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  Chapter 430 428 [The plague is the enemy] (adding more for the penguin boss)

  Dorgon brought more than 30 cannons, and they have all crossed the river, and put the cannons on the opposite bank.

  As for the Eight Banners soldiers, the Manchurian Eight Banners crossed the river first, followed by the Mongolian Eight Banners, and the Han Army Eight Banners were in charge of the rear. At this moment, most of the Eight Banners of the Han Army had crossed the river, and there were only a few thousand Wuzhenchao Ha camps left.

   "Boom boom boom!"

  Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to chase after him, and the Manchu Qing artillery on the opposite bank immediately fired.

   "Scatter the formation!"

   "The dragoons light the match!"

  Kong Youde is standing on the other side of the Yellow River. One of the Han army banner firearms soldiers who has not yet crossed the river is his only son Kong Tingxun.

  Dorgon ordered: "All the ships are destroyed, don't cross the river to pick up people. As for the Han army flag on the other side, as many as you can come over."

  Kong Youde hesitated to speak, he dared not disobey orders, so he could only direct the artillery to shoot at the Datong cavalry who surrounded them.

   After a while, Dorgon said with a grim expression: "Don't worry about it, the whole army is going out!"

   It wasn't that Dorgon didn't save him, but those Han army flags were scrambling to board the boat and cross the river. Among them are more than 2,000 firecrackers. If they lined up by the river and supported by artillery, it is absolutely possible for the heavy infantry to cross the river safely.

   But in this situation, who would sacrifice themselves for others and risk their lives to cover the escape of friendly troops?

  Kong Tingxun, who was in command of the firecrackers, rushed to board the boat himself, and the rest of the firecrackers followed suit. It is impossible to line up at all, and it is a mess everywhere, with heavy infantry and musketeers pushing each other.

  The ship is full and cannot leave the shore, and there are always soldiers who want to go up.

  So, the soldiers who had boarded the ship swung their knives at those who were not boarded. There were even firecrackers, shooting at the soldiers climbing the ship, and the roaring, crying, cursing, and begging on the shore were loud.

   Seeing this situation, Lu Xiangsheng only ordered hundreds of dragoons to rush over and fire guns at these Han army flags in an extremely scattered formation.

  The scene suddenly became more chaotic, and several ships were directly overturned.

  As the Manchu Qing artillery on the opposite bank was dragged away, Lu Xiangsheng ordered the cavalry to charge.

  The flags of the Han army who had not yet boarded the ship jumped into the river to flee for their lives, and some of them knelt down and begged for mercy.

   "Bang bang bang!"

  The dragoons came to the river, got off their horses, raised their guns, and fired at the enemy on board.

  Kong Youde's only son, Kong Tingxun, had successfully boarded the ship, and the boat was more than ten meters away from the shore. However, several people on the boat were shot, and Kong Tingxun was pushed into the Yellow River by his own soldiers under panic and shoving.

   "Pull...ha...cuckoo...pull me on..."

  Kong Tingxun could not swim, struggled and shouted in the water, drifted a few meters downstream in a blink of an eye, and hit the bottom of another boat.

   Feeling dizzy, he choked on a few more sips of water, and Kong Tingxun emerged from the water again.

   "嗙!"

   Another Han army flag was shot and fell into the water, hitting Kong Tingxun beside him. This guy hugged the soldier's body as a life-saving straw, but it was still sinking.

   After a while of ups and downs, my stomach was finally full, and all my strength was exhausted, and I sank with endless fear.

  …

  With the withdrawal of the Qing army, it will be decided by the various counties of Kaifeng Prefecture.

   Immediately afterwards, Huaiqing Mansion, Weihui Mansion, and Zhangde Mansion were attached. Even the Daming Mansion and Guangping Mansion, which belonged to Northern Zhili, quickly changed their banners, and civil servants and military generals shouted long live the Emperor Zhao.

  It is impossible for these guys to continue to be officials. It would be nice if they could not be severely punished.

   Zhao Han has already formulated a standard for the demoting of officials and generals.

  First class, those who have made meritorious service.

