Throughout June, Chen Wen first ended the offensive in Jiangxi and began the necessary rest and recuperation work. Then, with Chen Guobao leading the Pujiang Camp to regain the entire Yanzhou Prefecture, but in Fuyang, southern Hangzhou, the two counties of Xincheng were intercepted by several elite southern green camps and the remnants of the Hangzhou Eight Banners. After confrontation for half a month, he returned to Yanzhou Prefecture City to stand by.

Military expansion can only stagnate for the moment at this stage. In addition to the fact that it is June now and the weather is getting hotter and it is not conducive to the army's combat, more importantly, the limited storage in his hands cannot support such meaningless military operations.

The capital of the four provinces suppressed the Ming army in Zhejiang, defeating the eight thousand Han army and the eight banners. These Niulu were all formed when Huang Taiji was alive, which was called the "Chen Han Army". The losses of its elite troops were even worse for the already limited Qing Dynasty. It could not be restored in one or two years. Moreover, this level of recovery is not to restore the old view, but to a standard that can not be lower.

In addition, three battles, one raid on the northern line and two chasing the southern line, and the results were also quite good. Tian Xiong and Zhang Jie threw down their baggage, artillery and other things that were inconvenient to carry, and rushed north. The main force of the Qing army's southern line led by Li Benshen lost more than 40,000 people and barely fled back to Guangxin Mansion. As for the Fujian Green Camp such as Yang Minggao, they simply fought each other in Xianxia Pass under the urgency. The most elite increase in the Fujian Green Camp, the left and right roads were almost destroyed, and only one Geng Jimao and his vassal soldiers were left to continue to support the scene.

The surrounding situation improved greatly, and Chen Wen also took advantage of the situation to recover Yanzhou Prefecture and consolidated the three counties of western Quzhou, Changshan and Kaihua, and occupied Yushan County, and entered a state of confrontation with the Qing army in Jiangxi.

In terms of seizure, the Qing army on the Northern Line discarded a large amount of supplies, especially the large-caliber red barbarian cannons temporarily borrowed by the Eight Banners in Hangzhou, which really made him happy for several days. However, while this Qing army discarded these, it also discarded many soldiers and civilians infected with the disease. Chen Wen was not sure whether the unburned grain had been put into the food that was not very beneficial to health by "Tian Ersuzad", so he really didn't dare to enter the warehouse for the food that had not been burned. He should keep it for the prisoners.

In addition, the Eight Banners Group of the Han Army probably thought it could go down to Jinhua Mansion in one go, so it didn't bring any food and grass at all. The ones that were really commendable were the war horses. As for the artillery, although there were indeed a lot of numbers, Chen Wen used them when he returned to Quzhou, but the gunners of the Eight Banners of the Han Army were not trustworthy and could not be incorporated into the Ming army. He did not intend to retrain the artillery group for those artillery that had been used many times and seemed to be carelessly maintained, so he could only throw them in the warehouse and rust with the bird guns.

Of course, returning to the fire may also be a good idea.

In comparison, the Qing army on the front line of Jiangxi and Fujian not only discarded a huge amount of food and grass, but also the most important thing is not to worry about poisoning. Rest assured to eat. It seems that Gao Jie's subordinates are indeed more kind than Huang Degong's subordinates. However, except for cold weapons and firearms, they are almost not suitable for the Ming army, from Tian Xiong, Zhang Jie, to Shi Tingzhu, Liu Zhiyuan, to Li Benshen and Yang Minggao, these Qing army commanders, who looked like they were all pretending, did not even carry a set of armor. They were really stingy.

However, when he thought of this, Chen Wen seemed to have forgotten all the things that the Ming army in Zhejiang did not wear armor when they went to war, as if the Qing army was superman who was not afraid of heatstroke.

The results and seizures were quite a lot, but the losses were also quite large.

Among the seven battle barracks, the Dongyang Battalion eventually suffered heavy casualties. In addition to those who died in battle, some seriously injured people did not survive. In addition, many soldiers were disabled and could not continue to fight in the army. They had to allocate land to them as soon as possible to calm the morale of the army.

Relatively speaking, the Third Battalion of Nantang, Shentang and Guards defeated the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and the losses were not very large, and only the cavalry needed to be replenished. Chen Wen seized a lot of war horses, but it still took a lot of time to train cavalry, otherwise it would be difficult to shoulder heavy combat tasks.

As for intercepting the Qing army's return troops and taking advantage of the situation to recover the Pujiang Camp in Yanzhou Prefecture, and Quzhou defended the city and hunted down the Qing army in Fujian, the second Lishui Battalion suffered very little losses, as long as the limited vacancies are filled.

However, even so, the losses of soldiers were already quite large, and at least more than 2,000 soldiers needed to be supplemented, and this has not yet been calculated for the loss of soldiers in Jinhua, Quzhou, Lanxi County and Anhua Town Bastion.

This is just an infantryman. The Zhejiang Inland Naval Division was almost wiped out, and half of the water camp officers and sailors were killed, and there were almost no ships. Even if they could be supplemented by seizing the damaged ships of the Qiantang Naval Division, it would take one or two years to compete with the Qing army on the Qiantang River. After all, in addition to the Qiantang Naval Division, there were also Taizhou Naval Division and Zhoushan Naval Division. They could even draw naval divisions from Jiangnan to go south. The foundation of the Ming army in Zhejiang was too weak.

