The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 122
Liu Zhilun nodded and said, "That's the case, I definitely can't afford to attack Zunhua Dongnu by force. But what tricks can they have?"

Huang Han said honestly: "I don't know, I don't want to bother with that. Anyway, no matter who comes to pretend to surrender, you can let them come to the south gate where I am stationed, and I will regret it for the rest of my life."

Ma Shilong said: "Your Majesty Huang is right. The reason why my strong city in Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty was captured by those barbarians was because many adults did not know how to fight.

They were deceived by the Tartars or the Ming army, and put those white-eyed wolves who seemed to be in danger after being chased by Dongnu into the city. In the end, Dongnu came to cooperate with each other, and a big city of Daming disappeared. The money, food, materials, weapons, and population in the city And so on have become Dongnu's capital. "

Liu Zhilun sighed and said: "Oh! It is true that the scholar misled the country. Don't worry, my lords, I will not be so stupid. It is absolutely impossible for me to fall into Dongnu's treacherous tricks."

All the generals quickly flattered and said: "Your Excellency is very aware of the details, our army is lucky!"

At this time, there was a very harsh voice, "My lord, don't talk too much, Dong Nu is extremely evil, they will do everything they can!"

Seeing that it was Huang Han who was speaking, Liu Zhilun asked, "Why did General Huang say that?"

"If my lord finds thousands of Ming people rushing to Zunhua crying and howling, and behind them there are thousands of Jian slaves wantonly shooting and killing my elders, what should my lord do at this time?

It is obviously not advisable to let the common people enter the city. This is obviously a treacherous trick of Dongnu.But the gate is still closed, and the common people outside the city will be slaughtered one by one by Jiannu under your nose.In the future, how can the official censor give up?Sir, have you ever been mentally prepared for this? "

"This..." Liu Zhilun was tongue-tied, and he gave Huang Han a hard look. He really didn't know if he could insist on not opening the city gate while watching thousands of ordinary people being chased and killed by Jian Nu.

Liu Zhilun finally chose to avoid Huang Han's sharp question, and said: "General Huang, the situation in Zunhua City may not be so bad, right?"

This time it was Ma Shilong who spoke, because he saw Liu Zhilun's hesitation, and this hesitation might be fatal.

Ma Shilong had been a general in Liaodong for many years, and he didn't know the tricks of building slaves. He said: "Mercy does not command soldiers, and adults must not have the kindness of women. The reason why there are a large number of ordinary people who fled to Zunhua is undoubtedly Dongnu deliberately. For that.

There should be a lot of Han people inside who were pretending to be Dongnu Jiabing. This official thought that not only could they not open the city, but they would also bombard them indiscriminately. "

Wu Zimian had no common people in his heart at all, he said loudly: "Those who were coerced by Dongnu to attack the Daming city are enemies, our army naturally attacks indiscriminately, and if the enemy breaks through the city, who will take pity on us?"

Ma Shilong said: "I have been in Liaodong for many years, and I have seen Dongnu use such means to deceive our army's pier. This time, the main force of Dongnu is here, and they will repeat the same trick again. Master Liu must have Mentally prepare."

In the end, all the generals think that you can’t look forward and backward. The first task of our army is to stick to Zunhua to ensure that we don’t lose. Having Zunhua City in our hands means that we can save hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Don’t lose too much because of small things.

Liu Zhilun could only give the order with a painful face, and when the main force of slave building was approaching the city, he would not let anyone enter Zunhua just in case.

Fortunately, Liu Zhilun had been vaccinated early, and Mang Gurtai actually drove thousands of people to Zunhua Ximen the next afternoon.

Mang Gurtai knew that Hong was planning to withdraw his troops to the north in three days. He thought that even so, he should try to siege the city, and the fake show could confuse the Ming army even more.

He also had another idea, if Liu Zhilun, the chief general of the Ming army, was an unrepentant person again, he couldn't bear to see thousands of ordinary people being slaughtered and moved to open the gate of the city with compassion.

Guaranteed to be allowed to make up and hide among the Han people, the Eight Banners' disciples will be able to seize the door. If he gets the great merit of capturing Zunhua, he will definitely dominate the red.

Mang Gurtai led the Zhenglan Banner armored soldiers to plunder everywhere, and at the same time deliberately did not kill, but deliberately gathered the Han people and drove them in the direction of Zunhua.

Iron hoofs rumbling, arrows flying wildly, the Han people who had their homes broken had no choice but to follow the trend and flee. Of course the elderly and infirm couldn't escape and were beheaded by hundreds.

It can be seen that the only way to slow down is to die. The men who escaped with their mothers and sons on their backs are doing everything they can. It didn’t take long for the elderly mothers to reject their sons’ running away with their backs on their backs. to the next generation.

The common people who ran blindly ran to the outside of Zunhua City in a daze, and when they saw the city people flying the Ming flag, they flocked to the city gate without exception.

A middle-aged man in a Confucian shirt looked up at the west gate of Zunhua City and begged, "My lord, please open the city gate! Jiannu is so cruel that he kills anyone on sight. Hundreds of villagers have already been murdered!" "

A woman holding a child knelt down facing the gate of the city and said, "Master Jun, don't go into the city, little girl, can you put down the hanging basket and save my child, he is only three years old!"

About [-] steps away from the city wall, the Houjin Army smiled grimly and slashed at the unarmed old, young, women and children, and the corpses were all over the ground in an instant...

Liu Zhilun and a group of generals were at the top of the city looking at the helplessness of the common people and the powerlessness of Jiannu holding up the butcher's knife, all of them were furious.

Liu Zhilun ordered in a hoarse voice: "All the gunners are on standby, the Hongyi cannons are reloaded immediately, the official orders the flag to fall, and the artillery fires immediately, even if only one Jiannu is killed with ten cannonballs, this official will sternly fire Boom those beasts."

The Ming army at the head of the city of Zunhua was waiting in full battle. Their guns had already been loaded and they were just waiting for Jiannu to enter the range. The bed crossbowmen and archers were also ready to face the battle.

Huang Han was not in Xicheng, he was stationed at the South Gate, but he sent Song Pengfei to contact the guard of the West Gate, and asked the guard to organize the Ming army to shout.

It means to tell the common people to stick closely to the base of the city wall and walk towards the south gate. At that time, the south gate will be opened for half an hour to let the common people enter the city to escape.

Seeing that the "Red Banner Army" stationed at the south gate was about to let those poor people into the city, the defenders of the west city voluntarily shouted in unison: "Listen up, the people under the city, the south gate will open to welcome everyone, don't be afraid to stick to the city wall Run to the south gate!"

Liu Zhilun looked at the people of Daming who were suffering outside the city but could do nothing to help him, he just felt like a knife was piercing his heart, he had secretly wiped away the tears that welled up in his eyes several times.

He didn't know what Huang Han was going to do, but he believed that Huang Han would not surrender the city to the enemy, and believed in the combat effectiveness of the "Red Banner Army". He also knew that it would be beneficial for the common people to walk close to the city wall.

So he issued an order to make the gunners and gunmen stand ready, and all fire as soon as Jiannu entered the strike range.

(End of this chapter)