Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 454: The Qing Dynasty Excavated the Yellow River and Flooded the Seventh Army!

"Everyone, these three paths, you can choose according to your own choice!"

Qian Jue is serious.

"One is to die for the Qing Dynasty. Although it is a bit late, I really can't think about it, and I don't stop it. After all, some of you are Manchurian officials."

"The second is to abandon the government and leave. Jinan is not far from Weihaiwei. You can go to Weihaiwei and take a Dutch boat to cross the sea. But I need to remind you that most of the overseas countries are now the land of Ming Dynasty. It is best to escape to Europa! "

"The third is to stick to your job and wait for the Ming court to send someone to take over the place. Maybe we will arrange a smaller official for us at that time. If it is not good, we will lose the official and go home!"

Qian Jue made clear arrangements for the people below, and also specially reminded those Manchu officials to die for the country as soon as possible, and to escape as soon as possible!
Such a boss is really thoughtful and caring, what else can the officials below say?

The only disadvantage is that the first is a dead end, the second will definitely be sent to Australia by the Dutchman Julio for mining, and the third is unknown, it is a gamble, but no matter what, there are only these three roads up.

As soon as the words fell, Qian Jue left in a hurry, because he had a secret letter from Nalan Mingzhu in his hand.

Being able to send a secret letter from the capital that was conquered by Daming shows that his backing has not yet fallen. He roughly guessed the content of the letter, which is nothing more than asking him to cooperate with Daming. But with this letter, Qian Jue is going to set things right The hero of the new dynasty!

The news that the emperor surrendered to the enemy and the Qing Dynasty disappeared began to spread like wind in Zhili, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Huaibei and other places.

Moreover, this is not gossip, but a copy of the lower table issued in the form of an imperial edict issued by the Ming Dynasty. It is bilingual in Manchu and Chinese, and it also uses the emperor's treasure. The father-in-law and the guards who copied the copy were right, and there was no problem with the Manchu script on the copy.

There were also some more vigilant officials who followed the father-in-law who sent the copy, the guards, and the accompanying guards to inquire about the affairs of the capital.

The things I inquired about were scary!
First of all, the capital must have fallen!

Not only did the capital fall, but even nearby state capitals such as Tianjin, Yongping, and Zunhua also fell.

Secondly, it is certain that Kangxi was captured!

Not only the father-in-law, guards, and entourage who sent the surrender form can prove it, but also the bannermen and banner slaves who ran away quickly, or Shanxi merchants who made a living in Beijing, all saw or heard with their own eyes or heard that their emperor was transported in a cage. Out of the capital!
As a result, the Qing Dynasty was in complete chaos. All officials were preparing their own way out, and only a few diehards were still holding on.

For example, Jin Fu, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, a water conservancy expert, and the governor of the river, and a person with a yellow banner in the Han army.

Beginning in 1677, he devoted himself to the task of harnessing the Yellow River.

As soon as he heard the news that the Qing Dynasty was gone, the first thing he did was to rush to Dangshan in Xuzhou Prefecture together with local officials and supervisors.

Why are you here?
Because Dangshan is a small place with a big history, its geographical location is dangerous.

The description of it in the history books is as follows: Mangdang Mountain is majestic in front, the Yellow River is in the back, and it was the mouth of Bianjing in ancient times, and the gateway of Xuhuai. It is known as the thoroughfare of Kyushu and the hub of the world. The only access to the bridge.

In 1168, in order to prevent the Jin army from going south, Du Chong, a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, caused the Yellow River to burst and diverge. One branch went straight to the south of Shanxian County, Yucheng, and north of Dangshan Mountain. This was the beginning of the Yellow River flowing through Dangshan Mountain. Since then, The fate of the Yellow River and Dangshan are closely linked, and the days of ups and downs have begun.

In order to attack the Ming army, regardless of the hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou, they brazenly breached the Panlongji section of Dangshan Mountain in the Yellow River, flooding the entire water system around Xuzhou Prefecture.

Fortunately, the rainy season had passed by this time, and it was not the time when the river was most abundant, but after all, it was a breach of the Yellow River, even if it was a small breach, it would still submerge the entire low-lying Xuzhou Prefecture.

Fortunately, Jin Yiwei found out the news in advance, and the Royal Navy of Ming Dynasty sent some small ships to support, so that the loss of Wang Xianwu's Northern Expedition army was not too bad.

The army of the Northern Expedition was engulfed by the flood for nearly [-] people, and the army suffered heavy losses.

The most tragic is the people in the towns and villages outside Xuzhou Prefecture and along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Over 10 people’s homes were destroyed, tens of thousands were washed away by floods, and thousands of corpses floated on the water. In Xuzhou Prefecture, fortunately, the city walls Blocked, the water potential rose slowly, but thousands of people were killed and injured.

For a time, the entire area of ​​Xuzhou Mansion was filled with dead bodies and crying everywhere.

Moreover, the most important thing is that there is no food, and after the flood recedes, there will be famine and plague immediately, and I am afraid that more people will die by then.

Jin Fu knew that he was wrong, and after the matter was accomplished, he threw himself into the water and died for his country.

Jin Fu's breakthrough had indeed achieved their goal, and the Ming army had to suspend their march northward.

However, Chi Yun, the prefect of Xuzhou, fled with his cronies, and Shen Yongyu, the magistrate of Dangshan County, led the gentry and the people to open Xuzhou City to surrender to the Ming army.

Although it took Xuzhou Fucheng effortlessly, it also took over a huge burden.

However, under the leadership of generals headed by Wang Xianwu, the Ming army organized a rescue.

Hundreds of ships rescued the people in distress and moved the flooded people in the city to higher places.

Shen Yongyu, the magistrate of Dangshan County, was considered an upright official who thought of the people. He was very disappointed with the way of the Qing Dynasty, who deliberately breached the Yellow River regardless of the people. He also saw that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty cared for the people. He led Xuzhou Xiangyong to cooperate with the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to maintain law and order in the city Actively appease and rescue the people.

Therefore, Shen Yongyu was appointed as the prefect of Xuzhou.

You know, floods in Xuzhou have always been serious.

Historically, from the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1644) to the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), the Yellow River flowed through Xuzhou for 200 years, and there were more than [-] Yellow River floods in Xuzhou, which occurred once every three years on average.

In the area of ​​Xuzhou Prefecture, there was a Yellow River breach four years ago, which was severely affected.

After the disaster four years ago in Xuzhou, it has not recovered until now. In the face of this flood again, the people thought that they would have no way to survive. They didn't want to be actively relieved by the progress of the Ming Dynasty. Even half of the general's military rations were used to relieve the disaster. , There are countless living people, and the lives of the people in Xuzhou'an area are countless.

Ever since, people rushed to tell each other in the countryside, and everyone was angry at the brutality and crimes of the Tartar Qing Dynasty, and praised Daming for his generosity and kindness, and kindness to the people.
The common people provided information about the Qing army to the Ming army, and the sentries stationed in Tangxun were captured and detained by Xiangyong, and handed over to the Ming army for disposal.

After the flood receded, the Great Ming Northern Expeditionary Army stationed in Xuzhou Fucheng for half a month, with the help of the new Xuzhou prefect Shen Yongyu, joined more than [-] loyal Xuzhou youths as logistics forces, and accompanied them all the way to the north. !
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