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The other [-] Datong cavalry gradually approached in this direction, in case Shuo Zhan led troops out of the city to rescue.

12 Manchurian horse troops, 37 Manchurian infantry troops, plus their coats, the number is nearly a hundred.Surrounded in the wild like this, Ma Jun even put on cotton armor in an emergency, and tried to distance himself to escape after getting on his horse.

It's fine if they don't wear armor, but they really can't escape with armor on.

In order to reduce weight, Datong dragoons don't wear any armor to ensure their speed.

I saw these Datong cavalry, only 50 cavalry were left to guard the enemy infantry, and the rest all went to kill the enemy cavalry. 250 riders chased and intercepted 12 riders. There was no need to dismount and fire guns. After approaching, they reined in their horses and shot.

After fighting for a while, three people were killed by firecrackers, and eight people were besieged in close combat. Only one Manchu cavalry was still running away.

The Datong cavalry circled back again, dismounted and lined up to fire guns at the remaining enemy infantry.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The packers were so frightened that they all fell to the ground and surrendered, but they effectively avoided the volley of firecrackers.

These Manchurian infantry soldiers would be surrounded and killed if they fled scattered, and they would be shot when they gathered.There was no way to fight at all, so he had to bite the bullet and charge. After a round of charge, he was killed and half injured by muskets.

When the survivors charged a little closer, the group of Datong dragoons ran away, and another group of dragoons began to shoot from the side.

Unable to fight, the Manchurian infantry finally had a mental breakdown and ran desperately towards Liaoyang City.

The Datong dragoons caught up and surrounded them with sabers at their waists.

He actually killed the remaining few, threw away their weapons and surrendered.The Datong army was unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness. They stripped off their cotton armor, took away their weapons, cut off their thumbs and let them enter the city.

Shuo Zhan was disgusted by this behavior. He had taken in hundreds of Manchurian soldiers who had lost their thumbs, and some of them had been sent back from Haizhou on purpose.

These people can't draw bows and arrows, and they can't hold swords, guns and shields stably, so they are completely useless.

Moreover, news was brought from Haizhou, saying that Hauge and Dorgon were fighting among themselves, and the Qing army was killed and defeated.Beijing has been besieged, and Shanhaiguan has been breached... These news caused the morale of the Liaoyang defenders to drop to the extreme.

The Eight Banners assistant leader of the Han Army defending Liaoyang is ready to move and may rebel at any time.

"Hang up to the city." Shuo Zhan had no choice but to order.

If the Eight Banners soldiers were abandoned after their thumbs were chopped off, the morale in the city would only be lowered, and he would have to consume food to feed these wastes.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of coated soldiers who surrendered had their thumbs chopped off and sent outside the city.

"Help!"

"Master Zhang Jing, please pull us up!"

"..."

The Han people were crying and crying under the city, and the cavalry of Datong was watching the theater farther away, but Shuo Zhan on the city turned a deaf ear to it.

Disabled Manchurians must be rescued, but what are Han people's coats?

Dozens of coats, weeping in the city like this.Although they only lost their thumbs, they were doomed, and there was only one ending: starve to death!

The 100 Han Army Eight Banners who assisted in defending the city, seeing the tragic situation of Baoyi, inevitably felt sad.If my thumb is cut off, I'm afraid I'll be abandoned too, so what the hell is he fighting for the Tartars?

In the afternoon, when he inspected the city defense, Shuo Zhan obviously felt that something was wrong. There was something wrong with the eyes of the Eight Banners soldiers of the Han army.

Nothing will happen now, but when a large number of enemy troops attack the city, these Eight Banners of the Han army will definitely surrender to the enemy.

That night, Shuo Zhan abandoned his family and only brought his two sons to break out.As he was facing the river, he ordered the rest of the soldiers to break out in three directions, and he disguised himself as a soldier to escape on horseback.

In the middle of the night, the screams of killing were loud, and the pursuit and killing were carried out in the dark.

Shuo Zhan's eldest son was killed, and he and his second son were captured.He was not recognized, and even saved his life. After losing his thumbs, he fled towards Shenyang on foot.

Before Hu Dinggui led his troops to kill, the Eight Banners of the Han Army who stayed in the city took the initiative to open the city and sacrifice Liaoyang.

……

A few days later, Shenyang City.

This is Shengjing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He Luohui, a minister in the Zhenghuang Banner, was appointed by Dorgon as the governor of Shengjing, the highest official in the entire Northeast.

At this moment, Shenyang has gathered more than 3000 troops, more than 600 from the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and [-] from the Han Army and the Eight Banners of Mongolia.Ahanikan of the Xianghuang Banner stationed in Shengjing has also arrived with hundreds of soldiers.

"I'm Shuo Zhan, let me enter the city!"

Ahanikan looked up and said to He Luohui, "It's really Shuo Zhan."

He Luohui quickly said, "Let him in quickly!"

