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Anba finally understood why the Manchus were always defeated, but the Datong Army always won.

He ran with the army as a guide, and at this moment he was so hungry that his chest was on his back.Don't go into battle, I feel a little dizzy when I walk, I just gnawed some grass roots today.

"General," Anba suggested, "should we sweep the outside of the city first and get some food to fill our stomachs. It's too difficult to attack the city directly, and the soldiers are almost fainting from hunger. If they fail to attack the city, the entire army may be wiped out." .”

Yang Zhenqing is a lunatic, and he doesn't want to retreat at all: "Soldiers are expensive, since it's a surprise attack, then hit the vital point directly. After getting food outside the city, how can the defense inside the city attack the city? And..." Yang Zhenqing suddenly laughed , "I believe in the fine brothers in the city."

Amba's stomach is empty, and his heart is also feeling empty at the moment.He proposed a surprise attack, but it wasn't such a surprise attack method that let a group of hungry soldiers attack the city at night?

In the darkness, countless torches gradually ignited.

They would rather not bring so much dry food, but also enough weapons and kindling.

Hetuala was the early capital of the Later Jin Dynasty, and its area was not as large as the expanded Sarhu City.

The Aixinjueluo family lives in the inner city, which is the so-called Wangcheng and Huangcheng.

On the north side of the outer city, all the craftsmen lived, and most of them were Han craftsmen.The remaining three sides of the outer city were inhabited by Manchu nobles, merchants and Han officials.

Outside the city, ordinary soldiers and their families live in the Eight Banners Army.

There were originally Han people outside the city, but they have fled one after another in the past two years, and there are not many Han people in sight.

Numerous torches were lit, and the Tartar soldiers guarding the city soon spotted the troops and hurriedly blew their horns to issue a warning.

The city was in chaos, and they couldn't figure out what was going on, let alone where the enemy came from.

Yang Zhenqing led the soldiers under his command and rushed to the residential area outside the city holding torches.The Eight Banners soldiers who lived here were either guarding the city, or followed Suo Hun to the south to stop the attack, and the rest of the settlements were all the Eight Banners families.

Even, there are not many young and strong people, and everyone who can fight is recruited. More than [-]% of them here are old and weak women and children.

"Don't look for food, light the fire quickly!" Yang Zhenqing reiterated the military order while running.

The Datong Army, which was full of hungry people, actually only set fire to the house, instead of rushing into the house to find food.In an instant, fire broke out outside the city, and countless Tartars, old and weak, ran away crying and shouting.

The Tartar defenders on the city wall, only a few hundred people left, stared dumbfounded at the fire outside the city.

Their family members were all outside the city, and it is not known whether they were burned to death. Anyway, their house must have disappeared.

The city guard will be called Solga, the younger brother of Erke Daiqing.

Solga yelled: "Shut the city gates tightly, and don't go out to fight the fire!"

This order made the Tartar soldiers stationed on the outer city wall extremely angry when they heard it.

What is burning outside is their home, their family.

As for the nobles like Solga, whose family members are all in the city, even if the outside of the city is burned up, the nobles will not lose anything.

Even more disgusting is the royal family!

Those with the surname Aixinjueluo all lived in the inner city.After the warning horn sounded, the soldiers in the inner city did not come out at all.

Instead, put all your energy into defending the inner city wall.

It's so ridiculous that there are only a thousand defenders left in Hetuala.

Half of them were the Eight Banners Army whose families lived outside the city. They were not allowed to go out or help their families, so they could only stick to the outer city wall.

Half of them were the Eight Banners Army whose families were in the outer city, and they were not allowed to go out, so they could only guard the Aixinjueluo family in the inner city.

Fan Wencheng was awakened by the sound of the horn, dressed under the service of his concubine, and called the housekeeper to ask: "But the Southern barbarians killed here?

The butler replied: "I don't know, it's very chaotic outside, and many people are asking for news."

Suddenly, there was noise in the lower courtyard.

Fan Wencheng felt that something was wrong, so he went to check it himself, only to hear a house slave shouting: "I am sent by Emperor Zhao of Nanjing, the Heavenly Soldiers of Datong have arrived, Han brothers and sisters, please don't be buried with the Tartars. Set it on fire with me." Room,

Everyone can be rewarded for meritorious service, and everyone can share the land and be a landlord! "

Fan Wencheng was startled and asked, "Who is this person?"

The housekeeper said, "I bought it last year."

Fan Wencheng suddenly remembered the human trade at Guandi Temple.There have been too many escaped slaves in the past two years, so I can only buy back slaves to supplement, I am afraid that countless secret works have been mixed in.

Maybe, those merchants who buy and sell people have secretly taken refuge in the Datong court!

"Get it for me!" Fan Wencheng yelled.

The Datong spy also shouted: "Burn the house and make meritorious deeds, everyone will be a landlord!"

Outside the city is the Datong army. As long as they set fire to the house, they can make meritorious service and divide the land as landlords.How to choose, the slaves are very clear.

