Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 230
Jiang Yang has entered the city.

Yang Chao was outside, and soon saw the vanguard of the captive soldiers. These troops were far away from Yang Chao across the river, and there were hundreds of people.

These captive soldiers did not try to cross the river, but stopped far away, as if waiting for backup, while staring at Yang Chao.

At this time, the moat around Haizhou City had been dredged again. This was dug again by the Haizhou organizers. Therefore, if the captive soldiers wanted to cross the river, they had to fill it up again.

Last time, the captive soldiers drove out the nearby people to fill the river. Now the people in the hundreds of miles nearby have either fled or been killed, and they can no longer be found. Therefore, if the captive soldiers want to fill the river again, they have to do it themselves.

And this vanguard didn't seem to have any plans to fill the river, so they looked across the river.

Yang Chao didn't attack either. He saw that the captive soldiers were very cautious, not to mention looking at him across the river. The distance was about five miles. Even if the cannon wanted to hit them, it was not so easy. , Yang Chao has cannons here.

Jiang Yang's negotiations in Haizhou City have not yet come to fruition, but there are more and more captive soldiers outside the city.

Thousands of people appeared soon, and there were already 300 people facing Yang Chao across the river in the west of the city, hundreds of people also appeared in the north, and hundreds of people also appeared in the south, faintly surrounding Yang Chao.

It is impossible for the captive soldiers to have many people near Haizhou. These reinforcements were obtained from far away places. How much the captive soldiers hate Yang Chao. The 1000 soldiers even ignored Haizhou City and surrounded Yang Chao instead. stand up.

Or is it that they will never let go of the Ming army who dared to resist them, and would rather spend so much effort to destroy the will of the Ming army who dared to resist them.

If the captive soldiers really had the firm determination to carry out this strategy, Yang Chao would really admire them, but he still knew too little about the captive soldiers. It is due to the firm determination of the will to resist.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao couldn't help but compare the Ming army at this time. No wonder the Manchus were able to enter the customs and establish a political power in the end. The executive power of their army alone was far superior to the Ming army, or it was not at the same level. At this time, as a In the huge empire, Ming's army was completely privatized and became the general's private soldiers. Instead, this looting nomadic army was more like a national army.

So the final victory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was a military victory, not some other shit.

The descriptions in the textbooks of later generations are obviously not reliable. Yang Chao himself doesn't believe it, at least he doesn't believe in any bullshit like the general trend.

If the common people of China welcome such a nation to rule, how low would it be? Yang Chao firmly does not believe that his ancestors were such a lowly nation. Although insensitive, although there is no modern standard of national consciousness, there is still self-respect and self-love. The imperial court is not a court that can cede land and indemnity in exchange for lingering, and it is not a court that "uses the power of China to unite the country's favor".

Considering the brilliant way of eradicating culture like the literary inquisition of the later generations, Yang Chao has no doubt that the captive soldiers also have a strategy in the military, that is, to use the cruelest punishment on those who dare to resist them. Eliminating the spirit of resistance is obviously a very Clever strategy.

Yang Chao also thought that after the Manchu Qing occupied the Central Plains, they went south to the south of the Yangtze River, and used the massacre of the city as a deterrent to those who were not convinced. The spirit of resistance, killing chickens to scare monkeys, and showing everyone what the result of resisting them is, just like killing all Yangzhou people, killing all Jiangyin people, and killing all Guangzhou people.

This means that Yang Chao has no way out, even if he enters Haizhou City, as long as he is defeated in the end, he will never be able to escape the massacre of the captive soldiers.

"Fuck! Come on, let's see who kills who!"

Yang Chao couldn't help thinking bitterly that he was desperate, and Yang Chao decided that as long as he could enter the city, the whole city would work together, and it would be impossible not to keep it.

But when Jiang Yang came back the next day, not only did he not get permission to let Yang Chao enter the city, but he also inquired about the new reinforcements of the captive soldiers.

Yang Chao already had a desire to kill Haizhou Zhizhou and then hurry up.

But at this time, the tiger is eating the sky, there is nowhere to speak, and he can't even enter the city, so let's talk about killing people.

He could only ask coldly about the situation of the captive soldiers.

"How many reinforcements are there?"

Jiang Yang said: "I'm afraid there are three thousand coming from the north."

Yang Chao nodded. There can't be too many captive soldiers near Haizhou, and the total strength of the captive soldiers entering the customs is said to be [-]. I'm afraid there are only [-] to [-] soldiers who can fight, and it is impossible for the whole army to come. The captive soldiers have already sent [-] to Haizhou, which should be the limit.

If there are 1000 people, Yang Chao is not afraid. With the defense here in the warehouse, it should be more than enough to deal with 1000 people. Even Yang Chao is not afraid to fight with them in the field. If not, Yang Chao will lose confidence.

But you have to defend if you don't have confidence, because now the north, south and west are surrounded by captive soldiers, and the east is Haizhou City, and Yang Chao can't even run away.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao decided that he still wanted to enter the city. As long as he entered the city, he could organize 1 soldiers and civilians in Haizhou.

So Yang Chao immediately said to Jiang Yang: "Old man Jiang Baihu will talk to Gaozhizhou again and tell him that if he doesn't let our army enter the city, he will break out of the siege, and Haizhou will be surrounded by captive soldiers." , everyone has only one dead end!"

Who knew that Jiang Yang had just left.

The three captive soldiers on the other side of the river came towards the river unexpectedly.

