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  Chapter 554 551 [Sinicized Jurchen]

  Looking at the earthen fortress in front of him, Lu Xiangsheng said with emotion: "The enemy will defend well, so don't take it lightly."

  Northeast of Phoenix City, the 600-meter-wide passage has been blocked by an earthen castle built by Nao Dai. Also, it doesn't look very new, it was built at least a year ago.

   This earthen fortress is actually his mother's bastion, fully imitating the Datong Army bastion in Gaizhou!

  So, digging trenches and attacking Phoenix City becomes digging trenches and attacking a bastion, which can delay Lu Xiang's promotion for at least a month.

   One month, plus the previous consumption, is enough for Dorgon to send reinforcements.

  The problem is that Dorgon also has the Datong Army, and the Tartars in Phoenix City are destined not to wait for reinforcements.

   After camping and digging on the bank for a day, the five hundred warriors selected by Nao Dai also went into the mountains to the north and came around to attack at night.

  The officer who led the night attack was called Zhang Fengyan. He spoke Chinese and had a Chinese name. The men farmed and the women weaved, just like the Han people. But his ancestors were from the Jurchen tribe, but they were Sinicized.

  If Nurhachi hadn’t raised his troops, these Sinicized Jurchens in Liaodong would become real Han people in a hundred or two hundred years.

   Datong Army's hot air balloon made Nao Dai very afraid, and Zhang Fengyan was not allowed to set off until after dark.

  When these Tartars crossed the mountains and circled to the side and rear of Lu Xiangsheng's sub-camp, it was almost dawn, which happened to be the time when the soldiers were most asleep.

  Zhang Fengyan squatted among the thorn bushes, quickly saw the direction, and marched forward with the soldiers in his belt.

  But not too far down the mountain, Zhang Fengyan secretly thought something was wrong.

  In order to prevent night raids, Lu Xiangsheng actually cut down all the weeds and trees around the camp for a mile.

   Zhang Fengyan couldn't hide, so he could only keep his body low and lead the troops to trot towards the camp.

  About ten meters away from the camp, Zhang Fengyan felt that he bumped into something.

   "Dang dong dong dong..."

  In the silent dawn, a crisp bell sounded suddenly.

  Zhang Fengyan buried his head to check, and there was a hemp rope dyed black on his calf. Moreover, there is more than one hemp rope of this kind, which is circled around the camp, and small bells are sporadically tied to the hemp rope.

   The Datong sentinel, who couldn't help but fight his eyelids, was awakened by the ringing of the bell in an instant. He vaguely saw someone outside the camp, and immediately blew the copper whistle hanging on his chest.

   "Quick retreat!"

  Zhang Fengyan turned around and ran, no matter how late it was, it would be too late.

  Half of the dragoons of the 14th Division are in this division battalion, and the cavalry leader Lin Zhidong is also there.

Lin Zhidong is from Huating County, Jiangsu Province. He was supposed to be a Wu Jinshi in the 16th year of Chongzhen, and he was the only citizen of that class. Craftsmanship of the Animal Husbandry.

  But in this time and space, there is no sixteen years of Chongzhen.

  Lin Zhidong was born in a wealthy family in Huating, his grandfather was a student of the Imperial College, and his father was admitted as a scholar. The Datong new dynasty was established, and his family asked him to be a civil servant. Lin Zhidong could only obey his father's order, and was even promoted to the section chief of the official department of Huating County.

  Hearing that the Datong Army was expanding and recruiting skilled archers and horsemen, Lin Zhidong quietly joined the army.

  The chief of the county government office came to be a recruit, the only one in the army. Moreover, he has great strength, is skilled in bow and horse, and is familiar with military books. Of course, Lin Zhidong gained attention, and in just two years, he was promoted to the cavalry commander of the 14th Division.

   "The whole army is on horseback!"

  The newly built camp has no special stables, and all cavalry sleep with their horses.

  Hearing the warning, Lin Zhidong quickly rushed out with the cavalry, and the infantry had already removed the hemp rope outside the camp.

