3-43 The blood is not yet cold

With the last 1,200 knives of Sun Zhiqi was completed, Songshou's lamp dried up, and the two great enemies finally died tragically after being tortured, and the remaining skin and flesh were used as dog food, and then turned into a dog shit in the suburbs, and the remaining bones were buried under the stone slabs of Quancheng Street, trampled by tens of millions of people day and night, and they could never turn over.

After doing these things, Liu Ziguang no longer had any reason to continue to stay in Jinan, and Li Yan's chattering words sounded again: "General, if you don't leave, it's too late, we people are not Tartars' opponents at all, field guerrilla warfare is okay, and we only have to die in the city defense war." ”

Li Yan said very reasonably, these two thousand five hundred lightly armed soldiers are not capable of defending a city as big as Jinan, and these horses are Liu Ziguang's family foundation, and it will be difficult to replenish them after they are exhausted. But if you abandon the city and leave, then these people of Jinan, who have cut off their braids, will definitely suffer a terrible massacre, what should we do? What to do! Liu Ziguang, who was in a dilemma, decided to convene all the officers above the flag general level for a democratic vote.

A group of officers led by Li Yan proposed to withdraw from Jinan and go to Qingzhou, which could not only easily loot the Qingzhou Mansion, but also avoid the soldiers, and explained to the people of Jinan that it was enough to attack Qingzhou, anyway, they did not know that the Tartar army was coming from Tai'an.

A group of bloody men with Wang Dahai suggested that Jinan should be held to the death, and the fathers and elders of Jinan must not be slaughtered again, as long as they hold for a period of time, Yuan Chonghuan's regular Ming army can come, and everyone will be happy when the time comes.

The officers of the death battalion did not suggest, and their lives were all General Liu's, so General Liu said he would leave, and he would stay when he said he would. But Liu Ziguang feels that these people of different races have a very deep affection for Jinan, because only the people of Jinan treat these guys of different skin colors and races as relatives, and it is said that many singles have said that their daughters-in-law in just three days.

The two gangs quarreled fiercely, saying that it was useless to stay, and that they would only lose their lives in vain, and on the other hand, they said that they could not be without conscience, and they could not leave the people of the city to flee for their lives, anyway, each had its own reasons.

What is Heaven sending me into this world for? Is it for the sake of suffering and happiness? Shouldn't something more meaningful be done? Liu Ziguang pondered, regardless of the quarrel below.

"Shut up!" Liu Dashuai slapped the table, and there was a sudden silence below, and a hundred and ten pairs of eyes stared at Liu Ziguang's mouth, waiting for his final decision.

"I also want to leave, and I don't want to have a hard fight with the Qing army, but if I leave, the people of the whole city will inevitably be slaughtered, and if I don't leave, there will be a glimmer of life." Liu Ziguang said slowly.

"If the general is really unwilling to abandon the people, he can take the whole city with him." Li Yan still didn't want to give up the last chance of persuasion, this point of men and horses against tens of thousands of Qing troops was purely hitting a stone with an egg.

"Like Uncle Liu Huang's defeat of Xinye? There is still cover in the city, there is food and water, and when you leave the city, you can only let the Tartars slaughter it, which is not appropriate. Liu Ziguang said.

"I don't endanger him if I want to leave, I won't push you into the fire pit, brothers, you can leave the horses, weapons and armor and leave, and when you think of the brothers who died in Jinan in the future, come to a stick of incense." Liu Ziguang's words are very vicious, not to mention that going out of the city without weapons and horses is equivalent to death, even if he really lives, he will not have to bear the infamy of a coward through the ages.

No one can do anything to abandon their brothers, all of them are twenty or thirty-year-old men present, and no one can afford to lose this person, and the final vote is: Stick to Jinan!

After the meeting ended, Li Yan walked out dejectedly, and was stopped by Liu Ziguang: "Military advisor, I know that you are complaining about me for being willful, but sometimes in this world, you are arrogant, if you all use rigorous reason to deal with problems, wouldn't they all become Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Zhiqi?" Maybe my decision is wrong for our 2,500 people, but it is right for more than 100,000 people in Jinan, and it is right for thousands of descendants of Yan and Huang, so even if we become 2,500 martyrs in Jinan, what does it matter? ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Ziguang patted Li Yan's shoulder and left, leaving the shocked military advisor stunned in place, what kind of person is General Liu! is so righteous and thin, is he really Guan Yunchang alive, and Yue Pengju is reborn?

