The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 710 The Cruel Ming Army

"Don't dawdle, let me go faster!"

One hundred and forty-five soldiers of the Qing army with swords and spears drove thousands of civilians to the north.

They were originally the servants of Xue Peng, the history of Xixi classics.Because of Xue Peng's meritorious service in "relocating people", he was promoted by the Qing court to be an official in the Huai'an Mansion-Zheng Qipin-they also officially entered the green camp and received the court's salary.

Officer Xue Tui has been in a good mood recently and rewarded them a lot of money, but they were not happy at this moment, instead they looked anxious, waving their weapons and yelling from time to time, "Old bone, you have to take a few whips before you are willing to leave, right?"

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, it will be your turn to cross the river. I won't even bother to look at you when we get to the north bank."

"Damn, do you want to court death? Nanming is too arrogant..."

The man spoke halfway, and hurriedly shut his mouth, but several captive soldiers immediately came over and whispered: "Old Wei, what news did you hear?"

The person surnamed Wei looked around, and said in a low voice: "To tell you the truth, I met a fellow from Shandong yesterday who came from Yangzhou. It is said that Yangzhou has fallen into Nanming's hands."

Thinking of what the fellow said last night, he couldn't help wiping off his cold sweat, and continued: "It is said that the Ming army is extremely brutal, and just outside Yangzhou City, more than a dozen clan Baylor or Jianzhou officials including Shuosai, Ashan, Sukesaha, etc. Give……"

He carefully looked around again, "It was chopped into dozens of pieces by random knives! The Ming army also threatened to slaughter all the defenders in the city."

Regardless of the whiteness of the people around him, he continued: "That's not counting. I heard that the guard of Yangzhou, Obai, and hundreds of guards did not surrender, and the Ming army actually dispatched more than a hundred cannons, and they were all blasted into pieces." scum..."

Immediately, someone tremblingly said: "Yangzhou is not guarded by Xianglan Banner, how could it be lost so quickly?"

"Didn't the master say that Yangzhou can persist for at least two months, it's only... two days!"

"I don't know when the Ming army will arrive here, let's cross the river as soon as possible..."

The man hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly heard a gunshot from the side and rear, and a splash of red and white splashed into the air. There was a hole in his head, and he fell to the ground without even groaning.

The surrounding captive soldiers were shocked, they hurriedly raised their weapons and turned around to be on guard, but another burst of gunshots came, with unmatched accuracy, killing six or seven captive soldiers immediately.

"There!" Finally someone saw the enemy army hiding beside the mound.

Officer Xue Tui shrank behind the horse, took a sneak peek, and shouted loudly: "There are only thirty people here, let me do it!"

The captive soldiers looked at each other, and those who drew their bows opened their bows to fight back, while the sword and spearmen leaned forward tremblingly.

But before they had walked more than ten steps, there was a burst of roar from among the dejected and dull-looking victims just now, "Kill the traitor!"

"Fight with that dog thief surnamed Xue!"

"The imperial army is here to rescue us!"

Immediately, fifty or sixty men jumped out, all holding weapons in their hands.

The captive soldiers were caught off guard, and in an instant, more than a dozen archers were cut down from behind. At the same time, the sound of firecrackers came from behind the mound again, and the number of Qing army sabers and spearmen running in the front immediately lost more than a dozen.

When the people who were driven out of their homes heard the words "the imperial army", the anger in their hearts suddenly rose, and seeing that many traitors who harmed them were killed, they were greatly encouraged.

For a while, everyone held poles and stones, shouting and rushing up.

Those captive soldiers were originally Xue's servants, it was okay to bully the neighbors, but after dozens of people died, how dare they resist?They turned their heads and ran away, but collided with the people rushing up, and were submerged by the surging crowd in an instant.

More than 30 people behind the mound also came out, with bayonets in their hands neatly and sharply. After a few ups and downs, Officer Xue Tui and his men all fell to the ground.

A group of common people cheered and surrounded them, and more than a dozen men with knives pushed aside the crowd, and they were about to kneel down when they stepped forward.

The man holding the blunderbuss quickly supported them, and the leader said with a smile: "You don't need to be too polite, it's all a matter of duty."

A commoner beside him asked curiously, "I wonder if Lord Jun was sent by the imperial court to save us?"

"Exactly." The officer nodded and asked again, "Do you know where there are civilians held hostage by thieves around here?"

"Thousands of people have gone east." Someone answered immediately.

"After Shanyang, the people along the river in the northeast are the most crowded."

"I also heard that there are thieves' food and grass in the west of Suzui that haven't been transported away."

"There are also grain stores in Shanyang City..."

The officer turned to the young and middle-aged men with the knives, "Would you all be willing to follow me to save more people?"

When these people met the Ming army last night, they were still very hesitant. Some of them didn't dare to keep their weapons and threw them in the wasteland. Only more than 50 people hid their weapons in their luggage.

But after the devastating battle just now, their confidence in the Ming army and themselves has been greatly enhanced. Dang even stepped forward one after another, "Of course, I will be left homeless by these thieves, and I wish I could smash them into ashes!" !"

"Go, follow the military master to kill the Tartars!"

"Damn it, the family is gone anyway, kill the Tartars and take revenge!"

Seeing this, the other commoners were also gearing up, "Count me in!"

"Don't look at the old man's age, but it's not a problem to carry two hundred catties!"

"I'll go as well……"

Although there were 400 people in this group of people, there were only 300 young and middle-aged people, and the rest were old and weak, women and children, but more than [-] people wanted to join the Ming army to fight against the Tartars.

The officer finally selected more than 140 people, picked up the weapons of the Qing army, and took more than a dozen firecrackers under the big tree not far away, and distributed them to the hunters who could summon them.

Then a group of people rushed eastward quickly to rescue thousands of people over there.

The same scene was staged everywhere on the south bank of the Huaihe River. In just two days, more than 3000 traitors or prisoners who drove the people across the Huaihe River were attacked and killed, and more than 6 people were rescued.

When the 2000 Ming army dragoons came, there were more than [-] people behind them, and they were preparing to seize the Qing army's granary in Suzui.Another two or three thousand people who received weapons were scattered and continued to rescue others...

North bank of the Huaihe River.

Muyang City.

"Chen Bang chooses this waste!" Dorgon kicked the wooden table beside him far away, and roared, "4000 people, even 10,000+ untouchables can't stand it! It's fine if people don't take them across the river, how dare he Leaving behind tens of thousands of stones and grains of rice, he fled back!"

He pointed to Oboi beside him, "Go, push him out of the camp and chop him up."

Ma Guangyuan on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, there is no danger to defend the south bank, and the southern army came suddenly... Moreover, it is not good for the army's morale to kill the general before the battle."

Dorgon was about to scold again, but saw the commander of his guards come in and report, "Master, Prince Su has arrived in Pizhou."

Dorgon's eyes turned cold, and he turned his head and asked Ma Guangyuan in a low voice, "Is everything ready over there?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Regent, it has already been prepared, and nothing will go wrong!"

"Okay!" Dorgon clapped his palms and said in a deep voice, "Here's an order, the guards will pull out the camp, and follow me to Pizhou!"

(End of this chapter)