Chapter 235: Murderous Strategy
The retreating Ming army outside Shengjing City was enjoying lunch at this time to replenish his strength, but this so-called lunch was indeed a little unbearable to look at.
Due to the need to travel lightly, it was impossible to take a large amount of supplies with them, but they only prepared rations for more than 10 days, all of which were made into marching rations for hard states until they penetrated deep into the interior of Liaodong. Only then did he get some food from the village of Jiannu, so that he could drink a warm broth.
However, because there are a large number of Han people who were captured as slaves in the villages of Jiannu, these Jiannu were killed by Ma Shilong's army, but for these Han people, Ma Shilong still didn't dare to start, or couldn't bear to start, after all, being used as slaves in Hunan has made these Han people physically and mentally exhausted, and if they are killed again, Ma Shilong really can't bear it. They can only be gathered together, distribute some rations to these Han people, and let them flee for their lives. As for whether they can escape back to Jinzhou or Shanhaiguan, it can only be the destiny of each one.
It's just that in this way, there is a shortage of grain and grass for the army, after all, Jiannu himself is not too good, it has reached the point of starvation, plus Huang Taiji led the army to go on the expedition, and he has to collect some grain and grass, the entire Jiannu village is already eating grass, where is there still excess food.
After collecting most of the grain, even the grain and grass of the current army can only last for more than 20 days, which means that the time left for himself is only more than 10 days. He must capture Shengjing within more than 10 days, if not, he can only withdraw the army first, otherwise once the grain and grass are exhausted, he can only be artificially knife-mouthed.
The army was caught in cold water and ate the grain of the hard state, which made the captured Jiannu look very greedy. It's been a day and a night since they were captured yesterday, and they've been hungry for a long time. If it weren't for the hands of the Ming army around him, the bright steel knife would have risen up a long time ago and immediately snatched the grain and grass in the hands of the Ming army.
Since this first wave of attacks has passed, the things that have caused Brother Hao a lot of distress have passed. Brother Hao directly announced that he had come to his senses and returned to the east gate again.
This time, Hauge treated Akagi who was guarding the east gate differently, and his pleasant face made Akagi a little flattered.
"Why didn't the Ming army bring back all the corpses under the city"?
looked at the Ming army who was eating in the distance, and looked at the corpses scattered all over the city.
It stands to reason that if it is a one-sided battle, the victorious side will also collect the corpses in the future, not to show their mercy and generosity, but mainly for fear that those corpses will rot and deteriorate, thus causing a plague.
If it is a confrontation, both sides will collect the bodies separately. Now, isn't it just pulling those Han people who have died directly to somewhere in the city and burning them all?
What's more, now the Ming army belongs to the attacking side, I am afraid that after lunch, it will inevitably attack again, and the corpse under this will not block the pace of the attack, how can Ma Shilong not understand this truth after a hundred battles.
"This is a murderous plan."
Since Fan Wencheng belonged to a civilian official, it was not his turn to go into battle to kill the enemy, and when the Ming army attacked, Fan Wencheng had already left first. It wasn't until the Ming army temporarily stopped attacking that he followed Brother Hao to climb the city wall, and when he heard Brother Hao's inquiry, Fan Wencheng looked at the corpse under the city with a sad and angry face.
"Now the corpses outside the city are all the people near Shengjing, and the people who are transferred out are basically villagers near Shengjing, and now the corpses are placed under the city, it is inevitable that some soldiers will want to sink to see if there are any relatives ......... them."
Fan Wencheng didn't say the rest of the words, because he knew that Hauge understood what he meant. Therefore, Ma Shilong's plan is really a murderous plan. Once the army in the city is in turmoil, it must not be necessary for Ma Shilong to attack the city again, and he can take this Shengjing, which he took countless efforts to capture.
"It's... This".
People are only a layer away from the truth, and they only need to stab lightly to know what happened, Brother Hao pointed to the corpse under the city, and was speechless.
