The setting sun shines its last rays on the river surface, reflecting thousands of golden lights.
The ships plowed across the river, leaving ripples behind them, which were signs of the Ming army's fleet returning victoriously.
On the battlefield, there were still shipwrecks floating and burning on the river, and the sky above the river was filled with green smoke.
Dozens of small boats rowed on the river, searching for and rescuing soldiers who fell into the water.
The Qing navy fled in panic, leaving the battlefield to the Ming army, including countless Green Camp soldiers who fell into the water.
The best way to deal with these people is to ignore them and let them die in the mouths of fish and turtles.
However, Marquis Pingnan was kind and ordered Wu Ping, the deputy general of the water camp, to be in charge of rescuing these green camp soldiers as much as possible.
So Wu Ping had to send dozens of small boats to carry out rescue work.
The Qing navy was defeated in a water battle, and more than 200 warships were sunk, burned, and captured.
The Qing navy was basically crippled, and the Yangtze River was completely controlled by the Ming army.
With the Yangtze River in hand, it basically guarantees an invincible position.
The Qing army cannot attack Nanjing through the river, and it will cut off its retreat by detouring to Jiangxi and attacking by land.
Therefore, after this battle, Nanjing has completely turned the corner.
However, although Jiang Zhan won, it was very difficult to defeat or even annihilate the Eight Banners soldiers.
Since Azig was not good at water warfare, he sent only the Green Battalion that had just surrendered.
Although they lost 20,000 to 30,000 people, it was nothing to the Eight Banners soldiers.
If you want to completely defeat the Eight Banners soldiers, you must attack their military camps.
Considering the military strength of the Pingnan Army, this is very difficult.
Fortunately, time is on the side of the Ming army.
For the Ming army, it has Nanjing as its rear and a steady stream of backup.
However, the Qing army fought in long distances and had no logistical supplies at all.
It relied entirely on looting on the spot.
With an army of more than 200,000, tens of thousands of people were sent out to collect food everywhere every day.
For the Eight Banners soldiers, they simply cannot stand the hot weather.
It is only May now, and many Eight Banners soldiers are already too hot to wear armor.
If it comes to the summer of June and July, the weather alone will help the Ming army defeat the Qing Dynasty. military.
After thinking about this, the entire Ming army camp was filled with joy and a scene of victory in sight.
But for Chen Yue, time is very difficult.
His father Chen Jianghe was seriously injured and fell into a coma.
Now he relies entirely on ginseng to survive, but he cannot stay in front of the bed to wait on him.
This makes Chen Yue feel like a knife is twisting his heart every day.
But even so, he still had to deal with military affairs and think hard about ways to defeat the Qing army.
Yes, Chen Yue didn't want to wait for any summer vacation, let alone rely on time to defeat the enemy.
He wanted to defeat the Qing army as soon as possible.
It was best to annihilate this group of Eight Banners bandits and avenge his father.
For this reason, Chen Yue endured his disgust for the two Tatars in the Green Camp and ordered Wu Ping to send a fleet to rescue them.
"Master Marquis, a total of more than 5,000 Green Camp soldiers have been captured and imprisoned in the camp.
General, please tell me what to do with these people."
As night fell, Wu Ping returned to the Chinese army's tent to hand over orders and asked casually.
"Separate the generals and soldiers and imprison them, and give them some food first."
Chen Yue casually ordered.
"Ah" Wu Ping opened his mouth.
It would be fine if he didn't kill them.
He would also give them food to eat.
Could it be that the Marquis wants to recruit these ruffians?
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In the north of Wuhu City, in a large open space between the city gate and the river bank, thousands of captured Green Camp soldiers were sitting in a mess.
Everyone took off their armor and wore only single clothes.
Their weapons were also confiscated by the Ming army.
Thousands of people were sitting on the ground, surrounded by heavily armed Ming soldiers who were fiercely watching them.
Not far away from the city, there were countless artillery and muskets pointed at them.
In this formation, all the Green Camp soldiers were terrified, not knowing what kind of fate they would face.
After a while, hundreds of Ming soldiers came over carrying burdens and coldly shouted at them to eat.
Rice balls made of dark wild vegetables and rice, and clear river water, this is the dinner for prisoners in the green camp.
The food was average, but as prisoners, there was no right to be picky.
They were not killed and still had food to eat.
This was enough to make them burst into tears.
After eating rice balls, many Green Camp soldiers felt at peace.
It seemed that the Ming army did not intend to kill them, and the Pingnan army was not as cruel as the legend.
"Maybe they want to recruit us," a green soldier said quietly.
"Everywhere you serve, you have to eat food as a soldier.
As long as you have enough to eat, what's the difference between being a soldier of the Qing Dynasty and an army of the Ming Dynasty?"
Another green soldier said nonchalantly as he gnawed on a rice ball fiercely.
"That's right, we are just soldiers, it doesn't matter who we follow."
The other Green Camp soldiers also settled down.
Ordinary green soldiers were soldiers just to eat food and had no concept of family and country at all.
The Ming and Qing Dynasties did not distinguish them much, so they just took things as they came.
But for the green battalion commanders like Zhang Yingxiang and Chang Deng, it is hard to eat now.
Because they knew that the Ming army might let the ordinary Green Camp soldiers go, but generals like them would not get through so easily.
They were paid by the Ming Dynasty and served as officials of the Ming Dynasty, but they surrendered to the Qing army.
The Ming Dynasty court would not let them off easily.
"Do you think Ping Nanhou wants our brothers to work for him?"
Zhang Yingxiang asked Chang Deng again.
"How do I know?
Maybe let us eat and drink enough to kill Ji Qi," Chang Deng said dejectedly.
After gnawing half of the rice ball, a group of Ming army soldiers came over and escorted the two of them and five or six captured deputy generals and generals away without explanation.
It turned out that it was really the last meal.
Zhang Yingxiang, Chang Deng and others suddenly turned pale.
He was escorted by a group of Ming soldiers, and headed towards the river under the horrified eyes of ordinary green camp soldiers.
Then he was escorted into a huge camp and ordered to kneel on the ground.
Zhang Yingxiang and Chang Deng were kneeling on the ground, surrounded by heavily armed warriors.
They were so frightened that they did not dare to raise their heads and could only look at the tent with the corner of their eyes.
Judging from the scale, the decoration should be the large tent of the commander of the Ming army.
Could it be that the commander of the Ming army, Ping Nanhou, wanted to see him and others?
While thinking wildly, he listened to the movement in the tent.
"Master Marquis, Yangzhou Chief Qian sent someone to report that the floods have receded and the wilderness has been exposed outside Yangzhou City.
Master Xu, the prefect of Huai'an, is recruiting civilians to rebuild the Hongze Lake embankment and plug the damaged gap.
The governor of Huaiyang, Mr.
Wei Yinwen and Mr.
Wenwei, together with Mr.
Ma, the prefect of Yangzhou, were responsible for the treatment of victims after the war.
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According to reports from the Yangzhou Prefecture, due to the impact of floods, Yangzhou Prefecture has lost all harvests and millions of people are crying for food.
The Yangzhou Prefecture has no money or food for disaster relief.
While asking for help from the imperial court, it also requested the Governor-General's Office to allocate money.
For disaster relief. " A voice was reporting, as if it was about Yangzhou.
Zhang Yingxiang, Chang Deng and others immediately perked up their ears.
"Tell Yangzhou Mansion that Sihai Commercial Bank and Salt Bank have been handed over to the imperial court.
If they have anything to do, they should go to the imperial court and ask for money and food.
Where can I get it for them?"
A clear voice sounded, with a rather impatient tone
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