Chapter 40: Who Are You Kid!
The fires burning in various parts of the military fortress were gradually extinguished by the efforts of the Ming army.
Although the fire was extinguished, there were still sparks flickering in the embers.
Occasionally, the wind blew, and the dark fire that had not yet been extinguished immediately rose again, but it could no longer form the fire just now.
In addition to the smell of charcoal, the smell of burnt corpses in the air was extremely uncomfortable to the nose.
Many soldiers were killed in their sleep, and their bodies were devoured by the fire after the fire, and some of the seriously injured and not dead were burned alive by the fire.
This is war, brutal war.
The body of General Han Dewang was found not far from the mud wall.
Hearing that there were still a few pieces of gold bars with blood scattered next to Han's corpse, Wang Wu couldn't help but be surprised, and he was immediately relieved.
The soldiers of the Ming army who can follow him here are all good men who would rather die than surrender, just ask a person who is not even afraid of death, what kind of gold does he care!
In this battle, 245 enemies were killed and more than 300 were captured.
Although the results of the battle were not as good as the previous three battles, the smiles on the faces of the soldiers of the Ming army and the excitement were unprecedented.
Because, in this battle, they not only eliminated the general Han Dewang, but also killed 32 true Tartars and captured 9 alive!
Since the Qing army encircled and suppressed Kuidong in the first year of Kangxi, the Ming army has not fought with the Manchurian Eight Banners, and the two sides have won and lost each other, but the capture of Manchurian soldiers is the first time for the Ming army in Kuidong!
It's so rare!
It's also very fresh!
When many Ming soldiers heard the news, they rushed to the place where the Manchurian prisoners were held, and looked at these Tartars who looked like they looked like pandas in later generations.
Among the captives, in addition to the "Bai Tang A" Ta Atai, who shouted that he was a Han and wanted to surrender, eight of them were real Manchuria, and among them was their leader Mardu.
Mardu didn't surrender, but he couldn't stand it on the roof, gritted his teeth and jumped off the roof with the rest of the Manchurian soldiers to fight the Ming army.
As a result, seven Manchurian soldiers were killed on the spot, and the remaining eight Manchurian soldiers, including Mardu, were captured alive.
Wang Wu also saw the legendary real Tartars for the first time, so he also came over curiously to look at these real Manchurias.
According to Ta'atai's confession, they came to Xi'an with a blue flag of Manchuria.
It is to go down the five flags.
The current owner of the blue flag is Desai, the grandson of Prince Zheng Zierharang, but the flag owner who was renamed Prince Jian in the eighteenth year of Shunzhi is a child who is only eleven years old, and he can't ask about flag affairs at all.
The Blue Flag is under the care of the Auxiliary Minister, Coppilon.
Not far from Mardu and the other captives, more than 30 blackened Manchurian corpses were placed side by side.
Most of them are so burned that their facial features are unrecognizable.
"General Ben has a few words for you."
Looking at Mardu, who was bleeding from two stabs for resisting, Wang Wu wanted to ask about the situation of Huachanggou and the nearby Qing army, but Mardu didn't answer him like a dumb man.
Seeing this, Taatai hurriedly explained: "General, this Tartar can't speak Chinese!" ”
Wang Wu suddenly realized that he was a true prince, so he asked Ta Atai, a fake Tartar from Baoyi, to translate for him.
This time, Mardu reacted, but he yelled a few words.
Without Taatai's translation, Wang Wu also knew that this Mardu was unwilling to cooperate.
"Ask the others, do you want to surrender?"
Wang Wu didn't want to waste time on Mardu, and there were several Manchurian prisoners, and he didn't believe that he wasn't afraid of death.
Taatai subconsciously "snorted", and immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Yes, General!" ”
With fear, he stepped forward to ask a few other captured Manchurian soldiers one by one, but he was greeted either with bloody spittle or swearing.
"General, they..."
Taatai stood there in fear, afraid that Ming in front of him would vent his anger on him.
Who knew that the general laughed: "This is the real Tartar!" ”
Before the smile faded, his eyes were already fierce, and he waved his hand at Zhu Sanyi, who was dumb in the palm of the flag, who hurriedly stepped forward and waved his big knife to cut off the head of the nearest Manchurian soldier.
The movement was so fast that when the head of the full soldier fell, the companions on the side did not react.
Blood gushed into the air like a column of water, and with a "plop" sound, the headless Manchurian soldier's body leaned forward, as if kneeling and kowtowing.
