I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In Jiujiang, the crackdown is still going on, and at the same time there are fire fighting operations.

With the joint efforts of Wu army soldiers and people, the fire was finally put out. However, at least one third of the houses in the city have been burned down.

As for the casualties of the common people, Wu Jun did not have time to count them.

After several hours of suppression, Jiujiang City finally returned to peace.

The recalcitrant Qing troops have all been killed, and the rest have surrendered or fled in the chaos.

Azali, who set fire to evil, has died in the chaos of the army.

According to statistics, the Wu army killed 11,000 Qing troops in this battle, captured nearly 50,000 Qing troops, and nearly 10,000 Qing troops disappeared.

The number of prisoners is a bit large, so many that Li Shaobin will have a headache to deal with.

Because among this group of soldiers, there were a lot of Manchu Eight Banner soldiers, a total of 20,000, and these people were very dangerous.

Manchu soldiers lacked a sense of identity with the Wu army, which was several times more troublesome than recruiting Han soldiers.

Just to guard these 20,000 people would require at least three or four thousand soldiers.

The Wu army is now facing the problem of insufficient troops, unable to draw so many soldiers to deal with these prisoners.

Wu Jun also killed more than 4,000 people in this battle, and nearly 2,000 people were injured and needed training and could no longer fight.

Today, there are only about 64,000 troops in the Wu army who can continue to fight, which is nearly 20,000 fewer than when the army set out from Tongling.

The real number is actually far more than 20,000, because they also recruited and surrendered a lot of Qing troops during the battle, such as Xu Yuxian's troops, and some scattered soldiers, and the number was more than 20,000.

Of course, this is not to say that the Wu army killed 40,000 people in battle, and it was not so terrifying. The reason why the Wu army is currently able to fight is only 60,000 troops, mainly because many soldiers are injured and temporarily unable to fight.

When these wounded soldiers recovered, their strength was actually increased compared to when they set off.

From Tongling to the present, only about 15,000 soldiers of Wu Junchun died in battle.

This loss is not too small.

However, compared to the results achieved, this loss is completely worth it.

"General, we captured Luck Dehun alive."

Wu Yi smiled and escorted a group of people, all of whom were high-ranking generals of the Qing army, headed by Luck Dehun.

Luck Dehun and others were not very lucky, and they happened to bump into a patrol fleet.

The dress and appearance of Luck Dehun and others were too different from ordinary fishermen. The patrol team immediately discovered the problem and arrested them.

The person who once stunned the situation finally fell into the hands of an ordinary naval platoon leader.

At this time, Lucked was disheveled, his face was ashen, and he no longer had the scenery of the past.

"Send someone to escort to Nanjing, and if you dare to order the city to be set on fire, you don't even have a chance to surrender. Li Chengdong is your fate."

Li Shaobin snorted coldly. They dealt with different troops in completely different ways.

Those who take the initiative to surrender can be used directly, while those captured alive must be screened and adapted.

Some people who cannot be used can be used to exchange property with the Qing army. If the Qing army could not pay, then those people would be sent to mine, build roads, and do coolies.

At present, due to the large-scale use of machines, the demand for coal in the southern region of the Yangtze River has skyrocketed. Those coal mines are increasing their mining efforts and are very short of manpower.

And these captives without human rights are the best coolies.

It is not the worst end to go to work as a coolie in mining. Those people who are extremely sinful have no chance to surrender and reform, and they will be pushed to Caishikou and beheaded.

For example, Li Chengdong and others who had slaughtered the city. Although they also surrendered, they were eventually beheaded.

If Lu Ke Dehun did not order the fire to slaughter the city before escaping, then even if he was caught, Wu Jun would persuade him to surrender first. If he really didn't want to surrender, Wu Jun would also ask the Qing court if he was willing to redeem people.

Even if the Qing court was unwilling to redeem the man, Wu Jun would continue to raise him, just like Azige.

But now, there is only one fate for Luck Dehun, and that is to be beheaded at Caishikou to relieve the people.

Hearing his own fate, Luckett was expressionless.

Up to now, begging for mercy is useless, it is better to die decently.

After all, as a prince and aristocrat once, this pride is still there.

"The general is spared, the massacre is the idea of ​​Luck Dehun alone, and we are all against it. I beg the general's life, I am willing to surrender, and be a cow and a horse for the general like Mandahai."

Several other Qing army Bellebezi did not have that kind of backbone and still wanted to live.

And these people, Li Shaobin will also give them a chance.

The more senior generals of the Qing army surrendered, the greater the blow to the Qing army.

The battle in Jiujiang was settled, and spies from all walks of life set off one after another, rushing back to report the big news.

There are many forces that pay attention to the battle in Jiujiang, because this battle directly determines the ownership of Jiangxi. The scale of the battle of nearly 200,000 troops is also very rare.

The battle between the Qing army and the Wu army was different from the armies of other forces.

The armies of other forces will retreat if hundreds or thousands of people die, and if a few thousand die, the remaining tens of thousands of troops will surrender, and there are very few particularly fierce battles.

In the battle between the Qing army and the Wu army, there were tens of thousands of casualties and tens of thousands of casualties.

A battle of this scale cannot be sustained by other forces at all.

"The generals obeyed the order. Master Liu, you led 30,000 people to the south from the direction of Chaisang to capture Nanchang Xinyu, Fuzhou, Ji'an and other places. Master Wang, you led 15,000 people to enter Poyang Lake from the waterway, and captured Yingtan, Jingdezhen, and Shangrao. and so on.

Note that if you meet someone from the Longwu court, you will directly grab the territory without any worries. Those who meet King Lu will follow the principle of first come, first served. "

The next day, Li Shaobin issued a new operational order, Liu Han led the main force south to Nanchang, while Wang Dayong led the second-line troops to capture Jingdezhen and other places.

He himself led the remaining 20,000 people to garrison the important town of Jiujiang, where he treated wounded soldiers, reorganized prisoners, and restored the people's livelihood in Jiujiang.

These tasks are no easier than capturing Nanchang.

In other words, for those who can only lead troops to fight, it is much easier to siege a city than to govern a place.

Of course, Li Shaobin didn't have to suffer for too long. After Nanjing got the good news, he should soon send civil officials to take over the place.

Before that, Li Shaobin could only enforce military control here, and then use the original officials to maintain the normal operation of the yamen.

The generals gave the order, and then led the army to set off.

The next step is to grab credit for the time. The main force of the Qing army has disappeared, and the only troops stationed in the place are some rogue troops, and it is not difficult to attack the city.

Those generals like this kind of opportunity to grab credit.

The officers who were not assigned tasks could only watch them set off with envy.