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Baihu City is very small, with only two gates, which were specially built in the middle of Ming Dynasty to guard the iron yard.The Ming Dynasty had only one hundred garrisons in this city, and the Manchu Qing also had only one hundred garrisons. At this moment, most of the city is guarded by bannermen.

One after another, the ladders were slowly pushed towards the city wall.

Lin Zhidong's dragoons were cruising between Weining Camp City and Baihu City, guarding against the defenders of Weining Camp coming to make trouble.

Weining Camp City.

Han Jiji asked from the gate tower: "Father, do you want to go out of the city to rescue?"

Han Yun said: "It can't be saved. We can only hold on to Weining Camp, and it is impossible to hold on to Baihu City. There are iron mines here, and there are gold mines 150 miles to the east. Prince Li will definitely bring troops to help. As long as we stick to Weining After camping for a month, Prince Li's reinforcements will arrive. As for Baihu City, if it is lost, it will be lost, and it will be recaptured in the future."

Han Yun had given up on Baihu City a long time ago, and even the artillery of Baihu City had been dismantled by him and transferred to Weiningying City.

The arrows fired by the defenders were all blocked by the baffle of the ladder.

There are too few regular Eight Banners soldiers here, there are only fifty archers, and counting the banner men who can shoot arrows, there are only a few hundred people.However, the Datong army dispatched hundreds of ladders, and the Eight Banners defenders couldn't even shoot them!

Moreover, the city wall of Baihu City is too short, and the angle of the formal ladders is not steep, so the boiling oil and gold juice used to defend the city will not have much effect.

It was still Zhang Mingzhen who climbed first, with three arrows stuck in his body, he turned over and jumped onto the city wall.

There was a gash on his neck where the enemy's spear had stabbed him.He was also shot in the chest, although he was blocked by armor, he was almost stabbed and fell.

This guy beheaded three Tartars one after another, and the follow-up soldiers finally boarded the city.Under the leadership of Zhang Mingzhen, the city wall here was quickly seized, and they were invincible all the way, chasing and killing the Eight Banners Soldiers and Banner Ding.

Seeing the Datong army occupying the city wall, the Tartars fled into the streets in embarrassment. The people in the city still did not dare to resist, and they all hid in their homes trembling.

It wasn't until a Tartar fled into the backyard of a pharmacy and lost his weapon when he climbed over the wall that the civilians had the courage to take revenge.

The pharmacy owner came out with his apprentices and sticks in his hands.

The Tartar soldiers scolded in a low voice: "Go back to the house, no one is allowed to make a sound!"

The apprentice was so frightened that he immediately backed away, actually dropped the stick, and ran to hide in the house.

The owner of the pharmacy went all out and shouted: "The old man fought hard with you, and he was forced to die anyway! Come out and fight hard!"

The family members of the apprentices and the boss finally came out with all kinds of weapons, and some even came out with the drawers of the medicine cabinet.

The tartar kicked the pharmacy owner over, but was hugged by the apprentice from behind.After he got rid of the apprentice, he was hit in the head with a wooden stick by the boss's son.

After a lot of fighting, he finally knocked the tartar unconscious and dragged him to the street to report his meritorious service to the Datong army.

It was not until two hours later that more and more Han people, even some North Korean and Jurchen civilians, came to the street to check one after another.

Because they discovered that after the Datong army entered the city, they did not burn, kill or loot, but worked hard to maintain law and order.

This Datong Army seems to be really different.

It is different from the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also different from the troops of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.Regardless of whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, once the city is broken, it will be looted for three days.

The elderly people have a deep memory of this.

It is precisely because of this kind of memory that no matter how miserable the people are, they will not help anyone in the war, because no matter who wins, they will suffer.

There are also fine works of Datong here, spreading the benefits of the Datong court.

However, no one believed it!

There are even traitors who report, just for a few taels of rewards, which leads to the sacrifice of Datong.

On the second day, the people in the city slept in fear all night, and found that the Datong Army still hadn't burned, killed or looted. They finally completely believed in the military discipline of the Datong Army.

"Teacher, there are local young adults joining the army!"

"Oh? A symbolic choice of ten, to assist in the garrison of Baihu City, and they will think about it if they don't want one."

Lu Xiangsheng was very satisfied with this phenomenon. The people in the city volunteered to join the army, which showed that the people recognized the Datong Army.They are willing to be under the rule of the Datong Army and do not want to return to the precarious state before.

And in Weiningying City next door, in the house of Shang Shang Hong Chuxiu, Hong Yigong smiled and said: "Uncle, Baihu City has been conquered, is Weining Camp still far away? It's time to do it."

"What if...?" Hong Chuxiu hesitated.

Hong Chuxiu was a traitor, and by passing news to the Tartars, he obtained the right to receive the nearby wild ginseng.

As for Hong Yigong, he was a secret agent of Datong, who came here to join his uncle, and had been dormant in Weining Camp for two years.

