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Chapter 323 King Yang's Death Call
Of course, Ajige rejected Yang Feng's evil request without hesitation.

After all, he hasn't reached the end of his rope yet.

Although there was no hope of defeating Yang Feng who was blocking the Suoyang Pass, he knew this clearly. After all, it was not the first time he faced Yang Feng, but there was still hope for Jiang Ge...

There is no hope.

Bolo was defeated and died.

When he was fighting with Jiang Ge, he was hit by a cannonball fired by someone unknown. The cannonball hit his waist and finally beat him like a starch sausage with a bite taken from the middle. The cannonball even pulled out his internal organs, and finally he fell off his horse like a stapler. His brother Yue Le picked up half of his body in the chaos, then gathered up the remaining soldiers and withdrew from the battlefield. With the help of reinforcements, he continued to shrink the defense and prevent Jiang Ge from taking advantage of the victory to attack Zhaochuan Fort.

But Jiang Ge was also gone, because he was also shot by an arrow from the Qing army. Although the servants fought hard to save him, he died in Xuanfu that night.

But it could also be death.

After all, their group needs a leader who has died in battle.

In this way, they can use it to gain sympathy, and use Jiang Ge's death on the battlefield for Her Majesty the Queen to show the Jiang family and their loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen. What's more, their crime was that they surrendered to the Jianlu before, but they had no other choice under the circumstances. Besides, it was Jiang Ge who led them to surrender, so Jiang Ge was the principal offender, and they were at most accomplices.

Now that Jiang Ge has realized his mistake and tried to atone for his sins by dying on the battlefield, does Her Majesty still have the nerve to continue to hold them accountable?
What the imperial court was worried about was nothing more than their separatist rule.

But now Jiang Ge is dead, and there is no one capable of leading them to establish their own regime. Why should the court still be worried about them?
This is very possible.

After all, he was shot by an arrow. Although it was close to his heart, he would not die so quickly even if it was infected.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Yang Feng.

The dead bodies of Tunqi and Bolo were enough for him to let these guys go for the time being. As for driving them to the battlefield to fight against the Mongols and to march west, that was a matter for the future. At least for the time being, there was no need to target them anymore. Moreover, Jiang Ge should be given a better title, such as a prince, to encourage these generals to continue fighting for the country. Everything in the past was over.

Let’s start from the beginning!
After Jiang Ge's death, his younger brother Jiang Xuan temporarily took command of the various armies. The task given to them by Yang Feng was to continue attacking Zhaochuan Fort.

But they are no longer forced.

As long as they maintain the attack, it doesn't matter whether they can break through or not. In this way, the generals of Xuanda finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although they won the battle, their losses were actually very heavy. More than 2,000 of the 7,000 cavalrymen were killed or wounded. After all, their opponents were the genuine Eight Banners Manchus.

A fight of a trapped beast!
Since leniency was obtained by sacrificing Jiang Ge, the next thing to do is to block the Qing army and prevent them from escaping from this side.

Bolo's defeat also shattered Ajige's fantasy of breaking out to the west.

The only thing left is to attack Li Dingguo.

But unfortunately, Li Dingguo should be the most capable fighter among the armies currently surrounding them.

"interesting!"

King Yang stood on the Great Wall and continued to admire the battlefield through his telescope.

Ajige was fooled by Li Dingguo.

The latter faced his counterattack and immediately retreated to Geyubao after a brief battle. Ajige lost his temper, but there was no other choice. Opening Geyubao was at least a way to escape, although it was a mountain path. Then the Qing army rashly broke into the mountains and ridges for more than 20 miles and was constantly attacked by the Sichuan army ambushed there. Even if Yang Feng was on the Great Wall more than 10 miles away, he could still see the lingering flames there in the twilight, and the continuous explosions sounded like celebratory firecrackers. Because the Sichuan army was slightly less well-equipped, Yang Feng strengthened them and gave them all the new grenades of the Northern Expedition Army, and these new grenades were explosives...

Nitrocellulose.

He got a lot of nitric acid and sulfuric acid from modern times, and of course he wanted to experiment with making new explosives.

However, he did not conduct the experiment himself. Instead, he taught the production process to his students, who were then responsible for the experiment. After killing several students, he finally obtained a batch of nitrocellulose. He then used this batch of nitrocellulose to make a batch of high-powered grenades.

But the stability is of course very poor.

After all, nitrocellulose is very dangerous.

