Chapter 287 Horse plague erupts

Jining, the temporary governor.

Dad Li said to Wang Pu with a serious expression: "Marty, more than a hundred mules and horses suffering from horse plague have been stolen by the Tartars. From today on, the mules and horses in the city can no longer drink water from the canal and have to drink well water like humans! There are also four cities with stone chalks, otherwise small animals such as rats and otters will spread horse plague back to the city, and thousands of mules and horses in the city will not be spared."

Wang Pu nodded and asked with concern: "Dad, will the horse plague have no effect on people?"

Wang Pu had to worry that if the horse plague would be transmitted to people, it would be a big deal. At that time, Jiannu and the Tartars would certainly be spared, but even the Central Army soldiers hiding in the city would not be spared. Moreover, once the plague is lost control, it will cause irreparable disasters in the northern five provinces, which would be a loss.

"This won't happen." Dad Li said affirmatively, "The structure of horses and humans is different. Horse plague cannot be transmitted to humans."

"That's good." Wang Pu finally felt relieved and ordered Lu Liu to "Lu Liu, starting from today, all the mules and horses in the baggage camp and artillery camp will be replaced with water for wells, and they will no longer eat hay cut outside the city. They will eat better. Lime must be sprinkled on the bases of the walls of the four cities. Also, in case of precautions, the soldiers of the entire army are strictly prohibited from drinking canal water and raw water. All food must be cooked before eating."

"yes."

Lu Liuba saluted Wang Pu, and then turned around and went.

When Dad Li left, only Wang Pu and his daughters were left in the tent. Wang Pu turned his eyes to Liu Qingyan and asked, "What's the news in Henan?"

Liu Qingyan gave Wang Pu a charming look and said angrily: "Don't worry, your old lover is so nervous about you. Her 40,000 cavalry has already secretly crossed the Yellow River and gathered in the area of ​​Zhangde Mansion. Just wait for your order, these 40,000 cavalry will immediately head eastward, and you can reach Liaocheng within three days and cut off the retreat of Jiannu and the Tartar cavalry."

"Cough..." Wang Pu coughed awkwardly, changing the subject, "Did there be any news from Tang Sheng and Shi Lang?"

Liu Qingyan said charmingly: "I just want to report to you. Tang Sheng just released a carrier pigeon. His mixed camp has already captured Zhigu City without bloodshed. Now he has divided his troops with Shi Lang, and has marched forward to Beijing on both sides of the water and land."

"Well." Wang Pu nodded gently, "I hope Tang Sheng can capture Beijing without bloodshed like he captured Zhigu, especially not letting the Forbidden City suffer military disasters. The Forbidden City represents the highest architectural achievement of our Ming Dynasty and a cultural treasure of our Chinese civilization. It would be a pity if it was destroyed by military disasters."

Liu Rushi on the side said: "Dorgon is not in Beijing. If Dorgon had not given the order, the Jiannu master who stayed in Beijing might not dare to take the initiative to burn the Forbidden City without authorization. The I think that as long as General Tang Sheng can enter Beijing in the shortest time, and not give Jiannu in the city too much time to react, there is still a great chance of preserving the Forbidden City."

"I hope this is the case." Wang Pu nodded and said to Liu Rushi, "Rushi, now you can call the staff of the commander to discuss the follow-up combat plan after the end of the Jining War, and then discuss whether it is possible to take advantage of the situation to march westward to restore Shanxi? Or even cross Shanhaiguan to restore Liaodong?"

"Yes." Liu Rushi replied in a sweet voice, "I will go to the General Staff now."

"Huh." Wang Pu breathed a long sigh, lay down on the chair, and said with some melancholy, "The Battle of Jining is about to end, but there are many tasks to do next, thousands of things, and thousands of things... I really hope that the world will be peaceful tomorrow, so that the people of the five northern provinces can live a good life again. Over the years, the people of the five northern provinces have suffered enough. It is really difficult to live in troubled times."

Liu Qingyan twisted her waist and walked behind Wang Pu, and used her soft and plump body to press Wang Pu from behind. Her slender fingers had already poked into Wang Pu's hairline, gently massaged Wang Pu's scalp, and advised softly, "Marty, don't be too demanding on yourself, you have done a good job. If it weren't for you, Martyr, you would have been killed. The Ming Dynasty was really going to perish. I'm afraid that all the Han people in the world would suffer. Jiannu is all beasts who kill without blinking."