Shuozhan took his son into the city, and when He Luo met his hands wrapped in cloth, he said in surprise, "You also had your thumb cut off?"

"The enemy's heart is vicious, it's better to kill me!" Shuo Zhan said with a mournful face.

Ahanikan asked, "Where did the enemy come from?"

All three of them are Dorgon's confidantes. Historically, Ahanikan even served as the Minister of Rites.

Since they are all their own people, there is nothing to hide.

Shuo Zhan said in a low voice: "I don't know whether it's true or not. The soldiers who fled from Haizhou brought the news. It said that the king of Qingqing (Hao Ge) started a rebellion, and we fought in the Qing Dynasty and were killed by the Datong army in the south. I was caught off guard. Today, Beijing has been besieged, and the Shanhaiguan Pass has been broken, and the enemy came from Shanhaiguan Pass.”

He Luohui and Ahanikan immediately looked at each other.

They actually... somewhat believed it.

Otherwise where did the enemy come from?It can't come by flying with wings, and it can't swim from the sea.

They firmly believe that the Eight Banners of Manchuria are strong and will not be easily defeated.

But if Hauge provoked internal strife, and then recruited one or two princes to rebel, it is really possible that the Datong army will seize the opportunity.

He Luohui thought about it for a long time, and said: "Defend Shengjing first, what if it's false news. Invite all Manchurian men to Shengjing, and women can also take up weapons to fight. Also, go to the north to gather wild Jurchens, every tribe A hundred fighters must be dispatched!"

The savage Jurchens are very miserable. In the past few decades, all kinds of people have been conquered by the Qing Dynasty.

Even if the tribe that has already surrendered the tribute, the Manchu Qing will fight twice if it is okay.Every time there is a conquest, people and goods will be taken away, making it impossible for the tribes of the savage Jurchen to develop at all.

The Oroqen, Ewenki and other ethnic minorities in later generations were all evolved from savage Jurchens.

Many wild Jurchens even lived in Russia in later generations.They were sparsely populated by the Qing Dynasty and had no combat effectiveness at all. As a result, Russia was cheaper. Dozens of Cossack cavalry could occupy tens of thousands of square kilometers of land.

Ahanikan said: "All the Jurchens in the southern mountains also moved to Shengjing, and try to keep Shengjing as much as possible!"

Shuo Zhan said: "Han people and North Koreans cannot enter the city, they are likely to defect!"

"Yes, except for the loyal coat, the Han and North Koreans are not allowed to enter the city!" Ahanikan agreed.

Tens of thousands of Han and Korean people were abandoned in the countryside without even a single grain of food.

When some Manchus moved out of their farms, they simply killed all their serfs.

Wu Huapu rushed back to Liaoyang to report: "General, there are thousands of defenders in Shenyang, and it is impossible to take it in a short time. They are afraid of defecting. Han and Koreans are not allowed to enter the city. Even the Eight Banners of the Han army are out of the city to set up camp. In the city of Shenyang, apart from the Manchurians, there are only coats.”

Hu Dinggui laughed and said, "Then we won't fight Shenyang. The cavalry went to recruit Han Chinese and Koreans to move westward, and they all moved to Gaizhou, Fuzhou, and Jinzhou to farm. In addition, they went outside Shenyang to shout, saying that Dorgon had already Defeated, 50 Datong troops are about to come to Shenyang. Let’s scare them, it will take a lot of time to take away the people, lest the enemy troops in Shenyang come out to make trouble.”

Hu Dinggui said to Wang Yaochen: "Order North Korea to collect grain again, and the price can be increased by [-]%. If it is impossible, we can only go to Jiangsu to urge grain. There are too many people to be resettled this time."

Hu Dinggui really stopped fighting in Shenyang. He evacuated Haizhou and Liaoyang, and took away tens of thousands of people from Shenyang.

Although the stronghold of the Qing Dynasty has not been breached, it has become a piece of white ground.

When leaving, the city walls of Haizhou and Liaoyang were also blown down with gunpowder, and they can come back to seize the city at any time in the future.

By the way, in Liaodong, which is vast and sparsely populated, pastures can be opened up to raise horses!

It wasn't until Hu Dinggui moved everyone away and returned to Gaizhou safely that Dorgon finally received the news that his hometown had been raped.

Chapter 403 [Calendar and Characters]

The weather in Henan is good this year, and it actually started to rain very early in the spring.

This is the first normal spring rain in Henan after six consecutive years of severe drought in the province.

Tragic Henan can finally return to normal this year. Except for the Runing Mansion occupied by Zhao Han, there is no drought in other places in Henan.

It's nonsense, God seems to be against Zhao Han.

He only occupied two prefectures in Henan, but the prefecture with the most immigrants is about to experience severe drought this year.On the contrary, the territory of the Manchu Qing in Henan will become smooth this year.

In addition, Shaanxi, which has been in drought for more than ten years, is also experiencing good weather this year, and only some areas of Shanxi are dry.

