A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 128 Heroic Spirit Retreats

Such heavy casualties chilled the Qing soldiers. After hearing the report from the sentry cavalry in front, Abate was also ashen-faced. The trench outside the city had not been filled yet, and nearly 300 of his own warriors had been killed or injured. , such tight protection, shield carts and wooden shields gathered, and such a large number of casualties, could it be that after the capture of the city, the warriors in your own banner will die or injure thousands of people?

Thinking about that Jialazhang Jingyanzha a few days ago, he stormed to the top of the city in one go. He was indeed the strongest warrior in his own banner, and he was wrongly blamed.

Beside him, Tumed Right Banner Gushan Ezhen'ombu Chuhuer closed his eyes, murmured something, he opened his eyes, and said softly to Abatai: "Rao Yu Baylor, I'd better retreat." Well, it’s not worth losing my warriors of the Qing Dynasty here!”

With a cold face, Abatai shouted: "Continue to attack, take those Ming people up and let them fill in the trench!"

The horn sounded, and the Qing soldiers outside the city became quiet. Except for the carefully crafted Qing soldier shield chariots in front, the large wooden shields of the rest retreated a lot, trying to avoid the range of the tiger squatting on the city wall, or Even if they hid behind the shield chariot, the Qing soldiers outside the city were also in a hurry, and they didn't know what the hell they were doing.

Seeing that the Qing soldiers outside the city did not move, the firecrackers of Shunxiang Fort at the top of the city also took the opportunity to rest. The four hundred firecrackers on the south wall fired three rounds on average after the battle just now. The guns on the gun are a little hot, and the muzzles have been emitting light smoke, so they need to stop to let them dissipate heat.

After these days of fighting, the firecrackers of Shunxiang Fort showed great splendor. Under the generous rewards and the reward and punishment measures of decapitation if they fail to pass, the firecrackers made by Shunxiangbao are excellent, and there are almost no firecrackers. The misfire rate of firecrackers is also quite rare. When two hundred firecrackers are fired each time, the misfire rate is less than one-tenth. Therefore, four hundred firecrackers can kill and injure just three rounds of fire. Many Qing soldiers.

As for the Buddha Wolf machine guns and small cannons at the top of the city, when they arrived, the craftsmen of Shunxiang Castle had already inspected them, and there were no unqualified products.At this time, fixed gunpowder was generally implemented in the Ming army, and there were detailed regulations on the amount of subpowder to be loaded in each type of gun. As long as the operation was standardized and excessive gunpowder was not added, there would be no worry of explosion.

In addition, these artillery guns only fired two rounds of ammunition in total, and there was no hidden danger of overheating the barrel due to excessive firing.

There are many tiger squatting guns in the city of Shunxiangbao. After the first round of salvo, even if these tiger squatting guns need three to four minutes to reload afterwards, they can't stand the many tiger squatting guns in the city. Tiger squatting guns with good ammunition are aimed at the densely populated places outside the city every time two or three bombards. A dozen tiger squatting guns may be used until the battle is over.

Through these days of fighting, Wang Dou also believed that large and medium-sized artillery were of little use in battle, and it was better to scare people than hit people.

The artillery of this era is mostly used to break up the opponent's dense formation. Unfortunately, the formation of the Qing soldiers has never been dense. On the contrary, the tiger squatting cannon is more powerful in melee combat. After the war, I should vigorously develop small melee cannons such as the tiger squatting cannon. up.

Seeing that the attack of the Qing soldiers outside the city had stopped, all the generals looked down the city one after another. Han Zhong stood beside Wang Dou, and he opened his mouth and shouted, "What the hell are those Tartar soldiers doing? Why did you stop?"

There was joy on his face: "Could it be that the Tartars are going to retreat?"

Lin Daofu beside him frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple."

The horns of the Qing soldiers outside the city sounded one after another, and suddenly there was a cry, but it was the Ming people from the brigade who were driven by the Qing soldiers towards the head of the city. There were hundreds of them, most of them were women and children, carrying Plants, trees, bricks and stones, as well as cloth bags filled with soil, were only driven forward.

They came staggeringly, while a large group of Qing soldiers followed behind them evasively.

