51. Breaking the sea

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The June sun shone hotly in Haicheng City, which had been besieged for nearly 80 days, and most of the Manchu, Han and Mongolian soldiers hid in the houses or shade of trees in the city. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

"Ahem! Ahem! What bastard is burning the fire, the smoke is so big. Wang Jiu, who was paralyzed on the ground and didn't want to move, couldn't stand the smoke, so he had to curse and get up, his legs were fluttering, and he had not touched his teeth for two days and two nights. Food! As if he had been doped, Wang Jiu rushed over with a rolling belt, shouting while trying to break through the crowd. Divide the bite to eat. ”

"What's the hurry!" The people in the inner circle looked back and took a bite of Wang Jiu, they have all reached this point, who can take care of others. "Except for those who are officials, who hasn't eaten for a few days with a shriveled stomach, and is still squeezing, just out of the pot, don't squeeze!"

Wang Jiu greeted his companions around him with a shy face, and when he finally squeezed into the inner circle, he saw that the water in the pot was churning, and several pieces of white flesh were rolling up and down with the ups and downs, Wang Jiu took a deep breath, and then swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then exclaimed.

"My mother, what is this, why is it so fragrant! Brothers, let's just take a bite. ”

"To you?" Qing Jun, who was vigorously stirring in the pot with a willow branch, raised his head slightly and glanced at him with disdain. "Do you know what's cooking?" Wang Jiu had been lying for more than a day, how could he know, so he shook his head, and the Qing soldier pointed to the dismantled skin and bones on the side. "See? It's rat meat, do you dare to eat it? ”

Wang Jiu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Thief, oh my God, at this time, even human flesh has to be eaten, and it is said that rat meat." ”

"That's right." The Qing army, who was fanning the flames, also raised their dark faces in agreement. "The officials still have food and drink, we can't stand up and wait for death." Haicheng besieged the city for a long time, the food in the city has long been looted, and the horses that were once reluctant to be slaughtered are now even broken bones to make soup, and the Qing army departments that have no choice can only show their powers, catch birds and birds, catch rats and catch rats, if there is something not to eat at this time, maybe when they will become other people's food. "So even if you starve to death tomorrow, you have to keep your belly round today."

While speaking, the Qing soldier who was in charge of the spoon over there scooped some soup in the pot with a scoop and tasted it, and then picked up a piece of rat meat with chopsticks made of willow branches and put it in his mouth and chewed it, and the people around him looked at him with fierce eyes, Wang Jiu couldn't help the hunger and thirst in his stomach, so he asked cautiously: "Is it cooked?" Can you eat it? ”

"That's it!" The Qing army in charge of the spoon nodded, the people on the side immediately stirred, the Qing army who burned the fire pulled out the knife with a loud voice, and everyone subconsciously withdrew the hand that was ready to snatch, the scene was quiet, and the Qing army in charge of the spoon took advantage of the situation to speak. "What's the hurry, come first and come first, if any bastard dares to come nonsense, he will eat human flesh at night!"

Under the threat, the hungry Qing army finally became disciplined, but there was not much rat meat, the front was divided, and the back could only drink a mouthful of broth with the fragrance, Rao was like this, the Qing army that smelled the fragrance still gathered more and more, and a large pot of soup was quickly divided, and no one could hold the second bowl.

Wang Jiu was lucky, and finally got a piece of meat, when he was still licking the soup bowl, the Qing army who had just been in charge of the spoon stood there and waved the soup scoop: "If you don't want to be hungry at night, go to Xicheng and pick up the saddle that Meng Baqi threw there for Lao Tzu." ”

Wang Jiu didn't want to go, but the Qing army who burned the fire stared at him, he could only slowly get up and follow the team, and when he walked halfway up, he saw that others were not paying attention, so he whispered to the Qing army and asked: "Brother Wang Jiu, Shao Wuying, this big brother looks a little raw, I don't know what to call it?" ”

The other party ignored him at all, and Wang Jiu didn't feel bored, but asked again: "What are we going to Xicheng to pick up saddles for?" ”

As a result, no one answered, Wang Jiu helplessly moved to Xicheng step by step with the brigade, and in the case of no guard, more than a dozen Qing soldiers picked up two saddles and came back, returned to the courtyard just now, and hid the saddle in the firewood room.

"Brothers! This saddle is not enough," the Qing army in charge of the spoon was not satisfied with everyone's gains, so he demanded further. "I have to run two more times, I remember clearly, nearly 8,000 horses were slaughtered before and after, and there must be two or three thousand saddles, I don't have many requirements, the big guy has to take five hundred back!"

"I'm not going!" Wang Jiu shouted. "I just drank a sip of soup, I can't run, I want to go by yourself, I won't wait!"

"Do you still want to drink soup and eat meat?" The Qing army in charge saw that a considerable number of people were instigated by Wang Jiu, and had to come forward to explain. "You don't want to think about how there are so many rats in this city for you to catch!" The Qing army was even more discouraged when they heard it, but the turning point was also here. "Under the saddle is wood, which can be used as firewood when chopped, and on top is cowhide, which can be used to make soup if you can't stand it." Although his voice was low, the man looked left and right after speaking, and then warned everyone. "This is a matter of life and death, if someone else preempts it, we will only have a dead end"

However, the survival of a handful of Qing troops could not change the predicament in Haicheng City. On the tenth day of the sixth month, after the siege of the city for eighty-three days, Liu Guoxuan, who had defeated Yang Jie's reinforcements, finally launched a general attack. The weak Qing army could not resist the fierce offensive of the Zheng army, and on this day, Haicheng changed hands.

