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Chapter 324 Which head do you want to keep, the upper one or the lower one?
Liu Rukui's serious injury did not bring him the victory he wanted...

The Qing army's first line of defense was only broken.

This is a river valley, more than ten miles long. The Qing army has a total of three lines of defense in it, all of which are based on temporary chevaux de frise made of felled wood, with several small military households as the core. The latter have rammed earth walls. Although they are not real city walls and cannot block artillery shells, they are the only ones the Qing army can use.

Of course, more importantly, in terms of their pure combat power, they are still very strong.

After all, this place is full of Eight Banners Manchus and Mongolians.

If they were allowed to go their own way, the more than 15,000 Eight Banner Manchus and Mongols could even complete an invasion and carry out a deep looting in the Ming Dynasty.

Although things are different now, it is still not easy to open it.

But at the same time, it was impossible for the Qing army to break out.

They could not pass Suoyang Pass, as the Great Wall under the command of Yang Feng blocked all possibilities of fleeing eastwards. To the south were mountains with no roads in between. The only way was to abandon all supplies and horses, split up into small groups and walk south over the mountains. But the problem was that it would still be a dead end, as the Great Wall still blocked their way to flee eastwards.

No matter what happens in the end, they will have to face the Great Wall if they go east.

The defenders on the Great Wall can quickly block the road again before they can.

The Great Wall is equivalent to a highway.

Between the towering mountains and through the dense forests, an artificial highway was built with bricks and stones, allowing soldiers to be mobilized faster than any enemy.

As for not going through the Great Wall, you can only become a bandit in the Ming Dynasty.

However, heading north to Geyu Fort would not be able to break through Li Dingguo's defense.

Even now, they are still attacked from time to time by the latter's cavalry.

Going west is even more impossible, it would be good enough to maintain the defense line without being breached.

Really in desperate situation.

night.

Zhaochuan Fort.

Amid the wailing of wounded soldiers everywhere, Huba, on crutches, quietly entered a small courtyard.

"How did he say?"

Wakda, the Duke of Qing, who had been waiting for a long time, said anxiously.

"My Lord, King Yang has agreed. As long as you can make a contribution, he will allow you and your subordinates to be incorporated into the Ming army in the future, and he will also appoint you as the commander of the Jianzhou Right Guard. Other generals who surrender after making contributions can also be appointed as commanders. King Yang said that the Ming Dynasty will never allow Han people to live in the mountains and forests of Liaodong, but the place cannot be left empty. Those guards must still exist in the future, and we must be allowed to live there."

Huba said.

Of course, King Yang did not say so much, at least half of it was added by himself.

A good servant should think about his master.

Of course the master will not lie, but for the master, a good servant can lie, as long as the master understands his loyalty afterwards. Even if the master does not fulfill his promise afterwards, it has nothing to do with the master, it is all the servant's fault!
The servant feels sorry for the master!
"Yes, your Majesty is wise!"

Wakda sighed sincerely.

Of course, we can just ignore the fact that his father was tortured to death by King Yang.

Besides, his father was ignorant and resisting the king's army would lead to his death.

Public is public and private is private.

Shuerhazi was killed by his grandfather, but Jirgalang was also the regent, and Bolo was also killed in battle for the Qing Dynasty. So even if his father was tortured to death by King Yang, it would not prevent him from being a good servant of King Yang in the future. Life is about looking forward, not dwelling on hatred.

"But he still has to purify us in the end. After all, we can't inherit the family line anymore."

His brother Mazhan said sadly.

Indeed, they have lost everything, even their descendants are gone, so what's the point of hereditary succession?

"It's already this point, why think about these things, not to mention we don't have any sons, just to live the rest of our lives smoothly, when we die, it's no use caring about descendants!"

Wakda said.

He actually had a son before, but he died of illness before entering the pass. He has not had a son since then. It has been more than ten years. It is estimated that there will be no son in the future. Ma Zhan simply has no son. For those who go to the battlefield all year round, no one can guarantee that they will not be injured in some special way. After all, even if it is a probability calculation, there is a great possibility that after more than ten years of fighting, everyone is injured. Maybe an arrow or a bullet at some time will cause him to be unable to have a son.

"Yes, let's survive first. If we are trapped here, we will either be beaten to death or starve to death."

Another general said.

They now rely entirely on eating dead war horses.

