Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 143 Booty

Chapter 143 Booty

Hearing what Qian Qianyi said, Liu Bao thought to himself, damn it, this sour and rotten scholar found the opportunity to photograph His Majesty's horse.

"Haha, don't talk so much, go to the palace first, and after I finish interrogating those Tartar officials, I can drag them all out for execution."

Because Zhu Cilang chose Fengqiu as his residence, the Fengqiu county government office naturally became his residence, but this residence was a bit too crude.

The Fengqiu county government office is very small, and the first half is where the magistrate, his staff, and the police officers work, and it also serves as a temporary detention facility for prisoners.

The second half is the place where the county magistrate and his family live. After all, according to the Chinese tradition of avoiding their origin, it is impossible for local magistrates like county magistrates to work in their hometowns. Let them live in the county government.

"Your Majesty, I have finished counting the battle damage, prisoners, and armor. Here is the list. Please have a look at it." Because Zhang Zhong was busy cleaning up on the battlefield, Zhang Zhong didn't have time to count, and only returned to Fengqiu County. Count it out.

After Zhang Zhong finished speaking, he handed a list from his arms to Liu Bao, and then Liu Bao handed the list to Zhu Cihong.

Although Zhang Zhong is [-]% loyal to Zhu Cihong, etiquette cannot be broken. According to the rules, these foreign ministers cannot directly pass things to Zhu Cihong.

"Our army killed or injured more than [-] cavalry from the [-] Battalion, more than [-] plate armored knights, and more than [-] heavy infantry from the Fifth Army Battalion." Zhu Cilang took the list, put it in his hand, and read out the numbers on it.

Although nearly 200 people were killed or injured by Zhu Cihong this time, fortunately, most of them were mildly or seriously injured. Only a small number of people, or a quarter, actually died or lost their fighting ability.

After all, the armor they wear is not a decoration, let alone paper, and there is no military battle to take kickbacks in the middle.

"We killed 680 real Tatars, more than [-] Mongol Tatars, wounded more than a thousand real Tatars, more than [-] Mongol Tatars, captured more than [-] real Tatars, and [-] Mongol Tatars."

These kills and gains were basically caused in the previous battle. When they were on the bank of the Yellow River, because the Tatars were defeated too quickly and acted quickly, nothing was left behind.

In addition, Zhu Cihong's troops were mainly heavy cavalry, so he couldn't catch up at the beginning of the pursuit, so naturally there was nothing to gain.

In fact, Zhu Cihong's success this time was due to his more than 3000 cavalry, otherwise it would be impossible to catch up with the Eight Banners soldiers, and even if they did catch up, they would not be able to encircle them.

If all his troops were infantry, there would be no way to fight a battle of annihilation. He could only defeat the Tatars. In a few days, they would be able to fight vigorously again.

This is the biggest disadvantage of the farming peoples compared to the nomadic, fishing and hunting peoples outside the customs. You can't lose even once, because if you lose, you can't run away, but the enemy can fail again and again. Anyway, they can rely on their strong opportunities. The motivation is all over the place.

The more you beat them, the more experienced the soldiers will be, and they will become veterans after being defeated dozens of times. At this time, the Han army is often exhausted. The military strength of the Han people and the barbarians often ebbs and flows like this. .

"There are more than [-] collars in cotton armor, [-] collars in chain mail, [-] riding bows, [-] sabers, more than [-] war horses, more than [-] draft horses, and more than [-] riding horses."

Because the cotton armor was worn on the outside, it was severely damaged in battle. Many Eight Banners soldiers wore cotton armor that was damaged by arrows, while the chain armor worn inside was relatively intact.

That's why Zhu Cihong got more chain mail than cotton armor.

There is a characteristic of the Chinese army that is very different from the Europeans, that is, no matter what kind of arms, they can carry long and short weapons, and often more than one.

Hundreds of years ago, the army of the Khitan people from the grassland was dominated by cavalry archers. According to the military system, they could carry four riding bows and four hundred arrows. The Mongols and Jurchens who rose after them were naturally similar to them. When fighting, they will carry a large number of bows and arrows.

After all, riding and shooting is their biggest advantage over the Central Plains people. As long as they are determined not to get in close contact with the Han army, the Han people will have nothing to do with them.

"Great, with these captives, I can arm a large army." Seeing such a big harvest, Zhu Cihong was very happy.

In the past few decades, Miqing kept entering the customs to plunder people, especially craftsmen, and a large number of Han troops took refuge in them. Therefore, Miqing's ordnance manufacturing ability is very strong, and the quality of weapons is very good, which is better than that of the corrupt and incompetent Ming Dynasty. The government does not know how much stronger it is.

The most important thing is that there are not many craftsmen in Zhu Cixiang's army, and their weapons manufacturing capabilities are very poor. The weapons of the tens of thousands of people Zhu Cixiang recruited in Jinling and Yangzhou were drawn from various local health stations and state and county arsenals. Otherwise, they would all It's time to fight with sticks.

"Your Majesty, do you want to escort those Tatar officials here?" Zhang Zhong suddenly asked Zhu Cihong when he thought of Tong Mengchun and the others.

"Yes, bring their Niulu Ezhen and Jiala Ezhen." Zhu Cilang wanted to interrogate something from them.

Although as a time traveler, he is familiar with a lot of history, but Zhu Cihong is not a robot after all, he can at most remember the big historical trends, such as when the Qing court and Ming court probably controlled those territories and so on.

However, if you pay attention to when the Qing army was there, how many people there were, and what the strategic goals were, then Zhu Cihong would be completely blind.

In fact, let alone the Qing army, even some troops of the Ming army, Zhu Cihong didn't know where they were or what they were doing.

For example, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo who attacked southern Henan, because of the long distance and lack of a mature intelligence system, the station system was also abolished by Zhu Cihong's cheap father, so Zhu Cihong now doesn't know what they are doing there.

Soon, Tartar officers headed by Tong Mengchun came, accompanied by two Jiala Ezhen and ten Niulu Ezhen.

As soon as more than a dozen people came, the county government hall, which was originally not big in space, was packed to the brim.

"You are the leader of the Tartars, Tong Mengchun?" Zhu Cihong asked in a lazy voice when he saw the leader, a tall man with a money rat tail and a squid-like beard.

"That's right, now I'm in your hands, you can kill or cut me up as you like, you can do it quickly, the Manzhou man will never compromise with you."

To Zhu Cixiang's surprise, Tong Mengchun actually understood Chinese and could speak reasonably fluent Mandarin.

I don’t know if it’s because of the proximity to the capital, but Tong Mengchun’s Mandarin is actually better than that of people in many areas in the south.

(End of this chapter)

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