Just as the slaves went to light the fire, the secret worker shouted again: "Catch Fan Wencheng alive, and reward him with 20 taels of silver!

"Run!"

Fan Wencheng was so frightened that his wits flew out of his wits, Sa Yazizi slipped away, not even caring about his wife and children, he wanted to escape to the inner city for refuge.

The same situation happened in many places in the city, and even the mansions of the Manchu nobles were mixed in as fine slaves.

Mr. Huang from Nancheng is an individual trafficker, and his backer is a head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

At this moment, Huang Sanye didn't even put on his clothes, so he summoned his servants and subordinates, and he said excitedly:

"Don't panic, Datong Heavenly Soldiers are coming to kill you outside the city. My master has long voted for Emperor Zhao. You follow me and set fire to it. If you see an empty house, burn it down. Everyone can make meritorious service in the new dynasty... Remember, no Burn the house and shop of Huang's family!"

Fan Wencheng ran all the way with the butler, and saw several houses on fire along the way.Don't ask any more, it must have been done by a secret agent, there are probably dozens of secret agents in this city!

It's over, it's over!

When he came to the south gate of the inner city, Fan Wencheng shouted, "Open the door quickly, I am Fan Wencheng!"

The defenders did nothing, fearing that Fan Wencheng would join the enemy as a spy.

But the defenders in the inner city are already in a state of flux at this moment.Most of their homes are in the outer city, and now not only the outer city is on fire, but the outer city is also being ignited carefully, and their family members are likely to be burned to death.

"Into your mother!"

When Fan Wencheng saw that the city gate was not opened, he immediately cursed in anger.

As for Ning Wan and I, we are still in the casino right now, and his money is almost gone.

The people in the casino fled out in a panic, but Ning Wanwo was very calm and laughed and said, "Why are you running away?

Left and right are dead, can they still escape the life of a dog?In my life, I am a poor scholar, so it is worth it to be able to enjoy it for so many years. "

Inner City, Imperial Palace.

Da Yuer got up in a panic, put on her clothes, went to find her son, and called Sai Le, who was in charge of security in the inner city, "But the Southern Barbarians are calling?"

Sai Le replied: "Queen Mother, fires broke out everywhere outside the city and the outer city. I really don't know what's going on. It is estimated that the two generals Suohun and Erke Daiqing have already wiped out the entire army in the south. Otherwise, how could the enemy kill Hetu? Allah?"

"Suohun's entire army was wiped out? This...how can this be done." Da Yuer completely lost his sense of proportion.

Seiler persuaded: "Queen Mother, please Your Majesty to tour the east. Manda...Prince Li, there is still a shelter, if you don't leave, the enemy will attack!"

"Okay, let's go, let's go!" Da Yuer hurriedly.

Seiler immediately went to summon the guards of the House of Internal Affairs. Hearing that the emperor and the queen mother were about to run away, they hurriedly opened the gates of the inner city and went separately to the outer city to find their family members.You can't just protect the empress dowager and the emperor to escape, and leave your family here, or the house will burn down anytime soon!

Facing the scattered guards, Seiler couldn't hold back at all, so he simply went to find his family.

Da Yuer took her son and waited in the palace for a long time, but no one came back for a long time.

In a panic, she simply left by herself, accompanied only by a group of heartfelt eunuchs and court ladies.Not long after leaving the palace, I met Aixinjueluo's clansmen, who were also fleeing with their families.

"Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are here, open the city gate!"

The eunuch shouted at the north city gate, and the Tartar soldiers guarding the city were in an uproar.

Their home was burned outside the city, but they were ordered not to go out, and now the Empress Dowager took the emperor to run away.

These low-level Eight Banners finally no longer obey military orders, and they don't care about the emperor or empress dowager.They scrambled to leave the city wall, opened the city gate and rushed out, calling the names of their families all the way.

Seeing this, Da Yuer didn't care about punishing the soldiers, and hurriedly took her son and fled through the north gate.

"Head, the north gate is open!"

"Quickly seize the city!"

Yang Zhenqing led his troops to kill towards the north gate, but he didn't know that Dayuer and Shunzhi had fled.Even if he knew, he wouldn't bother to chase after he fled far away, because the soldiers under his command were already exhausted and hungry to the limit.We must seize the city quickly, and then fill our stomachs.

Not long after rushing into the north city gate, a secret agent stepped forward to greet him: "Liaozi 140 No. [-], welcome the general into the city!"

Yang Zhenqing cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you, brothers!"

Xiao Zuo said: "General, there is a lot of chaos in the city, please suppress it quickly. If you have any orders, please tell the general.

Yang Zhenqing: "Get some food and water first, .; the more the better, we haven't eaten much these days.

When the fire was set outside the city, several soldiers were starved and fainted. "

"General, the House of Internal Affairs of the Puppet Qing Dynasty must have something to eat... By the way, there are military camps in the city, so there must be a lot of food there!" Xi Zuo said.

Yang Zhenqing ordered: "You lead the way, I will send a few people to follow, first go to the Tartar army camp to get the food ready."