But with more than 15,000 people, even if they could only eat war horses for a few days, one horse would not be enough for 100 people to support for a day, which means that they would need nearly 200 war horses to feed them a day, and at most they could last for three months. But even if they could last for three months, they would still starve to death in the end, after all, they had no reinforcements, and as long as they could not break out, they would be trapped here. In fact, it would not last that long, and it would not be long before Yang Feng's Northern Expedition Army and Li Guo's main force would arrive, and nearly 200,000 troops would surround them. At that time, they would definitely attack, and if they attacked at that time, they would have no way out.

"But how can we achieve merit? Also, how can we get our men to follow us?"

Mazhan said.

Wakda smiled coldly.

Huba also laughed. He pushed the door open and looked at the distraught Qing soldiers outside.

"Brothers, we are saved. King Yang has said that as long as we surrender, we can follow King Yang. King Yang still needs us. He still needs to quell the separatist regimes in various places. We are useful to him. Brothers, we are saved. King Yang has said that as long as we surrender, we can follow King Yang and we will still have no worries about food and clothing!"

He shouted excitedly to the Qing troops.

The latter all opened their eyes wide instantly and looked at him with disbelief and shock.

Then Wakda came out.

"Brothers, here is King Yang's token. King Yang said that it was the Dorgon brothers who invaded the Ming Dynasty. Now Dorgon and Dodo are dead, and only Ajige is left. He only wants Ajige to die, and we just need to surrender. Our Qing Dynasty has fallen to this day, and our lost wives and children are all caused by the Dorgon brothers. If it weren't for the Dorgon brothers wanting to enter the country, how could we have fallen to this day? If it weren't for their brothers wanting to enter the country, could Shenyang have been captured? If it weren't for the Dorgon brothers going south again and again, would we have lost so many people? These are all their fault, and now it is Ajige who brought us here.

It was all his fault.

Come with me, kill this bastard, and offer his head to King Yang.

King Yang said that as long as we bring Ajige's head with us, we will be his subordinates and his loyal followers in the future!"

Wakda shouted.

As for his so-called keepsake, it was actually just a broken can box, which Yang Feng threw on the ground after eating and was picked up by Huba. However, it was colorfully covered and did look very exquisite, just like a family heirloom.

骗。

It's a lie.

But it works!

"Yes, it's all Ajige's fault."

"It's all because of the Dorgon brothers that we are in this situation!

……

The soldiers roared excitedly.

This was their consensus. The Eight Banners were full of resentment towards Dorgon. It was this idiot who caused everything. If he hadn't brought them into the Pass, Yang Feng wouldn't have raided Shenyang. If he hadn't led them south, the elite Eight Banners wouldn't have been buried in the south. It was all the fault of the three brothers. Of course, if they hadn't entered the Pass, they wouldn't have had a good life these years. If they hadn't gone south, they wouldn't have been able to rob gold, silver and food. This problem was ignored. Human nature was like this. The loser had to bear all the responsibilities.

What's more, now this fool Ajige has brought them to a desperate situation. "Kill Ajige and avenge our dead brothers!"

Huba shouted.

"Kill Ajige, and let's go live a good life with King Yang!"

Wakda shouted.

"Kill Ajige!"

……

The soldiers were thus encouraged by them.

Then they rushed to Ajige's residence.

As they shouted, the Qing troops along the way who didn't know what was happening looked at them blankly...

"If we kill Ajige, we can surrender to King Yang. Here is King Yang's token. King Yang said that from now on, we will all be his loyal subjects!"

Huba shouted while standing on a carriage, holding the broken can box.

The Qing army immediately woke up.

Be a loyal farmer for King Yang!

Is there such a good thing?

Let’s go together, let’s go together!
After all, they were in despair and had long lost their ability to distinguish. For them, any straw would be grasped, even if it sounded absurd, as long as it could save their lives. Moreover, they were full of resentment towards Ajige, and it was Wakda who led the way. He was Daishan's son, and therefore Ajige's nephew.

Suspect?
How could they have time to doubt?
The mighty team surged forward, even the injured followed.

Zhaochuan Fort is a fort several hundred meters long and wide, and it takes less than two minutes to get there.

But Ajige was already in front of the door.

In such a small place, they shouted so loudly that Ajige could hear them without anyone notifying him. The regent, who was already fully armed, was standing on the street on horseback with a sullen face, and the white flags and bayala banners were all around him, ready for battle. He now led two white flags, after all, Dorgon had no sons, and Dodo's sons were not yet adults. In fact, the Doni brothers were still in the capital.

