Chapter 3 Defending the City
Under the heavy reward, most of the soldiers collected were willing to stay.
The few who were unwilling, Zheng Xinguo waved his hand, and a few pro-soldiers came up and beheaded those people.
When a few of them saw this, they immediately cried out: "The big governor, the small ones are willing to stay, and the small ones are willing to defend the city......"
Zheng Xinguo didn't speak, these people refused to stay to defend the city even if they had a heavy reward, and they must not even have the slightest desire to defend the city.
Even if they are sent to defend the city, the situation is not good, and these people must be the first to escape. Once he sets a bad example for others, Anping doesn't have to keep it.
Dead friends, don't die poor friends! It's better for you to die than Lao Tzu and thousands of people in Anping!
Seeing that the Metropolitan Governor did not shout, the soldiers immediately killed the remaining ones mercilessly.
The soldiers with the silver looked at the bloody knife and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately Lao Tzu was shrewd and chose to stay.
They clung to the silver in their arms, thinking that they must kill the enemy with all their might, otherwise they would anger the governor and be cut with a knife, and the silver they had worked so hard to obtain would soon be in vain.
Looking at the blood flowing all over the place, looking at those faces that are not blind to death, and even have some grandeur.
Zheng Xinguo, who has been living a peaceful life in modern times, was frightened, his stomach churned and he almost vomited.
The pro-soldiers on the side saw that they were busy supporting Zheng Xinguo.
Now Lao Tzu can't bear this scene, and when a more bloody scene appears when defending the city, Lao Tzu will faint immediately!
Zheng Xinguo endured the discomfort, waved his hand, and asked the soldiers to go away, and he was fine.
Arrange for the personal soldiers to distribute silver, and let Lin Xishan organize these soldiers who are willing to stay into an army.
Zheng Xinguo walked to the women's wall, looked at the scenery outside the city, and told himself over and over again:
This is an era of cannibalism, it's not that you just die for me! Don't blame me, Lao Tzu is also trying to live!
Zheng Xinguo took a few deep breaths and forcibly regained his strength. Time is precious now, but there is no time to waste.
Walking down the city wall, Zheng Xinguo broke into the Anping Mansion with a few personal soldiers.
Looking at Wang Dexing, the fat cushion of Anping Zhixian in front of him, Zheng Xinguo said in a deep voice: "Now I am most afraid that the people in the city will hear the news of the Tartars and riot. Wang Zhixian, you take the officials in the palace to patrol the city, and it is strictly forbidden for the people to walk on the streets. There is also a notice to each chief and lieutenant to select young and strong, go to the warehouse to the warehouse, and send boiling oil, stone, tung oil, and lime to the four cities! ”
Wang Zhixian saluted tremblingly and said, "Yes, yes!" Let's do it! After saying that, he dragged his fat body and ran out to arrange people.
Seeing that the magistrate was gone, Zheng Xinguo thought about it for a while, and found that everything he could do was done, and the rest was up to God!
Thinking of this, Zheng Xinguo's eyes widened and shouted: "Let those Tartars know the blood nature of my Han people." Let's go, go to town! ”
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On the city wall of Anping Town, Zheng Xinguo looked at the wind and sand rolled up by the army outside, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, and the palm of his hand holding the Longquan sword he wore at his waist was full of sweat.
The enemy army came, and gradually the rumbling of horses' hooves could be heard, and the walls trembled under the horses' hooves.
The sound of horses' hooves getting louder and louder was like a hammer hitting Zheng Xinguo's heart one by one.
At the time of a bowl of tea, the 5,000 cavalry of the Qing army ran to an abrupt halt when they were still 300 steps away from Anping Town.
The whole army stared silently at the defenders on the city walls, only the flag held by the flag bearer fluttered in the wind.
Looking at the closed city gate, Ordotai, the commander of the Qing army, roared angrily: "Surrender and don't kill, the city is ruined!" ”
For a time, the 5,000 Qing troops shouted in unison: "Surrender and don't kill, the city will be ruined!" ”
With the shouting, the war drums of the Qing army rang out earth-shattering.
