Chapter 48 Encirclement

  Today's second update is here, thank you for the warmth and support from 12, and a big thank you to the two classmates who gave me rewards.

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  At this time, 60,000 Qing troops had been annihilated, with 6,000 killed. The new army and the flag army were largely destroyed, leaving only 15,000 Green Standard Army soldiers and 5,000 porters.

  Because Sun Daoren suddenly killed, disrupting Xia Jun's battle plan, Xia Jun had to abandon the idea of solving the battle on that day and instead launched a siege against the Qing army at dusk.

  The 03 camp stationed at Baishuiyuan has come out of the mountain and blocked the official road, and also mobilized the young and strong men from surrounding villages to dig trenches for encirclement.

  These villages have long been in a state of self-governance, listening to the mobilization of the security teams.

  Under the digging of over a thousand young and strong men, as well as the 3rd Regiment, the trenches blocking the Qing army's retreat route were completed before nightfall that day.

  The Qing army, which was defeated and retreated, was directly blocked by the 3rd Regiment and forced back.

  The 1st and 2nd battalions quickly followed up, surrounding the remaining Qing troops on the riverbank of Baishuiyuan. The ships in Jianxi had already been stopped, unless the Qing troops jumped into the water and swam back to Fuzhou, there was no possibility of escape.

  It's even more hopeless to rush into the mountains, and a company of Qing troops was scattered in the White Water Source area. Although there were not many people, the Qing troops who had cleaned up the mountain were completely sufficient.

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  "You are already surrounded, you can't escape. Put down your weapons and surrender immediately. The security team will treat prisoners of war with kindness. After surrendering, we won't beat or kill you, and we won't take your belongings. You'll be given white rice to eat until you're full, and two months later, we'll give you travel expenses to return home - two silver dollars for travel expenses, two silver dollars for travel expenses... If you don't surrender by tonight, it will all be gone..."

  A large loudspeaker was moved to Baishuiyuan, the equipment for persuasion has been updated and replaced, the volume has become more powerful, Mandarin, Northern Min, Southern Min, Western Fujian, Eastern Fujian, Wu language are broadcast in rotation.

  The remaining Qing troops were mostly some Green Standard Army soldiers and footmen, all of whom were Han people. The treatment after capture was naturally good, these Green Standard Army soldiers had no grudges against Xia Jun, and Xia Jun would not have taken things to the extreme, so they were released after two months of ideological education.

  At the same time, put these people back, and when the security team really wants to fully occupy Fujian, it will be much easier.

  That night, groups of Qing soldiers went to the garrison of the Paohan Army with searchlights and surrendered. Song Shou didn't dare to stop them even if he wanted to.

  At first those Qing soldiers still had some misgivings, especially the porters. By dawn they discovered that people had already run half way, if they didn't run now...

  The remaining half of the Qing soldiers also ran away. The porters saw no one stopping them and followed suit, running to surrender as well.

  Shōju was really too tired, and before he knew it, he had fallen asleep. As a result, Shōju's guards also sneaked away at dawn, and when Shōju woke up the next day, he found that the entire camp was empty, leaving only him alone...

  Before long, the guards surrounded and captured Songshou.

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  One night, 14,600 Green Camp soldiers surrendered, and the 6,000 porters also followed to surrender. Adding the previous 6,000 Qing troops that were killed, Xia Jun got 35 million points, but those 6,000 porters didn't give him any points at all! These were innocent civilians who had been conscripted!

  The security team suffered only 53 casualties, with three instructors killed in the bayonet fight. Xia Jun was not too concerned about these casualties, as this battle gave the soldiers experience in bayonet fighting and they would not panic next time they encountered such a situation.

  At the same time, after completing the bayonet drill, the morale of the two battalions soared, allowing them to establish a strong sense of self-confidence.

  As for the instructor's performance, Xia Jun was still very satisfied. An instructor who can lead by example and set a good example is a qualified instructor. Those who only hide in the back and talk nonsense are just inferior goods.

  Chen Xuan Yu.

  "Belonging to the lower class."

  "Get going and organize personnel to clean up the battlefield." Xia Jun commanded Chen Xuan Yu.

  "Yes."

  "Order Regiments 02 and 03 to search the mountainous areas to see if there are any remaining Qing troops, meanwhile organize the militia from surrounding villages to strengthen their guard."

  Just then, a phone call came into the command center.

  "Captain, Song Shou has been caught," reported a student from the Army Academy who was serving as an aide after answering the phone to Xia Jun.

  "Take him to the vegetable market and get rid of him." Xia Jun heard this and didn't think twice, directly waving his hand to order.

  Then he opened the system by himself and found that his points had increased by 5 million.

  Who would have thought this old devil is so valuable?

  In comparison, Sun Dao Ren, a historical speculator, was not worth much and only contributed 100 points to Xia Jun. This guy was a speculator, but at least he stood on the side of the revolution during the Xinhai Revolution, so he didn't contribute many points.

  This battle earned Xia Jun 40 million points, and with the 26 million points he already had, his total points surged to 66 million, giving him a sense of being an overnight sensation.

  How to squander this sum of points is a headache problem.

  He wants to build many things, but he can't have his cake and eat it. Should he use the points to improve people's livelihood or to build munitions factories?

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  The news of the Security Regiment's complete victory spread throughout western Fujian in just three days, and the people's minds in western Fujian quickly stabilized.

  Song Shou was pressed in a prisoner's cart and paraded around Jian'an County three times.

  "Is that the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang?"

  "That's right, it's him, fat-headed and fat-brained, looks like he's embezzled a lot of people's money."

  "I heard that the captain is going to execute this guy! What if the imperial court sends someone to investigate?"

  "You don't know anything, the security team's elite soldiers are so strong, even if the imperial court comes, it won't be of any use. This time, the security team defeated a 30,000-strong army and only had fifty or so casualties, most of whom were injured, not killed."

  The people of Jian'an County pointed at Song Shou, and the tour of the street can be said to be China's traditional "customs". Even in the 21st century, this kind of street tour still exists, and it has always been the most watched.

  The parade quickly turned into the people of Song throwing rotten eggs and cabbage at Song Shou, and by the time he had made three rounds of the city, he was no longer recognizable, with a lump of black cow dung stuck to his face.

  Song Shou was dragged to the vegetable market, where five soldiers stood guard, aiming their rifles at him.

  "Carry out the execution by firing squad."

  "Bang bang bang......"

  The bullet was fired, and Song Shou was hit by the powerful Chun Tian rifle, with holes all over his body...

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