At the end of the war, the 2,000 Quang Ninh troops who went on the expedition suffered about 300 casualties, including a total of 105 people who died in battle or from serious injuries, and 210 were lightly or seriously wounded.
The casualties of more than 300 people were within the range that Sun Bin could bear. The army had not long been formed. Only by experiencing the baptism of real combat can it become an elite army.
After arranging pensions for the fallen and injured soldiers, Sun Bin began to look through the battlefield capture records handed over by Chen Zongbai.
"Four hundred old-fashioned shotguns, six hundred long knives, five hundred bows and arrows, seventy-five thousand taels of silver..." After roughly reading the records, Sun Bin closed the record book and said: "Select a suitable batch of shotguns."
For use in the army, damaged ones will be handed over to the headquarters for unified repair. Cold weapons such as swords, bows and arrows will be distributed to young militiamen for use. As for the silver, 60,000 taels will be handed over to the warehouse for future use, and the remaining 15,000 taels will be kept.
As a reward for soldiers who participated in the war."
"Brothers who participated in the war, thank you sir." The 15,000 taels of silver were distributed to more than 1,800 people. Each person can receive an average of 80 taels. The eighty taels of silver are equivalent to one or two years of military pay for ordinary soldiers.
, that’s why Chen Zongbai behaved like this.
"Fifteen thousand taels of silver are what the brothers deserve, you don't have to thank me." Sun Bin waved his hand, thinking of the task assigned to Chen Zongbai, and asked: "How many Annan women have been recruited?"
"There are 24,000 people in total, most of them are women of working age between the ages of 18 and 30, and there are more than 3,000 teenage girls who were orphaned by the war. Seeing how pitiful they were, my subordinates took them with them.
When I come back, I would like to ask you, sir, to punish me for taking the decision without authorization."
"Brother Chen did a good job, what crime is he guilty of?" Sun Bin helped Chen Zongbai, who bowed his hands in salute, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness has always advocated the continuation of some correct administrative measures from the Kingdom of Heaven period. Brother Chen's treatment of the girl is in line with the Crown Prince's views. I
It's too late to reward Brother Chen, so how can I blame you?"
"Mr. Miao praised it. I was just soft-hearted for a moment. I didn't expect so much."
"It doesn't matter, Brother Chen, as long as you understand that this matter is beneficial to the National Defense Forces." Sun Bin invited Chen Zongbai to sit down and continued: "There are still 200,000 single brothers in Rio Grande do Sul, Guang Ninh and Lang Son.
The proportion of local Chinese men exceeds that of women. Selecting women of suitable age from the Chinese to make up for the imbalance between men and women is temporarily ineffective. Therefore, to solve the problem of the imbalance between men and women, we still have to find ways from other aspects." Sun Bin took a sip of tea, paused for a while and continued:
"Due to the war in Annan, young men were seriously injured and killed, and the proportion of women of working age was higher than that of men. Therefore, obtaining women from Annan is currently the most effective method."
"Annan women are docile and obedient. In addition, Annan has been influenced by the culture of the Central Plains for thousands of years. Most Annan women are willing to marry Chinese." Chen Zongbai agreed.
"Brother Chen led the army to fight. Annan women in the areas passing through were afraid of the disasters caused by the rebellion and might not want to follow the army back. However, after nearly a month of governance by our army in the two provinces of Quang Ninh and Lang Son, the people's morale was stable and many women were willing to marry Chinese brothers.
, the number of Annan women who are willing to go to South America to allocate their fields has reached nearly 40,000."
"I heard from my husband that South America is vast and sparsely populated. Annan women have always been hard-working and able to endure hardships. When they come to South America, they can help the brothers there a lot." Chen Zongbai said with a smile.
"Haha, does Brother Chen also want to find an Annan woman as his wife?" Sun Bin joked.
"Hey, to be honest with you, sir, I fell in love with an Annan woman on the road and want to let her in. I hope you will allow me."
"Marrying a wife and concubines is your private matter, I have nothing to do with it."
"Oh, I understand."
"Go back and handle your personal affairs yourself. I will tell you a few things next."
