Chapter eight hundred and eighty seventh officialdom is proud of Chen Lifu
In the Battle of Anping Town, the last 100,000-plus main force of the Northern Ming Army was completely defeated by the Tang Dynasty King's Division. More than 50,000 Tatar cavalry fled in embarrassment after losing more than 10,000. From then on, there were no more Ming troops or Ming troops in several northern provinces.
It’s the Tatar cavalry that can stop the Tang Dynasty king’s army!
Even now, there are still many remnant Ming forces in other places. For example, Zhang Yue still has more than 100,000 troops in Huguang, Sichuan, and Yunnan. Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places are still under the control of the Ming Dynasty.
but!
Today's battle is still enough to declare the Tang Dynasty's sole rule over the land of China!
Therefore, Li Xuan was in a very good mood. If he hadn't brought the palace dance troupe with him when he went north to fight, I'm afraid he would have taught the dance troupe members the dance skills all night tonight.
However, even though there were some minor shortcomings, they did not affect Li Xuan's good mood at all!
In the follow-up pursuit operations, Li Xuan had already directly let go of many generals, and he himself was waiting for the generals' victory reports with peace of mind!
On that day, the Army of the Tang Dynasty heading north was still extremely busy. The troops of the Third Army and the Fourth Army continued to pursue the fleeing Ming Army. Although the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops had suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield, the fleeing Ming Army
The army still numbered tens of thousands, so it was naturally impossible for the Datang Army to just sit back and watch them escape and then regroup!
There are also choices when pursuing. Those who retreat in an organized manner and the large-scale Ming army are the priority targets. However, if the Ming army is scattered, the Tang Army will turn a blind eye. After all, its troops are limited.
It was impossible to capture all the fleeing Ming troops.
But in the pursuit battle that lasted for two days, the results were still fruitful!
Three days later, Li Xuan, who was still staying in Anping Town, received a summary of the battle report from the Privy Council. This time in the Battle of Anping Town, the decisive battle on that day and the subsequent pursuit battle, together, more than 20,000 Ming troops were killed and more than 70,000 people were captured.
The tens of thousands of Ming troops fled relatively quickly, got rid of the pursuit, and fled all the way towards Beizhili, while the remaining tens of thousands of Ming troops ran around and became veritable stragglers.
It is worth mentioning that they also killed about 4,000 Tatar cavalry and captured nearly 3,000 people!
In addition, there is an even more critical point. They captured tens of thousands of military horses from the Ming army and the Tatars!
Among them, about 3,000 are riding horses, and there are more than 8,000 less powerful draft horses.
Although they also seized tens of thousands of matchlock guns and tens of thousands of various cold weapons, these seizures were nothing compared to the tens of thousands of horses.
Maybe for other armies, the value of muskets and artillery is higher, but for the current Tang Dynasty King's Division, the value of war horses is even higher.
Nowadays, the output of guns in the Tang Dynasty is quite large, and more importantly, the Tang Dynasty has begun to replace flintlock guns. The effect of these captured matchlocks is no longer so great, let alone explain
The caliber of the army's muskets is not uniform, and the quality is also mixed.
Of course, these muskets and artillery can still be used in a short period of time!
At least the matchlocks and artillery lost by the Tang Army in this battle could be replenished on the spot from the spoils of war.
The shortage of horses in the Tang Dynasty is a long-standing problem. Basically, the war horses used were all captured from the Ming army in the past, and now a Tatar was added.
These 3,000 horses, plus the 3,000 horses captured in the Liangshanji Battle, were enough for the Tang Dynasty cavalry to add several thousand more cavalry!
When Li Xuan was still in Anping Town, news of the great victory in Anping Town was quickly spread to Jiangnan and other southern provinces through the military post station!
The news of the great victory in Anping Town had a great impact. Naturally, Li Xuan would not hide it. He had to publicize it widely as soon as possible. This was not to satisfy his vanity of personally conquering the great victory, but to serve political purposes.
The victory at Anping Town basically established the overall situation of China in the future. In the future, when those gentry and other careerists who were still opposed to the Tang Dynasty made irrational behaviors, such as armed resistance to taxes,
If you are planning to commit rebellion, you have to think carefully about whether it will succeed and what the consequences will be.
The good news went south quickly, and within a few days, Jinling City received the news. The left-behind officials headed by Liu Bagou and the Queen Mother Bai in the palace were all ecstatic about the result!
Individuals have different thoughts. Some people think that they finally don’t have to worry about it. The Ming army will counterattack and come to the south of the Yangtze River!
Some people think that the glory and wealth in the future will finally be confirmed!
The people in the Chao Bao Department of the Ministry of Rites worked overtime all night to issue special reports for this time, specifically reporting on the Anping victory. Moreover, the reports of the Tang Dynasty Bao always not only talked about the war, but also analyzed the various impacts from all aspects.