Yang Chao had already had people take aim. In fact, he was able to hit the three of them, but seeing the strange behavior of the three of them, he didn't let him shoot for the time being.

As a result, the three of them got off their horses and put their bows, arrows and sabers on the ground on the river bank. They moved very slowly, as if they were deliberately trying to let Yang Chao see clearly.

Then the captive soldiers jumped into the river and swam towards this side.

What is this for?
Yang Chao couldn't help wondering, did he come to surrender?Even Yang Chao himself didn't believe it.

That's for negotiation?Or to persuade them to surrender.

Yang Chao secretly guessed in his heart.

Taking advantage of the situation surrounding him, the captive soldiers might want to force him to surrender, but Yang Chao knew that Huang Taiji liked to recruit the Ming army very much, especially those Ming troops who were capable of fighting.

This is a strategy. As long as the Ming army is willing to surrender, it will have great political significance for the Manchu Qing regime. Huang Taiji is very shrewd. If he relies on cruel killings, it is impossible to conquer China. If the will to resist can be recruited, it will be much easier.

The three captive soldiers had already crossed the river, Li Wuliu wanted the musketeer to shoot, and Wang Pu clamored to send some men to catch them alive.

But Yang Chao ordered these people to come over safely, and he wanted to see how the captive soldiers would recruit him.

Huang Fengfu hesitated a little, feeling that it was inappropriate to do so.

The captive soldiers came to the warehouse very quickly, all three of them were wearing cotton armor, two of them had beards on their faces, and the one in the middle was beardless.

It was one of the people in the middle who started to speak, and what he spoke was Chinese, Daming official dialect with a thick Beijing accent.

"You guys of the Ming Dynasty, if you surrender quickly, you can avoid death!"

Yang Chao couldn't help being curious. This person's accent was clearly a Beijing accent, slightly different from the Beijing dialect of later generations, but not much different.

Yang Chao asked back, "Who are you?"

The soldier who could speak Chinese replied: "I am Huang Qi, the leader of Xiangbai's banner!"

Zuoling is a small official, but the Chinese name of Niu Luzhangjing.

Yang Chao couldn't help asking: "Are you Han or Manchurian?"

Huang Qi said arrogantly: "I am a bannerman! There is no distinction between Manchu and Han."

Yang Chao smiled: "May I ask where Huang Zuoling's ancestral home is?"

Huang Qi's face changed slightly: "The ancestral home is Changping!"

Hearing this, Yang Chao already understood that this was an officer of the Ming army with a full Qing face, in other words, he was a traitor.

Yang Chao couldn't help sneering: "Since your ancestral home is Changping, why are you a thief?"

Huang Qi's complexion changed drastically: "The winner is a prince and the loser is a thief. Today, my Qing Dynasty's foundation is stable, and the Erming court is already in its twilight. Our Qing Dynasty punishes the people and punishes crimes. It will eventually enter the Central Plains. If you don't make a quick surrender, the future will be mys. The Central Plains of the Huangding Ding, you will be turned into powder!"

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing: "You are also a scholar."

From Huang Qi's words, Yang Chao could tell that this man had read books, but after reading so many sage books, he only read the truth about success and defeat, but not Mencius's "Thousands of people go for it". Courage, in the final analysis, where the book is, where the truth is, what you want to do, you still have to rely on yourself.

The so-called morality and integrity cannot be learned by reading, but can be cultivated.

"Go back! Tell your master, let's win or lose by sword and gun. And tell your master, even if he decides the Central Plains, even if he dominates the king, he is still a thief. A thief is a thief, and it has nothing to do with victory or defeat. Tell him, even if there are 1 Huang Qis out of [-] people, there will always be one or two who are not convinced. Go back and tell him, I, Yang Chao, are not convinced!"

Huang Qi snorted coldly and said: "You are stubborn! But my master is kind and will give you a way to survive. Hand over the Manchurian warriors you captured, and I will spare you and let you go!"

Speaking of this, Yang Chao faintly felt that there was a problem in his heart. Could it be that the key was that the other party cared about him.

Could it be said that the prisoner captured by himself will be an important person?
Last time, because I captured the captive general, the subsequent captive soldiers fought to the death, so this time there are so many captive soldiers coming.

But Yang Chao couldn't ask Huang Qi directly, and he couldn't let Huang Qi know that he didn't know the identity of the captive.

Yang Chao tentatively asked: "What if I don't let go?"

Huang Qi snorted, "Then you just wait to die!"

Yang Chao said again: "Then I'm going to let it go?"

Huang Qi smiled and said: "Then you are wise, as long as you let him go, our army will let you go away safely."

Yang Chao shook his head: "That's not okay, I don't trust you, I can let you go, but you have to withdraw."

Yang Chao's meaning is obvious, that is, the captive soldiers not only want to let themselves go, but also give up attacking Haizhou City.

It wasn't that Yang Chao really wanted to make this deal with the captive soldiers, but that Yang Chao wanted to test the weight of the captives he captured.

Huang Qi hesitated immediately: "This, I can't make the decision, I have to repay the master's determination, just wait a moment."

After finishing speaking, he spoke to the two bearded men next to him in words that Yang Chao couldn't hear, and finally the three of them left together with fists in their hands.

At this time, Yang Chao already understood that he had indeed caught a big fish. For this man, the captive soldiers could give up attacking a rich city, and they could also give up attacking when heavy troops were approaching the city, at least in Huang Qi's mind. , The weight of that person is comparable to that of Haizhou City.

Who did Yang Chao arrest?

(End of this chapter)