Chapter Fifty-Seven: Four Heavens Change
Battles of various sizes took place in various cities in the province, and under the powerful firepower offensive of the Han army, the Manchu officers and soldiers were constantly defeated, and the Manchu officers and soldiers in the towns of Jianchang and Songpan were also annihilated. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
To say that the easiest battle in these cities is Ningyuan City (there was no battle in Linyue County), the prefect of Ningyuan City is Yan Xueyi's old man Chang Yanliang, Chang has already stood on Yan's side, with Chang's help, in less than an hour, Ningyuan City was easily controlled by the Han army, most of the officers and soldiers surrendered, only a small number of officers and soldiers swore allegiance to their Manchu masters, and were directly shot by the Han army.
The battle to occupy the city went very fast, and it didn't take long for the Han army everywhere to wipe out the Manchu officers and soldiers, but the enemy was not only the Manchu officers and soldiers, some large families actually sent their own families to fight against the Han army, and they were also wiped out by the Han army, and those large families who sent their families directly raided their homes.
There must be an example of killing chickens and monkeys, and after such a case occurs, those big families are honest, obediently hiding at home, waiting for things to continue to develop.
The battle between the Han army and the Manchu officers and soldiers had affected the inhabitants of every city, and the residents heard the sound of ping-pong outside, and also knew that it was dangerous outside, so they hid in their homes and did not dare to go out at all.
There were not a few people in the streets of the city, which was in line with the wishes of the Han army, and quickly exterminated the demarcated target, and most of the Manchu forces in the entire city were emptied, and the rest of the things were much easier.
The officials sent to each city by Yuanhe City quickly got into the groove and began to deal with the affairs of the city, and the police and the employees of the Gan Merchant House, armed with cold weapons, were responsible for maintaining law and order in the city.
There is no way to arm the employees of the Yan Merchant Bank, Siqi Province has a population of more than 40 million, how can it manage more than 40 million people with 20,000 Han troops and nearly 4,000 policemen.
Although it is only managed one city by one, not counting those towns and villages, but the lowest county town also has a population of tens of thousands, and the Han army sent to the county seat has only one company at most, about 20 policemen, at least one person needs to be responsible for the security of hundreds of people, once there is a sea of tens of thousands of people, the Han army can't withstand it, so it can only temporarily arm the hired workers of the Yan family trading house in each city, and they don't need to kill people, as long as they hold weapons to give others a deterrent, Murder is done by the police or Han soldiers.
The police and Gan's hired workers were busy posting notices in the main areas of the city, which bluntly told the residents that there was a change of dynasty, and that the four provinces would be ruled by the Gan clan, and that you should obediently accept the rule of the Gan clan, that there would be no messy taxes under the Gan clan, and that the Gan clan would be able to feed everyone and have meat to eat if they followed the Gan clan.
Of course, it is impossible to write like this on the notice, it should be subtle, and most of the residents do not know how to read, so they have to leave literate people to read the words written on the notice to the residents when the residents gather, and explain the content to the residents so that they can understand what is going on.
Anyway, it is a meaning, the Yan clan drove away the Manchu Qing and everyone could have enough to eat.
Two hours later, the Han army in most of the cities ended the battle.
After another hour, noticing that it was much quieter outside, and believing that there was no danger, the residents went out of their homes and gathered in front of the notices, and some of them explained to them what the notices had said.
And then everybody knew something big had happened.
"The sky has changed!" Some old men said with a sigh.
Yes, the sky has changed, and the Manchu Dynasty, which originally ruled Siqi, was driven away by the Yan clan, and Siqi changed its ruler.
For the Yan propaganda "expel the Tartars and restore my Han family's rivers and mountains!" In this way, most of the illiterate people don't feel anything, even if the people of the Yan family explain to the people what this sentence means, these people are still indifferent, they only care about their own vital interests, who cares whether Siqi has changed a ruler or not, and they have nothing to do with themselves.
In this way, as long as the common people do not come out to rebel against the rule of the Yan clan, it will be conducive to the work of the newly established state governments and county governments, and when the common people taste the benefits, they will sincerely support the rule of the Yan clan.
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Within a day, most of the Manchu forces in Siqi Province were purged, and at the same time, all levels of government were established and carried out normally.
Although Chengdu is the provincial capital of Siqi Province, Yan Xueyi does not plan to set up a provincial government in Chengdu, the provincial government is still located in the most important Yuanhe City, and Chengdu Metropolis has established a municipal government to manage things in Chengdu, and the municipal government is higher than the state government.
Originally, Yan Xueyi's subordinates suggested that Yan Xueyi should be the king after occupying Siqi, but Yan Xueyi refused, now is not the time to be king, and when Yan's rule over Siqi is stable and supported by the people of Siqi, then it is the best time for Yan Xueyi to be king.
Now there is only one most important Manchu force left in the territory of Siqi, that is, the 15,000 Manchus in the city of Chengdu, including more than 2,000 of them and the Eight Banners.
After the rest of the Manchu forces in Chengdu were wiped out, more Han troops gathered around the city, preparing to capture the last Manchu fortress in Siqi.
However, it is better not to kill people or not to kill people, in the future, it will take a lot of people to mine or build roads in the four provinces, and the green battalion soldiers captured by the Han army will all have to mine or repair roads except for those who have committed the most heinous crimes, and they can only be let go after a few years of good performance, and if they don't perform well, then keep doing it.
In addition, it is impossible for the soldiers of the Eight Banners to be full of wine bags and rice bags, and if the Han army enters the city, there may be a lot of damage.
Several loud-voiced soldiers of the Han army shouted towards Mancheng with iron horns, demanding that they surrender unconditionally, otherwise they would level the city.
More than 1,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners rode horses and rushed to the blockade line, and the result was already doomed, under the heavy rain and heavy machine gun fire, only less than 300 people fled back to the city, never daring to come out again, and the few Han soldiers with loud voices continued to shout towards the city: As long as you surrender unconditionally, we guarantee the safety of women and children.
In order to give the Eight Banners soldiers in the city a sense of urgency, the brigade commander Zhao Gang also ordered the artillery to fire several mortar shells into the open space of the city.
After a while, General Chengdu (the general who commanded the Eight Banners of Chengdu) walked out empty-handed with less than a thousand remaining Eight Banners soldiers and surrendered to the Han army.
From 6 o'clock in the morning to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the four-hour offensive and defensive battle, which lasted less than a day, ended with a complete victory for the Han army, according to statistics, the Han army killed 78 people, seriously wounded 134 people, more than 11,000 Manchu officers and soldiers died, and more than 15,000 prisoners.
It can be seen from the data that the Han army, which was equipped with advanced firearms, completely crushed the Manchu officers and soldiers who were backward in equipment and system.