In this battle, the rebel army suffered more than 000 casualties, and the casualties of these more than 000 were basically all under the command of Hazhan's Banner. The bravery of the Eight Banners is indeed well-known, and the opponent's casualties were almost ten times more casualties with just over 400 people. If Hazhan had not been careless and actually fought in the city with the disadvantage of cavalry, the outcome of this victory or defeat was really hard to say.

Although the casualties were large, the rebel army also gained great results. The rebel army, which had been in the army for less than a month, actually wiped out the entire regular official army in one fell swoop. What is even more encouraging is that there are more than 400 elite Zhenglan Banners. Such a result was undoubtedly a great victory for the rebel army. It not only boosted the morale of the rebel army, but also made the leaders of the rebel army full of confidence in the great cause of anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

The pursuit ended until the sunset, and when night fell, the battle ended completely. It was not that Yuan Qi did not take advantage of the victory to completely eliminate Hazhan, Huang Hutian and others. The key is that there were almost very few night battles in this era.

Unlike later generations, people in this era lack nutrition and do not have so many rich foods to supplement balancedly, so many people suffer from night blindness. In fact, this was the same during the Republic of China period. The army did not fight at night when they wanted to fight, and led a group of night blindness patients to fight? This is simply a joke. These people couldn't even see clearly when the weather was dark, and they were blind at night. Once this battle really hit, they would be defeated first.

Therefore, wars basically occurred during the day, and night battles were only a very small number. When the day was getting dark, Yuan Qi, who had won a great victory, ordered the attack to stop, began to clean up the battlefield, and led the army to turn back to Shangyu.

When he returned to the city and counted the results of the battle, the upper and lower parts were filled with excitement. Such a great victory greatly boosted the morale of the rebel army. Except for a few escaped, the rest of the more than 1,500 official troops were wiped out. At this point, Yuan Qi's prestige in the rebel army reached its peak, and his identity as a loyal and brave king can be said to be the veritable first person.

The voices that had privately criticized Yuan Qi for Liu Zongyu's death completely disappeared after this battle. Of course, as for what the leaders thought, they couldn't control it. At least the cohesion of the entire rebel army was completely different from before. Even the people who suffered from the rebel army in the city were secretly shocked and felt aroused in their hearts. Could it be that the day would be really turned over?

War is the best way to train the team. This sentence is true at all. After this battle, Yuan Qi, who was still considering how to take the next step, has firmly determined his idea of ​​continuing to expand. On the one hand, he started to reorganize the team, and on the other hand, he has turned his attention to Shaoxing Prefecture in the west.

Shangyu is located in the eastern part of Zhejiang, and its geographical location is not very good. If the rebel army wants to develop, it must jump out of Yuyao and Shangyu. There are generally three directions. The first one is to the east, with Ningbo Prefecture as the main goal, take Ningbo Prefecture and surrounding counties and towns, and occupy eastern Zhejiang. But to the east of Ningbo is the sea and Zhoushan Islands. Unless Yuan Qi wants to learn from Zheng Chenggong going to sea back then, this direction is not the first choice.

Secondly, march southward and jump out of Zhejiang and head towards Fujian, which is not a good place. Not to mention Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, Fujian is far inferior to the rich Zhejiang in terms of population and wealth. Moreover, there are many mountains in Fujian. Although they can rely on the mountains to deal with the official army, they have lost the opportunity to grow rapidly. Once trapped in the mountains, the future of the entire rebel army can be imagined.

The third is to face northwest, Shangyu heading northwest, first Shaoxing Prefecture, and then the provincial capital Hangzhou. These are all the most prosperous cities in Zhejiang, and they are also the important tax places of the Qing Dynasty. If Hangzhou can be taken over, basically the entire Zhejiang will be in the hands of the rebel army, which will not only gain advantages in military, population, financial resources, etc., but will also bring a major blow to the Qing Dynasty.