Hong Yigong said: "Uncle, to put it bluntly, you have been a traitor for more than ten years, and you can get it right in the new dynasty of Datong? My uncle took in my nephew, and he was handed over to the Tartars for two years. Are you thinking of taking refuge in the Datong court? If you don’t make a move at this time, you will be ransacked by the Datong army?”

Hong Chuxiu was upset, walking up and down the room.

Hong Yigong laughed contemptuously, stood up and said, "Since uncle is hesitant, I will surrender to the Tartars and fulfill my uncle's loyalty to the Emperor of Tartars."

"Don't go!"

Hong Chuxiu was shocked: "I listen to you!"

Chapter 560 [Detailed meritorious service]

With the cooperation of his uncle, Hong Yigong began to spread rumors: In order to defend the city, the tartars were afraid of the Han people's internal response, and wanted to kill all the Han people in the city!

In just two or three days, it spread throughout the streets and alleys.

Rumors spread so quickly, thanks to Han Yun's confiscation of iron objects.It is clear that they do not trust the Han people, and they clearly want to suppress the Han people to death. After many Han people are blackmailed, they don't even have enough money to buy food for the next month.

Kong Wenzhang, the biggest wine merchant in the city, was also a traitor.Most of the sorghum harvested by surrounding villages is sold to him to make wine, except for grain and retained use.

In the cold and food-deficient Northeast, liquor is in short supply!

Kong Wenzhang came to Hong Chuxiu quietly, chatted nonsense, and said with emotion: "This business can't be done. The imperial court sends more money every year, and the sorghum is used to pay for grain. How can there be much wine left? Brother Hong is better. If he is allowed to suffer from natural disasters and man-made disasters, ginseng will definitely not worry about selling."

"Hey," Hong Chuxiu shook his head again and again, "The mountain in the south is occupied by Emperor Zhao's soldiers... Where can I collect the ginseng?"

After rambling on and on for a long time, Kong Wenzhang asked in a low voice: "Brother Hong, have you heard that the Eight Banners soldiers want to kill all the Han people in the city?"

Hong Chuxiu said: "The soldiers of the Eight Banners can really do it."

"What do you think?" Kong Wenzhang asked.

"What else can we think? Tartars raise their knives, let's stretch our necks." Hong Chuxiu said strangely.

"Tar...Tartar?" Kong Wenzhang was startled, "Brother Hong called Master Baqi like that, but he has already found a way out?"

Hong Chuxiu turned his head and said, "Come out."

Hong Yigong walked slowly into the hall, smiled and cupped his hands at Kong Wenzhang.

Hong Chuxiu introduced: "This is my little nephew. I voted for Emperor Zhao a few years ago. Emperor Zhu has Jinyi guards, and Emperor Zhao has black clothes guards. My little nephew is the job of the black clothes guards."

Kong Wenzhang was surprised and delighted, and even knelt down on the spot: "Kong Wenzhang, a criminal, kowtow to the master of the guard in black!"

The Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty was indeed deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the black-clothed guards could be honored.

Hong Yigong pretended to be arrogant, sat down slowly and said: "Get up. Your Majesty will send 80 troops this year. Shanshan, Hebei, and Liaodong are all at war. It is necessary to wipe out the fake Qing and the fake Shun. You and the generation who have forgotten their ancestors, Being a traitor has done a lot of evil things, and according to the law, all the houses should be ransacked and beheaded.”

As soon as Kong Wenzhang stood up, he shrank his neck and knelt down again in fright: "Master in black, please show me the way."

"Is there still a clear way? It's nothing more than a crime and meritorious service," Hong Yigong said, "every family sets fire in the city at night. After the fire starts, the city will be in chaos, and the Datong army outside the city will follow the trend to attack the city."

Kong Wenzhang wondered: "The Tartar soldiers don't trust the Han people, so they don't let us help defend the city. There is a curfew at night, and they will be punished as spies if they walk around at will. How... how to set fire to this?"

Hong Yigong sneered and said: "Don't go out and set fire on the street, don't you know how to burn your own house?"

"Burn your own house?" Kong Wenzhang was dumbfounded.

Hong Chuxiu said: "My Hong family's house will definitely be burned. If you don't take advantage of the opportunity to make meritorious service, no matter how big the house is, you will be ransacked by heavenly soldiers. Once you make meritorious service, even if the house is burned, are you afraid that there will be no glory and wealth in the future?"

Kong Wenzhang pondered and said, "That's the reason. But... well, let's burn it, let's burn it, the old one won't go, and the new one won't come!"

In the past few days, Hong Yigong contacted a total of four traitor merchants.

They didn't say when to set the fire, but let them bury the silver and move all valuables to the courtyard.The firewood is ready, first pour it with oil, and if someone sets fire at night, set it on fire.

Curfew can not go to the streets, they can only burn their own homes!

As for Hong Yigong, he would lead people to take advantage of the chaos and continue to set fires. During the two years of lurking, he also developed several anti-Qing righteous fighters.

After Lu Xiangsheng captured Baihu City, he waited patiently. He knew that there was an internal response in the city, and he was ready to attack the city at night.

at last……

"Master, the city is on fire!"

