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Text Section 187 The Terrifying Dorgon

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    After occupying Funing, they robbed everything in and outside the city, including gold, silver, jewelry, grain, silk and cloth, as long as they were valuable.  After the robbery was over, all the poor people from all over the country gathered in the west of the county seat.  These were the people Qin Mingtao saw in the telescope before the war started.

    The Tatars took some grains from the warehouse every day, mixed them with sand, cooked porridge and distributed them to the people. They didn¡¯t know what their plans were.  I heard that in Qian'an, the Tatars directly escorted the people out of the customs and went to Liaodong. If they captured the people in the northern cold land, they would become slaves for the Tatars.  Everyone shudders when they think of this, for fear of being caught outside the customs and becoming slaves of the savages.

    But after waiting in fear for more than ten days, the Tatars in the city had no intention of doing so.  Later, I heard someone say that the Tatars had captured enough people and could not take so many at once, so we people in Funing County did not need to arrest them and send them out.

    ??Later, I heard that Jizhou had also been captured, and the Tatars didn't know what to think, so they asked the villagers to tell them. They beat gongs and drums and posted a notice saying that they would be whipped if they had their hair shaved.  The body, hair, and skin are all affected by the parents, and the villagers reckoned that they would rather be whipped than shave this head.  As a result, some people were taken out and whipped every day, and their skin and flesh were torn to pieces. The beatings were such that they could not get out of bed for several days.

    ¡°But as human beings, we can¡¯t throw away this filial piety no matter what.  Chinese clothes, if these clothes are lost, will we still be human?  What's the difference between that and Tatar?  Everyone just stayed at a standstill with the Tatars.  Dozens of bastards followed the Tatars and were appointed officials as soon as their heads were shaved.

    The Tatars divided the tens of thousands of people captured into the county into more than 200 "Tangren Niulu", and named those beasts as "preparatory guards" for the "Tangren Niulu".  After becoming slaves, these beasts ate well and drank spicy food every day. They yelled at the poor people in the west of the city. The hungry folks who ate sand every day wanted to kill them.

    But some people were so greedy that they went to the houses of these bastards at night, knelt down, and voted for the Tatars.  More and more beasts are surrendering to the Tartars one after another. There must be thousands of them.  The people who voted later were unable to serve as guards, and each was a junior official. In the end, they had their heads shaved and could only serve as auxiliary soldiers or something like that.  But I can always have a full stomach, which is a hundred times better than the folks in the west of the city who drink porridge mixed with sand.

    ???????????????? Actually, it¡¯s okay for farmers to be hungry. How can we not be hungry during the lean years?  The reason why everyone is so uneasy is that they are still thinking about the fields outside the city.  The war lasted for several months, and those who had some savings to avoid the disaster hid elsewhere.  Those who were caught in the city were all poor "old tenants" with no way out.

    Knowing that the Tatars were coming and a war was about to begin, the households still sowed wheat seeds in the fields outside the city.  Once he is arrested and taken to the city, no one will take care of the wheat in this field

    It¡¯s not that you are stupid, there is really no other way.  what to do?  How would you live in a year without wheat?

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    The wilderness outside the city.  There are some wheat fields scattered around near the water source.  Since the people were brought into the city to count.  The fields have been left unattended for more than ten days.  A few inches of wheat in the highlands showed signs of water shortage.  Withered wheat leaves hung listlessly on the pole.

    The horse's iron hoof pressed down with one hoof.  A field of wheat and its leaves were pressed into the hard soil where there was no water.  When the hoof was thrown out again, a piece of hard soil was kicked onto the field ridge along with the wheat.  No use anymore.

    The hoof pulled in the wheat field while running.  Then they kicked down all the wheat seedlings on the front line.

    Such actions were repeated over and over again in the wilderness.  at last.  All the wheat in a radius of one thousand meters was trampled into mud.

    The Jurchens rode in circles in the wild fields of Hebei.  Throwing up dust all over the world.  From a distance, it can be seen that the bright bald head and swaying pigtails are matched with a set of thick armor.  It seems to be a distinct visual symbol.  This visual symbol is very eye-catching.  In the eyes of the Ming army, he was like a god of death.  But in the eyes of the soldiers in the Gaishui camp.  It is a mobile "military merit".

    But these "military merits" refused to obediently enter the shooting range and the soldiers picked them.  Thousands of Tatars, who came from nearby prefectures and counties after hearing the news, circled around the Gaishui Camp without advancing or retreating. They were galloping so far away with the whistle blowing four or five hundred meters apart, as if they were showing off their power.  Colorful flags swirled around Gaishui camp, making people's eyes dizzy.

    When we first left the city in the morning, there were not so many Tatars. When they left the city, the East King asked the entire battalion to rush north. Only a thousand horses came towards them.  But the Tatar leader didn't know what order he got. He turned around and ran away without taking a few shots from here. He turned a corner in the distance and inserted himself behind us.  Naturally, the King of the East would not let the Tatars be defeated, so he retreated all the way to the edge of the county town.

    King Dong also ordered a charge, but the Tatars ran away before they could charge a hundred meters.  How can thousands of troops gather together to outrun these rangers?  The artillery and baggage are all in the county behind, so it's better not to stray too far from the city.  As soon as the charge here stopped, the thousands of Tatars gathered around and circled again, as if they were tired, which made people panic.

    Hey, look at those Tatars coming over.; Qin Mingtao was stunned, a little unable to believe his eyes. He put down the telescope and took a look, but saw that the white flag also moved, following Dorgon back up the mountain.  Countless whistles suddenly sounded, and more than five thousand Tatars suddenly turned their horses and left the battlefield from behind the mountain.

    Dole] ran away?

    Then what is he doing here?

    Qin Mingtao was stunned on the battlefield, racking his brains and unable to figure out what was going on.

    A few minutes later, five thousand Tatars had quickly left the battlefield and galloped northwest.  The tense wilderness was suddenly shaken, leaving nothing but horse hooves all over the ground.  The setting sun had already dropped to the distant horizon, and the cool evening breeze blew the densely packed banners of the Gaishui Camp. The more than 4,000 fully armed soldiers looked a little stupid in front of the empty wilderness.

    Zhao De, Liang Boss, and several banner generals calmly lifted the fighting status, rode to the central army in the helpless eyes of the soldiers, and looked at Dong Wang with questioning faces.

    "Father, what is this Dole doing?"

    Looking at his subordinates with puzzled faces, Qin Mingtao didn't know how to answer.  He shook his head and was about to disband the entire army in combat mode when he suddenly saw Li Jinxi running out of the city with a few scouts.

    "Your Highness, Your Highness, you were fooled! After the Tatars withdrew their cavalry just now, the spies finally ran back. We were fooled. The Tatars in Laoting County, Funing County, and the entire eastern part of the state all withdrew in the morning. As soon as they knew we landed  Hou Dole] abandoned the entire coast and withdrew to Santun camp with the looted goods."

    After finishing speaking, Li Jinxi smiled, with a defeated expression on his face, "Dorgon has delayed us for a day, and tonight, all his troops and looted property can be safely evacuated."

    Qin Mingtao was embarrassed and silent for a long time, speechless.
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