Jin Shenghuan looked at the edge of the sword that Ma Jinzhong was holding on to, and saw that his fingers were all scarred and splattered with blood, and finally let go of the sword. But then he pushed Ma Jinzhong hard and pushed him away from him.
He drove far away and said sternly:
"If I surrender, I will neither be able to deal with Zuo Shuai nor the people of Huguang. I was originally a refugee from Liaodong, and everyone in my hometown was slaughtered by the Eastern captives. But after entering the customs, how many people were harmed by me?
?How can such a wolf-hearted person survive between heaven and earth when he is so punished by heaven and earth?"
He then took a few steps back and leaned his upper body against the window frame of the cabin. He smiled bitterly at Ma Bao and said: "The Eastern captives are definitely not suffering from the scabies disease of Goguryeo. General, please listen to me. The imperial court has lost the Central Plains."
In the heart of the heart, King Li now has a new land of Chu. He has one of three parts of the world, and the general trend is about to come true. But! Since Wanli, there have been many troubles in Liaodong. The elite soldiers and generals of the imperial court are all in Liaodong. They cannot subdue the Eastern captives in a hundred battles. They even defeated King Chuang.
Commander Hong was defeated at the hands of the Donglu, how can the Chuang army still despise them? But please worry about yourself!"
After Jin Shenghuan finished his last words of advice, he turned over and jumped out of the window. Ma Jinzhong exclaimed several times and desperately grabbed a corner of Jin Shenghuan's clothes regardless of the injury on his hand. However, Jin Shenghuan's movement was too big, and the corner of his clothes broke with a click.
Liangyu's last loyalist jumped into the river. Although Ma Bao immediately ordered people to rescue him, Jin Shenghuan had already had the will to die. Before everyone could get into the water to rescue him, a floating corpse floated to the surface.
Although Ma Jinzhong is a slippery man, he can't help but reveal some true feelings at this time. When he saw Jin Shenghuan's death, he thought about the destruction of the entire army in Zuozhen, and surrendered to the Chuang army. The future is still uncertain. Jin Shenghuan's prophecy about Donglu
It also weighed on his heart like a dark cloud, and he finally couldn't help crying.
well!
Has Zuozhen, which once had 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and 200,000 troops, finally reached the point where it is today?
After the sailors fished out Jin Shenghuan's body, Ma Jinzhong stabilized his emotions. After Ma Bao comforted him for a few words, he began to arrange the surrender of Zuozhen's remaining soldiers.
The army officers and soldiers who had been deployed around the camp immediately entered the camp from all directions. The officers and soldiers had no other choice but to put down their weapons. The sailors and boatmen all got off the boat under the leadership of the officers and lined up.
They formed a queue, waiting for Chuang Jun to count and receive them.
Li Laiheng didn't pay much attention to Jin Shenghuan's death. He had long forgotten that when he was in Zhuxi County about three years ago, he was chased by Jin Shenghuan and almost fell into a desperate situation.
Times have changed, and now Jin Shenghuan has become nothing worth mentioning in Li Laiheng's eyes. He only remembers that this man seemed to have a certain record of fighting against the Qing Dynasty in later history, and he and Li Chengdong were framed by the Yongli court.
situation for a while.
But that's all. Li Laiheng didn't have the energy to care about anything more.
This was true even for the navy. Li Laiheng cared about the warships and the sailors. As for the generals of Zuozhen Navy such as Jin Shenghuan, even if they surrendered, in Li Laiheng's view, it was impossible for them to continue to command the original troops.
Instead, like Ma Jinzhong, he must first break away from the soldiers and horses under his command, and then enter the camp school to study for a period of time. After graduation, he will be selected and hired and arranged to join the new army.
You must know that the personal dependence between generals and troops is particularly strong at this time. Not to mention the existence of Zuo Zhen, who is almost a warlord, even for ordinary troops, the personal dependence between the general and his servants is difficult to break.
If the separation of soldiers and generals is not adopted, the surrendered officers and generals may use their social relations and activity energy to pull their troops away again at any time. This will cause great harm to the Dashun regime in later history.
The threat is close to a fatal blow.
"Ma Bao, you have made the first contribution in solving the siege camp this time. I will remember it for you first."
Li Laiheng was extremely satisfied with Ma Bao's achievements in riding into the camp alone to persuade him to surrender. He personally rode to the gate of the siege camp to greet Ma Bao. He got off his horse and helped Ma Bao, who was kneeling on one knee, with both hands. He also exchanged greetings with Ma Jinzhong a few times.
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In any case, without a hard fight, nearly 10,000 officers, soldiers, sailors, and fishermen in the besieging camp were surrendered, and Ma Jinzhong was also allowed to accept quite harsh conditions for surrender and reorganization. This is definitely a considerable credit.
Ma Bao did not dare to show a proud look on his face. He knew that although Li Laiheng often presented himself as an honest and selfless person, his actual scheming and conduct were another matter. So even if Ma Bao did have great achievements
, and never dare to show any excessive appearance easily.
