I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The pursuit continued for two days, and Wu Jun even nearly beat Suqian down.

However, at this time, the front-line generals received orders from Wu Changqing to start their retreat.

Because Wu Changqing had received news from Jiaxing that Zhu Yihai had already started and Jiaxing was being attacked.

In order to avoid fighting on both sides and stretching the front too long, Wu Changqing decided to hold Huaian for now. Other places in the north, it is not too late to recover in the future.

If the Qing army counterattacks fiercely, it doesn't matter if Huai'an is let out, it is enough to keep a fortress in Yangzhou.

For him, the most important thing now is to solve Zhu Yihai first, first become emperor and establish orthodoxy.

After officially proclaiming the emperor, everything can be done more conveniently.

First solve Zhu Yihai, then eliminate Zhu Yujian, and calm down the south first, and completely solve the worries.

Compared with the north, Wu Changqing is actually more envious of those places along the southern coast, especially the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong.

After winning Guangdong, there are more excellent ports for doing business with Western Europeans.

Compared with Songjiang, Guangzhou is much closer to Nanyang and is worthy of vigorous development.

"This is about to bring Suqian down, why retreat?"

Xu Yuxian complained that he has not yet entered the core senior management of Wu Jun, so he does not understand some of Wu Changqing's plans, and naturally he cannot understand this order.

In his opinion, it is time to take advantage of the victory and pursue it all the way to Beijing.

"If you want to withdraw, do you want to question the order above?"

Liu Hansan reprimanded, and Xu Yuxian didn't dare to speak again. It would be a bloody bad luck if this was put on the hat of a ignorant officer.

Even if Liu Hansan didn't get angry for the time being, Xu Yuxian regretted what he just said.

It is not worth it to be quick and quick, and leave a bad impression on Shangguan.

The various armies began to withdraw to Huaian one after another, and the prisoners could be seen everywhere on the road. The faces of many generals were all red, and from time to time they let out a hearty laugh.

The results of this war have been preliminarily calculated, and the results are brilliant.

Among them, 34,000 enemy troops were directly killed, and 110,000 enemy troops were captured.

However, the loss of the Qing army was more than 144,000 people.

In the process of escaping, many soldiers were scattered, and some quietly returned to their hometowns, or went up to the mountains to become bandits.

In short, there were only 140,000 troops left by Dorgon in Xuzhou.

After this battle, the Qing army lost 160,000 main force, and its vitality was severely damaged.

More importantly, they lost all the artillery, a lot of guns, a lot of horses, and all kinds of other massive supplies.

These materials, to a certain extent, are even more important than the 160,000 troops.

After all, it is easier to recruit 160,000 soldiers, but it is very difficult to build those advanced weapons in a short period of time.

After the war, Dorgon no longer has the ability to unify the country.

Next, there are many more headaches for him to deal with.

The main force of the Eight Banners suffered heavy losses. The 160,000 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers returned only 70,000 people, a total loss of 90,000.

Without this core army, how to effectively control the north in the future will be a problem.

In the past, a large number of Ming troops surrendered because the Qing army was strong. Now that the Qing army is weak, those who surrendered are no longer reliable.

For the Wu army, the losses in this battle were not small. The number of people who died directly in the battle reached more than 12,000, all of which were just dropped in the decisive battle.

There were also more than 2,000 people who were seriously injured. These people would have to retire even if they were rescued, and had completely lost their combat effectiveness.

Minor injuries are not counted and are of little significance.

This is Wu Jun's loss. Compared with the gain, this loss is not worth mentioning.

The 110,000 prisoners, after a period of adaptation, can become a battleable soldier again.

However, Wu Jun's side is actually not short of troops, and he doesn't even want too many troops. It takes too much money to raise troops. If these 110,000 people are converted into their own troops, the military expenditure will increase by at least 50%.

In Wu Changqing's plan, among the 110,000 soldiers, he would select at most 50,000 to adapt. The rest are either sent to work in the mines or sent to the factories.

In short, the country is now rapidly industrializing, and there are many places where labor is needed, and there is always a place for them.

Compared with the harvest of soldiers, the harvest of materials is even greater.

Those more than 100 artillery pieces are very valuable, and there are thousands of flintlock guns, and more than 20,000 war horses. These are weapons and equipment that Wu Jun is envious of.

In addition to these, there are also a large number of cold weapons, enough to equip 200,000 troops.

Of course, these seizures are not the biggest gains of this battle. The most important significance of this battle is that it greatly weakened the power of the Qing court.

Not to mention half a year, even if the Qing court is given another year or two, they will not be able to recover their vitality.

Conference room, everyone will gather together.

After Wu Changqing came in, he first exchanged a few words and said a few words about your hard work.

After that, he quickly got to the point and said, "An emergency report is announced. When we were in a decisive battle with the Qing Dynasty, King Lu sent troops to attack Jiaxing. Jiaxing was already lost, and the opponent was marching towards Songjiang and Suzhou."

Wu Changqing's words shocked many people

Surprised, they couldn't figure out why the good King Lu wanted to stab him in the back.

And some core members like Li Shaobin are relatively calm at this time, this is what they planned.

Liu Hansan was a showman, pretending to be completely ignorant, and suddenly said angrily: "There's no reason, we are on the front line to expel the Tartars and regain our homeland. He Zhu Yihai didn't give us food and wages, that's all, he even colluded with the Tartars and took the opportunity to attack us. Behind him, his heart can be punished."

His words won the approval of many people, because what Liu Hansan said was basically the truth.

Zhu Yihai never paid them military salaries and gave them almost no support.

It was given to an army because Zhu Yihai could not afford it, and it was a burden to Wu Changqing.

Precisely because he did not get any benefit from Zhu Yihai, not many people in the Wu army would take Zhu Yihai seriously.

"This King Lu is going too far. The other emperors still have a glass of wine to release their military power after the world is settled. What is he, who kills us and wants to defeat the Manchus just because of their rubbish?"

Chen Shichang cursed.

Many generals felt an inexplicable sadness in their hearts. There is a big difference between their generals and civil servants, that is, civil servants can climb up without any worries.

As a military general, it is not that the higher the credit, the better. If the credit exceeds the emperor, it will be dangerous.

There are not many generals and heroes who can get a good death in history. Among them, the most hated one who kills heroes is Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.

This also makes many people think that the Zhu family has such a tradition.