Wang Pu leaned his head back and leaned against Liu Qingyan's plump breasts, enjoying the witch's slender finger massage service comfortably. This witch is a vixen. She always learns the ability to tease men or charm men. Wang Pu just told her a few times that the witch's head massage level was as close to the professional level of later generations.

Liu Qingyan suddenly lowered her head, and her fishy cherry lips leaned against Wang Pu's ears and asked, "Mr. Marquis, are you comfortable?"

Wang Pu closed his eyes and moaned, "It's so comfortable."

"Do you want to feel more comfortable?"

...

Shanxi, Liaozhou.

Wu Sangui was training his 20,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry in the barren wilderness. These 20,000 cavalry were all Western Liao Han men selected from the old Guanning subordinates. They originally had a good foundation in cavalry. In addition, after more than a month of strict training, they already had the magnificence of the Guanning Iron Cavalry back then.

Standing solemnly on the hill, watching Guanning's iron cavalry galloping across the wilderness at the foot of the mountain, coming and going like the wind, Wu Sangui couldn't help but feel excited and couldn't help but whistle to the sky.

Wu Sangui's brother Wu Sanfeng rode his horse up and praised: "Third brother, I really can't believe my eyes. The Guanning Iron Cavalry, who was invincible in the past, seemed to be back!"

The uncle of the Wu Sangui brothers was Zu Dashou. Zu Dashou was originally a general of Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Ji Liao. With the support of Yuan Chonghuan, the Ming Dynasty was devoted to the strength of the Ming Dynasty and built a cavalry with the people of the Western Han Dynasty as the team, known as the Guanning Iron Cavalry! This Guanning Iron Cavalry can be said to be the most powerful cavalry in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and made great achievements in fighting with Jiannu.

Later, when Zu Dashou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the remnants of this cavalry belonged to Wu Sangui. After Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the pass, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was forced to turn around and fight Li Zicheng's Dashun Army. In the fierce battles with the Dashun Army, the remaining Guanning Iron Cavalry remained completely injured and killed.

That's why Wu Sanfeng said this and felt that the Guanning Iron Cavalry seemed to be back.

Wu Sangui stopped his roar and said solemnly: "Brother, this is just beginning. In the near future, this iron cavalry will become stronger, stronger than the Guanning Iron Cavalry before. Moreover... this cavalry is no longer a Guanning Iron Cavalry, but our Wu family's iron cavalry!"

Wu Sanfeng's eyes sterned and said in a calm voice: "Our Wu family's iron cavalry?"

"Yes, our Wu family's iron cavalry!" Wu Sangui said sternly, "The Jiannu is going to be finished, the Tartars will also suffer severe damage. Our Wu family will soon become the king of the grassland!"

"Big brother, second brother..."

As soon as Wu Sangui finished speaking, a fast horse suddenly came from the bottom of the mountain. The horse was riding on the back of Wu Sangui's younger brother Wu Sanfu. Wu Sanfu hit the mountain and said breathlessly: "Second brother, brother, just now, the news came from the details that Hongniang had already brought 40,000 Henan cavalry north to Zhangde Mansion!"

"Oh?" Wu Sangui said happily, "It seems that the Battle of Jining is about to end, and Jiannu and the Tartars are about to end."

Wu Sanfeng said in a calm voice: "Second brother, is it too early to assert that Jiannu will lose the Battle of Jining? To be cautious, according to the elder brother, will he send 5,000 cavalry to Zhangde symbolically, and then condemn the fast horses to the emergency to Beijing and Liaocheng at the same time, remind Jiannu?"

Wu Sangui thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, then that's it."

Outside Jining City, Jiannu Daying.

It was already dark, and Dorgon stood motionless in front of the tent, looking up at the dark sky, his slightly thin body seemed to be petrified. There was no movement for a long time. Five days ago, the tragic battle on the north bank of Shagou River was still lingering in Dorgon's mind and could not be removed.

A voice sounded in Dorgon's mind: "Wang Pu is so strong, the Ming Central Army is so strong, and the Qing army has no hope of deciding the Central Plains. It is better to retreat outside the pass as soon as possible, or there is a chance to confront the Ming Dynasty. If you really have to wait until the end of your country, the people are afraid of the disaster of the destruction of the clan and the race."

