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Fu Lehe stood up in surprise, and was about to draw his sword, but found that he was not armed.

But Saihe hid a dagger in his arms, rushed over and grabbed Fulehe, and stabbed the Duke of Zhen's abdomen hard.

In the city, fires broke out everywhere, and the Eight Banners soldiers were in chaos.

Chapter 553 [Huang Taiji will be alive]

"kill!"

Yang Zhenqing led troops into the city, looked at the burned houses and the corpses of Tartars all over the street, he couldn't help frowning.

He himself had killed Tartar civilians, but it was out of hatred and more for military purposes.

And Saihe, who had defected, was purely killing innocent people indiscriminately, and he was attacking his clansmen!

Of course, it is also possible that Saihe did not regard the Tartars in Ximu City as his tribe.

The Eight Banners Army defending the city was caught off guard by the cooperation of the inside and the outside.About 2000 people took advantage of the chaos and fled towards Haizhou in the north.

And Saihe's soldiers did not go after them, but stayed in the city to rob and kill people.

Yang Zhenqing was afraid of Saihe's wild thinking, so he didn't dare to order to stop it. Anyway, all the people who were killed were Tartars.After seeing Saihe, he only said: "Give me half of the goods in the city..."

"General, just take it!" Saihe became more and more happy.

Yang Zhenqing's words reassured Saihe completely.In his opinion, all the generals in the world are the same, they are nothing more than greedy for money and power.What Nanmanzi wanted to kill all the Manchus, even those who surrendered, was purely Dorgon's scare.

I have contributed to the city by myself, and I will definitely be promoted in the new dynasty of Datong in the future.

They took advantage of the chaos and robbed a lot of property, plus the property of the family, it doesn't matter if the land is divided, the money and food can be squandered for several lifetimes.

Yang Zhenqing warned sharply: "Remember, don't loot and kill Han people again!"

"The last will obey!"

Saihe accepted the order very sincerely, because the Han people in Liaodong, apart from those traitors, what else can they grab for coats and serfs?If you want to grab it, you can grab the Manchu nobles, all of them are rich!

The more Saihe thought about it, the happier he was, looking forward to fighting with the Datong Army, and it would be best to grab all the way to Heilongjiang and earn a fortune that would never be spent in a few lifetimes.

clan?

Hehe, only the Jurchens who live in Muxi (Xinbin County) are Saihe's tribe, and he doesn't care how many Jurchens elsewhere die.

After taking over the city defense, Yang Zhenqing immediately wrote a letter to report.

He used to be a hunter in the mountains and had never read a book. He had been fighting all the time in the past few years, and he only took time to learn two or three hundred words. Even the battle report had to be written by a mission officer.

After writing the specific process of seizing the city, Yang Zhenqing said to the missionary officer: "Add a few more words. Saihe is very ambitious. Dorgon didn't suppress him, but he didn't pay much attention to him. He dared to ignore his parents and relatives." But he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty. As a Tartar, he attacked the Tartar civilians. At least 2000 Tartar civilians were killed by his soldiers, just to rob property. He also killed some Han serfs, not for money. It's pure killing madness. This person can't be reused, it's best to find a chance to get rid of it, otherwise there will definitely be trouble in the future."

……

Outside Yaozhou city.

Tens of thousands of Datong troops have filled up the moat and are constantly bombarding the city wall.

And Dorgon's army was stationed a few miles northeast of the city, forming a corner with Yaozhou City.

Small battles are fought every day, competing for some favorable terrain outside the city.

in the military camp.

Dorgon's face was cold, but he pretended to be calm, and said to Ah Shan with a smile: "As expected of your own son, your father betrayed the Qing Dynasty, your brothers, nephews, and yourself also betrayed the Qing Dynasty. Your second son is a son-in-law, how do you want the Qing Dynasty to treat you preferentially? Now, your eldest son has killed Zhen Guogong and seized Ximu City, what are you going to do?"

Ah Shan frantically kowtowed: "Teaching children is not strict, the guilty minister deserves to die!"

"I think you are very strict in teaching your son." Dorgon said sarcastically.

Ah Shan continued to kowtow.

Dorgon said: "The nobles of Manchuria have already discussed it. All your Niulu will be deprived and handed over to Commander Arzin. Half of your family's property will be fined and confiscated! As for you, stop thinking about your mistakes and wait until the battle is over. "

Ah Shan collapsed directly, and at the same time felt fortunate that there was still hope if he was not executed.

"Go away." Dorgon said angrily.

Ah Shan bowed and retreated, scolding his son ten thousand times in his heart.

Even if you want to defect, you should say it, Dad should be well prepared in advance.You ran away without making a sound. Do you want to kill your own father, your brother, your wife and children?

