I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 310

The Manchu and Qing magistrate Jiang Zhuo, who jumped from the city and survived, was from Changyi, Shandong. He had been the magistrate of Xuzhou since the 51st year of Kangxi.

Although he is not an honest official, he still does practical work.

When Jiang Zhizhou first arrived in Xuzhou, he first read the local chronicles, adapted measures to local conditions, and implemented policies rationally. He also said clearly: "Although Xu is a county, it is really related to the safety of the world, and its ambitions are not unscrupulous!"

Xuzhou served for ten years, worked hard and achieved remarkable results.

Moreover, this Jiang Zhizhou also took the lead in rebuilding the "Xuzhou Chronicles" in the later period and repaired many problems in the previous "Xuzhou Chronicles".Moreover, everything from civil affairs to geography is more detailed, and the map lines are clearer than before.

The "Dictionary of Chinese Local Chronicles" speaks highly of it: "It avoids the shortcomings of Shunzhi's "Xuzhou Chronicles" and Kangxi's 22nd Year of Kangxi's "Continuation of Xuzhou Chronicles" due to the large number of people, hasty sorting, and lack of majors. With reference to some Ming Dynasty local chronicles, The quality of Xuzhou local chronicles has been significantly improved since the Qing Dynasty. Paying attention to the field research of every mountain, river, event and thing is a major feature of this chronicle."

If it hadn't been for the Ming army's attack, he would have been promoted due to his merits. Not to mention becoming governor, he would have been transferred to the capital.

"It's time to change the medicine!"

Jiang Zhuo watched with cold eyes as a military doctor in red clothes walked into the camp with a medicine box on his shoulder. He first put his hands together and chanted "Amitabha", and then began to change the medicines of the wounded soldiers one by one.

He only woke up yesterday morning. According to the previous military doctor, he had been in a coma with high fever for two consecutive days.If the fever continues, even if you are lucky enough to wake up, your brain will be burned out.

Jiang Zhuo watched the military doctor take out the medicine from the medicine box the whole time. He first gave it orally to the wounded soldiers, then applied it externally, applied medicine, and bandaged the wound.

After everything is done, move on to the next one.

After a while, the military doctor arrived at Jiang Zhuo.

As usual, he took out the medicine in front and gave it to him orally. Jiang Zhuo took a sip and frowned slightly.

Is this...garlic?Although the taste is very light, it still smells like alcohol.

Is this the magic medicine that saved his life?
Jiang Zhuo was still thinking about it when he felt a stinging pain. It was the military doctor who was using the medicine to wipe the wound on his broken leg: "Well, he has recovered well and has begun to heal. All he needs to do is rest."

After saying that, he took out the ointment and applied it, then wrapped the gauze again, and then turned to the next person.

Jiang Zhuo recovered and just looked at it, suddenly feeling a little dazed, and an idea came to his mind unconsciously.

Does the Qing Dynasty really seem to be dying?

……

The Xuzhou side has now become a temporary wounded camp of the Seventh Army, because it is the city of Xuzhou and is at the intersection of the water network.

The new magistrate of Xuzhou has arrived and is an official accompanying the army to the north.

The fact that the Ming army would treat Jiang Zhuo, a former magistrate, was just incidental.

And it's because the people of Xuzhou have a pretty good opinion of him. They generally say that Jiang Zhizhou is a good official.

Otherwise, it's hard to say whether the Ming army would have been so careful to save him.

However, this is just the treatment, what should I do next?

Since this guy can commit suicide for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, it is unlikely that he will surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

There will always be a few diehards at the end of every dynasty, except for the Jin Dynasty, which is normal.

However, in Zhu Yijiong's eyes, to put it bluntly, this person is still a person who has forgotten his ancestors.

Moreover, this man is already disabled. Even if he surrenders to the Ming Dynasty, he will at most be a sinecure and be placed on the surrender list in the Di newspaper for publicity.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty now has no shortage of officials like surrendering magistrates and magistrates. The previous magistrate of Haizhou surrendered decisively.

When Yu Kecheng learned that the troops on the other side of Pizhou were blocked, he did not wait any longer and immediately crossed the river in person to advance north.

After hearing that tens of thousands of Ming troops were crossing the river to attack, Peixian and Fengxian were much more decisive than Jiang Zhuo, the prefect, and they pretended to surrender.

Yu Kecheng, who easily captured the two counties, immediately divided his troops into two groups.One way to capture Guting Town, and the other way to attack Yutai County, connecting the two places as quickly as possible.With tens of thousands of Ming troops marching north from Feng County, it was certainly impossible for Yutai County not to notice.

