Hearing the shouts of joy or relief coming from the city, Zhu Zanyi breathed a sigh of relief and said happily to the person beside him: "Finally, we have captured Nanding City!"
"Yes, Your Highness, we finally captured Nanding City." Ma Jun also said, also breathing a sigh of relief.
The two of them were not only happy because they had captured Nanding City, but also because although the battle did not last long, it basically fulfilled Zhu Chanyi's previous plan.
Zhu Chanyi has decided to make his capital here, so he wants to drive away most of the people in the city and its suburbs. To drive away these ordinary people, there must be a suitable excuse. Although nationalism is not prominent in this era, if he
The distrust of the local people is too naked, and the local gentry may be very suspicious and use the banner of "opposing the Ming people" to oppose him, which will not be worth the gain.
And this battle just gave him a suitable excuse.
Strictly speaking, the Battle of Nanding was the first tough battle fought by the Ming army after entering Annan. There was no strategy, and the two sides relied on their strength to fight face to face. Although the defenders fought desperately to attack the small cities and passes before, they still resisted.
Unfortunately, the gap in strength between the two sides was too large, so it was easy for the Ming army to defeat them. To attack Duobang City, Thang Long City, Huangjiang Water Village, Menhaikou, etc., they either had to have internal help in the city, or they used tricks to trick the Annan people.
It's not a tough fight.
Of course, the casualties in a tough battle will be greater. Although generals such as Zhu Chanyi and Ma Jun have not yet obtained accurate statistics, they can estimate that the casualties of the army today alone were more than 25,000, and the number of casualties must have exceeded 8,000. Except for the last battle
The musketeers, all the troops participating in the siege suffered more than 20% of their troops, and some guards even showed signs of collapse. If the Ming soldiers had not had a huge psychological advantage in facing the Annan people, Zhu Zanyi also commanded it well, with clear rewards and punishments.
, maybe they will retreat. Even so, these guard posts will not be able to engage in offensive warfare in a short period of time.
The military doctors they brought in advance were completely insufficient, and all military medical clinics were overcrowded. Some military doctors treated the injured soldiers from the Annan attack last night without much rest before treating today's wounded soldiers. They were already exhausted.
A few. Zhu Chanyi had already sent troops to Menhaikou and Shenglong City at noon to ask for help, asking them to send more military doctors.
But there are also benefits to fighting a tough battle. In order to deal with the Ming army, Ruan Xizhou recruited almost all the young and middle-aged men in the city to help the army transport various things needed to defend the city. Many people also went to the city to help the defenders boil water and oil for the defense.
Below, there were quite a few people who knew some martial arts and fought with the army. In this way, it was only natural that Zhu Chanyi ordered the disposal of these people, and even ordinary corrupt scholars could not say anything against it.
Moreover, breaking through Nanding City in an extremely tough battle can also show the Annan people the strength of the army: even without internal support and without using any tactics, Annan's city can be broken, thereby frightening these leaders on both sides.
Gentlemen, let them not dare to make any move. It is impossible for Zhuge Liang to capture Meng Huo seven times with tactics to convince him. Only by capturing Meng Huo seven times with hard force can he be convinced.
These thoughts flashed through Zhu Zanyi's mind, and he immediately recovered his mind and began to arrange the next things.
"Immediately stamp the memorial with Gu's big seal and send it out to Guangzhou Mansion and Shenglong City respectively to report to His Majesty and Lord Zhang."
"The Zhangzhou Guard, Ganzhou Guard and other seven guard posts immediately pursued the defeated Annan soldiers in the city and took the opportunity to occupy the city gates and city heads on the north and south sides. Don't let the Annan people continue to occupy this place."
"The Quanzhou Guards and other guards are in the city searching for the Annan soldiers who have taken refuge in civilian houses. No one can be missed, especially Ruan Xizhou must be captured."
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He finally gave instructions to one person: "Huazishi, lead your cavalry and immediately rush to hide outside the east city gate. If you see Annan people escaping from the city, don't stop them for the time being, whether they are soldiers or common people and gentry. When you see a signal coming from the top of the city,
I will hunt down these people later. I will hand over the entire Guangzhou vanguard to you to catch them all in one fell swoop."
"Yes, Your Highness." The man agreed immediately and left.
"Your Highness turned out to have this intention." Ma Jun said with a smile. Zhu Zanyi also smiled slightly and did not answer.
If you don't occupy the east city gate and allow the gentry in the city to escape, you can definitely accuse them of being disrespectful, and their homes can be ransacked as a matter of course. Besides, the things you carry with you when you flee must be the most valuable.
, it was easier to search their homes once they were copied; outside the city, the cavalry's combat effectiveness was far superior to that of the infantry, and they could easily eliminate them all.
By the time Zhu Zanyi finished allocating all these items, it was already dark. He didn't eat much at noon and was very hungry. He asked Huotoujun to heat up the leftover rice at noon, and then ate it with bacon and cucumbers picked from nearby farmland.
He got up. After listening to Zhu Chanyi's instructions, his staff members were also hungry and asked the Huotou Army to bring some rice to eat.
During the meal, everyone naturally praised Zhu Zhanyi again. Zhu Zhanyi couldn't help but feel happy because their praises were well-founded.
As he was floating, someone suddenly walked in and said to him: "Your Highness, Ruan Xizhou has been caught!"
"What? Ruan Xizhou was caught? Send him over quickly!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Zanyi immediately said excitedly.