Ah Shan was taken back to Haizhou and placed under house arrest. He was looking forward to his son's rescue, and only hoped that the Datong Army would break through Yaozhou as soon as possible, and then take Haizhou to rescue him.

Only Dorgon was left in the tent, and he felt really tired.

In the past two years, people's hearts have been scattered, exactly the same as Nurhaci's late period.

Due to the forced requisition of food, a large number of civilians and serfs were starved to death.Although the nobles and generals were not greatly affected, they felt that the Manchu regime would die, and began to quietly make plans for themselves.

Dorgon often missed Huang Taiji. When Huang Taiji came to power, it was normal. How did he revitalize the Qing Dynasty?

At that time, Adahai defected, and Huang Taiji ordered the four Baylors to recover together.So he didn't plan to punish him, and Huang Taiji decided to kill Adahai because Arzin reported other crimes.

Should I learn from Huang Taiji and be kind to those defectors?

Maybe it's time to write a letter and let Saihe bring his troops back, and the crime of defection should be forgotten.

Ke Saihe killed Zhen Guogong and Dorgon's nephew, how could he forgive the big crime?

The more Dorgon thought about it, the more upset he became. He wanted to learn everything from Huang Taiji, but he couldn't learn it at all.

Faced with this situation, what would Huang Taiji do?

Dorgon suddenly had a thought, if only Huang Taiji was still alive.Everything is carried by Huang Taiji, no matter what troubles can be solved, he doesn't have to worry so much.

Two military orders were issued quickly, one for Hauge to bring the army back, and one for mobilizing Banners to defend Haizhou.

At this moment, Hu Dinggui looked at Yaozhou City, and regretted that he didn't remove all the city walls.

Yaozhou lies between Gaizhou and Haizhou. When he led troops to raid Liaodong, Yaozhou was so dilapidated that there were not many people left.On the way back to the army, Hu Dinggui only demolished a section of the city wall due to lack of manpower.

Now that the city wall has been repaired, if the Datong army wants to go north, they have to occupy the city.

Reading the battle report sent by Yang Zhenqing, Hu Dinggui hated Saihe very much.Not because of Saihe's status as a Tartar, but because of killing innocent people indiscriminately and treating human life like nothing.

Saihe is not relentless in killing Jurchen civilians. How many Han people have been killed in these years?

This kind of executioner, even if he dedicates his life to the city, he will be punished in the future!

"Be patient for now," Li Zheng said, "If you attack Saihe, the rest of the Tartars will have to work hard, because they will die even if they make meritorious deeds."

Hu Dinggui said: "I just feel disgusted. To put it bluntly, I would rather kill more people and bring down Ximu City myself than recover the city through such people."

Xiao Zongxian said: "To reduce the number of deaths, we should try our best to reduce the number of deaths. Every soldier of the Datong Army has a wife and children at home."

"Let's not talk about that," Li Zheng said with a smile, "Ximu City has been captured, and Haizhou is close at hand. Even if this battle cannot wipe out the main force of the Tatars, we can send troops to Haizhou at any time in the future. We have already won half of this battle. Next Don't worry, just slowly knock down the city wall."

Xiao Zong nodded and said: "The news sent back by the elaborator is that in order to fight the war, the Tartars even ordered the Bannermen to pay more food. If we delay him for another three months, the Tartars will run out of military rations, but we have plenty of food."

"Then take your time." Hu Dinggui smiled.

……

Phoenix city.

Nao Dai personally led the troops out of the bastion, trying to kill the civilian men who dug the trench.

The trench is a "z"-shaped structure, and the firecrackers, artillery, and bows and arrows of the bastion defenders are difficult to hit.

Nao Dai rushed out halfway, and the Datong army in the trench stood up and shot one after another.And below the chest, everything is in the trench, and there are very few exposed parts.

"Bang bang bang!"

After shooting and killing more than 30 cavalrymen one after another, Nao Dai's cavalry also shot back, but the hit rate was negligible.

After the cavalry approached the trench, they could only be forced to slow down, and suddenly more Datong firearms appeared.

"Bang bang bang!"

It was another round of shooting, bringing down more than 70 riders at one time.

At the same time, a long gun protruded from the trench.

Nao Dai planned to rush to the ditch, and then dismounted and jumped into the ditch to fight.But seeing the situation in front of him, Nao Dai's scalp felt numb, so he had to rein in his horse and return to the bastion.

The Datong army did not pursue, but stayed in the trench, watching the civilian husband continue to dig.

After another two days of digging, I finally reached the outer slope, and continued to dig up the slope along the slope.

Nao Dai ordered to take the initiative to attack, and if he didn't attack, he dug through the slope.

