Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 429 Shi Lang
The battle report was sent back to Nanjing immediately.

When Yang Chao saw the battle report, he was not surprised. More than 3 people were mobilized just to annihilate Hauge. Just to defend the city, [-] people are enough, and there is no need to mobilize troops.

Although there is still a gap between my own army and the Qing army in field battles, it is more than enough to defend the city. Even in the ability of field battles, the gap is gradually narrowing. As a personal soldier, it is better not to lose to the elite of the Eight Banners.

In time, my own army can completely compete with the Eight Banners, and the number will be several times that of the Eight Banners. At that time, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains can be launched in one go.

After watching the battle situation, there is nothing outstanding. In fact, there are basically few outstanding places in the decisive battle of the large corps. In a war of this scale, it is not who is more clever than who is more clever, but who is actually less mistaken than who. If both sides do not make big mistakes, the final battle is actually combat effectiveness.

But there are also one or two highlights, such as Li Yuanyin's command, and Shi Lang's surprise attack.

Yang Chao still has some impressions of Li Yuanyin. He is Li Chengdong's godson, only 20 years old.

When he was in Yangzhou, this Li Yuanyin was finally one of the few remaining members of Gao Jie who was reorganized by Yang Chao.

The reason why Li Yuanyin's department was reorganized was because Li Yuanyin met the requirements for reorganization, that is, he did not participate in the Yangzhou massacre.

Of course, Gao Jie's remaining troops were incorporated by Duoduo, killing a group of middle-level officers. Li Yuanyin escaped because he led the army alone.

His army was incorporated into Zhang Tianlu's tent, and when the city was massacred, they were given a not-so-rich area.

Li Yuanyin is not interested in massacring the city. In fact, he is a bit different from the rogues of Gao Jie's department. First of all, he did not volunteer to join the peasant army, but Li Chengdong invaded his hometown back then, because his family was a wealthy family. So he was slaughtered, but Li Chengdong saw that he was good-looking, so he took him in as a foster son and raised him.

Ten years have passed, and Li Yuanyin has grown into a 20-year-old youth, but he is still different from ordinary rogues. Because of his background, he has read books, and he often reads in the army, often helps Li Chengdong with advice, and often advises Li Chengdong Don't loot etc.

When the Qing army gave him the territory to plunder, Li Yuanyin was unwilling to participate in the massacre of the city. He also tried to suppress his subordinates, but at that time everyone was red-eyed and didn't listen to Li Yuanyin at all. Li Yuanyin could only bring a few relatives Bing, staying in a big family, hiding and pretending not to know.

After dawn, everyone was captured by Yang Chao again. After a few days of screening by Yang Chao, Li Yuanyin successfully proved that he did not participate in the massacre of the city, because no one was killed or anything was robbed in the big family he lived in. In a hurry, the family was willing to testify for Li Yuanyin.

So Li Yuanyin was incorporated into the Yang Chao Army, and because he had rich combat experience and could ride a horse, after passing basic training, he was incorporated into the cavalry unit and became a general.

This time the meritorious service should be able to be promoted to lieutenant general.

Compared with Li Yuanyin, Yang Chao has a deeper impression of Shi Lang. First of all, Shi Lang is very controversial in history. Some people say that he is a hero because he led troops to pacify Taiwan and incorporated the territory of Taiwan into the territory of the Qing Dynasty. , For the Chinese of later generations, it can be regarded as a feat of opening up territories.

Some people also say that Shi Lang is a big traitor, because the Taiwan he led troops to attack is the territory of the Zheng family, and the Yongli year name used on it is the banner of the Ming Dynasty. , Helping the Qing army attack the motherland, is a typical big traitor.

But Shi Lang at this time obviously has not reached the point of controversy, and his achievements in later generations are enough to prove that Shi Lang is a general. He and Zheng Chenggong captured Taiwan successively, and Taiwan was first in the hands of the Dutch. Encouraged by the Dutch many times, Zheng Chenggong defeated the Dutch and brought the Netherlands under Chinese control for the first time.

Then Shi Lang led the Qing army, defeated Zheng Chenggong's grandson, and snatched Taiwan from the Zheng family.Similarly, when Taiwan was in the hands of the Zheng family, the Dutch and the Qing army tried to capture it many times, but they were defeated by the Zheng family many times.

Two things show that if Zheng Chenggong is the most outstanding admiral in the eastern world after Zheng Zhilong, then Shi Lang is the most outstanding admiral after Zheng Chenggong.

Such a talent is quite attractive to Yang Chao.

But what really impressed Yang Chao was the way Shi Lang joined his navy.

Last year, it was agreed with Zhejiang and Fujian to jointly attack Jiangxi, but both the Zhejiang army and the Zheng army were defeated by the Qing army.

After Zheng's defeat, he retreated to Fujian. People in Fujian were panic-stricken. Huang Daozhou, who thought he was well versed in the art of war, took the initiative to ask for orders, and set off again with [-] improvised mobs to counterattack the Qing army.

At that time Shi Lang was in the army of Zodiac Zhou, and this Zodiac Zhou was very famous, not only because of his well-written articles and his famous literary name, but also because he was familiar with military books and had written annotations for "Biography of Guangbai Generals", so he was recognized as a A civil servant who knows the soldiers.

It's a pity that everything is just on paper. Huang Daozhou, who has no practical experience at all, actually doesn't know how to fight at all. Of course he doesn't think so, and he sets off with full confidence.

