Dominate the Country

"The Medical Department is listening."

"The edict says: Doctors understand the principles of heaven, earth, and people, to protect themselves and protect people. Today, you have worked hard to cure cowpox, and your achievements will last for thousands of years and benefit hundreds of generations..."

It was not Chen Han's style to have a dull past year. Although Chen Hui's health was much worse than two years ago, the rhythm of officially proclaiming himself emperor on the second day of February did not stop. Therefore, the campaign is still going on as planned.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, taking advantage of the Lantern Festival, Chen Hui unleashed the ultimate move that he had been holding back for a long time: cowpox!

After two years of experiments, the reliability and safety of cowpox have been proven by a large number of examples. This thing is indeed the natural nemesis of smallpox.

Chen Hui was very aware of the people's fear of smallpox. No matter in the East or the West, smallpox was a terrifying death. If such an extremely ferocious disease was conquered by Chen Han, the prestige of the entire Chen Han court would inevitably follow. substantial improvement. As the king of Chen Han, his personal reputation will also rise.

As for whether cowpox has made a huge progress in medicine, this is not what Chen Hui cares about. What he cares about is the reputation of the court and himself, and what he cares about is the people this move can unite.

All the doctors at the Medical Department who participated in the 'Vaccinium Pox Experiment' have received heavy awards, and the vaccination program will be promoted nationwide in the coming days, in order to unite people's hearts to the greatest extent!

After all, this is smallpox.

From ancient times to the present, whether you are a prince, aristocrat or a commoner, you have to resign yourself to fate when encountering smallpox. Smallpox is the most ferocious disease. If Chen Hui were an ordinary person, no matter whether the emperor above him was Han Chinese or a foreigner, when he invented 'cowpox', a vaccine that fundamentally solved smallpox, he would have become the second most powerful person among 'Hua Tuo and Sun Simiao' . Become a living Bodhisattva in the eyes of the whole country and hundreds of millions of people, and become a miraculous doctor among miraculous doctors. And now that he is Chen Han's top leader, what follows is a huge increase in his personal reputation and the prestige of the entire Chen family.

The first places where cowpox vaccination was promoted were Nanjing and Lushan.

A current national capital and a past national capital are of extraordinary significance. It is unobjectionable to start from these two places.

After the news was made public, the people were at a loss for the first time, but when they didn't know whether to believe it or not, Chen Han had neatly put an 'example' in front of the people, that is. The students of Sungkyun Public School were vaccinated publicly.

That day there was a sea of ​​people beside Xuanwu Lake, and that day the whole of Nanjing was singing and dancing.

Chen Han made everyone in the world believe in cowpox in one fell swoop.

Because that is Sungkyun Public School. Even if there are many people in China who don’t know the nature of Sungkyun Public School, they can immediately weigh its importance when others tell it. The students there are all the blood children of Chen Han's noble ministers and generals. If cowpox is fake and useless, would Chen Han dare to use Sungkyun Public School as a cover?

"Ahem..." Chen Hui's complexion suddenly improved a lot after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and his previously pale complexion became rosy.

"Are there still people kowtowing outside?"

"The king's move has benefited the people all over the world. The people are grateful and come to worship. This is also doing their part."

Chen Er said this, and it was actually the same. Since the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the students of Sungkyun Public School have been publicly vaccinated. Although the results have not yet been seen, cowpox vaccination has been rapidly promoted in Nanjing. Children in the city, unless they were weak, were postponed for fear of something going wrong, but everyone else was vaccinated successfully. And there have been no deaths so far!

Nanjing seems to be celebrating the Chinese New Year until February, and there is still no liveliness after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. I don’t know how loud the crackling firecrackers were.

Such a sensation, of course, also attracted the attention of foreigners in Shangguan Street. Except for Robert, who had known about cowpox for a long time, everyone else was surprised and then ecstatic.

Smallpox is a devil-like thing in Europe, but Chinese doctors have completely conquered it? ?

No one would consider the reports that appeared in Chen Han's official mouthpieces such as Zhongyuan Daily to be false. At this moment, only those major newspapers with strong official background have made detailed reports on this matter. After reading the report, Robert and others knew the origin of cowpox, especially Robert. Because in his hometown - Britain, there is a saying among the people: milking girls will not get smallpox.

Now that he has read the tracking and revealing reports from Zhongyuan Daily, what else does he still not understand? It's not true that milkmaids don't get smallpox, but only very mild forms of it. There must be a certain connection between this phenomenon and the non-life-threatening cowpox. It was through this 'connection' that the Chinese found the best way to curb the disease of smallpox.

"This is a discovery more valuable than green tea and bean sprouts. This is China's greatest civilization achievement in this century. The amazing Chinese people have benefited the whole world!" Perrier shouted loudly in front of Robert. . Otherwise, he cannot express his inner excitement!

