"Master, what a great victory! There are thousands of captured officers and soldiers alone." Jia Liu returned to Liu Heng with a happy face.
Returning with him was another Zhanbingyingzheng Wang Lin.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Tell our people to clean up the battlefield quickly and retreat to Lingqiu after that."
"This time our Tiger Banner defeated the official army. We can take advantage of the situation to capture Guangling, and then march all the way north to capture Datong Fucheng. Wouldn't it be a pity to withdraw like this now?" Wang Lin was unwilling to give up. What an opportunity to send troops.
Liu Heng looked at the soldiers who were busy on the battlefield and said, "Even if we capture the entire Datong Prefecture, we don't have that many troops to defend it. Once we disperse our troops and the court sends another large army, it will be easy for us to be defeated." Breaking each one down makes the clenched fist more powerful."
"There are thousands of prisoners captured. We can expand a large camp to make up for the shortage of manpower." Jia Liu, standing aside, said.
Liu Heng shook his head and said: "Our Tiger Banner does not need to expand the war barracks for the time being, and expanding the war barracks is not that simple. It does not just require people."
For Tiger Character Banner, what limits the expansion of the war barracks is not the lack of men, but the lack of money.
"What about the captured officers and soldiers? Kill them or release them?" Jia Liuwen asked Liu Heng how to place the captured officers and soldiers.
"We can't let them go." Wang Lin on the side interjected, "There are not just one or two captured officers and soldiers. If so many officers and soldiers are released, the next time the court comes to attack us, these people may be accomplices."
Jia Liu turned his head to look at Wang Lin and said, "Then what do you think we should do? Kill them all?"
Liu Heng, who was standing in front of the two men, said at this time: "If you don't kill them, let them mine and build roads for us. With so much free labor, it can save us a lot of money."
"This is done!" Jia Liu slapped his thigh and said immediately, "My subordinates will arrange for people to send the captured officers and soldiers to the Dongshan Iron Field, so that they can be used as waste."
The Second Soldier Battalion is usually stationed at the Dongshan Iron Field, and his battalion is very familiar with the situation at the Dongshan Iron Field.
He knows that mining is hard work. There are many miners on Dongshan Mountain, but not many are willing to mine. This also makes some iron furnaces unable to make iron all year round and will always shut down for a period of time.
With these officers and soldiers acting as miners, more iron ore can be dug out, and the iron production of Tiger Character Banner can also be increased to a new level.
Wang Lin said to Jia Liu: "When we arrive at Dongshan, these officers and soldiers will be guarded separately, and they will not be allowed to have full stomachs. This will make them easier to manage."
Jia Liu nodded.
Liu Heng handed the monocular telescope to Zhao Wu who was standing aside, and said to Jia Liu and Wang Lin in front of him: "Yang Guozhu has just experienced a big defeat and is no longer able to use troops against us. Jia Liu, take the second battle with you." The military camp will escort the officers and soldiers back to Dongshan Iron Field first."
"Yes." Jia Liu agreed, turned and left.
Liu Heng said to Wang Lin again: "After the fifth combat soldier camp cleans the battlefield, you will lead the team back to Lingqiu and take over the defense of the sixth combat soldier camp after returning."
"Yes." Wang Lin agreed.
Cleaning the battlefield is not just about cleaning up the things left behind by the army's defeat. The corpses on the battlefield must also be buried or cremated to prevent the occurrence of epidemics.
The news of the defeat of the army quickly spread throughout Datong as if it had wings.
Some people who were waiting and watching began to tentatively contact the Tiger Flag, and some refugees and ordinary people also began to go to Lingqiu to work for the Tiger Flag and support their families.
It can be said that the labor treatment in various workshops and iron yards under Tiger Character is the best in Datong. They will take care of at least two meals a day, which are full of oil and water, and will never be fooled by things like wheat bran.
After the defeat, Yang Guozhu gathered the remaining soldiers who escaped.
When they came, there were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the two camps. After returning from Lingqiu after being defeated, less than 5,000 people were left.
