Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1169
After three months of attack, the Niangzi Pass has been somewhat dilapidated. The city of the pass is full of depressions made by artillery, and most of the walls at the top of the city have been cut off.

Originally, Jiang Xiang was leading the rebel army. Although the pass wall was a bit dilapidated, the Qing army could not even think about entering the pass. But as soon as Jiang Xiang withdrew, the situation changed drastically.

Looking down from the sky, the two-mile-long closed wall, corpses wearing battle jackets and turbans, were scattered on the closed wall, lying on their backs or lying on their backs. Scarlet blood flowed out from under the corpses, converging into streams, and after cooling Be frozen up.

Some of them had a few arrows stuck in their bodies, some had a sword or a half-spear, shields and various weapons, and banners with the word "Ming" scattered around. There was blue smoke from upstairs.

Niangziguan, the ninth pass of the Great Wall, the east gate of Shanxi, was broken by the Qing army.

After Jiang Xiang's main force retreated overnight, the broken troops persisted for four days with the morale of the army shaken, and finally the Qing army broke through this important pass that they had not won in three months of fierce attack.

The eastern front of Shanxi is wide open, and the cavalry of the Qing army can go straight into Shanxi. The entire land of the Sanjin will fall under the claws and iron hooves of the Qing army.

The terrain of Shanxi is relatively closed in the north. The areas where the bandits and cholera were mainly in Guanzhong and Henan, and the areas that the Qing army ravaged were mainly Hebei and Shandong. Shanxi is relatively safe because it is surrounded by mountains and the Yellow River.

Shanxi is considered a relatively well-preserved area in the north, with a large population and merchants everywhere, and it was the main source of taxes for the Qing court.

This time Shanxi's betrayal completely angered the Qing army. A senseless massacre and the terror created by the Qing army will cover the land of Sanjin, bringing great suffering to the people living here.

The closed gate was opened by the Qing army, and the soldiers did not clean up the corpses on the wall, so Lou Qin led the main force of the Qing army and entered the pass on horseback.

On both sides of the closed door, holding spears, wearing jackets, and wearing red-topped bamboo hats, Hebei Lvying stood guard on both sides. Lou Qin led the Baijia Eight Banners and rode through the door on a horse. Stepping on the ground, the iron hooves of the Qing army finally trampled on the land of Sanjin again.

Several rebel generals, whose armor was torn, their faces were covered with blood, and their bodies were wounded, were escorted by the Qing army and knelt beside the road. Lou's father passed by on horseback, reined in the horses, glanced at them, and said disgustedly: "Keep them alive." What are you doing? If you dare to resist the rule of the Qing Dynasty, kill them all!”

"Cha!" The leader of the Green Camp Qian immediately saluted, and the Qing army standing behind immediately kicked the several volunteer generals who were tied behind their backs to the ground. Then he pulled out and stabbed again, blood spattered, and the scene was cruel.

Lou Qin watched for a while, and saw that several people were stabbed with holes all over their bodies, and they were so dead that they could not die anymore, so they clamped down on their horses, and continued to move forward as victors, until they reached the empty camp of the rebels behind the pass. stop.

At this time, a green battalion general wearing a horseshoe-sleeved official robe and a bowl cap walked out quickly with his saber in hand, and reported on one knee in front of Lou Qin: "My lord, the camp of the rebels is already empty! Underlying interrogation, it has been four days since the traitor Jiang Xiang withdrew his troops!"

Lou Qin had expected this point, if Jiang Xiang hadn't withdrawn, he would not have won Niangziguan so quickly.

As for why Jiang Xiang withdrew his troops, Lou Qin can also guess, there are only two possibilities, one is that Wakda broke Luzhou and came from the south to attack Niangziguan, threatening Jiang Xiang's flanks, forcing Jiang Xiang to withdraw his troops; When Jin Guo shot, Jiang Xiang's back was completely exposed, so he could only retreat to Taiyuan.

It doesn't matter which one it is, the important thing is that Jiang Xiang retreated, and his army finally rushed into Shanxi.

Niangziguan is less than [-] miles away from Taiyuan, and it has been four days, and it is impossible to catch up, but he must rush to Taiyuan as soon as possible, and cannot give Jiang Xiang too much time to prepare.

Lou Qin's complexion darkened, and he shouted anxiously: "Send the order, the striker hastened, and rush to Yangquan tonight, no chickens or dogs will be left behind, and the troops will be sent all night!"

The Qing army had been fighting hard outside the pass for nearly three months, and their morale was a bit sluggish. There must be a massacre to stimulate the morale of the army, and the Qing army wanted to create terror, which made San Jin terrified.

When many generals heard the order, their eyes flickered fiercely. They were eager to vent after they had been on the expedition for so long, and hurriedly took orders.

As Jiang Xiang evacuated to Taiyuan, it was almost undefended from Niangziguan to Taiyuan.

Louqin gave an order, and the cavalry of the Qing army roared out, galloping all the way, burning, killing and looting along the road, doing all kinds of evil.

When Jiang Xiang was retreating, he sent people to inform the rebels and officials in the prefectures and counties along the way. They followed Jiang Xiang to retreat to Taiyuan. Hanfu, put on full clothes and a full hat, ready to redo the obedient people of the Qing Dynasty.

This is understandable, wars cannot be fought every day, for ordinary people, the most important thing is not to restore rivers and mountains, not the national righteousness, but to survive, this is the instinct of animals.

When it was dark, a group of White Armored Eight Banners rushed to the outside of Yangquan City. The rebels in the city had already withdrawn. The people in the city did not dare to resist the Qing army, so they directly opened the door to let the Qing army enter the city.

The big gentry families who stayed in the city called all the rich people in the city, pooled a sum of money to buy their lives, and ordered them to kill chickens and sheep, prepare drinks, and entertain the Qing army entering the city, hoping to escape. As soon as the group of animals finished eating, they immediately turned their faces. The massacre started from the banquet and spread to the whole city.

In the dark night, the flames in Yangquan City are intertwined, the shrill screams, the women's wailing, and the old man's begging for mercy are intertwined, and hell is nothing more than this.

It wasn't just Yangquan that was massacred. The Qing army marched westward, and the massacre spread all the way.

Shanxi's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty had too much impact on the north. Dorgon could only use cruel killings to frighten the north, so that all the Han people dared to fear and dare not resist. They had more than [-] people to stabilize the country.

The Qing army burned and killed all the way, which indeed created a terrorist effect. The killing made the Sanjin terrified. Many people fled to the mountains, and even more were driven all the way to Taiyuan by the Qing army, daring not to resist.

To the east of Taiyuan, sixty miles away.

In the wilderness, the fleeing crowd, one after another, the men pushed carts and carried poles, the women carried their burdens, and fled westward with the old and the young.

"The Qing army is chasing up! Go!" After a cry of exclamation, the people who were already running for their lives took their last breath and rushed forward in a hurry. When they saw the Qing cavalry chasing up, there was a commotion behind the team. The desperate people couldn't help crying.

The cavalrymen of the Qing army were full of ferocious faces, and the spears in their hands were covered with blood. Thousands of cavalrymen had already turned into beasts, and they were not soft on ordinary old and weak people.

The horses were galloping, and the Qing army leaned on the horses, retracted the weapons in their hands, and aimed at the prey in front of them. Everyone's face was as ferocious as a beast.

A group of Qing cavalry caught up, stabbing with spears and slashing with swords. Countless people fell to the bloody field amidst wailing, and blood flowed instantly on the road.

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