Dirty Paris is a high-incidence area for smallpox. Since the Middle Ages, Paris has been enveloped by smallpox many times. And the catacombs in Paris are full of bones. How many of them died because of smallpox? That is the God they believe in. Can't tell clearly.

"Send someone to Manila immediately, then take a boat to India, and return to Paris as quickly as possible. This is something more precious than your life."

Perier proposed to Chen Han's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to learn the technology of vaccinating cowpox, and then he got the book "Cowpox" in his hand. The Chinese did not think of concealing this significant medical progress at all, and gave it to Perier directly. This surprised Perier so much that he was overwhelmed by a surge of admiration. This is really a great country, and their inventions have benefited the whole world.

After Chen Han suddenly broke the news of "curing" smallpox, the news not only spread rapidly in the area controlled by Chen Han, but also in Beijing by the end of the first month.

At this time, Beijing had no joy of spring. The news of Qianlong's death was confirmed, and Yongsheng could not hide it anymore. In addition, it was spring, and the ice in the Bohai Sea was melting rapidly. The navy of the Fu Han Army could not sail back to the Dagukou for a while, but they bypassed the large floating ice area in the center of the Bohai Sea and made a semicircle to connect with Caofeidian. The Qing army did not finally take Tianjin in these two precious months. Although the Fu Han Army successively abandoned Yangliuqing and Caozhuang and withdrew the troops in Tianjin, the troops along the way in Jinghai, Qingxian and other places also withdrew to Cangzhou.

The bannermen in Beijing were also unable to migrate to the outside of the Great Wall in large numbers. Less than 100,000 people were relocated in two months. Compared with the number of bannermen in Beijing, this number was too small. But there was no way. The Qing Dynasty's determination to "move the capital" was just revealed to the upper level, and it was exposed by the Fu Han Army in one fell swoop. If Yongcheng still decided to move the capital to the outside of the Great Wall, I am afraid that from northern Henan to Beijing, including Shanxi and Shaanxi, the prefectures and counties in a large area would all lower their banners and go out of the city, and tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Qing troops and civilians would surrender without a fight.

Moreover, there are always some old stubborn people in every force. When faced with the "relocation of the capital", these people burst out with great strength, talking about the ancestral foundation and the country. It seems that if Yongcheng really chooses to move the capital, he will be the biggest sinner of Aixinjueluo and the Qing Dynasty.

Yongcheng is like Chongzhen in the past. He was moved by Fuheng's words and surrendered in the face of great internal and external pressure.

And at this moment in the northwest, after the coldest twelfth month and the beginning of the year passed, the war was like the warming temperature, and the intensity rose rapidly!

In Qinzhou, Gansu, about twelve or thirteen miles north of Guanzi Town, in the howling west wind, Dong Wei, who came on horseback, finally put down Wang Chen's cooled body and knelt on the ground with both knees. The latter was the chatterbox clerk he met in the ancient city of Changningyi. During these days in the northwest, Wang Chen was his best friend and his most trusted partner. As long as he was there, Dong Wei didn't have to worry about the logistics of the army. Wang Chen would always take care of everything and let Dong Wei fight wholeheartedly.

Dong Wei wiped the tears flowing down his face with his sleeves, and his voice was like a wounded lion roaring, "What on earth is going on?" Wang Chen was a senior member of the "Yuandun Sect", how could he be attacked and killed by a group of people on the road? Where are his guards?

Wang Chen's guard chief Guo Junrong knelt on the ground with both knees, and said hoarsely, "The general inspected the troops in Linhai, Guanzi Town, and encountered a group of chaotic soldiers on the way back. They suddenly rushed out from there," Guo Junrong pointed to a bush on his left hand with red eyes, "Raise your gun and fire..." Wang Chen was hit in the chest by a bullet and died on the spot.

Dong Wei's footsteps seemed to be carrying a thousand-pound chain. He walked to Guo Junrong with heavy steps and stretched out his hand to slap Guo Junrong. One, two, three, four, five...

"How did you arrange your security? Why didn't you strengthen reconnaissance after leaving Guanzi Town? Guo Junrong, you deserve to die!" Dong Wei's eyes were bloodshot in anger, "Go, find those people, and bring them back to me! Otherwise, I will chop you off!"

"Yes!" Guo Junrong, with blood foaming in his mouth, stood at attention and saluted. But just as he was about to turn around, he was saved by Ma He.

"General Dong, calm down!" Ma He grabbed the furious Dong Wei, "This matter, the most urgent thing is to report it to the higher-ups..." The offensive war against Qinzhou was about to come, but a general was lost first. "It's better to block the news first and don't let the people know."

