Chapter 44: Suicide Resistance

Refugees who have nowhere to run when they see that the three closed doors open a way for them to live, so they have gratefully cried bitterly, scrambling to the gate, the scene can be said to be extremely chaotic, as long as someone is a little careless, being squeezed to the ground, then it means the end of their lives, countless pairs of feet will immediately step on their bodies, trampling them to death, bones will be trampled into pieces in an instant, so although the door of life has been opened, but there are still countless people whose souls are broken outside the closed door, it is sad to watch.

But that's all the big Chinese army can do, they can't do anything more, they can only watch the refugees fall one by one, trampled alive in the crowd, and they can't do anything more than lament in their hearts.

But even so, the refugees are already very, very grateful to them, and many of them are chanting Buddhist scriptures in their mouths, praying for the blessings of these lovely Chinese soldiers, and may God bless these good people to live a long life.

The Jiannu generals who followed behind saw that the situation was not good, they didn't expect that the Dazhong Army would dare to open the three gates at this time to rescue these refugees into the customs, so some of the Jiannu generals immediately shouted and ordered their subordinates to release arrows or guns, and shoot those refugees who were rushing towards the gate, they didn't care about these people from time to time their fellow people, they were Jiannu's dogs, and they were going to bite people for their masters, and at the same time they led their troops to start chasing towards the gate, wanting to take advantage of this opportunity to blend in with the refugees and take advantage of the situation to seize the gate. In that case, it will be much easier to break through the first line of Shanhaiguan.

When he saw that the Dazhong Army actually opened three gates and tried to rescue the refugees into the customs, Wu Xiang jumped to his feet in a hurry, and shouted that people should hurry up and inform Yan Chongxi and ask him to close the door quickly, the refugees are pitiful, but now is not the time to be a woman's benevolence, once Jiannu takes the opportunity to seize the gate, then this battle will be troublesome.

Although Wu Xiang admired the courage of these Dazhong soldiers, he still felt that they were too merciful at this time, how could he be so impulsive and take such a risk for the lives of some refugees under such circumstances? Even at this moment, Wu Xiang regretted it a little, he knew that the generals of the Dazhong Army were so soft-hearted, he might as well fall to Jiannu's side!

Different from Wu Xiang's anxious jumping feet, Dolgon's Jiannu chieftains, when they saw the big Chinese army open the three gates and tried to save the refugees into the customs, they all showed a look of disdain and sneer, Ci is not in charge of the troops, these soldiers of the big Chinese army are brave, needless to say, but this heart is too soft, and the soft-hearted can't make a big deal, this is the weakness of their big Chinese army, and now they have hope to break through the Shanhai Pass.

So Dolgon immediately ordered the Han soldiers in front of them to take the opportunity to capture these three gates at any cost, and after entering the pass, the women were chosen by them, and they were to be rewarded heavily.

In addition, he ordered that the camp of the Banner Kabush Xian, who was supervising the battle in the back, also pressed up, taking advantage of the situation to launch the strongest attack, and strive to break through this section of the pass in one fell swoop, as long as it can break into the pass, as for the main city of Shanhaiguan and the north and south wings of Dongluo City, even if it is not down, it has become a lonely city, and they can be trapped and killed.

In short, Dolgon made up his mind to take out a batch of capital to invest in it, wanting to take this opportunity to break through the Shanhaiguan Pass, so that Huang Taiji could see that the warriors of the two white flags under his command were not vegetarians, and he only thought about how to toss the three brothers and weaken their strength all day long.

The entire Jiannu army moved, and the Jiannu Tartars who were lined up behind them began to rush forward like a tsunami, and some of the Han army's Wuzhen Chaoha battalion also began to carry some light artillery, trying to reach the bottom of the city and use artillery bombardment to cover the siege of other soldiers and horses.

The situation became dangerous for a while, looking at the refugees who were pouring into the gate, even Lu Xiangsheng became anxious, and persuaded Yan Chongxi: "You can't do anything, Yan Shuai doesn't have to be too strong!" Since there is no way to save them, they can only be blamed for their bad lives! It's better to close the door now! The soldiers who are about to leave the city will be withdrawn as soon as possible! ”

But Yan Chongxi gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, my lord, Jiannu can't attack it!" Today I want to let Jiannu see how powerful we are, let them shed their blood under the pass, and let them dare not covet this place in the future! Keep letting the refugees in! Be prepared to slaughter the slaves as soon as they enter the gates! Don't let any of them go! ”

The generals who followed him immediately got the order to start preparing, seeing that the refugees poured into the gate like a flood, and immediately someone guided the refugees who entered the gate to evacuate to a safe place, but Yan Chongxi did not forget to keep an eye on it, for fear that these refugees would be mixed with the meticulous work of Jiannu, and take advantage of the entry into the customs to snatch the gate, where these refugees, he arranged some soldiers to take care of the refugees in name, and in fact to monitor some of them restless people.

