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Chapter 415 Attacking Shunde Mansion

Dorgon saw that the situation in the city was over and the defeat was irretrievable, so he had to order to abandon the city and flee.

At the time of the watch, Zhu Yousong's troops completely occupied the Daming Mansion.But Zhu Yousong still had no end with Dorgon, and sent Huang Deli to lead an army of [-]. Zu Keyong and Ma Bao followed the army and went out to Beicheng overnight to hunt down Dorgon.

A dozen miles away from the north gate of Daming Mansion is a big river. Thanks to Dorgon, he left soldiers and warships here in advance, and these soldiers will transport them to the other side of the river overnight. The ship landed and fled to Shunde Mansion, and some soldiers took the warship and fled the Daming Mansion far away by water.

Huang Deli led the Ming army to chase to the river, but there was a big river blocking the way, so he had to withdraw his troops and return to the city to hand over the order.

After Zhu Yousong entered the city, he sent people to treat the wounded, cleaned the battlefield, buried the corpses, and extinguished the remaining fires. Then he issued a list to Anmin and announced to the world: I, Zhu Yousong, have come, and the Daming Mansion still belongs to Daming!
In fact, there are not many ordinary people in the city now. Years of wars, the rule of the Tartars is even more inhumane, rape and looting continue, the common people escape the war, and a large part of them leave their homes. live.

But Zhu Yousong treats all Li people equally, even if there is only one commoner, Zhu Yousong will not give up, and the policy will not change.

Go out to comfort the people, help the common people repair their houses, open a porridge market, send clothes and food to the common people, and help refugees. The people in the world know good and bad are the common people, so the people in the city rush to tell each other, and worship Zhu Yousong's temporary residence. I was so moved that I wept bitterly.

The homeless who lived in the wilderness outside the city also returned to the city after hearing the news. After the city guards verified their identities, they were all allowed to live in the city.Therefore, Daming Mansion soon stabilized and the population increased rapidly.

It was not easy to defeat Dorgon and take down the Daming Mansion. Zhu Yousong spent many days planning, and the battle was fruitful. He wiped out more than 45 Qing troops from inside and outside the city. , What is even more exciting is that I got Dorgon's [-] red cannons. The most important thing is that I got [-] boxes of ammunition. Chief Assistant Gao Hongtu, the Nanjing side is rushing to prepare ammunition supplies. If these [-] boxes of ammunition are saved and used, the supply of ammunition should be no problem.

In terms of casualties, the casualties of the Ming army in this battle were not too large. The total number of deaths and injuries did not exceed [-], but such a brilliant record was achieved. This battle is too worthy of celebration!
Zhu Yousong rested in the city for five days, rectified the troops, and rewarded the meritorious soldiers. The four generals including He Zhaoxiong and his daughter, Li Quan, and Liu Chunhong undoubtedly took the lead, followed by Liu Zhaoji, Ma Jinhua, Ma Wannian, Ma Jinhua, and He Xuanjiao. The ability to defeat Dorgon outside the city depends entirely on the two ace divisions led by Liu Zhaoji and Ma Wannian.

The outstanding performer in this battle was the young general Zhang Huan. When he was substituting another player, the two sides had a big battle. The rain of arrows all over the sky could not resist his bow, and all three arrows hit the target, especially the last arrow pierced the prison car. Wooden pillar, shot and killed Hauge, Prince Su of the Qing court.

Zhu Yousong himself once praised him as the title of "Shenjian", he was promoted to a higher level, and his salary was increased for half a year.

However, Li Zhushi, commander of the artillery battalion, received the most rewards this time.

When the ammunition was exhausted, they did not lose their positions and cannons, but fought bloody battles with the Tartars who were several times the enemy. Zhu Yousong issued an order that all the soldiers of the artillery battalion should be promoted to the third level, and their food and salary should be doubled. In particular, Li Zhushi was promoted to be the commander of the artillery battalion Make.