After a battle, more than 40 people were killed or injured by the Eight Banners Army, and six people were killed or injured by the Datong Army. The Tartars chose to abandon the peripheral fortifications.

Then continue to dig, dig through the soil slope, dig through the outer fortifications, and dig all the way to the foot of the bastion.

The Z-shaped tunnel gradually turned into a circular tunnel. Lu Xiangsheng planned to use the tunnel to directly surround the bastion.Then through the circular tunnel, dig out tunnels in all directions, so that the tartars don't know where they are digging tunnels to bury explosives.

Nao Dai didn't dare to stay in the bastion anymore, he left the bastion defenders, and rushed back to Phoenix City with his cavalry before the circular tunnel was formed.

His troops were too small to go out of the city to fight.

"boom!"

A few days later, there was a deafening explosion, and a wall of the bastion was blown down by gunpowder.

Armed with arrows and bullets, the Datong army rushed in through the gap, and after more than 40 people were killed or injured, they quickly rushed into the inside of the bastion.

More than 300 bastion defenders were all wiped out by the Datong Army.

After occupying the bastion, Lu Xiangsheng finally came outside Phoenix City, where he continued to camp and then dig trenches.

He never thought of taking the city by traitors, he just followed his own style of play, digging all the way to plant explosives.

Watching the Datong army digging in little by little, looking at the occupied bastion in the distance, the morale of the Eight Banners defenders in Phoenix City plummeted.

Zhang Fengyan started to act. He went out on crutches, saying that he would fight the Nanmanzi desperately.

Nao Dai liked this kind of warrior very much, so he quickly promoted Zhang Fengyan and threw five hundred Chinese Jurchens to him to lead.

"Second Brother Zhang, the Tartars are really dying, and we are willing to follow you in the uprising."

"The Tartars are barbarians, not even Jurchen. What kind of Jurchen are they? The Jurchen inside the Liaodong Great Wall are the real Jurchen, and those outside the Great Wall are all barbarians!"

"I'm not used to looking at the Tartars. I used to keep my hair like the Han people, but now I've shaved my hair and put on pigtails. It's so ugly!"

"Second Brother Zhang, hurry up, if you don't do anything, Phoenix City will be occupied, and we won't be able to make any contribution!"

"..."

Lu Xiangsheng was not in a hurry to attack the city, but the Sinicized Jurchens in the city were in a hurry to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and submit to the Datong court.

Chapter 554 [One Hundred Ways of Death of Manchu Nobles: Falling to Death]

Nao Dai seems to be suffering from tunnel phobia, as long as he sees the messy tunnels, he will feel sick and dizzy for no reason.

That Lu Xiangsheng outside is considered a famous general in the world, but he is so rogue in war!

There is no skill at all, just to consolidate the camp first and make yourself invincible.Then let the folks dig the trenches, digging them into a z-shape for a while, a c-shape for a while, and an o-shape for a while.The soldiers hid in the tunnel, slowly approaching the city wall, and at the same time were responsible for protecting the diggers.

Digging to the nearest, beyond the range of the city defense artillery, they changed the tunnel to dug a tunnel.

There are tunnels everywhere outside the city, and the defenders don't know where to dig the tunnels.Several tunnels were dug all the way to the city, and then a large amount of explosives were transported...Boom!

This method of warfare must meet two conditions: first, the attacking party has an advantage in strength, otherwise the defending party will desperately enter the tunnel regardless of everything; second, it can only be used to attack small and medium-sized cities, such as Tianjin, Jeju, etc. For a big city like Shangqiu and Shangqiu, it would take a huge amount of explosives to blow it up.

It just so happens that the Phoenix City and the Bastion in front of me are small cities that can be blown up...

"Have you heard yet?" Nao Dai asked anxiously.

In the city, under the wall.

Every five or six steps, there is an Eight Banners soldier lying on the ground and listening to the sound with a bamboo tube.

A soldier replied with a bitter face: "Bei Zi, the enemy's artillery interference is really hard to hear. Moreover, the enemy's tunnels have not been dug into the city, so we have to go outside the city to hear clearly."

"Then go out of the city quickly!" Nao Dai scolded.

The Eight Banners soldiers hang down from the city wall, they dare not go through the city gate, because there is no protection of the urn city.

"Bang bang bang!"

In the circular tunnel outside the city, the Datong army immediately probed, and the melee soldiers raised their shields to help block the arrows.

There were two unlucky Eight Banners soldiers who were hit by bullets in mid-air.At the same time, the bows and arrows and firecrackers in the city also took the opportunity to shoot towards the tunnel.

These Eight Banners soldiers were really not afraid of death. They fell to the ground against the bullets, and then lay down and listened carefully.