Inside the city of Gaizhou.

Hu Dinggui asked, "How much grain and grass is left?" ”

"More than a month." The quartermaster replied.

Hu Dinggui said: "The soldiers and civilians have all reduced their meals, killed livestock when they ran out of grain, and killed horses after they ran out of livestock. Except for the ploughing cattle, the rest can be eaten. ”

The quartermaster suggested, "Kill some of the animals first, so that you can save fodder." ”

"Very well, do as you wish." Hu Dinggui said.

Although Gaizhou City hoarded the most grain and grass, the nearby farmers were all withdrawn into the city, and he still had to use the grain to feed the people.

It's been almost a month, and the Manchu artillery is still besieging the city.

Fortunately, the Tartars did not have real heavy artillery!

If Zhao Han had destroyed the heavy artillery of Shangqiu, and a few of them had been pushed out, the walls of Gaizhou would have collapsed.

Ten miles south of the city.

Lu Xiangsheng led the cavalry to attack, slashed and killed the soldiers who were destroying the crops, and then fought with the Manchu cavalry. Both sides suffered casualties and retreated back to their camps.

The wheat for miles around the camps of both sides was harvested by the people.

The Manchus also cut a lot of wheat, and Lu Xiangsheng couldn't stop it. But if the Manchu Qing Dynasty went forward to collect grain, he would resolutely attack, and no one would want to move the wheat in the middle of the two sides!

Dolgon also rode out on a war horse, looking at Lu Xiangsheng who was gradually retreating, and his heart was already anxious.

The Manchus' usual tactics against the Ming army did not work!

He couldn't cut off the retreat of the Datong army, nor could he cut off the food route of the Datong army. Because the Datong army was camped by the sea, and it was a trench and an earthen wall, food could be transported from the sea in a steady stream.

Returning to the barracks, Nurhachi's seventh son, Abatai, said, "Regent, withdraw your troops. These southern barbarians are clearly going to consume military rations with us. If it drags on forever, whoever eats out the military rations first will definitely lose the battle. I heard that Jiangnan is rich and has a lot of food, and we can't compare with the military rations of the southern barbarians. ”

"Wait, the enemy will definitely show flaws." Dorgon said stiffly.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was a leader for three consecutive generations, and they were very gambling.

It can even be said that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to become bigger, just because of the gamble again and again. Because of many wars, only on the surface data, the Manchus had no possibility of winning at all.

At critical moments, the Ming border army can always make trouble.

In this way, another half a month passed, and on the 40th day of the Manchu artillery bombardment of Gaizhou City, the navy returned from Korea with a fleet of grain shipments.

The king of Joseon cried that there was no food, and the naval non-commissioned officers were not ambiguous, and directly shelled the forts on Ganghwa Island.

After three days of continuous shelling, troops were sent to land.

After the Datong Navy occupied the fort, the defenders of the island surrendered directly. Not only did it occupy Ganghwa Island, but it also "rescued" dozens of political prisoners who had been exiled to the island.

These political prisoners, including clans and ministers, can completely reorganize the imperial court.

The Korean monarch was so frightened that he immediately ordered the people to be looted. When the people did not have enough grain, they "borrowed" grain from those small and medium-sized landlords and forced the landlords to sell their grain to the Datong army.

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "We have enough military food, and we are not afraid of consuming it with the Tartars." It is better to send a partial division and transport cavalry by sea ships to the rear of the Tartars. ”

"Great idea!" Xiao Zongxian clapped his hands and praised.

Li Zheng decided: "2,500 dragoons, 2,500 Xiao cavalry, and some Liaodong guides." ”

……

Liaohe estuary.

The location of the Great Liao River in the Ming Dynasty was completely different from that of a few hundred years later.

Five thousand cavalry landed at the mouth of the Liao River, and Li Dingguo, who was promoted, was thrown by Zhao Han to the side of Liaodong for training. In this attack, Li Dingguo commanded 2,500 cavalry, and Wang Tingchen commanded 2,500 dragoons.

When the nearby fishermen saw the fleet coming, they didn't know what was going on, so they only fled home and hid.

Li Dingguo led his troops to the east of the Sancha River, and Wang Tingchen led his troops to the west of the Sancha River. When he saw the houses, he rushed into them and ordered the coastal people to move out with their families, and not to carry anything extra except food and bedding.

But if there is resistance, immediately put to death!

In half a day, only 1,000 civilians were captured, which is really fucking vast and sparsely populated.

"General, to the northeast is Yaozhou City (Yingkou Dashiqiao City) built by the Tartars!" Liaodong local guide said.

Li Dingguo smiled and said, "Then go to Yaozhou to play!" ”

Two thousand five hundred horsemen rode straight to Yaozhou, and encountered a manor on the way, which seemed to be quite densely populated.

A manor of this size was owned at least by the middle class of the Manchu nobility. If you use the Ming Dynasty's farm as a metaphor, Baoyi is equivalent to a house slave in charge, and a serf is equivalent to a low-level tenant.

"Whoever is not more than an inch will be killed!" Li Dingguo ordered.

Although the serfs also shaved their hair and kept it in braids, their hair was untidy for a long time, and most of them grew back into a short layer of hair, or even grew several inches long before shaving it off.

You can't expect poor serfs to shave their hair every once in a while, that thing will grow in two or three days.

Even the Manchurian civilians often took an inch.

2,500 cavalry rushed into the village and cut down the short-haired or hairless ones. Li Dingguo said that "Mao is not more than an inch" will be killed, and the execution is not so strict, and it completely depends on the mood of the cavalrymen themselves.

There was grain replanted by the Manchus here, and no matter what kind of crop, the cavalry deliberately trampled on horseback.

If you break a few more trees, you can make the enemy harvest one less bowl.

