Zhu Cixuan did not like to deal with these cumbersome written reports, but he had to do it. These were all precious materials for fighting against bandits, and the attack of the 12th Regiment Battalion was actually not perfect.

However, with this valuable experience, when fighting in the future, the coordination of the three armies will definitely be of epoch-making significance.

Throughout history, no one has ever recorded a battle so detailed. The records here refer to the basic principles of military combat for this battle.

Zhu Cixuan was referring to the practices of modern warfare to command this battle. The 12th Regiment Battalion defeated Li Zicheng's army of 300,000 in one fell swoop.

One thousand injured the enemy and suffered 800 damage. In this battle, the casualties of the 12th Regiment Battalion were much smaller. This was a battle that was enough to be recorded in history, and the Ming army won a great victory.

Continue to pursue, the 12th Regiment Battalion transferred out the Eighth Battalion to continue pursuing. It is a long process to eliminate the participating bandit forces in Henan.

The rest, Zhu Cixuan led his troops into Kaifeng Prefecture.

Kaifeng City is in full swing!

Over the past few months, the people of Kaifeng City have been like fish that are about to dry up under the sun, and like ants hovering on a hot pan. When they were about to die of thirst and sunburn, the arrival of the 12th Regiment Camp gave them hope.

Kaifeng City paid a huge price, first of all, their casualties. At least one-third of the people were killed or killed in the city.

Zuo Liangyu's army was even more miserable. One out of ten of his guards was left. When he came in, he had nearly 70,000 people under him. Now, those who could gather together had only five or six thousand soldiers in his hand.

For a battle to defend the city, the price is undoubtedly heavy. However, Kaifeng City was defended after all.

If you keep a city, you will keep hope. At least, it is better than if the city is destroyed and the family is destroyed, and the bandits can raise the butcher knife in their hands and slaughter them wantonly.

Li Zicheng's attack lasted for several months, and the anger of the bandits had reached a critical point. For example, General Liu Zongmin and others had already vowed to break through Kaifeng City and kill the whole city without leaving any chickens and dogs in the city.

The arrival of Zhu Cixuan's 12th Regiment Battalion defeated Li Zicheng's 300,000 troops in one fell swoop. Li Zicheng retreated to Huguang, and the bandits in Henan immediately became a mess.

The army entered the city, and the guard general Zuo Liangyu of Kaifeng City and Zhu Gongzi of Zhou, the King of Zhou, came to the city gate to greet him. When the two saw the prince entering the city, they all burst into tears.

They were excited, more so that they were saved. If the prince had not led the 12th Regiment Camp into Henan, Kaifeng City would not have been conquered by Li Zicheng sooner or later.

This time, Zuo Liangyu and Zhu Gongyi really tried their best. Zuo Liangyu's tribe was broken and his soldiers were almost injured and killed. The Zhou King Zhu Gongyi could be said to have really dispersed all his family's wealth. The purpose was to be able to defend Kaifeng, a thousand-year-old ancient city.

Zhu Cilang also dismounted himself to comfort the soldiers in Kaifeng City. The soldiers were extremely miserable, the survivors were exhausted, and most of them were injured.

Everyone was pale and thin, and was shaking. The food in the city was almost exhausted, and each of these soldiers and the people was less than three taels of food a day. In the city, in addition to those who died in battle, there were countless deaths of illness and starvation.

Zhu Cixuan also brought military rations from the 12th Regiment Battalion. As a military officer, Dog Leg Lai Fu made great efforts to ensure the food and supplies of the 12th Regiment Battalion.

Liu Laifu is a natural military officer. When Zhu Cilang asked him to take charge of the imperial village, this person had already shown excellent abilities.

This time, as the quarantine officer of the 12th Regiment Battalion, Liu Laifu fully mobilized the local people to transport food and grass, which was actually a bad idea for the civilians.

In the Central Plains where hunger is everywhere, you can get a job of transporting food and grass to the government, and at least fill your stomach and live.

Before, the people were free of charge for corvee service. They worked for free for the government and even had to bring their own dry food.

This time it was different. Liu Laifu, a military officer, mobilized local people to transport grain and grass for the 12th Regiment. As long as the people can deliver military rations to the front line in time, each person can get half a bag of miscellaneous grains.

For these hungry people, half a bag of miscellaneous grains is life-saving food. It is absolutely possible to save their family and family.

Therefore, unlike the previous resistance to labor service, the people rushed to do the food, grass and supplies transportation in the 12th Regiment Battalion.

Moreover, along the way, when you encounter a small group of bandits who want to get food and grass, these people who transport food and grass will also rise up and resist.

Of course, the disadvantage of doing this is that Liu Laifu needs to raise more food, in addition to the supply of the army, and in addition to the loss on the road, there are also rewards for the civilians.

Fortunately, Liu Laifu, who was in charge of the imperial village, stocked up a large amount of grain. The popularity of new crops brought by Zhu Cilang and its huge output ensured sufficient food supply.

More importantly, the high yield of sweet potatoes has caused the problem of grain to increase almost exponentially. These sweet potato seedlings that have been steamed, boiled and dried are mixed into the grains and can be used as staple food to satisfy hunger.

Therefore, even if the 12th Regiment Battalion reached Kaifeng City, their food and grass were still in sufficient supply.

Originally, according to the original plan, it would take at least three to five months to recover Henan. However, Zhu Cixuan adopted Song Xianke's suggestion, and the soldiers were very fast, and at the speed of blitzkrieg, they defeated Li Zicheng's main force in one fell swoop.

Saving time saves a lot of military supplies and food. At least, at present, the food supply of the 12th Regiment Battalion is sufficient.

Even so, Zhu Cilang still cut back and forth. He paused twice a day, one sparse and one sparse.

It’s porridge in the morning and it’s only in the evening that it’s dry. Only before the war can there be two sufficient dry meals served.

If you win a battle, you can kill pigs and sheep and celebrate it in a big way.

Three meals a day do not exist in this era. In fact, the people of this era only have two meals a day.

Why did Zhu Cilang repeatedly reduce military rations? Because he had to save more food to help the victims here.

Although it is a drop in the bucket, these victims are all people of the Ming Dynasty.

When he arrived in Kaifeng City, Zhu Cixuan did not bring the vanguard troops into the city. The first one to enter the city was the subsequent baggage troops.

Liu Laifu allocated 8,000 stones of grain and entered Kaifeng City in a mighty manner. These civilians from the people used wooden carts, mule carts, ox carts, horse carts, and even carried people on their shoulders to transport the 8,000 stones of grain into Kaifeng City.

The people of Kaifeng City were once again excited, with grain, trucks, so much food. This is a real life-saving food for the people of Kaifeng City.
Chapter completed!