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However, at this time, Emperor Yonglong was worried about how to reward Jia Cong.

There was no way, it was simply that he was achieving meritorious service too quickly.

After this reward, what if he continues to recover the other Sixteen States of Yanyun?

After pondering for a while, Emperor Yonglong decided that this time, he would only reward Jia Cong with some silks and satins.

After he recovers all the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, he will be rewarded. I believe that reward will be enough to reward Jia Cong for his contribution.

The news of this great victory was published in the Daxia Monthly.

Within half a month, the news spread throughout Daxia.

This also made the people of the entire Daxia excited.

Champion Hou is mighty, Champion Hou is invincible!
It has only been a few years since we recovered three of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Will it take a long time to recover the remaining thirteen prefectures?
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In Shunzhou, Fucha Chusheng led 20,000 soldiers under his command, and Daxia also sent 20,000 soldiers to attack Danzhou together.

Among Daxia's 20,000 soldiers, there were 7,000 soldiers from the Firearms Battalion, and they carried 300,000 rounds of bullets.

These bullets are all the current stock.

As for Youzhou occupied by Jia Huan, Jia Cong ordered him to temporarily defend Youzhou City.

As for the counties within Youzhou, there was no rush to recapture them.

The most important thing at the moment is to take over the entire territory of Danzhou first.

After taking Danzhou, Youzhou was caught between Jizhou and Shunzhou.

It is not difficult to take over the entire Youzhou.

Let’s talk about Fu Chachusheng who came to the first county town at the junction of Danzhou and Shunzhou.

Fu Chachusheng stepped forward and began to persuade the enemy to surrender in front of the city.

"Brother Dongri, a man who knows the current affairs is a hero. Guan Junhou is indeed a hero of the time!"

"The power of the Champion Marquis is unstoppable. The general trend has been established. The general trend of the world is unstoppable. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish."

"Brother Dongri, why don't you surrender earlier? You and I, brothers, can work together to help the Marquis of Guanjun recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and even destroy the entire Qing Dynasty, and establish unprecedented merits. Wouldn't it be great?"

This time, Jia Cong followed the army.

Hearing Fu Cha Chusheng's words of persuasion to surrender, even Jia Cong was amazed.

I have to say, this guy is indeed a talent.

However, on the city wall, the Qing Dynasty garrison commander, who was called Brother Dongri by Fucha Chusheng, was so angry that his nose was almost crooked.

He cursed: "You Chusheng, you are a disgrace to the Qing Dynasty, a scum! How could the Qing Dynasty produce someone like you?"

"Are you worthy of your ancestors by doing this? How will you face your ancestors in the underworld after you die?"

"You beast! You shall not die a good death!"

After being scolded, Fu Cha Chu Sheng flew into a rage and could not help but snorted coldly: "Humph! It is really hard to persuade the damned ghost with kind words. Since you insist on seeking death, maybe you can't blame others!"

"General, please blow up the city gate, and I will definitely take over this city quickly!"

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Okay!"

Next, three cannons were aimed at the south gate of the county town and a fierce bombardment began.

Well, this city is actually a county town and cannot withstand bombing at all. In just a quarter of an hour, the city gate was completely blown open.

Next, Fucha Chusheng led an army of 20,000 and charged directly out of the city.

There were only a few thousand defenders in the city, and most of them were ragtag troops.

Don’t underestimate the soldiers under Fu Cha Chusheng’s command. When facing the Da Xia soldiers, they were trembling with fear like mice avoiding cats.

But despite their absolute advantage, these Manchu soldiers were truly brave when facing their compatriots.

They fought fiercely and were invincible. In just half an hour, they slaughtered thousands of Qing soldiers.

Afterwards, he reported to Jia Cong: "My Lord, this is the first city. We must kill the chicken to scare the monkey."

"Only when we scare them and make them terrified, will the people behind us not dare to resist."

Jia Cong nodded happily and said, "General Fucha is absolutely right."

Next, Fucha Chusheng asked his soldiers to light a fire and cook. After eating, they rested for half an hour.

As soon as Fu Cha was promoted, he led his troops and continued to attack the second city.

