Chapter 457: Surrender
The shield cart of the Han army dragged and dragged forward, clumsily advancing, and each soldier was afraid and carefully hidden behind the shield cart, lest his limbs be exposed, and he looked like a weasel stealing chickens.
Walking a little farther, the Qing army behind could not hear the sound, some disgruntled soldiers in the Han army began to complain, they all saw the Han army slaughtered like a pack of dogs yesterday, the Ming army buried in the ground earth-shattering thunder like a fire in hell, burning tens of thousands of corpses all over the field, such a killing weapon, how can it be resisted by a few wooden shield cars?
The ground under his feet still has a pungent bloody smell, although the corpses were cleaned up by people on both sides overnight, but the broken weapons all over the ground, the blackened wreckage of the shield cart, all tell how terrible the battle here was yesterday, some of the ground because of the heavy rain formed by the mud pond has not dried, the black and purple blood is still rippling inside, the military boots are stepped on, "clang" sound, and occasionally step on some severed hands and broken meat, disgusting and timid.
Those fierce Ming troops are also difficult to deal with, there is no pressure to cut the Mongols with a knife, maybe the Qin army and some of the main generals' families can be comparable to them, but there are many Ming soldiers, at least tens of thousands, they are all able to fight.
Looking at his own side, the team of thousands of people is crooked and cracked, and even the main general Bai Guangen is a defeated soldier who escaped from death yesterday, and his heart is not high and lacking, he shrinks behind the shield car and has no desire to rush into battle, how can this battle be fought?
If it weren't for the knives of the Mongolian warlords behind them, this group of Han troops would have run away a long time ago, and they were obviously going to be cannon fodder to consume gunpowder, so a fool would do it!
"! If I knew it, I wouldn't have cleared it up, such a thing, where do you treat us as human beings? ”
"When I was in the Ming Dynasty, although I was also a soldier, I could at least save my life, and I could run when the situation was wrong, but now I can't run!"
"Uncle Jianzhou's life is fate, but Lao Tzu's fate is not? Day you mother! ”
"Being an official is easy, high up, and has taken refuge in countless glory and wealth in the Qing Dynasty, but it has hurt us big-headed soldiers, not to mention giving them their lives one day, and in the end they have to take their lives."
"It's not, this is different from what I said at the beginning, it's not that as long as you take refuge in the Qing Dynasty, you can eat and drink spicy food every day, grab everything for yourself, and you won't deduct food, I just said how can there be such a good thing! It seems that I was fooled today! ”
"What now? There is a wooden fence of the Ming army in front, what should I do? ”
The buzzing sound is like a fly hovering overhead, lingering, and getting louder and louder, at the beginning it was just a few big-headed soldiers whispering, as time went by, more and more people spoke, more and more unscrupulous, even the Qing court was scolded on the mouth, you can imagine how disappointed and indignant this group of Han soldiers was.
Some officers still wanted to be suppressed, but no one dared to jump out from behind the shield cart to beat and scold, so they could only bend their necks and shout a few times, but to no avail, and then no one cared about them.
Behind each shield cart there were less than 100 people, and more than 100 people, like a group of insects attached to a piece of wood.
Bai Guangen listened to all these in his ears, and even the group of Han soldiers who were not family members behind the shield car he was in were muttering dissatisfiedly, he heard it, but he didn't make any moves, and he didn't even scold them, so they went.
Anyway, more than half of the people will die later, so why do you care so much at this time?
In the midst of the commotion, when the group of shield cars approached less than two miles away from the Ming army's position, a cannon sound that could break the air exploded under the wall of Shiling Pass.
"Boom!"
The huge roar of the Shenwei cannon overwhelmed all sounds, and a puff of green smoke rose like a ball of spirits in the sky.
It's like a churning yaksha.
Everyone, including Dolgon in the Qing army's array, the Mongol soldiers who supervised the battle, and Bai Guangen behind the shield cart, all looked at the place where the green smoke was rising.
Only one Shenwei cannon was fired, but the sound was like ten red-coated cannons roaring, and the huge power of the yellow gunpowder could be seen.
A huge iron bullet came out of the cannon, and with the afterimage, it quickly crossed the open space between the two armies, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, it accurately hit a shield car in front.
The thick pine guards were smashed by a giant fist, and the wood scattered in all directions did not play its due role. Several people behind the guard board were torn apart along with the wood chips, turning into pieces of flesh and exploding bloodily, and more people were knocked down like bowling balls, and the surging iron bullets continued to push forward unabatedly, taking away people's lives, limbs, and flesh along the way.
It was like a stone thrown on the surface of the water, splashing with ripples, and the rest of the shield cart was stunned and stopped.
