The dusk in the north of the Ming Dynasty is very charming, the golden sunset is sprinkled on the earth, and everything on the earth is coated with a layer of gold paint.

However, at this time, Jizhou City under the sunset did not have the human atmosphere of the twilight in the past, and the entire city became a purgatory on earth.

On the streets and alleys of the city, the corpses of the people were piled up horizontally, blood was flowing on the ground, and when the brigade of Qing soldiers passed by, it was as if they were stepping on a stream, constantly making a chirping sound.

These Qing soldiers searched in groups in the city, and gathered all the men they found in the temporary camp in the south of the city, and those women all became the objects of the Qing soldiers to vent their animal desires, and the women's terrible cries and unbridled laughter of the Qing soldiers could be heard everywhere in the city.

The children and old people in the city are useless to the Qing soldiers, as long as they are discovered by the Qing soldiers, they will be killed directly.

In the face of the atrocities of the Qing army, resistance can be seen everywhere in Jizhou City, but no matter how brave the people in the city are, in the face of well-equipped and bestial Qing soldiers, they are also moths to the fire.

At nightfall, the inside and outside of Jizhou City were completely quiet, and there were more than 20,000 men who were concentrated in the south of the city, and at this time they were already guarded by thousands of Mongolian soldiers and horses, and there were no living people in the city. Even the women in the city were slaughtered after the Qing soldiers had finished venting.

In the Yamen of Zhizhou in the city, Huang Taiji convened the main flags to discuss the matter, and Dolgon, Duoduo, Haoge and other people rushed to come, and the originally elegant Yamen instantly became fishy everywhere.

"Today's capture of Jizhou City, the warriors of each banner are happy for a while, and then each

The flag must restrain military discipline, and the morale of the army must not be shaken by the greed for pleasure. ”

Huang Taiji's majestic gaze swept over everyone, and he expressed his worries: "According to the news of the scout, the emperor of the Ming State has issued an edict to recruit soldiers and horses from all over the Ming Kingdom to enter the king of Jingqin, Shandong is close at hand, if Liu Yan responds to the call to lead his troops to the north, at most half a month, the new army of Shandong will be able to reach the city of Beijing, and at that time, my Qing warriors will face a fierce battle!" ”

Speaking of Liu Yan, everyone felt a chill in their hearts, as early as before the Battle of Julu, Liu Yan had already fought against the Qing warriors in Shandong, and then in the great wars, Liu Yan climbed to today's official position by relying on the lives of the Qing warriors, it can be said that Liu Yan used the blood of the Qing warriors to dye his official robes red!

At this time, everyone who was doing it had a complicated look on their faces, and timidity, hatred, and anger were intertwined.

Huang Taiji deliberately looked at Dolgon and Duoduo, and saw that their faces were the same as everyone else, and they didn't show any special meaning, so he continued: "This time, I led the warriors of each banner to the south, betting on the fortune of the Qing Dynasty, you don't have to care about the casualties of the warriors in your respective banners, you must fight to the death in battle!" As long as Liu Yan is defeated, I will be able to occupy a large part of the northern territory of the Ming Kingdom, and the millions of people of the Ming Kingdom will become the slaves of the Qing warriors, and the losses of your banners will be replenished! ”

Everyone bowed thousands of times: "The slave swears to fight to the death, sweep away Liu Yan, and protect me from the Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Hmm."

Huang Taiji nodded with satisfaction and said, "Get up." ”

"Huh."

Nowadays, the climate is abnormal, not only the general drought in the north of the Ming Dynasty, but also the full east of Liaodong

The same was true in the Qing Dynasty, where droughts and locust plagues were frequent, and the Han people who were enslaved by the Manchus were even worse than dead.

It was only because the Qing army continued to plunder from the grasslands, Korea, and the Ming Dynasty that they were able to obtain a steady stream of money and food supplements, so that they could persevere.

This time, Huang Taiji sent troops to the south, and the amount of grain and grass carried by the army was insufficient, only enough for more than 300,000 troops to eat for more than a month.

For this reason, Huang Taiji said worriedly: "At present, there is a shortage of grain and grass in the army, and I don't know how long this battle will take, and the flags must be eaten in the Ming Kingdom. Five days later, the army marched towards the city of Beijing. ”

Dolgon frowned slightly, looked at Abatai on the side, and saw that Abatai was also a little hesitant, and then couldn't help but get up and salute, and said: "Your Majesty, now that the capital of the Ming Kingdom is empty, Liu Yan's new army is also far away in Shandong, as the so-called soldiers are fast, why don't Your Majesty immediately march into Beijing City, as long as Beijing is broken, Liu Yan will be the general of the country, and when the time comes, it will either be appeased or opposed, and our army can deal with it calmly." ”

Huang Taiji said: "The city of Beijing is high and deep, and there are also soldiers and horses stationed in the city, our army may not be able to break through quickly under the eagerness, once it is blocked under the city by Liu Yan's troops, it will be very unfavorable to our army." ”

"In addition, I have no intention of taking Beijing City now, with Chongzhen's child in Beijing, Liu Yan will divide his troops to defend the city, which can drag Liu Yan's many troops, and may even make frequent edicts to make Liu Yan exhausted."

Abatai said: "Your Majesty's intentions are profound, and the ministers admire them!" ”

On the same day, the banner owners dispersed, and they deployed troops and horses out of the city to plunder

Dorgon and Dodor also set out with three thousand horsemen each.

Manchurian white flags and white flags were stationed outside the city of Jizhou, not far from the south gate, at this time Dolgon and Duoduo gathered soldiers and horses, passed by the temporary camp where 20,000 Jizhou men were held, and stopped.