Those women and children came forward, and they cried out to the Shun army on the city: "The soldiers on the city are all neighbors, please don't shoot arrows."

Listening to their familiar local accent in Baoanzhou, the Shunxiang army on the top of the city was silent, and everyone was looking at Wang Dou's tower.

"Abate, that's all!"

Wang Dou could see the situation under the city clearly. He was angry at first, and then a look of disdain appeared on his face. He had no choice but to drive the people to attack the city. Such an army had limited fighting power, but he was full of fear of them.Abatai, a famous general of the Qing Dynasty, is like this. One can imagine what Ageji, Dorgon, and Huang Taiji are. It seems that I have overestimated them. Aside from the awe of history, they are just ordinary characters!
Looking at the people of Daming under the city and listening to their cries, Lin Daofu also showed a hesitant expression on his face, and he said softly to Wang Dou: "My lord, should we fight or not?"

Wang Dou shouted: "If you attack the city, you are the enemy. I must think about the nearly ten thousand soldiers and people in the castle."

He gave Han Zhong some instructions, and soon after Wang Dou walked down the tower, he came to the top of the city and shouted: "Fathers and sisters outside the castle, don't blame me, Wang Dou, for being cruel. There are nearly ten thousand people in the castle. Tartars submit. If you die, I, Wang Dou, will sacrifice for you! Look, the hearts and livers of these Tartars are the first incense offerings I give you, and there will be more in the future!"

There were bursts of shrill screams from the top of the city. The Qing soldiers under the city looked at it, but there was a tall incense table set up on the top of the city, with a large bundle of incense stuck on it, and then the ten were erected on the urn. The naked captives of the Qing soldiers had their hearts cut up and their livers dug out, and they were placed on incense tables as offerings.

The behavior of the Ming army made the Qing army in the city noisy and chilly.

"Abate, rat! Manchu slaves, cowards, inferior troops!"

Under Wang Dou's order, Han Zhong yelled outside the city in Manchurian beside him. His rough and ugly voice was spread far away, and thousands of Qing soldiers in the city could hear it clearly.

The Ming army on the city also laughed loudly. Those Qing soldiers all had pale faces. They had no choice but to allow the Ming army on the city to humiliate them. Many people had developed an indescribable fear of the Ming army on the city. They made up their minds that they would go farther when they encountered this Shun Xiangbao army.

The people below the city were crying bitterly, and the Ming army on the city looked determined. They all knew their fate, and the suffering of the troubled times was beyond words.

In the midst of crying, an old man in the city was suddenly heard shouting: "The fathers and elders of Xiangzi are all dead, fighting with the Tartars."

He let out a long laugh: "The old man can still enjoy incense and sacrifices during his lifetime, and he also has the hearts and livers of Tartar soldiers as sacrifices. It's worth it."

He raised a brick in his hand and shouted heart-piercingly, "Folks, kill the Tartars!"

He took the lead and rushed to the back, and the women and children beside him also shouted hoarsely, and rushed to follow him.

They had no weapons, so they fought with the Qing soldiers with their fists and teeth.

In the end, they all died in battle. When they died, their faces were full of relaxed expressions, and they were finally freed from the suffering in the world.

After the war, Wang Dou built righteous people's tombs for these people, and built temples next to them, with strong incense.

There are rumors in the department that officials are sent to sacrifice in plain clothes.

……

After hearing Han Zhong's yell at the head of the city, Abatai was very angry at first, but seeing the actions of the people below the city, he couldn't help being surprised and said: "The people in this place are so violent!"

Next to him are Tumed Right Banner Gushan Ezhen'er Mub Chuhuer, and Tumed Left Banner Gushan Ezhenshanba who are trying to persuade them to retreat. The last few Jialazhangjing with white flags They also joined the ranks of persuasion, and they all said firmly: "If the attack continues, even if the top of the city is captured, at least a thousand warriors will die. To make the soldiers and civilians in the fort surrender, maybe another 1000 people will die!"

"If 2000 people die, will the white flag still exist?"

"Such a small fort, and there is no oil and water, why bother to lose the warriors in the banner here?"

"Then the defense officer of the Ming Dynasty is indeed a threat, but in order to get rid of this threat, let the Xiangbai Banner collapse, is it worth it?"

