The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

The escape of Shi Lin and Lu Chongyao accelerated the surrender of Guangzhou City.

When the Qing soldiers guarding the city learned that Shi Lin and Lu Chongyao had abandoned the city and ran away with the Eight Banners soldiers, everyone knew that Guangzhou City could no longer be defended, and there was no point in defending it.

The officials have already run away, so why do they, the soldiers, continue to die in this meaningless way?

So, when the two rounds of artillery fire coverage by the Ming army ended, white flags were hung on the walls of Guangzhou.

The Ming army immediately ushered in its first large-scale wave of prisoners.

"Sir, Governor Shi Lin of Guangdong and Guangxi and General Lu Chongyao of Guangzhou have escaped together with thousands of Tatar soldiers in the city. Do we want to pursue them?"

An officer reported to Li Zhenhua.

"If you run away, run away. This group of chickens and dogs are already struggling to survive. Let them live for a few more days. First, deal with the prisoners of war and give me a good look at Guangzhou. The banks of the previous state capitals The warehouse is empty, I still don’t believe it’s still empty here.”

Li Zhenhua waved his hand and responded.

Although the Tatars ran away and the battle in Guangzhou was not perfect, he had no intention of sending anyone to chase him.

First of all, these fleeing Tatars are all cavalry, while the front-line troops in Guangzhou of the Ming Dynasty are all infantry, so they may not be able to catch up if they want to pursue them.

In addition, as the Ming army began to fully recover the area south of the Yangtze River, the only places where these Tatars could escape were Guangxi and Annan.

There's only so much space, so it's just a matter of a few days of more or less time.

In addition, the Jinyiwei had previously sent news that many Qing officials had fled to Annan recently. If the Tatar army also fled to Annan, Annan and even the entire peninsula would probably become quite interesting.

Based on his understanding of His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty must be happy to see such a scene.

In this case, why are we chasing these people? We can wait some time before sending troops to Guangxi to drive all the Tatars to the peninsula.

He also wanted to see what kind of chemical reaction there would be between these Tatars and the natives of the peninsula.

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This Guangzhou battle, in which both sides brought together 30 troops, lasted less than a day and ended completely. The speed of the end was staggering.

In this battle, the Qing Army's 23 water and land divisions were completely wiped out, except for a few thousand Tatar soldiers who escaped.

Among them, more than 2 people were killed directly in battle, more than 4 were injured, and 16 were captured. Basically all of these casualties came from the Ming army's shelling.

The Ming army suffered only a few hundred casualties, most of which were caused by the Qing army's city defense artillery.

After the battle, the prisoners, whose hands and feet could not stop shaking under the guard of the Ming army soldiers, began to burn the corpses and backfill the trench craters.

The Tatar officers were all pulled out and treated as pollution-free.

It is worth mentioning that the bank coffers in Guangzhou City are finally no longer as empty as those in other state capitals in Guangdong.

Not only that, there is still a little bit more money in Guangzhou City.

When the door of the city's bank was opened, Li Zhenhua's eyes were blinded by the mountains of silver.

"It seems like these dog Tatars have really transported all the money to Guangzhou!"

Li Zhenhua looked excited. In the previous state capital cities that were not defended by soldiers, all the treasuries were without half a penny.

Now looking at the silver mountain in front of me, it seems that it has all been transported here!This city of Guangzhou is really well beaten!

Li Zhenhua quickly ordered someone to count the amount of silver. This check was even more shocking.

The treasury silver plus the silver taken from the houses of those officials totaled 1500 million taels!

"Sure enough, it's not as fast as making money directly from doing business. Unfortunately, this is just a one-time deal."

Li Zhenhua sighed sincerely when he saw the amount of silver counted by the soldiers.

But then I thought about it, the world is so big, and there seem to be many places where you can do this kind of deal.

In fact, the reason why there is so much silver in the Guangzhou city bank is entirely because it is the total tax revenue of Guangdong, Dongguang and Xi provinces last year plus the tax revenue during this year's busy season (Shang busy refers to the 2nd day of the lunar calendar). -April, the general collection rate is 4% for the whole year).

Originally, the money should have been transported to Beijing long ago, but because the Ming army suddenly attacked Fujian and then all the way to Nanjing, this directly led to the road of tax money heading north full of uncertainty.

I don't know where the Ming army reached by land, but the water route was entirely to send money to the Ming army. Shi Lin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was worried about the accident with the tax money, so he temporarily kept the money.

Now, all this money has made Emperor Zhu Da cheaper.

And when Zhu Heyi received the telegram from Li Zhenhua that the Guangzhou victory captured 16 Qing troops and captured 1500 million in silver, he almost grinned from the corners of his mouth to his ears.

A full 16 construction corps soldiers!This is another large amount of free labor!

Now, with the rapid expansion of the recovered areas, a large amount of infrastructure construction requires manpower. Not to mention 16, even 160 million is not too much for him.

And the 1500 million silver coins made him even more happy.

Although every time a city was conquered, the Tatar gentlemen in the city would donate their property to the Ming Dynasty, but no one would dislike the wealth in their hands.

And as the stalls get bigger and bigger, there are more and more places to spend money.

It costs money to build a new factory, it costs money to recruit new soldiers, it costs money to make guns and cannons, it also costs money to build roads and bridges.

Although there is system support, the equipment cost has been reduced to the point where it is almost negligible, but materials cost money and labor costs money.

Emperor Zhu Da said that he would feel very insecure if he didn't save a little money.

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The recovery of Guangzhou City and the annihilation of 23 Qing troops represented that the largest Qing army in the entire area south of the Yangtze River had become a thing of the past.

With the help of Jin Yiwei, this news spread throughout China at a speed far faster than before.

For those Tatars who were still thinking about gathering strength to resist the Ming army, this news was like a wake-up call.

The city of Guangzhou, which had 23 soldiers, was unable to hold on for a day under the attack of tens of thousands of Ming troops. So what could these rotten tomatoes and rotten eggs do to resist the Ming army?

After the news spread, the Tatars in the area south of the Yangtze River began to migrate on a large scale.

Those who had official positions in the Qing court began to flee south with their families, while those who did not serve in the court took their silver and fled north.

Such a large-scale flight of the Tatars in the eyes of the people means that the Qing Dynasty is about to fall!

Therefore, the eyes of some bullied people changed when they looked at the fleeing Tatars.

They did not dare to take action against those officials who were protected by guards and fled south, but those who fled north?

The Tatars' flight north has now become a road to survival.

The angry people, the bandits who were jealous of the Tatars carrying their property, and the Jin Yiwei who were responsible for robbery and killing, together set up a series of hell gates for these Tatars.

Countless Tatars fell on the way north amid wailing and screaming.

According to later historical records and incomplete statistics, the number of Tatars who fled north during the first year of Tianyun reached 2 due to attacks by angry people and bandits, and countless properties were looted.

This northern flight of the Tatars is also called the Bloody Migration.

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