Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 408
"Look, this is Duduo's body! What are you afraid of? The Tartars are vying to surrender before they even show up."

In front of the Meridian Gate, all civil and military officials were greeted by Yang Chao, and looked at a barbarian man in gorgeous armor with thick eyebrows and rough face in front of him.

This man was Dodo, and he was dead.

Yang Chao didn't know what the officials were thinking when they looked at the barbarian general, whether it was remorse, shame, or hatred.

Of course they would never hate Man Qing, they probably hated Yang Chao, why they hated Yang Chao for winning, why they had to tear away their shameful side who decided to surrender, and expose it to the sun in broad daylight.

"Wow, the first emperor, I am ashamed to be a rebellious minister!"

Suddenly old Chen Wangduo fell to his knees tremblingly, weeping bitterly, unable to be himself for a while, someone tried to persuade him, but found that he couldn’t be persuaded, and soon other people knelt down and cried bitterly, and finally all the officials cried and scolded , Scolding himself for being ashamed of the first emperor and so on.

Feeling that the effect is almost there, Yang Chao immediately ordered.

"Stand up Duoduo's corpse, put it on a float, and parade in the city! Parade for a day, and then send it to Dasheng Pass!"

Watching the soldiers pull a large four-wheeled truck, set up a wooden frame on it, tied Duoduo's body to it, and kept him in a standing posture.

Then two old cows drove them out from the Meridian Gate, went south through the Duanmen Gate, and then out of the Chengtian Gate, and then arrived at the Qianbu Corridor. Parade on Chongli Street.

More than 100 soldiers protected it. The dozen or so soldiers in front carried a three-foot gong, and there were two strong men on the left and right. Every ten steps they walked, they had to knock on the gong.

"Father and folks, this is Duoduo, the slave chief! The soldiers of our water battalion fought bloody battles and killed this beast in Yangzhou. Our army of the water battalion has returned to help the capital, and the people have no fear of the Tartars."

The leading soldier yelled loudly, telling the people who were watching curiously.

Yang Chao's purpose is to let the people see that the Tartars are not invincible, nor is there anything remarkable about them.

Even a prince like Duoduo was killed by Yang Chao. Now that Yang Chao's army has returned to help, there is nothing to be afraid of.

As the parade team entered Zhongzheng Street, went south from Zhuque Street, and entered the densely populated south of the city, the number of people on the street increased. At this time, the people already knew that the parade was Duoduo, a big captive chieftain.

Many people followed from Chongli Street and Zhongzheng Street. They found rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs from somewhere, and chased and threw them at Duduo, but Duduo couldn't feel it anymore, but those soldiers were Bad luck.

Yang Chao is still in the palace, civil and military officials are still at the Meridian Gate, and they are all still crying bitterly.

In fact, they may not be pretending. Many people are crying from the bottom of their hearts. They are not necessarily regretful, but to vent their emotions. They are under too much psychological pressure and decide to surrender, but they don't want Yang Chao to come back. How will Yang Chao treat them? won't kill them?
The fear that had been squeezed for two days was released in an instant, and the release could not be completed within a certain period of time.

"Okay, my lords, since you have regrets, you should all go back. Everyone has no faults, and if they can be corrected, there is nothing good about it!"

Let them go?Yang Chao won't kill them!

Suddenly everyone was stunned and even forgot to cry, but Yang Chao had already turned around and left, leaving only some soldiers behind to block them from the Meridian Gate.

At this time, everyone confirmed that Yang Chao really did not intend to liquidate them, but to let them go home.

It was useless to keep them, because Yang Chao's reinforcements had returned.

Many men led [-] soldiers back to Xinjiangkou early this morning, and brought back Duoduo's body.

Duoduo was trapped in Shugang. In fact, he was doomed to die long ago. It was only because Yang Chao was worried about casualties that he planned to trap him to death.

However, the sudden incident in Nanjing forced Yang Chao to choose a strong attack. On the second day after he left Yangzhou, all the troops stormed Shugang and strangled Doduo's [-] cavalry, and Duduo himself did not escape. One died, but he was not killed, but committed suicide. Before the Ming army invaded his tent, he swung a knife and killed himself, which was regarded as saving his honor.

Dudo was defeated and even killed, but Yang Chao couldn't be happy because the casualties were too great!

Nearly [-] troops stormed Shugang. Because it was a feint attack, although there were cannons opening the way along the way, [-] soldiers were lost and [-] were injured. It can be described as a miserable victory!
However, it also taught Yang Chao a lesson. When he feigned an attack on the mountain and had no advantage in formation, he had to make a huge sacrifice against an enemy army occupying a favorable position. .

With many men and [-] troops entering the city, Nanjing is now firmly in Yang Chao's hands, so he decided to put all the civil and military officials back.

As for the soldiers in Nanjing, if you look at the military records, there are 20 troops in Nanjing City, but in fact there are only 8 people, and these 8 people are still improvised. Usually there are only 3 people in Nanjing City. They are registered, but most of them don't enter the military camp at all, but work in the city to make a living. After all, even if they are in the camp, they can't support their families except for their own food.

