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Chapter 151
Huang Degong immediately ordered people from Fengyang, Chuzhou, Hezhou and other places to attack Liu Liangzuo's remaining troops at the same time.According to Zhu Yousong's will, Huang Degong deployed a total of [-] troops in these three places. Linhuai, which is closest to Fengyang, and Chen Qi, which is closest to Hezhou, were the first to be attacked.

Liu Liangzuo left only 2 troops in these two places. How can he fight against Huang Degong's [-] troops?Not to mention the disparity in numbers, the main reason is that Huang Degong's men are really serious this time. Previously, under Huang Degong's order, these men and Liu Liangzuo's men were just playing tricks, and there were also elements of pretending to be fake fights and pretending to be coercive. Run as soon as it comes into contact, or be unable to attack for a long time.

Now it has completely changed, and Liu Liangzuo's troops have really experienced the combat power of Huang Chuangzi's troops. It is like an autumn wind sweeping away leaves. With only one charge, all the defensive positions outside Linhuai City and Chen Qi City were removed, and all the troops in these two places were compressed. In the city, stick to the gate and dare not go out to fight.

They huddled in the city wondering why Huang Degong was so cowardly before, but now he has become so unstoppable?

Just when they were confused, soldiers from outside the city came to attack the city. Huang Degong ordered people to read the will to the soldiers in the city. After listening to these people, they realized that this was the way the emperor used to deal with them. Before that, it was all to tease them. real war.When they heard that Liu Liangzuo's head had been lost and the 2 main forces were wiped out within half a day by the court's troops, they were already leaderless. These soldiers were all stunned as if shocked by electricity. The city surrendered.

After taking down Chen Qi and Linhuai, Huang Degong's troops took advantage of the victory and came to Shouzhou. At this time, the soldiers in Shouzhou had already been trusted. These days, they were still waiting for the troops from Xiongzhou to kill them. Troops were sent to respond, but there was no war in Suizhou and Guide for a long time, so they sent people to inquire, but the Qing soldiers and traitor Liu Liangchen they had placed their high hopes on remained silent.

Just when he was wondering, the bad news came. Liu Liangzuo's nearly 7 troops had reached the capital and became the end of the battle. The emperor countered with a strange move. In one day, more than [-] troops were wiped out. Their commander Liu Liangzuo was also killed by his generals. Now the emperor has already attacked Linhuai and Hezhou, and it will be their turn soon.

This is like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the soldiers will be frightened.But Ding Dexing, the guard, is Liu Liangzuo's loyal loyalist. He was stunned, and with only five thousand soldiers, he knew that Shouzhou, which was a tiny place, would definitely not be able to defend it. Chongsie went to Xiongzhou to find the second master Liu Liangzuo, and surrendered to the Qing army to avenge his master Liu Liangzuo.

Therefore, in the middle of the night, he gathered 5000 men and horses to abandon the city and flee north, heading towards Xiongzhou.

However, at this time the morale of the army had already dissipated. Seeing that Liu Liangzuo's power was gone, many generals did not want to hang out with him any longer.

Since this was going to surrender to the enemy and judge the country, Ding Dexing did not dare to hold the torch high, so that the troops moved forward in the dark, but as he walked, he found that the team had shrunk seriously, but at this time, he couldn't care less. How many teams can be pulled is counted. , Ding Deshan shook his head and sighed, pretending to be deaf and dumb, leading the troops to move on.

I don't know how far I went, when suddenly there was a cannon shot, ambushes were everywhere, and countless torches shone like day.Countless soldiers blocked their way, all aimed at them with knives, guns, sticks, crossbows, arrows and guns, but they didn't kill them.

One of the leading generals, Yuan Shu, the general soldier of Henan, announced on the spot the court's policy towards them. These soldiers heard that those who surrendered would be spared death and could continue to serve the court.

Only the commander-in-chief Ding Dexing was determined to break out of the siege with a small number of soldiers, but Yuan Shu had already made sufficient preparations, let alone thousands of troops, even tens of thousands of horses would never pass through here.

Now Lu Jiude, the chief eunuch of the Admiral Dongchang, and Chen Qianfu, the governor of Henan, have come to Suizhou to sit in the town. To the south, guard against Liu Liangzuo's remnants, which Zhu Yousong had arranged long ago.

When the remnants and defeated generals on this road were still twenty lands away from here, they had already been spotted by the night patrol scouts, and the Pegasus reported it to Yuan Shu, who stopped the team with his whole body in armor, and then acted according to the order. Don't move the guy, first persuade him to surrender according to the will.Now that someone is plotting something wrong, he can only be killed on the spot.

This Yuan Zongbing gave an order, the crossbows and arrows were fired, and the gunshots rang out. In a short time, Ding Dexing, more than 200 loyalists of Liu Liangzuo, all fell in a pool of blood.

Yuan Shu ordered someone to cut off Ding Dexing's head, cleaned the battlefield overnight, and then escorted nearly [-] captives back to Suizhou to report to Henan Governor Chen Qianfu and Henan Governor Lu Jiude.

So far, all of Liu Liangzuo's territory has returned to the imperial court, and more than 9 people have disappeared, but only 3000 people were killed or injured on the battlefield, and a total of [-] people have surrendered to the imperial court. The part of the deserters, these very few can be ignored.

In this way, from Zhu Yousong's planning and deployment to the final use of troops to close the net, it took less than 20 days before and after the cutting of the vassal.

Although Liu Liangzuo's men and horses once approached the city of Nanjing, which caused panic among the officials and the people in the capital, it was nothing compared to such a remarkable victory. Calm and calm, Taishan collapsed in front of him without surprise, not only convinced some courtiers, but also became a good story in the court. Zhu Yousong attached a sticker.

It was another successful vassal reduction, and compared with cleaning up Xingping Bogaojie, the court paid a lower price this time. The casualties on the entire battlefield were only 5000, but Liu Liangzuo, the black dragon, was bound.

This is undoubtedly another great joyful event after the downfall of the great warlord Gao Jie, which shocked the whole country, especially the common people in Shouzhou, Linhuai, Chen Qi and other places. The family worships Bodhisattva directly.Because the people here are the same as the people in Xusi's land, they suffered from the warlord's looting, Gao Jie and Gao Liangzuo were killed one after another, which means that the people have eliminated the great disaster, and they all feel grateful to the heavens.

The happiest one is of course the emperor Zhu Yousong. When he returned to the palace, thinking about his creativity this time, he couldn’t help being overwhelmed. Huan is indispensable.

After such a big victory, big celebrations are indispensable, and it goes without saying that rewarding meritorious soldiers should be done according to merit.

But the next question came, how much money would be added to the expenditure of Liu Liangzuo's 7 to [-] horses, plus the newly established [-] imperial camp, and the upcoming national imperial examination.

But now the national treasury is short of money, and the disaster relief basically relies on internal subsidies for military supplies, food, and disaster relief. This increase in expenditure will definitely not work after a long time, even though Zhu Yousong seized Han Zanzhou, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, and Zhu Guobi. The huge greed and corruption earned more than 1000 million taels of silver, but this cannot support the tens of thousands of horses and the huge expenditure of national scientific research funds. If there is no way to increase income, it will soon be empty.

But Zhu Yousong quickly thought of a way.

(End of this chapter)