Being surrounded in the city and contracting the plague is completely different from squatting outside the city against the plague.

The people of the city will think that if I rush out of the city, I will be able to escape from the center of the plague. If I can't get out, I'll die sooner or later if I stay in the city!"

On the sixth day of the siege of Jinan, the commander of the Qing army, Azig, took the initiative to leave the city.

Not to mention that the soldiers can't withstand the psychological pressure, even Azig himself is going crazy. When he led his troops to exterminate the righteous army, the plague broke out in the army, and in the face of Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu's outflanking, he could only temporarily withdraw into Jinan City to defend.

As a result, more and more people were infected with the epidemic, and the non-combat attrition of the Eighth Banner Army was close to one-third.

It wasn't until three days ago that Azig didn't know what masks were for, so he looted cloth and silk all over the city and ordered that the entire army must wear masks.

But he didn't know that masks had to be boiled every day, otherwise they would become a breeding ground for germs if worn for a long time.

Moreover, Azig has a noble status and wears a silk mask.

Azig was very frightened, because the generals he had recently contacted had already contracted the plague and killed five, including Gao Jie and Li Chengdong.

Thousands of Eight Banner Army, tens of thousands of surrendered troops and generals, did not wait for the Datong Army to pull out the artillery, and the whole army went out of the city early in the morning for a decisive battle.

"Run!"

I saw that those soldiers and generals did not line up after leaving the city, but chose to scatter and flee.

Not to mention taking up arms and fighting bloodily, they don't even surrender to friendly soldiers, and everyone looks like they are infected with the plague when they go out.

Azig stood on the city tower, he didn't dare to be next to the soldiers, and planned to wait for the whole army to leave the city, and then take the Chinese army out of the city to command the battle. As a result, the battle hasn't started yet, and the corporal is scrambling to escape, what the hell is this fighting?

"Let's go!"

Azig knew that he would be defeated, so he didn't even want the Eight Banners foot soldiers, and only fled with the Eight Banners cavalry.

Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu and others were also stunned when they saw the situation on the other side. Thousands of dragoons immediately went into battle, and there were even missionary officers, who took out their iron horns while riding horses and shouted: "Surrender and don't kill, don't run around!" Surrender and don't kill, don't run around! ”

If these tens of thousands of deserters were to disperse to the counties, the plague would ravage everywhere they passed!

There were too many routs, and the dragoons couldn't take care of it at all. Blocked to the north and mountainous to the south, Azig fled west with the Manchu cavalry.

By the time the Datong army found out about the situation, Azig had already escaped a mile, and Ma Wannian hurriedly took his dragoons to chase after him.

You chased me for more than ten miles, and Azig suddenly fell from his horse, and his body was hot from top to bottom.

"The Eight Kings are infected!"

Seeing the symptoms of Azig's illness, the Manchu cavalry shouted in horror. They didn't dare to come and help him on horseback, or even get too close, so they abandoned Azig and left.

When Ma Wannian caught up and saw this situation, he was also frightened, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't be next to this person, wait for the people to come over and set a fire." Keep on the pursuit! ”

These Manchu cavalry had nowhere to escape.

To the north of Jinan City, hundreds of years later was the Yellow River, which is now called the Daqing River. To the east is the Daqing River, a tributary of the Daqing River, the Shahe River, to the west, and to the south, a large area of mountainous areas.

The Manchu cavalry fled to the banks of the Shahe River, and could only follow the river south and plunge headlong into the mountainous valley area.

This river valley is eighty miles long, leading directly to Mount Tai, and out of the river valley is Tai'an.

Ye Chen rode to Yild's side and shouted: "It's not a way to escape like this, there are not many enemy horsemen chasing after you, you can turn your head and annihilate them first!" ”

Ilde had fought with Duoduo before, and finally escaped with more than a thousand cavalry, he was very experienced: "These firecracker cavalry are very difficult, let's kill them back, and they will run away!" ”

"Kill it and try it!" Ye Chen was still unwilling.

Ye Chen's full name is Wanyan Ye Chen, he is in his fifties, and he is a hereditary first-class viscount.

There were 3,000 of these Manchu cavalry, and Ma Wannian only brought more than 2,000 horsemen to chase after them. Seeing that the Manchu cavalry turned around and killed, Ma Wannian ordered the dragoons to release their guns, and then immediately rode away, anyway, the enemy cavalry in full armor would definitely not be able to catch up.

Due to the distance, a salvo hit only a dozen enemies.

Ye Chen roared and was furious: "Bastard! ”

Ilde sighed, "I said, those firecracker cavalry will definitely escape. ”

Seeing that the Manchu cavalry stopped, Ma Wannian also asked the dragoons to stop, taking the opportunity to dismount and reload ammunition.

Ilde said, "It is better to order the soldiers to take off their armor, our war horses are better, and we will definitely be able to escape out of the valley." ”

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "How can the elite of the Eight Banners take off their armor in battle?" ”

Ilde pointed to the opposite side: "They loaded their ammunition and came again." ”

Ye Chen gritted his teeth and said: "Rush again, wait for the enemy to release their guns, and take off their armor while they are loading ammunition!" ”

The Manchu cavalry charged again, and the dragoons were again far away, this time hitting more than 20 enemies, and quickly rode horses to open the distance.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Manchu cavalry all took off their armor, and then rode straight to Mount Tai on fast horses.

As soon as dozens of pounds of armor are taken off, the dragoons really can't catch up!

