Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 453 Street Fighting
Across the alley from Bao Lengze's house, Li Dingguo was standing in a corner observing the enemy's situation.

On the green brick courtyard wall of a house on the opposite side, two archers poked their heads out from time to time and looked around. A small group of Ming soldiers scattered around, hiding their bodies behind various obstacles to avoid being shot by bows and arrows.

Just when the Ming army broke into Baolenze's house and killed him, the Ming army here met the tenacious resistance of this Jiannu family. One spearman was shot dead by Jiannu's bow and arrow, and the other was shot in the thigh. After the arrow, he was dragged aside by his companions.

Since the gate on the opposite side is closed, it is impossible to know how many Jian slaves there are in this family. In addition, the number of Ming soldiers in this small team is too small. Li Dingguo ordered the nearby Ming soldiers to come over and prepare to launch a strong attack on the house. .

This family is the Norbu family that Mrs. Baolenze mentioned.

Norbu, who belongs to the same Yellow Banner as Baolen, was also recruited this time. Unlike Baolen, who is introverted and doesn't like to deal with others, Norbu has a bold personality and likes to make friends. Not bad.

Because he was going to leave the island the next day, today he invited several other hostesses from the same banner in the Zhuangzi to come to his house for a drink to say goodbye, but before the banquet even started, he got the news that the Ming army had entered the Zhuangzi.

There were many young and old in Norbu’s family, and it was too late to run away. He immediately ordered the gate to be closed, and then distributed the weapons he was going to take with him to several other banner men. He and another banner man each carried a ladder with them. With a bow and arrow, he hit the courtyard walls on both sides, and took the opportunity to shoot down two Ming soldiers.

After a while, dozens of soldiers arrived one after another from several alleys.

Li Dingguo ordered the six archers to find their own positions and suppress the two slave archers on the wall. One grenadier connected the three fuzes of the thunderbolt together to wait for the opportunity, and the other grenadier also hid in a Waiting for orders in the corner, besides gunners, sword and shield players and spearmen are also ready to fight.

Following Li Dingguo's order, six archers flashed out from their respective hiding places, and started shooting suppressively at the two people on the wall. At the gate, another tall and strong grenadier threw the ignited Thunderbolt into the courtyard across the courtyard wall.

Norbu and another archer didn't dare to get up under the cover of the roaring long arrows. They could only crouch on the ladder and silently count how many rounds the Ming army had fired, ready to fight back at any time.

After the loud bang of "boom", the miserable howl in the yard was accompanied by smoke and dust, followed by another loud bang like thunder. Another grenadier ignited the fuze, turned his head and flew back, counting Afterwards, the gate of Norbu's house and the gatehouse collapsed with a bang, and the choking smoke and dust would spread, covering half of the alley.

The thunderbolt that was thrown into the courtyard exploded not far behind Nuo Erbu, and a piece of broken porcelain flew towards Nuo Erbu's left forearm, and Nuo Erbu's longbow fell to the ground under severe pain.

Enduring the severe pain, Norbu jumped back from the ladder and stepped on a bloody severed arm. There was a burst of crying. Norbu looked through the gradually dissipating dust and smoke. A few steps away, a child Clutching his bloody cheeks and crying, not far from him, another teenager was lying prone on the ground, and a large stream of blood was flowing out from under him.

"Lai Zhu! Take Khenpo and other family members to the backyard! Sak, Urge! Get ready to meet the enemy! Ye Chen! Mingren comes in, shoot from the flank!"

Amidst a series of orders, before the Ming army came in, Lai Zhu held a pick knife in her hand and directed a group of women and children to retreat from the side door of the yard to the back yard.

Norbu drew out the long knife at his waist, and led several others towards the gate of the courtyard, preparing to fight the Ming army. Ye Chen, who was holding a bow, stepped up and down a few stirrups from the ladder, and pointed at the damaged gate with his bow and arrow sideways.

At this time, the dust and smoke from the explosion of Zhentianlei had cleared away, and four Ming army musketeers appeared at the gate.

Due to the problem of shooting angle, Ye Chen couldn't see the gunners of the Ming army standing outside the gate, and could only watch Sac and Urge scream and fall to the ground amidst the sound of popping beans.

Norbu let out an angry roar, and rushed forward with a knife in his right hand. The gunners of the Ming army turned around and retreated. Four long spears more than ten feet long appeared in Norbu's sight. The spears pierced different parts of Norbu's body.

Norbu opened his mouth wide, eyes full of horror, blood and flesh gushed out of his mouth, and his body fell limply to the ground like a emptied cloth bag.

Immediately afterwards, two swords and shields held the shields to protect the flanks, and rushed into the courtyard stepping on broken bricks and tiles. Ye Chen shot a long arrow that was blocked by the shields. The Ming army screamed and fell sideways, the shield in his hand fell to the side, and Ye Chen's third arrow flew quickly, piercing the neck of the Ming army who had lost the shield.

Another sword and shield hand roared, leaned down and rushed towards Ye Chen with the shield on his head, and several spearmen also rushed into the courtyard.

The distance of more than ten steps was gone in the blink of an eye. Although Ye Chen shot the fourth arrow, it was blocked by the shield, and the shield player had already rushed to him.

Ye Chen threw the longbow casually, and then a tiger leaped down from the ladder, throwing the shield hand to the ground, and the two were instantly entangled.

Ye Chen, who quickly gained the upper hand, hugged the opponent tightly with his waist and legs, and reached out to pick up the long knife dropped by the Ming army and was about to stab it. Suddenly, his arm holding the knife fell limply, and a long spear It penetrated directly from the back of his neck, and the bloody gun point protruded from his jaw.

The Ming army began to search the entire house, and quickly captured the old and weak women and children in the backyard. The banner man named Lai Zhu was killed on the spot.

Around the same time, the search and suppression operations in the entire village were all over. Chief Qian Chen Zhi had already led the remaining 400 people, led by the Han people who were familiar with the terrain, and continued to advance to the next village.

After confirming that all the Jiannu adult flag Ding in the village had died in battle and their family members were imprisoned, Li Dingguo ordered Feng An to lead his soldiers to spread the word from house to house, so that all the middle-aged Han people would gather and, under the supervision of Ming soldiers, Pull all the food and materials from the Eight Banners' homes in Zhuangzili to the yard in Zhuangzili, weigh them and distribute them according to the head.

This move is his usual method in the original rebel army, the purpose is to quickly stabilize and win people's hearts, so that the situation can be stabilized as soon as possible.

Of course, this kind of distribution is also relatively extensive, and it is impossible to achieve true fairness and justice. For example, Feng An, who stood up to lead the way first, will definitely receive more care and rewards than others. This is also a part of the question. , and no one will dispute it.

With regard to the handling of the families of the captured bannermen, women and children, Li Dingguo decided to reverse their identities and become servants of several Han families after obtaining the consent of Feng An and several other Han people who had some prestige among the villagers. , As for how Man and Han get along in the future, that is their own business.

In addition to food, grass, cattle, sheep, carts and horses and other daily necessities, they will be distributed to the villagers. The gold, silver and jade articles found in the homes of those bannermen are packed and put away in the carriages.

After the battle on the island is over, these properties will be transported back to the ship, and then distributed to the soldiers according to their military merits.

After confirming that the official army will attack the entire Jianzhou, and that the imperial court will send people to the island to manage it, Feng An and the villagers watched the official army leave with mixed feelings.

Just when the Ming army landed across the sea stabbed Jianzhou's left lung like a sharp knife, Huang Taiji in Shengjing was also discussing with Daishan, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo and others how to deal with the very unfavorable situation.

(End of this chapter)