Chapter 449: Booby-Trap
Before the Jianzhou Jurchens were unified, they relied on trade with the Ming Dynasty to make a living, and some people worked for the landlord generals of Liaozhen.
They were considered inferior pariahs for many years, and Nurhachi was also the godson of the Liaozhen general soldiers, so there was a deep-seated inferiority complex in the hearts of the Manchurian Tatars.
With the establishment of the Later Jin, the victory over the Ming Dynasty was achieved step by step, the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, the Han people in Liaozhen took refuge one after another, and the Jurchen Eight Banners claimed to be a national nation, which was one level higher than other ethnic groups, as if this inferiority complex had disappeared, but in fact it was not.
With their continuous victories, the more they understood the Ming Dynasty and Chinese civilization, the more they understood, the more they knew how barbaric they were, how far the gap was, and the characteristics of the barbaric inferior people could never be changed.
The barbarians who realized this could find a way to make up for it were the crazy destruction of civilizations more advanced than themselves, as was the case when the Mongols destroyed most of the irrigation systems in China and Central and West Asia, and for the Jurchens, the madness of Nurhachi in his later years, the ten days of Yangzhou and the three massacres in Jiading in normal history, are all manifestations of this mentality, and of course, the Manchu Qing ruled China in darkness and ignorance for nearly three hundred years.
In addition to the crazy destruction, the Jurchen Eight Banners also disguised themselves as extremely noble, they were the so-called nation in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they were extremely proud in front of other peoples.
When this pride is punctured, nay, even questioned, as in the Manchu literal prison, which now and even once seemed ridiculous. There are also those cruel means of punishment, which is the hysteria of this inferiority complex.
Nevertheless. But they worked harder than any other barbarian to learn Chinese and learn everything about the Chinese nation. They even forsaken everything of their own people, except for the braid and ignorance.
Therefore, it is conceivable what kind of reaction Wen Lihan, the leader of the Zhenglan Banner stationed in Seoul, will have after hearing this "lowly tartar".
Wen Lihan reined in his horse violently, and his whole body became a little stiff. He turned his head to look in the direction of the voice, he didn't believe that anyone in Seoul would say such words to the invincible Eight Banners warriors, and Wen Lihan saw a young man looking at him with contempt at the counter of a Han shop.
Maybe he heard it wrong, Wen Lihan thought, but the young man's contemptuous eyes also made him very uncomfortable. Be sure to teach you a hard lesson.
"Cheap Tartar !!"
The young man did not shy away from opening his mouth to say this. And glared at him without fear. At this moment, Wen Lihan only felt that the blood was boiling all over his body. It was as if the whole person was about to explode. His two followers reacted no less than he did.
"Choke" a few times. The swords have been drawn. Inside the counter, the young man was not afraid at all. Spat at the street. Shi Shiran turned around and walked into the inner room.
On the streets, Korean merchants or Han merchants can understand the phrase "Tartar". And know who Wen Lihan is. They have already fled far away. I didn't even have the heart to watch the excitement. Those who don't know what was born of the earth. I saw the sword drawn from the ground. They all ran away from afar.
Wen Lihan's face was about to turn purple. The lips and the wings of the nose are in**. He couldn't say a word for a long time. Finally moved. react. Rolled over and jumped off the horse. Raise a knife. A few words almost popped out between the teeth:
"Kill all the !! of this shopkeeper"
The two attendants behind him shouted loudly, the three Jurchen warriors killed all the Han people in this shop, it was an easy thing, how could anyone with a knife not be able to beat the seller.
This store is still in business, but there is no one in the store in front, presumably because of that sentence, they are scared to run to the back, Wen Lihan has been to these places many times, knowing that there is no way to go behind the store, and there are not a few people running in such a short time.
The shop was empty, and the three of them rushed into the inner room violently, and there was no one, there was a noise in the inner courtyard, and the Han dog with a thousand knives must be where, you have a cheap tongue, grandpa is going to find it back on you one by one, Wen Lihan and the faces of the two subordinates have become hideous.
