This sudden heavy rain greatly hindered the Ming army's aftermath work, forcing the Ming army soldiers to clean the battlefield in the mud and collect weapons and equipment.
This made the soldiers very embarrassed.
Fortunately, it is already mid-June and the weather is very hot, so there is no need to worry about catching a cold.
However, Chongzhen was still broken into a cold sweat. If this heavy rain had fallen two to three hours earlier, the consequences would have been disastrous. Even if the Ming army could still win in the end, the casualties would be greatly increased.
Because in heavy rain, the power of firearms will be greatly reduced.
The impact of landmines may not be great. The red cannons and flintlock guns will misfire after a few rounds. If this is the case, the Ming army's difficulties will undoubtedly increase greatly.
Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan also realized this and said in unison: "What a danger!"
"This is God's will." Wang Jiayan seemed confident, "If the Battle of Bali Bridge breaks out an hour later, then this heavy rain will definitely fall an hour later. This is God's help."
Chongzhen said with relief: "What Wang Qing said is not unreasonable."
Jiang Tianyi and Zhu Shunshui finally counted all the seizures.
"Your Majesty, the inventory of seized weapons and equipment has been completed."
"The list is as follows, more than 70,000 bowls, more than 220,000 cotton armors..."
Zhu Shunshui had just started when he was interrupted by Chongzhen: "I won't listen to the detailed figures. You, the Logistics Department, can just keep records one by one. Just pick some main figures and talk to me."
Zhu Shunshui responded yes, and then continued: "The main ones are 400 Hongyi cannons, 500 Fran machine guns, more than 800 camel swivel guns, and more than 1,200 tiger crouching cannons of different models."
"In addition, there are more than 90,000 flintlock muskets and more than 70,000 large bows."
"About 100,000 mules and horses were seized, and more than 30,000 war horses were seized."
"In addition, there are more than 500,000 shi of military rations such as wheat, corn, and soybeans."
After a pause, he continued: "There are also more than 100,000 pieces of cloth of various kinds, more than a million taels of silver, and more than 10,000 large livestock."
Chongzhen couldn't help but snorted coldly after hearing this. This was the characteristic of the slaves. Needless to say, these pieces of cloth, money, and large livestock must have been snatched from the Yanzhou Prefecture by the Eight Banners Manchuria.
Jiannu really refused to fail wherever he went.
But fortunately, after today there will be no more slaves.
At least in this world, history has been completely rewritten by him.
At that moment, Chongzhen asked again: "How many casualties did our army suffer in total?"
Jiang Tianyi took over the words: "Our army suffered a total of more than 50,000 casualties, including about 20,000 killed in action. Half of them died in the melee with the two white flags."
Hearing this, Chongzhen felt sad and relieved at the same time.
The sad thing is of course that nearly 20,000 heroic soldiers were sacrificed.
Fortunately, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's new army did not disappoint him.
There were more than 10,000 cavalrymen from the Two White Flags who broke into the Chinese Army, and more than 10,000 New Army soldiers died in the melee with the Two White Flags. In other words, the battle losses on both sides were basically one to one.
To be honest, Chongzhen was very surprised by this battle loss ratio.
Because the morale of the two white flags was not damaged when they launched the charge.
Therefore, both sides are engaged in a decisive battle at their peak.
Of course, the new army has an absolute advantage in numbers.
As for the two white flags charging on horseback, it can be ignored because the horse power was exhausted at that time.
This also means that after the Ming army is equipped with flintlock guns with bayonets, their actual combat effectiveness in close combat is not much worse than that of pure spearmen, so even if they encounter heavy rain, the new army can still fight.
This is undoubtedly very important, because you can't just hope that God will be kind to you every time.
Unless the primer is solved and equipped with fixed-loading metal cartridges, the Ming army must ensure its combat effectiveness in harsh weather conditions, otherwise it will suffer sooner or later.
At that moment, Chongzhen asked again: "In other words, there are still 165,000 new troops participating in the Northern Expedition?"
"Yes, about 165,000." Jiang Tian nodded and said, "However, there are still quite a few wounded soldiers who have injured their arms or legs, and they will not be able to return even if they recover."
Chongzhen asked: "How many wounded soldiers are there?"
Jiang Tianyi said secretly: "There are probably more than five thousand."
Chongzhen pondered and said: "In this way, these more than 5,000 wounded soldiers and the 20,000 soldiers who died in battle will be pensioned according to the same standard. Each person will be given a pension of 100 yuan, and one nephew will be exempted from taking the exam and enter the Nanjing Imperial College to study."
This is already a very high pension standard, with a pension of 2.5 million yuan being paid out at one time.
However, this is Ming Dynasty's 2.5 million, its value is equivalent to 2.5 million taels of silver.
There is also a nephew of Yin who is exempted from taking the exam and entered the Nanjing Imperial College to study, which is even more generous. It is equivalent to one of their nephews directly possessing the qualifications of a military officer and cadet of the Ming Dynasty. This is definitely a super standard treatment.
But Chongzhen could afford it, and now the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not short of money.
As for the Imperial College in Nanjing, there is no doubt that there are too many students.
There is also the issue that meritorious veterans and nephews of martyrs may be mixed, but there is no need to worry, because the military’s melting pot will refine everything, and bad boys will be turned into iron-blooded soldiers.
Chongzhen asked again: "In other words, there are still a total of 160,000 people left?"
Jiang Tianyi said: "Including the cavalry, there are still 160,000 new troops participating in the war."
