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Chapter 324 Yongzheng still ran away
The city of Beijing changed hands, and the two emperors of the Qing Dynasty stood side by side.

There was no need to wait for the news to spread. The nearest counties in Hebei Province were already at a loss.

Why did the emperor suddenly change?

Moreover, the new emperor's political and legal system was completely legal.

Not only was it recognized by the princes and ministers of the Eight Banners of the Capital, but there was also the edict of succession left by Yongzheng himself behind the plaque.

It is of course nonsense to say that Kangxi was located in Yongzheng because he liked Hongli.But Kangxi did take Hongli with him and raised him as his grandson for a period of time.

Moreover, in history, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he directly designated Hongli as the crown prince through the secret crown prince system in the year of the Yuan Dynasty.

Later, he also selected famous civil servants such as Zhu Shi, Xu Yuanmeng, Zhang Tingyu, Ji Zengyun, and Cai Shiyuan for Hongli to tutor Hongli in learning cultural knowledge and Confucian classics.He also used the important officials of the clan, Yunlu and Yunxi, to teach him how to use firearms and how to use bow and horse riding.

It can be said that he made no secret and clearly told all officials that Hongli was the prince.

And at the end of last year, Yongzheng specially asked Hongli to pay homage to Jingling (Kangxi) on his behalf.

……

Yongzheng withdrew his troops very decisively.

Heading north from Qi County, they retreated to Kaifeng, preparing to cross the river from Kaifeng. They first defeated the Ming army on the north bank of Kaifeng, and then immediately returned to Beijing to quell the rebellion.

The whole of Henan has been abandoned by Yongzheng. Not only Henan, but also Shandong, it would be good if it could hold the canals along the Dongchang and Jinan lines.

This is not a matter of Beijing changing hands, but Yongzheng's withdrawal. Even if the main force is still there, this political impact will be huge.

The prefectures and counties in Henan must have concluded that the Qing army was defeated, and in order to support Yongzheng's decisive battle, the prefectures and counties in Henan were not only extremely short of troops, but also severely short of food.

When the Ming army went out to fight, they also released a large number of fine works.

As long as the Qing army withdraws, these cities will surely be attacked in minutes to incite rebellion and defection.

Yongzheng had actually lost this battle, even if he could safely return to Beijing.

"General, Qixian is ahead of us!"

The Qing army ran and retreated in front, while He Xiangming led his army to hold on behind.

Pursuing to Qixian County, there are [-] Han military flags left by Yongzheng to delay the Ming army's advance.

Although these five thousand Han military flags were all from the northwest frontier army, the situation in the south continued to deteriorate.Moreover, there were rebellions everywhere in the north. Yongzheng, the emperor who trusted the Han people the most in the Qing Dynasty, began to be wary of the Han people unconsciously.

After all, Yongzheng was a Manchu emperor, and he used more of the Han people just to maintain his rule.

Moreover, Yongzheng said that he emphasized the civil and military affairs of the Han people. Except for Zhang Tingyu, a Han minister who was worthy of enjoying the Imperial Ancestral Temple, there were six Han generals in the Qing Dynasty, and three of them were promoted by the Yongzheng Dynasty.

But if you look closely, you will find that three Han generals, one of whom was Han Junqi (Nian Gengyao), were killed.

The other two were Han Chinese. One (Yue Zhongqi) had his home confiscated and was imprisoned, and was almost killed. The other was beheaded on the charge of "disregarding defenses."

Not a good ending...

This has been the case in the previous sieges. Every time the Han army flags went up first, the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners suppressed the formation, and now they were left to fend off the pursuers.

These [-] Qing soldiers with Han banners are not fools. If they stay in the rear, they will die.But it was impossible for them to escape. If they escaped, their family members would die. Even if they surrendered, it was unlikely that they would end well, so they could only defend.

The morale of the army was already unstable, and its military strength was less than one-tenth of the Ming army.The Ming army exerted almost no effort, and Qixian County was captured in just one hour.

The people of Qi County even cooperated internally and externally, launched an uprising in the city, and cooperated with the army to seize the city.

These Qing troops went too far and burned, killed, and looted in Qixian City, even though there was obviously no shortage of food.

Yongzheng left them to defend the city to death, how could he not give them enough food and grass.

These five thousand Qing troops simply burned, killed, and looted in retaliation, knowing that they were bound to die.Even if they were allowed to plunder, they would also kill at every turn.Thousands of the tens of thousands of people in the city were killed in less than half a day.

The revolting people were provoked by the indiscriminate massacre and rose up to resist. Before the Ming army attacked the city, the two sides were already fighting.

When He Xiangming asked about the situation, he immediately gritted his teeth in hatred: "All those who are so stupid should be killed!"

When Zhu Yijiong arrived in Qixian County, he was silent for a moment after learning the situation, and then issued an order: "There is no need to interrogate, all the prisoners will be chopped up for public display, and their bodies will be burned. As for the general, he will be chopped into pieces, chopped into pieces, and fed to the dogs!" "

Of the [-] Han troops who had cleared their flags, less than half of them were gone by the time Qixian fell to the city. Most of them died fighting with the angry revolting people.

