The White Lotus Army was never able to organize an effective counterattack.
When the large army gathered at Qingchun Gate and was already nervous to death, the 13,000 troops that broke into the city from Fengshan Gate at the south gate became the last straw to crush the resistance of the White Lotus Army, even if there were still some officers They constantly prevented defensive counterattacks, but they were so vulnerable in front of the three thousand soldiers led by Ning Zhe.
The Qingchun Gate on the other side was also opened by Qi Jun from the inside, and the army filed in.
"It's the same thing again, military discipline, military discipline, military discipline! I don't want to hear any more nonsense about thieves being as good as a comb and soldiers being as good as a grate. Isn't the money stolen from those aristocratic families enough for you to share? That's my rule. Now, I will freeze to death without demolishing the house, and starve to death without looting!"
"Follow the general's orders!"
The officers surrounding Jia Hui quickly said yes to Jia Hui.
When I was in Songjiang Prefecture last month, several people violated military discipline and were beheaded by the general. Their names, surnames, military positions, and deeds were all engraved on monuments and sent back to Huai'an. I heard that they were erected on both sides of the canal for the folks to despise.
The General not only destroys people's lives, he also destroys their reputations!
But correspondingly, the general was also very kind to everyone. He tried his best to get pigs and sheep for everyone to eat, but in the end it was all fish! The rewards given were generous and the military pay was sufficient. Every time the city was broken, the treasures taken out were shared among everyone.
The most important thing is that the general never covets military glory!
Therefore, everyone is still very willing to abide by military discipline.
On both sides of the streets in the city, there were kneeling White Lotus rebels who had thrown away their weapons and took off their armor. They pressed their foreheads to the ground as if they wanted to bury their heads in the soil. They stretched out their sleeves with both hands and spread their fingers, also sticking to the ground. Every ten steps stood a Qi army soldier with a helmet and an armor, staring at them closely. If anything was not done in the above two points, he would be whipped!
"Take them through customs and go to the newly built prisoner-of-war camp in Deqing. Don't stay here to hinder a certain family." Jia Hui just glanced at the surrendered soldiers kneeling on the ground and stopped paying attention to them.
An officer quickly left the team, led his troops and began to tie ropes to the surrendered soldiers, and headed for Deqing.
"General, Ning Guerrilla has cleaned up the Chief Envoy Si Yamen."
"Then, please follow me to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen!"
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"Well, those two thieves will definitely enjoy it."
In the main hall of the government office, the general sat behind the desk, sipping the top-quality Longjing tea from the ice cracked porcelain tea cup of Ge Kiln, and listening to the reports of the people in the hall.
Although no other officers had chairs or famous kiln teacups to drink tea from, everyone could not help but envy Ning Zhe, who stood behind Jia Hui like a personal soldier.
He can take his place!
The officers stared at Ning Zhe fiercely, making him very uncomfortable.
"Missing? Two big living people, or a big living person in a high position just disappeared from the world? No one saw their traces?" Jia Hui frowned when he heard that the young master and saint of the White Lotus Sect were missing. frowned.
"General, it's not that he has no clues. When the general interrogated the earliest Qingchun Gate defenders, they said that the so-called young master and the saint all stayed on the Qingchun Gate tower. Later, the tower was blown down. The young master disappeared! But the saint was always there, and we even saw the saint standing on the ruins holding the white lotus flag and waving it."
"Oh, that fool standing on the ruins waving the flag is the saint of the White Lotus Sect." Jia Hui remembered.
Even though he knew that the artillery could concentrate its fire and destroy the city gates and buildings, he still climbed to the top of the ruins and waved the flag.
Isn't this a ready target? Even the muzzle doesn’t need to be adjusted!
The White Lotus Sect is really full of talents!
Jia Hui sighed in his heart.
"Then, where is the young master of the White Lotus Sect? Is he buried under the ruins?"
"No, I heard from the maid in the yamen that they saw the thief once after being bombarded for a long time. He rushed into the yamen with his soldiers and took away all the banknotes and gold. The silver was also taken away. They paid a few thousand taels, yes, and they also said that they threw away all their armor and left with all the swords, guns, bows and arrows in the Yamen."
"Ran?"
"Yes, in addition, he also told the maids that his name is Chao Yongzhen, and he wants to spend the rest of his life as a rich man. The certificate of investment is in the dresser cabinet on the bed in the saint's bedroom. Here is what he found Secret letter." The officer picked up a small box. Ning Zhe quickly walked a few steps to take the small box. He walked to the back hall, put on deerskin gloves and opened it carefully. When he found nothing unusual, he picked up the letter inside and put it away. In front of Jia Hui.
"Chao? Zhao Chao?" Jia Hui thought of something.
The officers in the hall also laughed.
The Qi Dynasty had their share of the canal work, not to mention the Jia family, who were the second founders of this country. To them, the Chao family is just a guest, an outsider or an outsider with deep hatred!
