Section 381 Begging for corpses
"Look, this is the corpse of Dord! What are you afraid of, the Tartars have not yet appeared, and they are fighting to surrender one by one. ”
In front of the noon gate, the civil and military officials were greeted by Yang Chao, looking at a barbarian man in gorgeous armor and thick eyebrows and a rough face in front of him.
This man was none other than Dord, and he was dead.
Yang Chao didn't know what the hundred officials would think when they looked at the barbarian generals at this time, whether it was remorse, shame, or hatred.
Of course, they will never hate the Manchus, they probably hate Yang Chao, why did they hate Yang Chao, why did they want to tear apart their shameful side of deciding to surrender, and expose them to the sun in broad daylight.
"Wow, the first emperor, the rebel is ashamed of you!"
Suddenly, the old Chen Wang Duo trembled and fell to his knees, crying bitterly, he couldn't help himself for a while, some people first persuaded him, but found that he couldn't persuade him, and soon the others also knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, and finally all the officials cried and scolded, scolding themselves for being ashamed of the first emperor and so on.
Feeling that the effect was almost there, Yang Chao immediately ordered.
"Stand up the corpse of Dordor and set up a float and parade through the city! Cruise for a day and then send to Dasheng Pass! ”
Watching the soldiers pull a four-** truck, erect a wooden frame on it, and tie Duoduo's body to it, so that he can keep him standing.
Then two old cows pulled, drove out from the noon gate, went south through the end gate, and then out of the Chengtian Gate, and arrived at the Thousand Steps Corridor, and after the Thousand Steps Corridor out of the Hongwu Gate, even out of the Imperial City, along the Chongli Street parade forward.
More than a hundred soldiers were protecting, and a dozen soldiers in front of them carried a three-foot big gong, and a strong man on the left and right, and every time they took more than ten steps, they had to bang on it.
"Fathers and fellow villagers, this is the slave chief Duoduo! The soldiers of our water battalion fought bloodily and killed this fang in Yangzhou. Our Shuiying army has returned to the aid of Beijing, and the people are not afraid of the Tartars. ”
The leading soldier shouted. Tell the curious people next to you.
Yang Chao's purpose is to let the people see that the Tartars are not invincible, and there is nothing remarkable.
Even a prince like Duoduo was killed by Yang Chao. Now that Yang Chao's army has returned to help, what else is there to fear.
As the procession entered Zhongzheng Street, from Suzaku Street to the south, into the densely populated south of the city, the number of people on the street increased. By this time the people already knew that it was Dordor who was parading, a great chieftain.
There were also many people who followed all the way from Chongli Street and Zhongzheng Street, and I don't know where to find rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, and chased and threw them at Duoduo, but Duoduo couldn't feel it anymore, but those soldiers were unlucky.
Yang Chao is still in the palace, and the civil and military officials are still at the noon gate, still crying bitterly.
In fact, they may not be pretending. Many people are crying from the bottom of their hearts, not necessarily remorse, but emotional catharsis, they are under too much psychological pressure and decide to surrender, but they don't want Yang Chao to come back, how will Yang Chao treat them, will he kill them?
The fear that has been squeezed for two days is released in an instant, and there is no time that cannot be released.
"Alright. Ladies and gentlemen, since you have remorse, let us all go back. People who have no faults can change when they pass. Good is great! ”
Let them go? Yang Chao doesn't kill them!
Suddenly, everyone was stunned and even forgot to cry, but Yang Chao had already turned around and left, leaving only some soldiers and blocking them from the noon gate.
At this time, everyone confirmed that Yang Chao really did not intend to liquidate them. It's about letting them go home.
It was useless to keep them, because Yang Chao's reinforcements had returned.
Many men rushed back to the mouth of the river with 10,000 soldiers early this morning, and brought back the body of Duoduo.
Duoduo was trapped in Shugang, in fact, he was already doomed, but Yang Chao was worried about casualties, so he planned to trap him.
But the sudden incident in Nanjing, so that Yang Chao had to choose to attack, on the second day he left Yangzhou, all the army stormed Shugang, the Duoduo 30,000 cavalry strangled out, Duoduo himself did not escape a death, but he was not killed, but committed suicide, before the Ming army invaded his big tent, he waved his knife to kill himself, which was regarded as preserving his honor.
defeated Duoduo, and even killed Duoduo, but Yang Chao was a little unhappy, the casualties were too great!
Nearly 100,000 troops stormed Shugang, because it was a feint, although there were artillery along the way to open the way, but still lost 20,000 soldiers, and 20,000 wounded, which can be described as a tragic victory!
However, it also made Yang Chao learn a lesson, when there is no formation advantage in a feint attack on the mountain, against the enemy army that occupies a favorable position, in this case, a huge sacrifice must be paid, if it is not a last resort, this kind of attack must not be wanted.
With the entry of many men and 10,000 troops into the city, Nanjing is now firmly controlled by Yang Chao, so he decided to put all the civil and military officials back.
