In this battle, preliminary estimates show that the imperial army lost less than a thousand people, while more than 8,000 Jianlu were killed and injured, including Jianlu himself, and as many as 20,000 Jianlu were captured. About five thousand people;
In addition, according to the reports of the cavalry that chased them out, about five thousand of the Jianlu cavalry fled back to Anshan Post Castle.
According to the information given by the prisoners, there are currently about 35,000 captives in Haizhou City, and there are about 30,000 to 40,000 in Anshan Yibao and Liaoyang. However, the elite Jianlu troops are all in Haizhou, and half of them have been lost.
Zhang Mingwei was still very satisfied with this result, so he ordered the entire army to move forward and surround Haizhou City, leaving only the north of Haizhou City unencircled.
It is impossible to start a war again today. The whole army is cleaning the battlefield and resting.
Zhang Mingwei, on his side, first went to inspect the wounded soldiers camp. After seeing the injured soldiers, he told the medical soldiers to take good care of them.
Then he went to work again.
As the coach, Zhang Mingwei still has one important thing to do, which is how to deal with the prisoners.
There are about 25,000 people. Even if all the weapons and armor are collected, a considerable number of people will be needed to guard them.
When Zhang Mingwei appeared in the prisoner camp, or it couldn't be called a prisoner camp at all, because there was no camp at all, just a large place in the wild for placement.
When the prisoners saw a group of imperial guardsmen approaching with a young man in armor, they knew that this man must be the supreme commander of the imperial army, the famous Duke Xingguo.
So, they immediately understood that their fate depended entirely on Duke Xingguo. Even though Duke Xingguo had just ordered the treatment of the wounded, their worries about the future still made them nervous.
Zhang Mingwei glanced at the money rats everywhere and saw their uneasy expressions, but did not speak immediately.
Wu Sangui was from Liaodong, so he was responsible for guarding these prisoners. When he saw Duke Xingguo coming, he naturally rushed over immediately and reported to Duke Xing: "My lord, there are basically no Jurchens from Jianzhou among these prisoners!"
Zhang Mingwei nodded after hearing this. After taking a brief look at the situation in the prisoner camp, he said to the prisoners in front of him: "You were captured on the battlefield. You did not surrender voluntarily. You can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the crime of living! The sin of destroying Liaodong, You cannot escape. Therefore, after the imperial court regains control of Liaodong, you will have to do hard labor in building Liaodong! Atone for your sins, and if you perform well in twenty years, you can become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty!"
This means that they are not even the people of the Ming Dynasty now, and the court does not recognize them, so they have to do hard labor to atone for their sins!
His words were only heard by a very small number of the prisoners in front of him, and they might not be able to understand them.
But with Wu Sangui by his side, he quickly asked his personal guards to convey Duke Xingguo's words.
After these prisoners understood what Duke Xingguo meant, they all breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time they were still a little sad.
People are like this, before they get results, they are worried about whether they will be executed.
Knowing that he would not be executed, he was unwilling to do twenty years of hard labor.
How many twenty years can a life last? You will be old after twenty years!
But what can they do even if they are not willing to give in? They themselves understand that surrendering when they are finally desperate will not yield good results. Twenty years of hard labor is not too heavy at all!
Just when they were in complicated moods, Zhang Mingwei said to them again: "But at the moment when we are employing people, if you show meritorious service, you can offset part or all of the hard labor depending on the size of the merit!"
As soon as his words were conveyed by Wu Sangui's people, the somewhat lifeless atmosphere of the prisoner camp suddenly changed and immediately became lively.
Everyone, regardless of whether they could hear it or not, listened with open ears; regardless of whether they could see Duke Xingguo clearly, they all watched with wide eyes.
If possible, who would be willing to do twenty years of hard labor!
Seeing them like this, Zhang Mingwei continued: "First, form the first batch of siege troops. Anyone who signs up can offset five years of hard labor. The first one to climb the top of Haizhou City will be exempted from hard labor; he will win an enemy. The leader of the army will be exempted from one year of hard labor; the person who captures an enemy soldier alive will be exempted from two years of hard labor; the person who kills the Aisin Gioro surname will be exempted from ten years of hard labor; the person who captures the Aisin Gioro surname alive will be exempted from hard labor! The person who kills the fake prince Beile will be exempted from hard labor. , be exempted from hard labor and be rewarded with ten acres of grain fields; whoever captures the false prince Beile alive will be exempted from hard labor and be rewarded with a hundred acres of grain fields!"
Hearing this, the prisoners in front of them immediately became excited.
They are soldiers themselves, and fighting as soldiers is commonplace for them, and it is not a big deal. The only difference is that the enemies are different.
Moreover, the Jianlu in Haizhou City shot them just now, which had already hurt their hearts. Therefore, they turned around and killed the captives in the city, especially those from the Aisin Gioro family, which had no psychological burden.