It was originally prepared for the storming of Taiyuan, but Wu Sangui ran away unexpectedly, and Taiyuan was opened without bloodshed, so it was not used. As summer was approaching, they dared not keep these things any longer. They would be more unstable under high temperatures and had to be thrown out quickly, so this time they were all given to Li Dingguo's subordinates. After all, even if they blew up, it would be them who were blown up.

After understanding the power of the new grenade, the latter designed this trap. Geyubao is a real mountain road, unlike Longyang River, which is at least a river valley. The Qing army can only be gathered into a line on such a road. The Sichuan soldiers who are good at mountain warfare hid in the forests on both sides of the mountain road. Each of them carried two grenades and rushed out of the forests and threw them at the Qing army gathered in a line below. The Qing army was blocked from front and back when they ran, and they had to enter the forest to attack when they dismounted. They were completely blown into a dead snake that could not move forward or backward, and they had been cut into several sections.

Not to mention attacking Geyu Fort, they couldn't even reach Geyu Fort.

"Your Majesty, Wakda said that if you can really spare their lives, they are willing to become slaves. However, they do not want to do hard labor and would rather serve you in front of the battlefield. They are familiar with the grassland and the Sauron people. If you are willing to give them a chance, they are willing to die for you."

The Qing soldier who was sent said in a servile manner.

He had a limp in one leg, but he could run dozens of miles a day. He was indeed a good servant.

As for Wakda, he is Daishan’s son.

Ajige was indeed unwilling, but not all the Qing army had the same idea. In fact, most of the Qing army generals knew that this time it was really over. Now, let alone being besieged, even if they could break out, there would not be much good results. There were less than 20,000 defeated soldiers, and there was no supply or food. Before, they could eat the Eight Banners Han Army, but now even the Eight Banners Han Army had nothing to eat. Now they were eating the war horses of the Qing army that had died in the previous battle. Even if they broke out, it would take at least half a month to reach Jinzhou.

And there was nothing to eat in Jinzhou.

At that time, the total population of the Eight Banners outside the Great Wall was less than 100,000.

Almost all of them are in Liaoning and Shenyang.

The total population of all places in western Liaoning is only about ten thousand, and Jirgalang has already gone ahead. Even if there is some food on this road, they have all looted it clean. There will be nothing left. It is even possible that even the population has been withdrawn to Shenyang.

This was their original plan, to abandon western Liaoning and burn the Sancha River pontoon bridge.

From now on, only the area east of Liaohe River will be retained.

The current population of the Qing Dynasty is not enough to support the control of western Liaoning. Instead of leaving those small settlements of a few hundred thousand people, it is better to shrink all to the east of the Liaohe River. As for the south, it is to Xiongyue City, and further south is Huang Fei's territory.

So even if they arrived in Jinzhou, they still couldn't find food.

We have to keep moving forward.

But even if they could escape back to Liaodong, what would happen next? The Ming army would definitely go north, and with Yang Feng there, they still couldn't stop him. Yang Feng had already captured Shenyang once, so would it be difficult to capture it again? Then what would they do? Continue to escape? Escape to Hetuala and return to the old days? Continue to fight for survival with wild beasts in the snowy mountains and forests, and have to wait for the Ming army to plow through the fields? Could they have a second Sarhu? Yang Feng was not Yang Hao. Think about it, it would be better to be a slave to the Ming Dynasty!

Of course, you can’t be a coolie.

They are willing to fight.

After all, war means burning, killing and looting, which is the life they like. As for cleansing one's body, there is nothing they can do about it. The loser has to accept the fate of a loser. Or they don't care about the next generation. As long as they can live a better life in this life, it's fine. But they really can't be coolies.

It’s better to die here than to be a coolie!
In fact, they really thought too much. At this time, the lives of the Jiannu slaves who were slaves in various places were not as terrible as they imagined. The emerging capitalists in various places used the Jiannu as thugs and supervised the Japanese slaves. Although those Jiannu had been castrated, at least that was the case with Yang Feng, they were all decent and brave soldiers after all, and they were the best at dealing with the Japanese slaves. Outside of Yang Feng's territory, even those gentry still had Jiannu slaves who had not been castrated and used the Japanese slaves as their harem. Their lives were really not as terrible as the legend said.

Ultimately, those who buy them also want to maximize their value.

These are all good fighters.

Wouldn't it be a waste to die of exhaustion in the cabin? Being thugs is the most suitable for them. Some merchant ships even bought them to go to Southeast Asia for looting. Their fighting power is completely overwhelming those in Southeast Asia.

As for Wakda’s request…

"Is that so? It's not impossible, but he has to do something meritorious. This is more than just pardoning them. It can even be said that he can reuse them. Just surrendering is not enough."