As for whether he is still alive, it is hard to say, after all, the capital was very chaotic at that time.

Especially during Wu Sangui’s previous bombardment, many children from princes and nobles were killed.

Donny is twelve or thirteen years old and is right among that group of cannon fodder.

So it is not ruled out that he is dead.

"Yang Feng wants all of us to be castrated before we surrender. Do you want to be eunuchs?"

He shouted angrily as he looked at the Eight Banners warriors who were swarming towards him.

He did not make this matter public. After Huba told him about it, he clearly refused. Only some senior generals such as Wakda knew about it, but he did not tell the subordinates. Not to mention the soldiers, even the Jiala and Niulu did not know about it.

As soon as he made it clear, the soldiers who were originally furious suddenly quieted down.

Then they looked at each other.

Surrendering is certainly a good thing, and being able to serve King Yang as a loyal servant is even better, but becoming a eunuch is another matter.

"Brother Wakda wants to be a eunuch, do you want to be one too? They both have no sons now, and they probably don't have the ability to do it. They are not afraid of being eunuchs, they were going to be eunuchs anyway, do you also want to be a eunuch and end up without any descendants? You are a bunch of idiots, you just believe whatever others instigate? Yang Feng sent Huba to deliver a letter yesterday, saying that he would let us go if we all castrated ourselves and became his slaves. I refused, and Wakda colluded with Huba in private and went to find Yang Feng again. You actually believed their lies?"

Ajige shouted.

The soldiers remained silent.

“Brothers, don’t listen to him, that was the first time, and when I went again, King Yang changed his mind.

He still has Jiangnan, Zhang Xianzhong and others to pacify, and the Mongols to fight. We are useful to him. As long as we surrender, we can fight for him and still rob him of their money and women later. Otherwise, we will all die in this damn place. There are hundreds of thousands of troops surrounding us outside, and we will starve to death if we are not beaten to death.

Do you want to starve to death?"

Huba shouted.

"Please tell me clearly, do you want to purify yourself or not?"

A Niulu said angrily.

Huba...

"Which head do you want to keep, the top one or the bottom one?"

He said quietly.

The Qing army fell silent again.

Indeed, should we keep the upper one or the lower one?

If you don't surrender, you will die. Breaking out is impossible. Even if you can hold on, there is nothing else in this damn place except eating war horses. After eating war horses, do you eat grass? It can be said that there is no other possibility except dying in battle or starving to death. It is either to be emptied or to lose your head. There is no other choice.

"We, the warriors of the Eight Banners, would rather die than be humiliated!"

Ajige roared.

but……

Not many people followed suit.

At this time, the spirit of the Eight Banners warriors of the Qing Dynasty is no longer the same as before. After experiencing the Empress Dowager's numerous guests, the Emperor digging sand on the beach, the capital being breached, and a bunch of concubines and princesses going to receive guests, they no longer have the spirit of the past. What's more, they have experienced continuous failures and are still on the run. How powerful they were when they entered the pass, but now they are trapped in a valley with only a few people and have nothing to eat. No matter how high their spirits were, they have completely worn out.

It's better to die than live!
"Will King Yang really allow us to be his loyal farmers?"

A Niulu said cautiously.

"Of course we can fight, but if a fight breaks out, who among them can fight us in a one-on-one duel?
It is true that they had to castrate themselves, but it was nothing. Look at the eunuchs in the palace. They are not useless. They just play with the palace maids. They just don't have children. But how many of us have children? If we surrender, and we take down the capital and Shenyang in the future, our children will still be ours, and it won't hinder the continuation of our family line.

Just one knife.

No big deal.

Brothers, every one of us has eight or ten wounds on his body.

Do you care about one more?"

Huba said with a solemn oath.

The Niu Lu nodded instinctively.

Makes sense!
The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty in the imperial palace in the capital city did not seem to be put to any use. They not only ate with the palace maids, but also visited entertainment venues. There was also a prostitute in the alleys of the capital city who specialized in serving them. It was said that when they were powerful in the past, they would rape women and play with the young eunuchs.

Isn't it said that Wei Zhongxian had an affair with Keshi and was even jealous of another eunuch?
What’s more, many people already have children, but they don’t know whether they are alive or dead at the moment.

It seems like this...

"Lord Regent, will you please let me live?"

The Niulu suddenly knelt down in front of Ajige.

(End of this chapter)