Chapter 416: Slow torture

Large pieces of horse meat were stewed in a cauldron, and the aroma spread far and wide. The soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion looked eagerly at the meat in the pot, why was it still not cooked. A lot of people are swallowing their saliva. Compressed biscuits and canned food are two things that have long been tired of eating. After coming out to fight for so many days, I was finally able to eat fresh meat openly. The taste of horse meat is very average and is definitely better than canned food and biscuits.

Compared with the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion, the Manchu and Han captives were completely incomprehensible, wasn't it horse meat? That's a terrible thing. The canned food and cookies in front of me are delicious. This modern thing, with the addition of starch and various additives, has become a delicacy in the mouths of these captives. Please, that's the taste of spices, it's really not nutritious.

Ah Yuan likes to eat canned food, cut it into slices, skewer it with wooden sticks, and roast it on the fire. When the hot oil dripped down, the browned luncheon meat was very hot, but the little girl was not afraid, and ate it very vigorously one bite at a time.

Wang Ben watched her skillfully eat a can, and when she reluctantly looked at the other cans in the box, she was really powerless to complain. Hurry up and say: "If you like it, take it all, and there are cookies." ”

"I took it, what did you eat?" Ah Yuan looked at him in disbelief, there is such a delicious thing in this world, and he actually gave it away casually? It's not scientific! Wang Ben tried to make himself a little stricter, and said to those clear eyes with a very serious look: "I like to drink millet porridge, and it would be better if I could put some meat and preserved eggs." Pancakes and white flour steamed buns are also good, and they have to be served with green onion dipping sauce. ”

"Oh, I see. I'll do it for you in the evening. But first of all, I can only boil porridge and meat, and nothing else. Ah Yuan, who was full of joy, left with a box of canned food, went to the hospital to find her brother, and said before leaving: "Thank you, master." Wang Ben almost fell and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. The woman was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and there was still time to correct her thinking.

The soldiers scalded their steamed buns with horse meat, and they ate very happily. The captives were also happy on battle rations. The scene was unexpectedly harmonious. Not a single one tried to escape. Later, Wang Ben found out. One is that I don't want to run, because the food is very good, and the canned food and cookies taste so good. One is afraid to run, according to the rules. Run away with a person. Everyone else will be out of luck. So. The prisoners of war were very conscious and supervised each other. Maybe he didn't run yet, but he was found and taken down by his own people.

The people are in awe of the strong. The Dengzhou battalion is the strongest. Since he was defeated and became a slave, the life of obedience is. It seems that life here is very good, and even if I switch to fried noodles later, the taste is much stronger than dry meat.

The captives had an unexpected attachment to iron, and after the fire in the yellow mud pool was extinguished, many people asked to go back, and Wang Ben agreed. A small group of soldiers was sent to watch them, and when they came back, there were quite a few, almost all of them, all with an iron weapon in their hands. The most was an iron pot, and then a hoe and something like that.

After it was determined that the Mongols had withdrawn, Wang Ben left a night team to continue to supervise, and the main force began to continue sweeping in the direction of Liaoyang. The Shandong soldiers and a B-shaped battalion that were left behind came up, carrying a large amount of baggage. The Liao River is about to freeze, and the fleet must go back, which is a helpless thing.

After the two armies converged, Wang Ben had more than 30,000 troops in his hands, and he was even more bold. All the way to the east, divided into two routes. Continue all the way north, pull out Changsheng Fort and Changyong Fort, and guard against the Mongols who may still come. The main force went east, and after pulling out Chang'an Fort and Wang Darentun, it threatened the reinforcement route of the Qing army from the west.

Chang Shiren's side cleaned up the surrounding area in an orderly manner, and it took five days to clean up the area south of the Taizi River for fifty miles. The main force set up camp in the south and southeast directions of the city and set up a strong position. After the weather is cold, the earth in Liaodong will become very hard, and there is no need to count on digging tunnels. Similarly, on the outlying positions under the city of Liaoyang, the Qing army also gave up digging more ravines.

The battlefield was unexpectedly calm, and both sides knew that it was the calm that preceded the fierce battle.

Fan Wencheng saw Haoge, and the first thing he said was: "Big Belle, the emperor said that he was staying in Shengjing, and the servants invited themselves to help." If you go into battle to kill the enemy, the slave can't do it, and you can still do it with advice. ”

Hauge didn't like this guy very much, but he didn't show it at this time, pulled him up to the city, pointed to the camp outside the city, and said, "Look, what can be done to defeat them?" ”

Fan Wencheng replied honestly: "It is impossible to defeat, you can only hold on one day at a time." Just like the Ming army guarding the Beijing Division, we can't hold out. It is also necessary to turn Liaoyang City into a large tomb, bury the Dengzhou camp, and bury yourself. This sentence is extremely firm, Fan Wencheng is already old, and he doesn't have much to live. This is to drag Hauge to die together.

Hauge was upset, but he knew it was an opportunity. As long as Liaoyang is held, his heir position will not be shaken. "Okay, you say, I'll do it." Hauge knew that at this time, it must be better to listen to him than to be cranky himself.

