The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 248
On August 2000th, the Daling River had been besieged for several days. Early in the morning, [-] troops from Lushun appeared in Fuzhou again.

Zaba and Li Sutai looked boredly at the Ming army digging a hole below, while shaking their heads and sighing.

At the same time, outside Gaizhou City, about two hundred miles away, in Xutun Town, six thousand Lvshun troops were gathering.

Time back to three days ago.

August [-]th.

Ding Yi used Xiao Yongqiu's 7th Battalion to confuse Houjin outside the city of Fuzhou. After a few days of testing, he determined that Houjin soldiers did not dare to go out to fight in the city. It is estimated that they received orders from Huang Taiji to defend Fuzhou.

So he immediately led the 1st Battalion, 3rd Battalion, and 6th Battalion, a total of [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, and [-] soldiers and horses.

Before departure, Xu Wei of the 8th Battalion was ordered to flank Jinzhou and the 7th Battalion in the rear.

If the golden soldiers from Fuzhou City come out, the 8th Battalion will come forward to help, and the 8th Battalion will be added to the strength of the 7th Battalion, and it will be no problem to fight a Fuzhou Houjin soldier.

Because in Fuzhou and Gaizhou, the Han army is the main force, and there are very few real post-Jin soldiers.

At three o'clock in the morning that day, 100 infantrymen, pulled by more than 40 horses and mules, pulled 12 carts, towed 2 24-pound bronze cannons, and pulled two [-]-pound iron cannons, with five-day rations , part of the shells and gunpowder, began to set off for Gaizhou.

Zhang Jing led [-] cavalry to protect the sides and rear wings. First, he found and drove away the sentinels of the Golden Cavalry, and second, he took away all the Han people he encountered along the road.

Facts have proved that Hou Jin really defended Fuzhou and Gaizhou, and did not find any sentry cavalry along the way.

All the binoculars in Ding Yi's army were given to the Cavalry Division except for one for himself, and there were no rear golden sentry cavalry on the road.

After Hou Jin occupied Gaizhou that year, he once gathered the residents of the three states covered by Jin to Gaizhou.

Later, after the financial crisis, Nurchi ordered the killing of Han people to reduce rations, but it only had negative effects. After Huang Taiji came to power, he found that he could not do this.

Right now, all the good fields in Gaizhou and Fuzhou have just finished planting rice.

The paddy rice in August has already jointed, and it is very beautiful to spread all around.

The Lushun army passed along the road, passing through every village and every field, and they could find the Han people and a small number of Houjin people who stayed here.

Zhang Jing's cavalry beheaded all the Houjin people, took away all the Han people, and took away all the food.

The next afternoon, after nearly 20 hours of marching, the whole army arrived in Wanfu Town.

At this time, Ding Yi's army had captured more than 600 post-Jin Han people.

All these people shaved their heads exactly like the Tartars, and some of them had served the Tartars for many years.

The town was besieged that day, and chickens and dogs were not allowed to enter or leave. After a night of rest, they came to Xutun Town, Gaizhou the next evening.

Soldiers and horses in Lushun ran five kilometers every morning and five kilometers every night. With such physical training every day, their physical fitness far surpassed that of the Ming army. Dragging cannons, they ran 200 miles in two days and two nights, and came to Gaizhou City. At the time of Xutun Town, the Hou Jin Army in Gaizhou didn't know about it.

This Xutun town is only a dozen miles away from Gaizhou. Ding Yi's soldiers and horses arrived here and immediately stationed there.

Ding Yi ordered the troops to rest everywhere, and the cavalry went out to exercise. First, they destroyed all the rice in the surrounding area, and second, they arrested all the people who were farming nearby or the Houjin soldiers they encountered.

But Huang Taiji strictly guarded it, and now the gate of Gaizhou is closed, and no sentries have come out, so Ding Yi's soldiers did not encounter a small group of Houjin soldiers, but only arrested a large number of civilians.

Soon, the next morning, the defenders of Gaizhou City knew that the Ming army was coming.