"Chongzhen severe drought" began to shift to the south in an all-round way.

However, the Manchu Qing could not please, and hundreds of thousands of Liaodong soldiers and civilians collectively moved to North Zhili.But this year's North Zhili is a drought-stricken area.

To be more specific, this year's drought-stricken areas are located in the core ruling areas of Dorgon and Zhao Han.

Come on, hurt each other!

……

When Hu Dinggui plundered the population of Shenyang, and when Huang Yao took the Chengdu Plain, the frontal battlefield also began to act.

Farmers in northern Hubei, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, Nanyang, and Runing were mobilized, and the grain Zhao Han harvested last autumn had already been continuously transported to the north.

The Civil War is imminent.

At this critical moment, the people of Nanjing were not focusing on the upcoming Northern Expedition.

No one thought that the Datong Army would be defeated. It seemed that sweeping the Central Plains was normal.Their eyes turned to the officially published "Datong Almanac", "Twelve Qi Calendars", "Datong Zhengyin" and "Datong Dictionary".

"Datong Almanac" is an adaptation of "Chongzhen Almanac", only some obvious mistakes have been deleted, such as the geocentric theory.

Hou's father and son were under surveillance in Shandong, Zuo Liangyu was still vacillating.

Just last winter, Hou Fangyu received the news of his mother's death, so he got rid of Manqing and almost returned to Henan for the funeral.Then he entered Anhui from his hometown, wandered around for several months, and finally came to Nanjing.

As soon as I entered the city, I saw servants carrying burdens and selling "Twelve Qi Calendars" to shops along the street.

It is not forced to buy and sell, you can not buy it, but the date of collection of store tax in the future will be collected according to the new calendar time.

"How do you sell the almanac?" Hou Fangyu asked.

The guard replied with a smile: "One yuan for colored tapes, one dime for colorless ones."

Hou Fangyu came all the way south and already knew the southern currency system.

A few years ago, the Datong silver dollar, which was mainly used for merchant trade, has now become a very common currency in circulation.One silver dollar is equal to one tael of silver, commonly known as "one dollar".

Moreover, Datong copper coins have been added, which can be divided into five jiao, two jiao and one jiao.

Traditional copper coins with square holes are still in use, about 800 to 1200 Wen, which can be exchanged for one yuan, that is, ten cents.

However, only Datong copper coins can be used to pay taxes.

The rest of Jiajing Tongbao and Chongzhen Tongbao are not recognized by the government and banks.Although it can be exchanged at the bank, those are "waste coins" and basically can only be exchanged for the cost price of copper materials.

"Let me take a look first," Hou Fangyu said.

The colorful and painted version belongs to the wall calendar, with simple paintings of flowers, birds and landscapes.Colorless and without painting, it is a desk calendar.

Hou Fangyu brought not much money, so he bought a desk calendar.

He found that the old and new calendars corresponded up and down, and beside the numbers in Chinese characters, there were also Tianzhu numbers (Arabic numbers).

In the first year of the Republic of China, the Yellow Emperor calendar was 4339 years.

The first day of the first month of the new calendar (Lichun) corresponds to the ninth day of the first lunar month (Lichun) of the old calendar.

Continue to read and find out that there are 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, and each solar term is on the 1st or 16th day of the new calendar.There are 31 days in a big month and 30 days in a small month.

However, due to the unevenness of the sun's movement, there are 5 days in May, only 32 days in November, and the summer solstice is May 11.

Hou Fangyu smiled and said, "This calendar is easy to remember."

Holding the newly bought desk calendar, Hou Fangyu first asked his old friend about the situation, and learned that Fang Yizhi was very popular with Zhao Han's new job, so he asked Fang Yizhi to pass the letter on his behalf.

Zhao Han was about to go on a personal expedition, so he didn't have much time. Hou Fangyu was scheduled for the morning after tomorrow.

The founding emperor's personal conquest was not because he was full.

Due to backward communication technology, military information cannot be passed back and forth quickly.Moreover, the battlefield may involve four provinces. Zhao Han must move the headquarters to the front line, because no one can independently suppress the generals except him.

There was still a whole day left, and Hou Fangyu wandered around the city of Nanjing.

He traveled through the three provinces of Beizhi, Shandong, and Henan, and came to the south again. The gap between the north and the south is too great. He likes the fireworks in the world like Nanjing.

Moreover, it seems that every time you go south, there will be many new gadgets.

Coming to the street selling cultural goods, Hou Fangyu passed by a watch shop, and suddenly heard the sound of "Dang Dang Dang".

He walked in out of curiosity, and was immediately greeted by a store clerk with a smile on his face: "Master, this store has the latest chime clock, as well as exclusive pocket watches in Nanjing..."

Hou Fangyu asked strangely: "I remember that this store used to sell inscriptions, calligraphy and paintings, why did it sell clocks and watches?"