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Chapter 284 Work hard, I like you
Now counting the more than 1000 sailors of the Ming army company on the riverside, there are a total of 6000 troops, including the 7 defenders in De'an and the [-] sailors by the Poyang Lake. Thousands of horses.

At the same time, it also shows that Zhu Yousong suffered a total of more than 4000 casualties in the Poyang Lake battlefield on the south line and the battle across the river on the north line. The army wiped out no less than 30 enemies, and such casualties are insignificant in comparison.

However, more than 6 horses captured the strong city of Jiujiang, and Zhu Yousong felt that his troops were not enough.

Fortunately, there are still 2 troops in Hukou City, led by Luo Dai and Daoxing, Zhu Yousong's troops have already passed the sky, and Hukou's strategic position has now evolved into the rear area, so there is no need for so many troops. After World War I, Zhu Yousong's battalions needed supplies for the wounded and reduced personnel, so Zhu Yousong immediately passed an order that only 5000 defenders would be left in Hukou City, and a commander-in-chief would be in charge, and the remaining [-] troops would be dispatched. Cross the river and listen to it.

In addition, the 3000 people who stayed in De'an did not move, and transferred the 2000 sailors stationed by He Zhaoxiong on the bank of the Poyang River to let them go up the river. There were also [-] sailors and soldiers from both sides. The supply navy can only wait until Zuo Menggeng's troops are completely wiped out, but although the [-] navy is small, they can basically cope with the next water battle, because the Qing army's navy and artillery battalion has been wiped out.

Now the 7 or [-] people on the Zhu Yousong River are very busy, and some of them are camping by the river.A part of the army is cleaning the battlefield, treating the wounded, burying the dead, taking care of the wrecked ships in the river, repairing the usable ones and continuing to use them by the sailors, and salvaging the unusable ones for refitting. It is really worthless to fight fire. meal.

Although the naval battalion led by He Zhaoxiong and Zheng Cai suffered heavy casualties in this battle, their faces are now full of joy, not only because they won the battle and made great achievements, which were highly praised by Zhu Yousong, but also because They are adding equipment now.

In this battle, many warships were obtained from the Qing army. This is a troop carrier sent by Zuo Menggeng with 200 sailors. You Song, now all these warships have landed in the navy battalion. Almost all of these more than 100 ships are large ships with excellent equipment and cannons at the bow. The warships did not decrease, but more than 400 warships were added on the basis of the original number. Now there are more than [-] warships in total for [-] sailors, which is not a small scale.

How can the generals of the water battalion division be unhappy with the addition of so many good equipment all at once? All the [-] soldiers and horses over there were transported to the river.

But the happiest thing is not the navy battalion, but Zhu Yousong's imperial battalion. To be precise, it is the heavy battalion or artillery battalion in the imperial battalion. For the military exploits, after Zhu Yousong's men and horses crossed the lake, they first defeated Nikan's 5 troops, including the [-] Tatars and Eight Banners, and then wiped out Huang Shu's [-] troops, and finally rescued He Zhaoxiong. These are mainly the credit of the imperial camp. The artillery battalion contributed a lot.

Now the soldiers of the Artillery Battalion are looking for treasures in the forts of the Qing army. Dozens of forts of the Qing army on the river bank were first destroyed by the five hundred death squads after swimming overnight, and then bombarded by the bow artillery. Most of them were turned into ruins, but Ma Shixiu The artillery battalion is strong, well-equipped, and has sufficient ammunition, so there are still many treasures in the ruins.

The soldiers of the artillery battalion in the Imperial Battalion dismantled the usable cannons and carried away the remaining shells. Some of the cannons could still be put into practical use after renovation.

"Be careful, don't damage the rear sight and front sight." Li Zhushi, who has been promoted to the leader of the artillery battalion, commanded his soldiers to dismantle a red cannon.

Five months ago, he was a new soldier in the imperial camp. When he was training in Xishanao outside Nanjing, he sprained his heel and the officer got angry. It was Zhu Yousong who personally motivated him when he met him. Since then, Li Zhushi has been out of control. , Strictly demanding himself, training hard, making rapid progress, he fought bravely, and fired accurately. Now he is a general flag commander of the artillery battalion, and he is in charge of 120 people.

"Li Zhushi?" Although five months had passed, Zhu Yousong had a deep impression on him.

"Here!" Li Zhushi agreed, turned his face to look, and quickly knelt down on his face. It turned out that His Majesty Zhu Yousong appeared in front of him again, followed by Liu Zhaoji, the commander of the imperial battalion, He Xuanjiao, Li Quan and others. "The villain sees His Majesty."

"Well, get up. How many doors are available?" Zhu Yousong said.

Li Zhushi quickly stood up straight and reported to Zhu Yousong, "Return to Your Majesty, the villain simply counted, and there are three red cannons, eight thousand-jin Flang machines, ten light-duty Lang machines and tiger squat cannons." One door."

"Yes, work hard, I'll see you." Zhu Yousong smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Please don't worry, Your Majesty, it's hard for a villain to repay the emperor's favor even if he is ashamed." Li Zhushi was flattered and his blood boiled.

"What title is it now?"

"Relying on His Majesty's support, the villain is now the commander of the Paoying Xiaoqi."

Zhu Yousong corrected him and said: "This is not my support, everything is the result of your own efforts. I employ people not on cronyism, but on talents first, and nothing else."

"Your Majesty is wise, and the villain should keep it in mind." Li Zhushi deeply felt the greatness of Long En.

Zhu Yousong delivered an edict on the spot that these trophies do not need to be stored in the warehouse, and all of them will be directly enriched to the artillery battalion.

More than 20 large and small artillery pieces have been added at once. Of course, the soldiers in the artillery battalion are happy. Now Zhu Yousong’s supply battalion has more than 3000 artillery pieces of various types, and the supply battalion now has only [-] soldiers. The manpower is obviously too small. This battle is over. After that, the expansion of the imperial camp was inevitable, and after these few battles, there were casualties in the light firearms, horse battalion and iron cavalry battalion in the imperial camp. Yu people.The supply of these soldiers can only be put to the future, because the battle in Jiujiang is in front of us.

The next day, [-] soldiers from Hukou will be transported across the river by naval warships. Now Zhu Yousong's troops on the right side of the river have exceeded [-]. After the camps are set up, a batch of military supplies from Nanjing will also be transported. Arrived.

It has been three months since Zhu Yousong left the imperial conquest of the capital. Of course, the group of civil and military officials in the capital cannot be kept in vain. Now they are all loyal to Zhu Yousong, including some officials of the Donglin Party. The two were fighting each other, but neither of them dared to be unfaithful to Zhu Yousongsong.

Zhu Yousong’s iron-blooded and benevolent political tactics in the past few months are not for nothing. First, clean the factory guards and eradicate the chaotic party. The opposition in the court was basically wiped out, and all the civil and military officials were convinced by the Kung Fu Emperor, or they were in awe, or they were convinced.

Now the Ming Dynasty’s hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting on the third front, and the emperor Zhu Yousong is personally driving the conquest. Of course, the civil and military officials headed by Gao Hongtu, the minister of the Ministry of War and the chief assistant of the cabinet, must do everything possible to support the front line. It is a spring famine, but they are also trying to find ways to raise funds. A batch of food and military supplies were shipped to the front line.

The soldiers fought day after day and won every battle, but they could not get rest.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Yousong issued an order to reward the three armies and rest their troops.

(End of this chapter)