Tu Guobao led 3,000 Zhenbiao, plus the 1,28 banner cavalry of the acting commander, and several newly formed regiments, totaling 8,000 Suzhou soldiers and horses, and set up a formation outside Suzhou City to welcome Boluo's arrival.
Yan Wogong led Li Yuchun, Zheng Jiwu and surrendered general Wu Zhikui and other guest troops to form a formation outside the city to welcome them.
Boluo looked at the green flag fluttering and the momentum of the numerous soldiers and horses, and the anger in his heart disappeared a lot. He had heard that Suzhou had been lost, and even Li Shutai died in battle, Boluo was so angry that he slapped the person who reported the news.
Snap the whip.
At one time, I thought the situation in Suzhou was rotten, but now it seems that it is indeed as Tu Guobao said, it was just because Li Shutai underestimated the enemy and was arrogant, which caused Suzhou to be empty, allowing the pseudo-Ming rebels to take advantage of the loophole.
"This minion, Tu Guobao, is quite capable. If it weren't for him, the situation in Suzhou would be really chaotic."
Tu Lai and others also nodded, "Wu Shengzhao, Li Chengdong and Li Shutai have all failed in their duties. Fortunately, we have Tu Guo Bao and Yan Wo Gong."
"Yes, Mr. Yan has made great achievements again this time. I didn't expect that the situation in Susong and Song Dynasty would need people from the west of Zhejiang to maintain it. The soldiers from the west of Zhejiang will be well rewarded this time. Each soldier will be rewarded with two taels of silver first, and all the merits will be rewarded."
Report it to the police and reward them based on their merits."
Boluo deliberately asked Tu Guobao and General Su Song to wait aside, but first met with the general from western Zhejiang.
Yan Wogong led a group of generals from western Zhejiang to greet him. Boluo did not hesitate to praise him and announced some commendations and appointments in public. The Beijing court has issued a decree to commend Yan Wogong for his contribution to pacifying Jiangnan and putting down the rebellion. He was specially awarded the title of Ducha.
The left deputy censor of the imperial court and the minister of the Ministry of War, which was already the title before the imperial envoy governor. He was also worshiped as a bachelor of the secretarial academy, given a brocade robe and jade belt, and was admitted to the Han Zhenghuang Banner.
Li Yuchun was promoted to the chief military officer of Songjiang Town, Zheng Jiwu was promoted to the chief military officer of Jiaxing Town, Zhu Gangda was promoted to the deputy general of Haining, and Wu Fei was awarded the title of chief military officer of Jinshan Navy...
Boluo was very satisfied with the 50,000-strong Western Zhejiang Army led by Yan Li. This army was originally composed of a group of surrendered generals, local bandits, landlord armed forces and other recruits. How could it reach such a large scale in such a short period of time?
The rapid suppression of Su Song's rebellion is indispensable.
This time, many of them were given official green camp flags, and the rest were given the title of local regiment training camps. Those generals were also awarded seals of prosecution, assigned to defense areas, and paid by various places.
After many defeated soldiers such as Huang Fei and Wu Zhikui were collected by various ministries, Bolo also retained most of them.
Since they have proven themselves to be very useful, just keep them. As for food, salary, and equipment, give them some first, and figure out how to do the rest later.
After they had finished praising the people in western Zhejiang and rewarding each soldier with two taels of silver, they called in the national treasure Wu Shengzhao, Li Chengdong and other Su Song generals.
It's just a big curse, and it's bloody.
All kinds of incompetence and words such as being useless and having nothing to eat were thrown at them.
Tu Guobao was also the first to file a complaint, and then he shied away from the blame, saying that he originally disagreed with Admiral Wu Shengzhao's plan, but Wu Shengzhao insisted on taking away Su Song's Green Camp soldiers and horses. As a result, he took a large army and took away a lot of food and wages, but he failed to make any achievements.
, but instead caused Huang Fei and Wu Zhikui to besiege Suzhou with an army of 100,000.
If he had not responded calmly and fought tooth and nail with Li Shutai with only over 2,000 troops to defeat 100,000 enemy troops, Suzhou would have been lost long ago.
After defeating the two armies of Huang and Wu, he also believed that he should be cautious. As a result, Li Shutai underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, resulting in his defeat and death. He led the exhausted soldiers and was ultimately unable to support himself, which led to the loss of Suzhou City to the thieves for nine days.
But even so, with only the Biao Battalion, he still worked hard to lure the enemy's main force to leave Suzhou, and then attacked Suzhou City in a night attack.
Not only that, after he recovered Suzhou, he immediately sent the Biao Battalion to surrender with the newly reorganized prisoners, and rushed to Songjiang to rescue Li Shutai regardless of the danger. He successfully defeated the remnants of Huang Fei, captured Huang Fei, and gathered them together.
