The Qing army's camp has been moved from Guangping Prefecture to Daming. Dorgon personally led the army with the kings Baylor to station in Daming. One hundred thousand cavalry rushed south, red Yi cannons filled the roads, and there were still many places in Dashun that could not be reached in the future.
The retreating civilians were also forcibly recruited as civilian husbands by the Qing army, and were forced to carry grain and supplies to the Eastern captives.
Before Dorgon's southern expedition, he originally thought that in order to secure the Central Plains in this battle, he could no longer indulge the Manchu soldiers in burning, killing and looting as in the past, so as to corrupt the hearts of the Central Plains and cause the Qing Dynasty to lose the opportunity to compete in the world.
He originally wanted to regulate military discipline after occupying the daimyo, but this time the southern expedition and military expansion had reached an unprecedented limit in the history of the Qing Dynasty. The sources of soldiers were mixed, and the military discipline of each department was also scattered. Dorgon's prestige
Unlike Huang Taiji, he had just defeated Hauge through a despicable conspiracy, and he could not make all the Qing army's troops work like his own.
In addition, although Cizhou and Daiming were all occupied by the Qing army, due to the fierce resistance of the Shun army defenders in the previous stage, both the Manchu soldiers and the Mongolian soldiers suffered a lot of losses.
Even though Dorgon repeatedly emphasized that only "those who resist will be punished," and for other surrendered city residents, they should "not massacre people, not burn houses, not loot property,...the army and the people will not commit any crimes." However, the actual process
Among them, because the Qing army suffered a lot of casualties in the process of conquering Cizhou and Daming, it was impossible to achieve the so-called Qiu without committing any crimes.
On the contrary, bloody and cruel killings have been taking place in the Daming City before Dorgon brought the kings Baylor and the civil and military courtiers to Cizhou City until now.
The residents of Cizhou City and Daming City have maintained the living habits left by their ancestors for thousands of years. They maintain bun hairstyles and wear Han robes, which are completely different from the foreign invaders who suddenly rushed in from outside the city.
It would be fine if only the Manchus and Mongols raised their butcher's knives, but in fact, whether they are the Han flag soldiers in the Eight Banners Army or the vassal soldiers of King Zhishun, these Han people have no regard for their unshaven compatriots.
They also have no sympathy at all.
In just an instant, the thoroughfares and alleys were filled with blood.
The person who connived at the massacre of the Qing soldiers was one of the frontline commanders, Dorobele Nikan. He had just been named by Dorgon in front of the army because of his meritorious service in breaking the city. The purpose was to respect the prince Nikan.
It was very obvious that he rudely ordered to kill all the soldiers and civilians, regardless of the resistance or non-resistance, and those who had not shaved their heads.
How cruel it is to kill all these four words. Wherever the butcher knife strikes, the residents who have lived on this land for generations are brutally killed because of their hair.
Many women, the elderly and children were massacred, and more bloody, cruel and sinful things happened in these fallen cities.
However, this did not destroy the Han people's will to resist as Nikan expected, nor did it deter and undermine the morale of the Dashun army as Nikan expected.
It should be said that on the contrary, this cruel order angered and strengthened the resisters, and united the gentry and the remnants of the Shun army who were not harmonious with each other, forcing them to protect their own nation and their own country.
Family, protect your parents, wives, children and living habits, and fight to the end.
Some remnants of the Shun army who did not retreat with Liu Tichun became the mainstay of the resistance. Under the inhumane killings of the Manchurian soldiers, Dashun's defeated troops and the Hebei gentry actually merged together, and they were forced to unite for the most heroic final struggle.
All the resisters were extraordinarily brave and would never lay down their weapons until they died in battle. The Qing soldiers faced fierce resistance from them. The two cities of Daming and Cizhou that were conquered turned out to be new battlefields, but some of them did not have time.
The evacuated soldiers and civilians actually made Nikan, who had just been promoted to the county king in front of the army, feel that his face was completely lost.
All the streets and alleys in the city became battlefields, and the Manchu soldiers had no choice but to search house by house. They kicked down the door panels of houses one by one and rushed in to search.
But Nikan soon discovered that this approach was not only extremely inefficient, but also too dangerous. There may be dangers hidden in each individual house. Although the Qing soldiers were fully armed and the possibility of being killed or injured in a sneak attack was very low, but if
When hundreds or even thousands of casualties were caused just by cleaning the battlefield, how could Nikan have the face to brag about his victory?
The Qing army did not immediately clear out the inner cities of Cizhou and Daming, but news of the massacre quickly spread everywhere. In the entire Qing army's occupied areas, the resistance quickly changed from the city
spread to the countryside. The soldiers and civilians who had not had time to evacuate to the areas controlled by the Dashun Army could only raise their arms and spontaneously unite in one place. With the rural soldiers armed by the gentry and the defeated soldiers of the Dashun Army who had not been able to evacuate in the future as the backbone, they fought with all their strength.
Resist.
All of a sudden, the northern parts of Zhangde Prefecture and Daming Prefecture were ablaze, and the regular armed forces of the resisters were completely useless. However, they were invisible in the battle, and during the defense, they used all the capital of daily household income to resist. Women and children
They also helped fight, and the fighting was extremely fierce. If the Manchus wanted to destroy any small family that was not worth mentioning, they would have to pay real casualties and costs.
This is a battle, but not a battle.
This is a massacre, and it is not a massacre.
Because this was just a cry of courage from a small number of defeated soldiers, and it was just a spontaneous resistance organized by ordinary local villagers; and because their resistance was so effective, they used their own flesh and blood to smash the Qing army's butcher's knife into many gaps.
Nikan finally gave the order in infinite annoyance: "Set fire...set fire and burn them all to death!"
It was not that the Qing soldiers were unable to suppress these riots, it was just that as an ordinary frontline commander, Nikan was simply unable to undertake the small task of cleaning up the battlefield at the cost of thousands of casualties.
He had no choice but to order fires to drive away the enemy, and the Qing soldiers lit the flames indifferently. The fires in winter showed a red color that was lighter than orange-red, and the high flames continued to spit and spread into the distance, and
The thick smoke is also mixed with the last few falling snows, either white or black, gradually spreading in all directions.
The soldiers and civilians who resisted hopelessly were all perished in the sea of fire.
However, the adverse effects of the order issued by Nikan were ten times worse than the worst case scenario that Prince Jingjin himself could have imagined:
After being destroyed by fire, Cizhou City and Daming City could hardly function as a frontline support point for the Qing army in a short period of time.
It wasn't until Dorgon arrived at the Daimyo with King Baylor and all the ministers from the dynasty that the flames, killings, and remaining resistance were completely suppressed one by one.
However, Dorgon did not have a good look at Nikan's "contributions". He did not cut off the title of county king that Nikan had just obtained in anger. He had already considered the issue of army morale to the maximum extent.
After all, the Qing army had just won a great victory. At this stage, if Dorgon severely punished Nikan for his meritorious service in the first battle, the impact would also be relatively bad.
The regent could only swallow this bitter pill in his heart, but there was no need for him to say it out loud. After all the famous clan dignitaries of the Qing Dynasty entered Daming City, and when everyone saw this dilapidated city,
I believe that everyone will silently record a "credit" for Nikan in their hearts.
Even Jierhalang, who was the calmest and had already half retired from the front line and was preparing to live a life of officialdom after the Southern Expedition, could not help but curse:
"Nikan's actions will make it impossible for our generation to return to the north!"