The regaining of Tianshuang County marked the end of the battle for Zhaoqing.
On the same day that Tianshuang County was conquered, Lin Yi led the first and second brigade and continued south.
On the 25th of August, the second and fourth divisions of the Dragonxiang Army suddenly appeared from the east and west, cutting off the retreat route of the alliance.
The allied forces, who were still arguing with each other, were completely dumbfounded by Shanhai City's actions.
On the 26th of August, Zhang Han led a temporary division and met up with Bai Qi. Bai Qi immediately gave the order for the army to move forward and surround Yun An County.
In the following days, the alliance tried to break out of the encirclement several times, but to no avail.
On the 27th of August, Lin Yi led his troops and officially met up with the two divisions of the Dragonxiang Army.
The retreat route of the alliance was completely blocked.
On the 29th of August, Sun Bin led the second and fourth divisions of the Tiger Army and finally reached Zhaoqing's battlefield a day earlier.
With that, the entire Zhaoqing County was now filled with the Forbidden Guards, two divisions of the Dragonxiang Army, two divisions of the Tiger Army, one division of the Leopard Army, one division of the Garrison Army, and one temporary division. There were a total of eight divisions, with a total of one hundred and ten thousand men.
One hundred and ten thousand men were trapped in Yun An County, without reinforcements or food supplies.
Surrender was the only option for the alliance.
The members of the Southern Alliance were stubborn and refused to surrender no matter what.
Ouyang Shuo received the news from the frontline and immediately gave the order for the Forbidden Guards to cooperate with Luo Shixin's division to sweep through the northern part of Zhaoqing County, leaving no survivors.
At this time, the northern part of Zhaoqing County was only left with a few remaining soldiers, nothing to worry about.
In less than a week, the northern part of Zhaoqing County was completely pacified. The lords of Zhaoqing County were all teleported to Quan Zhou by Gaia.
On the 5th of September, Xiao He led a group of officials and teleported to Wulong County to take over Zhaoqing County.
The last hope of reinforcements was gone, and the Southern Alliance was in despair. Ruan Ping and the others knew that there was no hope of escaping and did not want to be captured, so they all committed suicide in the city and returned to their territories to reincarnate.
The moment they returned, dozens of members of the Southern Alliance announced that they would expand their army by ten thousand to deal with the future threat of Shanhai City. Ruan Ping also officially replaced Buddha He and ascended the throne of the [Southern Alliance].
On the tenth day of the ninth month, He Fo, the only son of the feudal lords, led his troops out of the city and surrendered. The famous general Di Qing and a hundred thousand allied soldiers surrendered together with Buddha He.
At this point, the Battle of Zhao Qing, which had lasted for one and a half months, officially came to an end.
With the end of the campaign, Gaia's blockade of the channels and forums was officially lifted. Gossip about the battle of Zhaoqing instantly filled the forums.
Everyone knew that Shanhai City had won another crucial victory.
September 14th, Wulong County.
Bai Qi, Han Xin, and the other generals abandoned their troops and rushed to Wulong County to see the Marquis. Song Wen, Buddha He, and Di Qing also arrived with Bai Qi and the other generals.
Ouyang Shuo held a military conference in Wulong County.
Besides the generals, Xiao He and the four bureau chiefs of the protectorate were also present.
In this battle, except for the Tianshuang County Regiment, whose designation was revoked. The other Regiments also suffered losses. The total number of casualties exceeded twenty thousand.
Of course, the number of captured soldiers was also astronomical.
In the battle of the southern part of Zhaoqing County, more than forty thousand soldiers were captured. Zhang Han had already reorganized them into a temporary regiment.
Outside Wulong County, more than thirty-five thousand soldiers of the Qu Yi Army were captured.
Outside Genglou County, more than forty thousand soldiers of the Left Army were captured.
Inside Tianshuang County, more than twenty thousand soldiers of the Tianshuang County were captured.
In Yunan County, more than a hundred thousand soldiers of the Tianshuang County surrendered.
The number of prisoners of war that needed to be reorganized was close to two hundred thousand, which was more than the total number of soldiers of Shanhai City.
Reorganizing such a large army was a big problem.
In the battle of Zhaoqing, the weakness of Shanhai City's insufficient army was undoubtedly exposed. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo was determined to carry out a large-scale expansion of the army this time.
Although reorganizing the army was the responsibility of the military bureau, everyone knew that the framework of reorganizing the army was decided by the Marquis alone.
Even Du Ruhui would not say a word at this time.
When He Fo surrendered, Ouyang Shuo was already planning the reorganization of the army.
In this military conference, Ouyang Shuo officially revealed his reorganization plan.
First, the designation of the Tianshuang County City Guard Regiment was officially revoked, and the remaining two thousand soldiers were to be reorganized.
Naturally, Song Wu's position as the regiment commander would also be removed.
The Song Clan's mark on the Tianshuang County City Guard Regiment was simply too deep. Many of the officers in the army were descendants of the Song Clan. Even though the Song Clan was related to Ouyang Shuo by marriage, they were not tolerated by Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo could make use of this opportunity to get rid of this hidden danger.
This was the time when the Song Clan needed to rely on Ouyang Shuo the most. Even if they were dissatisfied, they wouldn't dare to say anything. This was the best opportunity.
Once the Song Clan regained their composure, Ouyang Shuo wouldn't be able to deal a heavy blow to them.
Second, replenish the twelve thousand soldiers that the various divisions had lost.