This time, Fu Chachusheng stood at the gate of the city and used both intimidation and inducement to announce that the defenders of the first city were killed because they refused to surrender.

As long as you surrender, not only will you not die, you can even achieve great things.

So, the defender of the second city also gave in and surrendered decisively.

Next, Jia Cong ordered his men to escort the surrendered Qing troops back to Shunzhou.

At the same time, he sent people to take control of the city.

At the same time, Jia Cong was also feeling emotional.

It turns out that these generals of the Qing Dynasty also bully the weak and fear the strong, are also fence-sitters, and have a large number of spineless people and traitors.

It is pitiful and lamentable that the Ming Dynasty, which was originally on the historical trajectory, was destroyed by this group of people.

The great Central Plains is actually occupied by this group of people.

After taking the second city, Fucha Chusheng went straight to the third city without stopping.

Then, in one day, they captured four cities in a row.

The remaining three cities were all persuaded to surrender by Fu Cha Chusheng.

Even Jia Cong couldn't help but sigh that Fu Cha Chusheng, this idiot, had indeed made great contributions.

When he attacked Qing cities before, he had never encountered a situation where the enemy surrendered.

Of course, it might also be because they started bombarding with artillery and charged straight in, not giving them any chance to surrender.

However, if there is such an active and loyal traitor, he can not only persuade the enemy to surrender, but also greatly increase the speed and completely avoid casualties.

They can also capture Qing soldiers and use them for their own purposes to improve their own strength.

It is still more cost-effective to persuade them to surrender.

Especially this Manchu traitor, he is so loyal that he can’t be more loyal.

And because he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, they were even more ruthless towards the Qing Dynasty than themselves.

Such talents are definitely worth reusing!
When Fu Cha was promoted, he did not disappoint Jia Cong's trust.

Over the next three days, they captured cities one after another.

Three days later, the troops arrived at the city of Danzhou and surrounded the city.

Next, Fucha Chusheng once again tried to persuade the city to surrender.

However, he was scolded by the commander of Tanzhou City.

This made Fu Cha Chusheng furious and he immediately asked Jia Cong to blast open the city gate so that he could lead his troops back into the city to fight.

However, Jia Cong did not agree, but asked them to rest for a few days.

Jia Cong spent seven days ordering his soldiers to fill the moat and create ten roads.

Seven days later, Fu Chachusheng's 20,000-plus soldiers had rested enough and were in high spirits.

Then, Jia Cong pushed three cannons and began to bombard the city gates of Danzhou City.

This time it took longer, as the city gate of Danzhou was not only strong, but also completely blocked with stones from the inside.

However, it could not withstand the bombardment of artillery fire, and half an hour later, the gate of Danzhou City was completely blown open.

Fu Cha Chusheng commanded an army of 20,000 under his command and charged into the city of Danzhou with great momentum.

Then the soldiers of both sides started a fierce battle.

There were also 20,000 Qing troops in Danzhou City.

At this time they had become an isolated force, which instead aroused their bloodiness.

The 20,000 Qing troops under Fu Cha Chusheng's command were also murderous and fearless of death.

The battle between the two sides was extremely brutal, and the battlefield turned into a meat grinder.

Seeing this scene, Jia Cong couldn't help but sigh.

This tactic was actually a tactic that the Qing Dynasty liked to use in the original historical trajectory.

Under their command were the Mongolian army and the Eight Banners of Han.

They drove these troops as vanguards to continuously deplete the power of the Ming Dynasty.

Their own Eight Banner Army suffered very few casualties.

How could they possibly seize the Ming Dynasty with only their Eight Banners Army of a few hundred thousand or so?

What is the situation before our eyes?

As for Jia Cong, he did not intend to fight to the death with all the 20,000 soldiers under Fu Cha Chusheng.

If he really did this, it would inevitably dishearten them, and they would definitely have other intentions in the future and would no longer be so dedicated in helping him fight battles all over the country.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong commanded his 7,000 riflemen to launch an attack on both wings.

The attack power of the rifle is really terrifying.