Li Shutai's remaining soldiers were killed, and he even spent a lot of money to redeem Li Shutai's head and body.
For the sake of the Qing Dynasty and for Suzhou, it can be said that he devoted all his energy.
On the other hand, Admiral Wu Shengzhao, Songjiang Commander-in-Chief Li Chengdong, Suzhou Commander-in-Chief Yang Chengzu and others took away the army, but they failed to achieve any success. Songjiang, Kunshan and other cities were recovered by guest soldiers from western Zhejiang. Chongming did not capture it, and even Jingjiang was captured again.
Lost it.
Wu Shengzhao, who was already at odds with Tu Guobao, came out to defend himself at this time, saying that Tu Guobao also agreed with the original plan. He also said that if Tu Guobao Li Shutai had not underestimated the enemy and went out to fight, Suzhou would not have been lost.
Li Chengdong said that he had already surrendered Gao Jinzhong of Chongming, sent Zhang Guozhu to defeat Zhang Pengyi of Chongming in Taicang, recruited Zhang Shiyi, and would immediately lead his army into Chongming Island to capture King Yiyang alive.
They also said that the guest soldiers from western Zhejiang were simply here to take credit, and even the pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu was sent to Su Song by them.
Wu Shengzhao also stood up to support him, believing that Zhu Wu ran from eastern Zhejiang to western Zhejiang, and Li Yuchun, Yan's father, claimed victory and talked about how to defeat Zhu Wu. However, Zhu Wu only fought more and more troops, and even defeated Songjiang and captured Suzhou.
, this basically shows that Li Yuchun and the others are all falsely reporting their military exploits.
Yan Wo Gong Li Yuchun and others immediately refused to accept, so the two sides started a war of words.
But Bo Luo looked down on people like Wu Shengzhao, Li Chengdong, and Yang Chengzu at this time. After all, Li Yuchun and other rebels who had been defeated repeatedly were not only able to maintain stability in western Zhejiang, but also sent troops to help recover the lost land in Susong and help defeat the rebels. What qualifications did Wu and Li have?
Blaming guest troops?
Moreover, Boluo was originally stationed in Hangzhou, and Li Yuchun and others were his direct subordinates. The generals on Su Song's side were actually directly under the command of Duduo of Jiangning, so he naturally had to protect his own people.
If he didn't want to give Duduo some face, he originally planned to let Li Yuchun be the admiral of Su Song. Now he only let Li Yuchun be the commander-in-chief of Songjiang, which was already showing mercy.
"What's going on with the rebels now?" Bolo asked.
Tu Guobao reported, "After the combined forces of Bei Shi and Yan Yao defeated the rebels again in Suzhou, the rebels now collapsed into several groups. One group rushed to the west of Taihu Lake, to Wucheng, Yixing and other places, and the other group went along the canal.
They fled north and entered Changzhou, and some even rushed into the Yangtze River and took away Jingjiang."
"Others have fled south and are returning to western Zhejiang."
"The humble position also recruited and surrendered many rebels. A total of more than 30,000 people were recruited and surrendered, and more than 10,000 people were reorganized into the Green Camp to make up for the losses of Su Song's Green Camp and replenish the local defense force."
Bolo looked at Wu Zhikui and looked at the money rat tail on the back of his head, feeling very satisfied.
Although it was a pity to hear that Huang Fei actually committed suicide after being captured, the Jiangnan rebellion has been almost put down now, which is pretty good.
Bolo led the army all the way north, but did not win any battles.
"Mr. Yan will follow me back to Beijing. All the troops in western Zhejiang will return to their bases and defend their defense areas. The rebels who have fled to Huzhou and other places can be eliminated by the green battalion officers and soldiers stationed in each government."
"The same is true for Su Song's side. Everyone defends their defense zone. If anyone can't defend it, he will be blamed."
"As for the rebels who are escaping Changchun Town, I will leave it to Lord Benbele to annihilate them himself."
"As for Chongming Island, Governor, it would be more safe to leave it to you to deal with Ben Beile."
"Also, Admiral Wu Shengzhao will no longer be stationed in Suzhou City. He will be stationed in Fushan Port in Changshu. Suzhou Commander-in-Chief Yang Chengzu will be stationed in Baimao Port in Changshu. Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Jiading will be stationed in Baoshan Port in Jiading. Zhang Guozhu will be promoted to Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Taicang for his meritorious service.
, still guarding Taicang and guarding Qiya Port in Liuhe.
If the four ports on the east side of Suzhou and entering the sea are defended well, then there will be no fear of rebels and bandits attacking Suzhou. Anyone who fails to defend them will be punished!"
"Governor Zhu will guard Suzhou, General Li will guard Songjiang, General Zheng will guard Jiaxing, and Vice General Zhu will guard Haining, each guard his own territory!"