   When the battle situation was uncertain, they were not attacked by the Datong Army, but they took the initiative to rebel against the Qing Dynasty. Or at a critical moment, the outcome is not yet decided, and they defect. Regardless of the papers, officials and military generals, these are all meritorious service. Past crimes are not blamed, and rewards will be given as appropriate.

  For example, Huang Fei and Ma Jinzhong in Shandong, and Yuan Shizhong, Jiang Yu, and Jiang Xuan in Henan.

  These should be commended, especially Jiang Xuan, who was killed in the fight with Wu Sangui in order to cover the Datong pawns, and the spirit can be sent to the Temple of Heroes for worship.

  The living Huang Fei and other generals were first recalled to Nanjing to study Datong theory, and then assigned to various troops to visit and study training. When the 12th Division of the Datong Army is formed in the future, they can directly serve as regiment-level officers, and the number of troops in command is 1,500.

  As for the leaders of the rebel army, they also went to Nanjing to study first, and those who were willing to serve as soldiers were given positions as appropriate.

  Educated people like Yan Yingyuan can directly become county magistrates because of their great achievements.

  Second class, surrender anyway, look forward to return.

   Facing the front of the Datong Army, give up resistance and surrender immediately. Or the overall situation has been decided, and the flag is changed upon hearing the news.

  These people still have to be interrogated. If they commit a lot of evil, they can be spared the death penalty, and they cannot escape the death penalty. Those who commit the most heinous crimes cannot be exempted from the death penalty, and not killing them is not enough to cause the people to be angry.

  For example, the soil national treasure that was surrendered by the Yellow River was born as a water bandit, greedy and brutal.

  Historically, this guy was the first governor of Jiangning in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and massacred the righteous soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River who resisted the Qing Dynasty. After pacifying the south of the Yangtze River, he searched for money and harmed the people, causing public grievances to boil. Even the Manchu Qing court couldn't stand it. He became the first general to be sentenced to death for corruption and selling private salt.

  In this time and space, Tu Guobao came to Henan with the Qing army, and killed countless people when he went to the countryside to collect food.

   Surrender is also death!

  The third class, surrender after the battle, this is directly classified as a prisoner of war.

   All middle and high-level generals were beheaded without further interrogation. After being interrogated by low-level military officers, ordinary soldiers were all beaten as criminals. If they stopped committing crimes within five years, they could apply to the government to become good citizens.

   "Your Majesty, the Eighth Division has a good news!"

   "Bring it."

  Zhao Han read the battle report carefully, but it was the Eighth Division led by Liu Zhu, who led troops to attack Baofeng County after quickly capturing Lushan County.

  This city guard will be Zhenghuang Banner Meilezhangjing (Vice Dutong) Andali, who followed Nurhachi very early and is considered a minority shareholder of Manqing Company. If he hadn't been suppressed by Huang Taiji, and he often committed crimes, he would have been knighted by this time.

  Andali is conceited and has made countless contributions, so he doesn't take the Datong Army seriously.

  He did not choose to defend the city, but took the initiative to attack. He had three Manchurian Eight Banners under his command, and a Han Army Banner with 1,500 soldiers.

   As for the end, he was chased and killed by Li Dingguo and his dragoons, who chased him for hundreds of miles and captured him alive.

  The journey of Liu Zhu and Li Dingguo was on the edge of the battle, and Andari took the initiative to seek field battles. The whole battle process can be said to be the easiest.

   After An Dali was annihilated, Liu Zhu and Li Dingguo took advantage of the situation to take down the five counties in Ruzhou.

  Then attacked Henan Mansion, because it was blocked by Longmen Pass, turned to attack Dengfeng first, and succeeded in a surprise attack on Xuanyuan Pass.

  They were preparing to leave the customs and march into Yanshi, when the news of Dorgon's withdrawal came, Luoyang, Yanshi and other cities all surrendered in hopelessness.

  Zhao Han's expedition this time, various armies have won successively, but there are also very bad situations.

  Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu's troops fought in Shandong, the hardest-hit area of ​​the epidemic, and more than 3,000 Datong soldiers have been infected with the plague.

   There is no way to prevent it, and in the army, a large number of people gather, and the transmission speed is even faster.

   Unable to find a specific medicine, he could only drink Wu Youke's traditional Chinese medicine decoction to improve his own resistance to fight the plague.

  …

  Shandong.

  Azig's army was besieged in Jinan City, and Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu, Huang Fei, and Ma Jinzhong had joined forces.

  As for the other rebels and descendants, only a few young and strong were selected to guard various cities, and the rest were all disbanded to form households and divide fields nearby.

   There is no shortage of fields, only population.

   "Boom boom boom!"

  The artillery bombarded the city wall continuously, but the generals were talking about other things, and all of them were wearing masks.

  Fei Ruhe said with a broken head: "Yesterday, another nineteen people were diagnosed with the plague. Damn it, the number of soldiers under my command who died of the plague was countless times more than those who died in battle. What kind of battle did you fight?"

  Zhang Tieniu sighed: "Alas, there are more in my camp. Thirty-six people were infected with the plague yesterday."

  Huang Fei smiled wryly: "It's not unusual, I have been in Shandong for several years. I don't dare to practice soldiers at ordinary times, and bad things happen when they get together."

   "You are in Denglai, the plague is not severe, but it is severe in my place." Ma Jinzhong is at the center of the plague.

  Fei Ruhe said: "Hurry up and finish this battle, find a place to rest and recuperate, and keep gathering troops to fight, this plague will never stop."

  The two divisions in Shandong, after the fighting subsided, it was impossible to go north again.

   Non-combat attrition is too serious!

   Azig in Jinan City was also tormented by the plague. A quarter of the Eight Banners soldiers under his command have been infected with the disease, and there is no treatment plan, and the death rate is much higher than that of the Datong Army.

  To be honest, even if the city wall is destroyed, two groups of plague carriers will fight each other, and more soldiers will be infected by then.

   Inside and outside the city, there is no interest in fighting. The plague is the biggest enemy.

  Gao Jie, who abducted Li Zicheng's concubine, and Li Chengdong, who participated in Yangzhou Ten Days and Jiading Three Massacres, are also trapped in Jinan at the moment.

  Due to the rapid collapse of Ming Dynasty, Gao Jie and Li Chengdong have not yet made it big.

   Li Chengdong is Gao Jie's general, Gao Jie is He Renlong's general, and He Renlong is at the same level as Zuo Liangyu.

  After He Renlong was killed by Li Zicheng in Henan, Gao Jie and Li Chengdong both defected to Zuo Liangyu and went to Shandong, and then joined the Qing Dynasty together.

"Kite, I can't fight anymore," Li Chengdong persuaded, "If this goes on, if we don't get killed by the Datong army outside, we will die of the plague. We must quietly send people out of the city to contact the Datong army, and we should finish the battle as soon as possible. .”

  Gao Jie sighed: "Tartars keep an eye on it, otherwise I would have sent people out of the city long ago."

  Li Chengdong said: "More and more Tartar soldiers are infected with the disease, and more and more city walls are handed over to our Han soldiers to guard. Within a day or two, we will definitely find opportunities."

Gao Jie clenched his fists, smacked his palms and said, "The other Han generals in the city probably thought of defecting a long time ago, but they can join forces secretly. At that time, let's fight in the city first, and if we can kill a few Tartars Officer, didn't he make a great contribution?"

   "It's the best way to do this. Emperor Zhao will definitely rule the world, and you can't go wrong with him." Li Chengdong said.

  The two discussed the details again, and agreed on the goals of their respective connections.

   Li Chengdong got up and went back to eat, and climbed up the city wall after nightfall, using the night watch as an excuse to check the situation. As I was walking, I suddenly felt hot all over, and my head was dizzy and painful.

   Sitting against the female wall, Li Chengdong was so frightened that he trembled all over. He knew that he was also infected.

  Gao Jie, who has been in contact with him for a long time, may not be able to escape this plague.

  (end of this chapter)