Moreover, the Qing army entered this battle with light cavalry and had no logistical supplies. The supplies before this had all relied on local financing.
A soldier can carry at most a few days' worth of rations on him!
It’s almost used up now!
Furthermore, after this defeat, the defeated troops of the Qing army will become stragglers.
The local government will not raise supplies and supplies for the guerrillas!
Of the 10,000 Qing troops who entered the Leizhou Peninsula, not many could escape.
After all, if a person is hungry, he can grit his teeth and carry it, but if the war horse is not full, it will go on strike on the spot!
…
"Report to the Supervisory State that our army captured more than 4,300 Qing Tatars in this battle!"
"More than 200,000 taels of silver were seized from the prisoners of war. The interrogation revealed that they were all obtained by the Qing Tartars from the massacre of Gaozhou!"
"A number of cold weapons such as spears and swords were also seized, as well as nearly 10,000 strong bows, as well as the corresponding missing arrows."
"The biggest gain is that our army captured more than 10,000 war horses in this battle, all of which were of the same age."
Standing on the bow of the ship, Zhu Hongyu listened to the reports of the people below, his face full of joy.
Not to mention anything else, just the capture of these 10,000 war horses made this battle worthwhile!
The reason why so many war horses were captured is because many of the Qing army's cavalry consisted of one person and two horses.
A luxurious one!
It's just a pity that the Chinese like to castrate their war horses before using them. These horses can only be used as war horses and not as stallions.
Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.
"Order someone to take care of those war horses!"
"Next, let's go to Gaozhou!"
Following Zhu Hongyu's order, the Ming army set sail and the huge fleet slowly sailed out of the Suixi River and then headed towards the coast of Gaozhou.
After the Ming army landed, they drove more than 4,000 Qing prisoners of war outside Gaozhou City!
If Gaozhou was not far from the coastline, Zhu Hongyu would not have specially dragged the Qing prisoners of war to the outside of Gaozhou to kill them!
…
Gaozhou was reduced to ruins by the Qing army.
The lives of the people who survived by chance will continue.
They endured their grief and cleaned up the mess at the murder scene for the murderer who killed their family.
Young Liu Yuan was cleaning up the ruins of his house, his face was numb with despair to the extreme.
The rubble on the ruins scratched his fingers so much that it felt like his fingernails were about to be lifted off.
However, the physical pain was nothing compared to the pain in his heart!
Liu Yuan was a woodcutter who didn't get a wife until he was twenty years old.
Just got married a few years ago!
My wife has a quiet personality and a good butt, making her a good match praised by the neighbors.
A young couple is newlyweds, and they are very in love with each other.
Soon his wife was pregnant with a child!
His life is very happy, so happy that even if he has an ugly money rat tail, Liu Yuan doesn't think it is unacceptable.
However, everything is ruined!
That day, he went out of the city to collect firewood as usual. When he returned to the city, the fire was still burning in Gaozhou City.
The beast-like Qing army entered Gaozhou City and killed everyone on sight!
Even his pregnant wife was killed by the Qing army, killing two people and suffering a tragic fate!
The Qing army destroyed everything he cherished and even set his house on fire, burning it into ruins.
During this period of time, Liu Yuan was confused.
Sitting blankly in front of the ruins of his home, with dull eyes, he sharpened the ax he used to chop down trees.
It was only today that he began to clean up the ruins of his home.
Moving away the beams that had been burnt to black charcoal, Liu Yuan suddenly froze. He saw a half-burnt little shoe...
That was what he prepared for his unborn child!
now……
No longer useful!
Suddenly, hot tears flowed down from the corners of the expressionless Liu Yuan's eyes. The pain from his heart almost broke his heart and overwhelmed all his senses.
Most of the people around him had such expressions, with pain and despair spreading on their faces.
At this moment, a government servant wearing a police uniform suddenly ran up the street, beating a gong and shouting loudly as he ran.
"The thief is coming!"
"The prefect has summoned the young men in Gaozhou City to defend the city!"
"The thief is coming!"
"The prefect has summoned the young men in Gaozhou City to defend the city!"
"..."
However, the high-pitched calls from the government officials were only met with looks of numbness and hatred.
The people on both sides of the street had expressionless faces, staring straight at the government officials as they ran by.
When the government officials told them that thieves were coming, they had no reaction at all!
Their families all died at the hands of the Qing army. Now that the Ming army is coming, it doesn't matter if they don't give the Manchus a backstab, do they still expect them to help defend the city?
wishful thinking!
The yamen servant felt the cold gazes around him and felt the coldness in his heart.
Ma De, the people in Gaozhou are all damning rebellious people!
Subconsciously speeding up the pace!
Under the cold eyes of the people, the Ming army quickly captured Gaozhou City, and the governor of Gaozhou committed suicide by hanging on a beam.
The Ming army took over Gaozhou's defense!
Those government officials who hid back home were once again forced to take up their posts and began to go around the streets shouting that the Ming Dynasty was going to execute the prisoners of the Qing army who massacred Gaozhou outside the city.
"Young and old men, please feel free to come out!"
"The Tomorrow soldiers are different from the Tatars. They will freeze to death without demolishing their houses, and they will starve to death without looting!"
"The soldiers have entered the city, and all the people are at peace!"
"The Ming Dynasty Supervisor is going to execute the Tatar prisoners who massacred Gaozhou outside the city to avenge us Gaozhou people. Everyone, go and see!"
"..."
Liu Yuan heard the news and followed the flow of people out of Gaozhou City with suspicion and disbelief.
Then, he saw a scene he would never forget!
The Liberation Army stood in formation outside the city, their red armor forming a human wall, like a dazzling flame.
The sharp bayonet pointed at the sky!
You can't see the edge at a glance!
The sergeants held their heads high and their expressions solemn and solemn.
The solemn and solemn sergeant can be seen as far as the eye can see. The army is mighty and murderous!
There is a tall flagpole standing in the open space outside the city!
There's a headless corpse hanging on the flagpole!
Judging from the pattern of the armor and stomach on his body, it is none other than Shang Zhixiao, the great enemy of the people of Gaozhou!
His head was chopped off by Zhu Hongyu's order and was to be used as the top one in Beijing.
Flags of the Qing army were thrown at the city gate, allowing the surviving people of Gaozhou to step on them.
The majestic flag of the Qing army was trampled into the mud by countless feet!
Under the witness of the people of Gaozhou, those Qing army prisoners who participated in the massacre of Gaozhou were pulled out one by one.
Kneel in a row and behead them!
The neck was cut off with a sharp long knife, and the heads were scattered all over the ground. The headless corpse was casually discarded aside like garbage.
No matter how much the Qing prisoners cried and begged for mercy, the Liberation Army showed no mercy!
When these beasts started massacring the people of Gaozhou, perhaps the people of Gaozhou also begged for mercy in the same way!
Seeing their enemies being beheaded one by one, the people of Gaozhou cheered loudly. After the cheers, there were bursts of heart-stirring wails.
Liu Yuan stood in the crowd, looking at the Qing soldiers who were being beheaded one after another, with an expression on his face that seemed bitter and smiling, and tears kept coming.
With a Dong sound, the ax he had kept in his sleeve fell to the ground!