It was only a few steps from the inner house to the inner courtyard, and there were a lot of groceries and other things on the road.
So they didn't hear clearly that the door of the shop behind them was already closed, and the three of them rushed into the inner courtyard, but they saw that the front was a rope for drying clothes, and a wide sheet was hanging on it, completely obscuring their vision, Wen Lihan's anger in his heart was not vented at all, and the long knife in his hand split open, cutting the clothesline in front of him, and his vision suddenly became broader.
With a bang, the door of the inner room was closed behind them, but Wen Lihan and the three of them didn't care about the movement behind them, they saw what was on the other side.
A dozen or so indifferent men faced this side with their firearms in their hands, and they could even hear the sizzling of the burning rope hanging on the hook.
In the courtyard of the four directions, there are three Jurchen Eight Banners standing on one side, no matter how you look at it, it seems that you are shooting a prisoner, and it is too late to run.
Wen Lihan still has a brute courage on his side, and at this time he actually raised his knife and rushed forward to see if he could win a chance in such a desperate situation.
There are not so many miracles in this world, the fire gun fired, and the three Tartar soldiers fell to the ground without accident, and the words just now were already a mess outside, who would listen to whether there was a chaotic noise in this shop.
In the almost closed courtyard, it takes a lot of time for the smoke to dissipate, looking at the three Tartars lying in front of the door of the inner room, a big man stretched out his head and asked his companion on the left with some confusion:
"Didn't you say that the firearm by the door was hitting downwards, and you forgot?"
"Nope. We didn't even have a wooden fork installed, so we must have hit the ground downward.
Then they all looked at the tartar lying by the door. Someone laughed and said:
"Could it be that there is a place to play dead?"
When he had finished saying this, he saw Wen Lihandi's attendant by the door of the inner room. Struggling to get up from the ground, one of his legs was bloody and fleshy, and there was a wound on his upper body, which was already quite inconvenient to move.
The so-called warriors are also relatively speaking, and this person is already scared stupid at this time. As if unaware of the presence of an enemy with a musket on the other side, the Tartar soldier struggled to the door, opened it, and dragged a wounded leg outside, crying in his mouth, not knowing what to say again.
The big men who shot there looked at each other and smiled. A man on the side dropped his firearm and followed, and the leader in the middle reminded:
"Don't forget to use a kitchen knife."
The man who followed him took out a kitchen knife from the corner to cut meat. Nodding with a smile, he strode out. The people in the store didn't even need to run, they just walked and followed. The Tartar soldier in front was badly wounded, although he was able to walk on his feet. But that action is similar to climbing.
The Tartar soldier knew that someone was chasing him behind him, but his body could not run fast, so he could only rub out step by step, and the big man who followed behind seemed to be playing, and the kitchen knife in his hand kept turning, and the fear in the heart of the Tartar soldier became more and more intense.
When did the timid Han people dare to laugh at the Jurchen warriors like this, hurry up, get out of this door, and walk to the street to be safe.
Finally rubbed outside the door, there was no one in sight on the street, blood was flowing, the consciousness of the Tartar soldier became more and more blurred, his footsteps stumbled and tripped over the threshold, and he stumbled towards the street and was about to fall down, the big man behind him sneered, ran forward quickly, and the kitchen knife in his hand slashed down.
"Click!" With a crisp sound, the Tartar soldier fell to the ground......
This is the busiest street in Seoul, which is located in the center of the city, far from the city gate, and despite such a major event, the city gate was not closed in time.
After lunchtime, a frightened Korean merchant told the news to the government of Seoul, and the military attache of the city defense was so frightened that he was speechless.
This leader is the position of a Korean official, second only to the king of Korea, and with a system of big clans like Korea controlling the country's affairs, this leader is actually equivalent to a real king.
The high authority is only in his own country, and he must be polite to the ordinary soldiers of the occupation army, and when he heard that such a major event happened on that street, he was also panicked for a while.
However, because the people on the street had already run clean, the Korean merchant who sued only said that there were Han Chinese insulting the Manchu Dynasty, and the three generals of the Kingdom were killed with knives.
