Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 811
Azig was dressed in white armor, and stood in front of the army on horseback. He looked at Hanyang New City with a binoculars.

He heard the reports from secret agents that Wang Yan built a new city at the junction of Jianghan last year. He thought that the city had not yet been built, so he came here to make a fortune. The wall stacks have not been repaired, but the outline of the entire city wall has been built.

Azige rushed forward on Qingqi and went south to plunder without any siege equipment. He saw that the Ming army on the new city was already in full formation, and he knew that the siege was hopeless.

"Go! Tell the people in the city to send 30 shi of grain and 50 taels of silver, and the king will retreat immediately!" Azige put down the binoculars, and with the mentality of trying, he could only make a fortune, just in case Cheng's legs are weak, and he is overwhelmed by his domineering aura, which can be regarded as a big profit.

A Han Banner general on the side, after listening to the order, had some doubts in his heart, just Ming Dynasty's stubborn temper, who was counted as being pressed to the ground and exploded with a hammer, would not give in to his stubborn temper, so he can give you food.

He will either surrender as soon as he sees you, or he will fight you to the death, trying to blackmail things, the British prince must be poor and crazy.

Although General Han thought so in his heart, he still had to obey Azig's order in action, and urged his horses to go out and come down to the city.

The blunderbusses of the soldiers in the city were aimed at him, causing him to tremble a little, and he yelled out Azig's conditions in a stern manner, but the result was naturally a row of blunderbusses.

Tianchao Daguo has his own bearing, and he didn't hit anyone. The main reason is that the goods stand a little far away, and he is afraid that he won't be killed. It's another joke, so a row of guns hits in front of his horse, splashing a piece of white snow, The war horse was also startled, the general turned pale, pulled up his horse and left, and there was a burst of laughter from the soldiers in the city behind him.

"There is a lot of money and food in the city, do the slave chiefs dare to come and take it?" Ma Jinzhong shouted from the city. He had studied martial arts in Wuchang and could occasionally compose a few sentences. The soldiers on the city immediately repeated the general's words and uttered Three shouts.

Hearing the laughter in the city, Azig felt a little anxious, but he knew that he couldn't get it wrong, and he was not so angry that he sent troops to attack the city. He was just trying his luck, what if it worked?
At this time, Azig failed to achieve the first two goals, so he could only pursue the last one, the political influence of going to Wuchang.

Of course, this influence may not be that great for Nanming, but it is more important for the Qing court.

When the hearts of the people are scattered, it is difficult to lead the team. The continuous defeat made Daqing very embarrassed, and the people below were panicked, especially many Han members had already made small calculations. The original obedient generals of the green camp also had some reserves Meaning, it seems that the preparations are not right, so they change to a big boss.

The Qing court was a regime established by the deterrence of force. Without the support of strong force, it would not be far from perishing.

The Qing army's southward looting this time was not only to solve the problem of food, but also to solve the problem of politics and people's hearts. Showing off my muscles shows that the Qing Dynasty is okay, and it is also one of the tasks assigned by Dorgon to Azig.

Regardless of the reaction in the city, before Azig left, Dorgon had explained to him and asked him to make a noise.

Those who went south this time were all the elite of the Qing army, and it would be a pity to die. Seeing that the city of Hanyang had been built, Azig did not attack, but he did not leave either. In Xintan, Shazhen, Caidian and other places near Wuchang, cavalry galloped around the city to create momentum and sang a one-man show.

A few days later, the areas around Hanyang that were not evacuated and were easier to fight were wiped out by the Qing soldiers.

Although this trip to the south, because the Ming army was prepared, the looting was much worse than expected, but after all, there were still three melons and two dates, and the Qing army had more or less grabbed something.

At this time, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, more and more Ming army reinforcements from Hunan had already crossed the river in batches in Jingzhou, Yuezhou and other places.

Seeing that it was already December [-]th, Azige was afraid that the Han River would thaw and that the Ming army would have too many reinforcements and would trap him, so he brought soldiers and horses, escorted the looted supplies, and began to retreat northward.

The Hunan Ming Army who came from the south naturally forbade him to leave. Wang Guangtai from Houyong Town left Jingzhou and led 1 horses in pursuit. In the end, he caught up, but he was not an opponent of Qingqi. After being crushed for a while, he could only form a team In the round formation, more than 2000 Qingqi were trapped in the snow for a day and a night, and they almost collapsed. It was only when Ma Jinzhong and several other Ming troops arrived that Qingqi gave up on him and retreated.

This time, the Ming army did not dare to pursue too closely, nor did they dare to divide their troops, and followed the Qing army far away in a group.

Azig knew that there were more and more reinforcements from the Ming army coming from all over the country, but none of these Ming troops were his opponents in the wilderness, so he didn't care too much, and still walked northward with the loot , ready to end the trip.

The Qing cavalry squad, which was dispatched to various places to rob, also began to retreat northward one after another.

Generally speaking, many Qing soldiers are quite satisfied with the actions here. After all, they have snatched things and no one died, which is something to be happy about.

The weakness of the Ming army in the face of the Qing army's cavalry also made the soldiers of the Eight Banners seem to get rid of the shadow of continuous failure.

Along the way, the Qing soldiers returning from looting from all over the place gathered continuously, wrapped their coats and drove large and small vehicles, cattle, horses and mules, forming a large convoy several miles long.

On December 22, Azig led his troops to Yicheng.

This is where the supplies of the Qing army gathered. Because Hao Yaoqi was in Xiangyang, the Qing soldiers put the looted items in Yicheng County. The silver money was transported to Xinye through the dangerous Xiangfan, and then transferred to Henan.

Azig arrived outside Yicheng, but found that something was wrong.

At this moment in Yicheng, the city gate was closed tightly, and there seemed to be soldiers and horses shaking on the city, Azig hurriedly raised his hand, and the brigade behind him suddenly stopped.

Azige looked at it for a while, frowned, stretched out his hand and waved forward, a group of cavalry rushed out immediately, and arrived at the city after a while. After a long time, the gate of Yicheng slowly opened, a Qing general, He led a group of infantry and ran out.

Azige saw it as Xu Erxian, who was under Shang Kexi's command, and his face couldn't help but become gloomy.

When Xu Erxian came up to him, Azig asked without waiting for him to dismount, "Didn't you camp at Baihekou to monitor Xiangfan? Who told you to come to Yicheng?"

Xu Erxian's face was a little embarrassed and a little frightened. He got off his horse, then knelt on the snow, and replied: "My lord, the slave is leading 1 horses and stationed at Baihekou to monitor Hao Yaoqi. Yang Xiangxi suddenly killed more than 3 Ming troops, including five or six thousand horse troops." As he spoke, Xu Erxian's voice trembled a little, and he continued in a crying voice: "The general is too late to guard against him, and he hasn't reacted yet. It was broken through by the Ming army and Ma Jun."

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