The starving Datong Army now only thinks about eating, and is not even in a hurry to maintain law and order, let alone whether the Tartar Emperor has run away.

Such a crazy attack method, no one could have imagined that the Tartars, nor the allies of the Datong Army could have imagined it.On the other side of Saerhu, the siege is still facing off. Both sides are waiting for the reinforcements of the Manda kelp soldiers to fight a decisive battle. Who would have expected that the capital of the Tartars would disappear inexplicably?

The news first reached Suo Hun, who was still leading troops to garrison the castle to intercept Yang Zhenqing's main force.

"What? Hetuala is gone?" Suo Hun thought he heard it wrong.

Erke Daiqing asked, "Where did the enemy come from?"

The Tartar who reported the message had a bitter face: "I don't know where they came from, but they suddenly killed outside the city and set fire to houses everywhere.

The outer city also caught fire inexplicably, causing chaos everywhere, and it is said that His Majesty has already fled. "

Suohun and Erke Daiqing looked at each other, thinking of running away.If they didn't run away, they would be attacked from the back and the back, and they would be completely blocked in the ravine.

Chapter 688 [Close the door and beat the dog]

After confirming that Sohun abandoned the castle and left, the main force of the independent regiment seized the castle and went to Hetuala to join Yang Zhenqing.

Unexpectedly, when they were halfway there, they received an order from Yang Zhenqing to immediately defend the city.

where?

Of course it is Shou Hetuala, which is already empty, only the wounded and sick of the independent regiment are left.After two days of recuperation, Yang Zhenqing actually led his army to set off again, not at all afraid that after he left, the Tartar capital would be taken back.

Amba is very sure that this Han general named Yang Zhenqing is a complete lunatic!

More than 1000 people crossed mountains and ridges, marched in a hurry with hungry stomachs, and captured Hetualabu overnight.It's only been two days of rest, and the meat that was starved has not been replenished, and he abandoned the city and headed towards the main battlefield.There was a battle of tens of thousands of people, and even more than [-] civilian husbands. Did these thousands of people go to deliver food?

At this moment, Man Dahai finally arrived at Jiefan City with his cavalry troops.

As soon as he arrived on his front foot, he received an urgent report on his back foot. His son sent someone to chase after him to deliver the letter, and a large number of enemy troops appeared in his old den.

How to do?

Man Dahai wanted to go back to rescue, but the Datong Army must have not brought enough siege weapons to attack the city for a long distance.But the Salhu battlefield in front of him also needs him. Once he is the backbone, Saarhu's morale may collapse immediately.

After much deliberation, Man Dahai decided not to return aid.

If the son can hold on, the Datong army that is rushing around and attacking will definitely withdraw due to lack of food.If the son can't keep it, it will be too late for him to go back.It's better to stay on the main battlefield, as long as you win this battle, any loss is acceptable.

"My lord, the two acropolises of Sarhu and the nearby fortresses have all been captured by the southern barbarians." In command of the army in Jiefan City is Yang Guli's grandson, Ai Xing'a, whose title is Duke Yingcheng , Awarded first-class general officer.

Man Dahai asked, "The southern barbarians just besieged Saarhu, and didn't they come to Jiefan City?"

Jiefan City is Jiefan City, and the Tartars don't like the word "Fan".

Ai Xing shook his head: "I didn't come over, I guess it was waiting for us to pass, and the Nanmanzi wanted to besiege the city and fight for aid."

Man Dahai thought silently.

The Datong Army that besieged Saerhu City had a total of four regular divisions, plus farmers, soldiers and civilian husbands, there were nearly 9 people there.

There are only about 5000 Tartar defenders in Sarhu City.The Eight Banners Army in Jiefan City and Gule City has gathered more than 4 people—all the young and strong were taken away by the Qing Dynasty. Among the more than [-] people, many of them have never fought, and the youngest is only fourteen. five years old.

"You can't force it. The enemy army has been on the battlefield for a long time, and our army is mostly weak soldiers. There is no confidence in a decisive battle in the field," Man Dahai said, "Since the enemy army is besieging but not attacking, then we will keep delaying until it snows." It will withdraw its troops. At that time, look for opportunities and seize the loopholes in its withdrawal to hunt down!"

Ai Xing'a didn't dare to leave the city for a decisive battle, and quickly flattered him: "My lord is worthy of being a veteran general, the mainstay of our Qing Dynasty, and the strategy of delaying time is the most appropriate."

In Man Dahai's heart, he was always thinking about the rear.

If the son is defeated and the Datong army takes the city, then the retreat route to the northeast will be blocked.Even, the Datong army came along the river valley and arrived at Jiefan City from the northeast, and Jiefan City became a turtle in an urn.

Man Dahai suddenly had an idea. He said, "Send more scouts and go northeast along the Hun River. Don't reveal your whereabouts. Once we find the Nanmanzi, we will set up an ambush halfway. The number of Nanmanzi who circled from the north is certain." Not much, eat that all the way first."

Ai Xing Azan said: "This is Emperor Taizu's secret technique, let him come a few ways, I will go all the way!"