Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 220

After the war, Jingzhou City was devastated, and countless houses were burned by the rebel army. Surrounded by generals, Wang Yan entered the city through the desolate and dilapidated streets, stepping on the remnant walls and cliffs.

The Jingzhou government office turned into ashes along with Geng Zhongming last night, and Wang Yan temporarily stayed in the mansion donated by the Jingzhou gentry.

At this time, when the army entered the city, in addition to posting notices to help the people clean up the ashes in the city, it was to lightly capture the various ministries and deal with the prisoners.

In the battle last night, two of the three high-ranking officials of the Qing court in Jingzhou City were killed and one captured. There were nearly 3000 soldiers and horses in the city, especially more than [-] cavalry. Only Geng Jimao escaped with two hundred yellow-armored cavalry, and most of the rest were captured.

Among them, more than [-] Huangjia Han Eight Banners were taken outside the city by Wang Yan's order, and all of them were beheaded, while the Qing general Zheng Siwei was executed by Ling Chi.

It is worth mentioning that in Jingzhou City, there was no master master who knew Ling Chi. In the end, it was Li Guo who performed the knife himself.

Afterwards, Li Guo and others came to Wang Yan and bowed together, which means they completely surrendered to Wang Yan, and after they bowed, it represented that the era of Li Zicheng was completely over. From now on, these tens of thousands of horses, Only loyal to Wang Yan.

Outside the city of Jingzhou, more than 800 soldiers from the Eight Banners who had caused chaos in the city last night were beheaded, and their blood flowed like a river.

After the criminal law was over, Wang Yan asked people to pickle the heads of the Eight Banners, sent them to Changsha again, and then sent them to Fujing to report victory.

The armor and banners of the Eight Banners were also sent together.

He Tengjiao from Changsha was shocked when he learned that Wang Yan was trapped in Jingzhou and forced Geng Zhongming to death. He first tried to delay the people Wang Yan sent to Fujian to report the victory for a few days, and then he wrote a memorial, saying that the victory in Jingzhou was He commanded well, and then quickly took a step ahead and reported to Fujing City.

The victory in Jingzhou was thus the result of the cooperation between He Tengjiao and Wang Yan.

The good news spread to Fujing when the Longwu court was in extreme danger. After the failure of Zheng Chenggong and Wang Wei, Zheng Zhilong fled to Anping City. Although he did not surrender immediately, he did not enter the court. Watch the situation.

The great victory in Jingzhou, defeating the first princes of the Qing Dynasty, and almost wiped out the Huangjia and Han Eight Banners. This is an unprecedented victory for the Nanming regime. , to comfort the spirits of the second ancestors in heaven.

Such a big victory made the crumbling Longwu court temporarily out of crisis, not only strengthened the confidence of the ministers in the court, but also made Zheng Zhilong's attitude towards the Qing court ambiguous, and he did not dare to surrender easily.

At that time, Emperor Longwu gathered his courtiers and said in the hall: "Tengjiao is an old acquaintance in Nanyang, Shiheng is a hero who makes decisions, and now the two ministers are like my left and right arms."

The imperial court Suijia Wang Yan Taibao, his father was Heng Shanbo, He Tengjiao was added as Taifu, and he was granted the title of Dingxinghou, while Li Guo was named Chixin by the emperor, Jinxing Guohou, and Gao Bizheng by Gao Yigong. Entering the Marquis of Dingguo, entering the Gao family as the first-class wife of Zhenyi, entering Dai Zhifan, Yuan Zongdi, and Liu Fangliang as Marquises, Wang Shixiu, Li Laiheng, Liu Tichun, etc., all made earls.

Since the Jiashen year, both the Ming Dynasty and the Dashun have been defeated again and again, making everyone in the world think that the Manchu Qing was invincible, and the morale of the Han people was completely demoralized, but this battle really boosted the morale of the people.

Geng Zhongming was one of the four powerful vassals of the Han people within the Manchu Qing Dynasty. His title was hereditary and he had outstanding military exploits. His reputation was no worse than that of Wu Sangui. His death represented that the Manchu Qing was not invincible.

In this battle, Wang Yan originally wanted to attack Jingzhou, but he did not expect to meet Geng Zhongming on the road, and defeated him twice, achieving such a record.

He continued to seize a lot of armor, weapons, and luggage. He also obtained more than 5000 horses through Geng Zhongming, which made him, who was short of horses, become a major cavalry player in the Ming army.

The great defeat of the Qing army, apart from the benefits Wang Yan had gained in front of him, as time went by, the news gradually spread throughout the world, and the more far-reaching influence gradually emerged. The Ming armies that originally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty became unstable one after another The state of affairs made the Qing court tired of coping.

In the spring of the second year of Longwu, the former Dashun troops who had originally surrendered to the Qing court, He Zhen, the commander-in-chief of Hanzhong, and Sun Shoufa, the former deputy commander-in-chief of Shaanxi of the Ming Dynasty, joined forces with Wu Dading, Shi Guoxi, Hu Xiangchen and others, and raised [-] infantry soldiers to support the Ming clan King Qin. The son of Xi'an took the lead, raised the banner of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty, and attacked Xi'an.

Located in Hubei, Henan, and South Zhili, the Dabie Mountains at the junction of the three places are dangerous. The Ming Dynasty called it Yingshan and Huoshan Mountains. The Zuoge Fifth Battalion once set up camp here to resist the encirclement and suppression of the official army. To deal with the peasant army, we also formed villages according to risks and connected each other to protect each other.

When the Qing army went south and the Hongguang court was destroyed, the people in the south of the Yangtze River were forced to shave their hair and rose up to resist. The gentry and people in the Ying and Huoshan Mountains also took advantage of the wind and used the cottages to fight against the Qing Dynasty. The most famous one is Qihuang 48 Village.

At this time, the rebel army heard that after the Ming army had won a great victory in Chu, they sent envoys to ask to see Wang Yan, and wanted to cooperate with the official army.

Of course, these are all things to say later. At this time, Wang Yan, after lightly pointing out the spoils, was throwing a celebration banquet in front of the generals.

This victory is very important to Wang Yan, and it is even more so to Li Guo and others. The repeated defeats have made their subordinates lose their morale. Then come back slowly.

For Li Guo and others, this time not only regained the lost spirit of the army, but also changed the appearance of the army.

The two victories enabled Wang Yan to obtain a large number of weapons and armors. Among them, the armors of the Eight Banners needed to be improved, but the green battalion was the former Ming army. It was distributed to Li Guo and others.

Although the 8-strong army is only half equipped at present, many generals have hope in their hearts. They finally ended the dazed and bewildered mentality after Li Zicheng's death, and regained their backbone and progress. direction.

The banquet was held in the gentry's home, and all the food and drinks were handled by the gentry. The generals drank in the hall, and the atmosphere was extremely lively. Seeing this, Wang Yan was also very happy.

Thinking of his current status, the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, who was used to fighting and had [-] armour, he couldn't help but stand up, raised his wine glass, and all the generals looked at him immediately, while he frowned. One pick, smiled slightly, but sang: "Today I drank the celebration wine, and my aspirations were not rewarded, and I will never stop; in the future, I will show my skills and sprinkle my blood to write the spring and autumn~"

(End of this chapter)