Lu Xiangsheng ascended the tower of Baihu City, clenched his fists and smiled: "According to the plan, attack the city immediately."

The Hong family was the first to catch fire, and Han Yun sent a group of soldiers to check.

When they came to the gate of Hong's house, Hong Chuxiu was sitting on the ground and crying: "My house, whoever paid a thousand dollars, bought my house! Is it easy for me to do business and save some money? I will burn it all It's all gone... woo woo woo, I'm dead!"

Neighbors were afraid that their homes would be ignited, so they rushed to help put out the fire.

The fire became more and more intense, and the Kong family on the same street also quickly ignited a big fire, and then four consecutive fires broke out.

Han Yun came to the top of the city, looked down at the fire in the city, frowned and said: "All the houses burned are rich merchants' homes, it must be the work of spies, and it is the secret work of poor people who hate rich merchants!"

"Father, the enemy will definitely take the opportunity to attack the city," Han Ji reminded.

Han Yun ordered: "Organize the people to fight the fire, and the Han people will fight the fire together. Soldiers and bannermen, all go up to the city for defense, and no one is allowed to leave the city wall!"

The curfew was completely useless due to the spread of the fire, and the Tartars allowed the Han people to leave their homes.

It is not allowed to leave the house. Could it be that the fire has spread and the whole family is waiting to be burned to death at home?

Hong Yigong took the opportunity to go to the street, making a mess, but no one noticed him.

Several anti-Qing righteous men met at the appointed place, each carrying a barrel of oil in his hand.They went to the place where the Tatars stored their rations. There were Tazi soldiers patrolling here, but it was impossible to cover everything. They had already figured out where they could set fire.

"The grain depot is on fire, the grain depot is on fire!"

Han Yun turned pale with shock, and quickly said to his son: "You take 100 people to gather the people to put out the fire, and you must keep the grain depot!"

Han Ji went there quickly, summoned the people with a knife, and hacked anyone who dared to be disobedient.

When a large number of people were forced by Han Ji to go to the grain depot with a knife, the streets where the North Koreans lived also started to catch fire.

"Boom boom boom!"

The artillery of the Datong Army had already arrived at the preset fort and fired to cover the advance of the siege infantry.

There are enemy troops outside, there is a fire inside, and the block where my house is located is also burning. All the Eight Banners soldiers of Korean descent in the city panicked.They didn't know whether they should continue to defend the city or go home to put out the fire. Even if they defended the city tonight, everything would be over.

All the streets in the city were in complete chaos, and there were cries and shouts everywhere.

"Han soldiers have entered the city, Han soldiers have entered the city!"

"The city is broken, the city is broken!"

"General Han is dead, General Han is dead!

Hong Yigong ran along the street shouting with a few righteous men, trying to create more chaos.

Han Ji, who was forcing the people to rescue the grain depot, saw that the fire could not be controlled, so he had to abandon part of it and ordered the building to be demolished to prevent burning.

Barely keeping two-thirds of the army's rations, a Tartar soldier ran over and said out of breath, "Young...Young General, the Han soldiers have entered the city, and the general is dead!"

Han Ji's face turned pale when he heard the words, he only heard the three sides of the city, all shouting and killing, only the west wall was very quiet.

Han Ji asked, "Which side did the enemy attack from?"

The Tazi soldier shook his head: "I don't know, I heard a lot of people shouting on the street."

"It must be a rumor from spies!" Han Ji was worried again, so he left 50 soldiers here and continued to let the people fight the fire, and took the rest of the soldiers to find out what happened.

As soon as they ran out of the street for a long time, they heard people shouting everywhere: "Han soldiers have entered the city, General Han is dead!"

Han Ji was even more panicked, and with only a few soldiers, he rode towards the west wall where Han Yun was.

The rest of the Tazi soldiers without horses did not continue to follow, but ran back home, looking for their family members and trying to escape.

"Han soldiers have entered the city, let's go!"

The Tazi soldiers of Korean origin returned to the Korean-inhabited area and quickly brought the news, so these Koreans fled towards the north gate with their families.

There were also many North Korean military members who shouted along the base of the city wall: "XXX, I am your mother, the Han army has entered the city, come back and escape together, or it will be too late!"

The soldiers guarding the city were already trembling, and their nerves were completely tense.

Hearing the shouts, people kept running away, leaving the city wall and running home.Those without family members ran directly to Beicheng, where they could escape.

The rumor spread so smoothly, thanks to the help of the Han people.

These Han people did not dare to resist the Tartars, but they dared to spread rumors.Seeing the Tazi soldiers fleeing in panic, the Han people felt extremely refreshed, so everyone shouted louder: "The Han soldiers have entered the city, General Han is dead..."

At each section of the city wall, more and more Tartar soldiers fled.

Han Yun could only ride a war horse, shouting all the way along the base of the city wall: "I am Han Yun, the captain is not dead, go back and defend the city quickly! I am Han Yun, the captain is not dead..."