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

Chapter 320 I congratulate His Majesty

"General, spare your life! I am lowering my rank... No, I am willing to surrender, and I still have a military intelligence report!" Fang Yanqing, the magistrate of Yanjin County, knelt down and cried when he saw Yang Gong.

Yang Gong sneered and said: "Do you want to say that Yongzheng, that bitch Tatar emperor, crossed the river with 15 troops to attack Guide, or did you mean that [-] Tatar cavalry went to attack Caozhou?"

Fang Yanqing was stunned. Not to mention Gui De, the emperor actually sent [-] cavalry to attack Caozhou?
Without waiting for Fang Yanqing's reaction, Yang Gong waved his hand with disgust and said: "Drag him down and chop him! After the head is salted, let the cavalry take it to the counties and order them to change their flags immediately. There are also Yangwu, All prisoners of the Qing army in Yanjin and Yanjin counties who were from the Eight Banners were taken down and beheaded, and their heads were sent to the counties. The rest were not surrendered soldiers of the Eight Banners. All officers and generals were beheaded, and the ordinary soldiers below were temporarily reorganized. Become a civilian husband."

Fang Yanqing's eyes widened in an instant, and his legs were so frightened that he collapsed to the ground. It took two escorting soldiers to drag him back.

Yang Gong is behind enemy lines now and does not have the free time to raise so many prisoners.Especially among these prisoners, except for the young and strong militiamen who were temporarily recruited, the rest were from the Eight Banners.

Or the Eight Banners of Zhili under the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

According to the Ming army's historical policy, it is impossible to let go of any Eight Banners soldiers. It is nothing more than the difference between directly cutting them down and sending them to the mines to work as coolies.

However, even among the Eight Banners prisoners who were sent to the mines by the Ming army to work as coolies, almost three years have passed and many of these prisoners have died in the mines.

After all, he doesn’t have enough to eat, he works hard in a harsh environment every day, and he has to rely on himself to survive even when he gets sick.

Zhu Yijiong's condition for the surrender of these Eight Banners was that after five years of hard work, they would be free. However, he also gave a death order to the local officials in the mines to ensure that these Eight Banners miners did not survive five years.

Fang Yanqing and Zhou Xie met again in the open space outside the city, but they could not "greet" each other at this time because their mouths were stuffed with cloth balls.

I could only watch helplessly as the Ming soldiers who acted as temporary executioners raised their swords and took away more than a dozen good heads every time.

Surrounded by people from the county town who came to watch after hearing the news, there were also many refugees among them.They have all been harmed by these so-called "officers and soldiers" of the Eight Banners soldiers.

As grain transit counties, Yanjin and Yangwu will naturally not be short of food.

But whether there is a shortage of food or not, what does it have to do with whether these Eight Banners men from Beijing want to indulge themselves?

In particular, these Zhili Eight Banners soldiers are in the capital on weekdays and have few opportunities to do evil (make money). They cannot "relax" when they go out with the army.

The beheading meeting in the two counties lasted from morning to afternoon, and even the executioners' knives had several curled blades.

Every time a group of heads are chopped off, the onlookers will cheer loudly.

After beheading, the corpse was immediately dragged to a deep pit that had been dug by soldiers.Those Qing soldiers who died in battle were burned together to prevent the accumulation of corpses from causing a plague.

Zhou Xie and Fang Yanqing, as the highest civil and military officials, were the last to be killed.

Originally Zhou Xie was quite tough and looked like he was ready to die.As a result, nearly 3000 people were beheaded in just one day.When it was his turn, he was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, with feces and urine flowing out from his crotch. However, he was dragged by two soldiers before he was chopped off.

In comparison, Fang Yanqing was quite lucky. He was scared to death before it was his turn, and his death was not painful at all.

The two counties combined lasted almost a day.

Almost more than five thousand heads were chopped off, and it was really a killing spree.

However, the people in Yangwu and Yanjin counties not only did not fear, but the Ming army instantly responded to the people's wishes.

Yang Gong seized a large amount of military supplies from the official warehouses of two counties alone, plus two batches of plunder, one was shipped from Weihui Mansion, and the other was to be shipped away from Yangwu Wharf.

At least in a short period of time, Yang Gong was not short of food at all.

The Ming army immediately organized civilians in the two counties to urgently repair the damaged city walls.

Yuan Wu (Yuan Yang).

