Lord of Ming Dynasty

As soon as the enemy retreated, Zhang Qiang's gunfire soldiers showed their power. The Mongolian cavalry and Ming cavalry suffered heavy losses. Even Zhang Qiang's troops fell off their horses when they couldn't get close to the 30-meter front.

There were sword players and rebel infantry protection on the left and right. Archers, crossbow archers, firecrackers, and even artillery fired continuously. The Qing army found that the rebels were like a hedgehog covered in thorns.

Oppression, oppression, and more oppression, the long-range soldiers and the Qing army fired at each other. Although the Qing army was large in number, they faced the disciplined Zhang Qiang's rebel troops and faced huge casualties. Morale dropped rapidly, and the team became scattered. He retreated and was crushed and beaten by Zhang Qiang's rebel troops.

Persisted until it was getting dark in the afternoon, when Zhang Qiang threw Wei Wuji's two wings of rebel soldiers to attack the enemy, the enemy couldn't hold on anymore, collapsed one after another, turned and fled.

"Cavalry attack" Zhang Qiang drew out his waist knife and swung it down vigorously.

The cavalry flashed out from behind Zhang Qiang. After watching the battle all afternoon, they couldn't hold back for a long time, let out a cry, and rushed out wave after wave.

There was no suspense in the battle. Thousands of rebels chased thousands of collapsed Qing soldiers, killing all sides.

Zhang Qiang also led thirty cavalry guards and galloped across the battlefield, killing many Qing soldiers. His target was Ruan Dacheng. When the army collapsed, Ruan Dacheng had already fled with his own soldiers. Zhang Qiang chased after him.

It was getting dark and finally caught up with Ruan Dacheng in a village. There were only a few servants around Ruan Dacheng. Zhang Qiang took the musket from the cavalry around him and fired casually from a distance. Ruan Dacheng fell to the ground in response. Killed his last few servants, and brought the injured Ruan Dacheng to Zhang Qiang.

"My lord, I am willing to surrender," Ruan Dacheng shouted in a trembling voice, covered in cold sweat.

"Really? Then you come back and slaughter the people of Jinhua?" Zhang Qiang said coldly.

"My lord, this is a war between the two countries. These people are unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. I have no choice but to kill those who oppose it. This is the best way to make the new dynasty stable."

Ruan Dacheng was obviously seriously injured. Zhang Qiang shot him directly in the back. As a civil servant, he didn't usually wear armor. At this time, he ran away in a hurry and didn't have time to wear it. Wearing it would affect his mobility. Throw away everything that can be thrown away, just to run faster. At this time, he can only bear the pain caused by lead bullets.

Zhang Qiang snorted coldly, "If the two countries are fighting each other, then the common people are not guilty. Besides, you are still from Ming Dynasty. Can't you take pity on you? Isn't your ancestor from Ming Dynasty? Don't you have any kindness at all?"

Ruan Dacheng coughed a few times, coughing up a mouthful of blood, "My lord, where did the armor on those soldiers come from and the food in their mouths? Common people, where did the imperial court's taxes come from? Common people, killing and injuring the people of the enemy country is to destroy the enemy. The war potential of the army, for those people who surrendered, they are the source of taxes for the Qing Dynasty, which can support the Qing Dynasty's war against the Ming Dynasty, and those people who refuse to surrender are the enemy's foundation. Defeat the enemy?"

Zhang Qiang felt that what Ruan Dacheng said was very reasonable. Why did the Japanese kill so extravagantly in later generations? If the sources of military strength and taxation are cut off, or are becoming less and less, then even if the enemy seems to be invincible and seems strong, they will not be able to support them for long.

Why Kutuzov was able to defeat Napoleon, apart from Russia's cold and poor roads, the strategy he used to lure the enemy deep and clear the field with strong walls has many similarities with this, but the direction is different.

Zhang Qiang looked at Ruan Dacheng, Zhu Dadian did a stupid thing, because of the love of his classmates, he finally let him go, but he could not do such a thing, why did he catch the enemy generals, Liu Liangzuo, Ma Bao and others, and did not let him go , or killed, because he wanted to recruit these people to his command and expand his general team, but if they were stubborn, then he had to kill them, he would not let them go back later, Bring troops to kill yourself.

