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Chapter 315: Killing My Wife to Prove My Great Qing Dynasty
"Old and young men, grab the silver!"

"Take revenge if you have revenge, and complain if you have grievances!

……

Following the shouts of Wu Sangui's cavalry, the young and strong men in the outer city poured out...

After all these years of struggle, it has become a habit for them to surrender to the new master.

They surrendered when Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and they surrendered again when the Qing Dynasty attacked us. Before that, they even followed Yang Feng to rob nobles, and took the opportunity to plunder during the chaos created by Wu Sangui. It can be said that they have now become accustomed to not resisting any foreign attackers, but instead regard it as an opportunity to make a fortune.

No matter who the other party is.

Whether they are rebels or bandits who have come here.

Even the invading alien races.

Just open all the city gates, and then like wild dogs following a pack of lions, take advantage of the opportunity to grab something.

Wu Sangui?
It’s not like Wu Sangui hasn’t been here before.

The second round of looting that hit the capital was caused by him.

At that time, the people in the city also made a lot of money, so everyone was actually acquaintances.

After the inner city was robbed by the iron-clad farmers, they were driven to the outer city. The iron-clad farmers controlled most of the city's wealth, including the original gentry, so the people who were really driven to the outer city were the original civilians. They had a hard time these years. In the Qing Dynasty, where supplies were scarce, they were basically at the bottom of the society. Everything was given priority to the iron-clad farmers, and they were left with only coarse food. This also made them eager to plunder the inner city.

I didn’t dare to do it in the past and there was no opportunity. Now the opportunity is right in front of me, how can I miss it?

arms?

No need.

Just provide the ladder to Wu Sangui's soldiers.

There will always be an escalator, right?
What's more, they are extremely familiar with the city wall in front of them. They can tell clearly which parts are suitable for attack and which parts of the city wall are dilapidated and easy to climb. They even know that climbing the city wall is something many people do frequently.

Smuggling!
The customs is at Chongwen Gate. All businesses going to the inner city must pay taxes. However, some taxes are heavy and not heavy, so you can carry them on your back and climb over the city wall, as long as there are people cooperating inside. Therefore, there are often a large number of climbers hanging on the city wall at night. These professionals are familiar with all the places suitable for climbing on the city wall. After all, the unsuitable places are tested by falling to death. Soon, they took some of Wu Sangui's servants and climbed the city wall easily through several places that they had climbed countless times. As for the defenders' blocking, what use would that be? Although there are indeed more than 100,000 iron crops in the inner city, there are only a few thousand real soldiers. The rest are all old, weak, women and children. Even if all those who can pick up weapons are counted, Haoge can only piece together 30,000 to 40,000 defenders.

But just like the previous battle at Guangning Gate, what was the point of just those women and boys facing Wu Sangui’s elite troops?
Provide entertainment for the latter?
It is entertainment indeed.

As the servants quickly climbed up the city wall and killed the crops like cutting melons and vegetables, the young and strong men who followed them to rush up the city wall also rushed towards the female soldiers excitedly, and then grabbed their hair and dragged them away.

"Let me go, you little dogs."

"I am a princess, how dare you!"

……

There were also cries.

It was normal for the princesses to be soldiers. The whole nation was mobilized to fight, whether ordinary bannermen or women from royal and noble families. They all had to take up arms. When Yang Feng attacked Shenyang, their Holy Mother Empress Dowager Buddha personally wore armor and led a bunch of princesses to the city wall.

Now that it has come to a critical moment, the princesses also have to go up to the city walls.

"Your Highness, this is not right. Haoge is not stupid enough to rely on these women and children to defend the inner city."

Wu Guogui looked at the soldiers who were rapidly breaking through the inner city wall.

"He's running away!"

Wu Sangui also quickly came to his senses.

Then he urged his horse.

"Follow me to the East Gate!"

he shouted.

Chaoyang Gate.

"This piece of shit!"

I, the Emperor Haoge of the Great Qing Dynasty, looked at the flames from the direction of Chongwenmen and Xuanwumen, and could not help but curse with grief and indignation.

He really had no choice but to run away.

Moreover, escaping was a pre-determined strategy, but they had to wait until the wheat harvest, because even if they escaped, they had to grab some food before running away, otherwise what would they eat in the year after returning to Liaodong? So in order to ensure that they could plunder as much food as possible after the wheat harvest, Ajige and Jirgalang had already led their troops south. Ajige withdrew from Lu'an to Handan, just to wait until after the wheat harvest to go north to grab food...

