If you want to leave Macau, you can't avoid the blockade of the Fortress!
On the sea, there is still a fleet of the Ming army swimming around!
If he dares to run away, the Ming army will dare to sink him!
The merchants on the dock looked at the people from the Liberation Army's tax department who were busy coming in and out, and all of them looked unhappy.
They are really reluctant to pay taxes!
Regarding the matter of tax resistance, there are only those who dare and those who dare not, not those who think about it or don’t want to!
At this moment, a sentry rider suddenly came running from the north.
Sentinels of the Liberation Army rode past and loudly reported victory along the street.
"Great victory!"
"Our Liberation Army achieved a great victory in Tanzhou Town!"
"His Royal Highness Jian Guo killed the Duke of Qing Dynasty in formation, Ping Nan Wang Shizi Shang Zhixin, and annihilated nearly ten thousand people of the Eight Banners of the Han Army in one battle!"
"Promote the prestige of our Ming Dynasty!"
"A great victory! A great victory! Your Highness, Jian Guo, took the formation to kill Shang Zhixin and annihilated nearly ten thousand Han soldiers under the Eight Banners!"
"..."
Wherever the sentry rider reported his victory, there were bursts of cheers.
A large number of people shouted excitedly, made noises, hugged each other and cheered continuously.
The people behaved like this, not necessarily because they were happy for the Ming Dynasty's victory.
I am more happy about Shang Zhixin’s death and the heavy losses suffered by Pingnan Palace!
Shang Kexi slaughtered Guangzhou, moved the borders and banned the sea, and killed countless people!
It can be said that all the monks in Guangdong are happy and have a mortal enemy!
Shang Kexi's son died, and Pingnan Prince's vassal soldiers suffered heavy losses. How could they be unhappy?
But for those in the Liberation Army system, it was extremely exciting.
This great victory at Tanzhou Town can be said to be the first glorious victory achieved by the Ming army on land since Zheng Chenggong defeated Nanjing.
The Eight Banners of the Han Army of nearly 7,000 people were annihilated. Such a battle was enough to shock the Qing court!
After all, the Eight Banners of the Han Army are also Eight Banners!
How could the entire Liberation Army not be inspired?!
They won, and under the leadership of His Royal Highness Jian Guo, they achieved victory again!
"Long live His Royal Highness the Governor!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"Long live His Royal Highness the Governor!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"..."
The mountain call resounded throughout Macau.
"Drive out the Tartars and restore our mountains and rivers!"
"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"
"..."
Many ordinary people who were just enjoying the misfortune of Pingnan Palace were also aroused and began to party with the soldiers and officials in the Liberation Army system.
Shang Jinren stood in the crowd, his face full of joy.
He is now considered an official in the Liberation Army system, so he naturally hopes that the Liberation Army will get better and better.
The news of the good news spread quickly throughout Macau, and then spread in all directions as if it had wings.
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Tanzhou Town!
The Liberation Army stationed in Tanzhou Town and began repairs.
The following is a summary of the detailed casualty data, which was handed over to Zhu Hongyu.
In the Battle of Tanzhou Town, although the Liberation Army achieved a great victory and annihilated more than 7,000 Han Army Eight Banners soldiers, they also suffered many casualties.
The battle to attack Xiangshan, the blocking battle at Tanzhou Town, and the decisive battle outside Tanzhou Town. The Liberation Army suffered many casualties in these battles.
During the attack on Xiangshan, the Liberation Army suffered nearly fifty casualties.
This was when the Qing army had few troops stationed in Xiangshan and was unprepared.
In the offensive and defensive battle of Tanzhou Town, the Qing army made several violent attacks. The Liberation Army fought desperately to block it, causing nearly 200 casualties!
In a field battle outside Tanzhou Town, the casualties of the Liberation Army directly exceeded a thousand, reaching an astonishing number of more than 1,400!
Among them, an astonishing 60% to 70% died in battle, and countless others were seriously injured or even disabled.