Seeing that Zhang Qiang didn't speak, Ruan Dacheng was overjoyed, and immediately struck while the iron was hot, "My lord, I am useful to you, my lord, I am willing to surrender."

Zhang Qiang looked at him for a while, then smiled and said, "Your crimes are too deep, I can't explain to the people of Ming Dynasty, I can't explain to my ancestors, so..."

Chapter 66 After the Storm

After a week or so of pursuit and suppression, the Qing army led by Ruan Dacheng was wiped out in the vicinity of Jinhua Mansion, and only a small number of Qing troops fled. Zhang Qiang also returned to Jinhua Mansion, which was almost in ruins, exhausted.

By this time his force had expanded.

The direct incorporation of the firecrackers of the Han army banner expanded the strength of the firecrackers in his hand to [-] troops at once, and Hu Kui's cavalry also recruited prisoners to expand to [-] troops.

Wei Wuji's sword and poker player troops expanded to [-] troops, most of them were soldiers from the Jinhua rebel army, and a small part were soldiers from the Ming army in the Qing army.

Mi Chun's crossbowmen brigade also expanded to more than 600 people. One step was divided into crossbowmen from the rebels, some from the original crossbowmen, some from the Ming army, and some from the Han army.

Xuanyuan Longfei's pikemen expanded to 500. His pikemen followed behind the sword players and suffered heavy damage from the fight at the bridgehead. They were also the heroes who opened the Qing army's siege to the troops crossing the bridge. Therefore, Zhang Qiang asked him to give priority to selecting soldiers. He took away 800 soldiers from the rebel army, and took 500 captives from the surrendered soldiers of the Ming army and the surrendered troops of the Qing army and the Han army. Together with his remaining soldiers, the number expanded to [-].

His army is the largest in Zhang Qiang's army.

Next is the Milin Department. When Zhang Qiang was mopping up the collapsed Qing army deserters, he met Mi Lin who was hiding everywhere from the Qing soldiers chasing troops, rescued the injured Milin, and then sent him back to Jinhua Mansion to guard Jinhua government.

Milin was very serious about his work, and kept the Jinhua Mansion in order, which made Zhang Qiang reaffirm his position in his army. Afterwards, Milin got Zhang Qiang's consent to select those wounded soldiers from the rebels and surrendered troops from the Ming army. Where did porridge transfer three hundred main rebels, and expand the army to 600 at once.

He took over Zhou Porridge's unit, the Archer Brigade.

As for Zhou Porridge, Zhang Qiang would not be able to go back to preside over the affairs of Wuyi County with the Jinhua Mansion, so he was appointed as the magistrate of Wuyi County and the garrison of Wuyi County, and he was ordered to expand the army by 2000 people, including all types of arms, to watch for himself. The land in Wuyi County.

Lin Chengcheng was rescued by Zhang Qiang. Lin Chengcheng was grateful that he was still rescued. For Zhang Qiang who was able to defeat Ruan Dacheng who was several times stronger than himself with weak troops, Lin Chengcheng already worshiped Zhang Qiang very much in his heart and followed him all the time. By Zhang Qiang's side, to show his loyalty, Zhang stressed that he would supplement him with the 600 old soldiers who had been captured by the rebels, and allowed him to expand his troops by [-], and send them to guard Lanxi County.

Zhang Qiang regained the entire seven counties of Jinhua Prefecture in this battle, but he has no generals to use.We can only push Lin Chengyang out.

Zhang Qiang thought about it, called Hu Kui, and asked him to lead the cavalry to garrison Wucheng. Wei Wuji led his men to seize Longyou County to prevent the Qing army from coming from Quzhou.

Xuanyuan Long flew to Yiwu County.

In this way, only Mi Lin and Mi Chun were left beside Zhang Qiang.

Milin went to Dongyang County.