The war horses of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty belong to the Mongolian horse breed, which is produced in the Maolian grassland of the Muling River (Maolian River), and the Wandashan pasture of later generations is in that piece, which is the Wandashan of "Wandashan Milk Powder". As early as the Tang Dynasty, it was used by the Bohai State to herd war horses, and later generations of Liao and Jin also obtained horse sources from this place.

Mongolian horses vary greatly in height at the shoulders, from 1.20 meters to 1.35 meters tall.

In any case, the Maolian horses selected by the Manchus must have been stronger overall than the Jeju horses of the dragoons. Generally speaking, when marching fast, the armor is carried on inferior horses, and no one will ride on horseback in armor.

The real Manchu cavalry fought a battle, and if they faced a large infantry, they would also choose to dismount and engage in foot combat.

Except for Yehebu, the cavalry of the other tribes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were all scum, and dismounting and foot combat was their real specialty.

However, it was said that Ye Chen and Yier took the Manchu cavalry after taking off their armor, ran to Mount Tai and left the river valley passage, and threw the Datong dragoons far away. Although they escaped, they were all frightened, because another person had a fever in the middle of the way.

It belongs to the early stage of the outbreak, and is mostly mild and glandular.

The epidemic in Shandong has already entered its peak and has developed into a pneumonic plague. Within a few hours of onset, he had high fever, chest pain, cough, and then coughed up bloody sputum, and if not treated in time, he died of heart failure in two or three days.

Europe called it the Black Death, and it reduced the population of medieval Europe by a fifth. In some areas, such as Genoa, the population has been reduced by 60 per cent.

Historically, in the last years of Chongzhen, a quarter of the people died in Beijing due to the plague. The situation in Jiangnan is equally tragic, and Wu Youke's "Treatise on the Warm Epidemic" is the result of the experience summed up in the treatment of plague in Jiangnan. Among them, the worst is Tongxiang County, where the plague infection rate exceeds 90%. In the nearby Huzhou capital, the population plummeted by 30 percent.

Fortunately, due to Zhao Han's timely occupation of Jiangnan, there was no greater famine in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there were no more corpses everywhere that no one disposed of.

Jiangnan in this time and space escaped!

More than 2,000 Manchu cavalry, robbing grain all the way, went around from Tai'an to Dongping. When crossing the river, they were intercepted by the local rebels, because they had taken off their armor, they did not dare to fight with a large number of rebels, leaving hundreds of corpses and fleeing in a hurry.

Until they escaped from Qiu County, there were only more than 2,300 of these cavalry left, and the clouds of plague had been hanging all the time.

So far, the whole territory of Shandong and Henan has been recovered.

The Daimyo Mansion and Guangping Mansion of Beizhili also changed their flags and became the territory under the jurisdiction of Zhao Han.

I couldn't fight anymore, first, there was not enough food, second, the plague epidemic, and third, ...... Flooding outbreaks.

Kaifeng.

Zhao Han stood on the city tower, looking at the flood in the north and was silent.

Henan, which has been dry for several years, finally stopped the severe drought this year, but it rained heavily in early summer. The Huanglinggang of Guide Mansion (later subordinate to Cao County, Shandong) broke down again, and Cao County and Shanxian County were submerged into a Ze country.

The epidemic over there was already serious, and this flood hit it, which simply drove the newly appointed magistrate crazy.

A few years ago, there was a drought in the south and a drought in the north, but now it has become a drought in the north and a drought in the south.

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner." Li Xiangjun walked to his side and reminded.

Zhao Han also knew that Li Xiangjun was a female official in the palace before he was personally recruited. This is a "number of people", Zhao Han didn't think much about it, and directly transferred Li Xiangjun to be a close attendant.

At this moment, the epidemic in Henan is also serious, mainly due to the large number of people caused by the war.

Zhao Han has ordered that all the people of Shandong and Henan must wear masks.

If you don't have the ability to make a mask, you can cover your mouth and nose with a cloth, and you must boil it with boiling water every day to disinfect it.

Zhao Han and Li Xiangjun also wore cotton masks, and everyone tried not to get in close contact.

Zhao Han had to hurry back to Nanjing, if he was infected with the plague and hung up, he would really become the laughing stock of the world.

"How difficult is it to prosper the country, what kind of state is this prosperous?" Zhao Han couldn't help but sigh.

Li Xiangjun said: "What is prosperous is the state of great harmony in the world. ”

Zhao Han smiled helplessly, and said to himself: "The Yellow River has to be managed, but there is not enough food, so it is impossible to mobilize manpower at all. The puppet Qing who fled back to Beizhili could no longer pursue, and everything was blocked by this flood. ”

Li Xiangjun flattered: "Your Majesty's government, within ten years, will definitely be clear in Haiyan River." The remnants of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty are running out of time for grasshoppers after the autumn. ”

"Haha," Zhao Han said with a smile, "you're going to be able to slap the horse." ”

Zhao Han was overwhelmed by the plague and floods, and Dolgon was dumbfounded when he returned to Beijing.

The inner and outer cities of Beijing, both Manchu and Han, began to be infected with the plague on a large scale. Many Manchu nobles were clamoring to leave Beijing, not only because there was a crisis in Liaodong, but also because the plague in Beijing was too terrible.

This Beijing plague should have been faced by Chongzhen, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs too early!

And Haoge, who was far away in Shaanxi to fight against Li Zicheng, also had cronies to inform him of the news. Haoge left Li Zicheng alone, took the initiative to lead the troops back to Beijing, Li Zicheng took the whole of Shaanxi, and fought all the way into Shanxi.

King Chuang is back!