In just less than a quarter of an hour, the Qing defenders in Danzhou City suffered heavy casualties.

They collapsed in a very short time.

This also made Fu Chachusheng's soldiers more awed by the Xia army.

As expected, surrender is the only way to have a future, while going against the Xia army will only lead to death.

Don’t you see that the defenders of Danzhou City, who were fighting with them, were completely unable to fight back in the hands of the Xia army.

And then, it turned into a one-sided massacre.

Soon, the entire Tanzhou city was captured.

Jia Cong was stationed directly in Danzhou.

Among the soldiers under Fuchachusheng's command, more than 3,000 were killed or wounded, which was a heavy casualty.

As for the defenders of Danzhou City, nearly 15,000 men were annihilated and more than 5,000 soldiers were captured.

Jia Cong directly handed over all these 5,000 soldiers to Fu Cha Chusheng.

At this point, the number of soldiers under Fu Chachusheng's command increased instead of decreased, directly becoming more than 22,000.

Jia Cong's trust in him also made Fu Cha Chusheng burst into tears of gratitude.

Next, Fu Cha was promoted and volunteered to fight, only needing to borrow a cannon.

He will capture all the remaining cities in Danzhou in the remaining half month.

Previously, they attacked directly to the city of Danzhou, but did not capture all the cities in Danzhou.

Now, there are still seven or eight cities in the whole territory of Danzhou that have not been taken.

Jia Cong also fully demonstrated his trust in Fu Cha Chusheng and decisively agreed to his request.

Of course, Jia Cong also sent an army of 10,000 to follow him.

His main responsibility is to be responsible for maintaining stability in the city after Fu Cha Chu Sheng takes over the city.

In the next half month, Fu Cha was promoted, which certainly did not disappoint Jia Cong's trust.

Successfully captured the entire city of Tanzhou.

The number of soldiers and horses under his command increased with each battle, and he had already recruited as many as 30,000.

Now, it is the New Year.

This year, Jia Cong was unable to go back home to celebrate the New Year.

As New Year's Eve was approaching, Jia Cong gave the entire army a three-day holiday.

After the New Year, Fu Cha Chu Sheng once again volunteered to conquer the entire Youzhou. Jia Cong readily agreed, but this time, it was not just Fu Cha Chu Sheng's army.

Instead, the troops were divided into three groups. One group was led by Fu Cha Chusheng, and the other group was led by Jia Cong, who sent 20,000 troops to march from the direction of Jizhou.

The third route was Jia Huan's 8,000 troops, which went directly from Youzhou to the southwest to recapture several cities in the southwest.

Half a month later, the Lantern Festival is over.

The entire Daxia, from the capital to all parts of the country, had just emerged from a festival of fireworks.

The entire territory of Youzhou has been completely taken.

At this point, the three territories of Youzhou, Shunzhou and Danzhou have all been recovered.

At this point, the war came to a temporary end.

Next, Jia Cong began to write a summary of the war and to commend his soldiers for their achievements.

This time, the one who made the greatest contribution was Fu Chachu, and Jia Cong decided to ask for the title of earl for him.

Of course, this was not an achievement that he could have obtained through his actual military merits, but was mainly due to his identity.

The so-called buying horse bones with a thousand pieces of gold is nothing more than this.

Because Fu Cha was newly promoted and was the first general to surrender to Daxia. He was also such a dedicated and loyal general. Moreover, his status was extremely respected even in the Qing Dynasty.

With such a good start, it is not surprising that other Qing generals later surrendered to Daxia.

The generals who followed each had their own merits, such as Liu Xianglian, Jia Huan and others, so they naturally received rewards.

After finishing writing everything and confirming that there were no omissions, Jia Cong sent the report by carrier pigeon.

Now Jia Cong likes carrier pigeons more and more, because the delivery speed of carrier pigeons is really fast, even faster than the 800-mile express.

After all, carrier pigeons can fly in a straight line, not only are they fast, but their flying distance is also much shorter than the 800-mile express train.

Soon, Emperor Yonglong also received Jia Cong's report.

By the end of the year, Jia Cong had only occupied Youzhou City and Shunzhou City, as well as seven or eight county towns.