In short, there is a reason why Yan Chongxi was the first to be sent out to take charge of himself under Xiao Tianjian early, Yan Chongxi is thoughtful, steady, and rarely makes big mistakes, plus after so many years of experience, Yan Chongxi is already a very comprehensive general, although he is busy, but he does not make mistakes in the chaos, he still takes into account the details and is ready to deal with it.

Among the materials brought by the Right Route Army this time, there was a considerable number of thunderbolts, which at this time also began to be transported to the city wall in large quantities and placed in the hands of each soldier, each soldier prepared a torch by his side at this time, and was ready to light it.

A large number of Han soldiers of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion of the Jiannu army sped up, biting on the back of the refugees, while continuing to beat the refugees, while slashing and killing a few refugees who tried to resist from time to time, and followed the refugees towards the three closed doors, so closely following the refugees, so that the musketeers of the large army on the city wall did not dare to fire easily, but those musketeers saw that Jiannu was getting closer and closer, and they were still completely prepared on the city wall, and everyone loaded the flintlock pistols in their hands, and did the final inspection, In order to shoot more of the gunners, many of the officers of the musketeers made a decision to put all the best musketeers in front of them, so that these people were only responsible for aiming at the approaching gunners for a while, focusing on the generals in the Jiannu army, and the rest of the musketeers lined up behind, instead of them going out to fire, they only needed to reload the muskets for the gunners in front.

In this way, once the operator moves, these accurate marksmans will become a nightmare for Jiannu, and they can continue to fire back and forth, it is estimated that when they start, they will have Jiannu to look good!

Jiannu drove the refugees like this, mingled with the refugees behind them, pushed and squeezed towards the gate, and as they got closer and closer to the gate, they seemed to see hope, and began to shout and scream, and even began to wave knives and guns, slashing and killing the refugees who fell behind.

At this time, from the group of refugees, suddenly out of the group of people wearing the uniforms of the Dazhong Army, the hundred or so dead soldiers of the Dazhong Army, one by one staring at blood-red eyes, regardless of the head, crashed into the Jiannu army that persecuted the refugees, everyone rushed out at the same time, they all lit the fuse of those thunderbolts on their bodies, the body was smoking, and everyone was holding a single knife, like a mad tiger slammed into the Jiannu army, The madness of desperation slashed at the soldiers and generals.

Jiannu was coldly rushed by them, and couldn't help but be a little panicked, that is, he was stunned, and then separated from the refugees in front of him, and turned his attention to these soldiers of the Dazhong Army who frantically broke into their crowd, shouted and surrounded them, and began to fight with them.

After all, the number of dead soldiers in the Dazhong Army is very small, and the branch is in several directions, and it was quickly drowned in the crowd by many Jiannu soldiers, although they have the determination to die, and they are not afraid of death, but after all, it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists, and many of the dead soldiers of the Dazhong Army have no time to kill two more enemies, so they were immediately shackled to death on the spot by these Jiannu, many of whom died miserably, but what made this group of Jiannu unexpected, these Dazhong soldiers who pounced out like tigers, Although they had already been killed, in the moment after they fell, they began to explode one after another, even including those soldiers of the Great Middle Army who had not yet died in battle, and their bodies instantly began to explode one after another.

And the dead soldiers of these large Chinese armies, in a line broke into the Jiannu soldiers' array, this explosion is a series, each of them was carrying five or six huge thunderbolts, each of these thunderbolts was loaded with a small half catty of gunpowder, the bullet body is a thin-shelled cast iron projectile, which is covered with prefabricated fragments, has been detonated, it will fly away more than 30 pieces of shrapnel, several thunderbolts exploded in the Jiannu crowd one after another, shrapnel scattered like a storm, and immediately exploded Jiannu's flesh and blood, A large area was brought down at once, and although these explosions cost the lives of the dead soldiers of the large and medium army who carried them on the spot, the results in exchange were many times greater than theirs, and near each explosion point, there were a group of Tartar soldiers lying screaming miserably, many of whom were injured by shrenel but did not die, lying on the ground and making a terrifying scream like killing pigs.

It's just that in an instant, the gate has become like a slaughterhouse in the world, with shrapnel flying everywhere, blood splashing everywhere, stumps and broken arms everywhere, and even a lot of minced meat on some Jiannu's bodies, and even a human intestine on the neck of a Jiannu, which is unbearable.

Some of the Jiannu were covered in blood, and they didn't know if it was his own blood or other people's blood, so frightened that they threw away their knives and guns, screamed like women and touched their bodies everywhere, and some of them smeared their faces all over their faces, looking extremely hideous and terrifying.

Such a sudden suicide attack disrupted the formation of the attacking Jiannu army at once, and many Jiannu soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and ran, where did they care about snatching the gate!