Lord of Ming Dynasty

The first order issued was, "Leave the head but not the hair, let these boneless people who are willing to surrender have another choice, whether to shave off the pig's tail on their heads, or let me chop off the heads on their heads."

Lin Chengcheng shrank his neck, and He Jin's eyes were moistened.

"The second rule, all those who shaved their heads will not be allowed to take the scientific examination for three years, and the tax will be doubled within three years."

"All the people who have not shaved their heads will be exempted from [-]% of the tax. Those who are willing to join the army will be exempted from hard labor for the whole family for life."

Xuanyuan Longfei stood up and said seriously: "Your Excellency is wise and merciful."

Zhang Qiang pointed at the door, "Just stay there, when will you learn how to flatter?"

Xuanyuan Longfei touched his head with a smile, and walked out.

Du Ge stood aside with his sword, and He Jin stood up and said, "My lord, our two siege forces suffered heavy losses, and we need to take a rest. I wonder who will be left to guard here?"

"Let's stay in Lin Yang's department. His department suffered the most heavy losses." Indeed, more than 1000 people from the two departments attacked a small city guarded by [-] Qing troops. Great damage. After this battle, Lin Yangcheng's two hundred households basically lost the strength of one hundred households, and dozens of his old bandits were completely lost. Only five or six people remained. If He Jinbu hadn't come in time, Lin Chengcheng might have said goodbye to Zhang Qiang.

This is a place connected to Zhang Qiang's Jinhua mansion rebel forces, the Qing army must have attached great importance to it, and sent [-] Qing soldiers to guard it.

Although most of these Qing troops were rebels from the Ming army, they worked harder to guard the Qing army's territory than the Ming army's territory. This is a strange phenomenon.

He Jin retreated helplessly.

Zhang Qiang looked at the overjoyed Lin Chengcheng, "Master Lin, you have suffered heavy losses, and this place is more important, so I will leave a garrison of a hundred households under your control, but this hundred households are guarding the county seat." Defensive, you can only control them in wartime, do you have any losses?"

Zhang Qiang looked at Du Ge, "Du Ge, you send out a hundred troops to stay, appoint one of your cronies to guard, and then send another one hundred troops to Mr. Lin."

Turning to Lin Chengcheng, he said, "You select people from the former Ming army and Qing army Han army flag captives who have performed well in the past few days, plus the force of a hundred households allocated to you by Du Ge, plus Use your remaining troops to form a force of thousands of households to guard this county, remember, this is an important transfer point for our army's supplies, it must not be captured by his Qing army, it must be guarded."

Lin Chengcheng was overjoyed, and immediately fell to his knees, "Thank you for your kindness, my lord."

Zhang Qiang said to He Jin again: "You draw two thousand households' troops from the Jiangbingzhong and the Minfu Jiangbing, and attack westward from Xin'an County to capture Jinyun County for me. According to detailed reports, there are only 1000 defenders there. , or the rebel generals of the Ming army are guarding, taking down Jinyun County, sweeping the surrounding area, getting in touch with Commander Hu Kui, and dispatching the remaining [-] civilians from where to transport supplies, and Xin'an County together as two supplies for my army Supply point."

He Jin was still very unhappy just now, and he also made efforts, but there was no reward. Now, he got more troops than Lin Yangcheng, which made him flattered, and the smile on his face betrayed his inner thoughts.

But Lin Chengji was a little unhappy, looking at He Jin, he was so jealous that he died.

He Jin slightly raised his eyebrows at him.

After arranging the affairs behind him, Zhang Qiang's army lost a thousand soldiers and horses, but more than 1000 civilian husbands. These are the people of Xin'an County who were forcibly recruited, and they are all shaved people who are willing to betray their ancestors.

Zhang Qiang's army continued to advance with 8000 civilians and more than [-] troops.

Attack Xianju County along the mountain road.

This time it was the cavalry battalion led by Zhang Qiang who ran ahead.

Zhang Qiang merged two cavalry teams of hundreds of troops into one cavalry battalion with a mere 400 troops.

Maybe the attack capability is insufficient, but scouting, sentry, and arranging marching routes are still very good.

After a week's march, when they arrived at Xianju County, the enemy was already roaring, and their horses were constantly surrounding Zhang Qiang's troops and confronting Zhang Qiang's cavalry battalion.

There were casualties on both sides.

But it still couldn't stop Zhang Qiang's army from reaching the city of Xianju.

The sentry cavalry ran over, "My lord, after careful reconnaissance, there are more than [-] enemy guards in Xianju City, and the enemy's intelligence has been intercepted. Xianju County has asked for help from Taizhou Prefecture."

Du Ge approached Zhang Qiang cautiously and said, "My lord, Xianju County must be captured as soon as possible. From Linhai and Taizhou Prefecture, the enemy can quickly reinforce Xianju County from Lingjiang. Within two days, the enemy's navy will be able to Bringing thousands of enemy troops from Taizhou Fucheng, we have to face twice the strength of our army."