   "Da da da da!"

  The sound of horseshoes behind him made Zhang Fengyan feel desperate. Two legs could not run faster than four.

  Although he was the general of the dragoons, Lin Zhidong brought a bow.

  When the soldiers under his command rode horses and released their guns, Lin Zhidong drew his bow and shot an arrow, which accurately hit a Tartar on the back.

  After the other dragoons fired, they immediately retracted their guns and drew out their waist knives to chase after them.

  Lin Zhidong drew his bow and set his arrow again, and shot the second arrow with a whimper, overturning another tartar again.

   It can only be said that the archery skills are amazing. On the high-speed bumpy horseback, two consecutive arrows hit the running enemy, and the moonlight at dawn was very dark. As expected of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the only Wu Jinshi of civil origin.

   Seeing that there was no way to escape, Zhang Fengyan planned to fight stubbornly, but he couldn't gather the army at all.

  These Jurchen soldiers who were incorporated into the Han Army Banner, although they fought bravely, they would definitely run away if they were going to die, because they still had a chance to survive.

  Zhang Fengyan picked up the bow and arrow, then put it down again, and actually knelt down and surrendered. He was the only one among the five hundred night raiders who surrendered.

  From the generation of his grandparents, he farmed land for the Ming Frontier Army in Phoenix City. His father also served as the guard of Phoenix City. In the face of the Manchu attack, it was the defender of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered himself. Zhang Fengyan's father still wanted to resist the Tartars.

   Later, Mao Wenlong sent envoys to incite the defenders of Phoenix City to rebel against the Qing. Zhang Fengyan's father was actually killed by Han soldiers who were regarded as rebels.

  Although Zhang Fengyan also fought with the army, he invaded North Korea every time, and then returned to Phoenix to station.

  This is the first time he has fought with the Han army.

   As a Sinicized Jurchen, to be honest, he has a greater sense of belonging to the Han nationality. Before the Manchu dynasty gained power, his Sinicized Jurchens extremely despised the Jianzhou Jurchens, thinking they were a bunch of shameless barbarians.

  Hundreds of Tartars are running away, and no one cares about Zhang Fengyan who is kneeling on the ground.

   After shooting the third Tartar, Lin Zhidong drew his sword and slashed, chopping down several Tartars in front one after another.

   This was a battle without any suspense. Five hundred Tartars came to attack at night, only more than 20 fled into the mountains, and the rest were all captured or beheaded.

  As the leader of the night attack, Zhang Fengyan was taken to see Lu Xiangsheng.

   Before Lu Xiangsheng could question him, Zhang Fengyan kowtowed and said, "General, I have never killed a Han person, not even a single Han person."

   "Oh?" Lu Xiangsheng became a little interested.

Zhang Fengyan said: "General Qi, the villain's grandfather, served as a tenant for a hundred households of the Han army in Phoenix City. The villain's father, served as a personal soldier for the Han general in Fenghuang City. When the Tartars came, the general surrendered. Afterwards, the main general rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and turned to the Ming Dynasty, and the villain’s father was also killed by the Tartars. It was later found out that the murder was manslaughter, because the villain’s father was a Jurchen, so the villain was incorporated into the Han army banner.”

  Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Since it was incorporated into the Han army flag, why did it say that no Han people were killed?"

  Zhang Fengyan replied: "The villain's army has always been stationed in Phoenix City, and only went out to fight with the army when attacking North Korea. The villain...the villain..."

  Lu Xiangsheng scolded: "Speak up if you have something to say, don't hesitate!"

   "The villain has important military information to tell you!" Zhang Fengyan said.

   "Let's talk." Lu Xiangsheng said.

  Zhang Fengyan said: "The defenders in Phoenix City are divided into Han Army Banners and Manchurian Banners. Most of the Han Army Banners are locals, and the Manchurian Banners are foreigners who have been stationed in recent years."

  Lu Xiangsheng felt that this information was useful, and asked: "Is there a contradiction between the Han army flag and the Manchurian flag?"