But not on his neck.
Wang Wu didn't mean to let the dumb man stop.
The mute was happy to continue wielding the knife.
Cut five in a row, and some of the remaining Manchurian soldiers were finally scared and wanted to open their mouths to say something, but they were scolded a few times angrily by Mardu in front, and then the trembling Manchurian soldiers were full of shame, and they gritted their teeth and stretched out their necks directly forward.
The dumb man took advantage of the situation and stabbed down.
and then cut until there was only one man left to lead Mardu.
"Ahh
The mute consciously stopped and looked at the captain.
I thought the captain would have to interrogate this little leader of the Tartars again.
Unexpectedly, the captain shook his head, and then took his big knife from the hand of Cao Diwei, a soldier on the side, and walked straight to Mardu, and the moment the other party looked up at him, the long knife was swung down!
With a "grunt", Mardu's head fell directly to the ground with his mouth open and he wanted to say something.
Wang Wu didn't give him a chance to speak at all.
For no other reason, I don't want to hear it.
After beheading the little Manchurian leader with a knife, Wang Wuhu pointed the blood-dripping big knife at the clothed Ta Atai, and said lightly: "You also kneel!" ”
"The general spares his life!"
Ta Atai was so frightened by the beheading scene in front of him that his heart was broken, and when he saw that Na Ming Jiang's eyes were full of murderous intent, he couldn't help but fall to his knees as soon as his legs were weak, his whole body was trembling, and his upper and lower teeth were shaking.
Wang Wu ignored the pleading for mercy and walked directly towards him with a knife.
Seeing that the Ming General really wanted to kill himself, Ta Atai, who was desperate, couldn't help but shout again: "The general said that those who surrender will not die, how can you break your word!" ”
As soon as the words fell, he saw that Na Ming Jiang really stopped, and looked at him with a slight frown, but after a few breaths, Na Ming General walked towards him again with a knife, and said: "Those who descend can avoid death, but they must be cut off their hands and feet!" ”
Taatai was shocked by this, and his broken hands and feet were worse than death!
In a hurry, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Doesn't the general want to regain his sight!" If you want to regain your sight, you can't kill me! ”
Like a spell, this shouting really stopped the long knife that had reached two feet above his head.
"What do you mean?"
Wang Wu looked up and down at this greedy and fearful slave, and although the big knife in his hand had not fallen, it still hung above his neck.
Like a drowning man grasping a straw, Taatai hurriedly said: "The general is a hero, don't you know that the general trend of the Ming army here has gone, and no matter what the general does, there is no possibility of revival of the Ming room..."
"Hmm!"
Wang Wu's fierce light flashed, and this clothed slave dared to shake his mind when he was dying, and he was about to be cut off with a fierce grip of his right hand.
"If the general listens to me, the Ming Chamber will have a chance to prosper!"
Taathai's voice was full of crying, and even the crotch of his pants was damp.
Wang Wu frowned again, but for some reason the knife was not cut.
Seeing this, Ta Atai knew whether he was dead or alive and looked at the following words, and he didn't dare to pause for half a minute and said: "Does the general know what is the most taboo thing in Daqing right now?" ”
"What the hell are you trying to say?"
Wang Wu snorted slightly, "Aren't you the most jealous of me in the Tartar Court right now!" ”
"The general is wrong, wrong, really wrong!"
Ta Atai made three mistakes in a row, and his face was anxious, "The general is loyal to the Ming family, and it is respectable to insist on it in this desperate situation, but the most taboo thing in the court at the moment is not the lonely loyalty of the Ming family like the general, but Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi!" ”
As soon as these words came out, a fine light suddenly flashed in Wang Wu's eyes, and he said in a muffled voice: "What does this matter have to do with me!" ”
"The general knows that all dynasties will not allow the vassal king to become bigger, not to mention that Wu Sangui and others are Han vassals, so the villain guesses that it will not take a few years for the imperial court to cut the vassals, and then Wu Sangui and other Han vassals will also raise troops...
The general really wants to revive the Ming Dynasty, so at this time, he should endure the humiliation, compromise, and save the vitality of the whole army to the Qing Dynasty. In this way, for a few years, when the imperial court cuts the domain, it will be the time when the general will lead the people to raise the banner again! ”
What Taatai said can be described as bitter.
Wang Wu was also stunned on the spot, his eyes repeatedly looked at the clothed slave, and after about dozens of breaths, Fang asked suspiciously: "Do you know what year the Xinhai Revolution is?" ”