Seeing that some bannermen fled into the house, Datong Xiaoqi did not enter the house to search. They dismounted in advance, lit the torches they had brought with them, and then forced the captured serfs to carry firewood and pile it up.

There is a risk of a sneak attack when you enter the house, so it is much safer to set it on fire.

After a while, more than a dozen houses were set on fire, and more than 200 men, women, and children escaped from those houses. There were bannermen, coats, and serfs, all of whom saw the cavalry hiding in.

Well, there are also livestock, which broke free from the rope and escaped in the fire.

Some of the bannermen wanted to resist, charged with weapons, and were easily surrounded by the cavalry.

The banner was the source of the Manchurian Eight Banners, and the Manchurian nobles recruited the soldiers according to the household to supplement or newly organize the Eight Banners troops.

In about an hour, the manor was completely destroyed, and more than 300 people were taken prisoner.

Li Dingguo asked, "Who can speak Chinese?" ”

No one responded.

Li Dingguo asked again: "Have you forgotten what the ancestor said?" Then kill them all! ”

"Minions...... The grass people can speak Chinese, and the general will not kill! ”

"The grass people meet the general!"

“……”

In an instant, a bunch of people shouted, for fear that Li Dingguo would raise the butcher's knife.

A serf was the most courageous, and crawled in front of Li Dingguo's horse on his knees: "General Rongyu, the grass people are originally good citizens of Gyeonggi." After Lord Chongzhen returned to heaven, King Chuang also met with the elders of the village, and the uncle of the grass people talked to King Chuang. These dogs and tartars seized the fields in the village as soon as they came, but all the beautiful women were taken away, and we let us farm for him. A few months ago, I heard that we had suffered a defeat, and we were brought from Gyeonggi to this Liaodong. The general is the general of the king? You've come at a good time......"

Li Dingguo scolded: "Lao Tzu is not a soldier of a thief, Lao Tzu is a soldier of Emperor Datong!" ”

"Huh? Recognize...... admit that he is wrong, and the general should not blame. The serf hurriedly kowtowed.

Li Dingguo said: "You go and identify the Tartars, and General Ben will take you out of Liaodong." ”

"Thank you, General!"

The serfs were overjoyed and quickly identified more than twenty Tartars, most of them women and children—men had just been killed for their resistance.

Li Dingguo said: "Choose a few trustworthy Han people, and I will let you be in charge." ”

The serfs were even happier and immediately chose their good relations.

The weapons seized from the hands of the bannermen were all thrown to the ground, and Li Dingguo said: "If you are a thief, you have to accept the name, you pick up the knife and go and kill the men of the Tartars." ”

After only a few seconds of hesitation, these Han people picked up their weapons and slashed at the bannermen like crazy.

Li Dingguo nodded with satisfaction: "Coated minions, all bundled up, and sent back to be coolies." The rest of the Hermes-Epitek, with livestock and grain, left immediately! ”

As a result of the burning of houses, there was little money and food left, and there was not much looting of livestock.

The main thing is that there are more than 300 people, and even Manchu women are taken away. Ten cavalrymen were sent back to them, and a few serfs were chosen to be the leaders, and they were escorted with weapons, and the Tartar women and clothed servants were bound with ropes and hurried away.

The rest, all killed!

Li Dingguo didn't bother to go to Yaozhou City, so he rushed to the southwest of Yaozhou.

The closer you are to the city, the more densely populated it is, and the more people you can loot.

The Eight Banners were all taken to war by Dolgon, and only a few were left to defend the cities. These few Manchurian Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners, with more newly formed Han Army Eight Banners to defend the city, did not dare to go out of the city to intercept Li Dingguo's cavalry.

Two days later, Li Dingguo grabbed more than 4,000 people and happily returned to the Liaohe estuary to rest and replenish.

gathered to inquire, and the royal courtiers also grabbed more than 3,000 people.

Separate the ships and bring the population back. The rest of the ships, with their cavalry, continued westward, and they did not penetrate deep into the hinterland, but burned and plundered the coastal areas.

Grab it all the way, it's almost to Jinzhou!

……

South of Gaizhou City.

Dolgon received the news from Kuaima and was immediately silent.

This kind of thing has happened before. Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town once took advantage of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to send troops to burn and loot the Manchu hinterland from behind.

At that time, Huang Taiji was disgusted, but there was no way to deal with it. Those small sampans of the Manchu Qing Dynasty didn't want to attack Phi Island at all, they couldn't carry it at sea.

Dolgon also wanted to send troops to plunder, but the peasants in Gaizhou had already withdrawn, leaving only the wheat in the fields that had not had time to be harvested.

Now, don't harvest the wheat, and no one wants to harvest it.

Because of the stalemate for more than 40 days, the harvest season was long past, and the ripe wheat fell to the ground and sprouted.

Pull it back and boil maltose?

As a result of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, sixty percent of the wheat in Gaizhou could not be harvested, and the peasants' hard work for half a year was in vain.

Anyway, they hurt each other, and the Datong army went to rob the population of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty made sixty percent of the wheat grains in Gaizhou have no harvest.

Just as Dorgon was about to withdraw......

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the walls of Gaizhou collapsed.

Dorgon drew his sword and shouted, "Attack the city with all your might!" ”

Hu Dinggui calmly ordered: "All the dragoons have been turned into firecrackers, rattan players and pikemen, and I will plug the gap to the death." The peasants, soldiers and the people, the old and the weak, women and children all went into battle! ”

Address of my latest chapter:

I read the full article at the address: /224639/

I txt download address:

I mobile phone reading: m/224639/

In order to facilitate the next reading, you can click on the "Collection" below to record the reading record of this time (Chapter 450 448 [Hurt Each Other]), and you can see it next time you open the bookshelf!

If you like "I", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.), thank you for your support!! ()