Another voice immediately began to refute: "No, you must not just retreat outside the pass. The efforts of the two generations of father and brother, and decades of war and killing, how can it be left unresolved? Hold on, you must hold on. As long as you can trap Wang Pu to death in Jining, as long as you can trap the Central Army in Jining City, the Ming Dynasty will be over, and the Qing army still has a chance..."

Dorgon's brows frowned, and these two voices were in a fierce confrontation in his mind, and it was hard to decide the outcome.

Duoduo suddenly appeared behind Dorgon in the dark shade and asked in a faint voice: "Fourth Brother, what are you thinking?"

Dorgon did not look back or answered correctly, and suddenly asked back: "Fifteenth brother, do you think we still have a chance to defeat the Ming army? Should we withdraw from the outside of the pass?"

Duoduo said nothing and whispered for a while: "Fourth Brother, do you want me to tell the truth?"

Dorgon nodded softly in an invisible voice.

Duoduo said: "By the heart, the chances of our Qing army winning the Battle of Jining are very small, but the result of withdrawing from the pass may not be better. I think that instead of retreating from the pass to survive, it is better to stay and gamble. If you win the Qing Dynasty, you will win the country, and if you lose the pass, the result will not be worse."

"Fourth brother, you have really grown up."

Dorgon suddenly turned around, stretched out his hand to stroke Duoduo's shoulder, and said in an inexplicable tone, "If one day the Qing army really cannot stand within the pass and is forced to retreat outside the pass, you must take responsibility and keep our Jurchens energetic! You must not let the Jurchens be exterminated no matter what!"

Duoduo was horrified when he heard this and said in a lost voice: "Fourth Brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Dorgon quickly changed the subject and said calmly, "It's late at night, 15th brother, please go and rest too."

"Fourth Brother." Duoduo said in a narrow voice, "No matter what, our Qing Dynasty still has more than 50,000 Eight Banners warriors, and more than 100,000 Mongolian cavalry to drive it. Moreover, the Ming army has been trapped in Jining City by us. I don't know what the result of this battle is. Fourteenth Brother, don't be discouraged."

"Haha." Dorgon smiled and said, "Fifteenth brother, you are too worried. Do you think I am a deflated Jurchen man?"

Duoduo looked at Dorgon leisurely for a while, shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like it."

After saying that, the two brothers laughed with their arms, and their hearty laughter ran through the night sky, and they stopped for a long time. But Duoduo did not notice that Dorgon's smile was a little bitter, and the eyes in his eyes also showed some determination and a little decisive, as if he had made some difficult decisions, and his whole body seemed extremely calm.

In the Mongolian camp, Prince Tu Xietu held a tent.

After listening to the witch doctor's report, Prince Tu Xietu bounced up and shouted sternly: "What did you say? The Firefox is dead?"

The witch doctor trembled all over and said tremblingly: "Prince, the fire fox may... it may be... it may be because of his old age and weak strength. In addition, he was not suitable for the local environment and ate some dewy grass, so... so... the slave is incompetent and failed to save the fire fox for the prince. The servant deserves to die for thousands of deaths, and deserves to die for thousands of deaths..."

"Cang..."

Amid the harsh sound of gold and iron, Prince Tu Xietu had already pulled out his sword and forced him to the witch doctor kneeling in the tent step by step with his blood-red eyes.

The witch doctor was shocked and immediately changed his words: "Prince, please spare me, please spare me..."

Prince Tu Xietu was unmoved at all. The lightning-like bayonet in his hand could only pierce the witch doctor's chest with a puff. The witch doctor screamed, his eyes suddenly protruded, and then he held the handle of the witch knife tightly with both hands. A trace of red blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and then he was cut straight onto the carpet.

The captain of the guard who followed the witch doctor to the tent said with a serious expression: "Prince, not only is the Firefox dead, but the more than a hundred war horses that were sick at the same time as the Firefox also died of illness. The more than a hundred mules and horses that were snatched from the Nanming barbarians a few days ago also died of illness. There were more war horses sweating all over and refused to eat grass. The slave thought this was a bit strange."

Prince Tuxetu said in a terrifying manner: "What do you mean?"

The captain of the guard said: "Prince, I think this is probably a horse plague!"
Chapter completed!