Although they are all commanders of the artillery battalion, their connotations are quite different, just like the contemporary "director", although they are all called directors, the connotation is very different.Because the artillery battalion has now expanded, from the original 1000 to 3000, the commander of [-] is of course different from the commander of [-].

Not only the expansion of the artillery battalion, but also the expansion of the entire imperial battalion is imperative. Zhu Yousong has been planning for a long time, and now he has added soldiers to the imperial cavalry.

But Zhu Yousong did not forget the soldiers who died, and the compensation for all casualties was doubled.

In addition to the expansion of the artillery battalion and the iron battalion of the imperial battalion, the battalions were adjusting and resting their personnel in the past five days, because they knew that the war was far from over and were preparing for the next battle.Zhu Yousong was rewarded and punished clearly, Li Zhushi and others were promoted so quickly, and the emperor himself added an official to the rank, what an honor!
Many soldiers were inspired, and everyone wanted to make meritorious service.

Especially Lu Xiao, Zhao Fu, Zheng Damu, Fang Dongxu and the few newly recruited martial arts Jinshi last year, the same batch of Jinshi, and the senior imperial guards who were conferred at the same time, they all envied Zhang Huan and Ma Wannian for their great contributions, I can't wait to go to kill the enemy and make meritorious service for His Majesty now.

The next two days were mainly to celebrate the victory. Zhu Yousong sent a decree to arrange a large banquet, and the whole city celebrated the victory from soldiers to generals to ministers.

Five days later, 20 soldiers were left under the charge of a general to guard the Daming Mansion. Zhu Yousong commanded [-] troops out of the Daming Mansion to go north and continue to regain lost ground.

The Ming army said it was 20, which is an approximation. At this time, all the troops around him that could be mobilized were only 18, which was claimed to be 4000.

Out of Daming Mansion, more than 100 miles to the north is Shunde Mansion. It took three days for 20 people to cross the river, and then only one day before the army arrived at the city of Shunde Prefecture.

Shunde Mansion is now the area around Xingtai, Hebei.In the Ming Dynasty, although it was a prefectural city, it was not considered a big city. Dorgon only left 1 troops here to guard the city, and he retreated to Zhending Mansion with the main force.

The main defender of the city is Zu Dashou. Before leaving, Dorgon told him that there is no need to fight Zhu Yousong, just stick to the city. He will come to rescue the siege, when he supplements the soldiers and equipment and then sends troops from Zhending, the three-way army can defeat Zhu Yousong.

Zu Dashou knew that this was Dorgon's reassuring words to him, and the purpose of letting his 1 horses stay was to cut off the heir.However, in the battle of Daming Mansion, as the general of the defeated army, Dorgon did not punish him. He was already grateful, so how could he dare to bargain again?

After several battles in the Daming Mansion, only half of Zu Dashou's [-] direct troops, namely the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army under his command, remained.This is the Guan Ning army back then, but the reputation of Guan Ning's iron cavalry is no longer there. When he met Zhu Yousong's team, he lost his troops and lost his generals.

His lunatic brother Zu Dabi was killed in battle, and now his team, like a tiger whose claws have been removed, knew that he was no match for Zhu Yousong, so he stood firm in the city and refused to fight.

Zhu Yousong didn't talk nonsense with him, and directly ordered Paoying to open the way. Seeing that Guide Mansion was heavily defended, although there were suspension bridges and moats, they couldn't be compared with Jiujiang, Luoyang, and Daming Mansions.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong did not use engineering troops, but directly ordered Li Zhushi to fire the cannons. He chose a good location, and Li Zhushi arranged them himself, and adjusted the height and range of several red-clothed cannons.

"Boom, boom, boom," the roar of the cannon was earth-shattering, and with only three or five shots, the south gate of Shunde Prefecture flew into the sky amidst the smoke.

"Kill!" Emperor Zhu Yousong pointed his sword, and the overwhelming Ming army rushed into Shunde Mansion amidst loud roars.

(End of this chapter)