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  Chapter 556 553 [Huang Taiji will be alive]

"kill!"

  Yang Zhenqing led his troops into the city, looked at the burned houses and the corpses of Tartars all over the street, and couldn't help frowning.

  He himself killed Tartar civilians, but it was out of hatred, more for military purposes.

   And Saihe, who defected, simply killed innocent people indiscriminately, and attacked his tribe!

  Of course, it is also possible that Saihe did not regard the Tartars in Ximu City as his tribe.

  The Eight Banners Army defending the city was caught off guard by the combination of inside and outside. About 2,000 people took advantage of the chaos and fled towards Haizhou in the north.

   Saihe's soldiers did not go after them, but stayed in the city to rob and kill people.

  Yang Zhenqing was afraid of Saihe's wild thinking, so he didn't dare to order to stop it. Anyway, all the people who were killed were Tartars. After seeing Saihe, he only said, "Give me half of the property in the city."

   "General, just take it!" Saihe became more and more happy.

  Yang Zhenqing's words reassured Saihe completely. In his opinion, all the generals in the world are the same, they are nothing more than greedy for money and power. What Nanmanzi wanted to kill all the Manchus, even those who surrendered, was purely Dorgon's scare.

  I have made great contributions to the city, and I will definitely be promoted in the new dynasty of Datong in the future.

   Taking advantage of the chaos, they robbed a lot of property, plus the property of the family, it doesn’t matter even if the fields are divided, the money and food can be squandered for several lifetimes.

  Yang Zhenqing warned sharply: "Remember, no more looting and killing of Han people!"

   "The last general obeys!"

   Saihe accepted the order very sincerely, because the Han people in Liaodong, apart from those traitors, what else can they grab for coats and serfs? If you want to grab it, you can grab the Manchu nobles, all of them are rich!

  The more Sai He thought about it, the happier he became. He was looking forward to fighting with the Datong Army. It would be best to grab Heilongjiang all the way and earn a fortune that he would never spend in his lifetime.

   tribe?

  Hehe, only the Jurchens who live in Muxi (Xinbin County) are Saihe’s people, and he doesn’t care how many Jurchens elsewhere die.

  After taking over the city defense, Yang Zhenqing immediately wrote a letter to report.

  He used to be a hunter in the mountains and had never read a book. He has been fighting in the past few years, and only took time to learn two or three hundred words. Even the battle report had to be written by a mission officer.

After writing the specific process of seizing the city, Yang Zhenqing said to the missionary officer: "Add a few more words. Saihe is very ambitious. Dorgon didn't suppress him, but he didn't pay much attention to him. He dared to ignore his parents and relatives." But he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty. As a Tartar, he attacked the Tartar civilians. At least 2,000 Tartar civilians were killed by his soldiers, just to rob property. He also killed some Han serfs, not for money. It's pure killing madness. This person can't be reused, it's best to find a chance to get rid of it, otherwise there will definitely be trouble in the future."

  …

   Outside Yaozhou City.

   Tens of thousands of Datong troops have filled the moat and are constantly bombarding the city wall.

   And Dorgon's army was stationed a few miles northeast of the city, forming a corner with Yaozhou City.

   There are small battles being fought every day, competing for some favorable terrain outside the city.

  In the barracks.

Dorgon's face was cold, but he pretended to be calm, and said to Ah Shan with a smile: "As expected of your own son, your father betrayed the Qing Dynasty, your brothers, nephews, and yourself also betrayed the Qing Dynasty. Your second son is a son-in-law, how do you want the Qing Dynasty to treat you preferentially? Now, your eldest son has killed Zhen Guogong and seized Ximu City, what are you going to do?"

  A Shan frantically kowtowed: "The child is not strict, and the guilty minister deserves to die!"

   "I think you are very strict in teaching your son." Dorgon sarcastically said.

   Ah Shan continued to kowtow.