Fan Wencheng smiled with satisfaction, he knew Hauge's attitude towards him, but he still came. Why? Because he knew Hauge well, knew what he wanted? "Liaoyang City has 30,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners and 20,000 Han Army and Eight Banners. There are more than 50,000 people. These forces must be mobilized, and before that, let me ask, how about the grain and grass? ”

Hauge replied very simply: "100,000 people, two months of food must be enough." ”

Fan Wencheng said: "That's good, I think two months should be enough." As long as there is a heavy snowfall, the Dengzhou battalion will have to retreat on its own. Do you see the ditches and fences outside the city? The current force is too small, and 20,000 Han army and eight banner soldiers are sent out. Then, the gates were blocked. And all the people of the city, under forty years of age and over fourteen years of age, were to be armed and go up to the city to help in the battle. Women can't be idle, the old and weak help cook and wash clothes, and the prime help take care of the wounded and cheer up the soldiers in battle. The houses in the city must be changed and prepared for the Dengzhou battalion to storm the city. In short, let everyone understand that Liaoyang City is a dead place, and no one can get out alive unless they defeat the green leather soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion. ”

Haoge secretly felt cold in his heart, this old minion with gray hair was really ruthless. Be cruel to others, and be even more ruthless to yourself.

Hauge knew that he was right, nodded heavily, and said, "Okay, I'll do what you say, and I'll shoot a thousand people for you." ”

Fan Wencheng bowed his hand lightly: "The slave has done his best and died." ”

As soon as the words fell, a hot air balloon floated in the sky, Haoge glanced at it helplessly, and pulled Fan Wencheng to squat down. When Fan Wencheng was puzzled, there was a bang in the sky. Less than fifty meters away, a guy who didn't hide well was hit by a shot. The soldier, lying in a pool of blood, let out a scream. The place where I was shot was in the back, and these hot air balloons are ghosts.

Fan Wencheng saw it clearly, and immediately said: "Lord Belle, let people dismantle the door panels, coat them with a layer of mud, tie pillars to the battlements, and build some sheds." The minions tried, and they were able to block the guns. ”

Hauge has been driven crazy by these hot air balloons for the past two days, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay, recruit immediately." "I still think in my heart, there are still many ideas for readers, no wonder Ama wants to use Han readers. Fan Wencheng said again: "Prepare now, it's too late to get it at night." Hauge nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and in two days, these cold gunners on the hot air balloon killed and injured more than 200 people. The heads of the city have become frightened birds.

At night, the city is busy, and there are torches everywhere. Hot air balloons don't go out at night, so it doesn't matter at all. After Chang Shiren received the report, he immediately came to an observation post in front of him, and after careful observation, he sneered twice and said: "Tomorrow, let the hot air balloon not bring sharpshooters, bring a few strong ones, and drop iron bombs down." ”

This is a new type of weapon, cast in pig iron, with a charge of 50 catties, and together with the iron shell, it weighs more than 100 catties. The disadvantage is that only three such bombs can be carried at a time. Chang Shiren has more than 20 hot air balloons in his hands, less is less, and concentrated bombing is still done. Anyway, I didn't think about going down to Liaoyang too quickly, and slowly tortured the opponent's nerves.

As for the Jiannu army that was directly subordinated, Chang Shiren didn't worry, Lord Zhongcheng personally led the elite cavalry to battle, and even if Jiannu wanted to withdraw, he couldn't withdraw smoothly. The taste of being attacked by rockets along the way must be very soul-souring.

After a busy night's work, Hauge felt safe, a shed was built on the city, and when the hot air balloon flew again, there was a cheer on the city. The hot air balloon, which flew very slowly, slowly came to the sky above a shed, this time at a height of nearly 100 meters. Dropped a black whirring thing, when the Qing army at the head of the city didn't understand what it was, boom! The bomb exploded, and the soldiers and civilians who were watching stared curiously at the falling bombs, and more than a dozen of them were killed by curiosity.

The flying pieces of iron pierced through the human body lightly, and the door panel tent was also blown out of a sieve-like hole. Several people hiding in the shed were still hit by iron shards and fell to the ground screaming.

Boom, boom, bombs fell one after another, and chickens and dogs jumped on the city, and people kept running under the city. This section of the city wall, in an instant, the already small will to fight, was pulled out of another layer.

Guangzong is thirty miles away from Julu and thirty miles away from Jize. Chen Xie personally led the main force to camp here to rest, and Sun Lin, who turned into a combat staff officer, walked into the tent, saw Chen Xie who was contemplating, and stepped forward and said, "Zhongcheng, the news is back." Inspector Lu retreated to Julu, and the senior supervisor army was in Jize. Did you send someone to deliver a letter to them? ”

Chen Xie shook his head and said, "No need, I'll go to Julu early tomorrow morning." What kind of bullshit battle is this, Lao Tzu tens of thousands of people are in Guangzong, they don't even know, and they don't send people to take the initiative to contact. ”

Sun Lin hesitated for a moment before saying, "Zhongcheng, there are only more than 5,000 people in the hands of Inspector Lu. There were 50,000 people in the army. ”

Chen Xie sneered disdainfully: "Raise up and fear the enemy, and sit back and watch Lu Jiandou be defeated." I know very well what he has in his heart. It's really vicious, Gao Qiqian and Chen Xinjia have thinned Lu Jiandou's forces twice. That's what he wants to die! (To be continued......)