In terms of officers, the battalion mainly came from the Dongyang battalion. One bureau chief was seriously injured and a sentry commander died on the spot. In addition, the garrison of the Lanxi defender was killed, Qian Bin, deputy general of Zhejiang Inner River Naval Division, and even the guerrilla general of the guerilla bastion in Anhua Town died of illness.

The Lanxi guard was said to have died in battle at the top of the city. Qian Bin, the deputy general of the Zhejiang Inland River Naval Division, died heroically as the prisoners said. Yu Shizhong, the guerrilla general in Anhua Town, was more sad. At least the sentence "I was unable to wear a horse and wrap my body around me before my death" that Chen Wen could not forget until today a month later.

The corpse of horses is the best destination for a warrior. Even if the children and grandchildren surround the bed of old age and death, it is far inferior to the warriors in ancient China to die in a war. This is a spirit passed down for a long time, prompting those warriors who are willing to serve the country and fight for the welfare of the people to forge ahead bravely and not fear life and death.

Yu Shizhong died, and he regarded it as a mortal death like a great regret in this life. However, Chen Wen knew that this general could not die, but in order to ensure that the empty Anhua Town Bastion was not taken advantage of by the Qing army, the subordinates in the fortress would not die in the Qing army's offensive. He still did not forget his responsibilities while he was sick and insisted on patroling, which eventually aggravated his illness. This was not as vigorous as a horse and a corpse, but not everyone could do it to the dust that was loyal to the silence.

The sacrifices of these soldiers were exchanged for this shocking victory. He had already learned some of the losses of the Qing army from various channels, and the chain reaction was also quite large. The small-scale anti-Qing movements in the four southeastern provinces rekindled, and Qian Yingkui from Songjiang even sent people to express his willingness to drive the Ming army in Zhejiang.

However, Chen Wen can't do too much at this moment, at least the offensive in the first half of this year has come to an end.

The losses of soldiers need to be supplemented, Zhang Zisheng's army needs to be adapted, the new occupied areas need to be digested, the rewards of the army need to be paid, and the pensions cannot be wrong at all. All of these require time. In addition, the hot summer days and the problems of storage, especially the latter, greatly restricts the mobilization ability of the Ming army in Zhejiang.

The main problems in warehousing are three points: first, food and grass, then gunpowder, and finally silver and money.

In terms of food and supplies, the army was mobilized to confront the Qing army, fought fiercely for several months, and even carried the burden of the people of Changshan and the people of the two counties, which led to a rapid decline in inventory. However, the capture was finally found, and it would soon be consumed in the subsequent training of recruits and the issuance of military salaries. We could not count on too much.

The second is gunpowder. The artillery fire in the Qing army camp seemed magnificent, but the consumption of gunpowder was really amazing, which made the Ming army's already poor foundation in this regard begin to bottom out.

For this aspect, it mainly depends on the raw materials. Charcoal is easy to say. Zhejiang has a lot of forests, and it only consumes manpower, which is not enough to worry about. For sulfur, there is also pyrite in Quzhou. It is roasted first and then used the sublimation method. The output is said to be not too miserable, but this is not too miserable. It is still the view of the Military Industry Department. Every time Chen Wen saw military production, he missed the era of overcapacity. The difference between the two is really incomparable.

In addition to these two items, the last one is saltpeter. Compared with sulfur, Chen Wen is more confident in this material - boiling salt. This method is almost seven or eight of the ten historical novels are used, and the rest are premature times like the Three Kingdoms. I read too many of them at the beginning, and even reached the point where I wanted to turn the page as soon as I saw the details. It was just right to apply what I learned.

In comparison, the biggest problem is silver and money. The cannon fired, and the foreign wealth he made on Ma Jinbao and Chen Jin had already been almost squandered, but the money needed to be spent now is no less than last year.

The main purpose of supplementing money is to tax, loans, Xiangzan military supplies, etc. can only be used as auxiliary. However, after this battle, Quzhou's summer tax would inevitably be exempted except for Longyou, and even the autumn tax could not be guaranteed. With the same problem, the Fucheng City of Jinhua Prefecture, Lanxi County and the Fucheng City of Chuzhou Prefecture also began to yell that they had suffered military disasters and demanded that they be treated equally.

Sun Yu is still investigating the specific situation, and there is no definite answer yet, but the areas that require tax exemption may still be quite large. Among the newly occupied areas, Changshan, Jiangshan, Kaihua and Yushan must be tax exemption. Yanzhou Prefecture has many mountains and few fields, and coupled with the sequelae of the land distribution policy, the income may not only not increase, but also decrease. We must try to make a fortune again.

Fortunately, I don’t know if I have done more tax reductions and exemptions recently, good people will be rewarded, or have killed Tartars, God is satisfied with the work results. Not long after I discovered this problem, Chen Wen welcomed a God of Wealth, which can help him relieve some of his embarrassment. (To be continued.)
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