The shouts, shouts, and drums rang out, and the overwhelming momentum almost scared Zheng Xinguo so much that he just wanted to flee quickly.
Zheng Xinguo's face was a little pale and he looked at the army outside, and he couldn't help laughing at himself in his heart.
I have always thought that I was not a little timid, and I did a lot of things such as skipping classes and cheating and fighting when I was studying. Unexpectedly, when facing this kind of scene today, I realized that I was not as brave as I imagined.
In the face of this terrible war, the first thing that came to my mind was to escape.
Just when Zheng Xinguo was worried about being afraid, the Qing army commander Ordotai shouted, "Li Chengdong, lead your subordinates to guard the other city gates for me, don't let people run away!" ”
Li Chengdong hurriedly knelt down and said, "Yes!" Minions, let's do it! ”
With the order of the capital Ordotai, the Qing army split into a part, and the fast horse ran towards the other city gates, surrounding Anping Town.
Seeing the actions of the Qing army, Zheng Xinguo couldn't help but hate.
Nima's bastard refused to even encircle the three missing one.
You are trying to force Lao Tzu to death. I'm your grandmother's, you won't let me live, and Lao Tzu won't let you have a good time.
Knowing that he had no way out, Zheng Xinguo put his worries and fears behind him, drew his sword and shouted: "Come on, beat the drum!" ”
When the drum sounded, Zheng Xinguo shouted angrily: "Brothers, kill the enemy and take silver"
The soldiers defending the city shouted in unison: "Kill the enemy and take the silver!" ”
Zheng Xinguo continued to shout, "Swear to defend Anping to the death, and fight to the death!" ”
"Swear to defend peace to the death, fight to the death and never retreat!"
"Swear to defend peace to the death, fight to the death and never retreat!"
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Listening to the angry shouts of the Zheng soldiers, Zheng Xinguo nodded, his morale was high, and he should be able to resist the attack of the Qing army.
The drum was beaten, and the shouts above the city were continuous, which suddenly suppressed the momentum of the Qing army outside the city.
Hearing the sound of drums coming from the city, Erduotai, the commander of the Qing army, stared at him, and his face turned cold.
The weak Ming soldiers did not surrender immediately, and dared to confront our Qing soldiers, they simply did not know whether they were alive or dead.
With a wave of his hand, a desolate horn sounded, and a group of white-armored cavalry of the Qing army shouted loudly, skillfully driving their war horses, rolling up the dust and rushing towards Anping.
Hundreds of Qing soldiers drove the nearby captive civilians, carrying siege equipment and slowly advancing
There was no trace of anger in the eyes of these arrested people, and they walked numbly carrying ladders and rushing cars.
Five hundred Qing soldiers, holding shields and swords, followed slowly behind.
The Qing army has attacked the city many times since the beginning of the Later Jin, and has already had an experience in attacking the city, and the biggest tactic is to loot the nearby people to make equipment, and use the consumables to consume the materials to defend the city, and wait until the consumption is almost the same, and then send elite white armor soldiers to attack the city.
The Tartar cavalry brandished their whips and whipped the civilians who were stuck behind and cramped.
The captured person was carrying the instrument, and there was no way to dodge and escape, so he could only grit his teeth and bear the pain, and walk forward quickly.
From time to time, people fell and those who couldn't get up were beaten to death by the Qing army, or even trampled to death by horses.
Looking at the bloody scene in front of him, Zheng Xinguo gritted his teeth with hatred.
Don't fall into the hands of Lao Tzu, otherwise you will feel good!
Thousands of captured civilians walked into the range of bows and crossbows in the drive, and as they got closer, they could even see each other's faces.
On the city wall, looking at the "enemy" who was getting closer and closer, Zheng Xinguo waved his hand tremblingly, and drank coldly: "Release the arrow!" ”
Hearing the order, many archers couldn't bear to turn their heads, gritted their teeth and let go of their fingers.
The rain of arrows in the sky immediately with a whistling sound, crossed an arc of death in the sky, and fell into the crowd with strong inertia, and the sharp arrows pierced the bodies of the people, nailing them straight to the ground.
The people, who were only dressed in tattered clothes, could not resist the attack of the rain of arrows at all, and they were instantly put into one piece.