"Sir, please speak."
"You must have heard about the fact that Wu Ya finally lost power and Lu Zhiping, Huang Chongying and other peasant troops were recruited, right?"
"When I came back, I heard that Lu Zhiping, Huang Fu Sheng and others put Wu Ya under house arrest and finally surrendered to the Hue court, and then Huang Chongying and other troops followed suit. The Hue court surrendered most of the Chinese armed forces in the territory without spending a single soldier. For this reason
, the leader of the Annan Kingdom made Huang Jiyan the first-class bachelor of the Qinzheng Palace and the commander-in-chief of the Five Military Commands, and took control of the military and political power of the Hue court."
"Huang Jiyan is not good at fighting, but he is very good at playing with power. Through the merits of recruiting Chinese armed forces, he obtained a high position in the headquarters of the Fifth Army in one fell swoop and became the veritable number one person in North Vietnam. Our army must be careful when dealing with him in the future."
"Although the various peasant army armed forces have openly surrendered to the Hue court, in fact, the areas they control are still their original territories, and the Annan army still cannot control them. In this case, we do not need to be afraid of Huang Jiyan."
"Only by taking precautions can we be prepared. We must guard against Huang Jiyan secretly sowing discord and destroying the balance between the various Chinese armed forces."
Chen Zongbai looked like he didn't understand. Sun Bin stopped going any further and said, "Our army is strong enough and we are not afraid of the Annan army's overt plots. I am telling you this to give you a warning in advance so that you can have a good idea."
Mental preparation.
The situation in Annan has returned to stability. Huang Jiyan is busy handling the political affairs of the Hue court and dealing with the French annexation ambitions. He will not provoke the Chinese armed forces in the north in the short term. Therefore, taking advantage of this time, the troops mainly do two things.
: The first is to train the entire army to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and the second is to send people into Guangxi Province to recruit surviving brothers from the Kingdom of Heaven and young refugees.
I have my own arrangements for sending people into Guangxi, and the fleet from South America will arrive in a few days. The officers and foreign instructors who come with the ship will assist you and other army commanders in training the troops. You must prepare carefully.
, don’t fall behind in training.”
"Don't worry, sir, I won't let other brothers laugh at me."
Sun Bin talking to him alone showed that he valued him, so Chen Zongbai immediately expressed his stance...
After the civil strife, the peasant army, which posed the greatest threat to the Qing army in Guangxi, was left with only a few thousand young men, and the territory it occupied shrank by nearly half.
The remaining peasant armies led by Lu Zhiping and Huang Fusheng were greatly reduced in power. After being recruited by the Annan court, they lost their threat to the Qing army in Guangxi.
The people did not raise officials and did not investigate. The peasant army took refuge in the Annan court and no longer caused trouble for Guangxi officials. Those Manchu officials who were usually aloof were happy to relax. Coupled with some operations, Guangxi officials did not know how much money they spent to get from the peasant army.
They fished out Wu Yazhong who was under house arrest, and then successfully annihilated the peasant army and killed the rebel leader Wu Yazhong, which was a credit to the Guangxi officials. They took this opportunity to look down on Feng Zicai, the Guangxi governor who was a rebel general in the Taiping Army.
, the chief envoy and other frontier officials squeezed Feng Zicai out of Guangxi and sent him to take his officers and soldiers to the front lines of Yungui to suppress bandits to obey orders. The position of Guangxi admiral left vacant by Feng Zicai was filled by Xie Jigui, the military commander.
Xie Jigui was a close confidant of Zhang Kaisong, the governor of Guangxi. In the original history, Wu Yazhong's counterattack against Taiping Mansion failed. Zhang Kaisong ordered Xie Jigui to send troops to Annan to encircle and suppress Wu Yazhong's remnant army in order to increase his military merits and replace Feng Zicai's position. However, there was no result for a long time.
As a last resort, Feng Zicai was sent to quell the rebellion, and Feng Zicai became the governor of Guangxi for twenty years. But this time Xie Jigui did not suffer defeat, and used Wu Yazhong's head to get what he wanted, but Feng Zicai could only leave in despair.