In order to make up for the losses of the various divisions, Ouyang Shuo set down a rule that in future battles, the various divisions would be given priority, and the elite soldiers would be given priority to them.
After the various divisions had replenished their losses, the remaining prisoners of war would be reorganized. In other words, the most elite prisoners of war would be added to the various divisions.
This way, the combat strength of the various divisions wouldn't be significantly reduced because of the losses.
Third, establish the Garrison Division.
Apart from the Zhaoqing County Police Division and the Lianzhou County Police Division, Ouyang Shuo had also formed two additional police divisions.
One of the Garrison Divisions would be added to the Shanhai City Guard Regiment.
As the center of the territory, Shanhai City seemed a little weak with only one City Guard Regiment. This made Ouyang Shuo feel somewhat constrained when he mobilized the Imperial Guard Regiment.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo made use of this opportunity to expand the City Guard Regiment into two divisions. In this way, even if the Imperial Guard Regiment wasn't in Shanhai City, there wouldn't be any worries in the headquarters.
In the future, Ouyang Shuo's goal was to upgrade the City Guard Regiment into a City Guard Regiment, which would be able to suppress the other four divisions.
Currently, there were two divisions that he didn't have to worry about for the time being. If he expanded the Garrison Division in one go, he would have sufficient soldiers. However, Shanhai City's finances might not be able to bear the burden.
Although Shanhai City was becoming more prosperous, its financial income was also very impressive. But overall, it was still in a stage of rapid development and needed to be continuously invested.
Ouyang Shuo didn't want to drain the pond and cause too much of a burden on Shanhai City's military expenses.
The other Garrison Division was prepared for Jade Buddha County.
Jade Buddha County was a nail that Ouyang Shuo had planted in Jiaozhou County. In order to protect this nail and prevent it from being removed by the [Southern Alliance], it naturally needed to be heavily guarded.
The commanders of the four guard regiments were also selected one by one.
The Lian Zhou County Garrison Division Commander was Hu Yibiao, who had already been selected. The commander of the Zhaoqing Prefecture Guard Division was the young general, Su Wang.
As for the remaining two Garrison Division Commanders, Ouyang Shuo left it to the military office to decide.
No matter what, Ouyang Shuo still had to respect Du Ruhui, the head of the military office, and give her limited authority to appoint and dismiss generals.
Otherwise, in the long run, Du Ruhui's days would not be easy.
Using this opportunity, Ouyang Shuo also arranged Song Wu's duties. Song Wu was appointed as the Deputy Commander of Leizhou County Garrison Division by Ouyang Shuo, which was equivalent to dropping half a rank.
If Song Wu performed well in the future, it was not impossible for Ouyang Shuo to promote him to Regiment Commander.
In this battle, the performance of the Leizhou County Garrison Division was acknowledged by Bai Qi. Regiment Commander Zhao Yan naturally returned to Ouyang Shuo's sight.
At the right time, Ouyang Shuo was prepared to reassign Zhao Yan back to the field army.
The fourth was to expand the Tao Leopard Corps.
Ouyang Shuo wanted to reorganize the Tao Leopard Corps in one go.
Zhang Han replaced Wei Zhang as the Regiment Commander of the Tao Leopard Corps' First Regiment. Wei Zhang took over Zhang Han's temporary Regiment Commander, and its designation was set as the Tao Leopard Corps' Second Regiment.
In the army, the First to Fourth Regiments seemed to be of the same rank, but in reality, there were still some differences. The higher the rank, the higher the position.
The Regiment Commander of the First Regiment was the strongest contender for the future Regiment Commander position. Whether it was Shi Wansui of the Dragon Elephant Corps or Fan Lihua of the Tiger Corps, they were all the same.
Zhang Han became the third person.
After all, with Zhang Han's ability, it was more than enough for him to become a Regiment Commander. At the right time, Zhang Han would be promoted once more.
Other than that, he would reorganize two more Regiments from the prisoners of war and give them the designation of Tao Leopard Corps' Third Regiment and Fourth Regiment.
The surrendered General Di Qing took the position of Tao Leopard Corps' Third Regiment's Commander.
Di Qing's ability had already shown off in the battle of Zhaoqing. Compared to Wei Zhang, he was naturally superior. However, he was a new surrendered General, so he could only be under Wei Zhang.
Under Luo Shixin's tent, there were two young generals, Shao Bu and Sun Chuanlin. Both of them were first-rate cavalry generals. In this battle, their performance could be said to be outstanding.
Sun Chuanlin was a general who specialized in cavalry and archery. He was brave and steady in battle. Ouyang Shuo took a liking to him and promoted him to be the Tao Leopard Corps' Fourth Regiment's Commander.
After Lin Yi, this was the second Shanhai City field division commander that had been nurtured by Shanhai City.
Coincidentally, both Lin Yi and Sun Chuanlin were previously under Luo Shixin's tent. Together with Shao Bu and Sun Tengjiao, they were the four generals from before.
Luo Shixin's Regiment was the territory's First Cavalry Regiment. It was the first regiment to pass the Regiment Commander's test, and its status was second only to the Imperial Guard Regiment.
The two cavalry regiments could be said to be the territory's two walls.
Luo Shixin, the young general, was also gaining Ouyang Shuo's recognition. Luo Shixin's potential hadn't been used up yet. There was still the possibility of him improving further.
Ouyang Shuo looked forward to the day Luo Shixin became an Imperial General. (To be continued.)
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