Chapter 85: General Ben, may your hands be filled with sin
"Kill them."
"Kill these brutes and avenge our dead loved ones."
A crowd of civilians poured up.
"Plop Plop Plop ......"
Some people stepped forward to beat these Eastern captives, and many people knelt in front of Li Cunxiao and Qi Jiguang, demanding that these dozen Eastern captives be killed.
"You can't kill the captives, we've all surrendered."
Seeing so many people demanding to kill them, the Eastern Cavalry was even more frightened and kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Seeing the Eastern captivity cavalry who kowtowed and begged for mercy, Qi Jiguang's eyes were full of disdain, he waved his hand and said to the people:
"Folks, you all get up, we are Ming soldiers, we are all a family, don't be like this, get up quickly."
The girl who was humiliated by the rebels knelt in front of Qi Jiguang:
"The general wants to call the shots for us, they not only killed my parents, but also kicked my grandfather to death, and the family was originally quite happy, but now I am left as an orphan."
Qi Jiguang bent down to help the little girl up, and was very sympathetic to her situation:
"Child, if you can't live alone, I will ask someone to send you to Jingshi, and someone will arrange your life at that time, hurry up."
"Thank you, General, Xiaowen has nothing to reciprocate, so let Xiaowen be your servant and serve you for life, but these people still hope that you can kill them."
It turned out that the little girl's name was Xiaowen, and she was worried that Qi Jiguang would not let her kill the captive, so she said this.
Qi Jiguang patted Xiaowen's head and said:
"According to the regulations, we Ming soldiers are not allowed to kill prisoners, but except for the Eastern captives, let me Qi Jiguang's hands be covered with sin!"
Before Qi Jiguang's words fell, he stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword at his waist, and with a movement of his footsteps, the sword light flashed again and again, and more than a dozen Eastern Cavalry were killed by him with his own hands. ”
Seeing more than a dozen Eastern captivity cavalry, killed by Qi Jiguang himself, and the revenge of their relatives was finally avenged, Xiaowen and all the villagers knelt down to thank him:
"Thank you to the general for saving us in danger, and now there is revenge for us, long live Daming!"
"Don't be polite, as a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, it is our duty to protect your safety, and this general hopes that your younger generation can enthusiastically join the army to serve the country."
Qi Jiguang saw that there were many young people among the villagers, and he had the idea of letting them join the army, and now Daming is lacking such young people.
With Qi Jiguang's encouragement, most of the young men in the village expressed their willingness to join the army.
"General, we are willing to join the army to fight for the country, and also to protect our land and family, I hope the general will accept us."
Seeing that they were all willing to join the army, Qi Jiguang was very happy, but they could not go directly to the battlefield, and they had to go through systematic training.
In previous wars, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, but it was not systematically trained.
Many recruits are pulled over and go to the battlefield, and the result is equivalent to giving the opponent a head.
Qi Jiguang called a training camp centurion:
"Don't go to the battlefield for the time being, select some young people with good physical fitness, be mainly responsible for their training, let them get familiar with the use of guns as soon as possible, and leave some money for their families when they leave."
"Yes"
"Also, bring Xiaowen with you, and when you return to Beijing, hand her over to the princess."
"Yes, please rest assured, your subordinates will not let you down."
The centurion agreed, and went to choose a young man suitable for joining the army.
Qi Jiguang and Li Cunxiao led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry and the Qi family army to advance to Shanhaiguan.
When the army passed by a stone, Qi Jiguang took out his binoculars, looked left and right, and then ordered the army to stop advancing.
The so-called piece of stone.
That is, the ground of the pass is all paved with stones, and the dovetail tenon is dug between the two stones, and then watered with molten iron, so that all the stones become a big stone.
But this is not a simple stone, but a famous battlefield in history, where Wu Sangui united with the East to defeat Li Zicheng.
It was also this battle that made Li Zicheng return defeated, surrendered the Beijing Division, and let the land of China once again fall into the hands of foreigners.
Today
There will still be a battle in a piece of stone, and Qi Jiguang has enough confidence to annihilate Prince Yu Duoduo.
One by one, a small yellow flag wants to invade the pass, which is simply a fool's dream.
Inside Shanhaiguan
Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, who was so famous that even the emperor did not dare to offend easily, was drinking with Duoduo, the prince of Yu in the east, with a smile on his face.
I don't know if he is really cheap, or if he is born with soft bones, he doesn't do it, but he is a dog, or when Daming is in the most danger.
Suddenly, a scout came to report:
"Report to the general, Doni Niulu led a Niu Lu out of the customs, and no one has come back until now, according to reliable information, Liu Zhuang once heard the sound of firearms firing."
Wu Sangui's eyes widened:
"What a fuss, what danger can the cavalry of a Niu Lu with a yellow flag encounter, there is no one near Shanhaiguan who can threaten them, and then report again."
"Yes"
The scout's face was flushed by Wu Sangui's training, and he hurriedly bowed his head and exited the hall.
"Tweet ......"
Duoduo, the prince of Dongyu took the wine glass, drank it dry in one gulp, the wine glass made an empty sound, he raised his eyelids to look at Wu Sangui and smiled:
"General Wu is right, my eight banners and one Niu Lu are enough to defeat an army of two or three thousand people in the Ming Dynasty, and they will not be in danger."
Wu Sangui hurriedly got up and filled Duoduo's wine glass:
"Yes, the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers are invincible in the world."
"Haha, it's not necessarily invincible in the world, your Tianxiong army is very good, and I have a fight with my Eight Banners, and almost all the other armies are fleeing from the wind, and they don't have to fight at all."
Duoduo laughed wildly, it turned out that in their hearts, Lu Xiangsheng was the first fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Sangui was not looked at by them at all.
Wu Sangui's face was slightly red, but at this time, he didn't have any resistance, and he was full of servility.
Duoduo obviously saw that Wu Sangui was a little embarrassed, he smiled slightly, and added:
"Of course, General Wu should be able to stop my Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers for two days by virtue of the natural danger of Shanhaiguan, that's all, your Guanning Iron Cavalry is no longer the original Guanning Iron Cavalry......
"I ...... Thank you, Prince Yu, for your compliment......"
What can Wu Sangui say, the general of the defeated army, no, the general who surrenders without a fight, even if he has some grievances in his heart, he can only endure it by himself.
This shows the arrogance of the Eastern Captivity, of course, Dolgon's attitude towards Wu Sanguili was better than that of Duoduo.
This Duoduo has always looked down on the Han and the Han soldiers and generals, and he even dared to rob the wife of Fan Wencheng, a loyal minister who was captured in the east, also because Fan Wencheng was Han.
"Report to the general, lord!"
"According to reliable information, a Niu Lu from Eight Banners to Liuzhuang was attacked and all killed, while the Ming army is marching towards Shanhaiguan."
Suddenly, the scout came back to report.
A piece of news that shocked Wu Sangui and Duoduo was coming.
Niu Lu, who was invincible in the Eastern Capture War, was actually annihilated by a sneak attack.