Yang Feng said.

"I understand. I will go and convey the king's order right away."

The Qing army said quickly.

"what's your name?"

Yang Feng asked.

"Minion Huba."

The latter knelt on the ground and kowtowed excitedly.

King Yang finally asked him his name. What an honor!
"Good slave, work hard, and you will have a good life in the future!"

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

This way you can enjoy watching them kill each other.

But they probably also realized that they had to have made some merits. What counted as merits? Of course, they had to bring a few heads of the Eight Banners generals to King Yang. Then they would not only be pardoned, but also be reused by King Yang. To be honest, Yang Feng did need such people. After all, neither the grassland nor the forest to the north had been set foot on by the Ming soldiers for at least two hundred years.

There used to be a Ming navy on the Songhua River, the Ming army once reached as far as Nurgan, and the Ming army once built temples to the northern foot of Changbai Mountain...

Jilin Wulong Palace.

Yongning Temple in Nurgan City.

Changbai Mountain Temple in Antu.

We even have to rely on Korean historical records to know that Zhu Di sent more than 10,000 people to cut down trees and clear a road to rebuild the Changbai Mountain Temple on the site of the Changbai Mountain Temple from the Jin Dynasty south of Antu.

But now it seems like another world.

You'll need a guide if you go there again!
"Ancestors fought through difficulties, but descendants only need a single thought to ruin the family."

he sighed.

At this time, the sound of explosions in the mountains gradually subsided.

Since it did not extend westward and the beacon fire at Geyu Fort was not raised, it meant that Ajige's dream of breaking out was shattered once again.

In fact, Ajige suffered heavy losses. Of the more than 3,000 people he entered the mountain area, less than half escaped, and the rest died on the mountain road. As a result, Li Dingguo could bring more than a thousand heads and put them outside the mountain to continue to stimulate him after dawn the next day. This guy's previous cavalry assault was also to stimulate the Qing army. His real goal was to lead the Qing army into the mountain road, and then use his Sichuan army and grenades that were good at mountain warfare to solve the problem. So after the first success, he came to stimulate again, but this time Ajige was sober and did not fall for his trick again.

The Qing army did not attempt to break out the next day, after all, they were very tired.

The man is tired and the horse is exhausted.

However, Yang Feng received a new batch of reinforcements on the second day.

The five thousand cavalry sent by Li Guo arrived.

They were originally chasing the Qing army, but they didn't catch up with them. But now they can.

That being the case...

"Liu Rukui, don't let me look down on you. Jiang Ge killed Tunqi and Bolo, and Li Dingguo picked Nikan. If you lose the fight, just kill yourself!"

On the paramotor in the sky, King Yang held an electric megaphone and shouted to the people below.

The following is Liu Rukui who was ordered to attack. As soon as he arrived in Xuanfu with 5,000 cavalrymen, he immediately received an order from King Yang to attack immediately, but the problem was that the Qing army was on the defensive at that time, and he had to storm the Qing army's defense line. It must be said that this was a bit difficult, but there was no other choice at this time, after all, King Yang was watching him, not to mention that Jiang Ge and Li Dingguo had already won. As a representative of Li Zicheng's system, if he lost, it would not be him who would be ridiculed.

"Follow me!"

This guy also broke out.

He was already wearing full body plate armor, holding a horsetail grenade as big as a human head, and then he rushed towards the Qing army with a roar.

Behind him, dozens of soldiers who were also wearing new plate armor and carrying horsetail grenades, ran towards the Qing army.

The Qing army on the opposite side shot out sharp arrows.

Heavy arrows with armor-piercing arrowheads fell on them like small javelins. Some were bounced off the armor and some pierced into it. People kept falling down. Liu Rukui was even stabbed by several arrows, but this guy was also forced into a corner. He still ran forward wildly and rushed to the front of the Qing army's chevaux de frise. He lowered his head and endured the severe pain in his body from the impact of the heavy arrows shot by the Qing army. With his other hand, he held a lighter and directly lit the fuse almost to the root.

Then, regardless of the danger of being shot in the face, he raised his head and threw it with all his strength.

The next moment an arrow hit him in the face, pierced through his visor and pierced his cheek, and he fell on his back with the arrow.

The grenade he threw exploded above the heads of the Qing army before it even landed.

In the chaos of the Qing army, the follow-up grenadiers arrived soon after, and fearlessly threw grenades at a distance of more than ten meters despite the heavy arrows of the Qing army...

(End of this chapter)