One more thing is that Hangzhou continues to go north to Jiangning. Jiangning is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and the land of dragon prosperity for Zhu Ming to make his fortune. Zhu Yuanzhang was the world that he only gained after occupying Nanjing. What's more, after taking Jiangning, he could compete with the entire Qing Dynasty based on the danger of the Yangtze River. Even if he could not conquer the world in one fell swoop, the chance of digging the river was also extremely high.

I have to say that Yuan Qi had a good tactical vision, so he finally chose the attack direction of Shaoxing Prefecture-Hangzhou-Jiangning. You should know that the same was true for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in later generations. After the Jintian Uprising, he advanced northward, attacked Hangzhou and occupied Jiangning, and finally established the capital of Nanjing, which made the Qing Dynasty go upside down and almost died.

A few days later, the huge rebel army completed its rebel army and officially rushed towards Shaoxing. At this time, Shaoxing Prefecture had already learned about the Shangyu Incident, and then the news of Hazhan's defeat came one after another. Shaoxing Prefecture was shocked and sent a letter of help from Shaoxing to Hangzhou. At the same time, Shaoxing Prefecture was quick to prepare for the army and prepared for defense.

But Shaoxing Prefecture did not expect Yuan Qi to come so quickly. Before the reinforcements from the surrounding prefectures and counties arrived, Yuan Qi's more than 30,000 rebels had already appeared in Shaoxing. Unlike Shangyu, facing the guarded Shaoxing, the rebels gathered outside the city to set up formations, surrounded Shaoxing in groups and began a crazy siege.

This time, the rebel army's replenishment and expansion through Yuyao and Shangyu not only had more than 30,000 troops, but also had sufficient siege equipment. Shaoxing was not a military town, and after the news of Hazhan's defeat came, the people in Shaoxing were already in panic. At the beginning of the siege, the rebel army was full of momentum, shouting the slogans of anti-Qing, Fuming and Wusheng's old mother, and rushed towards the city wall. The rebel army was not afraid of death. On the first day, the Shaoxing defenders had suffered heavy casualties. If the prefect Wu Wensi had not mobilized his troops to fight to the death, the city would have been broken.

But Wu Wensi never expected that when he was trying to find a way to strengthen the city defense to respond to the next day's siege, a news caused him to fall into despair. The guard Bao Jian actually surrendered to the enemy. Seeing that the rebel army was in great power and Shaoxing was about to lose its protection, the guard Bao Jian killed the generals and opened the city gate and let the rebel army enter the city.

In this way, Shaoxing Prefecture fell into the hands of the rebels, and the surging rebels entered the city, and the officers and soldiers completely lost their morale and were defeated. When Wu Wensi learned the news, the situation was irreversible and he was eventually killed in the city. Except for a few of the remaining officials who escaped in the chaos, most of them were either killed or captured by the rebels.

When the sun rose the next day, Shaoxing Prefecture had already hung the Ming Dynasty flag. With the fall of Shaoxing, panic about the rebel army was scattered. Where did the surrounding prefectures and counties dare to directly compete with the rebel army? They urgently recalled the reinforcements sent to shrink their forces to protect themselves. At the same time, the official letter of help was sent to the provincial government and various departments like snowflakes.

After taking Shaoxing, the rebel army expanded further. Zhu Yicheng and Yuan Qi's name resounded throughout the entire Jiangnan at the same time. The civil forces in various places echoed each other. In just a few days, more than ten large and small uprisings were everywhere in Zhejiang's prefectures and counties, and Jiangnan was about to be in ruins.

When the Hangzhou Governor Huang Bingzhong was dispatching troops to rescue Shaoxing, someone rushed to report it. When he learned that Shaoxing was captured within two days, he was shocked. At this time, Yuan Qi had gathered 80,000 people, claiming to be a 300,000 army to the outside world. He occupied Shaoxing and looked at Hangzhou, and the situation in Jiangnan was in great crisis.
Chapter completed!