Two days later, the battle report of Wang Shengrong's army defeating Song Yingchang's army was sent back to Guangzhou City. Two days later, the battle reports of the other three battlefields were sent back to Guangzhou City.

Looking at the information, Fang Nan finally smiled.

The Ming army suffered more than 30,000 casualties in the last battle, and this time the Ming army had more than 40,000 casualties. After two rounds of battle, the Ming army had nearly 80,000 casualties.

The Ming court supported one million troops. When the People's Army captured most of Guangdong, it wiped out and captured more than 100,000 Ming troops. In addition, nearly 80,000 Ming troops were killed and injured in these two rounds of battles. The Ming court lost a total of 180,000 Ming troops, accounting for almost one-fifth of the total military strength of the Ming army, which shows that the court's military strength suffered heavy losses.

Under the rule of the People's Army, the Ming army could no longer launch large-scale combat. If we want to continue to launch large-scale attacks, we must mobilize more troops.

But except for the Ming court who transferred Ming troops from the north, the Ming court basically could no longer transfer Ming troops from the south.

There were also Ming troops in various parts of the south, but Song Yingchang had previously transferred a large number of Ming troops. The Ming army was already guarding all over the place, and there were endless bandits and bandits in various places. If there was no Ming army to guard it, chaos would be likely to occur in various places. Therefore, Song Yingchang could only draw a portion of Ming troops from various places, but could not transfer all Ming troops.

Now that the Ming court wants to increase its troops, it is a plan to dispatch troops from all over the north, and it is also a plan to directly recruit troops from all over the south, but both plans take several months, especially recruiting new recruits. The combat effectiveness of the Ming army's new recruits is not as good as that of the People's Army new recruits.

Fang Nan didn't know which method the Ming court would use to mobilize more Ming troops to come, but Fang Nan knew that the People's Army would have more time to develop and recuperate in the future. Even if the People's Army's troops could not increase without limit, as long as the three arsenals built more firearms, the People's Army's strength would continue to increase.

Since the People's Army occupied most areas in Guangdong, the People's Army has always regarded the development of military strength as its most important task. Now, Fang Nan feels that he can increase his attention to people's livelihood on the basis of continuing to develop military strength.

Thinking of this, Fang Nan was preparing to convene senior officials of the People's Army Central Government to discuss.

Soon, the news that the People's Army defeated the Ming army once again spread throughout Guangzhou City, and quickly spread to various places under the rule of the People's Army with Guangzhou City as the center.

"That's great, the People's Army won again!"

"The People's Army must continue to win, and I never want to go back to the hard days in the past."

"The People's Army will definitely overthrow the Ming court!"

This is the voice of the people who support the People's Army.

"Damn it, why are the official army defeated again?"

"Why haven't the thief killed by the sky been wiped out by the official army?"

"My emperor, send a large army to wipe out the thieves."

This is the voice of a very small number of people who are still hostile to the People's Army.

The People's Army once again defeated the Ming army. The gentry and merchants who were hostile to the People's Army felt that the Ming army could not be able to wipe out the People's Army. They could not return to the Ming court and could only change their minds and continue their own lives. After all, life still needs to continue, and it is not enough to stay in a waste of money.

Even Qiao Muxue and Qiao Muyu sisters, after hearing the news of the victory of the People's Army, ran out of the house with a smile and listened to the laughter of the people in the city.

The victory of the People's Army has not only increased its confidence in the People's Army, but also increased its confidence in the people under the People's Army's rule. There is no need to be anxious about the Ming Army anymore.

A few days later, the news of Song Yingchang's defeat was sent to the capital. This time, Zhu Yijun was really angry.

Zhu Yijun trusted Song Yingchang and asked Song Yingchang to lead the army to encircle and suppress the People's Army. It's okay if he failed the first time. After all, Song Yingchang had just contacted the People's Army and was not familiar with the People's Army. Moreover, the army led by Song Yingchang himself was only 10,000 casualties, which was not a large number. Even if a minister advised Song Yingchang to be dismissed from office and investigated, Zhu Yijun did not agree and gave Song Yingchang another chance.

It was fine if one failure was made, but Song Yingchang failed again, with more than 36,000 people killed or injured in the Ming army. In such a miserable defeat, Zhu Yijun felt that Song Yingchang was against his trust. Before other ministers could give advice, Zhu Yijun directly ordered Song Yingchang to be dismissed from office and investigated.

However, the People's Army entrenched in Guangdong still needs to continue to encircle and suppress. After dismissing Song Yingchang's post and investigating it, the Ming army still needed a new commander. In the court, the ministers made suggestions and recommended the candidates for the commander of the army to Zhu Yijun. In the end, one person came into Zhu Yijun's eyes, and the governor, Mei Yousong, the right deputy censor of the Yansui Censorate.

"Shanxi Tongzhi" records: "Mei Yousong, a native of Neijiang, was a Jinshi. During the Wanli period, he guarded the Hedong Road, practiced the administration of officials, understood the human relationships, eliminated corruption, quarrel, stagnated the grievances, was a bit powerful, and the soldiers and the civilians were submissive, and the officials and governors Xuanda military affairs were entangled."

Interestingly, Mei Yousong and Song Yingchang were both born in the 15th year of Jiajing (1536). They are both at an age of fifty years old.

Zhu Yijun issued an order to recall Mei Yousong back to the capital, serve as the left minister of the Ministry of War and the right assistant censor, and lead a large army to encircle and suppress the thieves in Guangdong.

Before accepting the emperor's order and about to set off for Jiangxi, Mei Yousong asked Zhu Yijun to relieve Song Yingchang of his death and stayed in the army for his crimes and made meritorious service.

Mei Yousong's idea was very simple. Song Yingchang led the Ming army to fight with the People's Army twice, and was defeated both times. However, Song Yingchang must have a lot of knowledge about the People's Army, while Mei Yousong knew very little about the People's Army. With Song Yingchang by his side, he could get a lot of help.

Zhu Yijun agreed to Mei Yousong's request and allowed Song Yingchang to stay in the army and make meritorious service.

It was already mid-April when Mei Yousong left and often headed south.

Time went back to early April, and the second round of battle a week ago ended with the defeat of the Ming army. After the battle, both sides retreated one after another. Wang Shengrong's army returned to Longnan County and Anyuan County, and Song Yingchang's army returned to Xinfeng County. There would be no war in the short term.

On the battlefields of Huguang, Guangxi and Fujian, the Ming army and the People's Army only went through several small-scale battles. After receiving the news of the defeat of Song Yingchang's army, various Ming army retreated to the city and no longer fought with the People's Army. Every time they fought with the People's Army, the Ming army had a large number of casualties. There was no need to let the soldiers die for nothing. It would be better to retain their strength and wait for the next battle.

The Ming army's actions were gone, and the People's Army also calmed down. In addition to daily patrols, they were training every day to improve the combat effectiveness of the new recruits as much as possible.

Because of the People's Army's victory, the people's smiles more and more under the People's Army's rule, and their lives are becoming more and more stable. Only those families whose families have died in battle or are disabled have sad faces.

However, they did not resent the People's Army. Although their family members were killed in battle, the People's Army did not take back the ten acres of military fields, which was already very high compensation. Moreover, the People's Army allowed them to live a good life. What they resented even more was the Ming court who wanted to take away their good life.
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