"Your Excellency!" Seeing Duan Yingju hanging a piece of white silk on the beam, a group of pro-soldiers immediately went up to stop him. "Don't take your own life!"

"The emperor granted Yu Fujian military power, Yu originally wanted to break Zheng Cheng to repay the emperor's favor in case of emergency, but the three armies were incapable of exhausting to death, and falling into Haicheng to death has dragged you down, and now the city is broken and the army is destroyed, and Yu has the face to live." Duan Yingju has been prepared for the current situation, if he doesn't die, his wife and children in Fuzhou City will die, compared with the two, he would rather choose the former. "Hurry up," Duan Yingju instructed a few of his own soldiers. "The Zheng army may not be able to wipe out all the troops in the city, if they can survive at that time," Duan Yingju waved at his own soldiers. "Please also go to Fuzhou to spread a word for the Yu family, Yu is also considered a dead day."

"Your Excellency!" The pro-soldiers cried and watched Duan Yingju calmly put his neck into the knot, and then returned to the west after a burst of kicking with his feet and feces and urine, but there were not many people who were really sad inside, on the contrary, some people were still hoping that Duan Yingju's judgment was correct and that he could escape from this place of death

Compared with Duan Yingju's ugly appearance before his death, the death of Mu Boxifo, the commander of the Eight Banners of Fuzhou garrison in Mongolia, is much more heroic. After drinking the last bowl of spirits, he smashed all the remaining dozen jars of wine, and then set a fire to the wine-filled room

Another Qing general, Huang Lan, resisted to the end, and he was beaten into a sieve by the fire hammer after slashing more than ten Zheng troops.

Of course, there were also those who surrendered without a fight, and Meng An, Wei He, Tian Xiangwu and other military attachΓ©s of the Green Battalion raised the white flag at the first time when the Zheng army rushed into the city, and thus saved their lives

"Your Majesty, Liu Guoxuan's speedboat sent a letter asking for guilt, saying that he took it upon himself to collect Duan Yingju's body and sent it to his own soldiers to return it to Fuzhou, so please forgive him for the crime of trespassing." Feng Xifan reported. "In addition, the excerpt also asked the king, Meng An and other generals and soldiers how to deal with it."

"Liu Guoxuan, a slippery guy, has done it, is it possible that a good reputation belongs to him, and a bad reputation is borne by Lonely?" Haicheng's victory made Ming Zheng's momentum resurge, how could Zhu Jin, who was originally excited because of this, deal with the meritorious ministers, so just a few jokes, Zhu Jin left the so-called plea of guilt behind. "As for Meng An and the others, Feng Qing, what rules do you have?"

"It's better to be hospitable, so as to shake the Qing army's fighting spirit." Feng Xifan came up with such an idea, and seeing that Zhu Jin was moved after hearing this, he added further. "Of course, Meng An and the others should not stay on the mainland, don't the grandsons want to be on the mainland? They were also moved over to supervise it, and as for the surrender of the army, the minister's intention was the same. ”

Since Dongning's troops were either transferred west to the mainland or caught in monitoring Pingpufan, Zhu Jin expressed a trace of doubt about Feng Xifan's later construction: "There are more than 8,000 troops in Haicheng, if they are all sent to Dongning, will there be any chaos?" ”

"It's just more than 8,000 starvations." Although Feng Xifan deliberately blocked Chen Yonghua, he was not a person without measure. "The prison country had planned to renovate the official road between Anping and one prefecture and two prefectures, but it had to be suspended due to lack of manpower, and with these more than 8,000 captives, I think the next generation of grandchildren must be happy."

"Chinsha? Just he has a lot to do. "Having said that, Zhu Jin did not go into depth on this topic, Feng Xifan naturally understood that in fact, Zhu Jin had already acquiesced, but before he could retreat, Zhu Jin mentioned it again." Feng Qing, Qing thought that Liu Guoxuan had made such a great achievement, how should he reward him? ”

Feng Xifan's expression moved, this is a big favor, maybe he can use this to establish his position in the Ming Zheng regime, but he is cunning after all, and he quickly peeked into something from Zhu Jin's expression, so he had to force the ** of his advice, and just gave Zhu Jin a deep salute: "The reward comes from the king, how dare the subordinates trespass." ”

"Qing is really cautious." Zhu Jin dropped such a beating sentence with a smile, which frightened Feng Xifan into a cold sweat, but Zhu Jin was just an ordinary beating, and he didn't start it, but changed his words. "In order to restore fΓΉ Haicheng or fight hard or defend the palace with achievements, the generals of water and land have meritorious merits, Jin Liu Guoxuan is the general of Wuping Bozhengbei, Wu Shu is the general of Dingxi Bopingbei, He You is promoted to the general of the left Wuwei, and the former Huwei Lin is promoted to the general of the right Wuwei, and the governor of the left is awarded; There is a difference in the level of each town camp. In addition, Cai Yi (i.e., the former Wen Zhu Yin) is a general of the Dang captive"

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