Being surrounded by the city and contracting the plague is completely different from squatting outside the city to face the plague.
People in the city will think that as long as I rush out of the city, I can escape from the center of the plague. If I don't rush out, I will die sooner or later if I stay in the city!
On the sixth day of the siege of Jinan, Azig, the coach of the Qing army, took the initiative to leave the city.
Not to mention that the soldiers couldn't bear the psychological pressure, even Azig himself was going crazy. When he led troops to exterminate the rebel army, a plague broke out in the army. Facing the outflanking of Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu, he could only temporarily retreat into Jinan City for defense.
As a result, more and more people were infected with the epidemic, and the non-combat attrition of the Eight Banners Army has reached nearly one-third.
Until three days ago, Azig didn't know the purpose of the mask, so he searched the whole city for cloth and ordered the whole army to wear masks.
But he didn't know that the mask had to be boiled every day, otherwise the mask would become a breeding ground for germs after being worn for a long time.
Moreover, Azig has a noble status and specially wears a pair of silk masks.
Azig was very frightened, because five of the generals he had contacted recently had been infected with the plague and died, including Gao Jie and Li Chengdong.
Thousands of the Eight Banners Army, tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers 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 surrendered soldiers and generals did not line up after leaving the city, but chose to flee in all directions.
Not to mention taking up weapons and fighting bloody battles, they didn't even surrender to be next to friendly soldiers. Anyone who went out looked like a plague-infected body.
Azig stood on the tower, and he didn't dare to be next to the soldiers. He planned to wait for the whole army to leave the city, and then lead the Chinese army out of the city to command the battle. In the end, the fight hadn't started yet, and the soldiers under his command were scrambling to escape. What the hell kind of fight is this?
"Let's go!"
Azig knew he would be defeated, so he didn't even want the Eight Banners infantry, and fled with only the Eight Banners Xiao cavalry.
Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu and the others were also dumbfounded when they saw the situation on the opposite side. Thousands of dragoons went out immediately, and even a missionary officer rode a horse and took out a tin horn and shouted: "Surrender without killing, don't run around! Surrender without killing, don't run around!"
If these tens of thousands of deserters break up and disperse to various counties, the plague will wreak havoc everywhere they pass!
There were too many routs, and the dragoons couldn't take care of them leaving the city from all directions. The north was blocked, and the south was mountainous. Azig fled westward with the Manchu cavalry.
When the Datong Army discovered the situation, Azig had already escaped for a mile, and Ma Wannian hurriedly led his dragoons to chase him.
After you chased me for more than ten miles, Azig suddenly fell off his horse, and his whole body was burning with fever.
"The Eight Kings are infected!"
Seeing Azig's symptoms, the Manqing Xiao cavalry shouted in horror. They didn't dare to come over to help him onto the horse, and they didn't even dare to get too close, so they all abandoned Azig and left.
When Ma Wannian caught up and saw this situation, he was also terrified, and quickly ordered: "Don't be next to this person, wait for the civilian husband to come and set fire to him. Continue to pursue!"
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 Wuhe River (also known as Xiujiang), a tributary of the Daqing River, to the west is the Shahe River, a tributary of the Daqing River, and to the south is a large area of ??mountainous areas.
The Manchu and Qing cavalry fled to the banks of the Shahe River, so they could only follow the river south and plunge into the mountainous valley.
This river valley is eighty miles long and goes straight to Mount Tai. After leaving the valley, it is Tai'an.
Ye Chen rode his horse and rushed to Ild's side, shouting: "This is not the way to escape, there are not many enemy cavalry chasing, you can turn around and annihilate them first!"
Ild fought with Dodo before, and finally fled with more than a thousand cavalry. He is very experienced: "These cavalry are very difficult to deal with. Let's fight back and they will run away!"
"Go back and try!" Ye Chen was still unwilling.
Ye Chen's full name is Wanyan Yechen, he is already in his fifties, and he is a first-class hereditary viscount.
There were 3,000 Manchu Qing cavalry, and Ma Wannian only brought 2,000 cavalry to chase them. Seeing the Manchu cavalry turn around and attack, Ma Wannian ordered the dragoons to fire their guns, and then immediately ran away on horseback. Anyway, the armored enemy cavalry would definitely not be able to catch up.
Due to the long distance, only a dozen enemies were hit by a salvo.
Ye Chen roared furiously: "Bastard!"
Yild sighed: "I told you, those gunfire cavalry will definitely flee."
Seeing that the Manchu and Qing cavalry stopped, Ma Wannian also ordered the dragoons to stop, taking the opportunity to dismount the whole army and reload the ammunition.
Erde said: "It's better to order the soldiers to take off their armor, our horses are better, and we will definitely be able to"
Zhao Han smiled helplessly, and said to himself: "The Yellow River needs to be harnessed, but there is not enough food, so it is impossible to mobilize manpower. The puppet Qing who fled back to Beizhili can't pursue it anymore. Everything is blocked by this flood." Living."
Li Xiangjun said flatteringly: "Your Majesty's government will definitely be cleared up in Haiyan and Heqing within ten years. The puppet Qing and remnant bandits are numbered after autumn."
"Haha," Zhao Han said with a smile, "you're really good at flattering horses."
Zhao Han was devastated by the plague and floods, and Dorgon was dumbfounded when he returned to Beijing.
The inner city and outer city of Beijing, whether Manchu or Han Chinese, began to be infected with the plague on a large scale. Many Manchu nobles clamored to leave Beijing, not only because of the crisis in Liaodong, but also because of the terrible plague in Beijing.
This plague in Beijing should have been faced by Chongzhen, and the time for the Manchus to enter the customs was too early!
And Hauge, who was fighting against Li Zicheng in Shaanxi, also had his cronies inform him of the news. Hauge left Li Zicheng alone and took the initiative to lead his troops back to Beijing. Li Zicheng took advantage of the situation and took the whole of Shaanxi, and went all the way to the border of Shanxi.
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