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  Chapter 429 427【Killing Prisoners】

  Chen Liu.

  Manchus like to hold meetings, especially when encountering major events, they must hold meetings to discuss.

   Neither Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, or Dorgon could act arbitrarily. Because the Eight Banners soldiers were not unique to the Manchu emperor, nor did the regent have the final say, but were in the hands of the upper nobles.

  If Manqing is compared to a joint-stock company, then only the Daishan family can control 25% of the shares in name, and at least 10% of the shares in actual control.

  The atmosphere of today's meeting was extremely serious, and the faces of the participating members were all ugly.

   "How could the enemy attack Shengjing (Shenyang)? Is it because North Korea is making a sneak attack, mistaking North Korean soldiers for fake soldiers?" Wakda spoke first.

The grandson of Nurhaci, the son of Abatay, and the minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Bo Hetuo, personally came from Beijing to report: "North Korea has no such ability. I was the deputy commander of the army at that time when the king of North Korea was forced to surrender! Beijing is already in chaos. Wake up, many Manchu nobles are clamoring to go back."

   "Go back? Where to go?" Dorgon sneered, "Go back to Shengjing?"

  Hu Dinggui only occupied a few "empty cities", and then plundered the population outside Shenyang and Haizhou. The loss of the Manchu Qing was not as good as losing a battle in Shandong.

  However, political influence is huge!

  Many Manchu nobles did not want to move to Beizhili, but only wanted to farm and rob in Liaodong. It was Dorgon, in the name of the regent, who forcibly moved the Manchu population from Liaodong.

   Now that Shenyang is being harassed, and has lost successive battles in Henan and Shandong, Dorgon's control over the Manchu Qing has been crumbling.

Jierhalang said: "National affairs are not child's play. Hundreds of thousands of people moved from Liaodong to Beizhili last year. It has been less than a year, and have they all moved back? How much manpower and material resources will be consumed. This year in Beizhili Will the food planted be reaped? Return to Liaodong and re-cultivate? What will so many people eat this year?"

  Regardless of Jierharang's purpose, these words are indeed supporting Dorgon.

Dorgon smiled gratefully and said: "It is impossible to go back all of them, but we need to relocate some bannermen to enrich the population of Haizhou City. The castle in Yaozhou (Dashiqiao City, Yingkou) should also be strengthened and repaired. With these two This city will block Gaizhou where the enemy is entrenched!"

"Where are the soldiers?" Man Dahai asked, "Counting the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Eight Banners have a total of only 120,000 people. In Shandong, more than 10,000 were defeated, and in Shangqiu, another 2,000 were defeated by the Eight Banners of the Han Army. Shaanxi Over there, the 40,000 Eight Banners soldiers who fought against Li Zicheng can't be withdrawn, right? Our Eight Banners soldiers here have to deal with those puppet southern barbarians. Where can we send troops to guard Yaozhou and Haizhou?"

Wakda followed his brother's words and said: "The enemy can land in Jinzhou from the sea. You only guard Yaozhou and Haizhou. Can you prevent them from taking a boat? What if the Nanmanzi directly take a boat to attack Ningjin? Ningyuan How many Eight Banners soldiers are left in Jinzhou? If we don’t send a large army to garrison Ningjin, maybe these two cities will be occupied by Nanmanzi this year. The Nanman puppet emperor has a large number of people. How can we **** the city? If we can’t **** it, Beijing and Liaodong will be cut into two parts, and we won’t be able to go back if we want to go back, I’m afraid people will shut the door and beat the dog!”

   These words were not pleasant to hear, but they hit the point, and Dorgon had a headache after hearing them.

  No matter what, the army must be withdrawn, because the Manchu nobles who led the troops had already flown back to Liaodong. Coupled with the strength of the Datong army, the nobles of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties no longer have the will to win, and they must be timid in a real fight.