Zhang Qiang also knew what he said, and was also anxious, and said to Du Ge: "You lead your troops to attack the city immediately, and I will let Zhao Siyang's artillery unit cooperate with you."

Zhang Qiang stretched out his finger, "Two days, I only give you two days."

Zhang Qiang came here from Xin'an County, climbed over mountains and ridges, and climbed here after a lot of hard work. He didn't expect that in the southern land, besides the water network, there are also many mountains, and they are very dense. I don't want to fall short.

Before the enemy reacted, he had to directly defeat all the places in Taizhou Prefecture, occupy the state capital, and obtain access to the sea.

Then, taking advantage of the water network in the south, from the sea to its hinterland, Jinhua Mansion replenishes supplies and communicates with outside business routes.

Chapter 78 The Biggest Gain - Arquebus

Xianju is an important channel for river transportation, but this place is surrounded by mountains and surrounded by water, so it is not a very important place. Although the enemy also liked it, they did not place cannons on the top of the city, so Zhao Siyang's artillery battalion was just putting on a show.

"Kill, kill, kill." Most of Du Ge's troops are elite soldiers honed by the war. Even the supplementary surrenders are due to the high morale of the surrounding comrades, and because the morale of the previous victory in Xin'an County was stimulated. Before rushing under the enemy's city wall, they shouted in unison, threatening people.

The [-] Qing troops and the [-] gentry and powerful servants on the top of the city were terrified and trembling.

The power of the Fran's cannon salvo made all the defenders in Xianju County even more terrified, and at the same time suffered heavy losses.

"Boom" a gate tower collapsed.

Immediately, the nearby village soldiers fled in all directions, and the generals of the Qing army led people to chase them around in anger, and the morale of the soldiers of the Qing army was also very low.

In one afternoon, the siege engine was able to push under the city wall.

The Qing army used rolling logs and stones to attack them, and greeted the soldiers and civilians who charged ahead with hot oil.

Yes, in order not to compromise his own strength, Zhang Qiang directly pulled the surrendered soldiers over, threw them weapons, and let the cannons bombard them behind them, letting them charge.

In order to survive, in order not to go back to the prisoner camp to suffer, the soldiers who surrendered all their strength, saw the fierceness of the enemy, marched desperately, dropped sandbags, ran aground on the moat, and built passages for siege vehicles and attacks The soldiers marched forward, pushing the siege vehicle to brave the rain of arrows on the top of the city, and marched forward without hesitation.

Except for some of the heinous surrendered soldiers who did the paving work here, they were the thousand civilians from Xin'an County who had just been conquered. Get a reduced sentence, and those who perform well can be directly converted to soldiers.

Du Ge's main soldiers followed behind and pushed them forward.

This is the way that kid Du Ge came up with.

It can not only consume those captives, but also punish the enemy, and reduce the loss of your own soldiers.

When the night was dark, the entire Xianju County was filled with the sound of killing.

It took nearly [-] people from Xin'an County to fill up the moat. Two hundred prisoners of the Qing army pushed the siege vehicles under the city wall, and a thousand prisoners built three hundred siege ladders with their lives. A thousand captives opened the gap, and a thousand captives rushed into the city. Du Ge's main soldiers entered the city along the opened gate. In the middle of the night, another thousand captives died, and finally captured Xianju County.

Five thousand Qing troops were wiped out, and Xianju County became a hell on earth.

Half of the people who had their heads shaved were slaughtered, and the remaining half had to become inferior residents, responsible for heavy taxes and labor, and were recruited [-] people.

And those surrendered soldiers who survived and behaved well turned around and became the auxiliary soldiers of the rebel army. Each of them carried a piece of red cloth on his arm, wearing captured cloth armor, bamboo armor, and wooden shields, and guarded the prisoners. Guarding the jobs of their former inmates.

Du Ge returned to Zhang Qiang's tent of the Chinese army, "My lord, the statistics have come out. Our army has 70 casualties, and 7000 enemy troops have been eliminated, of which 3000 were killed, 3000 were captured, and 5000 civilians were captured. Our civilians lost 300 people, but [-] people became regulars and became our auxiliary troops."

Zhang Qiang knocked on the head, "This method of the rogue bandits consumes a lot of energy, and it's really not easy to use. I lost 300 civilians at once, but only got [-] soldiers. The business lost a lot."

Du Ge said with a smile: "My lord, apart from the remaining more than 1000 civilians, we have obtained [-] soldiers of the Qing army who have been baptized by the flames of war and given us a certificate of honor. These soldiers killed the Qing army, and we deliberately let them go." Many leaders of the Qing army, now, they have no choice but to go back and follow us all the way to the dark."

Zhang Qiang was sitting and patted the armrest of the chair, "Well, the loss is in other people's troops, no matter who it is, anyway, our main soldiers don't have much loss, so, this method is good, you send someone to ask Zhou Porridge to save the leftovers. The more than 5000 surrendered soldiers were transferred here, and those who committed the most heinous crimes, or those with relatively minor crimes, let them just work too cheaply for them, so they should be sent to die."