As the defeated commander-in-chief, he needed to wait for the court's decision, so he led the remaining soldiers to station outside Datong Prefecture.
Two reports from Yang Guozhu and the governor of Datong were sent to the capital through the inn.
Inside the Huangji Palace of the Forbidden City.
Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao had a livid look on his face.
Kneeling below were the chief minister of the cabinet, Ye Xianggao, and the minister of cabinet, Han Xu.
"Tell me what's going on in Shandong." Tianqi threw the Zhezi in his hand hard in front of Ye Xianggao and Han Xu.
"Report to Your Majesty." Ye Xianggao picked up the folds on the ground and said, "The Wenxiang Sect is a branch of the White Lotus Sect. In the forty-second year of Wanli, there was a rebellion in Jingzhou and Qizhou. The leader was Wang Sen, the leader of the Wenxiang Sect, was beheaded in the forty-seventh year of Wanli."
Tianqi looked at Ye Xianggao coldly and said: "Then tell me who is the Wenxiang Sect who rebelled in Yuncheng? Don't tell me that Wang Sen came back from the dead. I don't believe in the inanimate mother, the vacuum. hometown."
"Your Majesty, the bandit leader of the Wenxiang Sect in Yuncheng, Shandong is Xu Hongru, a disciple of Wang Sen." Han Xu explained.
Tianqi angrily sat back on the Dragon Tower, picked up the Tuanlong tureen next to him, took a sip of tea, moistened his swollen throat, and then said: "The tiger-character flag in Datong has not been resolved yet, and Shandong has another There is a Zhongxing Fulie Emperor, please tell me how to solve it."
The Wenxiang Sect rose up in rebellion against the Ming Dynasty in Yuncheng, Shandong Province. Xu Hongru proclaimed himself Emperor Zhongxing Fulie, established the title Mahayana Prosperity, established official positions, established political power, and openly raised the flag of rebellion.
Officials from all over Shandong did not dare to conceal such a rebellious move and sent fast horses to the capital early to deliver the news.
Only then did Ye Xianggao and Han Xu come to Huangji Hall to meet Emperor Tianqi.
"You guys should get up too!"
The two cabinet ministers in front of him were both young and important in the court. Tianqi didn't want to keep them kneeling, so he asked them to stand up.
Ye Xianggao and Han Xu got up from the ground and stood aside with their bows.
Tianqi continued: "Both of my beloved ministers are my ministers. Now there are merchants in the northwest plotting rebellion, and there is a rebel Wenxiang Sect in Shandong. How can these two beloved ministers teach me?"
"Your Majesty." Ye Xianggao bowed and said, "The northwest side is just a businessman raising soldiers to serve as bandits, and there is no need to cause trouble. Yang Guozhu, the general of the Xuanfu, has led his troops to Datong to quell the chaos. I believe it won't be long before good news comes back. On the contrary, it is a matter of Wenxiang Cult that must be treated with caution."
"I agree with what Mr. Ye Ge said." Han Fu said, "Since Emperor Taizu, the White Lotus Sect has continued to flourish, and rebellions have occurred frequently. Moreover, there are tens of thousands of rebels in Yuncheng. If the rebels advance eastward, they will be in serious trouble, and they will reach Zouting County, which is an important place for water transportation. If the water transportation is cut off by the rebels, great chaos will inevitably occur in the capital."
After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi said angrily: "I'm asking you how to deal with the rebellion in Yuncheng. I'm not asking you to analyze these things for me here. I naturally know that the bandits in Yuncheng are worse than the bandits in Datong." serious."
Han Xu said: "I think we should send troops to Yuncheng as soon as possible to wipe out the rebel bandits before they cut off the water transportation."
"In that case, let's send troops. The cabinet will draft the order, the Ministry of War will dispatch it, and the Ministry of Household Affairs will cooperate." Tianqi said to the two elders in front of him.
At this time, Ye Xianggao stood up and said: "Your Majesty, there are now imperial troops in Liaodong and Datong. If we send troops to Shandong again, I am afraid it will be difficult for the Ministry of Household Affairs to continue."
In a word, the household department is out of money.