I opened a letter at random and saw some treacherous words written on it.
Reinsert the letter into the envelope. Cover the box.
"Go and put a seal on it and seal it with wax. It will be sent to the Holy One as soon as possible within 800 miles!"
The soldier promised, and quickly took out the seal of Jia Hui's left army commander from the box, put it on it, and went to the back hall to look for candles.
"General, what should we do with the surrendered troops?" Another officer said.
"Let him be imprisoned in the prisoner-of-war camp in Deqing for now. I'll wait until I write to the court and wait until the court's instructions arrive." Jia Hui said.
"General, why don't you let these surrendered troops rebuild the city walls? General, don't you remember that the walls of several cities were smashed by cannons? At least build Hangzhou first?" Ning Zhe suddenly said, he couldn't wait any longer. During this period of time ordered by the imperial court, the soldiers should be allowed to eat and drink for free, right?
"Lock it up first." Jia Hui did not adopt Ning Zhe's suggestion.
"But the general"
"Okay, Yucun, please explain to Xiao Ning." Jia Hui interrupted Ning Zhe and sent him to Jia Yucun.
"The rest of the people will go to make announcements to calm the people and eliminate the remaining thieves. I want the city of Hangzhou to restore order within three days. Those who take advantage of the situation to rob and disrupt order are allowed to use the knife."
Jia Hui gave orders to the others.
The generals agreed and left the Chief Envoy Si Yamen together.
"I'm going to seal the box. Yucun, you can talk to him here." After saying that, Jia Hui also left the main hall and went into the backyard.
In addition, the officials in the Zhejiang Chief Envoy Si Yamen now see neither dead nor dead bodies, so Jia Hui also wants to send people to look for them.
Jia Yucun and Ning Zhe were the only two people left in the main hall.
"Mr. Yucun, is what Xiaoke said wrong?" Ning Zhe didn't think there was anything wrong with his suggestion.
Jia Yucun looked at the boyish-looking Ning Zhe and felt a little emotional. These are the talents that the general will focus on cultivating next for the military.
Gen Hongmiaozheng, although his family is in the teahouse business, he is also a son of a good family with a background of old water workers. He has extraordinary martial arts skills and brains. The most important thing is that he has been appreciated by the general!
It seems that a good relationship is about to be established.
"It's easy to talk. The young general doesn't need to call me Mr., just Uncle Zaihua." Jia Yucun stroked his beard and smiled.
Looking at Ning Zhe, you can tell that he is a good boy who follows the rules. Use titles to create some distance.
"Uncle Hua!" Ning Zhe quickly changed his words.
"Hey, haha, I haven't picked up the word "Little General" yet, so I'll call you "Little General" and you, "Xiao Zhe", okay?"
"Okay, okay, Uncle Hua, just call me Xiaozhe!" Ning Zhe nodded with surprise on his face.
He is indeed an honest boy. Doesn’t this make our relationship closer? /Isn’t this just a matter of establishing a relationship that you can talk to in front of the general?
Ning Zhe and Jia Yucun looked at each other and smiled cordially.
"Come on, come on, Xiaozhe, this is not the place to talk. Let us uncle and nephew find a place and let someone prepare a table of food for us to have a good meal!"
"Okay, Uncle Hua"
The two men, who had been close to Mr. and Mrs. Cheng from strangers and colleagues, left the Chief Envoy Si Yamen hand in hand.
Back hall.
Drop the melted white wax drop by drop on the gaps in the small wooden box. After the wax solidifies, affix the seals horizontally and vertically in a cross shape. Drop a small pool of red ink pad where the two seals are connected, and then use your right hand to imprinted on the ring
"Eight hundred miles has been sent urgently along with the battle report of this battle." Jia Hui warned carefully.
After repeated assurances, the soldiers left with the small wooden box and the battle report.
Only Jia Hui and a few soldiers were left in the back hall.
"Go find some food, I'm hungry." He was not embarrassed to say it to his own soldiers.
The two soldiers quickly went to the military camp to find the master. Another one ran to the kitchen.
The rest of the soldiers helped unload the armor, found a pair of regular clothes from the luggage that had just been transported from outside the city, and brought a basin of warm water. They briefly washed themselves, washed away the sweat from the armor, put on regular clothes and sat down. On the couch, waiting for dinner.
At present, the casualties and losses have not been calculated yet, so take this opportunity to take a good rest.
Now that Hangzhou has been recovered, according to the news from the Japanese army, the results of their attack on Jinhua Mansion are also very gratifying.
I guess when the news of the Qi army's recapture of Hangzhou reaches Jinhua, they will be dismayed, right?
The same goes for Shaoxing Prefecture. With Luda here, Jia Hui is not worried about any problems in the strategy of Shaoxing Prefecture.
Next, just wait for Ruda to return to the army and join forces with the Japanese army before heading north to Zhenjiang to end the rebellion.