Dong Wei smiled, "My brothers are not so fragile. Wang Chen died, and for his one life, the bastards will use a thousand or ten thousand lives to bury Wang Chen."

Under the setting sun, Dong Wei's whole body was covered with a layer of red blood.

At night, Guanzi Town.

"Guanzi Town is in a good location. Now the reinforcements sent by Lanzhou have just entered Gongchang, and the Qing army of Gongchang Prefecture has entered Fuqiang. There are 130 to 40 miles between the two." Fuqiang is the closest place between Gongchang Prefecture and Qinzhou.

"The Qing army in Gongchang Prefecture has only 3,000 to 4,000 people."

"Then eat them!" Dong Wei slapped the table. "Eat the **** first, and send Wang Chen off first."

...

The shrill retreat signal made a team of cavalry with heavy casualties withdraw. Balno, wearing a gorgeous Mongolian robe, stood on a stone next to a tree with a gloomy face, whipping the tree with his whip. Not far away, a second-rank Qing military officer was observing Hanjiabao with a telescope, cursing non-stop.

In the afterglow before sunset, the Qing army's fierce attack on Hanjiabao was still defeated. Yingcheng's hope of using the Mongolian cavalry reinforcements to attack and solve the opponent was dashed! Although this is just an ordinary small village, it has been occupied by the religious bandits for several days, and its defense is no longer what it used to be.

The Yuandun sect, a religious bandit that has been causing chaos in Gansu and Shaanxi, has too strong firepower. They have at least a dozen earth cannons. Although the range is far worse than that of the regular cannons of the Qing army, hundreds or thousands of stones can be thrown out with one shot, and even the bravest soldiers can't stand it.

Now, the cannons of the religious bandits have stopped, which means that all the troops have been withdrawn.

Even if these Mongolian cavalrymen are wearing Mongolian robes that are frozen hard outside, they can't stop the bombardment of stones, and they have an unprotected horse under their crotch. So the impact of this Mongolian cavalry, in addition to sending hundreds of horses dead or injured to the opponent, is purely sending heads.

"We must mobilize more cannons." Barno said to Yingcheng who was walking over, "The firepower of these religious bandits is too strong. The lethality of earth cannons to cavalry is more severe than that of iron bullets."

"This subordinate knows! Taiji, please organize the troops immediately and count the casualties!" Yingcheng kicked the tree trunk fiercely.

Although Barno was a Taiji, his title and rank were far higher than Yingcheng, but the current situation was that Barno could only obey Yingcheng's orders. Who let Yingcheng have a full two or three thousand people, including two or three hundred cavalry. Although Barno himself had a cavalry of seven or eight hundred people, this cavalry did not belong to him alone. He just led this cavalry to come for reinforcement.

"When did the Han people become so good at fighting?" Barno wanted to look at the corpses of people and horses on the battlefield, and his heart was bleeding in pain.

Barno, in a bad mood, went back to the tent and gulped down half a bag of mare's milk. When he was awakened by the fighting outside in the middle of the night, it was too late to organize the team. Fierce shouts and shouts came from the north, south and east at the same time, mixed with the roar of horse hooves. As a person who grew up on horseback, Barno knew that there was a large group of horses attacking.

Whether it was the Mongolian cavalry, the Han cavalry, or the Green Camp militia, they had no time to organize an effective resistance before they were rushed into a mess by the "religious bandits" cavalry. There was a chaotic scene inside and outside the camp.

"Kill, drive the Han people back with sabers! Mongolians..." Barno turned over and sat on the horse, drew out his saber, and was about to shout to encourage the morale of his guards, but he was directly grabbed by the guards, "Taiji, retreat quickly, otherwise it will be too late."

Barno, who woke up from his drunkenness, didn't know the specific situation, but his guards knew that the situation was irreversible.

The Yuandun sect came from the north and south, and the Qing soldiers who were mainly guarding Hanjiabao were confused. The Yuandun sect bandits in Hanjiabao took the opportunity to kill them, and then, they were attacked from three sides.

The loyal guards helped Balruo turn his horse's head and escape to the west.

The Yuandun sect cavalry suddenly rushed out from Guanzi Town to Hanjiabao and directly defeated the Qing army in Gongchangfu. The infantry and cavalry battle in the dark night was simply a melee. The flags and trumpets were ineffective, and the commanders of both sides could not effectively control the troops. However, the Yuandun sect "bandits" had already taken the lead in advance. When the scattered infantry faced the large-scale cavalry charge, they either surrendered or ran away in panic, and had no ability to fight back at all.

Barno's escape led to the rout of the entire Mongolian cavalry. Dong Wei, who hated the Qing cavalry to the core, saw the rout of the Mongolian cavalry and just waved his hand, "Brothers, let me do it!" He wanted to kill all the Qing cavalry!