It's like the boots upstairs finally hitting the ground, and what I've been afraid of finally happens, although I know that death will come sooner or later, but when it finally comes, Han Jun's psychology immediately collapses.
"Ah~~!!" The heart-rending screams of the wounded echoed in the air, I don't know why, the artillery bombardment of the Ming army changed from the salvo of at least ten guns in the past, to a single shot of one cannon, without the spectacular grandeur of several iron bullets rolling and roaring at the same time, but it is even more worrying.
Because no one knows who the next shot will be aimed at.
The frightened Han soldiers looked at each other, not knowing whether to continue moving forward or turn and flee.
At the critical moment, Bai Guangen was silent, he hid behind his shield car, didn't say a word, didn't do anything, just nervously peeked ahead through the small hole in the shield car.
As if waiting for something.
The second shell arrived as scheduled, and this shell did not hit any of the shield carts, flew over everyone's heads, and smashed on the ground more than ten feet behind.
Looking at the round lump the size of a watermelon, the swarthy iron bullet body glowed with a dark light, imagining the tragic situation of this thing after hitting him, the Han army swallowed a mouthful of saliva in unison.
Immediately afterwards, the third cannon sound came into the eardrums, this time, not so lucky, another shield car was hit, this cannon was hit diagonally, from the front of a shield car into it, and then flew diagonally, a series of Han troops lined up behind several shield cars, with heavy casualties.
"Mom!" Among the Han soldiers who were splashed with blood, finally some people couldn't bear it anymore, so they got up and spread their legs and fled.
This is normal, unlike face-to-face fighting, anyone will collapse in the face of a fighting style that can only be beaten by the other party and cannot fight the other party. Especially for the Han army, which was not so determined to fight.
If one person escapes, he will soon bring the people around him, and dozens of people will immediately join in, throw away their weapons, and run back in a daze.
The Mongol soldiers in the rear began to draw their bows and arrows, waiting for these deserters to come into range.
Bai Guangen seemed to be waiting for this moment, he suddenly stood up, took out a huge white flag from his arms, waved it in his hand, stepped on the shield car, raised his hand high, and shouted: "Brothers! If we continue to fight, it will be a dead end, and we will not fight! We're anyway! ”
His personal soldiers were tightly surrounded, holding knives and guns, vigilantly guarding the surroundings, lest someone with an iron heart who worked for the Qing Dynasty take advantage of the gap and kill Bai Guangen.
The Han army on the left and right looked at their general soldiers dumbfounded, almost forgetting the iron bullets that the Ming army on the opposite side might fly over at any time, this news was even more shocking than the Shenwei cannon, it was simply sensational.
Surrender to the enemy, this is the patent of the Ming army, in the Qing army, when have you heard of it? Bai Guangen still has his family in Beijing, don't you want it? Don't want the high position of the general soldier?
Bai Guangen gritted his teeth, his eyes were red, he had obviously made up his mind, he dropped the shield cart, threw away the knife, and walked forward with the white flag high, all the way, all the way to take off the armor on his body, and finally wore only white underwear, leaving no trace of anything that was easy to misunderstand.
"Brother Ming Jun on the other side, we are all Han Chinese! We're going to do it anyway! His own soldiers did the same, they all took off their armor and threw their knives, and they took out a few white flags like a trick, put them on their spears, and waved them to express their sincerity.
At this time, if Bai Guangen was not prepared, it was a ghost, and the other Han troops immediately understood, and if there were still those who did not understand, they would immediately know why when they saw that the Ming army's shelling suddenly stopped.
Thousands of people began to unload their armor, and a funny **** began to occur in front of the Ming army.
When the stone ridge was closed, Wang Huan laughed, he said a few words to Ma Wannian easily, Ma Wannian nodded, and went down to the city like a fly.
In a moment, several doors opened on the low wall of the Ming army, and a group of Ming soldiers poured out, moved away from the horses, took a long rope, and began to collect the prisoners.
Because the distance of the Han army is far away from the Qing army's main array, the whip of the war team is beyond the reach, and there is no other way but to stare dryly.
Unless he catches up, he braves the threat of Ming artillery fire to shoot Bai Guangen closely.
Dolgon and the others were already stunned, and Bai Guangen's defection was beyond everyone's expectations.
In the middle of the sound, Man Dahai gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Imperial Father, I will send someone to rush up and kill these dogs!" ”
Several other Jurchen generals immediately chimed in, scolding and scolding to send troops.
Dolgon, however, shouted, "Slow! ”
Everyone was stunned, but they heard the regent who was sitting on a horse like a mountain say slowly: "Go, tie up the rest of Bai Guangen's troops left in the army, and tie them to the front of the battle!" The king wants them to see their robes beheaded! ”
"Send someone back to Beijing and behead Bai Guangen!"
(End of chapter)