A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 341 Battle Report

Zhang Xianzhong was defeated too quickly and slipped away too quickly.

It was also the first time for Yan Ling to see that the escape ability of the bandits who had been a serious problem for the imperial court was indeed a different response.

Of course, Lin Xiao did not have the ability to command these more than 10,000 elite soldiers. In fact, these soldiers were commanded by Lin Xiao's personal leader, the actual controller of the battalion under General Ning Shao.

Zhang Xianzhong ran into this army head-on. The neat square formation, but the large formation of more than 10,000 people was silent. The dense green armor was extremely oppressive. He felt something was wrong at first. Even the border troops who had fought with him had such discipline. Can't match it.

Then he launched an attack. Even though Zhang Xianzhong sent all the old battalion into battle, he was still completely defeated. He also realized that the situation was not good and abandoned the large troops. He led the young and old battalion to flee immediately, leaving the nearly 100,000 refugees in the dust. A human shield.

After chasing for a while, they were finally allowed to escape, but in the end, Zhang Xianzhong's army of more than 100,000 people had only more than 10,000 left, and the rest either surrendered or fled.

"More than 70,000 prisoners were screened. If they were old soldiers from Zhang Xianzhong's camp, they would be beheaded. If they were young and strong bandits, they would be thrown in to mine. If they were common people who were being kidnapped, they would be taught a lesson and then let them follow the next batch. Ships heading to the Southern Continent.”

Without Yan Ling opening his mouth, Yan Hongliang had already started assigning tasks to the clan elders in charge of related matters. Here, he was the first person under Yan Ling, and many government affairs were handled by him.

The clan elder responded in agreement, and then said:

"In addition, there are many bandits who have fled."

"Then we will order all towns to strengthen their vigilance, organize soldiers to search places, and resettle the refugees..."

Yan Hongliang was commanding here, and on the other side, Yan Ling waved his hand to summon a hidden dragon guard beside him, and said:

"Go to the prefect of Shaoxing and ask him to draft a memorial and send it to the capital together with Lin Xiao's battle report."

"Tell him that the entire process of this battle must be recorded in detail, starting from Zhang Xianzhong's departure from Ningguo to Hangzhou, and the impeachment of Zhang Lai, the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province, who was afraid of the enemy and refused to fight, and his command was incompetent, which led to the defeat."

His eyes sparkled:

"Coupled with Lin Xiaoli's contribution, the position of Zhejiang Commander-in-Chief... is almost certain."

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The palace was very busy during this period, and eunuchs could be seen coming in and out from time to time.

A letter of battle reports from all over the Ming Dynasty was sent to the palace like flowing water, allowing Emperor Wuxing to control the situation in the world.

Now, what attracts his most attention is undoubtedly the war in Southern Zhili. Therefore, when Yan Yinghui's report came to the capital, it was immediately delivered to the emperor.

"Great, Nanjing was not lost!"

Seeing this news, even as strong as Zhu Changxun, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Nanjing is not only an important town, but also has extremely important political significance. Once it falls, the consequences will be disastrous, and it can even be called "the destiny is lost".

After all, in the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, everyone said that dragon energy was entrenched in Stone City.

Likewise, he also knew the armament situation in the South. To be honest, when half a million rogue bandits entered Nanzhili, he was almost ready for the fall of Nanjing City. After all, Nanzhili had only been invaded during the Japanese Rebellion since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It had been peaceful for too long.

Mobilizing Lu Xiangsheng and the troops from various provinces means that we are ready to attack the enemy. He planned to take advantage of Gao Yingxiang and other rebels' unstable foothold to quickly recapture Nanjing to avoid too much impact.

However, what he didn't expect was that under the command of Yan Yinghui, Nanjing City was actually defended in the end, which was far beyond his expectation.

According to reports, the number of casualties among the rogues in this battle was estimated to be over 100,000. Although most of the corpses had been burned by the rogues on their own initiative (to avoid the plague) and could not be verified, based on the strength of the rogues who later dispersed, this was not a lie.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Nanjing was a great victory.

The emperor was extremely excited at this time.

"I will definitely reward you heavily, uh..."

He suddenly realized that the other party was the Duke of Yue. Not only was he inextricably linked to his teacher, but more importantly, he was also at the top of the Ming Dynasty. The title of the Duke of Yue was already the first among the emperors. Even among the kings, they only surpassed him in name, and could not even match him in actual power.

No more, it can only be privileges, praise and worship, etc., but he does not want to give such power. In other words, since his mentality has changed and he has become more self-centered, he will not give it to anyone. of power.

"Let me reward you with some land, python robes, gold, silver and other things."

He thought for a while and made a decision, and at the same time he couldn't help but sigh:

"This generation of the Yan family is really full of talents."

It's a pity that they can't be used much.

After sighing, he continued to read the memorial.

After the rogue bandits withdrew from the siege, they divided into several groups and scattered. Among them, Gao Yingxiang's troops ran into Cao Wenzhao who was heading south.

Gao Yingxiang sent more than 10,000 elite old battalion cavalry to fight with him, while he led his troops to continue retreating.

However, the cavalry under Cao Wenzhao was the Liao cavalry from the Li family in the northeast. They were elite cavalry whose combat power exceeded that of ordinary border troops and even the Jisi army. With only 4,000 men, they defeated the old camp of more than 10,000 people. .

However, Gao Yingxiang had already slipped away at this time, and Cao Wenzhao was ordered to support Nanzhi, so he did not pursue him, but led his army to continue southward.

Not long after, Lu Xiangsheng also arrived.

What happened next was so logical.

The few remaining bandit leaders in South Zhili were no match for Lu Xiangsheng. They were pursued and beaten fiercely, and they were all killed and wounded soon. Soon after, several bandits who had not left South Zhili, including King Huntian and King Sweeper, were killed. All leaders were conferred their heads.

Seeing this, Zhu Changxun nodded with satisfaction.

Southern Zhili is no problem.

The hanging heart was finally relieved.

Soon after, the war that broke out in Zhejiang also spread to the palace.

"Thieves came down from Zhili in the south and invaded our town..."

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"The Zhejiang General Army was defeated in Qiantang. More than 10,000 troops were wiped out overnight. He fled into Hangzhou alone..."

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"By the good fortune of heaven, Ning Shao's general Lin Xiao led his troops to defeat the thieves in Xiaoshan. He beheaded 14,671 of the thieves' heads and presented them to the palace."

"More than 70,000 bandits were captured, and most of them were civilians who were kidnapped by the bandits and have been handed over to the officials for settlement."

After reading the memorial from the prefect of Shaoxing, and then looking at Lin Xiao's battle report, everything was clear and impeccable.

Undoubtedly, this was a great victory. Zhang Xianzhong even lost a lot of money in this battle.

The performance of the Zhejiang General Soldiers was so poor that even if the Shaoxing prefect just reported the facts without "polishing" it, it would be enough to make Zhu Changxun furious.

(End of this chapter)