Chapter 373 The First Biography of Su Song
The wilderness was covered with Qing army corpses, and various weapons and flags were scattered everywhere, and the ownerless war horses made a cry of sorrow.
Zhao Ming stood among the pile of corpses on a horse. When he saw the battlefield with blue smoke, he felt a sense of desolation.
Of course, Zhao Ming felt desolate for the Qing army.
Looking at the Qing army corpses all over the ground who were killed by muskets, killed by artillery, and lying on the ground, Zhao Ming remembered the scene of later powers massacred Chinese troops, and the figures waving big swords and spears, rushing towards the enemy's muskets and fast cannons.
The 20,000 Qing troops were defeated without rushing to the Ming army formation, and even without emitting bows and arrows and grenades, leaving behind a sad corpse.
This made Zhao Ming sigh. The many generals around him were very excited. He did not expect that the Qing army was so vulnerable.
The 20,000 Qing army was defeated, and the Ming army suffered unbelievably few casualties. I am afraid there were only more than a hundred people. Only Qi Jiguang's army could achieve such a battle loss ratio.
This made Zhao Ming realize that the Shen Ce Army, equipped with flintlock rifles and field artillery, had already opened a certain gap with the Qing army, especially the Green Camp soldiers.
At this time, the Ming army had already cleaned up the battlefield on the banks of Liangxi River. The Ming soldiers wandered between the bodies, picked up weapons, and stabbed the Qing army wounded.
From time to time, you can see Ming soldiers stabbing the body with spears and using battle knives to wail the wounded Qing soldiers crawling on the ground.
This is not because Zhao Ming and Ming Jun are cruel, but because the cost of treating the wounded is too high and they may not be able to survive.
The Shence Army sometimes has the most advanced treatment system, with a large number of doctors and medical officers, but the survival rate of the wounded is still not high.
Therefore, the Shence Army will most likely execute the enemy wounded, reducing their burdens, and doing good deeds and ending their pain.
The Ming soldiers cleared the battlefield. A soldier saw a Qing army whose stomach was penetrated and whose intestines were flowing all over the ground. He crawled on the ground and wanted to escape. He immediately stepped forward quickly, walked up to him, blocked the path he was crawling, and then held the hilt of the knife with both hands, poked it down suddenly, pierced the Qing army's back heart.
"Don't be a traitor in the next life!" The soldier turned his hands and the sword stirred the wound. Qing Jun's body stretched out, and he screamed and lost his breath.
While the Ming army infantry was cleaning up the bodies, the Ming cavalry was still chasing the Qing army fleeing in the wild.
The Ming cavalry was running at lightning, and the cavalry spears in their hands were stabbed out from time to time, stabbing the Qing army in front of them to death, which scared the Qing soldiers to throw away their helmets and armor and fled in horror.
Tu Guobao was wrapped in the defeated army and was about to cry without tears. When he turned around, he saw that the Ming cavalry had chased him. A Ming general had even more ferocious faces. He pointed the spear head at his back and rushed towards him.
Tu Guobao felt a stern heart, and he couldn't help but cry out in secret, shouting, "Stop them!"
At this time, Luo Wenyao stabbed out with a spear and stabbed another Qing general to death. The personal soldiers who were shocked by the national treasures exclaimed, and they all accelerated and actually ran to the front of him.
Tu Guobao was relatively obese and his horse speed gradually decreased. He didn't have time to shout loudly to discredit his servants, Luo Wenyao had already chased him and hit his back with a spear.
At this time, Tu Guobao turned sideways, dodged a blow, and grabbed Luo Wenyao's gun, and suddenly shouted anxiously: "General, wait!"
Luo Wenyao was furious and pulled out the gun, "Dog thief, what else do you have to say!"
After speaking, he was about to bear the treasure of Tu Guo, but Tu Guo Guo Guo Guo Guo Guo Guo Guo fell off his horse, and he was covered with sweat beads on his forehead and crawled on the ground, "God is willing to surrender, General!"
Seeing this, Luo Wenyao pulled away his gun, tied the reins of the horse and shouted, "Tie it!"
Susong was rich and was a fertile land in the world. During the Ming Dynasty, the taxes paid by Suzhou alone accounted for one tenth of the country, which was equivalent to the entire Zhejiang Province, and many provinces were less than that of Suzhou Province.