The Qing army of this era was still very powerful in combat and had a strong will to fight.
The victory of the Liberation Army depends on physical strength!
There really aren’t many advantages in other aspects!
Looking at the shocking casualty data, Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
However, Zhu Hongyu has always been generous in terms of rewards and pensions. He personally ordered the Fifth Army Governor's Office to implement it as soon as possible.
Don't let the soldiers bleed and shed tears!
Then there are the captures and results!
In this battle, the Guangfu Army killed more than 2,700 Manchu and Han soldiers from the Eight Banners, and captured more than 3,800 prisoners of war. They killed An Dagong of the Qing Dynasty and Pingnan Prince Shangzhixin.
It greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army and restored the war situation that had spiraled out of control since Zheng Chenggong's defeat in Nanjing.
Although Li Dingguo's bloody battle at Mopan Mountain also caused heavy casualties to Wu Sangui's troops, it was the Qing court that ultimately won.
It cannot restore the occupation that was defeated like a mountain!
But in the battle of Tanzhou Town, the Ming army did win neatly.
The formation beheaded a Qing Duke!
I think it will definitely inspire the anti-Qing martyrs on the mainland and strengthen their determination.
As for the seizures, there were a number of armors and weapons, dozens of large and small artillery pieces, and a number of gunpowder shells.
But what really moved Zhu Hongyu was the nearly a thousand war horses captured by the Liberation Army in this battle.
Weapons, armor, artillery and gunpowder were things Zhu Hongyu didn't think highly of!
Because of these things, the Liberation Army can mass-produce them themselves!
However, the Liberation Army has no stable source of war horses.
Although Zhu Hongyu has already built a horse farm in Luzon, he is preparing to buy horses from Western businessmen at high prices and smuggle southwestern horses and Mongolian horses from the mainland.
Use Western stallions and local horses to cross and domesticate, improve horse breeds, and cultivate excellent war horses!
But this cannot be accomplished in a short time!
Horse breeding improvement and large-scale breeding is a systematic project that requires a lot of investment and a long time.
In a short period of time, the Liberation Army did not have a stable source of horses.
If you want to organize a cavalry, you can only capture the war horses!
The more than a thousand war horses captured this time really alleviated the urgent needs of the Liberation Army.
The Liberation Army spent a day repairing in Tanzhou Town, and the wounded soldiers stayed there to continue their training. Zhu Hongyu led the main force northward.
Go straight to Foshan!
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On the third day of May in the sixteenth year of the Yongli reign of the Ming Dynasty, three days had passed since the decisive battle in Tanzhou Town ended.
The defeated troops of the Qing army finally returned to Guangzhou City after escaping in embarrassment day and night!
On this day, the sky has just brightened up!
The city gate of Guangzhou creaked open, and many people entering and exiting the city were crowded near the crowded and narrow city gate.
Although Guangzhou was massacred once by Shang Kexi and then became depopulated!
However, as the Qing government issued an order to move the borders and ban the sea, Shang Kexi evacuated all the towns and villages fifty miles along the coast in one go.
A large number of people poured into Guangzhou City, which restored the prosperity of Guangzhou City in the past!
The shops along the street are constantly selling!
It’s hard to tell whether Shang Kexi, who moved fifty miles across the border and sea ban at one go, had any intention of restoring the vitality of the city of Guangzhou.
After all, Guangzhou is his fiefdom!
The more prosperous Guangzhou is, the more profits Shang Kexi will make.
It's just that the sudden move to move the border and ban the sea has brought not only prosperity to Guangzhou, but also very serious social problems.
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ps1: Thank you for the reminder, book friends. Zhongshan was renamed only during the Republic of China. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was called Xiangshan. The author just learned about it.
ps2: There is also the matter of Shang Zhixin. The author admits that he is not rigorous enough and will pay attention to it in the future. However, the previous story lines have already been connected and there is no way to change it.
Ahem, let me finally say this, begging for support!