Dorgon said: "The nobles of Manchuria have already discussed it. All your Niulu will be deprived and handed over to Commander Arzin. Half of your family's property will be fined and confiscated! As for you, stop thinking about your mistakes and wait until the battle is over. "

  A Shan collapsed directly, and at the same time felt fortunate that there was still hope if he was not executed.

   "Go away." Dorgon said angrily.

   Ah Shan bowed and stepped back, scolding his son ten thousand times in his heart.

  Even if you want to defect, you should say it, so Dad can prepare well in advance. You ran away without making a sound. Do you want to kill your own father, your brother, your wife and children?

  A Shan was taken back to Haizhou and put under house arrest. He was looking forward to his son's rescue, and only hoped that the Datong Army would break through Yaozhou as soon as possible, and then take Haizhou to rescue him.

  Dorgon was the only one left in the tent, and he felt really tired.

   In the past two years, people's hearts have been scattered, exactly the same as Nurhachi's late period.

   Due to the forced expropriation of food, a large number of civilians and serfs were starved to death. Although the nobles and generals were not greatly affected, they felt that the Manchu regime would die, and began to quietly make plans for themselves.

  Dorgon often missed Huang Taiji. When Huang Taiji came to power, it was normal. How did he revitalize the Qing Dynasty?

  At that time, Adahai defected, and Huang Taiji ordered the four Baylors to recover together. So he didn't plan to punish him, and Huang Taiji decided to kill Adahai because Arzin reported other crimes.

  Should I learn from Huang Taiji and be kind to those defectors?

  Perhaps it is time to write a letter to let Saihe bring his troops back, and the crime of defection should be forgotten.

   Ke Saihe killed Zhen Guogong and Dorgon's nephew, how could he forgive the big crime?

  The more Dorgon thought about it, the more upset he became. He wanted to learn everything from Huang Taiji, but he couldn't learn it at all.

  Faced with this situation, what will Huang Taiji do?

  Dorgon suddenly had a thought, if only Huang Taiji was still alive. Everything is carried by Huang Taiji, no matter what troubles can be solved, he doesn't have to worry so much.

  Two military orders were issued quickly, one for Hauge to bring the army back, and one for mobilizing Banners to defend Haizhou.

  At this moment, Hu Dinggui looked at Yaozhou City, and regretted not removing all the city walls.

  Yaozhou lies between Gaizhou and Haizhou. When he led troops to raid Liaodong, Yaozhou was so ruined that there were not many people left. On the way back to the army, Hu Dinggui only demolished a section of the city wall due to lack of manpower.

   Now that the city wall has been repaired, if the Datong army wants to go north, they have to occupy the city.

  Reading the battle report sent by Yang Zhenqing, Hu Dinggui hated Saihe very much. Not because of Saihe's status as a Tartar, but because of killing innocent people indiscriminately and treating human life like nothing.

   Saihe is not relentless in killing Jurchen civilians. How many Han people have been killed in these years?

  This kind of executioner, even if he dedicates himself to the city for meritorious service, he will be liquidated in the future!

   "Be patient for now," Li Zheng said, "If you attack Saihe, the rest of the Tartars will have to work hard, because they will die even if they make meritorious deeds."

  Hu Dinggui said: "I just feel disgusted. To put it bluntly, I would rather kill more people and bring down Ximu City myself than recover the city through such people."

  Xiao Zongxian said: "To reduce the number of deaths, we should try to reduce the number of deaths. Every Datong soldier has a wife and children at home."

"Let's not talk about that," Li Zheng said with a smile, "Ximu City has been captured, and Haizhou is close at hand. Even if this battle cannot wipe out the main force of the Tatars, we can send troops to Haizhou at any time in the future. We have already won half of this battle. Next Don't worry, just slowly knock down the city wall."

  Xiao Zong nodded and said: "According to the news sent back by Xizuo, in order to fight the war, the Tartars even ordered the Bannermen to pay more food. If we delay him for another three months, the Tartars will run out of military rations, but we have plenty of food."