Just rob.

They are already prepared to give up the interior, so why are they still collecting taxes?
Just like in the past, they just slaughtered the cities and looted all the food and population and headed north, including the local gentry. In this way, they could take out millions of slaves and millions of stones of food, and return to Liaodong to continue to live. Jirgalang also took the last Eight Banners Army that he could put together, and also went south to Daming and other places in the name of attacking Shandong. These places had better agricultural conditions and could rob more after the wheat harvest. Then he cleaned up Hejian on the way back. He and Ajige took the Hejian route and the Zhenbao route respectively. After completing the devastating plunder of Northern Zhili, they met in the capital and drove slaves and livestock back to Liaodong with food and gold and silver.

and so……

There are really no soldiers left in the capital.

There were only 5,000 true Eight Banners soldiers left in the entire capital.

The rest were all the elderly, the weak, women and children.

As a result, he never expected that Wu Sangui would launch a sneak attack.

Wasn't this bastard fighting against Yang Feng? How could he not even want his own territory? Not even his family and wealth? He actually raided the capital and shouted about clearing the court of officials, saying that Jirgalang was a traitor, but Jirgalang was not in the capital.

Hauge only received the news in the morning and originally wanted to transfer Jirgalang back, as the latter had just passed Yuankou. However, he did not expect Wu Sangui to arrive in the evening. Hauge acted decisively. He drove those women who could fight to the city wall to delay time, while preparing the gold, silver, jewelry, and the 5,000 Eight Banners Army, and then fled directly.

Well, he doesn't want a family anymore.

Just a woman.

Grab a new one.

In order to prevent these women and children from escaping, he coaxed them by saying that the men were left behind to fight a decisive battle, so that they could hold out for a while and consume the enemy's strength. After all, if they really told them to escape, they would scatter.

It has to be said that His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was also very sad at this moment.

The tiger fell down and was bullied by the dog!

My Qing Dynasty has actually fallen to the point where it has been bullied by Wu Sangui. Ye Zhupi will die with regret.

"Dorgon deserves to die!"

Hauge said bitterly.

Indeed, it was all Dorgon's fault.

If it weren't for this bastard's series of brainless failures, our Qing Dynasty wouldn't have come to this point. How many Eight Banners warriors were killed by him inside the Great Wall. Before entering the Great Wall, the Eight Banners Manchus alone had 60,000 to 70,000 combat-capable soldiers, but now there are less than 30,000 left, and that's with the growth of some of the original children. Just the young and strong people when entering the Great Wall, two-thirds of them were now on the battlefield inside the Great Wall.

It was all Dorgon's fault. If he had not entered the Pass, there would not have been such losses. If he had not gone south after entering the Pass, the Eight Banners Manchu warriors would not have died in the south. What's more hateful is that he went south many times.

Each time, the dead bodies of tens of thousands of Eight Banners Manchu warriors were left in the south.

In the end, he was lost in the south.

The blood of the Qing Dynasty was drained by his brainless behavior. As a result, even a bastard like Wu Sangui can come and bully them.

"Wu Sangui!"

The anxious shouts suddenly awakened His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

In the direction of the East Gate in the south, the light of countless torches quickly emerged. It can be confirmed that they are cavalry. They have also discovered the lights here and are turning north. However, most of the soldiers behind Hauge have not left the city yet. After all, it will take some time for five thousand cavalry to pass through the city gate even if they want to.

"Hurry up and go to Miyun!"

Our Great Qing Emperor made a prompt decision.

His original plan was to go to Shanhaiguan, where there were still a few Eight Banners, but going east would easily be intercepted by Wu Sangui. After all, they had to use torches to illuminate the night, and even with torches, the horses could not run fast. To the east, they had to go to Tongzhou and take Baliqiao, but Wu Sangui was closer through the East Gate. On the contrary, if they turned north to Miyun, the distance between the two sides was enough to ensure that they would not be caught up. When they went out of Miyun, they could also go through the mountains to return to Shenyang, a route they were also very familiar with.

They immediately turned north.

But just then...

Suddenly, a faint cry was heard behind them. Although he knew what it was, Hauge still turned around instinctively. Not only him, but all the soldiers behind him turned around instinctively.

Then I saw on the inner city wall south of Chaoyang Gate, in the light of the fire, countless black spots were falling like falling fruits, and there were also countless screams.

Hauge's hands were shaking.

They were all the elderly, the weak, women and children who were transferred to the city wall by him as de facto scapegoats.