"If you don't want to move to another castle, see if there are any people and wealth that can be looted."

When the siege was defeated, and seeing the perseverance and bravery of the defenders at the top of the city, the bad roots of the nomads and fishermen and hunters were revealed. Besides, Abatai was not the owner of the white flag, and his authority was insufficient. Although he had a strategic vision, he was able to stop No complaints from the generals under his command.

They clamored one after another, but they didn't want to attack the city again, especially those Jialazhangjing, who were heartbroken to see the auxiliary soldiers in their Jiala fell under the fierce gunfire of the Ming army.So many people died before the trench was filled. If we continue to attack, how many more people will die in two or three days?
There are 500 people in a Jiala Zhangjing, even if 200 people die, it will seriously hurt the vitality of the entire Jiala.And all the warriors in the armor are dead, let them be the bare armor Zhangjing?At that time, will there be people and warriors in the flag to replenish it?
Looking at the determination of the Ming army at the top of the city, it is meaningless to drive the Ming people to fill the trenches. In vain, the Ming army at the top of the city killed the prisoners and damaged the morale of their own army.The general guarding this place is even more courageous and ruthless than he has ever seen in his life, and he will not stop defending the city just because he drove the people to fill the trench.

To capture this meaningless city, the blood of countless warriors in the banner needs to be shed, and they cannot afford the price!

Seeing the clamor of the allied army and subordinate generals, Abate frowned. At this time, he felt that he was retreating, but he let out his big words, and the whole army came like a rainbow, but they returned in desperation. Has this military operation become a joke?

What will be my reputation in the future?How can the morale lost by the sergeants with the white flag inlaid under the city be made up for?

At this moment, they saw a few horses coming from the east, and their uniforms and banners showed that they were the subordinates of King Azige of Wuying County.

Seeing these people coming in such a hurry, Abate and others looked around in surprise. Isn't most of Azig in Yanqing Prefecture?Why did they come to Baoanzhou? Did something happen?

The few riders came rushing forward, and they shouted from a distance: "The king of Wuying County has an order, spare Yubeile Abatai, and quickly withdraw from the territory of Bao'an..."

"Our soldiers from the Qing Dynasty have captured Changping, Juyong and other places in the Ming Dynasty. All our troops from the West Route have entered the pass, and the troops from the East Route have captured the capital of the Ming Dynasty."

……

At the beginning of July in the ninth year of Chongzhen, Qing soldiers entered the bandits, attacking Dushikou all the way and Xifengkou all the way.

Qing soldiers entered Xifengkou, and Wang Zhaokun, the imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty, mobilized the crowd to defend, lost to the enemy, and surrendered to Changping.On the tenth, Changping was besieged. Wang Zhaokun, Wang Xizhong, the eunuch guarding the mausoleum, Chao Pichang, the commander-in-chief, Wang Yigui and Zhao Yue, the head of the household department, took charge of the prefectural affairs Baoding and Wang Yuzuo, the general judge of Baoding.

On the morning of the [-]th, Juyongguan was breached from the inside. On the evening of the [-]th, two thousand Mongol soldiers from Changping acted as internal support and led the Qing soldiers into the city. , Baoding Tong judge Wang Yuzuo, eunuch Wang Xizhong who guarded the mausoleum, judge Hu Weizhong, official Mu Guo Yong, Xue Zheng Jie Huailiang, discipline Chang Shiu, guard Xian Zhenji and others.

Chao Pichang, the general of the army, surrendered, and the Qing soldiers burned the Tianshoushan Deling Mausoleum.

The Eastern Route Army broke through Changping and Juyong. Azige was overjoyed when he heard the news. While he was preparing to meet up with the Eastern Route Army, he also urgently dispatched envoys on the [-]th to order Abatai, Yangguli and others who were looting everywhere. , Let them lead the army to join him in Yanqing Prefecture, and join the soldiers and horses of the East Road, according to the strategy before the war, prepare to join forces to plunder the rich and prosperous capital of Ming Dynasty.

……

After hearing the news of the envoy's order, Abate was rather disappointed, and at the same time secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The generals beside him were very happy, and finally they could justifiably retreat.

Abatai looked at the joyful generals beside him for a while, and raised his voice, "Send the order, retreat!"

(End of this chapter)