   "Then take your time." Hu Dinggui smiled.

  …

Phoenix city.

  Nao Dai personally led the troops out of the bastion, trying to kill the civilian men who dug the trenches.

  The trench is a "Z"-shaped structure, and the firecrackers, artillery, and bows and arrows of the bastion defenders are difficult to hit.

  Nao Dai rushed halfway, and the Datong army in the trench stood up and shot. And below the chest, everything is in the trench, and there are very few exposed parts.

   "Bang bang bang!"

   Shooting and killing more than 30 cavalrymen one after another, Nao Dai's cavalry also shot back, but the hit rate was negligible.

  After the cavalry approached the trench, they were forced to slow down, and suddenly more Datong gunfire soldiers appeared.

   "Bang bang bang!"

   Another round of shooting, knocking down more than 70 riders at once.

  At the same time, a long gun protruded from the trench.

  Nao Dai planned to rush to the ditch, and then dismounted and jumped into the ditch to fight. But seeing the situation in front of him, Nao Dai's scalp felt numb, so he had to rein in his horse and return to the bastion.

  The Datong Army did not pursue, but stayed in the trench, watching the civilian men continue to dig.

   After digging for another two days, I finally dug to the outer soil slope, and continued to dig up the **** along the soil slope.

  Nao Dai ordered to take the initiative to attack, and if he didn't attack, he dug through the slope.

  After a battle, more than 40 people were killed and injured by the Eight Banners Army, and six people were killed or injured by the Datong Army. The Tartars chose to abandon the outlying fortifications.

   Then continue digging, digging through the soil slope, digging through the outer fortifications, all the way to the foot of the bastion.

  The Z-shaped tunnel gradually turned into a circular tunnel. Lu Xiangsheng planned to use the tunnel to directly surround the bastion. Then through the circular tunnel, dig out tunnels in all directions, so that the tartars don't know where they are digging tunnels to bury explosives.

  Nao Dai didn't dare to stay in the bastion anymore, he left the bastion defenders, and rushed back to Phoenix City with the cavalry before the circular tunnel was formed.

  His army is too small to go out of the city to fight.

   "Boom!"

   A few days later, there was a deafening explosion, and a wall of the bastion was blown down by gunpowder.

  Barring arrows and bullets, the Datong army rushed in through the gap, and after more than forty people were killed or injured, they quickly rushed into the inside of the bastion.

  More than 300 bastion defenders were wiped out by the Datong Army.

  Occupied the bastion, Lu Xiangsheng finally came outside Phoenix City, continued to camp and then dig trenches.

  He didn't think of relying on traitors to seize the city, he completely followed his own style of play, digging all the way to plant explosives.

  Watching the Datong army digging in little by little, looking at the occupied bastion in the distance, the morale of the Eight Banners defenders in Phoenix plummeted.

  Zhang Fengyan started to act. He went out on crutches, saying that he would fight the Nanmanzi desperately.

  Nao Dai liked this kind of warrior very much, and quickly promoted Zhang Fengyan, throwing five hundred Chinese Jurchens to him to lead.

   "Second brother Zhang, the Tartars are really dying, and we are willing to follow you in the uprising."

   "The Tartars are barbarians, not even Jurchen. What kind of Jurchen are they? The Jurchen inside the Great Wall of Liaodong are the real Jurchen, and the people outside the Great Wall are all barbarians!"

   "I have long been tired of looking at the Tartars. They used to keep their hair like the Han people, but now they have shaved their hair and put on pigtail braids. It's so ugly!"

   "Second brother Zhang, hurry up and do it, Phoenix City will be taken if you don't do it, and we won't be able to make meritorious deeds!"

   "..."

  Lu Xiangsheng was not in a hurry to attack the city, but the Sinicized Jurchens in the city were in a hurry to rebel against the Qing and surrender to the Datong court.

  (end of this chapter)