He knew that these people could not stop the enemy. Wu Sangui's subordinates had servants, and ordinary soldiers were still soldiers. They were not these women and children who could stop them. But if he didn't sacrifice them, he couldn't escape, so he chose to sacrifice them. But the choice was the choice, and watching them die in front of him was a different feeling. He was the emperor and could endure this scene, but it was different for those soldiers. Every black spot could be their wife and children.

They stared with bloodshot eyes as more and more black spots fell on the city wall.

"Fight them!"

"Go back and tear Wu Sangui into pieces!"

……

The Eight Banners warriors behind roared and gnashed their teeth.

““Go!”

After all, Hauge still puts the overall situation first.

But at this moment, flames suddenly ignited among the crowd on the city wall...

"Hauge, are you still a man? You left your woman behind as a scapegoat and ran away?"

"Hauge, if you are a man, come back and fight to the death!"

……

The joyful shouts from the city wall were also heard.

Of course, there were more screams, and some were even covered in flames, falling from the city wall. Those who were seriously injured and had broken legs were also screaming. The Eight Banners warriors roared furiously and even turned around. After all, they hadn't thought too much in the chaos before, and even if they had thought about it, it was different from what they saw.

This is really unbearable!

Men were running away, leaving their wives and children to be slaughtered by the enemy.

"Your Majesty, we still have 5,000 elite soldiers. Why should we be afraid of Wu Sangui? He only has 3,000 retainers."

"Your Majesty, fight him!"

……

They shouted angrily.

Hauge was almost crying.

spell?
Is there any need to run if you can fight?

Was that Wu Sangui himself? He had 3,000 servants, but he brought 12,000 cavalrymen with him, not to mention that there were more than 100,000 unruly people in the outer city. Moreover, once a fight broke out, could he expect the powerful people around him to watch? They would join Wu Sangui without hesitation and come to the capital to plunder and get a share of the spoils. In fact, he got the news so late because the first batch of informants disappeared in Yizhou.

There are actually a small number of Eight Banners Army in Lingqiu, after all, that was where they took refuge last time.

They were the first to report the news to the capital.

But after passing Zijing Pass, it disappeared on the post road of Yizhou.

A foreign officer stationed at Zijing Pass was the second person to report the news. He knew that the powerful people along the way were not safe, so he bypassed the post road and took the small road directly. Although it took a long time, he arrived safely. It was only after he arrived that Haoge learned that a group of people had already delivered the letter before.

It’s just that Wu Sangui advanced too quickly, and these powerful people didn’t have time to gather their troops and catch up.

But there must be someone on the way by now.

"Women are like clothes, and children can be reborn. As long as we can save our lives, there is nothing we can't abandon. If we delay any longer, we will be unable to leave."

he said angrily.

It’s just his wife. It’s not like he hasn’t killed anyone before.

"Your Majesty is so cowardly. Even if you return to Liaodong, how can you face the old Khan's mausoleum?"

An officer also said angrily.

In the end, Hauge had no prestige. It was just that Dorgon was dead and there was no other choice but him. But to say that he had any prestige was pure nonsense. In the end, the Qing Dynasty still respected the strong. No matter how Dorgon failed, he still held power until the end because he had enough prestige. But Hauge was not like that. Now he didn't even dare to fight Wu Sangui. That was Wu Sangui, not Yang Feng. You were scared by Wu Sangui and abandoned your wife and children and ran away. What qualifications do you have to convince these Eight Banners warriors?

Will the Qing Dynasty allow a coward like you to be the emperor?

Hauge pointed at him angrily...

"Ama, save me!"

"Your Majesty, please don't abandon me!"

……

The wailing on the city wall was getting closer.

Hauge pointed at the officer with a shaking hand, and looked at the old, weak, women and children on the city wall who were being hacked to death by Wu Sangui's servants, shouting at him desperately. At the same time, people were constantly thrown off the city wall, screaming and falling to the ground, and some were directly pressed on the parapet and beheaded. Because they did not have time to escape to the horse road, there should be more people who fell into the city wall in the crowd.

Hauge's hands dropped limply.

He can't leave.

Because Wu Sangui and his cavalry were already in formation, preparing for an attack.

Moreover, at this time, the Eight Banners warriors who had not yet left the city had actually given up on leaving the city and rushed to various horse paths to retake the city walls.

"Go back to the city and retake the city wall!"

Hauge drew his knife and howled like a madman.

(End of this chapter)