In the midst of a terrible wail, the earth was stained red with blood.
Some people couldn't stand the scene in front of them, and fled like headless flies regardless of the ground.
The Qing army who followed behind immediately opened their bows and arrows and shot them one by one.
After catching up closely, the blade swung over, and the head flew and blood flowed everywhere.
The war horse stepped on, and the flesh and blood were like mud. On the vast land, corpses were everywhere, full of blood.
After driving the people back to continue the siege, the Qing cavalry shot a deadly rain of arrows at the city wall, and then turned around with a roar and ran back. Repeat the riding shot back and forth.
At this time, the Qing army had not fallen as depraved as Wanqing, and its archery skills were sharp.
The Zheng Jiajun at the head of the city were shot in the face one after another, screaming and falling off the city.
Zheng Xinguo saw that the Qing cavalry was sharp, and immediately ordered the archers to suppress it.
The two sides shot at each other, many soldiers of the Zheng family army had just been recruited, and the training was seriously inadequate, and the gap between the two sides was huge, and the Zheng family army needed to pay several lives in exchange for the casualties of a Qing soldier.
Under the suppression of the Qing army, the surviving people hurriedly carried the ladder to the city wall and erected the ladder on the city wall.
The defenders on the city walls hurriedly knocked down the ladder.
Immediately after, the Qing army, who was hard at rock climbing, suddenly fell from mid-air with a scream, slammed into the ground, broke his ribs and pierced his heart and lungs, and died in wailing.
When the Qing army commander Ordotai saw it, he immediately whipped his horse, leaving a bloody scar on the face of the Han Nu who was leading the horse.
"Go and tell those cheap slaves. If that ladder is toppled again, all of them will die! ”
The Han man who led the horse gave the Tartar a whip, but he didn't dare to resist, so he knelt down and said, "Yes, master." Minions, let's go! ”
frightened the Manchu Tartars, and after the people who drove them set up the ladder, they all held on to it desperately. For fear that it will be pushed down and he will die.
The soldiers defending the city saw that the ladder could not be pushed down, so they immediately lifted the hard stone and the horizontal log and smashed it down.
Many stones rained down one after another, breaking the blood flow and cracking the heads of the Qing soldiers.
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Anping is not a city to be guarded. Its walls are not high, and there are no moats, so even if there are falling rocks, enemies can easily climb the walls.
The only thing that made Zheng Xinqing fortunate was that the Qing army was afraid that they didn't expect Anping Town to resist, and they didn't make much siege equipment, so they could only choose to attack the city with ants.
When you see the enemy, you are about to attack.
Several soldiers of the Zheng family army immediately spilled the hot oil juice.
The boiling oil continued to roll down, and the Qing army, who had nowhere to dodge, was suddenly torn off by the hot skin and flesh, revealing deep white bones, covering the wounds, and falling from the ladder with a scream.
"Throw fire!" Zheng Xinguo shouted expressionlessly.
Torches and hay were quickly thrown under the city.
"Whew!" With a bang, the ladder soaked in oil became extremely flammable, and as soon as it came into contact with the fire, it instantly burst into flames.
The flames turn the city into a prison!
The ignited oil is like maggots on tarsal bones, and no matter how much armor a person wears, he can only be burned alive by this terrifying raging fire!
The fire oil was ignited, and hundreds of Jurchen armor soldiers were trapped under the wall by the raging flames! All of them are crying wolves like lit torches!
There are those who hit the wall, there are those who roll on the ground, and there are those who throw soldiers and unload their armor. The Jurchen armor soldiers besieged by the flames frantically wanted to live, and even trampled on each other, wanting to break out of the sea of fire!
How powerful is the ignited oil? How could it be extinguished so easily? The Jurchen armor warriors who were blocked by the trench were in the purgatory of the world, and they were ramming around. Crying out like a ghost!
After a while, the sound of Devil May Cry in the fire gradually stopped, and the air began to fill the air with a strange smell of barbecue!
Seeing this scene, Ordotai, the commander of the Qing army, gritted his teeth and shouted: "The Ming army collects its troops!" ”