Episode 43 It is said that the collapse of the Three Qin Dynasty (1)
Xiang Xiaoqiang originally planned to return to the headquarters that night, but the imperial doctor refused. Now he has contracted the flu. The headquarters is inside the Purple Mountain Fortress. Although the ventilation is OK, the density of people is so high that if the infection really spreads,
If he did, then the entire top management of the Ming army would be wiped out by him. Then there would be no unification war.
Thinking about it, Xiang Xiaoqiang had no choice but to sleep in the princess's mansion. Sure enough, Xiang Xiaoqiang started to have a fever in the middle of the night, and by the morning, he was already sick.
As a result, there was a strong smell of formalin inside and outside Xiang Xiaoqiang's room. Xiang Xiaoqiang called it a "mortuary smell."
On the morning of the 25th, Tang Yunsheng came back without seeing Xiang Xiaoqiang. He was about to get angry when he received a call from Hu Jiong from the princess's house, reporting that Xiang had also contracted the flu and was sick because he visited the princess's bedside and did not isolate himself well.
It fell. Then the chief physician of the Princess Mansion answered the phone and confirmed it personally.
Tang Yunsheng heard that Xiang Xiaoqiang was unable to come back not because he was with Her Royal Highness @#￥%&, but because he was infected with the flu. He felt a little relieved and felt that this young man was quite stable. After all, he didn't think about what he was worried about. So
Just messing around.
Then he asked the imperial doctor Xiang Xiaoqiang when he would get better. The imperial doctor said that this kind of cold is not easy to get rid of, and it can take as little as three or four days and as long as more than ten days.
When Tang Yunsheng heard this, he was furious again.
"More than ten days? The war of more than ten days is over!" he shouted, "I ordered him to heal me in three days, otherwise military law will be imposed! Give him my words!"
When the imperial doctor heard this, he also became angry. After all, he is an internationally renowned internal medicine expert and is highly respected in the industry. He used to be a professor at Nanjing Imperial Medical University. After his retirement, he was hired by the Royal Medical Association to "use his remaining energy." Normally, he was a professor at Nanjing Imperial Medical University.
Even Her Royal Highness the Princess respects him very much. At this moment, his expert temper came out, and he said lukewarmly:
"Your Excellency, Marshal, you can only call and talk to God about this matter. I would like to advise you, don't use this tone when talking to God. God is not your business."
Tang Yunsheng was stunned and hung up the phone angrily.
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Fortunately, before Xiang Xiaoqiang fell ill, he finally brought back a great idea. The benefits this good idea brought to the Ming army were enough to make up for the loss of Xiang Xiaoqiang's absence for a few days.
On the battlefield of the Zhengzhou Corps, from the night of the 24th to the morning of the 25th, after a whole night of collapse, the Thirteenth Group Army of the Qing Army, also known as the Zhengzhou Corps, had no organizational structure above the regiment level and completely collapsed into a banditry.
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But unlike traditional bandits, these "bandits" are almost harmless to the people along the way. The purpose of ordinary bandits is nothing more than to steal money and food, but the purpose of these "bandits" is only about one thing
: On the way.
Along the more than 200 kilometers from Zhengzhou to Luoyang to Hanguguan, especially in the villages and towns along the Qinqi Railway, people suddenly saw a group of soldiers "whistling past" at night, followed closely by another group of soldiers.
"Whooshing past", and then another group of soldiers "whistling past"... The marching speed was so fast and the morale was so high that it completely lost the usual loose look of the garrison.
In the darkness, many people initially speculated that the Ming army might have arrived, and were welcoming them on the roadside with food and drink. Later, when they got closer, they were frightened - it was still the Ming army!
Many people who had already shouted "Long live the Ming Dynasty", "Welcome Master Wang", "I've been waiting for you", etc. were so frightened that they threw away their jars, turned around and ran away, then went home to pack up their things.
, prepare to go up the mountain to escape. This thing is going to ransack your home and behead you!
In normal times, these officers and soldiers would have easily let go of this opportunity to make money. Wouldn't they have to arrest all the seven aunts and eight aunts and beat them to death? Unexpectedly, these officers and soldiers, who are usually like the king of hell, are now
He had no interest in these "rebellious" people. He didn't even bother to look at them and ran past the entrance of the village in a gust of wind.
Many brave villagers stood guard at the entrance of the village, watching as these soldiers ran away without even taking their hats or carrying heavy weapons. They all only carried rifles, and at most they also carried machine guns and mortars. The same was true of their transportation vehicles.
There are all kinds of things: cars, mules, horses, motorcycles, bicycles, tanks, tricycles... The common people thought they were running away and were being chased by the Ming army. But if you look closely, they didn't look like they were running away. Instead, they looked high in morale and excited.
Very.
With great difficulty, hundreds of thousands of soldiers ran over. After a while, before the dust had dispersed, another group came up from behind. Then there were flashes of explosions and flames from the front, and a series of gunshots and explosions were heard.
