Faced with the surrounding Recruit Division soldiers, these Eight Banners soldiers quickly fell into a disadvantageous position.
The members of the special forces were still firing their Type-88 machine guns at them.
The battle continued for another hour, and almost all the remaining soldiers of the Eight Banners Army were killed.
The remaining Ming soldiers in the city also threw down their weapons and surrendered.
The soldiers of the Recruit Division entered Linzi County and took over the defense of the entire county.
The huge flag of the Great Ming Dynasty once again fluttered in the sky above Linzi County!
Upon seeing this scene, some of the commoners in the city burst into tears.
Even Prince Heng Zhu Youyou took a deep breath and said,""We've finally taken down Linzi City!"
"Wangye,"
The trusted aide beside him said,"Taking down Linzi City is not a big deal. Just the new recruits and special forces under our Imperial Residence are very strong!" Not to mention taking down Linzi City, even taking down Jinan City was not a problem!”
"No rush, no rush."
Zhu Youzhen smiled and waved his hand." You can't eat a fat man in one bite. The new recruits and special forces of Prince Heng's Mansion have just formed an army. We still have to take it step by step!" Only by laying a solid foundation could the subsequent development be smoother!”
"Tell Zhao Cheng,"
Zhu Youqi turned to look at his trusted aide and ordered,""Immediately count the casualties and battle losses!”
"Yes, sir!"
The trusted aide hurriedly replied.
By evening, the battlefield in Linzi County had been cleaned up.
Zhao Cheng and Lin Hu also arrived at the Linzi County Office.
The current Linzi County Yamen had already become Zhu Youqi's temporary residence.
"Your Highness, the casualty numbers have been calculated.”
Zhao Cheng came in front of Zhu Youqi.
He said.
"How are the casualties?"
Zhu Youxin asked.
"Wangye,"
"The new recruit division lost 142 soldiers, and another 300 were injured." However, our battle results were also very good. We wiped out 895 soldiers from the eight banners, and we also wiped out 1,300 surrendered soldiers and captured 3,400 surrendered soldiers…"
"Oh."
Zhu Youqi nodded slightly.
In the battle of Linzi, the casualties of the new recruits reached four to five hundred.
Although the casualties weren't too great compared to the bountiful battle results, the number of casualties was still quite low. However, Zhu Youqi knew that most of the battle results belonged to the special forces!
If it wasn't for the special forces using their powerful combat strength to seize the city gate and defeat the Eight Banners Soldiers, the battle at Linzi might not have been so easy.
However, it was still considered very good!
After all, this was the battle after the new recruits had formed an army!
Zhu Youqi was already very satisfied with the outcome of this battle!
After the battle of Linzi, the new recruits could be turned into official soldiers!
After the baptism of war, they had all become veterans!
In the future, when he encountered a war, he would be able to be more calm and skillful!
"Zhao Cheng,"
Looking at Zhao Cheng, Zhu Youqi said,""After this battle, the soldiers of the new recruit division will be veterans. Those who had rendered meritorious service would be rewarded. Those who had fought bravely and commanded well would also have to register their names and report them over.”
"Wangye,"
"Are you planning to promote these meritorious personnel?" Zhao Cheng was delighted.”
"I do have this plan."
"The backbone veterans are the foundation of an army. War was also the best whetstone to show which talents were outstanding.
! Outstanding talents naturally had to be rewarded generously!”
"Moreover, our Imperial Residence only has 10,000 people. If we want to expel the Eight Banners and reclaim the Divine Capital, we must continue to develop and strengthen our own strength.”
"Now that Linzi County has been recovered, we have to start expanding our territory. At that time, when the territory expanded, it would definitely not work without enough troops!”
"Therefore, not only do we have to expand our territory, but we also have to recruit new troops. The people who had made contributions this time could enter the new army as officers!”
Zhao Cheng's eyes revealed a trace of joy as he listened to Zhu You Xin's words.
Was he going to expand the army?
It was quite fast!
"Your Highness, I'll go prepare now." Zhao Cheng chuckled.”
"Right,"
Suddenly, Zhao Cheng thought of something and quickly said,"Your Highness, we captured more than three thousand surrendered soldiers in the battle of Linzi. How should he deal with these surrendered soldiers?”
"Surrender?"
Zhu You Xin frowned and pondered in his heart.
These surrendered soldiers were really fence-sitters, floating everywhere.
As a soldier of the Ming army.
The Eight Banners Soldiers had come. Surrender to the Eight Banners.
When the eight banners arrived, they surrendered to the Ming army.
If this continued, sooner or later, he would become a servant of the three families!
If one day, even Zhu You Xin and the others failed, these people would definitely become the dogs of the Eight Banners again.
Therefore, how to deal with these people became a difficult problem in Zhu Youxin's heart.
Kill them all?
It was not that Zhu Youqi did not have the determination and ruthlessness. Most importantly, he knew that in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, there were too many people and troops like this!
if all
If he killed them, these surrendered soldiers would probably not surrender so easily to Zhu You Xin in the future.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Youxin said,""These surrendered soldiers have no sense of national justice. Our Zhu family has treated them well, to actually serve a thief. Even though he was bewitched, he could avoid the death penalty, but he could not escape the punishment.”
"Take all these people into custody. They can be free labor!”
"We can leave the construction of the city walls, the mining of the mines, the construction of bridges and roads, and the reclamation of wasteland to them.”
"This can be considered as their forgiveness!”
The moment Zhu Youqi opened his mouth, he directly decided the fate of these surrendered soldiers!
Zhao Cheng nodded at Zhu You Xin's words and quickly said,""Your Highness is kind and takes care of these surrendered soldiers. If it were me, I would kill them all!"
"You have to consider the long term!"
"Ever since the fall of the Divine Capital, many soldiers have surrendered to the Eight Banners! Almost all the important towns on the nine borders had surrendered to the Eight Banners. These people might have been forced by the current situation, or perhaps it was due to other factors. If we kill these surrendered soldiers today, the other Ming soldiers will definitely not surrender to us in the future. At that time, he would be asking for trouble if he added some opponents for no reason.”
"Therefore, if we leave a line open today, it will be easier to face these Ming soldiers who surrender in the future, right?”
"This is called uniting all the forces that can be united!”
"You've made fewer enemies and more friends!”
"Only then can we expel the Eight Banners and recover the Divine Capital!”
Zhao Cheng's eyes gradually lit up as he listened to Zhu Youqi's words.
Especially the last part of the sentence, it made Zhao Yu even more confused.
I admire you very much.
Your Highness is really different!
"Your Highness is wise!" Zhao Cheng quickly praised.”
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