The eldest brother didn't think that the living people were a big tangle in his heart, and he didn't expect that the dead people would become his own entanglement.
If the corpse is not convergent, it will easily lead to discouragement of the army, but if it is not converged, what prestige can he have in the army.
Dajin Guo admires the strong, if he shows such cowardice, even if he sits in the position of the Great Khan in the future, I am afraid that the army will not be able to use it as much as he wants like his own arms.
When Brother Hao was struggling, suddenly a herald came to Brother Hao and hurriedly knelt down.
"Qi Beile Ye, the county king asked the servants to come and ask Belle Ye if we will go down to the city to collect the remains of the people of Dajin Kingdom."
The only one who can be called the king of the county by his subordinates is now Duoze. Brother Hao was angry in his heart, he never thought that Duo Ze would use himself as a gunman.
And Duo Ze, who was in charge of sitting at the north gate, was smiling and looking at the Ming army outside the city. Originally, Duo Ze also had the same entanglement as Brother Hao, but compared to Brother Hao's entanglement, Duo Ze was not too worried, you must know that the people under his hands were not the villagers near Shengjing, they were the people of his two brothers. What's more, the biggest official in Shengjing now is not himself, but the self-righteous Haoge. Since it's such a troublesome matter, it's better to leave it to the chief to deal with, and he only needs to be responsible for listening to orders.
Back at the east gate, looking at Haoge with a cold face, Fan Wencheng actually already had a trace of thought in his heart, but he didn't know if this method would work for him when he looked at Brother Hao. If this is a different person, whether it is Dai Shan or Huang Taiji, Fan Wencheng will say the plan in his heart, but he really has no confidence in Brother Hao.
That is, the corpses outside the city were used as an inducement to force the defenders inside the city to burst out with the belief that the so-called mourning soldiers would win. Let the entire army be filled with hatred, presumably not to mention that there are only more than 10,000 people in Ma Shilong, even if he doubles the number of people, he will not be able to capture the entire Shengjing.
In this case, it is better to let the corpse lie outside the city, and still make a little dedication to block the attack of the Ming army.
The herald was still kneeling on the ground at this time, waiting for Haoge's speech, and when he saw Brother Hao, who had not spoken for a long time, he couldn't help but raise his head in confusion.
Brother Hao, who suppressed the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and said softly.
"As the brother of the Great Khan, the king of the county can be said to be the most honorable person in Shengjing City, and now he is sitting at the north gate and the west gate, as for how to deal with it, the king of the county himself is personally responsible, and there is no need to report everything to me."
"Slave Command".
When the herald received the order, he hurriedly got up and ran back.
However, whether to collect the corpse or not, Brother Hao couldn't make up his mind in his heart, so he could only look at Fan Wencheng on the side, and saw Fan Wencheng shaking his head lightly at himself.
Make up your mind in your heart, but how to say it.
"Lord Belle, the Ming army deceives people too much.
Not only did they force the people of our Dajin Kingdom to drive them to attack the city, causing us to kill each other, but now they are throwing their corpses under the city, without any regard for the morality of the two armies fighting."
Seeing Brother Hao with a tangled face, Chilie Taji suddenly stood up and shouted loudly, with endless grievances and cries in his tone.
"The servant begged Lord Belle to order the collection of the corpses of the Ming dogs, and directly throw them out of the city, so that they can enjoy the same treatment as the people of Dajin Kingdom."
Fan Wencheng looked sideways at Chilie Taji, who was like Haoge's shadow, but he didn't expect him to be able to say such a thing.
Looking at Brother Hao with a sluggish face, Fan Wencheng couldn't help but feel a little depressed, if the two of them changed positions, he would definitely say this idea, and see which of the soldiers around him was not angry on his face at this time, and he had a look of forgetting to die.
Fan Wencheng suddenly thought of a sentence, Lao Tzu is a good man and a bear, Brother Hao embodies this sentence very vividly.