.This is obviously a fight between two groups of officers and soldiers...
These common people really don't understand.
But in troubled times, the people at the bottom are the smartest. They are like the animals at the bottom of the food chain, with the most sensitive awareness. Now, although there are still waves of clean government troops roaring past in front of us, although these
The morale of the Qing army is so high, abnormally high. Although there is no sign of the Ming army yet... However, the common people have already smelled that the Manchu Qing regime is about to collapse.
Because, in more than 200 kilometers of various places, the local county magistrates and township chiefs are already hurriedly packing up their belongings. The local military, police, constitutional, special, tax and other real power departments, those privileged figures who are usually arrogant and rampant,
In recent days, I have been keeping my tail between my legs and living in seclusion.
Especially last night and this morning, it can be said that there was a panic. In counties, towns, and townships, large wooden boxes and rattan alleys have been almost sold out in recent days. The gasoline and diesel monopolized by government and businessmen have long been sold out.
It was divided up internally and completely unavailable on the market.
Even teenagers knew what this meant - the officials were getting ready to run away.
What's more important than the "escape of officials" is that the household registration control, which is usually as strict as a tin bucket, almost completely collapsed on the night of the 24th. Many people found it easier to flee south a few days ago. With the advancement of the Ming army,
, captured Kaifeng, attacked Zhengzhou and Luoyang, and stationed
The army went to fight defensive battles, and those who checked the roads were only garrison troops. The militiamen and villagers became brave, and people were panicked. Everyone was worried about their future and wanted to leave a way out for themselves. For those who fled south, they also
He turned a blind eye and even fled south with them.
On the night of the 24th, the Zhengzhou Army collapsed, and the last obstacle to the southward escape disappeared. In almost every village and town, every household was packing their luggage and preparing to flee south in groups at dawn.
Normally people fleeing south usually do so alone to avoid arrest. But now people come in groups. What they are wary of is no longer interrogations by the government troops, but the stragglers and bandits who take advantage of the chaos to rob them.
Everyone knows, at least in their hometown, that the Qing Dynasty will collapse, the world will be in chaos, and the dynasty may have to change.
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On the morning of the 25th, Ming army aircraft began to appear in the sky.
But the target of these planes was not the groups of Qing troops on the ground crawling westward, but the villages and towns along the Qin-Qi Railway. They dropped a large number of leaflets.
These leaflets distributed to civilians are different from those distributed to the Qing army. The leaflets for the Qing army are ordinary 16-page paper, the size of a book, which is convenient for every soldier to pick up, circulate, and hide in his pocket.
The leaflets distributed to civilians this time are different. They are in 4-page size, and each leaf is as big as a newspaper. Considering that the literacy rate in rural areas of Beiqing is very low, large leaflets can be easily posted on the wall at the entrance of the village to let the literate people in the village
Read it to everyone.
The Ming army's judgment was very accurate. In the past two days, in the area of western Henan from Zhengzhou to Hangu Pass, the rule of the Northern Qing Dynasty had shown signs of collapse. It was better in the towns, but in the villages below, the rule of the government had basically ended.
Not to mention that the villagers posted Nanming leaflets at the entrance of the village and read them, even if they fled south in groups, no one would care.
On the morning of the 25th, Ming army leaflets were pasted by the villagers at the entrances of each village and on the mud walls in the villages. Under each leaflet, there was a large circle of people, and there was always a literate character in the middle.
Yes, reading out loud.
The content of the leaflet was jointly issued by the Ming government and the Ming army.
The Ming government implores the people in western Henan not to move south on a large scale and to stay in the local area. Urban residents please stay at their posts and maintain the normal operation of society. Rural residents please take good care of their homes and land and do not miss the farming season.
barren.
At the same time, the Ming army assured the people that the Zhengzhou Corps of the Qing army had been defeated across the board, and that the Ming army would regain control of western Henan, Guanzhong, Sanqin, and Shanxi in just a short time. The place where this leaflet goes now is already the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
The people are not only the people of the Ming Dynasty in name, but also the people of the Ming Dynasty in the real sense.
The leaflet also asked the people to protect all their property in the name of the Ming Empire's Provisional Military Control Commission. The Ming army has sufficient logistical support, and when the army arrives, it will not force a grain or a penny from local residents. The people must
Protect your property and
Food, be careful to prevent the Qing army from robbing and looting. Once the Qing army is robbing and looting, please do not resist and protect your own life. At the same time, write down the opponent's number and military rank. When the Ming army comes, there will be a special unit to keep statistics on all this.
, and then make decisions for the victims.
The leaflet solemnly declares: All the defeated Qing troops passing through your area are aiming for Guanzhong, and their final destination will be prisoners of the Ming army. Every harassment they cause to the people along the way will be punished in a few days.
Punishment, and you, will be the witnesses.
In addition, there were countless Ming Dynasty flags thrown down together with the leaflets. The leaflets said that if they wanted, anyone could hang these Ming Dynasty flags wherever they wanted.