The city of Gaizhou has the largest population. There are more than 1000 people from the Ming Dynasty in the past. There are two cattle records in the Houjin army, 5000 Mongolian soldiers and [-] Han soldiers, a total of [-] people.

In the past, there was only one Hou Jinniu record and four thousand Han troops.

This time Huang Taiji sent troops to Dalinghe, and put two more Niulu here to keep them safe.

The guard is Guburqi, formerly Zaba's subordinate.

He knew that the Ming army had arrived suddenly, so he didn't panic. The Ming army in Lushun was good at defending, so he didn't have to be afraid of Gaizhou City, which had a high wall.

On the one hand, he immediately sent out cavalry sentries to Shengjing and Fuzhou respectively.

On the one hand, the guard was strengthened, and the Ming people in the city were strictly ordered not to go out, and all soldiers went to the city to defend.

This morning, Ding Yi organized his troops in Xutun Town, preparing to attack the city.

They came all the way and arrested hundreds of Ming people in the Houjin area. Including those arrested here, there are now nearly 1000 people.

And most of them are strong and able to work, only a few old people.

Ding Yi ordered people to open the carriage, took out a large number of sacks and shovels, and handed them to the people to start digging and filling the bags. Each person had to fill three bags.

Not long after the order was issued, Zhao Dashan came to report that two local village chiefs asked to see Ding Yi.

Ding Yi smiled and motioned for them to come over.

Soon, the two Mingren village chiefs came over.

The two village chiefs are both about 40 years old, and they shaved their hair with the tail of a Tartar money rat, looking extremely funny.

"Grassman Qi Afu."

"Duan Sanshui."

"Meet the Great General of the Celestial Dynasty."

"It's been a long time since I saw the Celestial Army, I'm so excited."

The voices of the two village chiefs were choked up, and they seemed very excited.

"My official is Wu Sangui, General Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty. What do you want from me?" Ding Yi said calmly.

"General Wu, we are also Ming people. Just now, many people said that the general wants us Ming people to dig and fill ditches and charge forward?"

Ding Yi didn't speak first, and glanced at Zhao Dashan from the corner of his eye.

Zhao Dashan immediately yelled loudly: "Our soldiers from the Ming Dynasty came to fight the Tartars. Of course the folks must help. I am also a native of Liaodong, and my hometown used to be in Gaizhou. Now I am going back to my hometown. I can't take down Gaizhou immediately and return to my hometown. .”

"Folks, don't worry, we will help you regain Gaizhou and your homeland, and then everyone will live and work in peace and contentment, and return to the arms of Ming Dynasty. This is our duty as soldiers."

Qi Afu was startled and frightened, of course it is your duty to be a soldier, how could you drive us Daming people to fill ditches?
"General Wu, we are also Ming people." Qi Afu immediately knelt down and cried, "You are the army of the Celestial Dynasty, how can you hurt your own people."

Duan Sanshui also knelt down and cried, "We will be shot by the Tartars if we go to fill the ditch, please let us go."

"You are Ming people, and there are no slaves to guard you right now, why don't you escape to the Ming people's place?" Zhang Jing asked calmly at this moment.

"..." Qi Afu.

Duan Sanshui cried: "Our family has been here for generations, and the fields are also here, where can we go?"

"So you farm the fields for the Tartars, raise the Houjin soldiers and horses, and let them kill more Ming compatriots?" Zhao Dashan said coldly.

"We were also forced." Qi Afu cried.

"Forced?" Zhang Jing nodded: "Because if you don't do it, they will wield knives."

"Yes, yes, the Tartars are fierce and unreasonable." The two village chiefs nodded desperately.

As soon as the two finished speaking, several soldiers came over and pushed them to the ground.

"No, please forgive me." The two were so frightened that their souls flew into the sky.

With a splash, Zhao Dashan raised his knife and cut off all their money.

Now the two of them looked like mourners, touching their hair and weeping bitterly.

"What can we do, the masters will kill us."

"Without Bianzi, what will we do in the future?" The two murmured.

All the generals in Lushun laughed.

These people have been on their knees for too long and don't remember to stand up?
(End of this chapter)