At the main camp of the Ming army, those green camp soldiers of the Qing army who risked being killed by the Eight Banners soldiers as deserters fled down the mountain and voluntarily surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Seeing this scene.
They all swallowed their saliva subconsciously.
My heart is filled with the emotion called happiness!
Fortunately, I made a very wise choice and took the initiative to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, there should be one of my acquaintances on Qixia Mountain now...
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Strong winds blew, and the already majestic fire continued to spread.
Trees were engulfed in flames and set ablaze!
Countless rabbits, voles, pheasants, and even hibernating snakes and other small animals were chased by the fire, squealing and escaping from Qixia Mountain as if they were running for their lives.
The fire continued to spread, and the screams of people were drowned out by the crackling sound of burning!
The fire burned half of the sky red, and waves of heat spread across the sky, as if to drive away the dampness and coldness in one's bones.
The clouds were rolling in the sky, and the billowing black smoke was like black dragons coiling in the sky, leaving very obvious traces.
"Send someone to watch the fire and don't let the fire spread beyond Qixia Mountain!"
Zhu Hongyu ordered casually.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, snowflakes suddenly started flying in the sky.
Pieces of snowflakes were crystal clear and falling suddenly.
Then it was washed away by the heat of the wildfire and turned into rain.
Zhu Hongyu touched a handful of raindrops on his arm armor, with an inexplicable expression on his face.
What happened today is somewhat of a coincidence!
After setting off the fire here, the Qing army had almost become adults, but it started to snow.
It just saved the Ming army the finishing work!
All I can say is that God really gave him face as a time traveler!
Under the gaze of countless Ming soldiers, the snow in the sky became heavier and heavier.
Gradually, it seems that the earth is covered with a white blanket.
With the heat wave in front of him and the cold wind behind him, Zhu Hongyu gathered his cloak and spoke.
"Stop watching and go back to camp. There's nothing interesting to see!"
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In the direction of Qixia Mountain, after the fire was fully burned, it began to become smaller, but the temperature was still terrible.
Even the earth and rocks were burned red!
The water vapor evaporated and rose, and in just a moment, dense white fog began to evaporate from Qixia Mountain!
Coupled with the heavy snow between heaven and earth, it looks like a fairyland at a glance!
But under the cover of this fairyland-like visual experience, there is a dark and hellish scene.
Burnt corpses were everywhere, and the stench from the burning corpses made people feel very uncomfortable.
The Qing army's camp turned into ruins!
There are traces of burning everywhere!
Zhu Hongyu just opened his mouth and gave instructions.
"Seal Qixia Mountain and wait until the high temperature dissipates before sending people up the mountain to investigate the situation!"
"See if there are any corpses that have not been burned, and clean them up!"
After giving instructions on how to complete the matter, Zhu Hongyu then spoke.
"Screen the newly surrendered Green Camp prisoners of war. If there are any who drove the people in front of the battle, or massacred and looted the city before the war, kill them all!"
"The remaining people will be dispersed and organized into the Guiyi Army!"
"The green battalion officers among them must be screened out and undergo intensive re-education, and then they must be assessed. Only if they pass the assessment can they continue to lead troops!"
When Zhu Hongyu wanted to digest the surrendered Qing army's Green Camp, the biggest problem was not the Green Camp soldiers themselves, but the officers among them.
It doesn't matter who the soldiers are, they will work for whom they pay and pay.
They didn't care about the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty. As long as Zhu Hongyu had enough food and salary, he wouldn't have a big problem controlling ordinary soldiers.
But it’s different for officers!
Therefore, Zhu Hongyu wants to identify those officers from the Green Camp who surrendered and conduct re-education!
While educating the officers, digest the surrendered soldiers!
At the same time, Zhu Hongyu was also transferring the soldiers who had made meritorious service to the Guiyi Army to serve as grassroots officers.
I want to use this to completely control the Guiyi Army!