  Retreat to the north of the Yellow River (Henan section), and it is not reliable to fight a defensive battle with the Datong Army. The Datong army on the Shandong side is very likely to cross the border and outflank it. At that time, the main force of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties will not be able to leave even if they want to.

   But where should the troops be withdrawn?

  Dorgon looked carefully at the map and found that he had no way to retreat. From Henan to Beijing, there is no danger at all. Is it possible to retreat all the way back to Beijing?

After thinking over and over again, Dorgon said: "First retreat to Qingyuan (Baoding), Xin'an (Anxin), Baoding (northwest of Wen'an), Jinghai, and Tianjin. Both Henan and Shandong are sparsely populated, and there are few grains of food. The enemy If the army dares to pursue Baoding and Tianjin, the food road will be stretched thousands of miles, and it will be extremely difficult to supply, our army can find an opportunity to wipe them out."

   "Back that far?" Jierhalang asked in surprise.

  According to Dorgon's strategy, not only Shandong and Henan were abandoned, but half of Beizhili was also abandoned.

   "Otherwise?" Dorgon asked back.

  Everyone was speechless.

  Although the Manchu Qing still controlled half of Henan, the news of Shandong's defeat and the defeat in Shangqiu would inevitably lead to a large number of surrenders.

  The defending troops in various places are all surrendered soldiers and generals. These guys are not good at fighting, but they are extremely capable of going with the wind.

   Moreover, due to the many gatherings of troops in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the defenders of the city were all drawn away. Many cities are empty of troops. Once Datong's secret agents instigate a series of connections, they will kill civilians and military generals in minutes to seize the city.

  After agreeing on the withdrawal plan, Dorgon immediately led his troops northward.

   On the way from Chenliu to Kaifeng, there were many surrendered soldiers and generals, marching slowly on purpose, and took the opportunity to escape after falling behind.

  After Kaifeng, cross the Yellow River from Taojiadian.

  Dorgon was afraid that the Han people would surrender and rebel, so he divided the crossing point into several sections. The Han Chinese surrendered troops and were thrown far away. Even if they rebelled, they would not be able to attack the Eight Banners Army halfway.

   This is obvious mistrust!

  So, more than 20,000 Han troops who surrendered to the Manchu Qing directly chose to stay on the south bank of the Yellow River. Man Qing doesn't trust herself anymore, and she's acting like she's running away, who the **** is willing to continue to work hard?

  …

  Shangqiu.

   "Pseudo-Qing will withdraw troops?"

   "Withdrawn, and left the camp overnight."

  Zhao Han jumped up against the crime: "The whole army pursues!"

  Two regular divisions set off with farmers, soldiers, and civilian husbands, and Ningling County Wangfeng returned.

   After chasing to Chenliu, there are 2,000 Han troops and Eight Banners in this city, and Dorgon stayed behind to stop the pursuers.

  The Eight Banners of the Han Army were also unlucky, and they were obviously abandoned. But their wives, children, and children are all in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and they will be punished if they dare to abandon the city and flee. If you ignore your family and choose to surrender to the Datong Army, there will probably be no good end.

   can only stick to it.

  In desperation, the viciousness manifested. These Eight Banners of the Han Army burned, killed, looted and insulted women in Kaifeng.

   In just half a day, the Datong Army captured Kaifeng. Because the city is too big, two thousand people can't defend it under attack from all directions.

   Moreover, there are people in the city to help!

  After Zhao Han led his troops into the city, a few gentry and a large number of civilians knelt down on the street and cried, "Your Majesty, you must decide for the common people!"

  Zhao Han asked: "What happened?"

A gentry took off his hat, showing his tail of money, and said angrily: "These Tartar soldiers rob goods and **** women, but they take pleasure in killing people. They force the people in the city to shave their hair, and those who don't shave their hair will be punished." Kill, Xiaomin... Xiaomin had no choice but to shave his hair to save his life..."

   No wonder that when the Datong army attacked Kaifeng, they had just landed from the moat by boat, and the people in the city had already revolted.