Dolgon's southern expeditionary army fought a bloody battle with Zu Dashou on the way to retreat, and slightly pulled back a game, but with the arrival of Yuan Chonghuan's follow-up troops, the Qing army was no longer able to carry out a large-scale field battle, and could only retreat slowly, and when it retreated to the city of Tai'an, it was now in the hands of the enemy, so it met with the defeated army of Tai'an, and was defeated in the direction of Jinan, fortunately, the Ming army did not pursue desperately, but followed unhurriedly in the back. On the way to the halfway point, he encountered the banner man who had escaped from Jinan, and reported that Jinan had fallen, and the governor and the prefect had all been killed. Dolgon was furious and ordered his entire army to take Jinan in order to defend against the Ming army.

When he came to the city of Jinan, it was already evening, because the enemy situation was unknown, Dolgon ordered to set up camp and set up a village, and at the same time ordered people to cut down trees to make ladders, preparing to attack the city the next day, and then slaughter the city for three days to avenge the death of the Manchurians.

The people of Jinan will never be slaves for the second time, their braids have been shaved, even if they surrender, they can't escape a dead word, so all the people have the spirit of seeing death as home and the army to carry out the city defense preparations, everyone is the same enemy, strengthen the city overnight, the people have demolished the houses, the beams are used as rolling wood, bricks are used as stones, the blacksmith shop rushed to make various weapons overnight, the captured Manchu and the weapons of the green battalion were distributed to the volunteers, the iron guards concentrated at the south gate to defend, and several other places also stationed men and horses to guard against sneak attacks, The Death Battalion acts as a fire brigade and a reserve unit, going wherever there is an emergency.

The Qing army knew that there were very few Ming troops in the city, and there were no decent long-range weapons, so they unscrupulously set up a large camp two miles away from the city.

Liu Ziguang lay on the battlement of the city wall and looked out, only to see that the Thousand Buddha Mountain was crowded, the torches were like stars, the sound of saws and axes felling was constant, the lights in the Qing army camp were bright, and countless people were working overtime to make ladders, a scene in full swing. The Qing army has a lot of soldiers and horses, and the pressure on the people on the city wall is very great, Liu Ziguang is even more worried, the arrogant decision may really bury this small army, and his martial arts will definitely be able to get out safely, but what should the brothers do? What about hundreds of thousands of people? I had encountered such a great enemy in the current situation before, but at that time he was not the leader, and he did not have such a heavy psychological burden.

So many lives are in my hands, and every small mistake may lead to senseless sacrifices, Liu Ziguang thought hard, and finally made a great decision: "Open the city, Ben Shuai personally went down to the city to attack at night." ”

Everyone was in an uproar and persuaded bitterly, "Dashuai, you can't go, it's too dangerous to ride alone." "This is the head of the Jinan Volunteer Army, 6 Chengfeng, speaking.

"The general is the commander of the whole city, how can he be brave?" This is Li Yan questioning.

"Fourth brother, you are too good, you are braver than the eagles on our grassland, but the heroes still need three gangs, how can you go alone?" This is the opinion of Zamuhe.

"Yes, if you must go, the brethren will go with you." Anthony and Duncan said together.

"Okay, since the brothers are so bold, then let's show up to open the eyes of the fathers and elders in Jinan, gather a hundred volunteers, and follow me out of the city to camp." Liu Ziguang made a conclusion.

"If the general must go out of the city to attack, Li has a plan to offer." Li Yan saw that Liu Ziguang had already decided, so he had to help improve this night attack plan.