Although it is said that they are participating in the first batch of siege troops, the casualties will definitely be relatively high. But maybe he can live, maybe he can be exempted from hard labor, maybe he can be given a grain field?
In short, they saw hope!
But just when they started to get excited, they heard Zhang Mingwei say to them again: "From now on, we will shout to the city to persuade the non-Jianzhou Jurchens in the city to surrender and be exempted from five years of hard labor! If it can cause chaos in the city, or abandon the secrets on a large scale and turn to the light, Otherwise, you will be exempted from hard labor for another five years!"
After a pause, he added: "If the non-Jianzhou Jurchens in the city can abandon the secrets and turn to the bright side in the face of battle, they will be exempted from ten years of hard labor, and their merits will be punished depending on their merits!"
After Wu Sangui passed on all the words, these prisoners immediately became very excited.
As long as you sign up to join the first batch of siege troops and then go out to shout to the city, you can be exempted from ten years of hard labor. This is just a matter of words!
And there are people in the city who know their clansmen, relatives, friends, etc. Of course they are thinking that they can abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side in the face of battle. If they can be persuaded, not only can they offset the hard labor, but they can also avoid the hard labor. No. Accompanying Jianzhou Jurchen to death is definitely a good thing!
After the battle just now, none of the surrendered prisoners thought that the Qing Dynasty could still win!
After Zhang Mingwei announced the policy, he didn't wait much longer and handed over the follow-up matters to Wu Sangui.
The reason why this series of policies was announced is that in addition to the need for strong strength in the construction of Liaodong, there is another very important reason.
It is this time that the entire Liaodong is to be recovered, and the military supplies carried with the army are to support the entire campaign, and cannot be fought like the original Battle of Jinzhou.
The strength of the Jianlu troops in Haizhou City should not be underestimated. If the attack was solely based on the soldiers of the Ming army, the casualties would be considerable. Using these methods just now, we can minimize the casualties of the Ming army soldiers, disintegrate the Jianlu army, and regain Liaodong as soon as possible.
As a result, this scene happened next in Haizhou City.
One by one, the bald Jianlu prisoners began to shout to the top of the city in their own languages.
Regardless of whether he could hear clearly or not, just this posture alone could actually make the Jianlu on the top of the city understand what was going on.
Faced with this situation, the hearts of people in Haizhou City began to fluctuate.
Although Dorgon and others urgently discussed and made arrangements for this situation, people's hearts cannot be changed at once under the general trend.
The situation in Haizhou City is becoming more and more serious day by day for Jianlu.
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At the same time, at Changshan Pass, eighty miles west of Shenyang, there is grassland outside.
This is considered an important transportation thoroughfare. In the past, it was the most common route for all ethnic groups in the eastern grasslands to travel to and from Shenyang. But now, the flow of people coming and going has almost disappeared.
The reason is simple. After the Ming cavalry swept through the eastern Mongolian grasslands, the remaining remaining Mongolian tribes were annexed by the Jianqi. Naturally, this transportation artery was abandoned.
Not long ago, the regent issued an order to mobilize troops from various places to participate in the war. It was to mobilize all the troops that could be mobilized. Originally, there were not many troops here in Changshan. After being mobilized, there were only about twenty people. They are all old, weak and disabled soldiers.
However, they had nothing to do. They just huddled in the barracks, worried about the war in Haizhou, and speculated on the outcome of the war.
Generally speaking, these scholars are optimistic.
Therefore, for a long time, Jianlu had won a complete victory in similar wars involving mobilizing the entire country's troops, as far back as the Battle of Sarhu that year, and as recent as the Battle of Songjin before.
"Let me tell you, in the war that year, the entire Ming army was wiped out, and the corpses of Ming dogs were everywhere!" A veteran comforted several young Jianlu soldiers and boasted, " As long as it's a battle with open swords and open guns, Minggou can't be our opponent at all, right? In the battle of Saarhu, their entire army was wiped out, right? In the battle of Songjin, their entire army was wiped out again..."
After talking a lot, he concluded: "So, you don't have to worry this time, just wait for the good news. His Highness the Regent will definitely be able to annihilate the invading Mingguo army again!"
"That's great!" When the Jianlu soldiers heard this, they couldn't help but get excited. They asked about the original details, and asked why they hurt Mingguo?
At this moment, the door was suddenly kicked open and something was thrown in front of them.
These Jianluo subconsciously took a look, but they saw several heads. The money rat tail on the head showed the identity of the head. Immediately, they also recognized these heads as their accomplices who were on duty today.
Suddenly, each of them jumped up in shock and turned to look in the direction of the door.
I saw a few powerful men blocking the door. Their red military uniforms were so dazzling!
"Ming Army!" The panicked shout was filled with panic from the very core.
That's right, it was the Ming Army, and the divine soldiers descended from the sky and appeared in front of them.