Unexpectedly, within just over a month, he not only captured Danzhou City again, but also captured all the places in the three states.

As expected, you are worthy of being my champion marquis. You are invincible in every battle!

Now, we finally don't have to pretend to be nice to the Qing Dynasty envoys anymore.

It turned out that since the end of last year, the Qing Dynasty had sent a delegation of envoys to Daxia, questioning and accusing Daxia in various ways.

We strongly condemn Daxia's attack on friendly countries and strongly demand that Daxia withdraw from the occupied areas and apologize to the Qing Dynasty.

Today, their two countries are brotherly nations. Their Qing emperor has just married the princess of Daxia. How could Daxia be so dishonest?

As for Daxia, it was almost the first place to fall into chaos.

Fortunately, Qin Xiang and Lin Ruhai stood up decisively.

Prime Minister Qin demanded that the Qing Dynasty hand over the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that it occupied from Daxia.

Since the two countries are friendly brothers, why didn't the Qing Dynasty take the initiative to withdraw from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and return these places to Daxia?
The two sides couldn't argue.

Daxia was naturally happy to argue with them, but the Qing envoys were anxious.

They asked to see Emperor Yonglong every now and then.

This made Emperor Yonglong so angry that he had to hide from them.

Now, he is the champion marquis and has conquered three continents.

It will take some time to digest and absorb.

After it is completely digested and absorbed, the next round of attack will be launched.

However, I believe the next round of attacks will be smoother than now.

Next time, we will take over the three states of Zhuozhou, Mozhou and Yingzhou.

As long as these three continents are taken, the connection between the remaining nine continents and the Qing Dynasty will be completely cut off.

The remaining Kyushu will be completely cut off from the Qing Dynasty's support.

Of course, the Qing Dynasty could also come to support via Mongolia.

However, in this way, the battle line will be stretched very far, and the transportation of food and fodder will become more difficult.

In short, it is naturally a good thing for Daxia.

Therefore, Daxia readily agreed to the ceasefire request made by the Qing envoys.

Of course, there is no need to even think about the demand to withdraw from the occupied areas. Daxia had finally recovered the three states without any effort, so how could it give them up for nothing?

As for the Qing envoys, they did not imagine that they could make the other side return the two lost states just by protesting and accusing - at that time they did not know that Tanzhou was also lost.

They were extremely happy that they could reach a ceasefire agreement.

After resolving the issue of the Qing Dynasty envoys, the next step was to reward the meritorious officials.

The first thing discussed was Fu Cha's promotion to the throne. In the end, Emperor Yonglong decided to confer the title of Xiaoyao Bo on him.

Don't think that being conferred the title of earl might be too much of an honor.

In fact, this title was just to buy horse bones for a huge sum of money.

And if nothing unexpected happens, his title will probably reach its peak.

Unless he can really help the Xia army and truly destroy the Qing Dynasty, perhaps he can go further.

Moreover, the title of Xiaoyao Bo also has a humiliating connotation. A serious title would definitely not use these two words.

The general titles of earl are Earl of Loyalty and Bravery, Earl of Bravery and Martial Arts, etc.

As for Xiaoyao Bo, the two words "Xiaoyao" alone can reveal his true qualities.

Liu Xianglian was promoted from Cavalry Commander to Light Chariot Commander. If Light Chariot Commander is promoted one level further, he will become a Baron.

Don't think that among the five noble titles of duke, marquis, earl, viscount and baron, baron is the lowest title. In fact, baron is already a high-ranking title.

Jia Huan was promoted from Enqiwei to Qiduwei, which was the original title of Liu Xianglian.

Others also received rewards.

Even Mei Shiming, although he did not participate in the battle, was praised for his achievements by Jia Cong.

He was considered to have made significant contributions to the Firearms Battalion and his title was promoted to the eighth-rank Cloud Cavalry Captain.

As for other officials, each was rewarded.

Soon, the imperial decree of reward was issued to Youzhou.

Now that Jia Cong is temporarily settled in Youzhou, the geographical location of Jizhou is certainly important.