Dolgon looked at the men in the camp who were strung together by long ropes, and said in a mocking tone: "The men of the Ming Kingdom are cowardly, watching their wives being raped~ adulterous and their children being killed, but they dare not die in battle, and they will be regarded as dead soldiers by my Qing warriors!" ”

Duoduo grinned a few times, then his face changed, and he said with a solemnity: "I just don't know what method Liu Yan used to train such a person into a strong soldier like the new army." ”

Dolgon said coldly, "Hmph! No matter how strong Liu Yan is, he is only one person, and I will kill him sooner or later. ”

Then Dorgon rode his horse and rode southward with three thousand horsemen.

Duoduo looked at Dolgon's back, frowned slightly, and said secretly: "You must not despise Liu Yan, can those Aha of the Han Army Banner withstand this battle?" ”

At the same time, Huang Taiji was lying on a recliner in a flower hall in the backyard of the palace, with Hauge standing beside him.

"All the soldiers and horses of each banner have been dispatched?"

Hauge said respectfully: "Amma, don't worry, it's all gone." ”

"Where did Dorgon and Dorgon go?"

"To the south, they each took three thousand soldiers and horses, and they all went to the south."

"Humph! They are clever, and the Grand Canal near the Ming Kingdom is everywhere in the south, and they are more wealthy in comparison, and they will naturally plunder more people and goods. ”

"Is it really because of the lack of food and grass that Ama asked the banners to plunder?"

Huang Taiji looked at Haoge with some hatred, and said, "It's not that I don't want to march quickly, but the banner owners are unwilling. ”

"Huh? How could this be? Now that Liu Yanbu has not arrived, it is the best time to march, why are they unwilling? ”

Huang Taiji looked at Haoge, who didn't understand, and was a little impatient in his heart, which caused him to be angry, and coughed violently for a while.

Haoge hurriedly brought the water, Huang Taiji drank and pressed it, and then continued: "During this period of my Qing Dynasty, the disaster was serious, and the Han people everywhere began to eat people, and even the poor bannermen of each banner were about to stop. At this time, I raised the army of the whole country to the south, and also mobilized a large amount of money and food from various banners, so that the supply of the army was gathered, can those banner owners be happy? ”

"According to my plan, the army should have captured the city of Jizhou four days ago, and then the whole army should attack the city of Beijing to the west. Along the way, Dordor, Dolgon took the lead in delaying, Daishan, Abatai, and the brainless Azig, which one didn't openly and secretly contradict me, causing the army to progress slowly? ”

"Humph! Didn't they just see that I was sick and thought that my time was short, so they had such courage? But they were wrong, even if I was seriously ill, I was still the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the master of hundreds of thousands of warriors! ”

Huang Taiji stared at Haoge and said: "The Han people have a saying: depression must be given first. If I want to push the flags into battle, if I want them to fight with Liu Yan, I must give them enough benefits first. It is good to let the banners slaughter the city in Jizhou, and it is also good to stop and let them loot everywhere. If you take my advantage, you must obey the order, and after five days, if anyone returns

If you disobey me, don't blame me! ”

Haoge suddenly realized and said, "Erchen understands! ”

"Hmm. In the future, this country will be yours, and you have to think about everything, especially for Dolgon and Duoduo, who are both wolf ambitions! ”

"Erchen wrote it down."

"In addition, after Liu Yanbu arrives, your soldiers and horses of the Zhenglan Banner should not rush and fight, just like the two yellow flags, you must press the formation. Do you understand? ”

Hauge smiled darkly, revealing a mouth full of uneven yellow teeth, and said, "Erchen understands that the battle to the death and the hard battle will be fought by Dolgon and Duoduo. ”

Huang Taiji nodded slightly, and then looked at his painstaking cultivation, but he only knew that he was fierce and clumsy, and he was very worried: "After I die, can you support the Qing Dynasty?" ”

After five consecutive days, with Jizhou City as the center, within a radius of 100 miles, you can see the figure of the Qing army's iron cavalry everywhere, the people everywhere suffered a catastrophe, hundreds of people's families were destroyed, money, grain, livestock, cloth, and even the clay pots at home were captured and plundered by the Qing soldiers.

Tens of thousands of civilians were taken captive by the Qing soldiers of various banners, and all of them were taken to Jizhou outside the city to be imprisoned, ready to be used as "cannon fodder" in the war.

Among the captured civilians, the young women were the most miserable, and were almost ruined by the Qing soldiers day and night. The Qing soldiers also demarcated an area in the temporary camp outside the city, and detained hundreds of women in solitary confinement, specifically for the Qing soldiers to vent, as if the Japanese army invaded China in later generations ~ camp.

In just three days, hundreds of women were humiliated, their bodies were cleared by banging their heads, hanging themselves, or having their wrists broken with stones

All of them were discarded outside the barracks, not buried at all, and were gnawed by wild dogs inside and outside the barracks, and the women in the camp who did not dare to commit suicide saw them, and they all hid their faces and cried, desperate.

On the fifth day, Huang Taiji ordered all banners to withdraw immediately, and the army was ready to march towards Beijing.

In these five days, the Qing army harvested a huge harvest, not only plundered the people everywhere, but also robbed the rich merchants, officials, and squires in the surrounding cities, and the grain grabbed alone was enough for more than 300,000 Qing troops to consume for four months!

In the palace, Huang Taiji looked at the banner owners who were full of spring and elation, and said: "Since the pockets of the warriors of all flags are full, the war should not be delayed any longer, and the army will march to Beijing early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Slaves obey!"