Chapter 403: Puppet Army
The security forces completely suppressed the artillery of the Houjin people, and the generals of the Houjin shouted loudly to cheer up their soldiers, telling them to prepare for the sudden rush of the security army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The security army was not in a hurry, but the trenches continued to advance in the direction of Arthur City, and the soldiers all hid in the trenches and did not charge.
The sail warships on the sea found that the artillery on the head of the city was almost wiped out, replaced the large guns with solid shells, and began the work of dismantling the city walls. As the cannonballs smashed the city wall piece by piece, the hearts of the Houjin people also sank, and it was only a matter of time before the city wall was completely collapsed. However, the security army had a lot of time, and they bombarded the city wall unhurriedly.
When the security army dug the trench not far from the city wall, the Houjin general knew that something had to be done, and he organized a large number of archers to throw bows and arrows into the security army's trenches above the city, but this did not cause any damage to the security army wearing iron armor, but the artillery under the city caused great casualties to the Houjin archers. The Houjin generals forced the archers to the battlements of the city wall to use direct fire to increase the strength of the bow and arrows, but as soon as they appeared, they attracted a dense stream of musket bullets from the security forces below, and many archers died at once, and the others did not dare to approach the edge of the city wall even if they were beheaded.
When the Houjin generals were in a dilemma, the security army placed the conscienceless cannon in the trench near the city wall, and the command to shoot was issued, dozens of explosive packs flew up together, they churned in the sky, and fell towards the city, and the Houjin people in the city avoided them in horror. The explosive pack fell to the ground and rolled, exploding almost simultaneously, and a huge wave of air swept away the surrounding Houjin.
The Houjin generals understood that there was no way to defend the city, and was about to order most of the soldiers to withdraw from the city, and then climb to the top of the city to fight a decisive battle when the security army attacked the city, but the artillery and muskets of the security army stopped.
The security soldiers lay in the trenches and shouted to the city through the tin horns, urging the Houjin people in the city to lay down their arms and surrender.
The tense nerves of the Houjin people relaxed a little, and the soldiers all set their eyes on the generals around them.
"Hurry up and repair the city wall and help the wounded." The generals of Houjin were also nervous, but they still pretended to be calm.
"Surrender quickly, the security forces will let you live. Otherwise we will set fire to the city and burn you all to death. "The security forces outside the city continue to threaten. In order to cooperate with the shouting outside, the security army outside the city lit a few rockets, and after the sharp whistle, several flames immediately lit up in the city, and the fierce fireballs set the houses next to them on fire, so frightened that the Houjin people hurriedly organized firefighting, and they also understood that the security army did have the ability to turn them all into barbecue.
"Give you a pillar of incense time to consider, and then if we don't surrender, we will attack the city." The security army didn't seem to want to talk nonsense with the Houjin people, so they shouted a few words and gave an ultimatum.
When the security army continues to attack, the Houjin people can also tense their nerves, just guarding against the enemy's attack. When everything seemed to stop on the battlefield, the Houjin people also had to think about their own future.
They have also experienced powerful enemies and difficult battles, but they have not been beaten passively and have no chance to fight back as they are today. Before you die, you can exchange a life for a life, and it is worth dying like this when you fight with the enemy. But now, even if you die, the enemy is still alive and well.
The Houjin generals were in a low mood, and no one wanted to make this senseless sacrifice. The soldiers did not dare to speak out, for fear that they would be caught by the generals and used as monkeys who killed chickens and respected monkeys.
"Let's go down." Unexpectedly, the first person to say this turned out to be the supreme leader of the Houjin people in Lushun City.
All the Hou Jin people were relieved, and then fell into infinite worries, this year the torture and killing of prisoners is commonplace, in the past, the Hou Jin people abused the surrendered Ming army, this time if they surrendered, I don't know how they will be abused by the Ming army. But they no longer have the courage to continue fighting. There is still a possibility of survival if you surrender, otherwise you will definitely be killed by the terrible firearms of the Ming army.
A white flag floated on the head of Lushun City, and the Houjin people took the initiative to open the city gate, and a team drove outside the city, stacked the knives and guns together, and then lined up and walked to the open space to wait for the security army to come and collect. The Houjin people did quite professionally in this surrender.
"That's it? Did the Houjin surrender? Xie Lian couldn't believe what was happening on the battleship, according to his prior estimates, it would not be possible to capture such a fortified city guarded by tens of thousands of Houjin people without tens of thousands of casualties, and he felt a little anxious that Zhang Chu only brought 30,000 people to recover Lushun.
Regarding the surrender of the Houjin people, Xie Lian didn't expect that it would be very difficult for the Ming army to fight with the Houjin people over the years, let alone capture them. Thousands of Houjin people surrendered all of a sudden, this kind of scene Xie Lian never dreamed of.
"The Houjin people are also human beings, they will be cowardly, and they will only show their cruelty when facing those who are weaker than them, and they will become very weak in the face of the stronger." Zhang Chu came through and never felt a sense of fear psychologically for the Houjin people.
Zhang Chu and Xie Lian landed on the coast in small boats, the soldiers had completely controlled the situation in Lushun, and the captives were gathered together and imprisoned.
The captured supreme leader of the Houjin army in Lushun City was brought to Zhang Chu.
"What's your name?" Zhang Chu asked casually.
"Lord Qiyu, my name is Adali." The leader of the Houjin replied cautiously, Adali has been fighting with the Ming army for many years, and he can not only understand Chinese, but also speak. He was also familiar with the costumes of Ming Dynasty officials, and although the young man standing in front of him was only dressed in black and had no ornate decorations on his body, he showed a compelling momentum, and Adali knew that this was a person who could decide his life and death. Of course, more importantly, there was a man wearing the first-class official uniform of the Governor's Mansion who was stopped behind by the young man, but he did not show any unhappiness. It can be seen that the identity of the person who came is noble.
Seeing Adali's frightened look, Zhang Chu suddenly had a new idea, so he said to Adali: "If you want to live, I will give you a way to live, I will build a team composed of Jurchens to resist Huang Taiji, are you willing to participate?" ”
The idea of forming a puppet army of Jurchens to disgust Huang Taiji was unstoppable as soon as it came to Zhang Chu's mind, and Zhang Chu could think of Huang Taiji's feelings when he heard that his people had surrendered to the Ming army and attacked Houjin in turn. And this Adali is the right person.
"I am willing to participate, and I am willing to serve the Ming Dynasty." Adalie soon understood that this was a way to not only survive, but also to continue to live a good life.
"You go down first and tell me everything you know, and then I'll arrange things for you to do." Zhang Chu asked the soldiers to take Adali down.
"This Adali is not reliable, I see that his eyes are flowing, he must be a treacherous man." Xie Lian couldn't help but remind Zhang Chu beside him.
"It's okay to do this, the more treacherous and slippery people are, the more afraid of death, I must defeat the Houjin people's psychological advantage over the Han people." Zhang Chu was thinking about how to make good use of this puppet army that was about to be established. (To be continued.) )