Now the [-] army has been completely controlled by Yang Chao, but Yang Chao didn't intend to take all these soldiers, he just sent them a large number of officers and told them that those who don't want to be soldiers can leave immediately, and those who don't want to leave, It is necessary to participate in training, and then go to war with the Tartars.

Most of these people didn't want to fight, so when they heard this, most of the 3 people who usually lived in the army chose to go home. In the end, there were only [-] people left.

Great victory.

Tens of thousands of infantrymen of the Qing army have already arrived outside the city.

A Qing army shouted from the city.

"Prince Ying has ordered you to return quickly, otherwise the army will enter the city and not leave a blade of grass!"

The Qing army was completely superfluous, they were already doomed to attack the city, because the 300 people they sent to occupy Dashengguan did not return, everyone knew what this meant, it meant that Dashengguan would not surrender.

"Tell the captives that my loyal and loyal army has wiped out Duoduo and has returned to aid Nanjing. Let the Tartars attack, and I will wait."

On the top of the wall, Song Kun responded loudly, and then waved.

The soldiers immediately pushed out the headless corpses one by one and hung them on the city wall.

"You are courting death!"

The envoy of the Qing army snorted coldly, patted his horse and rushed back. Song Kun didn't let anyone attack him. Yang Chao's army didn't have the habit of killing envoys.

Soon the Qing army began to attack. Dashengguan is not a big pass, but it is not easy to attack.

The Qing army pushed the shield cart, pressed it to forty steps, and shot arrows towards the top of the city. Other Qing troops rushed up with ladders.

This is still the way of siege in Haizhou, far inferior to Duoduo's cannons and cavalry. Unfortunately, Duoduo chased Li Zicheng all the way, from Shanxi to Shaanxi, from Shaanxi to Huguang, and now he is in Jiangnan. Cannon in red.

The Qing army didn’t have cannons, but the Ming army did. Although Yang Chao’s artillery was far away in Yangzhou, there were too many cannons in Nanjing. Yang Chao sent hundreds of cannons to Dashengguan, and the Qing army began to attack the city. , These cannons also began to roar.

No tricks, no tricks, the Qing army braved shells and attacked for an hour, while the Ming army fought with the Qing army for an hour under the roar of cannons, and there were casualties. Of course, it was the Qing army who threw down 1000 After many corpses, retreated.

With [-] troops defending the city, with a strong will to resist and high morale, it is not possible for [-] Qing troops to capture it.

What's more, there are more than 2000 original defenders of Dashengguan, a total of more than [-] people plus hundreds of cannons of various types. It is inevitable to repel the Qing army.

After holding on for a day, they won a big victory outside the pass, and the Qing army gathered [-].

However, they didn't send anyone to sneak attack at night. For the heavily guarded camp, a sneak attack is tantamount to death. What's more, this is a brick and wood gate, and there are no dead ends. You can either attack by force or bypass it.

"Dog Tartar, look at your captives!"

In the early morning of the next day, the Qing army was preparing to launch an attack again. Suddenly, the Ming army shouted loudly from the top of the city, and then a red armor and a corpse tied to a wooden frame were erected.

All the Qing troops stopped immediately and looked at the red corpse from afar.

Soon a war horse ran out of the Qing army tent, ran to the front of the Dasheng Pass, and shouted at the pass.

"Ming army on the city listen, Prince Ying is kind-hearted and willing to give you a chance to survive. Return Prince Yu's body to us, and Prince Ying promises not to attack the city!"

In the Qing army camp five miles away.

Azig was also quite shocked. He really didn't expect Duoduo to be beaten to death. This situation caused a huge sensation, especially among the soldiers of the Eight Banners of his core army, since the rise of the Manchu army, they have not died in battle. Live a prince.

As a veteran general, a commander who defeated Li Zicheng enough to prove his own strength, Azig naturally couldn't let Duoduo's death affect the morale of the army.

So he immediately issued a military order, telling the soldiers of the Eight Banners that he would take back the body of Prince Yu, and if the Ming army gave it back, he was willing to let the Ming army retreat and give up attacking Wusheng Pass.

In fact, this is to give the soldiers a step up and give them a choice, to see that it is not I, Azigfei, who forces you to die, but the Ming army does not give you a chance.

If the Ming army refuses, then must muster up courage, bravely attack the Dasheng pass, break into the pass and kill the Guangming army, and avenge Prince Yu.

Azig's purpose is very clear, not only can't let Duduo's death affect the morale of the army, but also use Duduo's death to arouse the courage of the Eight Banners soldiers!

Although the strategy is like this, out of personal feelings, Azig is still a little sad, not to mention that Duoduo is a prince like him, and the death of the rabbit and the fox hurt the same kind, and they are brothers of the same mother, both of them are the sons of Nurhachi .

(End of this chapter)