Thousands of Qing troops were about to retreat from Ninggu Pagoda. This news could not be hidden from the people in the city anyway, so the people in the city panicked. The most unlucky ones were the various shops in the city, and the horses, cattle, and carts in their stores

All the pushcarts were requisitioned by the Qing army, and the defeated troops, like wolves and tigers, did not bother these merchants at all.

"Master Jun! Please leave us two cars. There is also a warehouse of goods in the backyard!"

"The Deputy Governor has an order! Recruit vehicles of all sizes to transport military supplies. If anyone disobeys, he will be killed on the spot!"

Seeing the Qing soldiers looting all the vehicles, horses and cattle in the courtyard, the owner of the shop collapsed on the ground, crying and shouting: "It's over, it's all over now! Eight thousand taels of ginseng, what should I do?!

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The waiter on the side advised: "Master, pack it up quickly! Why don't we let everyone carry the baggage and carry as much as they can."

The store owner wiped his tears and said, "That's all we can do."

Compared with the wealthy and powerful businessmen, the tens of thousands of bannermen and Han people in the city were unlucky. According to Na Qitai's order, everyone in the city had to follow the army south.

No boats or horses? Then give me your legs! Anyone who dares not to leave will be killed on the spot!

For the local exiled Han people, they are enslaved by armored men wherever they go, and it is still warmer if they go south. But for the local banner people, there is really no way to survive. Their land and homes are all here.

When we got to the south, there was nothing.

Once the current banner people are ruined, their lives will still be miserable! I really think that the banner people are all hardcore farmers.

Since the end of Kangxi, due to the proliferation of Eight Banners, wars have decreased, and the proportion of bannermen carrying armor has continued to shrink. As a result, the livelihood problems of the banner people have been exposed, and it has become more and more serious by the Qianlong period. Starting from the seventh year of Qianlong, the Qing government promulgated

"The banner is an order for the people"; in the past few decades, a large number of Han army bannermen have been dismissed, and they have either been naturalized locally or reorganized into green camps.

Although the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia will not be abolished, if they want to get their share of grain and rice, they must "fill the gap". If there is no shortage, they will eat one meal but not the next.

Once a man from the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia reaches adulthood, he is called "Dingkou". The standard of adulthood is different in each period. During the Qianlong period, the adult standard for bannermen was eighteen years old and over 1.6 meters tall.

What? Your child is already nineteen years old and is only 1.5 meters tall? Well, then your child will be a "minor" for the rest of his life...

For ordinary bannermen families, if they meet the qualifications to become a senior citizen, they have to take exams in riding and shooting, infantry shooting, and Mandarin. Only after passing the exam can they fill the vacancy.

Why is it possible? Because the vacancies at the battalion heads of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia are fixed. For example, in the Xiaoqi Battalion, there are 40 vacancies for each assistant leader; for the Guard Camp with good conditions, there are 17 vacancies for each assistant leader; as for the Baijia soldiers, which were born out of Bagala

The forward battalion, which belongs to the emperor's personal army and bodyguards, only has 2 vacancies per commander.

In the early Qing Dynasty, there were only more than 100 men in a subordinate position, and there were many vacancies. However, in the late Qianlong period, there were more than 300 men in a subordinate position. Excluding those who were officials, more than half of them could not fill the vacancies.

No income at all!

Historically, in the middle period of Daoguang Dynasty, the imperial court's finances were tight, and the bannermen's money and grain began to be distributed at a discount. Prices were soaring. A low-level bannerman only received two taels of silver every month. He had to feed a large family and horses, and it was quite difficult to eat cornbread every day.

Carrying a bird in a cage? Pull a cart and carry a big bag!

Therefore, it is the same no matter which country the people who receive the imperial rations and salary are, and the same is true for the underlying banner of the Tokugawa shogunate across the sea. They all have a miserable life.

The eyes turned back to the Beihai Navy. The soldiers responsible for guarding the situation on the other side had noticed that something was wrong on the other side since the evening. Crying, shouting, and horses neighing faintly floated over from the river. After receiving the report, Liu Sheng just asked the soldiers on duty to

They strengthened the vigilance and did not arrange reconnaissance; in his opinion, no matter how hard the Qing army tried, it would be useless. They would fight across the river tomorrow and everything would be over.

In fact, Liu Sheng and Fan Tong really had no time to take care of this. They were only responsible for taking in the prisoners and collecting supplies. Except for the large and small artillery that was too late to be transported away, the only things left in the Ningguta camp were

The amount of food and grass is frightening.

At nightfall, Liu Sheng couldn't help but feel a little dizzy when he saw the preliminary inventory of supplies. There was no need to transport food, cloth, silver, etc., but those bronze artillery pieces were urgently needed by Beihai Town; Zhao Liang's side was currently in short supply of bullet casings and artillery shell casings.

The copper shortage is severe.

After noon the next day, the Northern Navy, under the cover of deafening artillery fire, took a dozen assault boats to forcefully cross the Hulha River. When they arrived at Ningguta City, they saw that the entire Ningguta City had four gates wide open, except for

More than a dozen families of bannermen who had no time to escape knelt outside the Nanxun Gate. Not even a Qing army was seen resisting. After asking about it, they found out that the Qing army had hijacked the people in the city and marched towards Jilin before dawn.

Ulla ran away!

When Liu Sheng and Fan Tong heard the news, they were almost happy. They made a fuss all night on the other side. It turned out that they were busy running away!

The battalion commander of the Beihai Navy who was crossing the river asked on the walkie-talkie what to do. Liu Sheng said what else could be done, chase him!

Afterwards, Liu Sheng felt that Mr. Ning Guta’s deputy capital commander was really a good calculator!

He let these weeping common people walk behind the army, and only sent a small number of Qing troops to escort him, but he and other Qing army generals had long since disappeared. When the Northern Navy caught up with them, the Qing troops responsible for escorting left the civilians behind and ran away.

In the end, the Beihai Navy was extremely busy just taking in and escorting these people back to Ninggu Pagoda.

On the second day after Ningguta City was captured, Zhao Xin, who was thousands of miles away, had just arrived in Khabarovsk with the Third Regiment of the Northern Navy. They only rested for one day in Khabarovsk, and then took dozens of Balks with them.
Chapter completed!