  Zhao Han asked about the specific situation again, and when he learned that thousands of people in Kaifeng had been killed and dozens of women committed suicide, he was immediately angry. He asked, "How many prisoners were taken?"

   It has not been checked clearly, and some of the Eight Banners of the Han army ran into houses to hide after the city was broken.

Another half an hour later, Li Zheng came over to report: "There are more than 600 captives, all of whom are from the Eight Banners of the Han Army. They knew that they would die, so they forced the people in the city to shave their hair, and tortured to death those who refused to shave their hair. General, Liu Wuyuan, commander of the Eight Banners of the Puppet Qing and Han Army, passed out after being injured."

  Zu Dashou once feigned surrender. Although he took the opportunity to escape, several sons and a large number of frontier generals really surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

  This Liu Wuyuan is one of them. Now he is not only serving as the leader of the Han army flag, but also awarded the hereditary third-class captain of light vehicles. Several of his sons were all officials in the Qing Dynasty. After being left behind this time, he could only choose to die himself, so that his sons would be reused by the Qing Dynasty.

   "Bring people here." Zhao Han said.

   Liu Wuyuan estimated that he lost too much blood, his face was pale, and his body was weak. Since Zhao Han wanted to see him, the people below were afraid that he would die, so they even bandaged the wound.

   A basin of cold water was poured out, and Liu Wuyuan opened his eyes.

  Zhao Han asked: "You can die if you want to, why kill innocent people?"

   Liu Wuyuan remained silent.

  Zhao Han didn't bother to ask any more, because he suddenly found it boring. He waved his hand and said, "Not one of these prisoners of the Han army banner will be left behind, and all of them will be beheaded for public display. As for this man, there is no need to execute him immediately. For one limb, immediately burn the wound to death with a branding iron, bandage him to stop the bleeding, and be sure to chop off all four limbs before dying!"

  Liu Wuyuan finally panicked, and shouted: "If you want to kill, you can kill, why should you be so humiliated?"

   "You also know that this is humiliation? Have you thought about the people in the city?" Zhao Han was full of anger, and shouted, "Take him down, so that he can heal his injuries and prevent him from committing suicide!"

  Hundreds of captives under the Han army flag were dragged out of the city, lined up one by one and beheaded.

  Countless people who were forced to shave their hair have cut off their braids at this moment and went out of the city wearing hats to watch. Those without hats also wrap their heads with cloth handkerchiefs.

   Slashed off with a knife, the head fell to the ground.

"it is good!"

  The people cheered and cheered.

   "Bah, bah!"

   Zhao Kuan was one of the executioners. He was also forced to shave his hair and volunteered to ask for help in execution.

   Spit twice and rub his hands, Zhao Kuan raised his sword again, and shouted to the onlookers: "All neighbors, young and old, take care, my Zhao Da's sword is fast or not!"

  A gentry shouted: "Zhao Da, don't let the Tartars die quickly, it's better to cut off half of the neck with one knife, and hurt these dogs to death!"

   "No, no, the craftsmanship can't be broken." Zhao Kuan waved his hands again and again, he has his own professionalism.

   Swing the knife again, and the head falls to the ground. It is really exquisite.

"it is good!"

  The people sincerely admired it.

  Lu Xiangsheng led the Xiao cavalry, and took the dragoons with him. Ten thousand cavalry bypassed Kaifeng and went straight after the Tartars.

  He led his troops to a place where the river was crossed, and before charging, nearly ten thousand people knelt down and begged for surrender.

Shanxi's general Tu Guobao threw away his weapon, trotted forward, ran close and knelt down again: "Shuai Lu, we don't want to cross the river with the Tartars. This is where the soldiers and generals are, and the place where the Tartars cross the river is still there. Further east."

  Lu Xiangsheng remained expressionless and scolded, "Lead the way!"

  (end of this chapter)