According to the proposal of the military advisor, the drums immediately began to beat at the head of the city, and thousands of people shouted together to kill, which immediately frightened the Qing army under the city, hurriedly dropped the work in hand, picked up weapons and formed a formation to prepare to resist the men and horses killed in the city, but after waiting for a long time, no one left the city. The Qing soldiers scolded angrily, and then continued to go back to tie their ladder, but after a little half an hour, the drums sounded again on the city, and the Qing soldiers once again formed a formation to meet the enemy, but they still didn't wait for anything. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was read in vain!

Sukh Saha finally understood, and ordered the army to ignore the noise in the city, just work and rest in peace, of course, in order to prevent it from happening, he also left a thousand men to line up in front of the large camp to guard, afraid that the city would really kill a surprise army.

One hundred volunteers have been selected, forty are from the death camp, sixty are from the Iron Guard battalion, all of them are black cloaks, the knives and guns are blackened with pot ash, and their faces are also smeared with pot ash, all of them are similar to Duncan, and they can't see their faces in the dark, they can only see a mouthful of white teeth when they open their mouths.

The attack started in the second half of the night, this time there was no drum beating and no shouting, after quietly opening the city gate, one hundred and one people rushed straight to the camp of the Qing army, and the more than 1,000 guards could not wait for people for half a day to slack off, one by one dismounted and sat on the ground kowtowing and napping, and at this moment was rushed by a hundred fine horsemen.

Under the leadership of Liu Ziguang, a hundred black whirlwinds in the Qing army camp were like no one, killing people everywhere and setting fires, the camp did not have tall wooden walls and no trenches, but simply surrounded by carts and wooden fences, and a lot of tents were set up inside, which was simply not defended, and the light enemy of Suke Saha had learned a profound lesson, and tens of thousands of Qing troops were not the opponents of a hundred cavalry, and the other party was allowed to crisscross the camp several times before calmly returning to the city, leaving only a mess, many tents were burned, many ladders were destroyed, and hundreds of soldiers were killed, Although the losses were not particularly huge, they caused some psychological shadows to the Qing army: those guys in the city were not easy to mess with.

After Liu Ziguang and others returned to the city, they counted the people and horses, and there were a lot of people, not a single horse was injured, the army and the people cheered, and Liu Dashuai's subordinates were all ten thousand enemies!

After tossing all night, the next morning, the Qing army began to attack the city, this is a classical offensive and defensive battle, compared to Liu Ziguang's experience of the battle of Liguo and the battle of Yanzhou, there is a lot less technical weapons involved, armored combat vehicles, steam crossbows, return artillery, all kinds of siege vehicles, etc. are gone, only the most primitive ladders and stones, arrows, knives and guns, only face-to-face bloody fighting. There is only a confrontation of courage and a contest of strength.

Under the urging of the supervising team, the Qing army rushed to Jinan City with a cloud ladder in waves, and then was smashed down by the raindrops of stones, and a layer of dead bodies accumulated under the city wall in just half an hour, but the Qing army relied on a large number of people, and still attacked regardless of casualties, and the weakness of the insufficient defense of Jinan City was seen by the battle-hardened Suke Saha, as long as the troops were sent to take turns to fight, they were tired and tired to death.

Under such a series of attacks, the iron guards defending the city could not rest at all, and the consumption of arrows was also very fast, it was a pity to use the elite cavalry in the war of attrition of manpower, due to Liu Ziguang's lack of experience, the command work was temporarily taken care of by Li Yan, he was so busy that he was dizzy, and the Qing army under the city carried the ladder everywhere to feint, and ran to the east city for a while,

After a while, he ran to Xicheng, and the death rescue fire team also followed Li Yan's order flag everywhere, and just after a wave of attacks were fought here, there were people coming up again, and this point of manpower to defend the city was really powerless, and he was tired of running. Civilians who still had weapons and weapons went up to the city to help in the battle, transporting supplies and the wounded, bringing water and food, and helping to throw stones below.

More than 600 people have lost more than 2,500 people and horses, more than 400 people have died, 30% of the arrows have been used, and many knives and guns have collapsed out of the gaps. This art has been used since the Song Dynasty, the scientific name is wax juice, the lethal mechanism is probably through the skin burns for deep infection to death, in the spring bacterial activity is rampant, this vicious weapon with a big spoon to scatter more powerful than bricks.