After a while, the soldiers took Ruan Xizhou, who was tied up, into the tent, and forced him down to kneel in front of Zhu Zanyi. Ruan Xizhou struggled a few times, and his back was hit by the back of a knife, and his legs were pressed tightly by the soldiers, unable to move.
Zhu Chanyi sat upright in his seat and said nothing when he saw this scene. When Ruan Xizhou struggled still, he said: "The person kneeling below is Ruan Xizhou, the pacifier of Beijiang, Annan Kingdom?"
"Since I have been escorted here, why bother asking again?" Ruan Xizhou replied.
Zhu Chanyi immediately became unhappy. He originally hated Ruan Xizhou very much and wanted to order him to be executed in public after he was caught. However, he comforted himself with the words "the two countries are at war and each is his own master" and ordered him to be captured alive to see if he could be persuaded to surrender.
, as a result, Ruan Xizhou was captured and still acted so arrogantly.
Zhu Zanyi suppressed her emotions and said: "You have been captured by me, and now you are willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty? I guarantee that after you submit to the Ming Dynasty, you will definitely be reused."
"You, the Ming Dynasty, claim to be kings, but you are ruthless and unjust. You conquer Annan and invade Dayu County without authorization. How can I surrender to such an unjust country? There are only beheaded generals and no surrendered generals!" Ruan Xizhou said in a stern tone.
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"This is wrong." Zhu Zanyi immediately argued: "8 seeks to usurp the throne, deceive the master and destroy the ancestors, and violate human relations. The whole world will punish him. We, the Ming Dynasty, were requested by the Chen Dynasty's ministers to send troops to Annan to support justice. How can we be ruthless and unjust?"
"Since we are supporting justice, how can we be so violent and harm the people in our country of Dayu?" Ruan Xizhou asked again. Zhu Chanyi naturally had another argument.
The two talked for a long time, but Ruan Xizhou just refused to surrender. Zhu Zanyi was a little hesitant and asked the soldiers to take Ruan Xizhou down. He asked the staff: "Gu Yuan will capture him for now and persuade him to surrender from time to time. We will make further calculations after eight fathers and sons are captured or killed."
,Is it feasible?"
Most people supported Zhu Zhanyi's point of view and believed that this was a benevolent and appropriate move; only Lin Yurong did not speak. Zhu Zanyi then asked him: "Yurong, what do you think?"
"Your Highness, I believe that Ruan Xizhou should be executed immediately."
Lin Yurong said: "Your Highness, in dealing with these Annan soldiers, we need to be both lenient and strict so that they dare not make any changes. Previously, General Zhang and Chang Tongzhi captured Ruan Renlie alive, and they still treated him very favorably even though he refused to surrender. This shows our great Ming Dynasty
Tolerance to General Annan. Now that I have shown tolerance, I need to show the severity of the Ming Dynasty."
"It happened that Ruan Xizhou led his troops to resist the Ming Dynasty soldiers, and caused heavy casualties to the Ming Dynasty soldiers. He should be beheaded immediately to show that the Ming Dynasty would never condone this kind of thing, and let the Annan guards in the city think about it in their hearts when they fight with the army.
, dare not resist the army."
"What's more, the soldiers in the attack on Nam Dinh were seriously injured. Everyone is very angry with the general who defended the city. Killing him can alleviate the anger of the soldiers and boost their morale."
In fact, according to Lin Yurong's idea, when Ruan Xizhou was captured, as long as he did not surrender on his own initiative, he should be executed directly instead of being taken to a tent for further debate. However, since Zhu Zanyi wanted to persuade him to surrender, he could not stop him; but now
Ruan Xizhou was unwilling to surrender. He believed that he could no longer receive preferential treatment and suggested that he be executed.
Zhu Chanyi thought for a moment and felt that Lin Yurong's words made sense: everyone can't be a white-faced person, not a single bad-faced person. So he said: "Tomorrow morning, Ruan Xizhou and other Annan who were captured alive by the army but refused to surrender will be publicly executed outside the west gate of Nam Dinh City.
general."
Zhu Zanyi then assigned some tasks, because he only slept for an hour that whole day, and now that he had conquered Nanding City, he felt relaxed and felt sleepy immediately, so he lay down to rest.
Three more days later, the order that Zhu Zenyi allowed them to loot for three days had expired, and order was basically restored in the city. Zhu Zenyi moved the ceremonial guards into the city, lived in the former Nanding government office, and immediately issued an order to attack Nanding City.
Transformation tasks.
On the grounds that the people in Nanding City were hostile to the Ming Dynasty, he moved most of them away from the city and were not allowed to live in the city. Even the farmers who originally lived around the city were not allowed to farm nearby, and their land was confiscated.
Some of the people will be sold to merchants accompanying the army, others will be taken away by the army, and the rest will be moved to other places. After this battle, Annan will lose at least hundreds of thousands of people, so there is no need to worry about where to resettle them.
At the same time, the city wall will also be renovated. Even though Nanding is already a big city in Annan, it is still far behind the big cities in China. Zhu Zanyi summoned the craftsmen of Annan to explore the surrounding terrain and prepare for the expansion of the city.
There are all kinds of other things, to name a few.
He was working on these things that day when suddenly someone ran in from outside the house and whispered something in his ear.
Zhu Zanyi was stunned after hearing this and said: "He Rong finally showed his power after being silent for a long time. However, it is a good thing that two pieces of good news came to His Majesty before the New Year. It is a double happiness."
