rescued them in time, Gaoyang City might have become a purgatory on earth, with all the people dying and no people left.

Zhang Cheng was still wearing the fine steel armor bestowed by the emperor, and the bloodstains had not faded away, showing how dangerous the bloody battle was just now. Standing next to Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuan Town, he stood out, showing his extraordinarily heroic might.

After Zhang Cheng's experience in defending Gyeonggi this time, his rather young and handsome face has a little more weathered color, looks more calm, and also has a heroic spirit of killing and decisiveness.

Guo Yingxian grinned happily and kept smiling happily. The dark Sifangtang was also blooming like a flower at this time. He had been fighting with the general Yang Guozhu for many years, but he couldn't remember the last time such a scene happened, what was it? It's about time.

Looking at Ming Dynasty, how many Ming armies can enjoy such treatment?

"History of Ming Dynasty Hong Zhong Biography" once recorded, "There are rumors from time to time: 'Thieves are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and soldiers are like shaving.'"

It can be seen from this that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, what was the army responsible for protecting the country and the people like? Under the banner of eliminating bandits, they secretly killed the good and pretended to be meritorious, and looted villages one by one.

The degree of ferocity and cruelty is many times greater than those of the bandits. Most of the bandits robbed and knew to leave a sigh of relief for the people, so that they could rob again in the future.

Those soldiers, however, didn't care about these. They moved around Daming to suppress bandits. Everywhere they went, they ransacked villages and villages in the name of suppressing bandits. , full of military merit.

Even, the people may not have fled when they saw the bandits, but after the bandits passed by, when the soldiers came, none of the people disappeared.

As it is now, it is so rare in Daming to have military and civilian celebrations.

All the generals present were full of enthusiasm, and everyone's eyes were full of excitement. Lu Xiangsheng even had tears in his eyes, looking at the Gaoyang labor force coming from a distance.

(End of this chapter)