If you can't fight like this for two days, the whole army will be wiped out, Liu Ziguang is so anxious that his mouth is foaming, why is Yuan Chonghuan's army so grinding, he has to send someone to inform him, who is the best to go? After thinking about it, he still felt that Zha Muhe was more suitable, and the good equestrian man was also clever, so he hurriedly wrote a letter asking for help, and handed it to Zha Muhe after using the seal letter, and instructed him to go out of the city from the north gate, go around a big circle to the south to find the Ming army brigade, and be sure to rush to reinforcements before the city is broken, according to the current situation, it can last at most a day and a half.

Zha Muhe took a dozen cavalry out of the north gate, Liu Ziguang focused on the city defense affairs again, the soldiers sat on the city wall sprinkled with blood and ate the white flour steamed buns and big pot vegetables sent by the people, the two of them hugged the big copper basin with boiled meat and vegetables, wild vegetables, radish, tofu, dog meat, pork chowder in a pot, salt and star anise and anise were also put a lot, a smell of food and the stench of boiling "wax juice" and the smell of blood in the air mixed together, forming a disgusting taste, simply everyone was hungry, I don't care about so much, I gobble it up one by one, who knows if there will be a next meal after eating this meal.

Before they finished eating, another round of attack of the Qing army began, led by a strange weapon---- poisonous smoke ball, this thing was originally a defensive weapon, and now it is creatively used in the attack by Suke Saha, a spherical object is filled with lime, arsenic, wolf poison, croton, sulfur and other items, after ignition, it is shot at the city wall with a huge slingshot, and the poisonous smoke balls continue to shoot up, and suddenly a pungent and dazzling poisonous smoke envelops the north city wall, and the defenders' eyes are hot, and their mouth and nose cannot breathe, Choked out of breath, that's okay

Defending the city, the Qing army took advantage of the situation to attack the city, they all covered their faces with water-soaked cloths, which could be affected by less poisonous smoke, and when the poisonous smoke was blown away by the south wind, the first wave of Qing troops had successfully climbed the city wall.

The first line of the iron guard has a lot of people because of the poisonous smoke and dizzy, swaying and long force resistance, was actually the Qing army a burst of rush to gain a foothold, standing above the enemy tower commanded Li Yan saw this and urgently ordered the reserve to go up, Anthony and Duncan saw the flag waving, and hurriedly led the soldiers and horses of the death camp to rush to the city wall from the left and right horse roads, and the face-to-face fight began. Liu Ziguang saw that the situation was not good, he personally swung his knife into battle, a white rainbow knife did not know how many heads were cut, and he was covered in blood, the first echelon of the Qing army was about more than 100 people, and they won precious time for the rear team to ascend the city, although the first batch of people all died in the city, but more Qing troops had climbed up along the ladder......

The city wall was crowded with soldiers on both sides, the long weapons were already difficult to use, everyone used sabers to split face to face, watching each other's brains paste their own heads and faces did not dare to wipe it, for fear that one would accidentally be split by the other party, Liu Ziguang was in the most fierce place of the battle, he was surrounded by Qing soldiers, and the guards who followed him were already dead, the space was narrow, Liu Ziguang was also difficult to dodge, he thought he was invulnerable to knives and guns, and he had been stabbed several times, and the red robe was torn into one by one, I don't know how much of the blood on my body is the blood of the enemy and how much is my own blood.

Liu Ziguang swung out with a knife, and the necks of the three Qing soldiers in front of him were cut by him with a neat opening, and the blood shot out, Bai Hongbao drank I don't know how much blood, and the hot feeling had been transmitted to the handle of the knife, the drumbeat of the Qing army under the city was more intensive, more cloud ladders were erected, more Qing soldiers climbed up, and the heads that could not be killed, and the enemies that could not be cut down, Liu Ziguang felt helpless for the first time, he really had the intention to kill the enemy and was powerless to return to the sky!

Just when Jinan was about to break the city, a huge object floated over by the south wind, and a huge bamboo basket two zhang long was hanging under the oval airbag, and there was a single paddle blade fanning behind it, it was an airship!