In recent years, because the Qing army occupied Jiangnan and the Donglin Party, the gentry representing the Southeast, had no political protection umbrella in the Qing court. In addition, they were implicated in the anti-Qing struggle, so they were severely exploited by the Qing court, and many of them were destroyed and their assets were seized.
If others didn't say it, they just talked about Qian Qianyi, and they were sent to prison many times. In order to clear and manage the situation, the Qian family had already lost most of their business.
Although the Southeast gentry was exploited by the Manchu Qing and suffered great losses in family capital, the lean camel was bigger than a horse, and Susong was still the richest area in the world.
This time the national treasure was evacuated, and the Qing army took the opportunity to loot Su Song’s two mansions. The Qing army’s looting was in a hurry. Without having time to search, they just robbed some of the apparent property, but the total number was also quite large.
When the Ming soldiers cleared the battlefield, Zhao Ming came to the canal to check the capture.
Nearly a hundred canal ships were moored on the Grand Canal, transporting national treasures, as well as the family resources of many Qing officials from Susong prefectures, as well as the money and treasures obtained by the army.
"Master, these ships are mainly equipped with gold, silver, copper coins, and some good silk, antiques and calligraphy and paintings." Ruan Mei jumped off the ship. He had worked as a military officer and was more aware of the goods.
Zhao Ming nodded slightly, "I'll make a preliminary estimate, how many are there?"
Ruan Mei pondered for a while, clasped her fists and said, "Master, this is hard to say. Those silks, antiques, calligraphy and paintings are not easy to estimate, but just looking at the money, I am afraid that it is at least a million taels."
"So many!" The generals next to him said happily.
Zhao Ming smiled and said, "When I take Wu Jin, I will reward you in accordance with my merits and practices, and you will be indispensable!"
"The Grand Marshal is wise!" Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, and clasped their fists, "I'll thank the Grand Marshal for the reward."
As he was talking, a team of cavalry rushed over, and behind the leader, a general was dragging a Qing general with a embarrassed body with a scattered braid.
Luo Wenyao held the reins of the horse, turned over and dismounted, strode forward, and clasped his fists proudly, "Master, fortunately, I have won the honor of being a humble official position. I have captured the national treasure alive, and I will come to report to the Master."
"Thank you for your hard work, General Luo!" Zhao Ming reached out and asked him to avoid the gift, and then asked: "Where is the treasure man in the country? Bring him here to see me!"
At that moment, Luo Wenyao waved his hand and the soldiers came with Tu Guobao. When they saw Zhao Ming behind, they knelt on the ground, and said anxiously, "Master Zhao's army is indeed invincible. Tu Guobao is subdued and is willing to surrender to the Master and serve the Master."
Zhao Ming sneered: "Don't you not know what surrender is?"
Tu Guobao hurriedly kowtowed, "Master, the sinner has no eyes and speaks wildly. He doesn't know the power of the great general. Please spare my life!"
Zhao Ming still had a cold face. He originally wanted to save his life, but the Tu Guobao robbed too many things.
"Hmph!" Zhao Ming snorted coldly and waved his hand: "I want to keep you, but the people of Su Song cannot keep you. The person who comes, drag it down and chop it down. The head-level leader Su Song's two mansions!"
Tu Guobao's expression changed drastically, Luo Wenyao sneered: "Governor Tu, I'm sorry!"
After saying that, the two soldiers dragged the Tu Guobao who was begging for mercy and walked back. Soon, begging for mercy turned into abusive words, and then a click sound stopped abruptly.
Wang Deshun couldn't help but raise his thumbs up and exclaimed: "The Grand Marshal is really wise. The national treasure is greedy. If you check the people of Susong, the gentry of Susong is also a bone of hatred for him. Today, the Grand Marshal killed the national treasure and was rumored to be Susong. The people of the two palaces will definitely submit to him immediately."
This Tu Guobao is indeed a greedy and cruel person. Not only did the people hate him to the core, but even the Qing court could not stand it. He wanted to investigate him and committed suicide by being exposed to him. After receiving the news in advance by Tu Guobao, he committed suicide due to his crime.
Zhao Ming waved his hand, "Su Song Qing army was defeated by our commander, and quickly ordered Wang Yi and Li Changxiang to lead troops north to collect Su Song Prefecture and County, and join us to attack Wujin."
Chapter completed!