Hearing the news, the lord of the council was really secretly bitter, thinking that this matter was going to make a big fuss, although now North Korea is a vassal state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty is still there, such a behemoth North Korea still can't afford to offend, and the only way to do this is to calm down as soon as possible.
In desperation, he could only send people to block the street, arrest the people on the street and nearby for questioning, and then personally lead a group of North Korean officials to the Manchu Qing Dynasty's garrison of more than 400 people to ventilate and report the news.
It is normal for the Commander of the Consulate Win Rihan not to camp at noon, in fact, every day, these garrison Tartar soldiers are busy with their duties, they all go to various places to play and have fun, and when the Korean Minister of Parliament arrives at their camp, there are only more than 100 people taking a nap here.
Hearing the report of the Minister of Parliament, these Tatar soldiers were extremely angry, thinking that these worthless Han dogs were so rampant, what did Lord Wen Lihan do by killing the people of that shop, it should be to set all the brothers up and kill all the Han people in this Han City.
The leader of the council tried hard to persuade here, saying that it was just some bold Han people there, and that North Korea's own officers and soldiers could be arrested and punished, and he also invited the soldiers and horses of the country to calm their anger.
At this time, the military attache of the city defense came in a hurry on horseback, and did not care about any etiquette. Directly in front of the Lord of the Council, there is no way to dismount. I almost fell on my head.
Seeing the embarrassed appearance of this military attaché, the Jurchen soldiers who were roaring laughed. The face of the Minister of Parliament of the DPRK was also gloomy, but the military attache of the city defense didn't care, and went directly to him and whispered a few words, and the face of the Minister of Parliament, who was still calm, also changed greatly.
By the time the minister said that the three Wen Lihan had been killed by the Han Chinese, the Tartar soldiers were finally furious. Fang Cai's performance was just to do more good, but if he really heard the news that Ling was killed, it was really to slaughter the Han people in the whole city.
Ignoring the pleas and advice of the Korean minister, dozens of people rode towards the place where the matter was lived, while the rest went to the city to gather men.
The civilian and military officials of the DPRK all looked at each other, but they were helpless in this situation. I can only follow the advice, and at the same time, I let my entourage go home and report it, saying that there will be a big mess in the city. Close the door and take precautions to avoid being affected.
The dozens of soldiers under the Blue Banner rode to the street. The merchants and residents on the streets were not stupid, and they knew that these Manchu soldiers were going to kill on a large scale. It had already run clean, and there was a corpse lying across the deserted street. It was the man who struggled to get out.
Seeing this scene, all the Tartar soldiers shouted angrily, and when they got closer, the Tartar soldier was covered in flesh and blood, and a kitchen knife was thrown on the side.
Two Seoul officers carefully explained that when they came here, they saw this corpse on the street and two in the shop, and there was not a good piece of meat on them, and the wounds were cut and stabbed with kitchen knives and scissors, which was very miserable.
Kitchen knives and scissors, and perhaps the wounds caused by axes, this must have been done by people from the people, and after those bannermen with the blue flag saw the wounds, it also proved that the messengers of Seoul said that these Han dogs are so bold that they really think that if they take their money, they will not kill people.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners on this street gathered more and more, and when they saw such a scene, they were extremely angry, especially the death of the staff leader Wen Lihan was even more unbearable, there was no complete place on his body, and his head was also cut off.
Looking at the red-eyed Tartar soldiers, the Seoul soldiers on this street were trembling, and their speeches were a little unfavorable, and after a while, the same trembling leader came over and stammered:
"I caught a few residents living nearby, saying that the Han people on this street had already run out of the city and ran along the south gate for almost an hour
After saying this, hundreds of Manchu soldiers all turned over their horses, and one of the deputy staff leaders shouted loudly:
"Today, we must kill all the Han dogs inside and outside the city of Seoul and avenge our commander!!"