Zhang Fengyan said: "The Han Army Banner in Phoenix City has lived around Phoenix City for generations. I used to look down on the Jianzhou Jurchen. Then it was edited as the Han Army Banner and won the land of the Han people in Phoenix City. This is why I really belong to the Manchurian Tartars. But Datong After the army came to Liaodong, Dorgon felt that there were few soldiers in Phoenix City, so he sent hundreds of Manchurian banner soldiers over."

  Lu Xiangsheng probably understood, smiled and said, "Go on."

Zhang Fengyan said: "The local Han army banners originally occupied the most fertile land. After the Manchurian banners came over, they brought their families. Especially the general Nao Dai, who is Nurhachi's nephew, his Manchurian soldiers did not Take our Han army flag seriously. So, the new Manchurian flag occupied the fertile land of the local Han army flag, forcing the Han army flag to reclaim other land. The local Han army flag has always been resentful!"

   "You Jurchens of the Han Army Banner, can you speak Chinese?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

Zhang Fengyan replied: "Not only can they speak Chinese, but they all have Chinese names and surnames. Jianzhou Jurchens are barbarians, but our Jurchens in Phoenix have long admired Wang Hua. Jianzhou Jurchens live outside the Great Wall of Liaodong, and our Phoenix Jurchens live in Inside the Great Wall of Liaodong. Our Jurchens in Phoenix City are also the people of the Emperor of Heaven, and they are going to pay the Han army government!"

  Cultural communication has such a usefulness.

  After more than two hundred years of assimilation, the Phoenix Jurchen has a sense of superiority, and they look down on the Jianzhou Jurchen who fish and hunt in the mountains.

  If the Manchus continue to gain power, the Jurchens in Phoenix City will naturally fall to the Jurchens in Jianzhou, and they will be proud of their Jurchen identity. Once the Manchu dynasty showed signs of decline, the obviously Sinicized Phoenix Jurchen would feel that they should actually be Han Chinese.

  Zhang Fengyan looked up at Lu Xiangsheng: "If the general trusts the villain, he can let the villain go back. The villain pretended to escape and secretly contacted the Han army flag in Phoenix City to rebel!"

   "Are they willing?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

Zhang Fengyan said: "If there is no reinforcements, Phoenix City will definitely fall. As long as the general promises that after the Han army flags in the city rebel and dedicate the city, they will not care about everything in the past and leave us some land for farming. Most of the Han army flags will not be given to the Tartars. Work hard. Because we people are not of the same race as Jianzhou Jurchen!"

  Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, you can go back."

  It’s just an officer of the Tartar-Han Army Banner, it’s natural that the miraculous effect is the best, and it doesn’t matter if he takes the opportunity to escape.

  Lu Xiangsheng has made a long-term plan to attack the city, first dig trenches and attack the bastion, and then dig trenches and attack Phoenix City. The shortest time is three months, and at least half a year if things go wrong.

  But said that Zhang Fengyan was released in the evening, and this person ran all the way into the mountains. After climbing over the mountains, he picked up a stone and slammed it at his calf.

  I didn't break the bone once, and I smashed it a second time with pain, breaking the calf bone before stopping.

  He slid down the hillside, messed up all the way, and his clothes were scratched all over his body. At the foot of the mountain, he tried his best to climb towards Phoenix City, but was discovered by the defenders the next morning.

   While the doctor was setting Zhang Fengyan's bone, the chief general Nao Dai came to question him personally.

Zhang Fengyan struggled to get up, lay down in pain and said, "The Nanmanzi is cunning. They set up a lot of ropes with bells outside the camp. If they accidentally touch the ropes, they will ring the bells. Our Eight Banners warriors who attacked at night touched the enemy camp. The outer area was discovered, and then was hunted down by cavalry. The humble worker managed to escape back to the mountains, but accidentally broke his leg, so he escaped now."

  Nao Dai asked some more details, and then said: "You take care of your wounds, and you will be able to reuse them when you recover."

  (end of this chapter)