Huang Daozhou planned to make a big fanfare, displaying the banner of his chief minister, and believed that his appeal would be able to make everyone respond to him. Shi Lang suggested that Huang Daozhou stay hidden, take advantage of the Qing army's invasion of Guangdong to attack Ganzhou, and then join the Ming army in Guangdong. Attack the Qing army together.

But Huang Daozhou didn't like the little-known Shi Lang at all, and didn't listen to his ideas at all, and still marched with a clear banner. Shi Lang sighed and said that he was "a thief at the age of 17". Based on his experience, he believed that Huang Daozhou would definitely lose Undoubtedly, he let out a long sigh on the battlefield, glanced at the north, and sighed that "heroes are useless", and he wanted to "sell and know the goods with a passion for blood."

Shi Lang decided that Yang Chao was someone who knew the goods, so he made his way to Nanjing, and brought his group of desperadoes who were on the sea with Zheng Zhilong, and asked to join Yang Chao's army.

When Shi Lang asked Yang Chao to accept him, he was very mad. Yang Chao asked him why he abandoned the Fujian court to vote for him.

Shi Lang told Yang Chao, "You are a hero, and I am also a hero. Heroes cherish heroes, so I vote for a reason." I have to say that this kid is arrogant enough. No wonder he dared to challenge Zheng Chenggong later, but Zheng Chenggong took over the military power. In the end, the two Zheng Chenggong killed him, Shi Lang's father, and Shi Lang defected to Manqing for revenge.

In just a few words, Yang Chao realized that Shi Lang is arrogant, but at the same time, he really has some real talents. He is passionate and desperate to prove himself, that is, a person who hopes to realize his self-worth more than A guy of national righteousness, to be honest, this kind of person can't be a hero, at most he can be a go-getter.

After pondering over and over again, he decided that this person was a talented person, so Yang Chao took him in temporarily before the station and incorporated him into the Jiangfan Navy, allowing him to participate in the battle to encircle and annihilate Haoge.

Unexpectedly, after Shi Lang arrived at the place, he checked the terrain and immediately suggested that he lead his brothers to attack from both upstream and downstream directions, directly burning down the Qing army's pontoon bridge, and directly blocking the Qing army on the other side of the river.

Jiang Fan agreed to his suggestion, and Shi Lang really completed the task.

After Yang Chao read the battle report, he immediately printed it in a newspaper and sent it to various places in Southern Zhili.

Nanjing City was the first to see the good news, but what made Yang Chao a little bit less excited was that the Nanjing people were unusually calm. Of course, happiness is inevitable, especially the news that Hauge was captured alive, which still makes people hotly debated. They spent most of the day arguing over who is better between Hauge and Dodo, but it was just a topic of conversation on their lips.

Neither the people set off firecrackers nor held a feast, as if they thought it was right.It seemed that they felt that the Ming army should win the battle, and Yang Chao should win the battle.

Then again, this may not be a bad thing. The people's confidence in Yang Chao has reached a level of blind trust, and their own soldiers have reached an extraordinary level of trust. This is normal. A confident nation should have mentality, they believe that their country can give them security.

Seeing this situation, when Hauge was escorted back to Nanjing, Yang Chao didn't even bother to drag him around.

After writing another brief notice in the newspaper, he brought Hauge to him. On the contrary, Yang Chao wanted to see this Eight Banners nobleman more than ordinary people.

"You are Yang Chao?"

When Hauge saw Yang Chao, he couldn't believe it at first, he was too young, no matter how young he was, it was hard to believe that he was a veteran in the battlefield.

"You are Hauge?"

When Yang Chao saw Hauge, he didn't quite believe that this was the executioner who killed Yingye, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a simple and honest old farmer.

"Hahahaha!"

Hauge laughed.

"why are you laughing?"

Yang Chao asked.

Hauge snorted, "Tell me how you plan to humiliate me."

Yang Chao shook his head: "Why did the governor humiliate you?"

Hao Ge sneered: "You have tried everything possible to catch me back, can you still let me go?"

Yang Chao shook his head: "It is of course impossible to let you go. You have killed so many people, it is impossible to let you go."

Hauge laughed and said, "Heaven and earth are not tolerated, are they just? Do you still believe this?"

Yang Chao asked, "What? You don't believe me?"

Hauge shook his head: "It seems that I think highly of you. People like us, if they want to achieve great things, can they really care about ordinary people?"

Yang Chao sighed: "That's why breaking countless cities and killing Yingye is the way for you to achieve great things."

Hao Ge snorted: "Stop talking sarcasticly, the people you kill are not much less than this king."

Yang Chao said: "I kill the enemies, but you kill the common people."

Hauge sneered and looked up at the roof. He really didn't expect Yang Chao to be such a naive person.

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing, this is the difference between agricultural civilization and nomadic people, the difference in moral values ​​is too great, agricultural people are a productive nation, while nomadic people are a plundering nation, one regards plundering and murder as the biggest crime , while one is regarded as a common thing, and even the more people kill, the more heroes they are, the more they can rob property, the more respected they are.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, when are you going to kill me?"

Hauge felt that he and Yang Chao had no common language at all. He felt that this person was not a hero in his mind at all, and he was not a person who would do great things at all. It is a shame to be defeated by such a person, he might as well die early, he regrets coming to see Yang Chao.

Yang Chao laughed and said, "Kill you? How is it possible! Wouldn't it be too cheap for Dorgon to kill you?"

Hauge just made a move, and Dorgon was the pain in his heart, in other words, he was also the person who could accomplish great things in his heart.

(End of this chapter)