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The ruling machinery of the Northern Qing Dynasty, those normally privileged and violent organs, were all overwhelmed at this time. They had also heard about the incident in Jianghuai where people liquidated the government. What they are most afraid of now is the same thing.
Fate has befallen him. An unpopular regime, on which it relies
The only thing that maintains rule is the army. And those government agencies and police agencies, even though they are usually the most arrogant and domineering, even though they are usually as feared as man-eating beasts, once the army that supports the regime falls, their fragility will be immediately exposed.
If you come out, you will immediately become the first target of liquidation by the angry people.
Fear prompts bureaucracies everywhere to unite in order to protect themselves.
Generally, the police in one place act as bodyguards, escorting the evacuation of the bureaucratic privileged institutions of the entire county or entire township. There are such teams everywhere on the rural dirt roads: long teams of donkeys, carts, and mule carts march slowly, and large vehicles
In addition to large and small boxes, there are fat-bellied, fat-headed, and lost-hearted bureaucrats, as well as crying female relatives, whose number is several times their number.
On both sides of the motorcade were policemen with sinewy faces and carrying long guns and cannons. Most of these policemen were fat-bellied and fat-headed, and none of them had a normal figure. Even those in their twenties had just put on their uniforms.
The young police officers all eat like pigs.
These people, who were dressed in "tiger skins" and usually acted arrogantly and wanted to eat people alive, were now acting as bodyguards for high officials on both sides of the motorcade. They walked away with sweating on their heads, stars in their eyes, and blisters on the soles of their feet.
I usually live a life of delicacies, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and my body has long been emptied of wine and sex. How can I bear this crime? But there is no way, the army is gone, they are the only institutions of violence.
Carrying heavy box guns and rifles, they were panting and walking while trying their best to show off their usual majesty and glaring fiercely at the crowds of people on both sides of the road.
The people didn't say a word, they just stared at them, making them tremble with fear, their hands were covered with sweat, and they were holding their guns tightly.
At this time, the gun is life.
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Suddenly, there was a "buzzing" sound above their heads. Everyone looked up and saw a black dot appear in the sky. The black dots swooped down in different directions, getting bigger and bigger, and soon turned into a Ming army fighter jet.
The plane lowered its nose and passed over the heads of the fleeing team with a "swish" sound.
Not a moment later, the fighter jet rushed down from the opposite side again.
Then--
"Da da da da da da da..."
The four machine guns on both sides of the fuselage and wings sprayed flames, and four pillars of dust exploded on the dirt road, quickly passing by the escape convoy.
The pillar of dust turned into a pillar of blood when it arrived on the convoy. In an instant, the escape convoy was beaten with blood and flesh everywhere, blood mist, and brain matter exploded everywhere. Twenty or thirty corpses were lying on the spot, and there were more
People were screaming and howling.
The people on both sides were also stunned. Suddenly, they burst into thunderous cheers:
"good----!!!"
"Good kill————!!!"
“Do it again!!!”
"Long live the Ming Dynasty!!!"
"Good kill!! Kill them all!!!"
“Do it again!!!”
As if complying with public opinion, the fighter jet swooped down from the other end in a blink of an eye and strafed again. This time, another corpse was left on the ground.
Then, the plane circled in a circle, pulled up and flew away.
In the sky, the pilot only said one sentence on the radio:
"It was discovered that Beiqing armed personnel were escorting a large amount of goods with guns. After observation, it did not look like military supplies and was judged to be the proceeds of robbery. In compliance with the order, the attack has been carried out. It is over."
There were thunderous cheers on the ground. The team of fleeing officials had been completely dispersed. Although the surviving policemen were still carrying guns, they were too frightened to get up. Now, the angry "sea of people" on both sides were moving toward
Squeezing in the middle will accomplish what the Ming army's aircraft failed to accomplish - turn these people into meat paste.
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After the leaflets were widely distributed on the morning of the 25th, the people's hearts in western Henan immediately stabilized. The flow of people fleeing south immediately eased. Many people who fled halfway saw the leaflets and the Ming Dynasty flags flying everywhere and returned to their homes.
By noon on the 25th, although there were still hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, police, gendarmes, spies, bureaucrats, and garrison militias across the entire land of western Henan, the Ming flag was already flying everywhere. And those Qing troops, police, gendarmes, and spies,
Under these fluttering flags of the Ming Dynasty, under the spit and humiliation of the people, the bureaucrats, like bereaved dogs, fled westward in embarrassment with their thin bedding.
The entire area of tens of thousands square kilometers in western Henan, overnight, was equivalent to the rear of Nanming. Ming flags were flying everywhere, and leaflets of the Ming army were posted everywhere. Although the local people had not seen a single Ming army, they had already
From the bottom of my heart, I regard myself as a member of the Ming Dynasty. Most of them stayed in their homes and posts, maintaining the normal operation of society. During the power vacuum, no large-scale chaos occurred.
What stabilizes all this is not cannonballs and bombs, but just leaflets.