Finally, Zhang Qiang thought about it, and Mi Chun went to Pujiang County.

Only one Yongkang county is still in the hands of the Qing army, and Zhang Qiang can't care about it for a while.

Because he was haunted by a lot of civil affairs, after several wars, Jinhua's people's livelihood withered, and the people were exiled to other places. What was left to him was a dilapidated Jinhua Mansion.

Footsteps sounded, Zhu Dayou, the servant who was guarding the warehouse in the Zhu Mansion, walked in quickly, and said respectfully: "My lord, He Jin has returned with soldiers and horses."

"He still has the face to come back?" Zhang Qiang kicked down a chair beside him and shouted.

Zhu Dayou lowered his eyebrows and did not answer.

As soon as He Jin met the Mongolian cavalry, he ran away, which almost wiped out Lin Cheng's department behind him, and the Milin department who followed behind had almost no reaction time, so he was surrounded by the Qing army. The rebels who fled back The soldiers and the old gangsters from Lin Yangcheng's department all complained. If they were given some time and someone was sent to inform them, they might still have time to react, and maybe they wouldn't lose so badly. In the end, they reported what He Jinbu had done. To Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang knows that although the enemy is strong and we are weak, their main task is to lure the enemy, but when they see the enemy, they collapse, run away, even resist, and ignore the right army. This kind of behavior should be condemned wherever it is placed and punishing.

It's just that since the collapse that day, Zhang Qiang has never seen He Jin's family again. Now that the battle is over, if He Jin disappears, there is nothing he can do, but He Jin has returned. Isn't this just asking for guilt?

Outside Zhu's mansion, He Jin was pleading guilty, with bare back and bamboo sticks on his back, kneeling outside, stared at by eight volunteer soldiers at the gate, feeling uncomfortable.

He also thought about running away, but there was nowhere to escape. After wandering outside Jinhua Mansion for a few days, he went to Xianxiaguan, where the Qing army had locked the way out. As far as he knew, there were 10,000+ Qing troops on the other side. Confronting Nanming of Emperor Longwu in Tingzhou, there is no time to take care of the Jinhua Mansion for the time being.

There are also Qing troops stationed in Taizhou. Behind Taizhou is Hangzhou, where Tong Yangjia's troops are stationed.

To the west is Fuzhou, where is also the Qing army. It used to be Zheng Zhilong's troops. They were confronting Zheng Zhilong's Nanming army. Although Zheng Zhilong had flirted with the Qing army, the Qing army could not enter his territory now. It is impossible to satisfy the appetite of Zheng Zhilong's Southeast Governor.

It can be said that he was surrounded by the Qing army on all sides. He might be able to escape through some small roads, but the question is where to go?

Surrender to the Qing army, as if no one wanted him, surrender to Nanming?

It was difficult for Nanming to accept him. The Dashun troops were still fighting against the Qing army in Shaanxi, Henan, and Huguang. It was impossible for He Tengjiao in Hunan to accept him, and no one in Hubei would accept him. After thinking about it for a long time, he found that only Zhang Qiang's rebel army seemed to be in a good situation and could accommodate him for the time being. He had to rely on Zhang Qiang to expand his capital before making plans, or else rely on the more than 300 veterans in his hand. Kou, he really doesn't know what to do.

After he came back, he had the cheek to pay a visit to Lin Chengcheng. Seeing Lin Chengcheng's proud face, He Jin really wanted to kick that guy to death.

"Your Excellency tells you to go in." Zhu Dayou walked out of the Zhu Mansion proudly with eight-character steps, followed by two servants, and said to He Jin with their chins raised.

The two old bandits followed by He Jin walked up a few steps, and gave Zhu Dayou a bag of ten taels of silver with a smile. Suffering and tired.

Now Zhang Qiang has no one to use, so he recruited Zhu Dayou, the warehouse manager who had met once, to be his housekeeper.

As soon as he entered the door, He Jin cried to Zhang Qiang: "My lord, I will come to apologize in the future."

Zhang Qiang looked at him coldly, and He Jin could feel the coldness of that gaze without raising his head.