These people all drew their knives and agreed violently, yelled together, and after speaking, they didn't pay attention to the civil and military masters who rushed over in a sedan chair, and chased them towards the south gate.
The Manchurian soldiers and horses stationed in Seoul were noisy and far away, and the soldier Cao Jushu (the Korean military minister) said anxiously to the leader:
"Boss, this ...... What to do? ”
The leader also looked at the Manchu cavalry who had gone away with a disgraced expression, and only after half a sound did he stammer:
"If you can let the envoy of the kingdom dissipate your anger, it won't be a big deal to kill people, as long as you don't involve us in North Korea."
The crowd was silent, not knowing what to say.
There are many Han shops on that street, and these people don't have any horses, and so many people will definitely not run far.
The four hundred Tartar bannermen were not in a hurry, and they were still angry when several leaders arranged on the way to the road, so this time they had to kill all these bold and crazy Han people one by one, and they could not let anyone escape.
Originally, the gate of Seoul was closed at noon, but for these Tatar cavalry to reopen, at this time, there were really a lot of pedestrians and merchants coming and going with Seoul and other parts of Korea, and the road was also lively, and it was surprising that the gate was closed early.
When the merchants and people were shouting under the city, they saw the city gate open, and hundreds of cavalry like wolves and tigers had rushed out. Crying and screaming.
But these hundreds of bannermen of the Tartars can manage the affairs of these people, and they still rush forward. There are several waterways on this side of Seoul, such as the Hangang waterway that connects to Incheon. However, according to the inquiries along the way, so many people did follow the avenue of the South Gate to the direction of Incheon in the south.
The Han River is narrow and the boat ride is slow, probably because I am afraid that people on the shore will intercept it, so I chose to take the 6th route. But these people galloped on their legs, and how could they outrun the horses.
Calculating this time distance, the difference between the two sides is at most more than ten miles, and it will not take half an hour to catch up on horseback. Desperately hit Maga.
North Korea is a small country, and the years have not been very good, pedestrians and merchants. That is, there are more near Seoul, and it is about five miles away. Pedestrians are already quite scarce.
Along the way, they encountered people and chariots and horses blocking the way, and the Manchu cavalry had no good intentions to dodge. It was directly knocked over, and there was the one who moved slowly. Directly slashing with knives and axes, the lives of the North Koreans are worthless to them, and they can only blame these people for being unlucky.
There are also wise ones, who saw from afar this fierce Tartar soldiers and horses rushing over, and hurriedly hid by the side of the road, but there was less trouble.
Although North Korea imitated the Ming Dynasty in everything, the dress of the common people was very different from that of the Han people, and these Manchu cavalry could also distinguish it, so they rode horses and chased for half an hour, and it was really as they expected, those Han people who ran out of the city appeared in the field of vision.
On both sides of this road, which can barely be called an official road, are all rice fields in the hands of high-ranking officials and nobles of North Korea, and those Han people may have already run away on horseback, and the rest of the land is all in a panic, after all, people are not horses, after running for so long, they are frightened in their hearts, and they are already tired and abnormal.
Seeing that the target was in front of them, the Tartar soldiers and horses were excited, and they slapped their horses forward, and there was still a large Korean caravan in front of them, seeing these Tartar cavalry chasing fiercely, they hurriedly dodged to the side of the road, and several large carts were turned into the paddy fields, and the people were also embarrassed. But these North Korean businessmen didn't dare to say a word, and just lay down in the muddy water obediently.
The Han people in front also saw the pursuers behind them, and they also sped up, but they were obviously tired and abnormal, and they couldn't run.
"Not a single one left alive, but all of them were cut down
The leader of the Tartars who led the team ordered loudly, and this order was passed down one by one from front to back, and some people took bows and arrows from their backs and killed the common people, that is, killing pigs and sheep.
The closer they got closer, the distance was more than 100 steps, and the Hermes-Epitek who were left behind looked like they were about to be caught up, and they actually ran towards the paddy fields on both sides.