When the Ming army cavalry brought a bunch of heads of Eight Banners soldiers, including the heads of Yanjin and Yangwu county magistrates and generals, they came to Yuanwu County to persuade them to surrender.

Magistrate Yuanwu looked ugly, knowing that he would definitely not be able to stop him.But even if he surrenders, it is unlikely that he will end well, because he is also a member of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and he is lucky to be able to survive.

After thinking about it for a while, Magistrate Yuanwu suddenly became heartbroken, took off his official robe, and ran away with the gold and silver items on his shoulders.

By the time officials in Yuanwu County found out, the county magistrate had been "missing" (escaped) for two days.

The county magistrates all ran away, and Yuanwu County surrendered without a fight.

The situation on the north bank of the Yellow River in Kaifeng Prefecture was completely out of control.

……

The moat of Guide Mansion has long been filled in.

Qing soldiers came one after another and launched a fierce offensive against the city wall without fear of death.

"Boom boom boom!"

On the city wall fort, the Ming army's artillery towered down and continued to fire at the Qing army's artillery.

Although the Qing army's artillery often suffered more casualties, the greater number of troops still put heavy pressure on the Ming army's city defense.Not to mention the losses, at least it was difficult for the Ming army's heavy artillery to spare time to bombard the Qing army attacking the city.

"My sons, kill! Kill the rebels!"

"Shuai Zhang said that if we capture this city, we can wash the city for three days!"

"For the Emperor! For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, kill!"

"..."

The officers of the Qing soldiers raised their swords and shouted, and the rest of the Qing soldiers attacking the city seemed to have been beaten to death.

"The artillery is reloading immediately!"

"Ready! Aim."

"fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom... clatter!"

Although the heavy artillery of the Ming army could not draw air, the light artillery such as shotguns and wooden cannons had no problem at all.

Especially equipped with gravel shotguns, these artillery's destructive power against Qing soldiers is even better than ordinary red cannons.

Not only shotguns, but also Ming army artillery soldiers emerged from the city wall one by one, aiming their guns at the Qing soldiers climbing the city.

"Aim! Fire!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

At the command, fire cannons were fired.

At this time, there is no need to pay attention to the three-stage shooting. The three-stage shooting is just a style of play developed to prevent the firepower from being wasted when the firepower is not saturated.

Now the city is full of Qing soldiers attacking the city. Even if they don't aim and fire volleys, they can take away a lot of them.

Under the powerful firepower of the Ming army, these Qing soldiers attacking the city were completely unable to withstand them, even if they were all wearing cotton armor.

"Wow!"

After a while, there was a burst of shouting.

The Qing army attacking the city collapsed instantly, leaving hundreds of corpses behind before receding like a tide.

However, Zhang Wenhuan, who was supervising the battle from the rear, did not feel angry or discouraged, because he felt that he had tested the limits of the Guide Mansion Ming army.

Moreover, the artillery bombardment continued for so many days, although the artillery suffered a lot of casualties, and there was even a hint of dissatisfaction.But that section of the city wall that had been continuously bombarded by the Qing army was also covered with cracks.

Zhang Wenhuan made up his mind and said, "Give me the order and prepare the entire army to launch a general attack tomorrow!"

……

Guidefu City.

The prefect's Yamen is now the temporary palace of Zhu Yijiong, and it is also the frontline headquarters of the Ming army.

The civil and military personnel of the army, as well as the lieutenant generals, all gathered here for regular meetings.

He Xiangming said: "Your Majesty, the Puppet Qing Dynasty has withdrawn its troops and will not launch another siege today. The general has also arranged for troops to be on duty, and he is determined not to let the Puppet Qing Dynasty take advantage of this night to attack."

"Yeah." Zhu Yijiong nodded slightly.

The others were about to speak when suddenly a messenger hurried in.

"Your Majesty, Yanjin County has sent an urgent military message."

Zhu Yijiong immediately took it and took a look, then laughed and said: "Okay!"

As he said that, he looked at the civil and military forces present and said with an excited expression: "My General Yang raided the counties on the north bank of the Yellow River and completely wiped out the puppet Qing army on the north bank a few days ago. The puppet Qing's logistics and food routes have been cut off!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

The civil and military personnel present were overjoyed upon hearing this, and Zhu Chengxun even took the lead in kneeling down to worship.

"Now that the fake grain supply route has been eliminated, our army has a sure chance of victory. I would like to congratulate Your Majesty!"

"I congratulate Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)