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To put it bluntly, in addition to reporting on the great victory of Anping, it is more important to publicize how awesome the Tang Dynasty King is and how awesome the eternal sage Li Xuan is!
So, they worked overtime and all night to confirm the number, and sent the sample issue to the whole world through the post system. As Jinling is the place where the emperor is at the feet, it is natural that it can be printed as soon as possible and then distributed directly.
So, in the afternoon of the next day, in Jinling City, a thin boy with many patches on his body and bare feet, about eleven or twelve years old, was carrying a big satchel full of newspapers and a few words in his hand.
Yang held his share and shouted in a childish voice: "Extra number! Extra number! Great victory in Anping!"
With just one sentence, it immediately attracted the attention of passers-by around you!
Many of them are accustomed to this kind of newsboys selling newspapers. The Tang Dynasty Newspaper has been published for many years and has gradually established a complete distribution system. In addition to sample transportation, printing, and mass transportation, at the terminal of application for distribution
, and developed distribution models such as fixed-point delivery, street newsboy sales, and store sales.
After the newspaper is printed and delivered to a certain city, the newspaper delivery person will deliver the newspaper directly to the homes or institutions of the people who have subscribed to the Tang Dynasty Newspaper. This kind of subscription is usually ordered once a year, plus
The cost of delivering newspapers is not low. Generally, only respectable people or various institutions will order newspapers. Ordinary people usually go to teahouses and other places to listen to newspapers. Well, they can't understand them anyway.
Selling in street shops is just like buying other things!
As for the newsboys, that's another feature. They sell them on the street and earn a small amount of money!
They were not surprised by the newsboys on the street, but they were surprised by the newsboys on the street, because the Tang Dynasty Daily rarely published newsprints, usually when there were important events, well, it was only done once when there was a big happy event.
It doesn't happen once a year.
Now, there is an extra number!
Moreover, it is followed by the words "Great Victory". Could it be that the army going north won the battle?
Immediately, several people walked over to the newsboy. The first one to come was a middle-aged man wearing a commoner's robe. At a glance, it was clear that he should be a respectable man with a small fortune.
After he walked over, he took out a copper coin that was slightly larger than the previous copper coins. This was one of the auxiliary coins issued by the Tang Dynasty. A copper coin worth five Wen contained more copper than one Wen or two Wen.
It is larger, printed in batches by machine, and has exquisite patterns on it.
"Here's a newspaper!" After the decent middle-aged man handed over the copper coins, he directly took the extra number from the reporter's hand!
When you hold the newspaper in your hand, you can still smell the ink on it, and it has not been ironed. Although the ink on it has dried completely, it will still stick to your hand if you hold it in your hand. If your hands are wet
I read the newspaper every now and then, and after reading it, I feel very gloomy.
There is no way, the current printing technology is so scummy!
When this person picked it up and kept reading, he saw a newspaper in the three-entry house of the Chen family in the urban area of Jinling City. The newspaper delivery person also delivered the newspaper to this house. Naturally, the servant, whether it was an extra or an ordinary weekly, naturally
I took it over.
After the waiter brought the newspaper in, a middle-aged man who looked like a steward saw it and immediately asked: "What's going on with this morning newspaper? Isn't it the day for delivering the newspaper in two days?"
The boy immediately said: "Go back to Manager Zhao, the messenger said this is a temporary extra number issued today?"
"Oh?" Manager Zhao took the newspaper and read it for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, "No wonder I sent out an extra note. It's such a big deal. Hurry up and iron the newspaper. I'll deliver it to you right away!"
As soon as he said this, Manager Zhao suddenly said: "Forget it, I will do it myself!"
With that said, he just spread out the newspaper, then asked someone else to pour hot water into the iron and started ironing!
At this time, a little maid who was further away looked doubtfully and asked a cook next to her: "Why do you still need to iron this newspaper? Can't you just read it directly? I see people outside just reading it directly!"
At this time, the cook next to me said: "If you don't iron it, are you going to let me get ink on my hands while reading the newspaper?"
"Our master is a high-ranking official in the tax department. Can he be the same as the idle people outside?"
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and send the snacks to Madam? If you keep Madam waiting for a long time, you won't be able to reap the benefits!"
When the little maid heard this, she immediately raised her eyebrows, but she still obediently took the tray and went out!
Manager Zhao carefully ironed the newspaper page by page, then folded it up, and then put it into a tray. Then he went out with the tray and the newspaper. After walking through many corridors, he
He stopped in front of a door, knocked on the door, and said softly: "Master!"
At this time, a voice came from inside the house: "Is it Uncle Fu, come in?"
Zhao Fu then opened the door, crossed the threshold and walked in. Before anyone in the room could ask, he said, "Master, is there a morning report delivered today?"
"Exception?" At this time, the person inside stood up from the desk. It was Chen Lifu, a popular figure in the Inspection Division of the Grain Collection Department of the Ministry of Taxation, who was recently proud of his officialdom, and was known as a rookie official in the tax department system.