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On the 18th day of the winter lunar month, General Jia Hui broke through the city of Hangzhou, shot the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus to death, and captured nearly 50,000 White Lotus rebels.
On the twenty-first day of the winter lunar month, Pingliang Beruda defeated the main force of the White Lotus Army of Shaoxing Prefecture in Xiaoshan, and killed a total of 23 Jiangxi generals of the White Lotus Sect and White Lotus bandits at all levels.
On the 24th, the defenders of Shaoxing City surrendered at Kaicheng, and Shaoxing Prefecture was recovered.
On the twenty-fifth day, prepare the Japanese army to attack Jinhua.
On the 27th, the Japanese army was prepared to pursue the enemy's remnant and fought for three hours in Yiwu, wiping out more than 4,000 rebel remnants. Dongyang and Pujiang looked down on the wind.
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhuji City, the last city of the White Lotus Army in Jinhua Prefecture, was defeated, and the entire territory of Jinhua Prefecture was recovered. After a day's rest, the Japanese troops marched north to join forces with Grand Sima General Jia Hui's troops on the bank of the West Lake.
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The twenty-second day of the winter lunar month, Luoyang.
Hong Ling urgently shouted the news of the great victory in Hangzhou, which once again gave the Luoyang elders a lot of talk after dinner.
It was just another piece of news, but it made it rare for the two saints to have the same thoughts from beginning to end.
Xiyuan, Yanguangyuan.
The two saints sat opposite each other. This time there was no one around. Even Dai Quan and Xia Shouzhong were sent away.
The atmosphere was extremely oppressive. Even the usually smiling emperor had a cold face and looked at the small wooden box on the desk without saying a word, which contained several opened letters.
These are the correspondence between the Chao family, the hereditary leader family of the White Lotus Sect, and the Chao family of Daliang, one of the two kings and three brothers in Chang'an.
No, they are just one Chao family, they are a family!
"It seems that the Chao family is still unwilling to live in silence." The emperor sighed.
"How could the Chao family, which has been a famous family in the four kingdoms, swallow such a sigh of relief when my family's fortune was taken away by a bankrupt loser like me, the Chen family?" It was rare that the emperor did not choke the emperor with his words.
"How many to kill?" the emperor suggested.
"Too light. Since they don't want to be Da Qi's guests, let's give them their original ending." The emperor was filled with murderous intent.
"It's okay. Over the years, the imperial court has been too kind to the Chao family, and it actually made them unable to recognize the situation." The emperor's murderous intent did not affect the emperor.
He is a prince who is not learned and has no skills, but he has also experienced naval battles and skipped gangs, and he is a prince who is qualified to inherit the throne!
A quarter of an hour later, a group of people in embroidered clothes headed west carrying the imperial edict jointly issued by the two saints.
Target, Chang'an.
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"Hahahaha, General, the last general, Jiangnan Bei Japanese Army Commander Xie Yuquan, comes to see you, General!"
By the West Lake, the war flags are hunting and the bugle companies are camping. Jia Hui led part of the army to line up here to welcome the friendly forces coming from afar - the Jiangnan Bei Japanese Army.
Although the number was small, the army of 15,000 people still managed to annihilate the barbarian rebellion on Dayuan Island and penetrated the entire Jinhua Mansion, defeating 60,000 rebels and killing more than 16,000 enemies. people.
There were more than 3,000 casualties in the whole process. By the time of the rendezvous, the Japanese army would still have 11,000 troops capable of participating in the battle.
"Hahaha, uncle Shi, are you okay?" Jia Hui also laughed and opened his arms to hug Xie Yuquan.
Uncle Shi? Oh my miserable brother and sister-in-law
Xie Yuquan felt a little emotional when he heard Jia Hui calling him uncle, but he also smiled and walked up to hug Jia Hui.
They were once relatives.
Jia Hui had four aunts, one his concubine and three his concubine.
Jia Min is his youngest aunt.
As for the three aunts who are concubines, the eldest aunt married to Gansu Town in the northwest and later died of illness. The second aunt married to the south of the Yangtze River to prepare for the Japanese army, that is, she married Xie Yuquan's brother. The couple passed away one after another.
As for the third aunt, she died young.
Only Jia Min is left.
They patted each other on the back, everything was silent.
The generals following from both sides also came together. They first exchanged greetings with acquaintances, and then let the acquaintances introduce others to them, and everyone became familiar with them.
"Haha, this is not the place to talk. Don't worry, Uncle Shi. The military camp for the Japanese brothers has been prepared a long time ago, and the meals are also ready. Let's go into the city now, eat some Hangzhou specialties, and talk about these years."
Jia Hui took Xie Yuquan's hand and walked toward the city. Xie Yuquan did not refuse, and after a few words with the soldiers, he entered Hangzhou City with the senior officers.
First update!
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