The effect is very good. Today's officers in the Guiyi Army basically do not have the same officers as the original Green Camp officers.
Most of them were soldiers of the Guiyi Army who had made meritorious service and were promoted to officers, or soldiers of the Liberation Army who were transferred.
With the help of such means, Zhu Hongyu turned the Guiyi Army into an army with certain combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
Zhu Hongyu then gave the order for the army to prepare to evacuate.
Today, the Eight Banners of Jiangning of the Qing Dynasty and some Green Camp soldiers loyal to the Qing Dynasty were burned to death on Qixia Mountain.
The Longjiang Shipyard was also captured by the Ming army, and was swept clean in one fell swoop. What could be taken away was taken away, and what could not be taken away was burned.
It also annihilated the Qing Dynasty's Yangtze River Navy, severely damaging the Qing Dynasty's water power.
All the strategic goals of this Northern Expedition were almost perfectly achieved!
Under the current circumstances where it is unrealistic to attack Nanjing City, there is no need for the main force of the Ming Army to stay in Jiangnan.
Instead of laboring hard to secure an enclave in the south of the Yangtze River and dividing troops to garrison it, it is better to send troops from Guangdong to attack Guangxi, Hunan and Jiangxi. After these are conquered, the territory can be defended.
Zhu Hongyu reboarded the ship. Before leaving, he looked at the winding Yangtze River and the city of Nanjing at the end of his sight, which exuded a majestic and heavy atmosphere.
He said silently in his heart.
"When I call back next time, I won't withdraw again!"
The results achieved by the Ming army in this battle were already very brilliant. Just one of them almost completely annihilated the Eight Banners of Jiangning, and the blow it caused to the Manchu Qing Dynasty was unimaginable.
The total number of Manchu Eight Banners soldiers in the hands of the Qing government was only sixty or seventy thousand, and even including the Mongolian Eight Banners, this number did not exceed one hundred thousand.
In this battle, Zhu Hongyu defeated more than 5,000 soldiers, plus the Ming army's gains in the Zhoushan defense battle.
At least there are 7,000 people!
Almost all of the 7,000 captured were from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, of which at least half were from the Eight Banners of Manchuria.
In addition, Li Dingguo annihilated the 2,000 Manchu Eight Banners soldiers in Chan State last year.
Counting it all together, within the past two years, the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers have lost almost 10,000 Manchu and Mongolian soldiers...
Almost one-tenth of the Eight Banners troops were wiped out!
For the Manchus, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the country was shaken!
You must know that the defeat of Tonghebo, which made Yong Laosi heartbroken in history, caused only two to three thousand casualties among the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.
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The Ming army's fleet sailed away from the Yangtze River and began to head south.
Two days after the main force of the Ming army left, a Qing army reinforcement finally arrived at Qixia Mountain.
When they saw the tragic situation in Qixia Mountain and the charred corpses whose identities could not be identified, each one of them began to vomit unconsciously.
Looking at the scene in front of him, the Green Camp general who was leading the army seemed to have realized something, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Something big happened!"
"This is going to be a big deal. Send a fast horse immediately, rush for 800 miles, and report to the capital immediately..."
Groups of fast horses ran out in all directions and began to deliver the news of the battle at Qixia Mountain.
At the same time, the Eight Banners of Jiangning were almost completely wiped out, and the Green Camp of Jiangnan was severely damaged. The news that the governor of Liangjiang, Lang Tingzuo, the general of Jiangning, Tulehun, the general of Suzhou Town, Liang Huafeng, and others were all missing from the battle line seemed to have grown wings.
Spread rapidly.
For a moment, the world was shocked!
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Compared with the calm waves of the Yangtze River, the waves in the outer sea are much stronger.
The fleet of the Ming army cut through the waves, and the swaying of the ships, large and small, never stopped.
Zhu Hongyu summoned the generals of the Ming army to discuss the next strategy.