Xue Wu, who broke through the encirclement to the north, had a hard time, and they also encountered a salvo from the fire gun team.

When a defeated army meets an organized army, the end is often tragic.

The defeated soldiers only wanted to escape, and had no intention of resisting at all. In fact, if they swarmed over in the dark, at least half of them could rush out.

In the dark, the reloading of the gunner was also greatly affected, and the firing speed was at least twice slower than during the day.

But the Qing army did not know that after they suffered a salvo, they were immediately frightened and fled in other directions. The power of the flintlock gun had already cast a psychological shadow on them.

The chaos continued until dawn, and only a few black wooden sticks were left in the camp, while outside the camp were kneeling full of surrendered Qing soldiers.

According to rough statistics, there were more than 300 Qing troops captured, and about 300 corpses were found. In other words, there were still nearly 300 people who escaped while taking advantage of the chaos.

The three of Liu Han's hands were limited, so they couldn't catch them, and the darkness also created great trouble for the capture.

Of the more than 300 prisoners, only about 100 were captured by Liu Hansan, and the others chose to surrender under the deterrence of the Fire Gun Team.

It can be said that the Qing army was completely wiped out, and the casualties of the rebel army were not small.

Even if they succeeded in the sneak attack, in the chaos, anything could really happen.

The Wang Dayong department, who was responsible for igniting and causing chaos, caused a large number of soldiers to have various accidents because the task was too complicated. Of his more than 90 people, a total of 30 people were lost, and he did not know how most of the soldiers died.

Thirty people were killed in battle, and the number of people who died in the previous two Jiading defense battles was not as many as this time.

There were also people in the fire gun team who made an operation error and exploded. One died and three were injured.

Two of Liu Han's three subordinates also died, both of which were accidentally killed by the routed soldiers.

The results of the battle are still being counted. Guo Tie, who was in charge of leading the way last night, had already identified Zhang Yuqin's body.

No one knows how Zhang Yuqin died. From the wound analysis, he should have been hit by a fire gun and fell off his horse and knocked his head. In that chaos, any way of dying is possible.

Xue Wu's luck was better, he was not hit by the fire gun, and was finally captured by Liu Hansan's people.

Of course, this is not good luck for Xue Wu. If he had a choice, he would prefer to die like Zhang Yuqin. In the hands of Wu Changqing, it would definitely be worse than death.

Xue Wu was brought in front of Wu Changqing, he still refused to kneel down, Wang Dafu directly hit his knee with the back of the knife without saying a word.

There was a sound of broken bones, followed by Xue Wu's screams.

"Xue Wu, is there anything else you want to say now?"

Wu Changqing asked.

"People who are mortal, there is nothing to say. I will wait for you first. Anyway, you won't be able to jump around for long. Do you think you can fight against Li Zongbing and the Qing Dynasty with these hundreds of people?"

Xue Wu sneered and said that he did not beg for mercy, because he knew that if he begged, he would beg in vain. Wu Changqing would never let himself go after doing that kind of depraved thing.

"I said that if you want to divide your five horses, you will be divided into five horses. I said that if you destroy the Manchu Qing, you will be able to destroy the Manchu. It's just a pity that you don't have the opportunity to appreciate my style."

Wu Changqing waved his hand and asked for the execution.

This victory has boosted his confidence. The hardest moments are over, and now he has a period of respite and development.

When Xue Wu was dragged down, he was still thinking about Wu Changqing's words. It wasn't until this moment that he realized that he had provoked a very ruthless person, but unfortunately he knew all this too late.

After dealing with Xue Wu's first evil, Wu Changqing ordered to find out the officers who had voluntarily ordered the massacre of the people, as well as the soldiers who killed a lot of people.

These captives, Wu Changqing, need to be treated differently. By killing those who have committed the most heinous crimes, in order to deter others, they are also telling other captives their rules, and killing people is absolutely not allowed.

In addition to these heinous people, the rest are added to the army.

These are trained soldiers after all, and if the rebels don't have firearms, they may not be the opponents of these soldiers.

After a series of trivial matters were dealt with, it was noon.

"Sir, now there are no strong enemies around Jiading, we can divide our troops to capture it."

Liu Hansan said excitedly that the situation of the uprising was getting better and better at this time, and he couldn't help but imagine what rewards the court would give. I am afraid, a guerrilla general is indispensable.

This time, Wu Changqing did not veto Liu Hansan's suggestion, after all, expansion was already in his plan.

"Liu Hansan, you take 100 people to Kunshan, Li Shaobin, 100 people to Taicang, Wang Dayong, 100 people to Changshu. After capturing these places, immediately expand the army, then leave a small number of troops to garrison, and others go south to gather in Kunshan, Finally, concentrate on attacking Suzhou."

Wu Changqing assigned tasks to everyone. There are no regular troops in those small counties, there are only some yamen, and it is not difficult to occupy them.

The regular army around is Suzhou, where three thousand soldiers and horses of Wu Shengzhao, the admiral of Su Songchang Town, are stationed there.

Wu Shengzhao, a native of Liaodong, was originally a military attache in the Ming army. Later, the Qing army entered the customs and surrendered to the Qing army.

He is currently serving as Admiral Su Song. According to the original historical trajectory, he will destroy Wu Yi's rebel army next year and incorporate Wu Yi's army.

Later, he was dissatisfied with being punished by the Qing court for corruption.

The second anti-Qing was killed by his subordinates.

In the late Ming Dynasty, there were many capricious people like Li Chengdong and Wu Shengzhao. The fundamental reason is that they do not have a concept of a country or a nation, and they will sacrifice their lives for whoever benefits them.

Wu Changqing also thought about whether to persuade Wu Shengzhao to surrender, but thought it was still impossible. After all, the Qing court has not punished him yet, and he is not very dissatisfied with the Qing court for the time being.

Moreover, Wu Changqing doesn't really like such capricious people.

If he suddenly stabbed himself in the back one day, that would be disgusting.

The talents he wants are those with more backbone. For example, Gu Yanwu, Chen Zilong, Yang Minghua, they were all anti-Qing from beginning to end.

Yang Minghua had already assisted Emperor Longwu in Fujian. Wu Changqing didn't know the whereabouts of Chen Zilong. The only person he remembered was Gu Yanwu. He remembered that he should be in Changshu at this time.

Therefore, after Wu Changqing arranged the task, he also explained that Wang Dayong wanted to inquire about Gu Yanwu's whereabouts in Changshu, and then asked him to come out.

At present, Wu Changqing's men are very short of civil servants, while Gu Yanwu is a very talented literati. He is not only proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, but also likes to read strange books. He is a very rare historian, geographer, thinker and musician in the Ming Dynasty.

How to govern a country, Wu Changqing only knew a vague outline. To make the administrative system in the site work, he still needs professionals like Gu Yanwu.

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