A total of two thousand heads were lined up to be chopped off one by one.

Every time a batch is cut, the onlookers will definitely applaud.

When it was the turn of the Qing army general, this guy was frightened and fainted.He was not frightened by being beheaded, but by knowing that he was going to be chopped into pieces by a thousand knives.

The executioner was not polite to him. The general was very lucky. There happened to be a retired executioner in Qixian County who knew Lingchi.

There were even two courageous husbands who took the initiative to treat his injuries and prevent the Qing army commander from bleeding to death during the Ling Chi process.

Starting from Ling Chi, the retired old executioner did have some skills. First, he landed the two swords steadily and quickly. "Goro, what are you doing?"

"Damn this damned Tatar dog official!"

"Then feed it to the wild dogs. Anyway, we can't let him bury him in peace!"

"That makes sense, I'll pick some up too!"

"..."

Gradually, more and more people rushed to the execution platform. When the soldiers saw it, they did not stop them.

Anyway, His Majesty's orders are ultimately to be fed to dogs, and it makes little difference if the people use them to feed dogs.

In this way, the old executioner kept cutting on the execution platform, and the two doctors kept applying medicine to stop the bleeding.

From time to time, people picked it up, and most of them clapped and applauded below.

After about 800 cuts, the banner general of the Han army finally couldn't hold on anymore and died.

He Xiangming led the army and continued the pursuit northward from Qi County. Before reaching Chenliu County, the Chenliu County magistrate abandoned the city and fled.

The army crossed Chenliu and reached Kaifeng.

Yongzheng's army has not yet successfully crossed the river, but instead keeps wandering along the Yellow River in search of a suitable ferry.

The ferry on the other side of Kaifeng was too close and had long been blocked by Yang Gong's troops. The other side of the river was full of Ming army artillery, and there were three red heavy artillery pieces.

This is when the Shandong Ming Army moved to support the Henan battlefield.

Yongzheng originally wanted to force a crossing at Kaifeng, but the Ming army fired a heavy cannon in red, only five meters away from his chariot.

Yongzheng was frightened and could only lead his army to take a detour to find a wide ferry.

He Xiangming arrived with his troops, and Yongzheng was preparing to board the boat with artillery to cross the river first.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Manchu and Qing artillery on the river bank immediately opened fire before they could cross the river.

"The whole army retreats and forms a formation to meet the enemy!"

The Ming army's artillery has not yet followed, and there is no way to confront the Qing army's artillery.

But neither Zhang Wenhuan nor Yongzheng dared to order the cavalry to pursue the formation.

Seeing that the Ming army retreated and formed a formation, Yongzheng Yujia and his accompanying army civil and military forces immediately boarded the ship, and together with dozens of remaining heavy artillery pieces from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they were quickly dragged onto the warship.

The soldiers and generals of the Eight Banners from Manchuria and Mongolia rushed to board the ship and leave. Only the Han army's flag infantry and cavalry were the last to board the ship, and they were also responsible for the rear of the army.

As all the Manchu and Qing artillery were dragged onto the ship, there was no longer a threat, and even the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry began to scramble to board the ship.

He Xiangming immediately ordered: "The whole army attacks, follow me to kill the Tatars!"

"Kill the Tartars!"

The army shouted and swarmed forward.

Although there were only more than ten thousand people, the heavy infantry did not have time to keep up.But the Qing army on the opposite side did not even finish boarding the eight Manchu and Mongolian flags, and the remaining tens of thousands of Han army flags were all sent to death by the rear.

Don't even think about military morale.

Before tens of thousands of Ming troops could rush forward, those Han military flags had already collapsed.

Many generals of the Han banner even led their troops to fight each other with the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia in order to board boats and cross the river to escape.

Yong Zheng's face was ashen, and Zhang Wenhuan on the side said: "Your Majesty, get on the boat immediately, otherwise, not only will these people not be able to get on the boat, but even those who have already boarded the boat will have a hard time getting out! If you keep the green hills, you will not have to worry about them. Firewood!"

Yongzheng did not need Zhang Wenhuan to remind him, and directly waved his hand and ordered: "Get up the ship and set off the whole army!"

Regardless of whether they boarded the boat or not, they all quickly cut off the ropes and fled from the river bank, not even caring about their Manchu and Mongolian colleagues who had not yet boarded the boat.

Seeing that the ships had sailed away and the Ming troops from behind were charging forward, those Han military flags did not want to fight to the death.

Xiao Ban got mad and jumped into the fast water of the Yellow River to escape. As expected, he disappeared without even a few flutters.

More and more people choose to kneel down and beg for surrender!

He Xiangming ignored the Qing troops begging for surrender, and instead led his army to pursue the warships. Unfortunately, even horse legs might not be able to outrun the ships, let alone human legs.

After chasing for a while, the Qing warships on the Yellow River quickly disappeared.

(End of this chapter)