Running into the rice field, where the mud is abnormal, it is easier to catch up on horseback, and it is easier to kill, these Tartar cavalry on the horse vaguely found the feeling of hunting in the mountains back then, and these crazy and bold Han people in front of them are those prey.
However, this bloodthirsty feeling was instantaneous, and after the Han people in the back ran to the paddy field, they showed the people running in front.
The people in the front team were not running, but by the cover of the people behind, they were already in a formation, and on this road that was not spacious, there were fifteen people in each row, a total of five rows, holding fire guns and waiting for them.
The rush was too fast, and it was too late to stop, and those Tartar cavalrymen were still so excited that they had already fallen into the ice cellar, and the Tartar soldiers in the first and second rows could only curse in despair.
"Fire!!" Someone shouted on the opposite side, the first row of firearms fired, the second row followed closely to shoot, originally the back rows of the Tartar cavalry thought that these firearms could not hit them, not to mention these Taiping soldiers and horses who had been stationed in Korea for a long time, where did they know the power of Shandong's firearms, these people were still thinking about rushing forward and taking the opportunity to slash and kill!
Five rounds of fire were fired in turn, and these hundreds of cavalry had already rushed into the firing range, and it was really not easy to turn on such a road.
I heard the banging sound like popping beans, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the chaos couldn't be moved at all, the peaceful days had been too long, and all the soldiers had lost their combat effectiveness, even these Jurchen Eight Banners were panicked, and those cavalrymen who couldn't retreat were just thinking about the other party's fire guns to stop, or rushing up to slash and kill, or fleeing.
Many of the Tartar cavalrymen had good eyesight, and when they saw that the firearms lined up on the road were five rows, they listened to the screams of their comrades in front of them and fell off their horses. The people in the back team are still thinking about waiting for the five rows to finish. Take advantage of this gap and rush over.
I saw blood mist burst from the bodies of my companions around me, and heard them screaming and falling off their horses. This firearm is even more powerful than this North Korean firearm, and they have long been desperate to continue to rush forward to the center of the earth
After the fire guns in the fifth row were finished, there was really a slight pause, and the horses rushed quickly, but it was only a small pause. The fire boom roared again.
These forward-rushing ones almost collided with each other, and there were casualties, and the formation of five rows could already allow the firecrackers to achieve uninterrupted rotational fire.
Every time the formation rotates, it is actually the formation of this firearm that moves forward slightly, which can barely be called a rain of bullets. The man fell from his horse screaming, the horse was disturbed by the fire of a firearm, and the man rose to his feet. Jumping around, throwing off the cavalry on horseback. Let the already congested road become a mess again
However, at this time, there were already cavalry in the back row that turned around. Desperately beating his horse and running back the way he came, this is the soldier who came from there. It was so fierce that he returned to Seoul, closed the city gates and mobilized the local soldiers and horses of North Korea, and begged for reinforcements, and there were still 200 people on the Kaesong side and another 100 people in Incheon......
But as soon as the locals behind moved, the North Korean caravan that had just dodged to the side was on the road, and it was not clear whether the North Koreans were holding fire guns and spears in their hands, and the formation approached.
Damn, the road ahead is blocked, and there are enemies behind, these Jurchen Eight Banners are also ruthless, shouting in unison, rushing towards that side, just now although they laughed at the Han people and rushed into the mud, but they also knew that wearing armor and holding swords into the muddy ground on the side of the road, the horses were probably even more embarrassed than people.
The fire hammer in the back also started, I don't know when, the few big cars that overturned in the mud were also turned over, across the road, so it is even more impossible to leave.
The guns of this "Korean caravan" are no more vague than the "fleeing Han people" in front, banging, and the rear team is also screaming again and again, and what is even more chilling is that those men with spears don't know that they are so bold from there, and a group of people squeeze up in a line, and they are hard with the Tartar cavalry
Such long weapons came with stabs, how could the cavalry who were flustered on the horse resist, this time they came in a hurry, and they thought it was a massacre of civilians, that is, they were just holding swords, and there were few armors to wear, and these soldiers with blue flags were all raised in Seoul, and they couldn't fight hard battles.