The magistrate of Yutai County planned to gather troops to resist, but Dian Shi secretly joined forces with the chief secretary to persuade the other county officials and officers, as well as the young militiamen recruited by the county.

Most of these young militiamen were forcibly recruited by the government and did not want to fight, so they were very active.

Almost on the same day, a mutiny was launched under the leadership of Dian Shi and Chief Secretary, and the county magistrate was quickly imprisoned, and the second-in-command county magistrate who had no real power was arrested.

In only half a day, Yutai County was captured.

Guting Town was even more outrageous. The local squire actually incited the people to launch a riot and dispersed the patrol soldiers. The town patrol officer was trampled to death by the mob on the spot.

Guting Town and Yutai County were captured in a daze, and the Ming army retained some troops to consolidate the defense line.Then they continued to march north to seize Nanyang Town and Jinxiang County to completely stabilize the army's flanks.

Jinxiang County, as the place where the Bagua Cult broke out, was recaptured by the Qing army. Naturally, there were Qing troops stationed here.But it was only a few thousand at best. Yu Kecheng was confident that he could capture the city without even using city-breaking cannons, but with simple artillery bombardment.

Before the army reached Jinxiang County, the scattered scouts came back.

Yu Kecheng's face looked a little strange: "Jinxiang County was also won?"

Is it because I am very lucky, or because the Ming Dynasty has become famous far and wide, and when I go to a certain place, people are attracted by it.

The reconnaissance cavalry reported: "The man who captured Jinxiang County claimed to be the vanguard of Zhang Pei's command in the Shandong Army of the Ming Dynasty. He also said that if we were the Heavenly Soldiers of the True King's Division, he would be willing to lead the whole city of Jinxiang County to surrender, but he must not Kill them afterwards. And they don’t want to continue to rebel and fight anymore. They just want to farm the land and live a peaceful life."

Yu Kecheng nodded: "This is natural. Your Majesty's message has already made it clear that since they are righteous teachers, they are all allies of our Ming Dynasty. I will also report their demands to your Majesty. They just want to farm the land and live a peaceful life. I don't think so. There’s a big problem.”

Jinxiang County was captured in this way, and Nanyang Town, a strategic location along the canal, was also captured without much effort.

Yu Kecheng did almost nothing, just marching and taking over the city.

This made him a little confused. Is Qing Gou too confident, or was he simply kicked in the head by a donkey? He didn't even send heavy troops to guard important places like Nanyang Town.

In Huaibei, Yang Gong's treatment was similar.

The First Army marched north to Guide Prefecture (Shangqiu), and almost all the counties of Bozhou, Yongcheng, Luyi, Zhecheng, and Xiayi along the way surrendered.

The prefect Guide was a die-hard loyalist and planned to gather troops to resist, but it was completely useless.Even the thousands of militiamen left behind in Guide Mansion could not stop the Ming army's front.

Yang Gong didn't even use the city-breaking cannon. He only fired a salvo of red cannons, and the defenders of Guide Mansion collapsed.

Seeing that the situation was over, the magistrate Guide immediately drew his sword and committed suicide, without giving the Ming army a chance to revive him.

As soon as Guide Prefecture was reached, the remaining Yucheng, Suizhou (Sui County), and Ningling immediately changed their flags.

At this point, Yang Gong could cross the river and advance troops at any time, and join forces with Yu Kecheng to attack Caozhou (Heze, not Caoxian County, but Caoxian County is under its jurisdiction).

Guide Mansion was captured by the First Army, and the Seventh Army also easily captured the strategic town of Nanyang.

Zhou Haizhong also did not waste much effort in attacking Yizhou. The prefect of Yizhou was shocked to hear that the Ming army was attacking, and quickly asked Yanzhou and the rear for help, and at the same time began to recruit troops to defend the city.

But this guy didn't know much about military affairs, so he actually mobilized all the troops to defend the city.

Thousands of people stood on the city wall, not to mention it was too crowded, so many defenders did nothing, and they were blown to pieces by the Ming army's artillery on the spot.

They were all huddled under the parapet, unable to do anything.

Then, under the cover of artillery fire, the Ming army climbed onto the city wall without encountering any obstacles.

Facing the Ming army's plate-armored heavy infantry, the Qing soldiers crowded on the city wall only made a tentative charge, and it was all militiamen who charged.

The regular troops all huddled back to observe the situation. When they saw that the militiamen were about to collapse, they also ran away.

The capital city of Yizhou was destroyed like this, and they were beaten like a joke.

　I'm exhausted, go to sleep
　　
　
(End of this chapter)