"Cavalry cannot enter Beizhi Town." Chongzhen said quickly, "That's 150,000."
After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "After the capital and Beizhi are recovered, we will use these 150,000 new army soldiers as the backbone, plus more than 25,000 sons and nephews of the casualties, to form Beizhi Zhentai. This battle will
The weapons and equipment seized, more than 500,000 stones of grain, 100,000 bolts of cloth, more than 1 million silver, and more than 10,000 large animals should be given to them as rewards."
"Of course, more than 1 million taels of silver need to be converted into silver dollars."
"In addition, there are bonuses for capturing real slaves, Han troops, Mongolian troops, and practicing bravery."
"You are not joking. I mean what I say. If a true slave says it is 50 yuan, it is 50 yuan. Whether it is beheading or capturing alive, it is always 50 yuan. As for the Han army, Mongolia, and training for bravery, it is always 10 yuan."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Also, the bonus is divided equally per head, and the standard is the same for both scholars and soldiers."
After a pause, Chongzhen asked again: "By the way, how many real slaves were captured and killed in total, and how many Han troops and Mongolians were trained to be brave?"
"Your Majesty, that's a lot. I'm afraid Zhang Zongzi will feel distressed, haha." Jiang Tianyi said with a smile, "In the battle of Baliqiao, our army captured and killed more than 80,000 real slaves, 110,000 Eight Banner Han troops, 40,000
There were more than 20,000 soldiers in the green camp, plus more than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry. In addition, nearly 400,000 people were captured to practice bravery. How about not practicing bravery? To put it bluntly, practicing bravery means strengthening the people."
"This won't work." Chongzhen said decisively, "What you promised must be fulfilled."
He crossed his fingers and calculated silently for a moment, and then said: "It's not just 9.5 million yuan, I can afford it, but there is one thing. Those who are killed in the battle and those who are seriously injured and disabled and forced to retire will also have a share, so it will be divided among everyone."
It’s just over 51 yuan, so I’ll just round up a round number for everyone and give each person a reward of 55 yuan.”
This is a reward of 12.675 million yuan.
To be honest, the cost of this war is really huge.
Wang Jiayan heard this and cheered: "The Holy One is benevolent and righteous!"
When Xu Yingwei and other scholars heard this, they also praised him one after another.
Chongzhen was really not stingy, but giving out so many rewards at once had his own special considerations, which was to boost the Beizhi economy as quickly as possible through the consumption of these 170,000 soldiers.
In the past five years, Beizhi has been hit by wars repeatedly and its economy has been greatly damaged.
In fact, not only Beizhi, but also the entire northern economic and production activities have been severely damaged.
So just after the decisive battle of Baliqiao, Chongzhen was already thinking about how to restore the economy.
Building the first railway from Nanjing to Beijing and allocating land to the refugees are all necessary measures. In addition, 170,000 soldiers are needed to stimulate consumption in Beizhi.
But these are not enough, far from enough.
Chongzhen is seriously considering another big move.
However, this matter is not urgent for the time being, the capital has not yet been restored.
Chongzhen said to Jiang Tianyi again: "Jiang Tianyi, hurry up and tell the whole army this good news, make everyone happy, and then leave three towns to guard the prisoners and the seized weapons and supplies, and the other four towns will work hard overnight.
Follow me to Beijing to prevent big chaos in Beijing."
Chongzhen was mainly worried about losing population.
As the saying goes, population is the most valuable strategic resource.
If arriving late causes large-scale vandalism, looting, and burning in Beijing, resulting in a large number of casualties, it will be a big loss, so we must rush there as soon as possible.
Jiang Tianyi quickly informed the entire army of Chongzhen's will.
Soon, cheers of long live erupted from the army.
Obviously, Chongzhen's Kang Yi moved the New Army officers and soldiers.
So when Xu Yingwei ordered 20 infantry brigades in addition to the 8 artillery brigades from the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th towns to go to Beijing overnight, the soldiers of these 20 infantry brigades did not complain at all, even if they shouldered their guns,
Braving the heavy rain, walking in the mud, and singing tuneless operas, we headed towards Beijing.
What was sung was the national crisis drama "Qin Liangyu" written by Ruan Dacheng.
"One step up the mountain, one step down the water, walking towards the bank of Yuguan, it's late at night and there are thousands of tent lights."
"When the wind changes, the snow changes, my hometown dreams are shattered. There is no such sound in my hometown."
Listening to the soldiers of the New Army singing Qin Liangyu nonchalantly, Chongzhen could not help but think of Li Xiangjun's beauty. They gathered together for a few days before setting off for the Northern Expedition, and six months passed in the blink of an eye.
Counting on my fingers, I haven't tasted meat for six months.
At that moment, Chongzhen asked Gao Qiqian next to him: "Gao Banban, have you sent out the good news for Nanjing?"
Gao Qi concentrated on understanding the meaning and whispered: "Long live Lord, as early as the first time Shen Mo defeated Jian Nu, Lao Nu had already sent his flying cavalry to report the victory to Nanjing. After Concubine Li got the news, she would travel day and night to the capital.
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"You old eunuch." Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh and curse, he was really good at reading people's thoughts.
But then again, if you want to taste meat, it seems you don’t have to ask Li Xiangjun to come to Beijing.
If nothing else happens, Cavalry Town has most likely blocked Beijing's escape route to Juyongguan, so there should be three beauties in Beijing at this time who will leave their names in history.