The head that was beaten in front was bleeding, and the back side was pressing, and these people in the middle knew that if they didn't run again, the fire guns and spears would soon beckon to their bodies
Regardless of whether he is a muddy wetland with rice fields on both sides, first leave the Shura area where the front and back are flanked, some of these Tatar cavalry have flexible brains at this time, and finally see some doorways, the road to battle, in this area is a complete straight road, the enemy in front and behind can let go of the attack, there is no need to worry about the trouble of road twists and turns, and there are rice fields on both sides, there is no hard ground.
This bureau has been set up a long time ago, just waiting for them to bump into it, and now I can't care about so many things, take this opportunity to run quickly.
The rice fields on both sides looked smooth, but the soil was still quite moist, slippery and soft, and the horses were frightened, and some of the Tartar cavalry slipped there as soon as they arrived at the fields on the side, and some did not run a few steps, but they were stuck in the mud, and the degree slowed down suddenly.
The Han people, who had fled into the rice fields in all directions, took out the spears and weapons that had been placed there a long time ago from the fields and chased after them quickly.
One side is extremely panicked, one side has been prepared, one side is peaceful and rich for many years, and the other side is the elite of a hundred battles, although it is a foot soldier against a cavalry, but there is no difference in the types of troops.
One of the leaders of the Tartar cavalry, who rode his horse to the side of the rice field, managed to maintain his balance, but the horse's hooves were stuck in the mud, and it took a long time to pull them out, but he saw a big man in green clothes running over with a spear in his hand, and the leader hurriedly shouted to drive the horses.
The long knife in his hand was also raised, ready to condescendingly face the rush and slash, who thought that in front of him, the person was actually slightly biased, in this kind of muddy and slippery ground, it is very inconvenient for anyone to move the direction, but the big man with a spear can change the direction so quickly.
The leader of the Tartars on the horse was unprepared, and was stabbed in the left rib by a spear from the big man below, and screamed loudly, and could no longer support it, and was planted from the horse, and the horse was neighing and running away, and the left rib was stabbed, and he could not die for a while, and there he turned over and howled.
The big man walked up to him with a spear in his hand, reversed the weapon in his hand, and stabbed it at the tartar on the ground, and the leader was immediately silent, and when he was dying, he saw that the big man was wearing broad-soled straw sandals on his feet, and it was naturally much easier to move on the dirt ground.
Sure enough, I fell into someone else's trap......
Blocked on both sides, not only the Tartar cavalry ran towards the rice fields, but these "fugitive Han people" and "Korean caravans" dressed in green clothes also followed with weapons, and some had to directly ride on the horses abandoned by the Tartars and chase after them.
The ambushers were well-armed, brave and daring to fight, and these cavalry with the blue flag were caught off guard and were too peaceful and useless, falling at the beginning, and then falling into collapse step by step.
Now the ambush soldiers at both ends of the road no longer use firearms, replaced with spears, and gradually clamped up, the so-called Jurchen Eight Banners, has always been a hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons, and the Ming Dynasty and other countries of the battle, often to hand-to-hand combat, the enemy is invincible.
But this time the other party didn't use firearms, and simply forced them up with spears, these bannermen with blue flags didn't take advantage of it at all, and they were poked over one by one, and there was no morale at all here, but those who couldn't hold it and wanted to kneel down and surrender and beg for mercy were also killed by the other party's indifference.
Stumped on these ambushes and want to leave none behind? However, looking at the scene in front of him, it is indeed about to be gone.
At the same time, the streets of Incheon Port are usually bustling with maritime merchants from all over the world, but today they are deserted, with only a man in a green coat walking back and forth.
In a small wine shop on the side, the shopkeeper was far away, and two young men dressed as merchants sat around the table near the door, looking at the door of the wine store with a smile.
From time to time, people in Tsing Yi came over and threw a human head in front of the wine shop, and there was already a large pile of people at the door, which looked terrifying.
"My lord, all the Tartars here in Incheon have been killed, and the head is exactly one hundred and zero
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