As for the soldiers in Nanjing, if you look at the military register, there are 200,000 troops in Nanjing, but in fact there are only 80,000 people, and these 80,000 people are still put together temporarily, and there are actually only 30,000 people in Nanjing City in peacetime, although 50,000 people are registered, but most of them do not enter the barracks at all, but work in the city to make a living, after all, even in the camp, except for their own full stomach, there is no way to support their families.
Now these 80,000 troops have been completely controlled by Yang Chao, but Yang Chao does not plan to ask for all these soldiers, but only sent them a large number of officers, telling them that if they don't want to be soldiers, they can leave immediately, and if they don't want to go, they will participate in training and then fight with the Tartars.
Most of these people didn't want to fight, so when they heard this, most of the 30,000 people who usually ate in the army chose to go home, and the last remaining people were only 10,000.
Big win.
Tens of thousands of infantry of the Qing army have arrived outside the city.
A Qing soldier shouted under the city.
"Prince Ying has an order, you should return and surrender as soon as possible, otherwise the army will enter the city and not a single grass will be left!"
The Qing army was completely redundant, they were already doomed to attack the city, because the 300 people they sent to occupy Dasheng Pass did not go back, and everyone knew what this meant, which meant that Dasheng Pass would not surrender.
"Tell the chieftain that my army of Zhongyibo has completely annihilated Duoduo and has returned to Nanjing. Let the Tartars attack, Lao Tzu will wait. ”
At the head of the city, Song Kun responded loudly, and then beckoned.
The soldiers immediately pushed out the headless corpses one by one and hung them on the city walls.
"You're looking for death!"
The envoy of the Qing army snorted coldly, slapped his horse and rushed back, Song Kun did not let people attack him, Yang Chao's army did not have the habit of killing envoys.
Soon the Qing army began to attack, and the Great Victory Pass was not a big pass, but it was not easy to capture.
The Qing army pushed the shield cart, pressed it to a distance of forty paces, and shot arrows at the head of the city, while the other Qing troops rushed up with ladders.
This is completely the siege method of Haizhou, far less than Duoduo's artillery and cavalry, but unfortunately Duoduo pursued Li Zicheng all the way, from Shanxi to Shaanxi, from Shaanxi to Huguang, and now to Jiangnan, so it is impossible for him to carry the red-clothed cannon first.
The Qing army did not have artillery, but the Ming army had, although Yang Chao's artillery was far away in Yangzhou, but there were more cannons in Nanjing, Yang Chao transferred hundreds of various cannons to Dasheng Pass, and the Qing army began to attack the city, and these cannons also began to roar.
There were no tricks, no fancy, the Qing army braved the shells and attacked for an hour, while the Ming army, under the roar of artillery, fought with the Qing army for an hour, with mutual casualties, of course, more Qing troops, they threw down more than a thousand corpses and retreated.
There were 1,000 defenders of the city, and when the will to resist was resolute and morale was high, it was not possible for 10,000 Qing troops to capture it.
What's more, there are more than 1,000 defenders of Dashengguan, a total of more than 2,000 people plus hundreds of cannons of all kinds, and it is inevitable to repel the Qing army.
After holding out for a day, outside the pass, the Qing army gathered to 30,000.
However, they did not send people to sneak attack at night, and for the well-defended camp, a sneak attack was equivalent to death, not to mention that this was a brick and wood structure of the city pass, and there were no dead ends, either a strong attack or a detour.
"Dogs, look at your chieftains!"
In the early morning of the next day, the Qing army was once again preparing to attack, when suddenly the Ming army collectively shouted loudly at the head of the city, and then a red armor, and the corpse tied to the wooden frame was erected.
All the Qing troops immediately stopped and looked at the red corpse from a distance.
Soon, a war horse ran out of the tent of the Qing army's camp, ran all the way to the front of the Great Victory Pass, and shouted towards the pass.
"Listen to the Ming army in the city, Prince Ying is kind-hearted and willing to give you a chance to live. Return Prince Yu's body to us, and Prince Ying promises not to attack the city! ”
In the Qing army camp five miles away.
Azig was also quite shocked, he really didn't expect Duoduo to be killed, this situation caused a huge sensation, especially among the soldiers of the Eight Banners of his core army, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had not killed a prince in battle since the army was raised.
As a general, a commander who defeated Li Zicheng and proved his strength, Azig naturally couldn't let Duoduo's death affect the morale of the army.
So he immediately issued a military order, telling the soldiers of the Eight Banners that he would return the body of Prince Yu, and if the Ming army gave it, he was willing to let the Ming army retreat and give up attacking Wusheng Pass.
This is actually to give the soldiers a step, give them a choice, and see if it's not I, Azigefei, who forced you to die, but the Ming army didn't give you a chance.
If the Ming army refuses, then they must muster up the courage to bravely attack the Dasheng Pass, attack the pass to kill the Guangming Army, and avenge Prince Yu.
Azig's purpose is very clear, not only can he not let Duoduo's death affect the morale of the army, but also use Duoduo's death to arouse the courage of the soldiers of the Eight Banners!
Despite the strategy, out of personal feelings, Azig was still a little sad, not to mention that Duoduo was a prince like him, and the death of a rabbit and a fox was sad, and they were also brothers of the same mother, both of whom were the sons of Nurhachi. (To be continued.) )