However, Youzhou is easier to coordinate the affairs of the other three states, so it is naturally more appropriate to stay in Youzhou.

When the imperial decree of reward was issued, Liu Xianglian, Jia Huan and other officials were all delighted.

Their titles and official positions were gradually promoted, and they were getting closer and closer to bringing honor to their family.

Well, actually, for them, reaching the current level is already a glory for the family.

Among them, the most excited person is Fu Cha Chusheng.

Because he was actually conferred the title of Xiaoyao Bo, which means earl!
You know, even in the Qing Dynasty, he was not awarded such a high title.

If we say that he was so proactive in seeking surrender and attacking before, it was all for the sake of saving his life.

Another reason may be that the betrayer hates his original master even more.

But now, Jia Cong's kindness to him really made him want to die for his friend.

Lord Hou, you are really my benefactor! Lord Hou knows me, understands me, trusts me, and appreciates me best!

When Fu Cha was promoted to the rank, he could not help but burst into tears. He also could not help but run to Jia Cong, kowtowing and thanking him while crying.

I swear that I will be loyal to my master with all my heart, and from now on, my life will be dedicated to my master.

Jia Cong comforted him for a long time before sending him away.

Everyone from top to bottom was very satisfied with the reward this time.

But if you look closely, you will find that Jia Cong, as the main general, did not receive much reward.

However, he only gave some silks and satins to the Ningguo Mansion as rewards.

Of course, there are still promotions in official positions.

Originally he was the Jiedushi of Jizhou, and now he has been promoted to Jiedushi of Yanyun.

The underlying meaning is very obvious, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

As long as Jia Cong can recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, he will be the chief governor of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

But now, he is just the Jiedushi of Sizhou.

In this regard, not only Emperor Yonglong, but also the pro-war and pro-peace factions all chose to approve it tacitly.

It is true that Jia Cong's contribution is really too great.

If we continue to promote his title now, there are still twelve states to go.

If he recovered one or two states every now and then and received rewards each time, he would probably be crowned a prince and a duke in no time.

How to block it next?
If it reaches the point where it can no longer be sealed, something bad will happen.

Either the emperor was forced to get rid of Jia Cong, or Jia Cong was forced into rebellion.

And now, Jia Cong and the court are actually still in the honeymoon period.

Therefore, everyone in the court tacitly agreed not to give Jia Cong much credit for his military achievements.

However, no one objected to the promotion of Jia Cong to the governor of Yanyun.

But for Jia Cong, this was a pleasant surprise.

Now that he is the Jiedushi of Yanyun, he can develop the current four states in a stable manner.

The first thing is to expand the military.

After regaining the three states this time, his troops increased instead of decreased, and suddenly increased by 40,000.

These 40,000 troops are all captured Qing soldiers, and are currently under the command of Fu Cha Chusheng.

It can be said that these 40,000 soldiers have not yet completely returned to their original aspirations.

Rebellion is always possible.

However, for the time being, Jia Cong had no intention of disbanding them directly.

These people are still useful.

Let them fight a few more favorable battles, let their hands be stained with the blood of more compatriots, and there will be no turning back for them.

In this way, he had more than 130,000 soldiers and horses.

Jia Cong planned to recruit another 70,000 soldiers to bring his total force to 200,000.

After the new soldiers are fully trained and the three states are completely digested, Jia Cong can retake the remaining twelve states.

And now, it is almost the farming season.

The next most important thing is to distribute land and encourage farming in the three states.

In order to develop these four states, we must make them self-sufficient.

Now, Jia Cong has asked people to collect seeds of sweet potatoes, corn and peanuts.

According to the original historical trajectory, these three crops were introduced from America in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty.

However, it was not until the Qing Dynasty that it was promoted on a large scale, which greatly increased the per-acre yield in the Qing Dynasty and was able to feed 400 million people.

At this time, these crops had already been grown on a small scale in Daxia.

However, it has not been fully promoted.

Jia Cong planned to fully promote these four crops in these four states.

In this way, within a few years, the food production capacity of the four states will not only be self-sufficient, but even rich. (End of this chapter)