Among the intruders, only Guo Junzhen didn't care at all about Li Laiheng's machinations. He was still looking high above his head, enjoying himself and speaking without shame. He kept talking about how he should sweep the three Chu and sweep away.
Killing Ding Qirui and other nonsense.
In the past, Guo Junzhen could only talk nonsense and nonsense by himself, and he could only enjoy himself.
But now the marching commander under Li Laiheng, Gu Junen, is also a strange maniac. It is clear that the strategy of "suppressing the left" he formulated during the Suizhou war was full of mistakes and almost led to a complete failure.
It was only because the fighting power of the Chuang army was indeed higher than that of Zuo Zhen, and Zuo Liangyu had the intention of protecting himself and was not willing to fight to the death with all his strength, that the Chuang army established a great victory.
But Gu Junen did not reflect on his mistakes in planning. Instead, he and Guo Junzhen talked and praised each other. Although the two of them have certain talents, Guo Junzhen's battlefield organization ability is indeed the best among the army.
First of all, the crazy self-promotion of the two madmen still made Ma Bao, who was in a deep city, very strange.
He could only sigh in his heart, this must be Jieshuai's unique way of employing people!
Ma Bao followed Li Laiheng and got on his horse. The riverbanks and roads were crowded with soldiers of the invading army with bright armor, and groups of lifeless surrender soldiers from Zuozhen were mixed in. There were ships one after another in the river, with thousands of sails.
All the racing boats were heading towards Suizhou.
"Commander, there seems to be no opponent near the Han River who can fight with us?"
Ma Bao suddenly felt a little unbelievable in his heart. It has been less than a year since Li Laiheng led the former standard army to develop in Huguang last year. Not only the people and land of Suizhou have undergone tremendous changes, but also the entire Han River Basin.
All the enemies seemed to have been wiped out.
The victory came so quickly, and all the generals in the army, except for Guo Junzhen and Gu Junen, who were very boastful, seemed to be in a dream. Even Fang Yiren, who had always been prudent and far-sighted, said with a slightly absurd tone:
"Is everything in the world settled today?"
But Li Laiheng knew that everything had just begun. Ma Bao had already reported Jin Shenghuan's last words, and none of the generals seemed to care about it.
Only Li Laiheng knew that eliminating Zuo Liangyu's military group and occupying Huguang was only the first step in the fight against the Donglu.
Defeating the Ming Dynasty was never Li Laiheng's goal, but the best path he chose to accumulate resources to resist the Qing Dynasty.
The mountains, forests, wild grasses, strong winds, and currents of the Sanchu land, the Bashu Three Gorges spurt into the Yangtze River in Jingmen, and the water and wind that irrigate the soil of Huguang flow all the way eastward, passing through Wuchang, passing through Jiujiang, and straight into the land of Jiangnan.
Li Laiheng leaned on his horse and raised his whip, and said with a smile: "The invading army is in the upper reaches. If you go east from Chu, you can break the bamboo and capture Wu. If you go south and plunder the Five Ridges, you can occupy South Vietnam. I have one of the three points in the world. I will just wait for the generalissimo.
It would be nice to have good news."
His words seemed to be full of confidence in victory in the future. The counselors and generals of the army all looked at each other. Although everyone did not know what the future development would be, they also felt that the future was bright and victory was in sight.
Zuo Liangyu, escorted by Zhang Pizhu and Pang Cun, arrived in Suizhou City the next day. Li Laiheng had already made overall arrangements for how to deal with these captured generals.
He is planning a grand festival that is both a festival and a trial. It is time to clear away all the hostile atmosphere of disobedience.
As for those captives, surrendered soldiers, and a few local soldiers and local tyrants who acted as collaborators and aided the oppressor, Li Laiheng also asked Fang Yiren and Gu Junen to formulate a detailed punishment plan. He would not allow anyone to infringe on the legitimate interests of the people on the side of the invading army.
Do not suffer any reasonable punishment.
But Li Laiheng also understood that rule could not be established by killing. What he needed was detailed laws and fair justice.
Speaking of which, Li Laiheng's military commander now has the equivalent of the Secretary-General of the Cabinet, the equivalent of the Marching Sima of the Ministry of War, the equivalent of the Field Envoy of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the equivalent of the Duzhi Envoy and Baigong Yamen of the Ministry of Works.
The academy is equivalent to the Tidianxuezheng and Suiying schools of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel.
But he has not yet established a judicial institution equivalent to the Ministry of Justice. Alas, Li Laiheng has to worry about the lack of talent.
The Suiying School was still insufficient, and the number of scribes selected by the Imperial Government Examination was small and their reliability was low. Li Laiheng thought it was still necessary to establish several more cadre schools.
Of course, I'm afraid it can't be called a school at this stage, but more like a crash course.
But these things must undoubtedly be implemented immediately. After all, Chuangjun will soon face a wave of major expansion of its territory!